True Martial World - Chapter 52: I lost

 High in the sky, the wind blew. Yi Yun could feel the water from the distant waterfall leaving a coolness on his face.

I can actually jump that high?

It was needless to say that Yi Yun had no battle experience. After obtaining a Tempered Body, his fitness had increased by leaps and bounds. But he had never had the chance to test it to see how much it had improved before meeting Lin Xintong and the fat elder.

At that moment, Lin Xintong dipped her toe into the ground, and like a swallow flew up into the sky!

Facing a Lin Xintong who was rushing towards him, Yi Yun was very calm. Imperceptibly, the cool Purple Crystal in his heart had moved, sending energy to his entire body.

From Yi Yun's perspective, everything had become slow. The wind that blew seemed to pass him knowledge about his opponent.

Clenching his fists, Yi Yun borrowed the strength of gravity and charged downwards!

At that moment, the tremendous strength within Yi Yun surged out! With his meridians opened up and his Tempered Body, Yi Yun's body was like a simmering volcano that had suddenly erupted.

Commanding from atop, Fierce Tiger Descends the Mountain!

Yi Yun roared with something that didn't sound human. It was a roar that resembled a tiger’s roar, causing fear among all the beasts!

Yi Yun no longer dodged, after all there was no way to dodge in the air. He suddenly stretched out his arms and made a tiger claw pose and went straight down, coming in contact with Lin Xintong's palms!

Yi Yun who had previously practiced 'Fierce Tiger Descends the Mountain' of the "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist" had previously used it against black ironstone, and it could shatter the rock.

But today, it was to grab Lin Xintong's slim hands!

Of course, Lin Xintong's hands were more terrifying. Her hands were capable of shattering rock as if they were tofu.

Seeing Yi Yun rushing down, Lin Xintong was also extremely surprised, he actually dared to go against her head on? It's indeed true that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers!

"Hey, disciple, don't maim him!" shouted the fat elder. "Actually it's fine maiming him, but the problem is the kid will make us pay his hospitalization bills!"

The fat elder's words had already been drowned out by the sounds between the two. They had crossed each other in the sky!

"Boom!"

A loud clap rang, as the shock wave radiated outwards. Yi Yun only felt a large strength surge towards him, causing his insides to toss and turn!

As for Lin Xintong, it was as if she was blown up by the shockwave as she rapidly swirled her body.

As she flew back, Lin Xintong had a strange feeling. At the moment they crossed palms, she felt a warmth from Yi Yun's palms that flowed into her body.

This warm flow was inconspicuous, but it had entered her broken meridians silently before disappearing.

As she carefully experienced it, Lin Xintong felt that her meridians had undergone some transformation, yet it didn't seem so too. What happened, was it an illusion?

Before she had time to think carefully, she realized that Yi Yun, who had experienced her heavy blow, was not only uninjured, but he had also managed to stabilize his body while retreating.

His body was upside down as he flew towards the waterfall.

"Peng!"

Yi Yun was like a carp falling into the water. He crashed through the waterfall and stepped on a slippery stone behind the watery curtain!

Although the waterfall's flow was from a thousand feet, making it a tremendous force, Yi Yun was able to stand firmly on this rock. He then squatted on the rock and pushed off!

He raised his head, as his shining eyes shone through the white water curtain and shot towards Lin Xintong like a pair of swords!

"Huh!?" Lin Xintong was surprised. He could actually withstand her blow without harm? A kid at the Meridians realm could actually have such a strong body?

"It can't be!" The fat man stumbled. He had wanted his disciple to go easy, yet from that strike, there was not much mercy involved. Although she had suppressed her cultivation level, it was not something the kid should have been able to withstand! noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Before the fat elder could think it through, Yi Yun had already charged forward from that rock.

"Splash!"

Yi Yun went through the waters of the waterfall.

The water curtain's strength was horrifying, but Yi Yun was good at swimming, so he rushed through the indomitable waterflow, and using the strength of the waterfall, he increased the strength of his charge. From afar, the linen-clothed Yi Yun was like a water dragon dancing in the waters!

"Boom!"

At that moment, Yi Yun's body produced a thunderous sound, similar to the thunder from the sky!

Thunder Occurring in the Nine Clouds!

Yi Yun twisted himself in the air, and bringing his foot to his hip, he bent his body like a bow, as his right fist shrank to his ribs, he mercilessly shot out his punch like an arrow!

"Peng!"

Just like a strongbow, it was a sound that entered deep into the ears of all present!

This punch had consolidated all of Yi Yun's momentum and strength. It had caused an infinite mist to cloud around him, giving the impression of an ocean surging forward!

Lin Xintong was shocked. This was the strength of the boy?

This thunder-like bone crackle and the twang that came from his tendons, were they produced by his body?

In that moment of shock, Yi Yun was already in front of Lin Xintong!

Lin Xintong could feel the tremendous wind that accompanied the fist. She could tell immediately that the strength of the fist as it was the ultimate achievement person at the Meridians realm could attain.

In a tenth of a blink of an eye, Lin Xintong had struck. She was still at a cultivation level of the third level of Mortal Blood, one less than Yi Yun.

But the strike was not that of "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist", but her main cultivation technique: "Fairy Maiden Heart Sutra"!

Lin Xintong's hands were like a lotus as she gently tapped out like a fairy adjusting her sleeves.

This strike had a magical power of softness to it, and it was the exact opposite to the extremely powerful force of the "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist"

Hardness and Softness were opposites! Lin Xintong and Yi Yun crossed fists once again!

Originally a finger colliding with a fist would result in bone fractures, but that was farther from the truth.

From afar, this strong air blast was like a hammer hitting a soft wall made of air.

The wall of air deformed drastically, but it had managed to take on that tremendous air blast's attack!

"Boom!"

With a loud burst, the energy blast exploded at the last moment.

Lin Xintong's flinched as she retreated three steps back!

As for Yi Yun, he flew backward by more than a hundred feet. His clothes were torn and his chest was surging with blood as his face flushed from the blood.

Boom!

Yi Yun stepped on a boulder. His entire body was hurting, and it seemed like his innards had been completely misplaced. All he could see was stars.

So powerful...

Yi Yun was impressed. This was an expert who suppressed her strength to one level below himself.

Also he had stored up his energy by devoting his momentum and strength. He had used all his tricks, yet the other party had only hurriedly struck. The distance between the two was too great.

As for the results of the sparring—the other party had retreated three steps, and was fine; on the other hand, his blood was in turmoil and he had suffered minor injuries.

This girl was horrifying.

Just as Yi Yun was amazed, Lin Xintong was even more surprised. She looked at Yi Yun with a startled and uncertain look and finally said, "This match was lost by me."

True Martial World - Chapter 51: Yi Yun vs Lin Xintong

The fat elder's pair of eyes flashed playfully. He was planning on letting the country bumpkin know what a true warrior was, and what the real Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist could do!

While the fat elder was speaking with Yi Yun, the girl in white was sitting on a boulder a distance away. However, she had heard the entire conversation between Yi Yun and the fat elder.

She could not believe that her master would be so nasty to want her to fight with a child!

She was already seventeen, and although she had Yin Meridians that prevented her from clearing her meridians, she was far from what Yi Yun could measure up to at her current stage. After all, she was a genius as she had excellent perception and had an excellent constitution, so her cultivation had not been seriously affected.

Even by lowering her level to the third level of Mortal Blood's Thunderous, it was already a form of bullying.

She knew that her master had the intention to tease Yi Yun, and to show off in front of a person from the Cloud Wilderness. It made her unsure to laugh or cry, for an esteemed Desolate Heaven Master wanted to show off in front of a starving kid from the Cloud Wilderness. It was as if he was behaving more and more immature as he aged.

Besides, he even said…

Words like "gave the Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist for me to 'roughly' look through."

Words like "also 'casually' practiced it for 'about half a month'."

Words like "didn't 'work hard' at it, there has to be some minor accomplishment."

These words filled with hints of bullshit, what the heck?

Lin Xintong looked at her master helplessly as she said, "Master, I may not be focusing on the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist', but I managed to have some interaction with the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' for almost half a year ever since we came to the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom about a year ago. In this half year, besides focusing on my 'Fairy Maiden Heart Sutra', I was also looking at the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' seriously. I did not casually practiced for 'about half a month', and didn't work hard at it as you said…"

Lin Xintong emphasized the words "half year" and "seriously" exposing the fat elder's lies with no mercy. She was always a serious girl and did things meticulously. Hence, she did not slack off even for a secondary skill like 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist'.

With that, no matter how thick the old man's skin was, his face flushed red, and he awkwardly coughed while laughing.

