After Hu Yurong said that, he didn't wait for my reply. He just waved at me and turned to leave.
I felt strange. I didn't know what he meant, but I guessed that he was a cultivator who was obsessed with cultivation. He only said that he was looking forward to the battle, but he didn't mention the grudge between me and Xuande Wonderland. He was different from Zhao Hao.
I shook my head and didn't think about him for the time being. I turned to Officer Wang and asked him to take Ah Fu to rest.
Wang Can did not leave. Instead, he summoned a few servants and asked them to take Fu away after giving them some instructions.
After Ah Fu left, Officer Wang followed the fatty and me back to the viewing platform.
After we sat down, we didn't talk and just looked at the other side of the arena.
There are only four grotto-heavens in the semi-finals, so only West City Grotto-Heaven and Weiyu Mountain Grotto-Heaven are left on the stage. Our next opponent will be one of them, and whoever wins will be our last opponent.
The reason why Officer Wang didn't leave with Ah Fu was that he was worried about this matter.
It was different from Lu Zhenyang's agreement to withdraw. When Han Wennan had agreed to withdraw, Officer Wang had been there. He knew that if West City Mountain's Cave won, we would be the champion. If we lost, we would have to face an opponent that even West City Mountain's Cave couldn't defeat.
Moreover, Ah Fu was injured. At that time, the situation would be even worse than today.
Officer Wang and I were quite nervous. Only the fat guy was carefree. I didn't see any anxiety on his face. Quite the contrary, he laughed happily and shouted, "Wow, this girl is interesting!"
The fatty's words made me frown. There weren't many women participating in the arena, and Lv Wu was the only one on the arena. For the fatty to suddenly say that, could it be that I had misjudged her? Did something happen to her on the arena?
I quickly turned my head and looked at Lv Huang's arena. I saw that Lv Huang was forced to retreat under the attack of Weiyu Mountain's Cave's Celestial Master Zhang. Compared to the previous match, she was obviously in a difficult situation.
Before she could react, the Celestial Master of Seal opposite her did not have any tender feelings for the fairer sex and kicked her in the lower abdomen.
However, Lv Wu was not a person to be trifled with. Seeing the other party's actions, she seemed to finally be enraged. Taking advantage of the other party's kick, she gave up on the Dharma Seal and used both hands to firmly lock the other party's thigh. Then, she rubbed her body and a body of dark green vital essence opened and closed, directly wrapping the other party.
Although the Celestial Master Seal was also at the Perfected Realm, he was no match for Lv Huang in terms of Qi of the Way. After his body was wrapped up, he mobilized his Spiritual Essence in an attempt to break out of the encirclement. However, no matter how hard he tried, his Spiritual Essence could not break through the encirclement of Lv Huang's Green Spiritual Essence. Each time, it was forcibly suppressed.
Finally, the Weiyu Mountain shook the heavens. The Celestial Master Seal stopped struggling and went completely silent. Lv Huang had finally won the first round.
After winning this match, Lv Huang was not in a hurry to leave the arena. Instead, he stood on the spot and looked up at the other two ongoing matches.
Looking at her, I did not know why, but I thought of Ye Pianpian.
Back then, when she was being chased by those Taoists at Longhu Mountain, Ye Pianpian had also used her dark green Qi. At that time, she seemed to be only at the Consciousness Glory realm. I did not know if she had broken through to the Celestial Master Seal after not seeing her for so long.
With her talent, it should be possible …
Thinking of Ye Pianpian, I could not help but be absent-minded. If she had not helped me back then, she would still be a free person and the Vice President of the Metaphysics Association. However, because she had helped me, she had been imprisoned by the Metaphysics Association on Penglai Island. Even her freedom had been restricted.
Of course, this matter might also be related to her true identity. However, I did not want to think too much about her identity. My mind only recalled the bits and pieces of what had happened between us.
This time, Han Wennan's suggestion was an opportunity. No matter what, I would seize this opportunity and do my best to rescue Ye Pianpian!
Having made up my mind, I came back to my senses and looked at the arena again.
Coincidentally, with Lv Huang's victory, the other two Celestial Masters from West City Mountain Cave and Celestial Master from Wisdom Glory Earth Master had also won in a short period of time.
In the end, West City Mountain Cave had won all three rounds and entered the finals.
Because of Weiyu Mountain Cave's extraordinary status, it was within my expectations. However, after hearing the news, I could not help but heave a sigh of relief.
I had finally done what I had promised Officer Wang.
With West City Mountain Cave's victory, everyone in the arena looked back and forth between us and the people from West City Mountain Cave. It seemed that they were trying to judge our strengths.
