Hearing Ning Duankong's question, Ye Qingchen's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Could it be that he still doubted himself after all?
Ye Qingchen was suspicious, but kept calm, nodded slightly and said:
"Of course I have heard of it... and also know what happened between Fenglei Holy Pavilion and the Ye family of Wuhuang Kingdom."
Ning Duankong stared at Ye Qingchen's face carefully, but did not find anything wrong with his expression.
So he didn't think much about it and said:
"Then you should know that the reason why the Fenglei Holy Pavilion attacked the Ye family was because the 'Extremely Evil Sword Demon' appeared in the Ye family."
"The Fenglei Holy Pavilion chose to launch a massive attack on the Ye family in order to completely kill the 'Extremely Evil Sword Demon' and to prevent the 'Extremely Evil Sword Demon' from reappearing in the world."
"At that time, the Ye family had just experienced the sudden death of several powerful Saint Emperors, and their overall strength had plummeted. They were no match for the Fengling Sacred Pavilion."
"Thus, they were defeated by Fenglei Sacred Pavilion, and countless clan members were handed over to the custody of Zhenlei Sect by Fenglei Sacred Pavilion until Zhenlei Sect was destroyed last week."
These things Ning Duangkong said made Ye Qingchen feel a little angry in his heart.
What "extremely evil sword demon"...
It was clearly a high-sounding excuse to attack the Ye family in order to snatch the inherited kendama!
Suppressing the anger in his heart, Ye Qingchen clasped his fists and said, "I have heard all these things that senior said."
"But I don't know why senior is telling me this?"
Could it be that he is still testing him?
While Ye Qingchen's mind was spinning, Ning Duankong did not answer his question, but continued:
"However, this is a phenomenon known to everyone."
"The truth... is just that Fenglei Holy Pavilion was greedy because of a vain legend."
Ye Qingchen: "!!"
His pupils shrank slightly.
Ning Duankong actually told the truth in front of him!
Although he already knew the real reason why Fenglei Shengge attacked the Ye family.
But telling this truth through people outside the Ye family is a completely different concept than knowing it himself!
In particular, Ning Duankong is an important figure in one of the Four Holy Lands!
Why is this?
And... what is the legend of nothingness?
Ye Qingchen's face showed just the right amount of shock, but he did not interrupt Ning Duankong, but continued to listen to what he said.
"This matter later became a tacit and silent taboo among the Four Holy Lands."
Ning Duankong said leisurely: "After all, the other three holy places did not take action to support the Ye family at the beginning. If this truth is exposed, the first one to bear the brunt will naturally be Fenglei Holy Pavilion, but the other three holy places will definitely not escape the suppression of public opinion."
"Therefore, this shocking news that shocked the entire Mowu Continent at first ended up being nothing more."
"These words...just listen to them."
Ning Duankong said truthfully: "I just saw that your swordsmanship skills are as amazing as those of the Ye family, and they share the same surname of Ye, so I couldn't help but say more."
"Just keep this truth to yourself... and never spread it."
"Otherwise...you should know the consequences."
Hearing this, Ye Qingchen nodded.
But he vaguely felt that Ning Duankong's intention behind telling him these things was definitely not that simple.
It's just that he couldn't figure it out for a while.
Then a complicated expression appeared on his face, and he sighed pretending to be melancholy:
"I didn't expect...the Ye family's incident was actually caused by this..."
Suddenly, he turned and asked:
"Senior Ning, for what reason did those powerful Saint Emperors in the Ye family die suddenly?"
He once asked Ye Xingzhi.
Ye Xingzhi told him the answer with a gloomy face - poison!
That’s right!
It’s because of the poison!
However, this poison is very special. It is only useful for those who are at the Imperial Level, but not for those who are below the Imperial Level.
This was also something that made Ye Qingchen very strange at the time.
Logically speaking, since they all chose to use poison, why not poison the entire Ye family to death and leave a large number of Ye family members?
