Immortal Reincarnation Tribulation

Chapter 331 Debt Collection

Liao Mingyu turned to Du Fan, smiled slightly, clasped his hands and said, "Fellow Daoist Du, I am utterly defeated in today's battle. Farewell."

After speaking, Liao Mingyu immediately jumped off the stage and walked towards the special viewing platform in the distance without looking back.

Du Fan was speechless. He had no idea what Liao Mingyu was thinking, but one thing was certain: the other party probably didn't intend to kill him.

"Athle number five, Du Fan wins, leave the arena!" Uncle Wang was extremely frustrated and looked at Du Fan with great hostility. After a long while, he took a deep breath and announced the result of the battle in a loud voice.

Du Fan wasn't as confident as Liao Mingyu. Upon hearing this, he immediately bowed to Uncle Wang before jumping off the stage and heading towards the group from Crescent Island.

"Fellow Daoist Li, it seems I was right after all. But I wonder why Liao Mingyu deliberately lost this match?" On the special viewing platform, the woman in green turned her beautiful eyes to the dark-faced man and chuckled.

"How would I know? Mingyu has always been unreliable. Even Senior Liao can't handle him." The dark-faced man frowned, clearly dissatisfied with the matter.

"Fellow Daoist Li, you don't need to be like this. The result of the Sea and Sky Competition won't have much impact on our three main islands. Losing is losing, it doesn't matter." The woman in green smiled, seemingly comforting, but actually mocking.

The burly, dark-faced man shook his head helplessly and did not speak again.

"Greetings, four seniors! I have finally lived up to your expectations and won by sheer luck!" Du Fan returned to the VIP seats and bowed to the four Golden Core protectors, forcing himself to say this.

"Very good, sit down and adjust your breathing first. You probably won't be so lucky in the upcoming matches." Liu Zhongtian nodded slightly and gave a simple instruction.

Regarding Du Fan's ability to fly, it's unclear what considerations led Protector Liu to not immediately ask.

"Yes." Du Fan felt relieved and responded. He then walked to the second row and randomly chose a seat. The moment he closed his eyes, his internal magic surged.

Two hours later, Du Fan's body was full of magical power and his physical condition was adjusted to its best. He opened his eyes and looked into the arena.

At this time, most of the cultivators had already finished their duels, and there were still fewer than thirty cultivators waiting outside the arena.

Du Fan's gaze swept across the arena and landed on the number seven arena. He saw that one of the two people fighting on the stage was none other than Song Yong, the Sand Island cultivator who had cooperated with him in the first round of the competition.

With a loud bang, both men coughed up blood, but in the end, Song Yong won by half a move and defeated his opponent.

"He actually won. But that's good. It should be easier to collect the spirit stones now." Du Fan smiled slightly. This cultivator from Sand Island named Song Yong owed him a thousand spirit stones in the first round of the competition.

"Senior Liu, during the first round of the competition, Song Yong from Shazhou Island owed me a thousand spirit stones, which he has not yet repaid. I wonder if it would be appropriate for me to go and collect them now?" Du Fan walked up to Liu Zhongtian, bowed, and spoke in a low voice.

"Paying back debts is a matter of course. Go ahead and do it. If the other party denies it, I, Liu, will stand up for you!" Liu Zhongtian was taken aback at first, then laughed and said this.

"Thank you, Senior Liu. I think the other party won't renege on the debt. I'll be right back." Du Fan perked up, bowed again, and headed towards Sandbar Island.

"Brother Liu, isn't it a bit impolite for Du Fan to just go over there and demand repayment in front of several Golden Core protectors?" After Du Fan left, Zi Yan frowned slightly, somewhat hesitant.

"It's alright. I have a good relationship with Fellow Daoist Yu from Shazhou Island. He won't make things difficult for him. But this Du Fan is quite bold. He actually dared to go there. I think he's obsessed with money." Liu Zhongtian smiled slightly, not caring at all.

Seeing this, Zi Yan didn't say anything more, but she still sent out a wisp of her divine sense to scan over.

"Junior Du Fan, a cultivator from Crescent Moon Island, pays his respects to all the seniors." Du Fan arrived in front of the three Golden Core protectors from Sand Island and immediately bowed to them, his expression extremely respectful.

"So it's you, young friend Du. No need for formalities. Song Yong was able to win the first round of the competition thanks to the power of your magic array. On behalf of Shazhou Island, I thank you." The boy surnamed Yu looked Du Fan up and down a few times before speaking with a smile, though his voice was somewhat shrill.

"It was just a small favor, I dare not accept such words from you, senior."

"By the way, I have been following the battle situation on your island. I just learned that Fellow Daoist Song has advanced again. This is truly a cause for celebration. I have come to offer my congratulations!" Du Fan bowed again and spoke with a smile.

"Young friend Du, you're very kind. However, you didn't come here just for this, did you?" The short boy chuckled strangely.