"Oh is it? It's been half a year? Ai, I'm getting old. Time just flies by, and my memory fails me. I thought it has only been half a month…"

The fat elder's words made Yi Yun roll his eyes. As the saying goes, the more shameless one is, the more invincible they are. Remembering half a year as ten days. With such divine memory, how do you remember how to walk with your legs, and how to eat with your mouth?

"Alright, let's cut to the chase. That who, you said you have practiced the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist', show it to us! If you can maintain it for about ten seconds, then I'll believe that you know a thing or two about 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist'. Then I'll give you some miracle medicine."

The fat elder quickly changed the subject. Although his act of bragging had been uncovered, his skin was extremely thick, so he recovered quickly, pretending none of whatsoever had happened.

He did not think Yi Yun could persist under Lin Xintong, even in her suppressed Thunderous realm state, for more than ten seconds.

This was a battle of achievements, cultivation techniques, fighting techniques and battle experience, traits that could not be covered up by a lucky use of some treasure to obtain a Tempered Body.

"Good! I'm lacking in talent, and need to obtain advice from Sister Fairy. I hope I'll receive pointers from Sister Fairy!" Yi Yun took a deep breath. This was his first time sparring with an expert!

He was just planning on aiding his digestion after a sumptuous meal. Besides, he knew his opponent was extremely powerful! noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

What was inconceivable to Yi Yun was that despite knowing his opponent was extremely powerful, his heart was full of anticipation and excitement.

Was he born to be a warrior?

"Since you want to, then alright…" Lin Xintong stepped off the large rock as her clothes fluttered in the wind. Her toes landed softly on the ground, like a butterfly. She did not cause as much as a speck of dust to fly up.

"My name is Lin Xintong." Lin Xintong walked towards Yi Yun as she introduced herself.

"Yi Yun!" Yi Yun said his name to prevent the occurrence of the fat elder saying "that who" from happening again.

Yi Yun walked to a clearing, and distanced himself about a hundred feet opposite from Lin Xintong and faced her!

In the green mountains, with an abundance of ancient pine trees, the wind blew across the rustling folds of pine trees.

Not far from the two were piles of weird rocks, and a thousand-foot waterfall! As the silvery water raced down the canyon drainages, it caused slight tremors as it impacted the huge rocks.

This was Yi Yun's first battle upon arriving to this world!

And it was the first battle ever since he began practicing martial arts!

His opponent was an otherworldly maiden. Although she looked weak and frail, seeing her stand among the green mountains, there was only one phrase Yi Yun could think of—Still as a virgin, but moves like a running rabbit.

Be it her looks or her heart, the girl was extremely quiet.

But Yi Yun had no plans on showing mercy. He knew that he did not have the qualifications to show mercy.

Lin Xintong held her hands behind her back and stood there with her skirt fluttering in the wind. She said coldly, "I will suppress my strength to the third level of Mortal Blood. You first!"

Lin Xintong was very modest but Yi Yun licked his dry lips saying, "Ladies first…It's better you be first!"

It wasn't because he was showing humility, but since he had never battled before, he did not know the procedures expected of an expert when he makes his first move. Therefore, he was preventing himself from doing something foolish, or the fat elder would snigger again.

Yi Yun was planning to see Lin Xintong's moves to gain confidence. When that happened, he could draw a tiger with a cat as a model, preventing him from being that terrible.

"Then I'll make my move, watch out!"

Lin Xintong did not show any further humility and suddenly she moved! Her body was like a flash of white light, sending a palm strike at Yi Yun's chest!

"Whew!"

A clear sound emitted from Lin Xintong's body. This was the sound produced from training the bones using 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist'. This sound was unlike the thunder from the sky, but a sound issued from her leap. The sound was extremely mesmerising!

Yi Yun’s pupils constricted suddenly. The girl in white was too fast for she had covered a distance of a hundred feet in a blink of an eye to be in front of Yi Yun.

Her palm's five fingers were white and slender, but to Yi Yun they were like five sharp swords!

Up close, Yi Yun was able to see the soft textures on the young girl's fingers!

Yi Yun thought he had no way of escaping such speed, but in that moment, his mind was extremely calm. It was as if the surroundings had suddenly slowed down. Yi Yun's conception and governor vessels had closed up to form one cycle, with his brain's channels cleared, his senses were keen, and thinking sharp. This caused his reaction to be faster than his previous self by more than ten times!

In this split moment, Yi Yun's mind flashed as he recalled the Dragon Dancing the Nine Heavens stance from 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist'. With a roar, he leaped up like a flying dragon. And with the thousand foot waterfall as a backdrop, he flew!

"Ka-cha!"

The stone that Yi Yun was standing on had been shattered by Lin Xintong, and the blast sent stone chips flying! !

Wow！

Yi Yun's pupils contracted. The black ironstone under his feet could not withstand a blow from Lin Xintong!

It was unimaginable that her weak-looking hands could shatter stone that easily.

"Eh?" Seeing Yi Yun jump up high as if he had spread his wings flying, the fat elder was surprised.

This kid has good reactions!

"I didn’t guess he could last a round, but since he has dodged the first, it's unlikely he can dodge the second. With him in mid-air, he has no way of dodging the next attack. And only three seconds has passed. He still has seven seconds left. It looks like it wouldn't be a problem at all to finish the battle in ten seconds!"

Dual Sword God - Chapter 40: Bidding War! An Odd Scene?

The auction room was quickly sent into a state of silence, but after a moment people began to clamor and exclaim towards the uniqueness of the item being auctioned.

"What kind of language is this?" asked Ji Weng as he looked towards the Ancient Sword Tablet in a puzzled manner.

"Young Master, this language is strange it does not seem to be listed in any of our kingdom's records. The Notorious WhiteMask seems to be speaking the truth that Ancient Sword Tablet should hold quite a lot of secrets." replied a scholarly looking man seated beside Ji Weng.

"Hmm, Very well! We will bid for this item as well as the main item of the auction." Ji Weng stated as he observed the Ancient Sword Tablet with interest.

"Understood!" replied the scholarly looking man beside Ji Weng.

"Such an incredible item, are they artifacts from antique time?" said an elderly looking man seated on the fourth platform beside him was a beauty dressed in a pretty black dress with decorated markings.

"Grandpa Zun! Do you believe that? If it were so rare why would this Whitemask character be in such a rush to give it away?" said Xin Qing.

Grandpa Zun turned around as if he was too lazy to bother with Xin Qing's question and looked towards the man who had a hint of excitement visible in his eyes, as he sat quietly beside Tang Wu.

Feeling a vision cast towards him the serious looking beside Tang Wu looked at Grandpa Zun and smiled as he said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Does Old Zun want to partake in a betting war for this item?"

Grandpa Zun smiled and responded, "Youngster, you're still too early to jump into this kind of game."

Hearing this the serious looking man mocked "Ha! You're right, but, age will not stop me from claiming this item right under your noise 'Old Man'".

Tang Wu and Xin Qing bitterly smiled as they looked at each other. They did not have any means to quell their family elders conflicts and could only stare as they both prepared to jump at each other through the betting war.

Madam Xuan looked towards the Ancient Sword Tablet with a bit of hesitation but decided to pass on it after all this item isn't their objectives.

Inside the VIP private booth, Feng Yu had finally managed to calm himself down and was now observing the Ancient Sword Tablet with the sword plunged deep into it. His mind was lost in deep and complex thoughts concerning the origins of this auctioned item.

"What does this Stone Tablet and Sword have in connection with my old world? How could the language of the Tianlan Sword World be here?" he muttered in a puzzled manner as he furrowed his brows.

Hui Ying seeing this asked puzzledly "Brother Yu! What's the matter? Whats this Tianlan Sword World you speak of?"

Dai Lin also looked towards Feng Yu with some curiosity.

Feng Yu hearing Hui Ying's question soon became sobered from his thoughts and answered casually "It's nothing, only a place I've read about in an ancient book, I had once before seen this language connected to the name Tianlan."

"Is that so?" replied Hui Ying in an unbelieving manner as he carefully scrutinized Feng Yu's face. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Seeing that this mistake wasn't going to be so easy to pass Feng Yu started to sweat slightly but before he could find an excuse the sharp retainer responded.

"Hmm, so Young Master is referring to that book from the old family archives, ah! It's no wonder that language seems so familiar," replied Dai Lin as he casually looked towards Hui Ying and Feng Yu.

Feng Yu hearing this secretly gave a thumbs up to Dai Lin as he nodded his head and responded "Em! That's right."

Hui Ying seeing this decided to let it pass even though he was still suspicious he didn't see the need to pry too deeply. He looked at Feng Yu and asked: "Brother Yu, are you going to try your hand at that sword?"

Feng Yu hearing sighed in relief as he responded "That's right Brother Ying! I have a feeling that this item is connected to me, by destiny."

While they continued to converse, the auctioneer WhiteMask had started to speak once more as he glanced towards the crowd and pointed towards the Ancient Sword Tablet.

