NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1169: The Core
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However.
The words of the magician.
Not only did not make Zhou Ke happy,
but instead made Zhou Ke frown instantly. He looked at the magician who spoke with some dissatisfaction and said to him:
"Do you even know how to speak? What do you mean by saying that the Sorcerer's Guild is about to dissolve, Chairman? Moreover, our Wei City Mage Guild now has Wang Ye, a Second Rank Sorcerer, and he has directly become one of the top three in the Sorcerer's Headquarters competition."
"Our Wei City Mage Guild has already met the requirements; it won't be dissolved!"
When Zhou Ke finished speaking, there was a hint of pride in his voice.
Initially, when he first arrived here, Zhou Ke was full of worry, but now he realized he didn't need to worry about this matter at all.
Zhou Ke's words.
made the surrounding people instantly react.
These people, since they could become magicians, and considering the current atmosphere of flattery among magicians, no doubt would have picked up some of it.
Immediately, their eyes blinked.
They realized that with the emergence of someone like Wang Ye in the Wei City Mage Guild, not only would the guild not be abolished, but in the future, it would certainly reach a very high level and rise in the ranks of the Sorcerer's Guild.
By that time, Zhou Ke's status would also rise accordingly.
A group of people began to compliment Zhou Ke one after another.
They started flattering Zhou Ke.
Listening to these people's voices, Zhou Ke felt immensely gratified. This time, instead of staying in the Wei City Mage Guild's area, he mingled among these spectators, and it proved to be the right decision.
"By the way, Chairman Zhou."
One of the spectators asked Zhou Ke: "What is the ingenious aspect of Wang Ye's formation? We don't understand, didn't Ye Chen just break through two waves? Why is it considered an invalid breakdown?"
"Let me explain to you..."
Zhou Ke began to explain.
In the region where the Wei City Mage Guild was located,
there were only Lin Shuang and Zhou Ke.
With Lin Shuang's abilities, Zhou Ke's actions there obviously couldn't be hidden.
Lin Shuang understood.
After all, as the chairman of the Wei City Mage Guild, Zhou Ke has been feeling considerable pressure because the guild had made no significant achievements in this period.
Now, with someone like Wang Ye emerging from the Wei City Mage Guild, who could make him proud.
Zhou Ke taking this opportunity to show off a bit was understandable too.
However, the expression on Tian Hailin's face was somewhat aggrieved. He cast an envious glance at the people around Zhou Ke.
Seeing this, Lin Shuang asked Tian Hailin: "Are you jealous?"
Even though a grown man, and still jealous over Zhou Ke, an old man, the truth was laid bare, so Lin Shuang straightforwardly asked.
"No."
Tian Hailin shook his head, though he spoke honestly:
"It's just that before, Master was always by my side. Whenever I didn't understand something, Master would explain it to me. But now, Master is not by my side and is instead explaining things to others."
When Tian Hailin spoke up to this point, there was a hint of self-doubt.
Clearly, Tian Hailin felt it might have been his own fault.
Otherwise, why would his master seek out others and not him?
Seeing this, Lin Shuang thought for a moment, then smiled at Tian Hailin: "Don't worry, your master is just under too much pressure recently, so he wants to show off in front of others."
After speaking,
Lin Shuang glanced at Wang Ye.
At this moment, Wang Ye was still deep in thought, pondering how to find the Array's Key Point in Ye Chen's formation, thereby breaking it down.
If it were Wang Ye, faced with this situation, how should it be solved?
Soon after.
A mischievous smile appeared on Lin Shuang's face.
Under Tian Hailin's puzzled gaze, a Spirit Stone engraved with formation patterns was taken out by Lin Shuang and aimed in Zhou Ke's direction.
Recording Spirit Stone!
The scene of Zhou Ke boasting in front of those spectators was recorded by Lin Shuang.
After recording, Lin Shuang tossed the Spirit Stone to Tian Hailin saying: "Inside this is the recording of Zhou Ke's performance just now."
"When you feel upset, you can show it to him. He might not feel anything now, but eventually, he will feel very ashamed."
Even though Lin Shuang hadn't spent much time with Tian Hailin, someone like Tian Hailin was easily seen through.
So Lin Shuang knew that if she had directly asked Tian Hailin to record it, he would certainly not agree.
So she just recorded it for him.
"This... this doesn't seem very good."
Although Tian Hailin accepted the recording, he had no intention of using it to socially embarrass Zhou Ke.
"There's nothing wrong with it."
Lin Shuang spoke confidently: "If he can abandon you today for the sake of his vanity, why can't you have him feel a bit ashamed someday to make him embarrassed?"
Tian Hailin did not continue to answer Lin Shuang's question.
Instead, he was deep in thought.
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In the competition arena.
The master of the Divine Stone Workshop and the department head of the Sorcerer's Headquarters were watching Wang Ye and Ye Chen.
However, Wang Ye's side had not made a move so far, so most of the time, their focus was actually on Ye Chen.
On the spectators' platform, the audience's discussions continued to rise:
"Ye Chen has already dismantled three parts of Wang Ye's formation. Even though some of the steps were ineffective, there were certainly a few correct steps."
"Yes, up till now, Wang Ye hasn't been able to dismantle a single step. For this competition, Wang Ye is sure to lose."
"I have understood by now; in terms of talent in formation arts, Wang Ye still has potential. If, based on previous competition rules, Wang Ye might have used his battle prowess to possibly defeat Ye Chen. But in this competition format, Wang Ye can only fail."
Initially, these audience members didn't understand, but with the explanations from some who knew a bit about formations, they somewhat grasped the situation.
Yet, these audience members still didn't hold much hope for Wang Ye.
In reality.
Even within their hearts, neither Wang Ye nor Ye Chen could be sure about the outcome of this formation-based competition.
Wang Ye was unsure if he could crack the Array's Key Point in Ye Chen's formation at the last second.
And Ye Chen, despite his progress, had not yet reached Wang Ye's core.
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