Chapter 1776 - 1761: Battle of Saving Face and Going Easy

On the seventh day of Ye Zhen blocking the War Soul Hall’s gates.

Shortly after dawn, some eager priests came to the War Soul Hall entrance to watch the spectacle, wanting to see if the War Soul Hall would continue to hide like a turtle today.

Of course, they were also there for Ye Zhen’s daily lottery game.

The prizes provided by Ye Zhen were generally of average value, but quite unique. With some luck, one might land a surprise.

Most importantly, the lottery game was quite interesting, bringing a bit of fun to their dull and monotonous practice life.

However, to the surprise of those priests, Ye Zhen, the number one madman in the Ancestor God Temple, did not turn up on time to block the War Soul Hall’s entrance today.

Fortunately, before long, Ye Zhen, now renowned as the top madman in the Ancestor God Temple, appeared once more at the gates of the War Soul Hall.

As usual, he placed the banner and the seven Victory Banners in the square in front of the War Soul Hall’s entrance, only slightly later than usual by an hour.

This let the priests eager to watch relax, as it seemed there would still be a spectacle to witness today.

But little did anyone know, Ye Zhen had just come out from the main hall of the War Soul Hall.

Just like any other day, Ye Zhen planted the Victory Banners and started shouting provocations, but the gates of the War Soul Hall remained tightly shut after several shouts.

Feeling a bit bored, Ye Zhen started chatting and joking with the priests who came to watch, sharing stories from all heavens and myriads of worlds, earning admiration from some priests who were mostly focused on their dull practice.

Some priests even took the opportunity to set up small stalls and earn Spirit Stones amidst the crowd.

In the blink of an eye, it was almost noon, and more and more priests gathered around.

Because these days, Ye Zhen would conduct his first lottery game around noon, so the number of priests attending at noon was the largest.

Yet, before the lottery game began, Ye Zhen still routinely shouted a few times at the tightly shut War Soul Hall.

The priests watching from all around paid no heed to Ye Zhen’s provocations because ever since Left Chief Priest Xii Mo from the War Soul Hall was blocked by Princess Changle from the Barbarian Spirit Hall, the War Soul Hall’s door had never opened during the day.

But today, just as Ye Zhen was yelling, the War Soul Hall’s doors opened.

Leading the way out was Right Chief Priest Dalantai from War Soul Hall, followed by a group of Moon Priests, and one particularly conspicuous priest with a shield in his left hand and a saber in his right.

"War Soul Hall’s top Moon Priest Qi Bing?"

Someone immediately recognized the burly priest with the shield and saber, but recognition aside, the surrounding priests didn’t care.

Though Sima Yan was ranked second in combat power among the War Soul Hall Moon Priests, even after summoning War Soul Possession, he couldn’t defeat Ye Zhen.

So naturally, the top-ranked Moon Priest Qi Bing couldn’t defeat Ye Zhen either.

Almost all the priests watching believed that even with War Soul Hall’s top Moon Priest battling Ye Zhen, it would be without suspense.

Therefore, when Qi Bing strode up and loudly accepted Ye Zhen’s challenge, nobody cared.

Many even continued their idle chatter, barely shifting their attention.

After all, Ye Zhen’s fighting style was quite unique, relying on speed.

Most priests couldn’t even clearly see Ye Zhen’s figure.

To the point where no one even dared to open betting on the outcome.

Because it was an obvious matter, without suspense.

Who would open the betting and risk a loss?

"I am Qi Bing from the War Soul Hall Moon Priests, please instruct me!" Qi Bing said solemnly, taking a few steps forward, raising his shield slightly to erect an oval Guardian Light Screen before him, while his battle saber unleashed a skyward Killing Qi.

However, even though the killing intent soared, it still failed to draw much attention.

An inevitable outcome and a process too obscure to observe — who would want to watch?

With someone accepting the challenge, Ye Zhen naturally wouldn’t refuse, though his expression was somewhat bored.

"Ye Zhen from Barbarian Spirit Hall, please!"

As the word "please" left his mouth, Ye Zhen, like in previous battles, disappeared from Qi Bing’s sight the moment he moved.

Despite Ye Zhen’s extreme speed, Qi Bing instinctively sensed an unusual aura attacking from the flank.

Much like a raging bear, Qi Bing swung his left-hand shield fiercely towards the left.

Bang!

The loud bang of striking something solid suddenly erupted.

This intense commotion caused those idle chatting priests to look back at the engaged opponents involuntarily.

moments later, they wore faces filled with astonishment!

Because the instant they turned their heads, they saw Ye Zhen being sent flying by the top Moon Priest Qi Bing with a single shield strike.

The forceful shield strike sent Ye Zhen hurtling like a kite with a broken string, flying back a thousand meters before landing, staggering a few steps as he touched the ground.

Qi Bing was stunned for a moment, was his shield so powerful?

Is this really Ye Zhen, the number one madman of the Ancestor God Temple who had them bottled up in War Soul Hall?

This strength seemed quite average.

Doubts aside, Qi Bing moved at this moment, intending to seize the opportunity to pursue.

But just then, Ye Zhen, who had just landed, made his Purple Spirit Immortal Sword vanish suddenly, and bowed towards Qi Bing, saying,

"Top Moon Priest of War Soul Hall indeed lives up to the name, I, Ye Zhen, have lost! Admit it wholeheartedly!"

"Uh..."

Qi Bing, who was about to pursue, suddenly felt like he was choked, rendered speechless in shock for quite a while.

He had just rushed back from elsewhere yesterday, but the Hall Master wouldn’t let him fight. Early this morning, the Hall Master sent him out, and he had already prepared for a bloody battle.