"Guest and Honored Guest, the betting will now commence, the starting price for this rare item will be no lower than three hundred thousand low-grade essence stones!" as he said this he snapped his fingers and a light pillar illuminated the item.

As soon as his voice finished the first person to bet came from an individual who resided on the most top floor.

"The Molten Axe Sect offers three hundred-fifty thousand low-grade essence stones! " said a gorgeous woman in a scarlet dress.

"Mightnight Temple offers four hundred thousand low-grade essence stones! " said a mysterious figure who wore a bamboo hat while dressed in a dark robe with moon patterns.

"The Bloody Rose Union offers four hundred-twenty thousand low-grade essence stones! " said the beautiful lady seated on the third layer.

"The Tang Family offers five hundred thousand low-grade essence stones! " said the man seated beside Tang Wu.

"The Xin Clan offers five hundred-fifty thousand low-grade essence stones! " said grandpa Zhu as he looked towards the man competitively.

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As the crowd heard the names of the various influences that were striving to outdo each other in their betting war for the Ancient Sword Tablet, they couldn't help but become shocked.

"Molten Axe Sect? I didn't think they'd be here too!" exclaimed an individual seated at the bottom layer.

"Truly a gathering of Dragons and Tigers, two big-time assassin groups as well as two heavyweight clans. Now that it is like this there is no hope of small-time influences such as ours to claim this item." murmured an experienced looking individual at the second layer.

Seeing that their competitors were not going to let up anytime soon, the tension in the auction room became more severe as the top class influences pitting against each other like there was no tomorrow.

"Chet! Old Zhu is that all you can afford! Tang Family offers six hundred thousand low-grade essence stones!" said the man seated by Tang Wu.

"Hmph! I've got more than enough essence stones to spare! Xin Clan offers six hundred-fifty thousand low-grade essence stones!" replied grandpa Zhu as he glanced sharply at the man from Tang Family.

Feng Yu who was observing this scene smiled to himself as he injected some essence energy into the RelayOrb and made his first bet.

"The Feng Clan offers seven-hundred-fifty thousand low-grade essence stones! " said Feng Yu as he looked through the glass at the competitors in a confident manner.

"What?" replied an individual on the lower platform.

"The tiny Feng Clan dares to bet in this kind of situation!" replied Xuan Bei as he looked around to find where the sound came from but try as he might he found no clue.

"That Feng Clan surely does not know good from bad, competing against the top class influences in the Kingdom. They must be insane!!" replied Xiang Tian who was seated in the second layer.

"Brother Tian says right!" replied Huang Mang as he also searched for the Feng Clan's whereabouts but found no clue.

As Xiang Tian finished his statement, he looked towards his son who was seated not too far away from him remaining silent and indifferent to all around him.

"What's wrong with him? Why is he now acting like this? Could I be the one at fault?" pondered Xiang Tain.

As Xiang Tian was having family issues the auction proceeded onwards, Xin Qing looked around the room in shock when she heard Feng Yu's voice as she murmured: "I didn't think that Daoist Yu would also bid for this item, where is he betting from?"

As she said this, she couldn't help but recall the mysterious reply he gave at the battle arena.

"Qing'er, What do you know about this Feng Clan?" asked grandpa Zhu as he searched around the auction room.

"Grandpa Zhu, so far I've only found out that this Feng Clan is an extremely normal clan that simply appeared in this town roughly a hundred years ago," replied Xin Qing.

"A normal family clan..." as Granpa Zhu said this his vision finally fixed at the VIP wall section of the Mysterious Pavilion.

"A normal family clan can bet with our clan while seated in the VIP quarters?" he replied sarcastically as he moved his vision to Xin Qing.

Hearing this Xin Qing looked up in shock, as he looked towards one of the seemly ordinary walls. A few sharp individuals had also begun to notice this as well.

"This Feng Clan..." said Madam Xuan.

"Seven hundred thousand low-grade essence stones going once!" said WhiteMask as he noticed all the individuals seemed to be distracted by the sudden outburst from the Feng Clan.

"Shit! I cant be distracted, the Xin Clan offers Seven hundred-fifty thousand low-grade essence stones " replied grandpa Zhu.

"The Tang Family offers eight-hundred thousand low-grade essence stones." replied the man from the Tang Family.

As if woken up by the two clans battle the other competitors were about to start their betting war once more, but suddenly there was another change.

"The Feng Clan bets one million one hundred thousand low-grade essence stones!"

As they heard this, the top class influences and clans exclaimed in shock.

"Damn! How can they have so much money?" said an individual.

"So, ruthless! To think they would increase the betting amount on such a scale as if not they don't view that kind of sum as wealth. SIgh, the auction has just started, so I will not waste my time betting for an uncertain artifact with this silly clan, said, Xin Zhu.

"......" the man seated beside Tang Wu looked in silence.

WhiteMask hearing the recent bid smiled with excitement as he spoke. "One million and one hundred thousand low-grade essence stones! Going once! Going twice!"

Slam!

He hit his can on the ground once more and shouted.

"Sold to the Feng Clan!!!"

As the influential people were in a commotion about the whole state of affairs, the Xiang Clan and Huan Clan Leaders looked at each other in shock.

"Brother Tain, was the Feng Clan always this rich?" asked Huan Mang with a weary expression.

"Dammit! I don't know anymore... this clan is too strange!" replied XiangTain as he felt uncomfortable in his heart.

As the guest continued to complain about the Feng Clan's strangeness the stage was cleared with the betting item replaced by another, WhiteMask then promptly continued the auction.

"The next item is a rare poisonous herb called 'Reapers Kiss,' it is an herb so poisonous that it could likely kill anyone below the rank of True Foundation Realm in less than a breath of time. An herb that could only be found in the forbidden zone 'The Dark Marsh,' the starting price is two hundred thousand low-grade essence stones!"

As soon as his voice finished, the two top-class assassination groups started their bitting war to claim the Reapers Kiss Herb.

"The Mightnight Temple bets two hundred-twenty thousand low-grade essence stones! " said the man with the bamboo hat.

"The Bloody Rose Union bets two hundred-fifty thousand low-grade essence stones!" said the woman dressed in red.

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Inside of the VIP Booth.

Feng Yu, Dai Lin, and Hui Ying sat and observed the auctions proceedings as they talked and drank fine wine. However, there was soon a minor disturbance at their private rooms door.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

"The Mystery Pavilion has brought the latest item purchased by your excellency!" said the staff member who stood politely behind the door.

"Finally here! You may enter!" said Feng Yu who was excited to see his item.

Hui Ying and Dai Lin looked towards the door expectantly.

Creak!

Quickly the door was opened, and a short young woman walked in with a storage ring placed on top of a decorated box, she walked over the group and bowed politely once more.

"Greetings, your item is within this storage ring, may I ask the which of the honored guests have purchased this item?" she said as she looked at their faces.

"I did!" replied Feng Yu.

"Then Honored Guest would you like to pay for this item now or wait till after the auctions?" she asked once more.

"I'll be paying for this item at this moment." as Feng Yu said this, he waved his hand, and a storage ring then flew towards the staff member who immediately caught it.

Swiftly inspecting the storage ring with her spiritual sense confirming it was the correct amount, she then gently placed down the storage ring along with the box on top of a table that was in front of Feng Yu and the group.

"That is all then Honored Guests. I shall take my leave." as she said this she then made her way to the door and exited the room.

"Brother Yu, what are you waiting for quickly take it out?" shouted Hui Ying who looked at the ring strangely.

"Fine Fine!" said Feng Yu as he reached for the ring with his essence energy causing it to fly into his palm, he then placed it on his finger and willed for the Ancient Sword Tablet to appear in his front. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

The moment it appeared a strange aura emerged within the room, it was as if the room became separate from the current time.

"How strange?" said Hui Ying as he felt this odd change.

Dai Lin looked in surprise, but soon his gaze went towards Feng Yu as if wanting to see what Feng Yu will do.

While gripping the Ancient Sword Tablet, Feng Yu felt as if his mind had left his body as he went to an unknown realm, it was a space that had no sky and no earth only an endless horizon of purple fire. This fire was strange, as it appeared to have burned and burned for an interminable amount of time seeming as if trying to burn time itself.

"Where is this?..." said Feng Yu as he floated about this strange space, he continued to drift for a short while eventually coming across a platform.

Vaguely, a strange form could be seen seated on this platform within this sea of fire, it was a youthful man dressed in purple robes, with long purple hair, his face was covered in flames, and only his eyes were glowing with a strange light.

"You are!!!!...." Feng Yu seeing this man felt shocked.

Dual Sword God - Chapter 39: The Auction Begins

Within the Mystery Pavilion, Inside the Auction Room.

