New and dark light years

Chapter 329 Feeling Like We Can Win
When Li Lin and Lu Ying arrived at the entrance of Tianyi Gate, they saw two groups of people facing off.

An Xin led more than 30 young people, and opposite them were eight martial arts practitioners dressed in blue robes.

The two sides were exchanging insults when Li Lin and Lu Ying arrived, drawing the attention of both groups.

"Brother Li!"

Upon seeing Li Lin, An Xin breathed a sigh of relief.

At that moment, someone on the other side said, "What... An Xin, you're actually asking the government for help with matters concerning us martial arts people?"

The speaker was a young man with an arrogant and disdainful expression.

His words stunned everyone on the Tianyi Sect side.

Because... Li Lin was wearing casual clothes at the time, not official clothes.

It seems the other party knows Li Lin's identity!
An Xin looked at Li Lin, then at the other man, and asked, "Do you know Brother Li's identity?"

The young man opposite him put away his disdain and became very respectful: "I am Lei Xiaotian, a disciple of the Jinghong Sect, known in the martial arts world as the Raging Wave Swordsman! I greet Supervisor Li."

Alright... Li Lin understood, the other party really did know him.

Moreover, the other side has already figured out almost everything about Tianyi Sect.

Li Lin said, "Alright, what brings you to Tianyi Sect?"

"I have some past disputes with Tianyi Sect," the young man said with a smile. "These are all grudges left over from our elders. I apologize for disturbing Supervisor Li."

"Since it's a grudge between elders, why not... let go of the past? It's better to resolve conflicts than to perpetuate them!"

The young man smiled and said, "I dare not disobey the orders of Commander Li, but... Tianyi Sect can hide for a while, but not forever. Even if they escape today, so what? Even if our Jinghong Sect doesn't come looking for them, there will be Tianhong Sect, Dihong Sect, and so on. The sins that Tianyi Sect owed back then are now due."

Li Lin raised an eyebrow.

At this moment, the young man's expression turned disdainful again as he looked at An Xin and said, "An Xin, are you right?"

Li Lin wanted to say something more, but An Xin stopped him.

“Brother Li, he’s right.” An Xin said helplessly, “The affairs of the martial world are settled within the martial world! I’m already very happy that you came to our Tianyi Sect.”

“But this…” Li Lin said softly, “If you use your power to intimidate people, there’s no problem.”

"But our Tianyi Sect cannot afford this price." An Xin said with a wry smile, "They have already said so. If you help us again... Tianyi Sect will really be ashamed."

"Did your predecessors really... have a grudge against them?"

An Xin laughed and said, "In the martial arts world, which sect doesn't have its grudges? Even Shaolin Temple is entangled in a lot of troubles, let alone us."

Li Lin sighed. He could tell that An Xin already had a plan, so he stopped trying to persuade him.

The martial arts world does indeed have its own rules. Logically speaking, the rules of the government should take precedence over those of the martial arts world, but An Xin was unwilling to let Li Lin get involved, so he could only watch.

Often, these people from the underworld have an inexplicably strong sense of self-esteem.

An Xin looked at the other person and said, "Lei Xiaotian, I've agreed to the stage competition. You set a time."

"There's no time like the present, let's do it today. I'll give you half an hour to prepare." Lei Xiaotian laughed, "You're not afraid, are you?"

The others from Jinghongmen burst into laughter.

An Xin breathed a sigh of relief and was about to agree when he suddenly heard an angry voice from the side: "Shameful! You knew my senior brother was injured before you dared to come over. If you're so capable, why don't you compete with someone who isn't injured?"

Lei Xiaotian laughed: "That's no problem, but who among you dares to compete with me? Do you want your elders or sect leaders to step in?"

The expressions on everyone's faces changed.

Lei Xiaotian is right. If a senior member comes to challenge someone, and the one who comes out is an older member, then the reputation of Tianyi Sect will be ruined.

Moreover... currently, apart from one elder who is injured and resting in the sect, all the senior experts of Tianyi Sect are in other places.

I'm going to steal something really interesting.

The other party only dared to come here because they saw that Tianyi Sect was vulnerable and An Xin was injured.

An Xin said, "I'm all alone..."

"Let me compete with you!"

The sweet, girlish voice echoed throughout the room.

The people of Tianyi Sect were all stunned.

Lei Xiaotian, on the other side, laughed instead: "You? A girl like you shouldn't get involved. I don't want to hit a woman."

An Xin also shouted, "Junior Sister, don't talk nonsense."

Lu Ying ignored An Xin and instead pointed at Lei Xiaotian's nose, snorting, "It's not that you don't want to hit women, it's that you can't beat me."

An Xin was furious: "Junior Sister, shut up!"

"No!" Lu Ying glared at An Xin: "My master was injured because of you, and now you're injured yourself, yet you still want to fight them? Are you trying to die?! You're the senior brother of all of us. If something happens to you, what will the Tianyi Sect do? What will they do when the sect leader and the others return?!"

Her eyes were slightly red.

Li Lin's eyes widened.

In his memory, Lu Ying had always been a shy and gentle character; he never expected that her real temper was actually quite explosive.

"But you are no match for him!"

"Senior Brother, I'm better than you!" Lu Ying huffed and twisted at him. "I'm a master of the Way of Slaughter. I can easily deal with someone like him."