The two Golden Core protectors, a man and a woman, sitting on either side of the boy, naturally guessed Du Fan's purpose in coming here. However, they didn't say anything, but just looked him over with amusement, appearing very interested in Du Fan.

"Senior, you are wise. In the first round of the competition, Fellow Daoist Song owed me a thousand spirit stones in order to maintain the operation of the magic array. So I have come here to..." Du Fan smiled shyly and spoke in a low voice.

"Protector Yu, what Fellow Daoist Du said is true, it is indeed so." Just then, Song Yong walked out with a nervous expression, bowed to the several protectors of Shazhou Island, and said this with a forced smile.

"Since that's the case, what are you waiting for? Quickly return the spirit stones to this young friend Du." The boy spoke calmly, his voice carrying an air of matter-of-fact.

"Protector Yu, this junior...this junior doesn't have that many spirit stones on me." Song Yong's face was flushed, his embarrassment was especially obvious, and after holding it in for a long time, he finally spoke in a low voice.

"Hmph! Considering your performance in the competition was not bad, I'll pay this debt for you!" The boy rolled his eyes and said irritably. At the same time, he flicked his sleeve, and ten mid-grade spirit stones flew out and instantly hovered in front of Du Fan.

"Thank you very much, Senior Yu!"

"Thank you, Protector Yu!"

Immediately, two similar words came from Du Fan and Song Yong respectively, but in terms of tone, one was extremely respectful, while the other was overjoyed.

"Fellow Daoist Song, I wish you all the best in the upcoming competition and may you achieve great results!"

"Three seniors, this junior dares not disturb you any longer, so I will take my leave now." Du Fan's face showed joy as he put away the spirit stones, bowed again, and said goodbye.

"To reclaim what belongs to me, I have to be so careful. It seems I can't lend spirit stones to others so easily anymore. The one who owes money is the boss." Du Fan murmured to himself after walking away, feeling quite emotional.

"Huh, what's he doing here?"

As Du Fan approached Crescent Island, he glanced around and immediately spotted a familiar figure standing there, chatting and laughing with four Golden Core protectors, including Liu Zhongtian. The person was none other than Liao Mingyu, whom he had just fought.

"Senior Liu, Fellow Daoist Du has returned. I would like to speak with him privately. Is it convenient for you here?" Liao Mingyu also saw Du Fan and immediately cupped his hands in greeting to Liu Zhongtian, saying this.

"Fellow Daoist Liao, there's no need to be so polite. Please make yourself at home." Liu Zhongtian spoke with a gentle smile, showing no airs of a Golden Core senior. If one did not know their cultivation levels, they would definitely think they were cultivators of the same level.

"Fellow Daoist Du, congratulations on advancing to the top fifty in the competition. With your strength, I believe that advancing further will not be difficult, haha." Liao Mingyu strode over to Du Fan, pulled him to a secluded spot, laughed heartily, and offered his congratulations.

Upon hearing this, Du Fan rolled his eyes, looked at Liao Mingyu, took a deep breath, and said, "Why did Fellow Daoist Liao do this? Don't the cultivators of the three main islands care about the rankings in the competition at all?"

"What do you mean by that, Fellow Daoist Du? I don't understand at all." Liao Mingyu was taken aback, a look of confusion on his face.

"Aren't you just asking the obvious?" Du Fan was taken aback, then smiled wryly and said, "With your cultivation and supernatural abilities, defeating me wouldn't be difficult, yet you admitted defeat before I did. Don't you really want to explain this?"

"Fellow Daoist Du, you misunderstand. I did not intentionally admit defeat."

That magical power called "Chasing Rain in the Clouds" is quite formidable, and the amount of magical power it consumes is truly astonishing. After Liao used it, all the magical power in his body was frantically drained. If he didn't admit defeat soon, he would probably turn into a dried-up corpse. Liao Mingyu blinked, looking quite innocent.

"Fellow Daoist Liao, if we continue chatting like this, it will become meaningless." Du Fan's expression turned serious, and he gave Liao Mingyu a deep look before speaking in a low voice.

"Alright, I admit I lost on purpose, but I didn't lie to you just now. In order to use that 'Rainbow Clouds Chasing Rain' technique, I did lose seventy or eighty percent of my magic power. Even if I continued to fight you, the final result would still be defeat."

"If I were to be defeated by you outright, that would be so embarrassing. It's better to just admit defeat," Liao Mingyu said, shrugging helplessly.

"The light rain divine power you used on the arena just now was quite impressive, but to be honest, it wasn't very practical."

"Fellow Daoist Liao, you went to all this trouble to do something so thankless, surely just to prevent me from admitting defeat?" Du Fan shook his head, no longer beating around the bush, and said directly.

"Since Fellow Daoist Du has seen through everything, I can only tell you the truth," Liao Mingyu sighed.