CHAPTER 305: CHAPTER 173: I’M HERE TO FISH FOR NOOBS

Zhao Zhiyi was originally a Heaven-Ascending Fourth Layer master, an old grandmaster of Dongji Kingdom. His current stance was that of someone out for retribution, truly imposing and high and mighty.

A figure full of majesty descended from the sky, landing in front of Ye Qingzhou.

Seeing Ye Qingzhou unharmed, Zhao Zhiyi’s expression was slightly surprised, yet inexplicably uneasy, as if a sudden intuition warned him.

The reason for the warning was not complicated.

A Master Level Martial Artist leaves traces of their essence, Qi, and spirit, scattered between heaven and earth after death.

Zhao Zhiyi sensed this trace, subconsciously feeling a certain crisis.

Ye Qingzhou was already aware of Zhao Zhiyi’s arrival, yet he was too lazy to stand and greet him, remaining seated on the ground, eyes closed in cultivation, absorbing and refining the Power of the Dragon Vein from underground.

"You mean Lii Yaoping? I forgot where I buried him. Chairman Zhao, maybe you should dig along the Dragon Vein?"

This casual tone undoubtedly stoked Zhao Zhiyi’s anger.

"Ye Qingzhou! Do you dare to kill a Martial Arts Master?"

"When a person is killed, they die. What’s so strange about that?"

"Do you know what you are doing!"

Zhao Zhiyi was furious. Although suppressing Martial Arts Families is a national policy, the government needs balance, not physical annihilation.

After all, Martial Arts Families are still a crucial force in the Martial Arts World of Dongji Kingdom, many dangerous Grotto Heaven Secret Realms are guarded and defended by experts from these families, keeping the situation stable and societal operations orderly, rather than chaotic.

If all Martial Arts Families were rashly eradicated, who would guard these dangerous places?

In such a case, the Martial Arts Association in various places would be overwhelmed, and any mistake could result in millions of casualties, causing national uproar and turmoil.

Moreover, can Martial Arts Families really be completely wiped out?

As long as the fundamental system of private ownership remains unchanged, civilian martial artists who rise up today will establish new Martial Arts Families in the future.

Therefore, for the goal of long-term stability and peace, balance is the true long-lasting way.

What Zhao Zhiyi needed most at this moment was balance in the situation, not the rapid demise of all the Martial Arts Families within Xiang Province.

This was why Zhao Zhiyi questioned Ye Qingzhou, evidently blaming him for being reckless and acting wantonly.

However, Ye Qingzhou disagreed: "Of course, I know what I’m doing. Lii Yaoping wanted to kill me, so I killed him out of self-defense. According to the rules of the Martial Arts World, this is justified and lawful. Or, Chairman Zhao, do you have a different view? Do you have issues with the laws of Dongji Kingdom?"

Ye Qingzhou finished cultivating and exhaled a breath of foul air, standing up suddenly, opening his eyes and looking at Zhao Zhiyi coldly, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone: "Chairman Zhao, you came too late. If you really wanted to save someone, please come earlier next time."

"Ye Qingzhou, do you realize that by doing this, you are weakening the combat strength of the Human Race?"

Faced with Ye Qingzhou’s mockery, Zhao Zhiyi was purple with anger, utterly furious: "By acting so willfully, disregarding the bigger picture, do you really think I can’t deal with you?"

"So, Chairman Zhao means that when Lii Yaoping came to kill me, that wasn’t weakening the combat strength of the Human Race? And I shouldn’t resist and should just wait for death?"

Ye Qingzhou scoffed at Zhao Zhiyi’s words.

When someone asks you to look at the bigger picture, it means you’re not included in that picture.

If anyone was acting wantonly, it was Lii Yaoping and the Lii Clan of Lotus City. How could they blame Ye Qingzhou?

This time, let Lii Yaoping go, what about next time?

If the Lii Clan of Lotus City spends resources to hire others to help them, bringing their entire force to retaliate against me?

Even with Yingyue around, Ye Qingzhou was not afraid of being besieged, but why should a good person be pointed at with a gun?

In Ye Qingzhou’s view, Lii Yaoping wanted to kill him and actually made the move. Therefore, being killed by him is only right and proper.

As for Lii Yaoping’s status and achievements?

Doesn’t concern me!

Zhao Zhiyi saw that Ye Qingzhou not only showed no signs of repentance but also talked back at him, which fueled his anger even more,

"Ye Qingzhou, don’t think just because you have Celestial Secret Divine Calculation and Divine General Cyan Dragon as your support, you can defy laws and regulations. Don’t think your act of murder and cover-up was flawless. Lii Jian’en made a distress call once; I could use that as a reason to take you back for investigation."

"So Chairman Zhao means you received the call for help but didn’t come to the rescue immediately, so Lii Yaoping’s death is on you. If you had come earlier, he might not have died?"

"You!"

Zhao Zhiyi knew he misspoke, but then hardened his face, no longer mentioning it, changing the subject instead: "In any case, you shouldn’t have killed him. This action is excessive!"

"Excessive?"

Ye Qingzhou squinted slightly, looking mockingly at Zhao Zhiyi: "Then what does Chairman Zhao think I should have done to not be excessive?"

"You could have handed Lii Yaoping over to our Martial Arts Association for punishment, you shouldn’t have used private revenge."

"May I ask how the Martial Arts Association plans to deal with it? Three cups of wine as punishment, then laugh off grievances and pretend nothing happened?"

"How dare you!"

"How come I can’t even ask?"

The two were at loggerheads, the atmosphere was tense for a moment.

"Chairman Zhao."

Liu Yiming, who knows when, had already arrived at Longhua Mountain, appearing beside Ye Qingzhou.