Although her voice wasn't loud, everyone around her could hear it clearly.

Now Lei Xiaotian was furious: "You people from Tianyi Sect are really arrogant! Fine, little girl, I'll fight you! I'll give you half an hour to prepare."

After saying that, Lei Xiaotian turned and left, taking several of his fellow disciples with him. An Xin turned back and glared at Lu Ying, angrily saying, "What are you doing here? This is a man's business. Do you want to die?"

“I’m not afraid of him… Senior Brother, in our contest a while ago, I actually let you win.” Lu Ying looked at him head-on and shouted, “I’m a Spirit Hunter, I know paper crafting and lightning magic, and I’m a genius. You can’t beat me now.”

"You still dare to be stubborn..." An Xin looked left and right as if searching for something, and finally roared, "Someone bring me the sect staff, I want to break my junior sister's legs."

Lu Ying turned and ran without any hesitation.

An Xin immediately gave chase, but he was running rather slowly due to his injury.

The other disciples of Tianyi Sect also gave chase.

Li Lin was somewhat bewildered by the situation.

He walked slowly, and soon he saw Lu Ying running towards Li Lin, protected by four paper figures.

Upon seeing Li Lin, her eyes lit up, and she immediately hid behind him.

An Xin caught up with him, clutching his chest and coughing softly.

"Junior sister, stop fooling around! Come here."

Lu Ying snorted: "I'm not making a fuss, I'm doing this for the good of Tianyi Sect."

An Xin smiled wryly: "I am the senior brother, so I really have to take responsibility for this. Can you just focus on your cultivation instead of making me suffer?"

"No, this time Tianyi Sect can only rely on me," Lu Ying said with a snort.

Looking at An Xin's face, which was starting to turn yellow, Li Lin knew that the commotion earlier must have triggered An Xin's internal injuries.

He couldn't help but say, "Brother An, with your injury, you really can't play."

"That doesn't give Junior Sister a chance to fight someone," An Xin shouted. "Do you think all of us fellow disciples are dead?"

"If we can win, why send the other brothers to their deaths?" Li Lin laughed.

He was with Lu Ying just now and witnessed firsthand the power of Lu Ying's lightning magic.

Although it's far from my current level, it's more than enough to kill a fourth-rate martial arts master.

Moreover, that wasn't even Lu Ying's full potential.

"Can you win?" An Xin looked at Li Lin with some surprise.

Lu Ying looked at Li Lin happily, then said to An Xin, "Senior Brother, did you see that? Even Senior Brother Li thinks I can win."

An Xin didn't quite believe what Lu Ying said.

After all, in his mind, Lu Ying was still a little girl who hadn't grown up, the little sister whom the entire Tianyi Sect would dote on.

But now Li Lin is saying that Lu Ying can win?

He was somewhat incredulous.

"Senior Brother, how long has it been since you've taken care of me?" Lu Ying said with dissatisfaction.

An Xin was also a little embarrassed. He didn't know anything about the Spirit Hunters' stuff; he didn't even have a shred of talent for it, so how could he manage it?

Moreover, his biggest impression of his junior sister was that... the little paper doll was really useful for finding people.

“We can win,” Li Lin said with a smile. “Besides, even if we lose, I can still protect her.”

An Xin pondered for a moment and said, "Alright, for Brother Li's sake, I believe you. But no matter what, Junior Sister, please be careful in everything you do."

“Okay!” Lu Ying nodded repeatedly.

Time passed quickly, and half an hour later, the people from Tianyi Sect arrived at the gate again.

The people from Jinghongmen also happened to arrive.

Lei Xiaotian was still leading the group. He saw An Xin and Lu Ying, and then laughed, "You really want a woman to fight me? Does Tianyi Sect have no men left?"

Lu Ying stepped forward and said, "Why all the nonsense? If you're going to fight, then hurry up."

"Alright then." Lei Xiaotian looked around, then clasped his hands in a fist salute to Li Lin and said, "I'd appreciate it if Supervisor Li could be my witness!"

Li Lin knew what the other party was thinking; they wanted to restrict him in this way so that he wouldn't completely side with Tianyi Sect.

"no problem."

Li Lin stepped between the two sides, then took two steps back: "The competition between Tianyi Sect and Jinghong Sect is about to begin. Both sides may use any means necessary, regardless of life or death. Do you have anything to say?"

"No."

"No."

Li Lin took two steps back: "Both sides take ten steps back, ready to begin."

The two retreated, and Lei Xiaotian drew his weapon.

At that moment, Lu Ying suddenly clasped her hands together and quickly formed a hand seal. Soon, four paper figures with rouge painted on their cheeks stood up from the ground and protected her in the middle.

Lei Xiaotian was stunned when he saw this: "Paper-making technique? Why does the junior sister of Tianyi Sect know such an evil technique?"

Li Lin knew that Lei Xiaotian was shocked, so he smiled and said, "The competition will now officially begin."

Lei Xiaotian glanced at Li Lin and realized that Li Lin's relationship with Tianyi Sect was deeper than he had imagined. However, once some things are started, there is no turning back.

Without any hesitation, he resolutely drew his sword and charged forward.

He still believed he could win.

(End of this chapter)