It was a lively scene as many individuals swarmed towards their numbered seats while talking amongst themselves about the auction that was about to begin. The noble women from prestigious families argued with their husbands as the strange and mysterious characters kept calm, observing the Auction Platform for the moment of change. If one were to look at the scene from a top-down perspective, they would notice that the individuals who resided at the top layers remained in complete silence compared to the lively scene shown at the lowest layer.

"Hmph! Nothing but a bunch of insects! " said an influential figure from the top layer as looked towards the ground layer with disdain.

A few other figures seated to side looked on with the same expression as if they did not put those below them in their very sights.

Time flew by quickly as now everyone that had wanted to attend the auction had already turned out in full attendance, the seats were filled with colorful characters each with their own unique style of wear. As these individuals were about to get restless, there was a sudden change on the central exhibition platform.

Flash.

The lights in the room were dulled and a single central spotlight illuminated the central exhibition platform, shortly following which a strange character appeared. It was a man dressed in odd clothing standing at the center of the stage.

He wore a white magic hat with a question mark on its surface as a strange white mask covered his face. His clothing worn was of a type of ancient formal wear that was completely white with a small group black squares decorated across his trousers in a unique pattern, within his right hand was a purely white cane with no unique fluctuation or aura.

Inside of the private betting booth, Feng Yu, Dai Lin, and Hui Ying looked on at this strange individual in puzzlement, as they pondered to themselves what kind of individual could this man possibly be?

As if sharing their same thoughts and emotions the betters had all became silent as they looked towards the man at the center of the stage.

The strange man seeing that everyone on the scene was now quiet finally moved, he placed his left hand out to the audience as he twirled the white cane in his other hand, then he brought both his hands together at the front of his chest gripping the handle of the white cane slamming its end towards the stage floor.

Slam!!!!

"Greetings Dear Guests, It's me~!!!!!!" said the strange man in a melodious pitch.

"White~Mask! It's an honor to be serving as your auctioneer today!" said WhiteMask, as a vague hint of humor was barely visible in his eyes.

"WhiteMask!!!" shouted a top layer character in surprise when he heard the name.

"Why would such an elusive character be here?" said a robust looking figure who sat beside Mistress Xuan and Xuan Bei.

"So, he was actually related to the Mystery Pavilion! It's no wonder..." said Hui Ying as he started to ponder about something.

Feng Yu seated beside him felt curious, he looked towards Hui Ying and asked: "Brother Ying! Who is this WhiteMask character?"

Dai Lin seated nearby couldn't help but gain an interest he also looked towards Hui Ying.

"Eh? Brother Yu has never heard the name of this famous character before?" replied Hui Ying as he looked towards Feng Yu with slight confusion.

Seeing Feng Yu and Dai Lin look towards him in silence he pondered "Strange? How can Brother Yu not know of this character? Could it be because his Family Clan is too remote? Oh well, no point overthinking things."

"He is one of the True Yuan Continent's most mysterious character's who is said to have roamed about as a lone wanderer for many years. They say his strength has achieved the limit of the threshold of mortals ages ago, and that he should be listed very highly among the [Human Dragon Rankings]" replied Hui Ying.

"The limit of the mortal threshold... it seems that quite a few powerful characters are residing outside of the Sacred Domain that Father and Uncle Junling have always been talking about." thought Feng Yu as he listened to Hui Ying's reply.

As they continued to discuss amongst themselves the strange man called WhiteMask started to speak once more. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"Guest and Honourable Guests alike. In today's auction, our Mystery Pavilion has prepared a lot of treasures. We have searched the mainland and obtained quite a few impressive items from ancient wreckages, ruins, and even..." as WhiteMask said up to here he couldn't help but wear a bizarre smile underneath his mask.

"Mystic Realms!... We hope that everyone will be able to find a liking for each them!" as he said this, he spun his white cane once more and tapped the center of the platform. Some of the individuals hearing his statement were thrown into a state of excitement, but soon their attention was captured by a sudden change in the platform.

Ping! Puff!!!!!

Along with a loud sound, a collection of colored mist soon rose from the ground that blanketed the entire stage. Soon, only the silhouette of WhiteMask, as well as a 1-meter large cage, could be recognized within the colored mist.

"The first auction item is from the distant lands of the north! A creature thought to have been extinct within our True Yuan Continent, behold, the child of a Tier 2 Variant Essence Beast, Void Eye Sparrow! " as WhiteMask said this the colored mist evaporated revealing himself as well as the creature in the cage.

It was a silver-colored sparrow that was about 1 meter long with eyes that looked as if they could see through the fabrics of space itself. Vaguely, a slight spacial fluctuation could be felt in the areas the sparrow looked towards.

As they saw this creature, the crowd located at the bottom layer couldn't help but call out in alarm, as most of them didn't have a have the luxury of viewing item catalog.

"Wow! To think id be able to see a rare creature such as this, I must have it!" said a woman seated.

"The Mystery Pavilion certainly is one of a kind able to find a beast such as this and offer it as the first auctioned item." said a Youngman seated on the fourth layer with a slightly excited light shining at the depths of his eyes.

"Wu'er! Don't get distracted by such things even if it is rare breed our main objective remains that particular item." said a serious looking individual dressed in a dark blue robe.

"Understood!" replied Tang Wu.

Feng Yu, Dai Lin, and Hui Ying looked on with interest shown in their eyes, Feng Yu thought inwardly "Such a unique creature I've never heard of this kind in my old world."

"This creature is a special kind of variety in that not only is it useful in finding locations such as hidden spacial pockets, it is also born with the inherent ability to store objects into the void making it a perfect partner for treasure hunting wanderers! The starting price is fifty thousand low-grade essence stones," said WhiteMask as he continued to elaborate on the traits of the Void Eye Sparrow.

As soon as his voice ended, someone in the bottom layer raised their betting plate.

"Sixty thousand low-grade essence stones!"

"Sixty-five thousand low-grade essence stones!"

"Seventy thousand low-grade essence stones!"

******

As the price continued to rise it eventually became a battle between two individuals that resided at the second layer of the betting room.

"Eighty-two thousand low-grade essence stones!" said a woman in pink seated by a few influential looking individuals.

"Chet!" said the opposing competitor who saw that the woman had an endless supply of wealth he decided to give up on the Void Eye Sparrow.

"Going Once! Going Twice!" said WhiteMask who then slammed his white cane onto the ground once more.

Bang!!

"Sold to the lady in pink!!!" he said once more as a few staff members came upon the stage and relocated the item, soon a new item appeared on the betting stage.

"Our next item is a set of High-Grade Foundation Pills that are capable of aiding even those at True Foundation Realm! These pills were concocted by a renowned alchemist who lives in the distant southern lands. The starting price is seventy thousand essence stones!"

Feng Yu seeing this item was tempted to buy it for his father, but soon he remembered about his families bloodlines effects and his father's current increase in strength.

The individuals from the second and third layer were sent into a frenzy as top class characters began betting fervently for the pill.

"Seventy-five thousand low-grade essence stones!"

"Eighty thousand low-grade essence stones!"

"Eighty-five thousand low-grade essence stones!"

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"Our Bloody Rose Union offers ninety thousand low-grade essence stones! Asking fellow Daoists to give my society some face!" said a beautiful lady seated on the third layer, she wore a decorated silk dress with strange but elegant roses sown into it from different angles.

"Hmph! What does your face have to do with any of us claiming this item? My Seven Blade Mercenaries offer ninety-five thousand low-grade essence stones!" said a fierce-looking figure who was also seated in the third layer, he wore a dark robe and had seven knives strapped across his sides.

Dai Lin looked towards them with surprise as he said: "The Bloody Rose Union and Seven Blade Mercenaries aren't these two listed in the Golden Dragon Empire as middle-class heavyweights."

Hui Ying nearby responded "Yes! They are certainly among the best of the middle-class influences in the empire, I've even heard that there is an untold feud between the two forces."

Feng Yu observed with curiosity, and after a bit of bickering back and forth, the Bloody Rose Union finally claimed the item for one hundred thousand essence stones.

"Damn swine!" murmured the fierce-looking figure as he looked towards the now joyful female on the side of the Bloody Rose Union.

As if she didn't hear his commentary the lady continued to observe the changes occurring on the betting platform. Soon, a new item was placed on the platform, but this item gave off an extraordinary and mysterious aura. It was a stone tablet with unrecognizable writings that seem to be not of this land's native tongue; an odd looking sword was plunged deep into this stone as if it had been that way for countless years.

WhiteMask who finally brought this item out had a slight look excitement in his eyes; he glanced around the audience for a while before speaking once more.

"Ladies and Gentlement, I present to you, a rare and mysterious item even in our catalog! This tablet and sword combination had been found by myself in a very strange and ancient ruin that hails from a faraway land. An unknown aura shrouds its true form and the language written on the stone belongs to an obscure foreign tongue that even after my years of comprehension yielded no results."