But soon, Ye Xingzhi gave his guess.
Perhaps it is because the Fengling Sheng Pavilion considers that the inherited sword jade will definitely be buried in an extremely secret place by the Ye family.
It is very likely that only the head of the Ye family will know about this place.
Therefore, they deliberately let go of Ye Xingzhi, who was only at the peak of the Hegemon Realm at that time, but had become the head of the Ye family.
But due to some accident, Ye Xingzhi and Liu Hansu escaped.
Ye Xingzhi's guess temporarily solved Ye Qingchen's doubts.
But then came another problem.
As far as he knew, no one in Fenglei Sacred Pavilion had ever practiced such sinister and evil power as Poison Dao.
And because the skills of Fengling Sheng Pavilion are extremely domineering, they are most disgusted with cold things like poison.
In addition, Ye Qingchen later learned that among the four holy lands, only a very small number of people in the Dark Demon Netherland practiced the poisonous path.
Is it possible that during the original war...there was also the shadow of the Dark Demon Realm hidden in the darkness?
Ning Duangkong frowned when he heard Ye Qingchen's question.
He thought for a long time before finally speaking:
"The spies we arranged in Fenglei Sheng Pavilion did not obtain relevant information. Therefore, although there are many speculations, they are all unfounded without exception."
"More importantly, it was a matter between Fenglei Shengge and the Ye family. If we paid too much attention, we might get involved and get into trouble."
"So, the answer to this question... I don't know either."
Hearing this, although Ye Qingchen felt a little disappointed, he was not too disappointed.
After all, Ning Duankong is just an elder-level figure in Xingluohen Mountain.
If he knew too many things, Ye Qingchen would doubt him.
"Okay, let's just think I'm complaining to you today."
Ning Duangkong raised his hand: "Go back and rest, and prepare well for tomorrow's elimination match."
Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly turned around again and said with a smile:
"By the way, I just told you so much and it has already taken a lot of time. I think that woman in Ye Zhaoqing should have left long ago."
"You don't have to look for her anymore, so you don't have to guess her thoughts through her face."
After saying this, Ning Duankong flew away, his slightly sighing voice faintly heard in the air.
"Hey, a woman's heart...is indeed the most elusive thing in this world."
Ye Qingchen: "..."
Co-author He just said so much to him...just to delay time?!
Ye Qingchen looked strange.
Are the ways in which the Four Holy Lands stumbling upon each other so "refreshing and refined"?
But none of this has anything to do with him.
The only doubt in his mind right now is that he wants to know as soon as possible the other force that is hiding in the dark and intervening in the battle between the Fengling Sacred Pavilion and the Ye family... which force it is!
"We still need to become stronger as soon as possible..."
Ye Qingchen lowered his head and looked at his gradually clenched fists: "Only by becoming stronger can I get the answer I want!"
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The next day.
The golden morning light has just broken out.
The Fengyun Terrace was already crowded with people and bustling with excitement.
In addition to the exclusive rest areas for the nine sects, there is also a vacant rest area.
That was naturally the exclusive rest area originally belonging to Zhenlei Sect.
But Zhenlei Sect has been destroyed, so this place naturally became the exclusive resting area for the remaining disciples of Rufeng Study.
After all, this is their home court.
Huanxia Sect Rest Area.
"What did the envoys from the other two Holy Lands say to you last night?"
Yun Yangqing suddenly asked.
Xia Qingyao beside her couldn't help but look sideways at Ye Qingchen.
Ye Qingchen thought for a moment and chose to prevaricate.
After all, he thought Yun Yangqing didn't know his true identity, so he didn't want to tell them what Ning Duankong said.
What's more, even if he says it out, so what? They can only keep it in their stomachs and cannot give him any substantial help.
On the other hand, when Xia Qingyao said these words, her light blue eyes kept staring at the side of his face, thoughtfully.
