After saying that, the old woman stopped looking at the four people and turned to walk towards the City Lord’s Mansion.
Xu Chunniang's mood did not relax, but became more depressed.
This feeling of being helpless is very uncomfortable.
But since they were already here, there was no way they could back down, and the four of them followed the old woman in silence.
Not long after, in front of a huge arena, the four finally saw Zhuge Yun, Shangguan Xue, and a handsome man in a purple robe.
There was a hint of evil in his eyes.
The old woman walked quickly to the purple-robed man and whispered a few words.
The man turned around and glanced at the four people casually, then his eyes fell on Zhuge Yun with a sarcastic smile.
"Zhuge Yun, let me ask the people from the City Lord's Mansion and your fellow disciples to be witnesses today. You and I will have a competition. The loser will swear by his Dao heart to voluntarily give up Sister Xue'er. Do you dare to accept it?"
Before Zhuge Yun could speak, Shangguan Xue frowned slightly, with a look of disapproval.
"Thank you, brother. Why is it so?"
Xie Changyuan's smile deepened, his eyes lingering on Shangguan Xue's stunning appearance.
"If Sister Xue'er wants to protect your senior brother, it's not impossible. You just need to agree to my proposal."
Shangguan Xue's face was slightly stiff, and she was about to say something when Zhuge Yun suddenly looked up and glared at Xie Changyuan.
"Okay, I agree to this competition. The loser must swear an oath on his Dao heart."
"That's more like it."
Xie Changyuan chuckled and flew onto the stage first.
"Brother... why are you doing this?"
Shangguan Xue sighed softly, but she knew in her heart that at this point, a fight between the two was inevitable.
"Don't worry, Junior Sister. I will do my best."
Zhuge Yun said this carefully and walked towards the arena.
When he was halfway there, he seemed to have thought of something and turned back to look at Xu Chunniang and the others.
"Just wait here for a while."
Seeing Zhuge Yun going up to the ring, Huo Chunyan couldn't help but complain to Xu Chunniang through voice transmission.
"Tsk tsk, I heard in the past that Senior Brother Zhuge was a love-struck man, and seeing him today, it turns out that the rumors were true.
Since the purple-robed man is a disciple of Master Hunyuan and his cultivation level is not at the Golden Core stage, he must be Xie Changyuan who has reached the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment."
Xu Chunniang looked along the ring and landed on Xie Changyuan, and she had a vague guess.
During the auction that day, a voice was heard from private room No. 1, which was somewhat similar to Xie Changyuan's voice.
Perhaps, he was the person in the private room that day.
At this moment, the two men on the ring confronted each other and the battle was about to break out.
Xie Changyuan smiled, "Zhuge Yun, you are only at the eighth level of foundation building, while I have completed the foundation building. Are you sure you want to fight me?"
Zhuge Yun's face was as cold as frost, and he took out the emerald green sword without saying a word.
"Well, in that case, don't blame me for being ruthless."
As soon as Xie Changyuan finished speaking, four huge black chains appeared in front of him and quickly stretched out towards Zhuge Yun.
Then I saw four chains crisscrossing each other, forming a large chain net in an instant.
Zhuge Yun saw Xie Changyuan's intention to trap him, and he kept swinging his sword at the chains to avoid being surrounded.
However, no one knew what material the chain was made of, and when the sword light fell on it, it only left a faint mark.
The emerald green sword looked small and weak in front of the four huge chains.
Before long, beads of sweat appeared on Zhuge Yun's forehead, and the chain net became tighter and tighter.
He put away his sword, tapped his toes lightly on a piece of chain, and flew out from the gap in the chain, escaping from the siege.
However, Xie Changyuan seemed to not care at all, and just calmly drove the chain towards Zhuge Yun.
And the four huge chains shrank countless times in an instant as he wished, and their speed suddenly increased, instantly binding Zhuge Yun's right hand.
"Oh no! Senior Brother Zhuge has fallen into a trap. Xie Changyuan was just pretending to attack us!"
Seeing this scene, Zhang Yu's face showed anxiety and he couldn't help but exclaim.
The other people also frowned slightly. Zhuge Yun was a sword practitioner, and his right hand wielding the sword was tied up, which meant that half of his sword was disabled.
With a "clang" sound, as the chain tightened, the green sword in Zhuge Yun's hand fell to the ground.
However, he was unwilling to admit defeat, so he took out the iron sealing fan with his left hand and attacked Xie Changyuan.
"It's just a trifle."
Xie Changyuan sneered and calmly dodged several sharp fan feathers with tricky angles. "You are a sword cultivator, and you lost to me with a sword. Using a broken fan is just asking for trouble."
A fierce look flashed across his eyes, and a thin chain separated from Zhuge Yun's right hand, tightly wrapped around the iron sealing fan, and then he exerted force to break it into several pieces.
The iron sealing fan was destroyed, Zhuge Yun's consciousness was damaged, and his face showed pain.
Xie Changyuan took the opportunity to kill him. The spiritual power in the chain surged and pierced through his heart!
Seeing this scene, Shangguan Xue's pupils shrank slightly, "Thank you, brother, please show mercy!"
Xie Changyuan paused slightly, but ruthlessly activated the chain, piercing Zhuge Yun's heart.
Zhuge Yun screamed in pain, lost consciousness and fell to the ground.
"Thank you, brother!"
Shangguan Xue's face changed slightly, she shouted quickly, then quickly flew onto the stage, took out several pills and gave them to Zhuge Yun to take.
"Don't worry, I'm careful with my attack, he won't die. I just want to teach him a profound lesson. After all, I'm still waiting for him to swear an oath with his Dao heart."
Xie Changyuan curled up the corner of his mouth into a smile, put away the chain, and playfully wiped off the blood beads that were still hot on it.
"Besides, no matter how bad Zhuge Yun is, he is still your senior brother. How can I bear to see Sister Xue'er feel sad for your senior brother?"
After Shangguan Xue took out the pill and gave it to Zhuge Yun to take, she had time to check on his condition.
Zhuge Yun was seriously injured, but as Xie Changyuan said, his life was not in danger.
She breathed a sigh of relief, but her face still looked unhappy.
At this moment, Zhuge Yun coughed lightly and woke up.
His eyes instantly locked onto Shangguan Xue, who was just a few feet away, with a complex and lost look in his eyes, "Junior Sister..."
Xie Changyuan's eyes swept over and fell on Zhuge Yun, and he interrupted him happily.
"Now that you are awake, you should swear the Dao Heart Oath first."
Zhuge Yun's originally pale face suddenly lost all its color. He opened his mouth, but no sound came out. He just stared at Shangguan Xue in a daze.
"Brother Zhuge, this is too tragic."
Huo Chunyan said with a light "tsk". "Although I feel like he asked for it, I still feel a little uncomfortable seeing him like this."
Xu Chunniang's eyes fell on the three people on the stage and she spoke slowly.
"The oath made with the heart of Tao has a very strong binding force. If you violate it, not only will your cultivation be difficult to advance, but you will also suffer the pain of your heart of Tao being shaken."