However, he had no choice but to endure it while standing before Daoist Zui! So, he immediately took a deep breath and said, “Senior Zui, you were clearly able to stop this kid just now, so why didn’t you? You ought to be clearly aware that with Zi Xiu’s potential and strength, he would be able to make a huge contribution at the Ancient Battlefield!” The Ancient Battlefield? Tang Ye frowned when he heard these words. What is that place? Even though he was puzzled in his heart, he didn’t speak out and ask about it. Because it wasn’t suitable for him to interrupt during such a situation. Daoist Zui laughed coldly and said, “Zong Shi, wasn’t it you who caused all of this? I won’t waste my breath. Now that the outcome of the battle between Tang Ye and Zi Xiu has been decided, go back and tell your Beast Emperor that I hope the Darkbeast Empire won’t come looking for trouble with Tang Ye, otherwise, don’t blame me for being merciless!” Zong Shi took a deep breath, glanced coldly at Tang Ye, and then flashed off into the distance with Zi Xiu’s corpse. In next to no time, he vanished from everyone’s fields of vision! Meanwhile, Daoist Zui turned around to look at Tang Ye before he said, “You are slightly puzzled about why Zi Xiu was able to find you, right?” Tang Ye nodded. Indeed, he was extremely puzzled at this moment. Besides feeling puzzled about why Zi Xiu could find him, he was puzzled about the meaning behind Daoist Zui’s words from before. Daoist Zui said, “It was I who told him of your location. This was part of a bet between me and the Darkbeast Empire. They were allowed to dispatch a King Rank Darkbeast to fight you. If you lost, then they could do as they pleased. If you won, then they were prohibited from dispatching experts at the Spirit Rank or above to kill you!” “Why did you make a bet with them?” said Tang Ye in a low voice. Daoist Zui shook his head and said, “Kid, it’s during the Ascension Rankings now, so I can make a move and deal with them if they break the rules and attack you. But once you leave the Grand Myriad Mountains, then it would be the end of this round of the competition. So, would you be able to survive if they dispatched Spirit Rank or Exalt Rank experts after you at that time? You wouldn’t be hoping that I would protect you forever, right?” So, that’s the reason. Tang Ye nodded slightly, and then he said, “If it was I who lost earlier and was killed, would you still not do anything?” Daoist Zui shook his head and said, “Besides me, no one present here would be able to stop the battle between the two of you in time. However, even if you lost, I wouldn’t stop it, and you would die. If you still need help in a fight against a peer at the same realm of cultivation, then you’re not worthy of me rescuing you!” Tang Ye nodded while he laughed with self-ridicule in his heart. He originally thought that Daoist Zui had taken a liking to him, but now it would see like.... Everything depended on strength in this world. Without strength, he would have no value; if he had no value, then nobody would attach any importance to him; and if nobody attached importance to him, then he deserved death! If he didn’t want to die or be abandoned by others, then he had to ceaselessly improve his own strength, so that he would have value. Because only when he had value would others attach importance to him. Just like his relationship with the Sword Sect and Daoist Zui right now. He knew that the reason Daoist Zui stood out and protected him was probably because Daoist Zui had attached importance to the value he represented. What was his value? It was naturally his ability to obtain a good position on the Ascension Rankings and bring a huge amount of benefits to the Sword Sect.... If he had no value, then would the Sword Sect or this extraordinary expert before him give a fuck about him, Tang Ye? What a joke! They had better things to do! After he straightened out his thoughts about all of this, Tang Ye felt suddenly enlightened. At this moment, a single thought grew firmer in his heart, and it was to work hard and become stronger so that his own fate and the fate of his loved ones wouldn’t be in the hands of others!