Soon, before the time for the elimination battle to begin, all the people from the nine major sects had arrived.
"Haha, everyone came very early today."
Han Gufeng, who had just arrived in the rest area, sat in his seat and smiled at Changsun Chongyang on his left:
"Brother Chongyang is getting old, don't you plan to take more rest?"
Changsun Chongyang smiled slightly, stroking his beard and said: "Thank you, Brother Gu Feng, for caring about me. However, I am still in good health. It is a blessing to be able to see the heroic appearance of these talented people as soon as possible."
If he said these words in front of everyone present, it would undoubtedly make all the participating disciples present feel flattered.
After all, a powerful Saint Emperor pays attention to you personally, which is undoubtedly your supreme honor!
But only Han Gufeng knew it in his heart.
He must only care about Ye Qingchen's performance!
I believe that not only him, but also Ye Zhaoqing He Ning Duankong is definitely like this.
There is no way, the potential displayed by Ye Qingchen, even he, the master of the Confucian style study, must admit that it is too powerful!
However, he always believed that his disciple Qi Zinuan would not weaken him!
"The time has come, Ning Bai, go ahead."
Han Gufeng said to Yu Ningbai behind him.
"Yes, Master."
Yu Ningbai bent down and responded, then immediately flew up.
He arrived in the mid-air of Fengyuntai, and his loud voice spread throughout the audience.
"The time has come, and the second round of the 'elimination battle' of this year's 'Battle for Tianhu' is about to begin!"
"We invite all the top 16 disciples to participate in the battle, and follow the schedule displayed on the light screen to compete one by one!"
As Yu Ningbai's voice fell, two disciples boarded the Fengyun Tower.
Among them, one is a disciple of Fengshuang Palace and the other is a disciple of Zhanyue Villa.
The rankings of these two sects are very close, and their cultivation levels are almost the same.
Therefore, this first battle was extremely difficult and long.
In the end, the disciples of Fengshuang Palace won with a slight advantage.
Ye Qingchen could see that Chen Junmu's face turned ugly.
Soon, the second game begins.
This one is different from the last one.
One of the disciples participating in this battle was Ren Qianzhong, the "Qianzhong Lieutenant" of Lie Sun Sect!
The other one is a talented disciple of Rufeng Study School, second only to Qi Ziyou.
But it is obvious that Ren Qianzhong is worthy of the Lie Sun Sect's careful cultivation of him.
As soon as the battle began, Ren Qianzhong showed extremely domineering and fierce strength, and immediately put the opponent at a disadvantage!
In the end, he punched the opponent so hard in a domineering way that he lost the ability to move!
In this battle, Ren Qianzhong won without any doubt!
"I didn't expect that the leading genius disciples of the first three sects... could be so strong..."
Ye Qingchen murmured in a low voice.
Through the battle just now, he can judge that Ren Qianzhong's strength is definitely far superior to Jing Minglong in the "Netherworld Qi Transformation Technique" state!
Although he is still at the fourth level of the Hegemony Realm.
But Ren Qianzhong can definitely defeat Jing Minglong in that state!
"Master Ye, it's your turn."
Xia Qingyao reminded softly.
Ye Qingchen nodded, stood up from the chair, and flew to the Fengyun Platform.
Originally, he was ready to fight.
But who would have thought that the face of the disciple he was fighting with suddenly changed when he saw him, and he immediately turned to Yu Ningbai and raised his hand and said:
"Elder Yu! I admit defeat!"
After saying that, he went down to Fengyuntai without looking back!
Ye Qingchen: "???"
Seeing this situation, Ye Qingchen was confused and his face was full of astonishment.
It was also the first time that Yu Ningbai encountered this situation.
However, he had no choice but to pronounce the verdict:
"Congratulations to Ye Qingchen of Huanxia Sect for defeating Wang Yao of Qinglian Sword Pavilion and advancing to the quarterfinals tomorrow!"