"However, I believe that this item holds a secret that is worth exploring." as WhiteMask said this he then snapped his fingers causing the stone tablet to glow in brightly and become more visible.

Upon seeing this tablet and the unknown writings Feng Yu who sat observing from the VIP booth suddenly became filled with shock, his arms began to tremble as he viewed the writings on this stone tablet that no one apart from him could understand. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Hui Ying and Dai Lin noticing Feng Yu's strange behavior looked towards Feng Yu with a curious look.

"I leave my weapon to the one who is destined... resting here is the final weapon of my lineage... 'Chronicle Sword R----------H'" the ancient and odd-looking text said.

"How can this be? How could this language be-----" said Feng Yu who upon reading the strange text had started to question it, but before he could ask more the auctioneer, WhiteMask continued his statement.

"Guests and Honoured Guests!! The betting will commence for this pair of combination items! The starting price will be one hundred and fifty thousand low-grade essence stones!!" as he said this a sharp look could be seen in his eyes as he looked towards the audience with a smile and spoke once again.

"Well then, shall we begin!..."

Dual Sword God - Chapter 38: Sudden Insights, An Unusual Xiang Shu

It was a battle that transcended the very limits of man, as beams of sword light rained down destruction towards a desolate land of ruin buildings and ancient constructs. The energies bore through the buildings an tore through the earth, as it left deep gashes that scarred the very land.

Shing!!!! Shing!!! Bang!!!!

With the sound of an explosion, a blue-haired form was soon relieved hidden beneath what was once a towering ancient building. It then looked up towards another form of red hair that stood above the earth descending like a god amongst men and then placed it's fists together, forming a ball of electric current around its strange looking knuckles.

ZZZIZziziizizi!!!!!! KA-Bang!!!!

Along with the sounding of thunder, a blue lightning blot instantly soared to the sky from the ground leaving only a remnant shade of the previous blue-haired form, as it shot towards the red-haired form with full momentum.

"Heavenly Shocking Circuit: First Style - Double Shock Fists!!!!" roared the blue-haired form.

The red-haired form looked on without emotion as it moved one of the swords at its side in an illusive manner, soon, a trail of swords could be seen creating an illusion of multiple swords surrounding the red-haired form.

"Sword Foundation Tactics: Path of Balance: Burry Mantis Swords!!!!" roared the red-haired form.

In an instant, there came silence, as both forms attacks collided creating a shockwave that instantly generated a vacuum zone. In the space, all sound ceased, but after a short moment, the zone was soon destroyed by a raging current of blue electrical energy that spread outwards scattering towards the distant buildings and constructs creating further ruin to the environment.

ZIzzzzziiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As the electrical energies continued to wreak havoc, the red-haired form stood as firm as a rock in mid-air as it stubbornly blocked both fists of the blue-haired figure with its sword. However, there was suddenly a change, the blue-haired form that was pressing its attack skill retracted its skill as it flicked with blue lightning appearing a few meters away from the red-haired form focusing its gaze towards the sky.

Soon, a rain of arrows could be seen falling towards both forms at terrifying speeds, blanketing more than 200 meters of the sky. Followed by a voice that seemed to have sounded from everywhere but nowhere at the same time.

"HuiMang Bow Arts: 2nd Bolt: Skys Stripper!!!" said the voice of a black-haired form which could now be seen hiding a few hundred meters away.

As the rain of arrows continued to fall, the two forms that were within its filed of effect were not panicked instead they prepared to received it directly. The blue-haired form moved and positioned its hands into a brawling stance.

"Heavenly Shocking Circuit: Second Style - Shock Palm Barrage!!!" it roared as it launched a barrage of fists towards the rain of arrows in the sky creating thousands upon thousands of electric fist shades, the bolts that came in contact with its fists exploded with brute force creating small shockwave for each blow.

The red-haired form seeing this did not attack the rain of arrows but aim its vision somewhere else looking directly towards the black-haired form in the distance. Slowly, it reached towards the other sword on its left side and drew it, fully equipping itself with two swords. It then crouched down and leaned its body forward as it positioned the tip of each sword towards the ground with both arms placed backward assuming the form of a bird ready to take flight.

"Sword Foundation Tactics: Path of Eruption - Dual Blazing Sword Waves!!!!!!!!" said the red-haired form as it roared.

Suddenly, a towering sword aura rose as an invincible prestige covered the entire small world. Clusters of flame essence-energies gathered around the red-haired forms two swords, as blazing sword energies erupted towards the sky transforming the sky into a sea of flames. Just as the towering sword energy was about to unleash its wrath, there was an interruption.

Ping!

"Your Combat Time Has Ended! Battle Result - Draw!!!" System Prompt.

Puuuiiii!!!

After a flash of light, the magical battlefield on the platform disappeared, and Feng Yu, Dai Lin, and Hui Ying removed their hands from the compartments.

Hui Ying looked at Feng Yu in shock as he said "Brother Yu! What on earth was that Sword Technique?"

Dai Lin also looked at Feng Yu with a bit of dread as he remembered the final scene.

As if he did hear them Feng Yu was currently standing with his eyes closed trying to remember the feeling he had just experienced. Sadly, the time was too short as the moment he inspired the strength of two swords he was 'booted' out of the platform. After a bit of time in his head, he cleared his thoughts and opened his eyes.

Shing!

Almost as if a sword was drawn, an invisible intent appeared briefly for a moment only to disappear shortly after.

Feeling this intent that flickered for a brief moment Hui Ying and Dai Lin once again fell into a state of shock. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"Half-Step Sword Intent!! How could this be?!!" shouted Hui Ying as he took a step back only trip and almost fall on the floor.

"Young master Yu, is truly extraordinary!!" said Dai Lin as he looked in awe at Feng Yu.

Feng Yu who was now fully aware of his surrounding hearing their exclamations scratched his head as he replied: "A pity, it was only a vague feeling of grasping 'Sword Intent,' I'll need to get another sword and try it, in reality, to truly grasp the feeling. If so I believe I may be able to not only step into the Sword Realm of 'One With Sword' but also grasp initial insights into the 'Sword Intent.' Such a superb platform, to think it could cause such an effect."

"Mn. It is indeed an astounding device. Even I feel a slight hint of a breakthrough in regards to my 'Bow Intent.' Even though those puppets were roughly on the same level and we could only compete with our comprehensions. It was enough to temper our already solid foundation regarding our Martial Dao's." said Hui Ying as his bow that was on his back vibrated slightly.

"Em. My <Heavenly Shocking Circut> has also reached another turning point. I believe I'm not for from unearthing another of its combat skills." Dai Lin said as he grasped his fists tightly causing a small electromagnetic field to appear around his fist like a 'Domain.'

As they continued to discuss with each other the benefits of the 'Battle of the Dummies' Game, there was a sudden announcement that came from a central RelayOrb inside of the room,

Ping!

"Attention Everyone and Honoured Guests, the Mystery Pavilion Auction will commence in 40 minutes, please take this time prepare for the event. " said the voice of the woman.

"It's about time! This show got started, I wonder what kind of characters will show up?" said Hui Ying as he walked over to the window to take a look at the Auction's main room.

Feng Yu and Dai Li also went over to observe from their seats.

The view outside the window was a peculiar sight indeed, strange and mysterious character flocked towards their numbered seats with the guide of the Mystery Pavilion Staff Members. The Auction room was a rather vast and spacious room within the building taking up more than 40 meters of the height from the building's interior. The seated participants were divided into the layers, at the bottommost layer were ordinary individuals with common status, while the second, third, fourth and fifth layers going upward belong to the higher brass of society and top class mysterious characters from distant places.

As the characters were seating themselves and bickering a scene suddenly took place that drew most peoples attention.

Bang!! Thud!!

A figure crashed towards the ground from the second-tier betting layer within the Auction room, looking closely, it was a skinny looking Youngman with a face that was similar to that structure of a mouse with long black hair that trailed all the way down to his knees. The figure who tossed him off the platform was an arrogant looking man who appeared to have come from a place with a broad background.

"Chet! Where did this rat come from? Why was I not told that the Mystery Pavilion could not even handle its pest affairs?" said the arrogant looking man as his voice spread across the entire room filing the ears of everywhere one observing or not.

Listening to his statement some of the figures in the room started laughing and making jeers as they looked towards the form which was now seated crossed-legged position below.

"Ha Ha Ha! And Here I thought I'd seen it all. Who would have thought that I'd be able to see a mouse this big?" said a man that sat within the ordinary individual's section.

The form who had recovered from the fall soon picked himself up from the floor and portrayed an indifferent look towards the individuals who mocked him as he said "Oh? Only the inferior class, seeking to displace my state of mind, you are not worthy."

He then proceeded to walk towards his seat at the second layer once more, not paying any heed to the shock and anger of the ones mocking him.

