Ye Tian Yun frowned as he stepped out of the Elder's Hall.
Not because he was unsatisfied by the chat with the Elder he had just not, but because the looks and the stares from the few disciples were bugging him.
Getting stared at wasn't a new thing for Ye Tian Yun.
In the Middle Heavens, he was no less than a celebrity.
However, what bugged Ye Tian Yun was the fact that these disciples were 'avoiding' him and glancing at him in 'fear.'
'The only thing I did was put a random disciple in his place. What's going on?'
He couldn't help but think that the disciples were overreacting too much.
Shaking his head, Ye Tian Yun walked ahead.
However, just as he was about to enter the Inner Court once again, he encountered an acquaintance.
Hou Xing.
This disciple hated Fang Chen and was the prospective top disciple among the Outer Court Disciples before the Inner Court Entrance Hunt.
Unfortunately, he encountered the anomaly, Ye Tian Yun, and had to satisfy himself with second place.
In the Heaven's Grace Banquet organized by Yuan Shuchun about two months ago, he was the one whom Jun Xie chose to irritate Ye Tian Yun after knowing that the latter knew more about him than himself.
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In the stairway, both of them stared at each other for a moment, and surprisingly, Ye Tian Yun didn't see any hatred in Hou Xing's eyes.
In fact, Hou Xing turned his head to the other side and tried to pass by.
Ye Tian Yun smiled and immediately turned around.
Putting his hands around Hou Xing's shoulders, he asked, "Where are you running?"
Hou Xing frowned and pushed him away, "Fang Chen, I don't care how powerful your friend is, but I would warn you not to cross me. I am not the same Hou Xing who came second to you in the Inner Court Entrance Hunt."
"Hm? Are you not?" Ye Tian Yun shook his head, "And here I thought I met my old talented friend. It turns out it was just a random disciple."
"Hmph! Who's your friend?" Hou Xing sneered, "You really think I will forget all the humiliation I have suffered because of you?"
Ye Tian Yun rolled his eyes, "Alright, calm down, peanut butter. First, tell me, what's going on? Which powerful friend are you talking about?"
Hou Xing frowned at him, "You don't know?"
"If I knew, why would I even bother asking you?"
"Hm, true. Well, it's your friend Zheng Xiang. The guy who was sitting beside you in the Heaven's Grace Banquet. He's taking all the challenges coming at you."
"What?" Ye Tian Yun was confused, "What got into that guy? And what challenges?"
Hou Xing frowned, "We both are living in the same world, right? How come you don't know something important related to yourself, but the whole Seventh Peak knows?"
Ye Tian Yun was surprised by his words, "Explain to me, what's going on? I really have no idea what you are talking about."
Hou Xing shook his head and replied, "Well, I am sure you at least know about the challenges that disciples receive from the disciples on the higher floor."
Ye Tian Yun nodded his head. The random disciple from yesterday was also talking about challenges for the cultivation abode. Then when he first came to the sect, he also met another random hobo who was after his cultivation sect.
"So what about it?" Ye Tian Yun asked.
Hou Xing shrugged, "Well, your friend Zheng Xiang is taking challenges on your behalf."
"Oh?" Ye Tian Yun frowned, "But that still doesn't explain what's making the disciples afraid of me."
Hou Xing smiled, "They are not afraid of you. They are afraid of your friend Zheng Xiang. That guy has shaken everyone."
"What?" Ye Tian Yun was surprised.
"Yeah," Hou Xing nodded, "I had the same reaction when I first heard of this."
"What did Zheng Xiang do?" Ye Tian Yun asked.
Hou Xing replied with an unhidden envy, "He defeated every challenger. He's from the Seventh Floor but has defeated everyone on that floor. I mean, almost everyone. And then he created an open challenge and defeated not only the Sixth but even some of the Fifth Floor disciples!"
"Oh," Ye Tian Yun nodded.
This part wasn't any surprise for Ye Tian Yun.
Zheng Xiang's cultivation right now was at the peak of Fifth Level Qi Condensation Realm.
It wasn't going to be hard for him to take on the disciples from the Fifth Floor.
Hou Xing was confused when he didn't see the reaction he was expecting on Ye Tian Yun's face.
After a moment of thought, he added, "I am pretty sure he's taking on the challenges non-stop. And this fact is what had shocked everyone on the Seventh Peak."
Ye Tian Yun raised his eyebrows, "Are you telling me that Zheng Xiang took on the people who wanted to challenge me, then took on the disciples from Sixth and Fifth floor non-stop, and everything regarding this incident spread through the whole Peak - everything happened just in less than a day?"
Hou Xing nodded, "Yep, this is why there's currently a hype. And the reason why they are avoiding you is that Zheng Xiang had claimed that you could easily defeat him. And after claiming this, he defeats the opponents."
"Other than this, there's also a rumor that some random disciple challenged you yesterday but ended up unconscious after pissing in his pants with a single smile from you."
"Hm? This much happened?" Ye Tian Yun didn't remember the reaction from that disciple being this much.
Hou Xing shrugged, "I know it's an exaggeration, but these disciples would rather believe in bullshit than eat to prove it a lie."
Ye Tian Yun nodded, "True. So, where is he taking the challenges?"
"In the Battle Arena, of course."
"Let's go there then," Ye Tian Yun said. He needed to waste an hour anyway by the time the Elder arranges permission for him to leave.
Hou Xing shrugged, "Alright. I was planning to head there anyway."
Ye Tian Yun nodded, and soon both of them were in front of the Battle Arena.