Chapter 513: Just an Apology!

"Heh, I never expected the City Lord himself would come here."

A figure drifted down—who else could it be but Dan Chenzi?

Ren Xingchun did not respond but said in a deep voice, "Why haven't you withdrawn? Do you want me to take action myself?"

Those alchemists were startled and quickly retreated from the hall.

With all irrelevant people gone, the atmosphere grew somewhat strange.

The gazes of Ren Xingchun, Dan Chenzi, Cao Zheng, Zhu Jiang, and others all converged on Ye Yuan, as if trying to see through him.

Facing the stares of these giants, Ye Yuan was unafraid and said calmly, "Seniors, are you planning to gang up on a junior like me?"

The expressions on their faces turned odd. A junior...

Could someone who so effortlessly solved the twenty questions of the seventh level truly be considered a junior?

"Heh, where does that come from? Brother Ye, I received a message from Wu Xuan and came specially to thank you. I've studied the Dragon-Tiger Strengthening Soul Pill for decades but could never find a breakthrough. Today, you solved it." Dan Chenzi said with a smile.

"President, no need to be polite. You posed the questions, and I collected the bounty. We're square—no need for thanks." Ye Yuan said calmly.

At these words, everyone drew in a sharp breath.

Who else but Ren Xingchun would dare speak to Dan Chenzi like that? Perhaps only this young man before them?

Ye Yuan ignored him, his gaze burning as he looked at Ren Xingchun, but his tone turned cold: "The City Lord invited me to Wufang City, yet you couldn't even protect my sect's elder. Now that I've come to demand his release, the City Lord is here to cause trouble. Is this the hospitality of Wufang City?"

Ren Xingchun was not one to have a good temper. Hearing Ye Yuan's words, he flew into a rage: "You insolent brat! The Thousand Questions Wall is a totem of Wufang City. Your actions have gone too far!"

"Heh, gone too far? I gave him a chance, and he threw it away! Since that's the case, he must pay the price! I, Ye Yuan, don't seek trouble, but I'm not afraid of it either!" Ye Yuan stood his ground.

The other junior and intermediate alchemy kings broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing Ye Yuan's tone.

Both Dan Chenzi and Ren Xingchun were top figures in the Boundless Realm. For Ye Yuan to offend them both at once—how thick-skinned must he be!

"Fine, not afraid of trouble! You, the Nethercloud Sect, forcibly occupy territory of my Wufang City, and I haven't settled accounts with you yet, yet you dare to act tough with me!" Ren Xingchun's anger grew, and he began to digress.

Seeing this, Wu Xuan sensed trouble and quickly advised, "City Lord, this matter is still within control. Why don't both of you take a step back?"

"Hmph! This brat is arrogant and doesn't even put me in his eyes. He's far too insolent! I treated him as an honored guest, yet he is so aggressive—a truly clueless young man!"

Ye Yuan said calmly, "The Heavenly Evil Sect wreaks havoc everywhere, yet Wufang City turns a blind eye—that's aiding the wicked! I helped you eliminate a scourge, and instead I'm in the wrong? Those who cultivate the alchemy path should harbor good intentions. This Wufang City, claiming to be the holy city of alchemy—heh, it's hardly worthy of the name!"

Cao Zheng stood by, bewildered. The Cao family hadn't said a word, yet the City Lord had started quarreling with this young man. What was going on?

Everyone else was also puzzled, not understanding where such anger between the two came from.

In the end, it was Dan Chenzi who stepped forward as a mediator: "Both of you, calm down. In fact, Brother Ye has solved twenty problems, which is a great contribution to the prosperity of our Wufang City alchemy. He just didn't grasp the measure. Brother Ye, with a great enemy before us, wouldn't internal strife cause pain to our own and joy to our foes? In my opinion, let the Cao family release that elder of Youyun Sect, and let this matter be over."

"Hey, how can it be so easy? The Cao family must apologize to Supreme Elder Tianfeng!" Ye Yuan sneered.

"No! Releasing the person is possible, but apologizing is impossible!" Cao Zheng directly refused.

What a joke! How could the Cao family, a large clan, apologize to an elder of a third-rate minor sect?

"Heh, if you don't apologize, that's fine. I won't ask you to release him. You can close the hall today, but can you close it every day? From today on, I will come here every day to solve problems until I have solved all the problems on the seventh floor!" Ye Yuan sneered.

"Arrogant talk! Do you really think that just because you solved twenty problems, you can solve all of them? The higher-ranked problems are more difficult! These puzzles have remained unsolved for thousands of years. Do you think you can solve them?" Cao Fang mocked.

"You can try," Ye Yuan said indifferently.

These words choked Cao Fang into internal injury.

He had questioned Ye Yuan before, and Ye Yuan had directly solved the last twenty problems.

Now Ye Yuan was still full of confidence. Could he really have such ability?

Impossible!

Problem number one was simply too heaven-defying. Even the Guild Leader and the City Lord were baffled by it, let alone Ye Yuan.

Dan Chenzi and the others naturally did not believe that Ye Yuan could solve all the problems, but being stuck here was not a solution either!

"Brother Ye, let's each take a step back. The Cao family will release the person and compensate your elder with one hundred thousand high-grade primal crystals. Is that acceptable?" Dan Chenzi said.

But Ye Yuan shook his head and said, "I only want an apology! As for primal crystals, if I want them, I can have countless!"

Everyone was speechless. This Ye Yuan was simply impervious to both soft and hard tactics!

"But Tianfeng answered the question wrong and slandered the reputation of our Cao family. I didn't kill him directly, which is already showing mercy. And you still want us to apologize?" Cao Fang questioned.

Ye Yuan suddenly grinned and said, "Is that so? Then let's invite the Supreme Elder out for a confrontation, shall we? If Elder Tianfeng answered wrong, I, Ye Yuan, will return all four hundred thousand primal crystals and apologize to the Cao family! But if Elder Tianfeng's answer was correct, what then?"

At this, Cao Fang panicked.

He never expected things to develop to this point; now it was out of control.

At this moment, Zhu Jiang suddenly sighed deeply and said, "Alas, Brother Cao Zheng, all this is the fault of us three. I never expected it would cause such an uproar. I, Zhu Jiang, am no longer worthy to serve as an elder of the advisory group for the Thousand Questions Wall. Brother Cao Zheng, please find someone else."

With Zhu Jiang saying this, Liu Yun and the other person also resigned to Cao Zheng.

The news Cao Zheng received was that someone was causing trouble in the Linlang Pavilion, but he was not clear about the whole story.

Now hearing Zhu Jiang's words, how could he not understand what had happened?

He casually waved his hand and slapped Cao Fang across the face, saying coldly, "You unfilial son! So all this was stirred up by you! You actually used the reputation of the Cao family for such a lowly deed. I'll kill you!"