When Feng Yu heard the commotion, he looked out of the window to see the familiar from that was tossed aside from the second layer of the betting room. He pondered for a while before muttering. "Hmm, why is that Xiang Shu here? I didn't think the Xiang Family would have the status capable of reaching even the second class ."

"Brother Yu, whos that down there? Are you an acquaintance of that fellow?" asked Hui Ying as he noticed Feng Yu's interest towards Xiang Shu.

Hearing his question, Feng Yu smiled with a hint of bloodlust in his eyes as he replied: "We certainly are acquaintances, we have a score to settle and it will be settled very soon."

"I see..." responded Hui Ying who felt the killing intent that lingered at the depths of Feng Yu's words.

"It's odd though," said Feng Yu once more as his recovered and took a deep glance and puzzled glance towards Xiang Shu's form.

"What's odd?" replied Hui Ying.

"Xiang Shu is an arrogant man by nature. There is no way he would sit down and take these kinds of insults directly to his face. There is something different about him, including the way he currently acts, its almost, almost as if..." replied Feng Yu as his words started to become unclear and he trailed off to his thoughts.

Dai Lin who was also observing Xiang Shu also felt it strange, and when he saw Xiang Shu's current temperament, he couldn't help but ponder to himself. "He gives me the same feeling I had when I had mistaken Young master Yu that time as someone else believing him to be a beggar, this Xiang Shu, seems as if he is not Xiang Shu at all."

As they were discussing amongst themselves the arrogant looking man felt discontented by Xiang Shu's response it's as if he thought that not kowtowing towards him and asking for an apology for his behavior was an intolerable act done by Xiang Shu.

"You filthy, little mouse!!! Get Down!!!!" as he roared a towering aura covered the entire betting room as the power of a 5th Tier Aura Disciple was relieved to the world causing most of the weaker practitioners inside of the room to feel suffocated. As Feng Yu's private booth was built with extraordinary means, it had the power to mitigate most of the aura.

"A random guest at the second layer already has such an overwhelming aura he doesn't even look that old at most 26 years of age." murmured Feng Yu.

Hui Ying looked at the scene in silence while nodding his head.

However, before the arrogant man could act out of place and attack Xiang Shu once more, another change occurred within the betting room.

BANGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Suddenly, the entire Mysterious Pavilion began to shake slightly as an overwhelming aura was resolved to the world, a towering power that shock the souls of everyone who it swept across. It was fierce and terrifying energy as it had hints of a heroic spirit far above the class of many individuals within the Auction. Soon, a cold voice sounded across the room into the ears of all practitioners.

"You would do best to remember that this is our Mysterious Pavilion, all conflicts must be settled outside!!!!!" the powerful sounding voice said as the ripples of energies began to fade away. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

The practitioners in the betting room and outside were shocked as most of them had never felt such a terrifying aura in all of their lives.

"That was... " replied a Hui Ying as he looked towards the topmost layer of the Mystery Pavilion betting room in surprise.

"The prestige of a man about to cross the threshold, the Peak of Warrior Realm," said Feng Yu as he also glanced towards the same location.

"To think they would even have someone of such a scale at such a remote town, could it also be because of that rumor..." murmured Hui Ying.

Feng Yu who heard this looked towards Hui Ying in surprise as he said: "Brother Ying, you also know of that prophecy."

Hui Ying hearing this smiled and replied: "Let's say I have a few sources."

Dual Sword God - Chapter 37: The Mystery Pavilion

Inside of the Feng Mansion, within the Guest Hall.

Feng Yu looked at the Jade Slip in front of him in shock, as his hands started to tremble when he inspected the list of items shown in the catalog for the Mystery Pavilion's Auction. He then looked towards Hui Ying with a questioning gaze as he asked. "Brother Ying, is the information on this list real? Where did you get this information from?"

Hui Ying smiled mysteriously as he replied: "It's a secret! Let's just say I had to do a little bit of snooping around."

"Good! If that's so, then this Auction should prove to be very interesting. Brother Ying! Let's cheers to a successful tomorrow." Feng Yu shouted excitedly as he down his liquor.

"Ha Ha! May we have a triumphant day of treasure hauling," said Hui Ying as he also downed his liquor.

"Hmm, how strange. Why did Aunt Xingyu not give me a list? Could it be that she had also forgotten to acquire one?" thought Feng Yu as he looked through his window towards his Aunt's courtyard.

******

Within a private room, Inside of a Pub.

A Youngman sat around a counter with a voluptuous woman seated on the opposing side. The atmosphere in the pub was a pleasant one as various individuals indulged themselves in nighttime activities. However, his current mood was a sour one as he grasped his forehead with his hand and tapped it repeatedly with his finger.

Sou!

A man in black soon appeared within the private room. It was an ordinary looking man with no unique features.

"How did it go? Was there any luck trying to get in?" said Xuan Bei.

"The operation was a failure, Young Master. As we were interrupted by individuals from a strange force." said the man in black.

"Strange Force? There's another force separate from the ones known?" said the Youngman puzzledly.

"Affirmative, but this force is different they appear to be moving for a different purpose." said the man in black.

"Damn! How could this happen? Sigh, I understand, go give this the captain for our losses I am the one to be blamed, " said Xuan Bei as he tossed a token towards the man in black.

"By Young Masters will." replied the man in black as he vanished into thin air.

Sou!

"Bei Child, do not fret over the unknown. We may have underestimated the powers gathered at the Ancient Site, but it does us no good to forget our next task at hand." Mistress Xuan said as she spoke in a comforting tone while passing a piece of parchment towards Xuan Bei.

Pat.

After receiving the parchment and inspecting it Xuan Bei's downed mood instantly turned for the better. Shortly, a determine light shone from the depths of his eyes, as he gripped the parchment firmly while staring at Mistress Xuan.

"We must get the item on this by any means necessary!" he said looked out the window of his private room. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

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A similar scene could be seen playing out at many private and exclusive locations within Machen Town, as various individuals began to pay attention to an unknown group that seemed to have been interfering with their goals.

Soon, however, they each started to pay attention towards a particular direction, a place shielded in multiple layers of mystery with its origin unknown and untraceable, even to the numerous powerful influences in the most distant of lands.

The Mystery Pavilion...

The night fell, and dawn ruled once more.

The people of Machen Town continued their everyday activities, but strangely, there was a change that could be felt even in the atmosphere. As dozens of mysterious figures made their way towards a particular towering building that stood at the central position of Machen Town. It was an ancient building that seemed to have been built from a very ancient type of material as it had very odd and unique rune patterns carved along its surface. The building was humongous as it alone occupied the highest height within the entirety of buildings located in Machen Town, reaching as high as 150 meters.

As the stream of individuals made their way towards the entrance of the building, they were greeted by timely organized staff who were already efficiently guiding and registering individuals for the different activities or services offered by the Mystery Pavilion.

"Good Morning Sir, how may I be of assistance to you today." said a beautiful female dressed in a stylised ancient formal dress wear with a symbol of a question mark on its chest.

"I'm here to attend the Auction." said a shady looking man.

"Very well, right this way." as she said that she guided the man towards a desk where she began to help him register for the auction.

Step. Step. Step.

While all of this was going on, three figures could be seen making their way towards the entrance of the pavilion. It was a Youngman dressed in red clothing with long dark gold sleeves that had patterns wearing an accessory on top of his head, by his right side was a blue haired man who wore a large black bamboo hat with black battle gi robes including black wrappings over his hands as well as feet, and to his other side was a strong looking figure reaching as high as two meters tall, he wore a sleeveless shirt and large baggy trousers with wooden sandals.

As the trio made their way across the crowd gathered at the entrance there couldn't help but be a small commotion.

"Isn't that!..." said one practitioner as he notices the blue-haired figure with simple clothing in one of the individuals in the group.

"It's Blue Thunder Dai Lin!!!" another individual said.

"What it's him?" said an influential looking figure.

"Yes, I'd remember that guy anywhere!" replied another form to his side.

"Then, who are those two beside him?" said the influential looking figure.

"If I were to recall correctly the red-haired Youngman is the Young Master of one of the largest Family Clans in Machen Town the Feng Clan. He is called Feng Yu and goes by another reputation in these parts." replied the man.

"Oh and What's that?" asked the influential looking figure.

"Ha! I hear he goes by the honored title of Troublemaker Feng Yu." replied the man with scorn on his face.

"Hmph! Only a bumpkin in a pond nothing more. Who is that man walking beside them?" said the influential looking figure.

"That, I have no idea as to who he is or where he's come from." replied the man.

"..." the influential looking figure looked on in silence.

Feng Yu hearing the discussion going on around him went to a dark mood as he glanced at Dai Lin secretly. Sadly though, Dai Lin's expression remained indifferent as if the matter of the mundane world had nothing to do with him, soon, he restrained his glance and looked forwards once more.

