"Lin Chen, our He family admits defeat this time, but for us to acknowledge you as master, it's absolutely impossible!"
With He Hu's support, He Long immediately looked directly at Lin Chen.
"We are willing to compensate you. Spirit stones, pills, spirit artifacts, you can name your price."
He Long's face was grim. He signaled to the elders beside him.
They had a total of three Core Formation cultivators. Lin Chen had defeated He Biao by relying on a secret technique, and he would surely be in a weakened state now. He would definitely not be their opponent!
Currently, the only one they needed to deal with was that old geezer from the Long family!
"Heh heh, so you're saying you intend to break the contract?"
Upon hearing He Long's words, Lin Chen let out a cold laugh, and killing intent completely erupted from his eyes.
He had anticipated that the He family would renege on their word, but he hadn't expected them to do so openly in front of so many spectators in the arena. It truly caught him off guard!
"Break the contract? Lin Chen, I tell you, our He family has been passed down for hundreds of years. How could we possibly acknowledge you as master?"
"Even if you have the Long family as your backer, so what?"
"Fellow Daoist Liu, protect my He family today, and the He family will be an affiliated family of the Liu family from now on!"
He Long gritted his teeth and stamped his foot, reluctantly turning his gaze to Liu Han, who was also a referee.
Long Wumu was a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the late Core Formation stage. In the entire Zhejiang province, only he could contend with him!
As long as Liu Han was willing to intercept Long Wumu, with the combined strength of their three brothers, could they not kill a single Lin Chen?
"Oh? Is that so?"
Upon hearing He Long's words, Liu Han immediately looked over.
Regardless of anything else, the He family had three Core Formation cultivators. If they truly became an affiliated family of the Liu family, it would mean three more experts for the Liu family.
In Zhejiang province, they would then be able to completely suppress the Long family!
"What? Elder Liu, are you sure you want to break the contract?"
Long Wumu frowned beside him.
Good heavens, Liu Han, who was acting as a referee this time, was going to break the contract along with the He family. This was simply despicable!
"Fellow Daoist Long, you and I are both striving for the development of our families. If you wish to fight, I am more than willing to accompany you."
Liu Han chuckled coldly.
Wasn't it because of Lin Chen's identity as an alchemist that Long Wumu was defending him so fiercely now?
In the end, it was all about using Lin Chen to make the Long family even stronger.
"Despicable!"
Long Wumu said indignantly, spitting out two words from between his teeth.
"Lin Chen, hurry and leave!"
With no other option, Long Wumu could only look at Lin Chen and instruct him.
He knew that the facade had been torn down now. With the He family's character, there was no way they would let Lin Chen off the hook!
"Heh heh heh, I should have known. How could a bunch of despicable scoundrels truly uphold their promises?"
"Old Long, I, Lin Chen, remember your kindness today!"
Upon hearing Long Wumu's words, Lin Chen shook his head slightly. The cultivation that had been boosted by the Golden Dragon Transformation instantly returned to the early Core Formation stage.
Lin Chen did not leave. He directly sat cross-legged on the arena, took out a Replenishing Spirit Pill, tossed it into his mouth, and began to recuperate his spiritual energy.
"Hmph, you're not even running away?"
"No, you used a secret technique to boost your power. Now, even if you wanted to run, you wouldn't be able to, right?"
Seeing Lin Chen's actions, He Long narrowed his eyes, his expression full of disdain.
A young brat, not knowing his place, actually dared to go against aristocratic families. He was simply courting death!
"Take him down. Pierce his spirit root with the Spirit Locking Hook, and make him refine pills for my He family for the rest of his life!"
He Long let out a sinister laugh, his words chilling everyone present to the bone.
The Spirit Locking Hook was a torture device made from special materials in the cultivation world. The one that肖魁 and others used to restrain Zhang Ying earlier was precisely this item!
It could be said that once the spirit root was pierced by the Spirit Locking Hook, a cultivator's cultivation would be crippled, yet they would not die, only suffering eternal torment!
"Lin Chen! Hurry and run!"
Long Yuling was anxious. Just as she was about to rush forward, He Hu stopped her directly.
"What? Miss Long, are you planning to start a war with our He family for a mere slave?"
He Hu licked his lips, a lecherous expression on his face that men would understand.
"You scoundrels! You're untrustworthy. What kind of cultivators are you?"
Long Yuling clenched her fists tightly, her expression filled with anger.
They had signed a contract in front of so many people, and now they were openly going back on their word. It was simply despicable!
"Alas!"
However, just as the atmosphere was at a breaking point, a sigh echoed throughout the entire arena.
The sound was very faint, yet everyone felt as if it was spoken right next to their ears.
More importantly, with this sigh, the temperature in the arena suddenly dropped by more than ten degrees. Several cultivators with low cultivation bases couldn't help but shiver.
"What's going on? Why did the temperature suddenly drop?"
"Who just sighed?"
A group of cultivators looked around, not understanding what was happening.
Most of the spectators here were at least at the Qi Refining stage, far beyond the mortal realm. Ordinary temperatures no longer had much of an effect on them.
Yet now, almost all the cultivators felt cold!
Only Liu Han and Long Wumu's gazes instantly shifted to the middle-aged man standing in the audience who had remained silent.
"Nascent Soul old monster?"
Long Wumu swallowed, his expression filled with disbelief.
Only a legendary Nascent Soul old monster could make him, a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the late Core Formation stage, feel an anomaly!
"No, if he were a Nascent Soul old monster, I wouldn't be able to mobilize my spiritual energy right now."
"He's at the Half-step Nascent Soul!"
Liu Han swallowed and stared intently at Zhang Long.
They all knew that this middle-aged man had entered with Lin Chen. However, when they first entered, they had checked his cultivation.
They found no spiritual energy fluctuations on him and assumed he was just an ordinary person.
But they hadn't expected it to be because their own abilities were insufficient to sense it!
"Senior... you..."
Liu Han respectfully cupped his fists towards Zhang Long with a trembling voice, wanting to say something, but his words got stuck in his throat.
He had entered with Lin Chen, which meant he was a helper specifically invited by Lin Chen!
Even if the person hadn't truly reached the Nascent Soul stage, just being at the Half-step Nascent Soul was enough. Killing everyone present would take mere minutes!
Below Nascent Soul, all are ants. Even if all of them joined forces now, they would be no match for the person before them!
"If you He family members do not uphold your promise, I will cripple your cultivation and feed it to dogs."
Zhang Long took a step forward, and in just an instant, he was standing in front of He Long.
His overwhelming aura was unleashed. At this moment, He Long felt as if all his spiritual energy had been completely drained. It was as if he was an ant facing an elephant!