Chapter 1296: Chapter 1296: What Can You Do to Me? (First Update)

Ye Haochuan followed that gaze and saw a handsome young man coldly staring at him behind Ye Hao.

“This young of a Nascent Soul Realm, could this be Ye Xiao, leader of the five great talents?”

Ye Haochuan thought to himself, adopting a mindset that it’s better to have more friends than enemies, he smiled and nodded at him.

To his surprise, Ye Xiao not only didn’t respond, but instantly turned his head away. His defiant manner suggested he didn’t regard Ye Haochuan in the slightest.

Damn, is this guy crazy? I haven’t even provoked him, why is he full of hostility?

Ye Haochuan was somewhat baffled.

He was sure he had never seen this guy before. Just now he had offered friendship, but he didn’t expect this guy to show him no courtesy at all.

However, when he slightly turned his head and saw Ye Hao, he suddenly understood a bit. This guy must be jealous because Ye Hao had shown him some closeness earlier.

In fact, it was mostly as he guessed, for a long time, the only young person to receive simultaneous praise from both Ye Hao and Yang Sen had been him. Even among the other five great talents, opinions varied and no one else had been so honored.

Just now, the two War Gods showed a hint of appreciation when looking at Ye Haochuan, making him feel like something was taken from him, hence the natural enmity.

Ye Haochuan didn’t have much time to fathom a stranger’s thoughts; although he didn’t want another enemy, he already had plenty, and when there’s a lot of fleas, one doesn’t fear the itch.

Diverting his gaze from Ye Xiao, Ye Haochuan then noticed the arrangement of several groups present.

As the two giants of Xuanmen, Ye Hao and Yang Sen sat at the top of the great hall.

Sitting with them was an elderly western man with completely white hair. Without question, this was the Pope of the Holy See.

However, the Pope at this moment looked extremely pale, his aura was very unstable, clearly severely injured.

When Xuanmen acted, it was heard that the Pope was already heavily injured. But Ye Haochuan found it puzzling, what kind of injury could make all the medicinal cultivators of Xuanmen and the Holy See helpless, not healed after such a long time?

Below the three representatives, a middle-aged man with black hair and white beard sat on the right and closed his eyes in waiting. The position on the left was temporarily vacant.

As for some other families, in this kind of occasion, they seemed to fade into insignificance.

While people were anxiously worried, that family finally arrived late at the left lower seat.

“Sorry, sorry, this old man is slow due to his age, hope I didn’t delay things!” The newcomer was an elderly man with a full head of white hair, face full of wrinkles.

Upon seeing the old man, everyone showed a look of surprise. However, along with the surprise, there was not a trace of blame, but rather full respect.

“It’s okay, with Senior Long Yin personally here, it shows the importance attached to this battle!” Ye Hao stood up and spoke respectfully.

Yang Sen, beside him, also stood up to show courtesy.

Damn, who is this old guy exactly? Even these two giants respect him so much?

Ye Haochuan was a bit confused.

The next moment, a graceful figure nearly drew the attention of all the young males present.

Upon seeing this figure, Ye Xiao’s face immediately brightened, quickly walked over, bowed to the elder called Long Yin, and then eagerly said to the graceful figure, “Keyue, you came too?”

This graceful figure was none other than Long Keyue, one of the five great talents.

Long Keyue saw Ye Xiao, raised her delicate eyebrows, and pouted, “Why? If you can come, then I can’t?”

“Keyue, you jest, since parting a few days ago, I’ve been thinking of you day and night. Seeing you again today truly makes me a bit overexcited, apologies for my words!” Ye Xiao’s handsome face was filled with a smiling intent.

Long Keyue waved her hand impatiently and said, “With the current urgency of the battle, you better think more about how to repel the Evil Sect.”

“Yue’er, no matter what, Ye Xiao is your future husband, how can you speak to him so rudely?” Long Yin reprimanded.

“Who said I’m going to marry him?” Long Keyue shouted delicately, then ignored Ye Xiao and walked straight towards the empty table.

Ye Xiao forced a smile, then respectfully accompanied Long Yin to the seat.

“Hey? Ye Haochuan, what are you doing here?” Long Keyue suddenly raised her head to see Ye Haochuan, surprised.

“Thanks to Director Yang’s regard, he brought me to broaden my horizons! Female Hero, long time no see, how have you been?” Ye Haochuan replied with a smile.

He had of course noticed Long Keyue early on, but in that kind of situation, if he had approached of his own accord to greet her, it would have seemed like he was deliberately trying to connect.

Now that Long Keyue greeted him, the situation naturally became a bit different.

Damn, I really was silly just now. This guy is destined to be my enemy, isn’t he?

Ye Haochuan thought to himself.

When Ye Xiao diligently rushed over to greet Long Keyue just now, Ye Haochuan remembered the relationship between Ye Xiao and Long Keyue. He also remembered his own intention of becoming Ye Xiao’s romantic rival.

“I heard about it, but you, that annoying guy hasn’t come to trouble you, has he?” Long Keyue asked with concern.

“He hasn’t for now, but if he came now, he’d regret it!” Ye Haochuan chuckled.

“I really didn’t expect you to reach Core Formation so quickly!”

“And you’ve done well too, reaching Core Formation Late Stage…”

The two chatted back and forth like long-separated friends catching up.

Ye Xiao, standing by, was biting his back teeth in envy; as Long Keyue’s official fiancé, he only received lukewarm responses from her.

Meanwhile, Ye Haochuan, an outsider, seemed like a close old friend to Long Keyue, how could he not be filled with hate?

Were it not for the numerous notable figures present, Ye Xiao would’ve liked to rush over and crush Ye Haochuan into a pulp.

“Cough~” Ye Hao also seemed to notice Ye Xiao’s predicament, coughed lightly.

Upon hearing the cough, everyone present knew it was time to discuss business and naturally fell silent.

Long Keyue also obediently fell silent, but her eyes, when looking at Ye Xiao, still held a hint of provocation.

Ye Xiao was infuriated by this; he believed himself to be ten million times stronger than Ye Haochuan, yet their treatment differences were worlds apart.

Ye Xiao naturally wouldn’t blame the woman he loved, but turned his resentful gaze toward Ye Haochuan. The look he gave brimmed with killing intent, dropping the temperature in the great hall a notch.

Ye Haochuan fearlessly met Ye Xiao’s gaze, a mocking smile on his lips, as if saying, “I’m just more charming, what can you do about it?”