qin tian was defeated!

    and his defeat was thorough; everyone could see that he had no power to parry xu nian''s sword.

    the audience on the field was shocked. at this moment, they fully understood that the young man in the purple robe had been playing dumb and baiting the tiger all along.

    his strength, not to mention being in the top three, was surely enough to make it into the top five.

    it was laughable that they had thought xu nian had only made it to the rematch because of a sneak attack and luck.

    "xu nian, i love you!"

    somewhere amongst the crowd, a woman shouted, which was followed by a chorus of cheers.

    and so, xu nian gained his first group of fans.

    in the preparation area, zhao yan and ji yun both had ashen faces. it felt as if they had been slapped hard, their cheeks burning with pain.

    "we absolutely cannot let xu nian off, he even deceived us. if we meet him in the competition, i must burn him to ashes," zhao yan said with clenched fists and a fierce look.

    ji yun didn''t speak, but a chill flashed in the depths of his eyes.

    ...

    "haha, dean leng, you were right. xu nian really did surprise me. it seems that xu nian has the strength to make the top three," the prefectural governor laughed as he turned to leng yanran.

    others might not know leng yanran''s identity, but as the prefectural governor, how could he not know, so he was much more courteous when speaking with her.

    "lord governor, in my opinion, you''ve only seen the tip of the iceberg when it comes to xu nian''s strength. i am confident that he can take first place," leng yanran said with a smile.

    when it came to xu nian, one really couldn''t judge by common sense because he was improving every moment.

    "oh? first place, that''s interesting! now i''m looking forward to it even more," the prefectural governor replied with a laugh.

    "hmph, first place? dean leng, aren''t you being a little too presumptuous? do you really think our tianhen academy is a pushover?" the dean of tianhen academy retorted angrily.

    their academy had only managed to get one student into the top eight, whereas qinglin academy had three, which meant that their status as the number one academy in east field county might not hold for much longer.

    leng yanran just smiled faintly upon hearing the dean of tianhen academy and did not argue because she believed that facts would eventually slap certain people in the face.

    ...

    the eight group matches had concluded, and the quarterfinalists were determined.

    up next was the duel for the eight who were eliminated. xu nian wasn''t particularly interested in this, so after saying goodbye to dugu jingcheng and chen xifeng, he left giant sword square and headed to his own courtyard.

    however, the woman wasn''t about to let it go and prepared to continue her sword strikes.

    xu nian also grew angry, starting to muster his thunder fire power, ready to unleash the thunder and fire tyrant fist.

    "stop fighting!"

    however, before either of them could attack, they were stopped by chen wudi who rushed over.

    only then did they cease the fight, but the looks they exchanged were full of animosity.

    "sis, we agreed to acknowledge our brother-in-law upon arrival. what are you doing, trying to murder your own husband?" chen wudi said to chen yao.

    "chen wudi, if you spout nonsense again, i''ll tear your mouth apart!" chen yao glared at chen wudi, her stunning face gaining an additional allure from her anger.

    "sister? chen wudi, what''s this about?" xu nian was also stunned, not expecting that chen wudi would actually call the woman before him sister.

    upon hearing xu nian''s question, chen wudi turned and said with a smile, "xu nian, i forgot to tell you, my real identity is the son of chen tiansheng, the east field county governor, and she is my own older sister, chen yao. i was just thinking of introducing her to you as a wife."

    xu nian rolled his eyes at that, but his heart was also very surprised.

    he had not expected chen wudi to be the son of the east field county governor, let alone that the woman before him was actually chen wudi''s sister.

    it was a mess! a complete mess!

    thinking back to his actions in the demon beast forest, xu nian felt a massive headache coming on.

    chen yao, with her proud neck tilted, glared at xu nian as if to say you''re as good as dead.

    "xu nian, what exactly is the misunderstanding between you and my sister?" chen wudi asked, looking at xu nian.

    chen yao immediately glared at xu nian, as if threatening him not to say anything.

    xu nian scratched his head awkwardly and finally came up with a plausible explanation, "well, there''s not much to it. i saw your sister practicing in the water and kindly went up to spar with her for a while. maybe your sister sees my martial arts skills are good, so every time we meet, she wants to spar with me again."

    upon hearing this, chen wudi''s eyes widened, and he asked, "you didn''t draw swords, did you?"

    "no, just sparring, who would dare draw swords? that would lead to bloodshed," xu nian replied.

    upon hearing this, chen wudi breathed a sigh of relief.

    meanwhile, chen yao stood aside, looking utterly baffled, but she quickly caught on.

    "you both can go to hell!"

    chen yao''s pretty face flushed red, and her gaze towards xu nian and chen wudi suddenly turned ferocious and menacing.