Chapter 360: Ye Shiyuan’s Battle Against Fang Lansheng

"Master, this is not my fault. Even if I locked it, he would still be able to open it."

Zhang Youxia pointed at Ye Shiyuan. "You..."

Ye Shiyuan actually had this side to him?

This truly broadened Zhang Youxia’s horizons.

"Shiyuan, do you even realize how embarrassing this is?"

Zhang Youxia was criticizing Ye Shiyuan, but that only made Bai He unhappy.

"Who allowed you to criticize Shiyuan?"

"You two really are united against outsiders. You are completely on the same side. Forget it, forget it. I guess I am just unlucky. I will leave, alright?"

As he spoke, Zhang Youxia turned around and prepared to leave.

Ye Shiyuan then spoke. "Do not tell anyone."

"Got it."

...

Bai He did not even know why, but he ended up following Zhang Youxia here.

"Zhang Youxia, what is that thing in your hand? Why have I never seen it before?"

In Zhang Youxia’s hand was a single flower.

It looked extremely mismatched with his entire appearance.

When Ye Shiyuan first suggested this, Bai He had refused.

But his refusal was completely useless.

Ye Shiyuan had suggested turning Bai He into something that could be carried around at all times.

Bai He felt that turning into a flower was actually quite a good idea.

Zhang Youxia had no choice but to agree.

After thinking about it carefully, he still felt that he should not have agreed.

The current situation was simply too strange.

A grown man like him was actually holding a flower in his hand and he even had to be extremely careful with it.

"Ahem, the match between Shiyuan and Sect Master Fang is extremely important. So I am holding this flower and waiting for Shiyuan to return victorious."

Zhang Youxia raised his head and glanced at Ye Shiyuan, who had already stepped onto the arena.

This was truly troublesome.

"Are you thinking too much? Do you really think Shiyuan can be Sect Master Fang’s opponent?"

"That is hard to say. Shiyuan is a genius. Even Master said so."

The disciple opposite him shrugged.

Clearly, he did not really believe what Zhang Youxia was saying.

Ye Shiyuan was indeed a genius and there was no mistake about that.

However, no matter how talented someone was, they still needed time to grow.

How old was he right now?

Below the arena, Ye Shiyuan gave people an imposing and majestic feeling.

"Shiyuan is so handsome."

"Hey, can you stop talking?"

"The techniques Shiyuan uses can only be heard by the person holding me, so don’t worry."

Zhang Youxia looked around.

He confirmed that what Bai He said was true and finally relaxed slightly.

"But if I speak, won’t other people hear me?"

"That is why you can stay silent. I will be the one speaking."

"I finally understand why Ye Shiyuan cannot forget you, Little Master. You really do have the ability to make people unable to forget you."

Bai He did not think this was an insult.

Instead, he smiled and said, "Then I will thank you for your compliment."

"Who is complimenting you?"

Someone suddenly patted Zhang Youxia on the shoulder.

He was startled and immediately turned around. "Who?"

"What are you muttering about? Shiyuan’s match is about to begin."

That was indeed true.

When he looked up, he saw that Ye Shiyuan and Fang Lansheng had already started fighting.

It was obvious that Ye Shiyuan was extremely serious.

It was as if he was determined to win.

Even though Ye Shiyuan was a genius with extraordinary talent that shocked everyone, with his current strength, wanting to defeat Fang Lansheng was probably still impossible.

Everyone present thought the same thing.

Ye Shiyuan held the Dawnmaker Divine Sword in his hand.

His sword techniques were extremely fierce and sharp.

In fact, judging only from swordsmanship, Ye Shiyuan had already begun to suppress Fang Lansheng.

Even Fang Lansheng himself probably never expected that a disciple this young would actually become such a difficult opponent for him.

Compared to the Ye Shiyuan he had seen before, this young man had grown tremendously.

It even gave Fang Lansheng the feeling that he was enjoying the fight immensely.

No.

This had to be an illusion.

How could Fang Lansheng admit that he, who had cultivated for several hundred years, was actually feeling this way because of a young disciple whose cultivation time was absolutely less than twenty years?

It was simply unbelievable, something that should only exist in legends.

The power of the Dawnmaker Divine Sword, combined with the effort Ye Shiyuan had put in over the past six months, was now being displayed at its most complete and powerful level.

"Zhang Youxia, I finally understand now how much Shiyuan held back against me back then."

It was practically just a flashy performance!

He had only casually used a few sword techniques, yet he had allowed Bai He to win?

Even Bai He himself felt that it was rather shameful.

"You know it now too, right? Over the past six months, Ye Shiyuan has also become the hardest working disciple in the entire Tianshan Palace. With such high talent and such terrifying effort, he is practically not leaving any path for others to survive."

Zhang Youxia had once secretly planned to learn from Ye Shiyuan’s cultivation methods.

For example, when he cultivated, how long he cultivated each day, and things like that.

However, after three days, he could no longer endure it.

A monster.

Only a monster could possibly endure that kind of training.

"Because Shiyuan is different from other people."

"Yes, yes, yes. In your heart, everything he does is always right."

That was not what Bai He meant, of course.

He was simply expressing his sincere thoughts.

Being the protagonist was not something that could be achieved easily.

If someone could not even endure this level of determination and effort, then they did not deserve to be the protagonist.

The air around them suddenly seemed to become scorching hot.

Even Zhang Youxia was vaguely beginning to feel uncomfortable.