The moment this was done Dai Lin who was also observing Feng Yu reaction in secret casually wiped the almost imperceptible sweat from his forehead while pondering "Young master Yu seems to be upset about this, It looks like I need to be careful."

Hui Ying seeing he couldn't help but make a snicker "Puhei~."

"Brother Ying, is something the matter?" asked Feng Yu as he looked at Hui Ying snickering,

"Oh, nothing! It's nothing, only the excess air," replied Hui Ying as he put himself together.

"Hmph! We're almost there! Let's pick up the pace." as Feng Yu said this without waiting for their consent he promptly rushed forward towards the registration area for the Auction. Dai Lin and Hui Ying smiled secretly to themselves as they immediately followed after him.

"Welcome, Sir's which service would you like to register for today?" said the beautiful young woman.

"I would like to have a booth for today's Auction prepared for the three of us," said Feng Yu as he took out an insignia from his storage ring.

"Understood, please sign your-----" before she could finish her statement she saw the peculiar insignia within Feng Yu's hands, suddenly a look of surprise flashed across her face as she glanced at Feng Yu with a curious light.

"Honoured Guest! Please follow me to the VIP quarters." replied the beautiful woman who now took on a more respectful tone. As she said this, she then began to lead Lead Feng Yu and his party towards the VIP Booth.

"Eh? Brother Yu, how did you get a VIP token? I've heard that it's difficult for even the most powerful of influences in this kingdom's capital." Hui Ying said as he had a puzzling look came over his face.

Dai Lin in the corner smiled as he had already noticed the strangeness of the Feng Clan through his years of service.

"My Aunt gave it to me, she said it could be useful," replied Feng Yu in a vague manner.

Hui Ying hearing this had a strange expression on his face, but he didn't bother to delve any deeper than needed.

Soon, they came in front of a large room. This room had a few facilities such a personal bartender and even a game table with a myriad of games stored on the inside. Strange runes powered it, that drew energy from low tier essence stones. A full tinted glass window that took up an entire wall for itself, as a few luxurious cushions with a small gray orb floating at their sides were positioned 1 meter away from the window.

The beautiful woman upon arriving here pointed towards the gaming platform and bartender before speaking once more. "Honoured Guests, this will be your betting quarters, we have an assortment of entertainment devices that can be used to occupy your time until the start of the Auction. We have also provided a personal bartender who will provide you with the finest quality of liquors in our storage. "

Afterward, she then pointed towards the window and cushions and continued to speak. "The tinted window you see before you is where you will be able to see the Auction's proceedings. Simply touch the floating orb beside your cushions of choice, and you will be able to remove its tint. Also, no one on the outside will be able to see through this window as on the outside it will simply appear as another layer of wall. To place your bets on a particular item of choice there is an option available in the Menu of those RelayOrb's, simply inject your essence-energies, and it will prompt you with that option."

"Well then, Honoured Guest, If that is all I will now be taking my leave. You may contact our staff through the use of any RelayOrb's at any time." as she said this, she then bowed curtly following which she left the room.

Feng Yu looked around the room in surprise as he murmured "Incredible, this Mystery Pavilion is more than I'd originally thought it to be. Such interesting facilities, I wonder, how did they go about creating such things?"

"Indeed, they truly are a unique and mysterious set of individuals at that," replied Hui Ying as he went towards the bartender to get some drinks.

Dai Lin walked towards the gaming platform and inspected it for a bit, placing his finger on one of the compartments. Soon, a strange scene occurred as a virtual board beams itself on top of the platform and in simple text prompted him to choose an option.

"Select Your Desired Game:" System Prompt.

"Go, Shogi, Chest, Dungeon and Lycans, Battle of the Dummies." System Prompt.

"Eh? Young master Yu, this looks very interesting would you like to try it." Dai Lin said with a look of slight excitement visible in his eyes.

As Feng Yu was inspecting the RelayOrb and had removed the tint from the window, he heard Dai Lin's words. Quickly, he left the RelayOrb then headed towards Dai Lin while asking.

"What's the matter, Dai Lin? Has this thing caught your interest? " he asked as he made his way over.

Hui Ying who also got himself a few drinks also made his way over to see what was going on.

"Oh! Interesting, this looks pretty fun why don't we try it," said Hui Ying as he looked at the option for Battle of the Dummies.

"Fine! Even though the name sounds a bit strange it should prove to be quite interesting," said Feng Yu.

Quickly, they each place their hands at opposing compartments made on the platform, following which there was a change. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Puuiii!!!

A beam of light shone across the platform, and three tiny puppets made of unknown materials appeared in the center of a simulated battlefield. The three puppets had no aura, but they each had a strange feeling as if they connected to the very souls of Feng Yu, Dai Lin, and Hui Ying.

Ping!

"Choose Your Weapons: " System Prompt.

"Swords, Bow, Spear, Blade, Hatchet, Axe, Chains, Knives, Stick, Stone, Knuckle Guards " System Prompt.

Feng Yu seeing this felt curious as he responded "Two Swords!".

Ping!

Suddenly, two sharp looking swords appeared in the hands of the puppet with red hair. They gleam with a threatening light at the edges of their blades.

"Interesting, it feels as if I'm the one controlling these swords myself," said Feng Yu as he observed the puppet with interest while injecting his essence energy into the platform to move the puppet around.

Dai Lin and Hui Ying seeing this also chose their weapons.

"Knuckles!" said Dai Lin as a pair of blue knuckles appeared on his puppet with blue hair.

"Bow! "said Hui Yin as a large bow appeared on the back of black-haired puppet.

As soon as all three puppets were armed for battle, the board once again changed as countdown initiated.

"The will commence in: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1." System Prompt.

"Commence Battle Royal - Mode Free For All" System Prompt.

"Ha! Let's do this!" They said in unison as a fire glared in each of their eyes prepared to do battle, they downed their consciousness into their puppets and commenced a showdown like none other before.

******

Outside of Machen Town on a large hill.

A group of people could be viewed making their way downwards towards the town in the distance, at the head of those individuals where five imposing individuals 3 of whom were quite familiar.

"Brother Zang, It seems that this small town is quite a den with a few secrets." said a brawny and confident looking youth.

"Hmph! A place of nothing but bumpkins, even strays from tiny affiliate kingdoms." said a pretty looking girl.

"...." The Youngman being spoken to respond with silence as he thought inwardly. "Hmm, I wonder if he is already here." as he said this a smile could be seen trailing at the edge of his lips.

Soon, their figures vanished across the horizon followed by a relatively large group of individuals as they made their way towards the small town in the distance.

Dual Sword God - Chapter 36: Dai Lin's Fame, Hui Ying Visits

The night quickly faded as dawn arrived once more.

Within the circle of experts in Machen Town, a saying was now flowing amongst its grapevine. It was a rumor that could only be described as preposterous if spoken to the upper class of Bright Flame Kingdom and even more so to the ears of certain parties.

Within a crowded bar, around a small table sat four unremarkable individuals, each of whom wore similar uniformed garments. As they sat and ate they discussed the various rumors that are common to the masses, however, it was not too long before their conversation reached the latest and most exciting news flowing around.

"I've heard a rather strange rumor recently." said one of the figure.

"Eh? What's it this time?" replied another form as the rest looked on in interest.

"Well, it's like this, it appears that a new expert is going around these parts. They said that he is so powerful that he does not lose even when compared to the top tier talents within this kingdom. In fact, I heard that yesterday at the battle arena some unexpected characters made their appearances known. Rumor has it that each of these individuals where of the highest class in both our kingdom and on the outside, even superior talents ranking on the kingdoms [Bright-Flame-Listing] were involved." said the figure as he drank his morning tea.

"What? A new expert, and high brass characters appearing within this small town. You expect me to believe your nonsense!" shouted the other figure as he looked towards the man slightly annoyed.

"Enough! Let's finish hearing the story. You may continue Brother Bu! What does this expert have to do with those characters?" said a relatively larger individual.

"Em! They say that this expert was so powerful he suppressed the two competing for the Champion Title by himself while he was under constrained conditions. The high-class characters who saw the scene were stunned as they had wanted to hold a competition with their retainers against promising individuals at the arena. However, with just the expert's slight show of strength, it alone was enough to deter any further thoughts of competition." replied the man with a look of awe visible on his face.

A look of shock could be seen over on one the individual's faces as he inquired "How could this be? Who is this expert and What is his Title?"

Hearing this an odd smile came on the other figure face as he hesitated for a moment before speaking once more. "He is called Dai Lin, Dai Lin of the Blue Thunder!"

Hearing the arrogance and might behind the Title an individual couldn't help but feel warm-blooded, he looked towards the speaker and asked: "Since he's a rogue expert he should not have any affiliation to any influences. Did he join any of the influential characters?"