In fact, it was easy to judge our strengths. After losing Ah Fu, no matter how strong the fatty and I were, the outcome would not be optimistic. Therefore, most people looked at us with sympathy and ridicule.
However, it was a pity that they were destined to miscalculate. With Han Wennan's guarantee, our two families would not take action at all.
Lv Huang met up with the other two people from his family in the arena. Across the distance between the arena and the viewing platform, he glanced at us from afar. Then, he walked towards us with a group of people.
Seeing this, the people who were about to leave no longer had the intention to do so. They stopped and looked at us, discussing and guessing what we were thinking.
Seeing this, the fatty jumped up and clenched his fists. He looked eager. "What's going on? Do they want to take action now?"
I looked at the fatty helplessly and shook my head. "What's going on? They are Han Wennan's people!"
While we were talking, Lv Huang's group arrived in front of us.
She first bowed to me, then respectfully said, "Mister Zhou, our Palace Master has already left. Before he left, he specifically told me to tell Mister Zhou that there seems to be some new news from Miss Ye. The Palace Master is going to check it out first. He asks Mister Zhou to pay more attention to the Sound Transmitting Glyph. If there is any situation, he will immediately contact you."
I nodded. Had I not heard any news from Han Wennan these days? It turned out that he had left long ago.
He would worry about Ye Pianpian's matter, so I didn't need to worry about it.
But now that Han Wennan had left, the Allheaven Grand Competition …
Lv Huang seemed to see through my doubts and said, "Mister Zhou, don't worry. When the Palace Master left, he gave me full responsibility for the Heavenly Grand Ritual.
The purpose of Lv Huang's trip is to communicate with Mister Zhou about the final. Do you think we should admit defeat now or wait until tomorrow? "
I didn't think it was a big deal when I talked to Han Wennan, but I didn't know what to say to Lv Huang.
I thought about it and decided to let Officer Wang make the decision. After all, it was the Wang family's matter and I was just a helper they had invited. It was better to let him decide.
Several months ago, Officer Wang had been planning to win the Allheaven Grand Competition. Now that the best result was in front of him, he didn't care about anything else, so he hurriedly said, "Anything is fine, anything is fine …"
He looked a little embarrassed and his answer made the other party not know how to respond. But Lv Huang wasn't a long-winded person. He nodded and made a decision.
"Then we admit defeat!"
After saying that, she cupped her hands and left with the other two people without waiting for Officer Wang and me to respond. They went straight to the notary who hadn't left the arena yet.
She was indeed a woman from the West City Mountain Grotto. She did things swiftly and decisively. It didn't take long for the news that the West City Mountain Grotto had admitted defeat to the Wangwu Grotto. After hearing the news, the entire venue was in an uproar.
Many people thought that it was inconceivable that Lv Huang had admitted defeat when she was only one step away from the first place. Many people even thought that Lv Huang was crazy. She obviously had a chance to win the first place, so why did she admit defeat so easily?
But there were also some relatively rational people who guessed that we had reached some kind of deal. In short, everyone's face was filled with disbelief.
Lv Huang didn't care about other people's gazes. After announcing the news, she nodded to me and led the team out of the venue.
Not long after they left, most of the people who had just exclaimed had calmed down.
In fact, in this Allheaven Grand Competition, it wasn't just the two of us who had reached an agreement. First, it was the Changshan Grotto and Lin Xue's Luliang Mountain Blessed Land. Then, it was the Xuande Grotto and Ji Wuchang's Three Emperors Well Grotto. Then, it was the Lingshan Blessed Land and I and the West City Mountain Grotto. No matter how much the others thought about it, the result wouldn't change. After all, it was up to the two parties to choose to admit defeat or join forces. It had nothing to do with them.
It was probably because they understood this point that these people calmed down after a while of clamoring, and no one tried to cause more trouble.
Officer Wang saw that everyone had left and took the opportunity to announce the next arrangements for the Heavenly Grand Ritual. He informed everyone that the new ranking of the Blessed Land would be announced at the place where the banquet would be held tomorrow evening. Then, he hurriedly left with me and Fatty.
On the way back to the Holy Zhi Palace, Officer Wang looked calm, but his demeanor was completely different from a few days ago. The state of being burdened with pressure had disappeared, and he had completely returned to the carefree appearance he had when I had first seen him in Chiyou's tomb.
In fact, Officer Wang did have a reason to be happy. When his father was alive, he had suppressed the entire Blessed Land with his own strength and occupied the first place for many years. After his sudden departure, I didn't know how many Blessed Land's eyes were fixed on Officer Wang. If Wangwu Grotto didn't win the first place, the resentment of the other Blessed Land's for many years would erupt. I couldn't imagine what would happen at that time.