He was even ready to burn Essence Blood to enhance his strength, prepared to do whatever it takes to clean the War Soul Hall’s disgrace.

In his mind, this was going to be a fierce battle — a truly fierce one!

But as it turned out, victory came incredibly easy. He didn’t even go on the offensive, just defended a bit, and he won.

This victory was simply perplexing!

The priests watching from all directions were dumbfounded, especially those who were just chatting and exchanging words. Hearing Ye Zhen’s voice of surrender, they were directly dumbfounded.

They hurriedly inquired from the surrounding priests about what exactly happened, what was the matter with the fight just now, and why did the Ancestor God Temple’s number one madman Ye Zhen surrender so quickly?

But even the priests who were watching the scene intently still hadn’t figured out what was going on.

It seemed the fight had just started, and Ye Zhen surrendered.

Under everyone’s astonished gaze, Ye Zhen walked towards the seven victory banners and banner he had erected, casually flicking streams of Hand Intense Flames to incinerate those banners into flying ash.

While pounding, he said, "In today’s battle, I just realized that the War Soul Hall indeed has experts, and their reputation is not undeserved.

I concede, everyone, see you later!"

As the last victory banner turned into flying ash, Ye Zhen’s voice continued, yet he had already vanished.

Leaving behind the inexplicably victorious Qi Bing and the astonished onlooking priests.

"This rascal, even when acting, refuses to act properly! Isn’t this plainly letting them off easy? Anyone who isn’t a fool can see he’s deliberately going easy!"

Within the War Soul Hall, Left Chief Priest Xii Mo showed an expression of displeasure.

Hall Master Bi Ze also laughed bitterly, "Having such an excuse is actually not bad! With Ye Zhen’s strength, the longer the fight dragged on, the more obvious his mercy would be!"

Upon hearing this, Left Chief Priest Xii Mo of the War Soul Hall couldn’t help but let out a long sigh.

Frustrating and stifling!

This sole victory of the War Soul Hall over Ye Zhen didn’t come easy, the cost was undeniably huge.

Previously, during the negotiations between Hall Master Bi Ze and Ye Zhen, Bi Ze fell into Ye Zhen’s trap, agreeing to lend the avatar of the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal to Ye Zhen for ten years.

Ten years.

In these ten years, if the avatar of the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal were only rented out for a year, the High Grade Spiritual Stones earned would be in the millions.

What a vast fortune that would be.

Now it’s simply given away to Ye Zhen, the losses are indescribable.

Yet, given the current situation, Ye Zhen’s Heavenly Patrol Department has seized the critical points of the War Soul Hall.

Moreover, in a moment of desperation Hall Master Bi Ze revealed the bottom line of the War Soul Hall, forcing a reluctant agreement.

Helplessly, Hall Master Bi Ze and others from the War Soul Hall proposed an additional condition.

The War Soul Hall, with great losses, deserved compensation both in reputation and profit. That profit aspect was overlooked; renting out the avatar of the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal costs fifty thousand High Grade Spiritual Stones per day.

And this avatar of the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal cannot be summoned at will.

So, concerning the reputation aspect, Ye Zhen must give the War Soul Hall some compensation.

How to compensate?

By having Ye Zhen deliberately lose to the War Soul Hall’s Moon Priest, giving the War Soul Hall a face-saving way out.

Thus, the scene just now unfolded!

Ye Zhen didn’t care about this condition.

It was just a performance, so he performed.

Ye Zhen didn’t value this reputation worthy of concern.

Lending the avatar of the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal for ten years without spending a single Spirit Stone, such benefits were immense, losing a bit of reputation that was of no use to Ye Zhen was something he was glad to do.

It’s essential to know the function of the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal, besides suppressing Divine Soul, primarily involves sharpening the Divine Soul to enhance Divine Soul Power.

Although the avatar of the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal is merely an avatar, its function is less than that of the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal itself. Nevertheless, even as an avatar, it possesses the might of a Low Grade Postnatal Spirit Treasure.

It’s crucial to know that the War Soul Hall invested countless Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures in crafting the avatar of the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal.

Naturally, the power of the avatar of the Ten Thousand Bones Reincarnation Seal isn’t far off.

Those about to condense into Primordial Spirits often borrow the avatar before their breakthrough to sharpen their Divine Soul.

Due to the cost, most borrow it for a few months, half a year being rare.

But Ye Zhen here can use it for ten years without any cost.

How great are these benefits?

And factoring in the Temporal Sequence Space of the Mirage Dragon Pearl, the benefits are simply...

Ye Zhen received his benefits and briskly left, but the first Moon Priest of the War Soul Hall, Qi Bing, upon realizing, turned his face ashen.

Even if he were foolish, he’d understand that Ye Zhen was going easy.

For a Martial Artist, this was an absolute disgrace!

It’s more humiliating than being defeated outright!

Unbeknownst to Qi Bing, this was arranged by their War Soul Hall!

However, Right Chief Priest Dalantai escorted him quickly back to the War Soul Hall to prevent further complications.

Upon leaving, Dalantai left some empty words, "Everyone, our War Soul Hall welcomes you to challenge us, regardless of who they are, our War Soul Hall will ensure they leave defeated!"

Sneer!

The priests who realized what happened responded with mockery.

Anyone with eyes could see that Ye Zhen threw the match today.

As for why Ye Zhen would concede, although unknown, one can still speculate.

As Ye Zhen, the protagonist, left, the tens of thousands of priests gathered around the War Soul Hall plaza naturally began to disperse.

Yet many left with lingering gazes and a sense of reluctance.

A different kind of life....

As they departed, the news of the War Soul Hall’s first Moon Priest Qi Bing defeating Ye Zhen started spreading half-truthfully, somewhat restoring the War Soul Hall’s reputation.