Guo Ding Quan and the Jin brothers felt gloomy to the extreme.
For Guo Ding Quan, Master beating up his disciple was the same as a father beating his son--a law of nature, so how could he even think of avenging himself? If he did, that would fall into the crime of ingratitude and cheating his own Master, and wherever he fled to, he'd be pointed out by every man!
Meanwhile, the Jin brothers knew that the old man that had thrashed them was the one who excelled in sword arts and alchemy, a person who possessed extremely high status. Even when the Da Yuan King met him, he'd still treat the latter with utmost courtesy and politeness, so even if the older generations of the Jin Clan found out about this matter, they would still definitely not seek vengeance for them.
Which means that they had suffered this thrashing for absolutely no reason.
Ling Han!
[1] ED/N: Just so you know, it's not Liu Yu Tong's clan, but another Liu Clan; the pinyin's the same, but the pronunciation differs slightly, and the character used to write their surname is completely different.
[2] ED/N: While the word we translated as "rise" is used by rulers to tell the ones greeting them by kneeling that they can stand up, it doesn't have such a narrow meaning as in English; it's merely a short way of saying "you can dispense with formalities" or "I acknowledge your greeting, gj, you can stop now".
[3] ED/N: It sounds confusing, so let me explain it. If I got it right, then there are 50 groups, and each has one seeded participant. He is set up against weaker opponents first, but the other participants still have a chance to take his place. So each group is like a test for a seeded participant, and a chance for a dark horse to appear and replace him, as well as a chance for others to show off before they lose anyway xD Not sure if there will be fights between the seeded participants (or those who end up taking their place), that much wasn't explained yet.