At his question, the figure smiled as he replied: "This is where the rumor gets more interesting, It was said that after his battle on the Blue Thunder Dai Lin then left with another individual whom he addressed as Young Master."

"Another Big Figure and Who might this fellow be?" asked the large form with curiosity in his eyes.

"Rumor says that he is known as Machen Town's number one mischief doer, Feng Yu of the Feng Clan."

"What!" said the figures as they shouted together in unison.

Seated in a remote corner and overhearing their conversation was a guy dressed in a sleeveless shirt while wearing loose-fitting long pants and a wooden sandal. He was about two meters tall and had a muscular physique black hair and a hard face, hung high on top of his back was a large and odd looking bow.

"Heh! It looks like Brother Yu has quite the interesting reputation, even his retainers are of a different scale. Blue Thunder Dai Lin..." he muttered as he slowly picked himself up and made his way out of the pub towards the northern district of Machen Town.

******

Within the Feng Residency, Inside of Feng Yu's room.

A Youngman sat calmly while using his two index fingers to do swordplay, shooting sharp sword energy towards a large wooden dummy. His fingers moved like blurs leaving myriads of images around his entire form creating an elusive scene. After he finished, the wood dummy soon collapsed and turned into a pile of lumber.

"Its as I thought, my power doubles when I stimulate my sword realm with two mediums of choice. Hmm, my sword realm has also promoted vaguely as well just one step away from the 'One With Sword.'" said Feng Yu as he inspected the budding Sword Seed within his sea of consciousness that was now 9.9 inches long.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

"Come In..." said Feng Yu as he returned from his sea of consciousness and focused his vision towards the door.

Creak!!

As the door opened, a blue-haired man wearing black gi robes with black wrappings around his arms and legs entered the room. He had a sizeable black bamboo hat on his covering the upper section of his head and an engraved symbol of the sun behind a mountain on the left side of his battle gi robes.

Following behind him were two individuals who were all wearing a similar set of clothing only they did not wear bamboo hats, a rough-looking young man who had short silver hair and a sharply sculpted face stood beside a beautiful young woman with jade colored hair. As Feng Yu saw them, he couldn't help but smile.

"How do you like the environment of my Feng Clan? And how is the uniform to your liking?" asked Feng Yu.

"We... We found no issues in our stay yesterday Young master Yu!" replied Miren Fei a bit flusteredly.

"The uniform is fine it feels as if it can withstand the attacks of many Body Training realm practitioners," said Lang Kuang excitedly as he pinched the corners of his battle gi.

Hearing this Feng Yu smile as he replied "Of course, they were made yesterday by our clan's number one tailor. It's said that she used the skin of a Tier 2 essence beast known as the Armored Boar."

"An... Armored Boar!!!" shocked by what they just heard both Lang Kuang and Miren Fie exclaimed in surprise.

"This... This Young master----" as if feeling the uniform was worth too much for them they both wanted to reject the outfit, however, they were quickly interrupted.

"It's fine. You are going to be my forces, after all, it's only natural that I equip you appropriately. Now then, as we all know through our own life experiences, there is nothing that comes without a cost." as Feng Yu said this, he tossed two strangely designed jade slips towards both Lang Kuang and Miren Fei.

Swish. Swish. Pat. Pat.

Quickly grabbing their slips from the air, they both send their wills to inspect the contents. As Feng Yu saw them read he continued to elaborate. "As members of my forces, you will have the right to be trained with every effort through to use of my family's resources, that is, until we go off on our own to explore this land. At that point, I will be the one providing for your training. Your duties are simple. It is to protect me from unexpected dangers as well as to seek out more talented individuals whom can be of aid to our group."

As he said this, he looked towards them to see their expression noticing that were still in a state of pondering he continued to speak. "We will also need various talented individuals with all sorts of skill sets, such as information gathering, assassination, etc. As for your issues, once our forces grow to a sizeable scale, you will have the right to command the portion of my forces you control to go and handle your personal affairs. Now then, what do you choose? Will you join my forces or will you recline? If you choose to accept, sign the contract with your blood. If not, you may burn the contract and keep the uniform as a sign of my goodwill."

Dai Lin looked towards them in silence as he stood quietly to the side of Feng Yu, Lang Kuang and Miren Fei thought for a short moment before facing each and nodding then replying to Feng Yu's question.

"We will accept Young master Yu's terms!" as they replied they both bite their fingers and dripped a drop of blood unto the Jade slip.

Puuiiiii!!!

A small will descended from the heavens within the room as the two slips turned to beams of light that formed a tri-way connection with Feng Yu and both Miren Fei and Lang Ku. After a short while, the phenomena faded and a small marking appeared on both the necks of Miren Fei and Lang Kuang.

"Our binding contract is now completed, Welcome to Dawnwing!" said Feng Yu as he smiled towards his two new retainers.

"We greet our master!" said Lang Kuang and Miren Fei while bowing politely.

"Dai Lin..." said Feng Yu.

"At Young Master's call!" replied Dai Lin.

Swish!

Tossing a small storage ring towards Dai Lin, Feng Yu then walked towards the room door while speaking. "Within that storage ring is roughly 10 thousand low-grade essence stones, You may use that to aid Lang Kuang and Miren Fei in their cultivation, as they are now directly under your command. For now, do not seek any more members for Dawnwing as what we need to do now is to build up the strength of our core members firmly." as he said this, he had already reached the door and stepped out heading towards the nearby courtyard.

"As Young master Yu wishes!" replied Dai Lin as he placed the storage ring on his finger and looked towards his two new subordinates.

*****

As Feng Yu made his way towards his usual spot for training a loud commotion could be heard at the front gate, feeling puzzled he decided to see what the disorder was about. As he reached the gate, he couldn't help but get a little bit excited as he heard a familiar voice.

"I told you before. I am a friend of the Young master Yu in your clan. All you have to do is send my message, and he will naturally come and see me!" shouted Hui Ying as he looked towards the stubborn guard who seemed to be in a bad mood.

"Humph! I don't believe it, you're probably just another one of those punks looking to make it big. Boy, if you don't get lost now don't blame me for being merciless!!" said the familiar looking guard as he gripped his pike firmly with a sharp look in his eyes.

As Hui Ying heard this, he couldn't help but relieve a hint of bloodlust deep from his eyes, just as soon as he was about to take action a voice could be heard.

"STAND DOWN!!!!" the voice said.

Hearing the voice, the guard started trembling as he bowed his head politely towards the approaching figure.

"Brother Ying! Sorry to cause such an inconvenience," said Feng Yu with a slightly embarrassed smile.

"Brother Yu! No worries it's my bad after all, I should have let you known I was gonna visit beforehand." Hui Ying hearing this couldn't help but laugh it off as he replied.

"Come! Let's talk inside," said Feng Yu as he gestured to follow him while walking through the gate, as he passed the guard whose head was still held down he spoke in a solemn manner.

"I hope there won't be the next time..."

As he heard this, the guard promptly kneeled and replied: "Young... Young master Yu, I can assure you that this will not happen again!"

After a while they both arrived at the guest hall, quickly seating themselves Feng Yu then asked the nearest servant to gather some liquor as well as to prepare a meal.

"Brother Ying! What brings you here today? I thought you would have come only to head straight towards selections." said Feng Yu as he looked towards Hui Ying.

Hearing his question, Hui Ying smiled "Well that was the plan but who would have thought that I'd have come across a few interesting rumors when staying at a pub."

"Rumours?" said Feng Yu puzzledly.

Seeing this Hui Ying laughed "Ha Ha! You don't know the rumors flowing about the town, about the troublemaker of the Feng Clan hiring an overpowered expert bodyguard?"

Hearing this Feng Yu smiled wearily "I didn't even think I was still bearing such a useless reputation. It seems I had forgotten about it, but by a bodyguard, you couldn't possibly have meant Dai Lin right? "

Hui Ying smiled and said teasingly "You're disrespectful! it's Dai Lin of the Blue Thunder!"

Hearing this Feng Yu felt sour slightly as commented "Blue Thunder Dai Lin!! To think my servant would have a better title than me."

Seeing his distressed appearance Hui Ying couldn't help but laugh at his misfortune, shorty the sound of both individuals laughing could be heard within the guest hall. Finally, the servant arrived and served both of them the Feng Clans top class liquor while she shared a place of food to both of them. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

After she left, Hui Ying looked towards Feng Yu once more while sipping his liquor and spoke: "Truth is there's also another matter which I came to find out about while resting at a pub."

"Oh! And what's that?" said Feng Yu as he also drank his liquor.

"It's about the famous Mystery Pavillion Auction" as Hui Ying said this he took out a piece of jade slip and passed it on to Feng Yu in a secretive manner. Taking the sheet up and inspecting it Feng Yu soon became shocked.