Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 36: Gourmet

There were many occupations in this world and gourmet was one of them. Gourmets were often born sensitive to taste, and their ability to discern flavors far exceeded ordinary humans.

Their cultivation might not necessarily be high, but there were some hotels or taverns that would hire them at high salaries so as to ascertain the taste and effects of their ingredients.

However, this occupation was one of the least esteemed ones and could only be considered one of the Lower Nine Paths.

There were more than several thousands of occupations in the world. To better classify them, they were split into the Upper Nine Paths, Middle Nine Paths and Lower Nine Paths.

Apothecary, blacksmith, formation master and similar jobs, which brought about benefits to battle techniques and one’s cultivation, were considered as the conventional Upper Nine Paths. On the other hand, gourmet could only be considered as an unorthodox occupation, thus being classified under the Lower Nine Paths.

Going by Shen Bi Ru’s opinion, given how the young man was capable of pointing out the flaws in those dishes and wine, he had to be a gourmet.

“You can take it so!” Zhang Xuan didn’t explain.

The Library of Heaven’s Path did more than reflecting one’s cultivation. As long as he had tried a dish, its flaws would be reflected in the library. With this, it was a simple task for him to take care of a small Manager Wu.

“Thank you for your help today…”

Seeing the other party admit to it, Shen Bi Ru thanked him.

If it wasn’t for this young man’s ability to discern delicacies, it would be truly embarrassing for her today.

“It’s nothing!” Zhang Xuan waved his hand.

“You resolved the problem just a moment ago, so it can’t be considered as my treat. I’ll treat you again next time!” Shen Bi Ru said.

“Treat me again?” Zhang Xuan pondered over it and shook his head. “Better not, I still treasure my life!”

Eating with a beauty might be an enjoyable event, but he knew himself the best. Given his reputation, the other party might simply be speaking out of politeness despite being repulsed by the idea!

Not only so, he would have to suffer from the envy of others. If so, he would have to come up with ideas to deal with her pursuers. However, there were still many things that he needed to do at the moment and he didn’t have the leisure for such matters.

“You…”

Just when she thought that Zhang Xuan could speak normally, she heard those words and felt a blockade in her chest again as the urge to go berserk surged through her.

Many people had asked her out to eat, but she rejected them all. Yet, when she took the initiative to invite him, she felt as though she was begging a stubborn elderly.

[Detestable!]

“Alright, since we have already eaten, if there’s nothing else, I’ll be making a move first. I still have many things to attend to!” Oblivious to her rage, he waved and prepared to take his leave.

“Wait, I’m not done yet!” Suppressing her anger, Shen Bi Ru calmed down her breathing and looked at him with her beautiful eyes. “You might have resolved that difficulty in my stead today, and your occupation as a gourmet played a huge role in it, but… In the end, it is still an unorthodox occupation. After all, a fighter should focus on his training…”

Fighters, upon cultivating to a certain realm, were able to survive without ingesting food, so delicacies did not have much use. Even if he was able to profit out of the occupation for now, it still wasn’t a proper path a fighter should be treading on.

After interacting with him, she could tell that Zhang Xuan wasn’t as useless as the rumors made him out to be. It could be possible that he had devoted his efforts to studying food, that’s why his Teacher Qualification Examination results ended up horrendous.

Upon such thoughts, despite her overwhelming anger, she couldn’t resist advising him.

“Alright!” Knowing that she said those words out of goodwill, Zhang Xuan nodded his head. Just as he was about to leave, rapid footsteps sounded out from his back.

“Zhang Xuan, let’s see where you can escape to today! Today, don’t even dream about getting away!”

Following which, a resentful voice echoed in the surroundings. Two men and one beast blocked his path.

They were Shang Bin and Cao Xiong.

At this moment, the two of them have a giant footprint imprinted on their face, the outlines of it clear to see. Half of their face were swollen red and blood trickled down by edges of their mouth. Not a single hint of their previous dashing and carefree look remained.

This was especially so for Shang Bin. His injuries from morning have yet to recover and yet, he suffered another violent kick. At this instant, his mouth was crooked to the side and his lips looked like two giant sausages, thus pulling him further away from the concept of handsomeness.

He had planned everything out perfectly so as to look cool in front of his goddess. Who knew that not only would he fail, he even got beaten up to such a state and his connection with Hongtian Pavilion was severed as a result. If things went wrong, he might even be chastised by his grandfather. How could he take this humiliation lying?

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. Thus, he charged up directly towards Zhang Xuan!

“Shang Bin, what do you intend to do?” Shen Bi Ru didn’t expect him to come in pursuit to cause trouble. She stepped in front of Zhang Xuan to shield him from Shang Bin.

“Shen laoshi, don’t block my way! This is a personal grudge between Zhang Xuan and me!”

It was one thing if he didn’t see her, but when he saw her shielding the infamous trash of the academy, Shang Bin was further provoked as his eyes slanted to the sides and his mouth crooked further from the overwhelming rage.

The intense envy clouding his mind made him go frenzy. He stared coldly at that young man and shouted, “Zhang Xuan, are you a man? If you’re one, stop hiding behind a woman and have a fair duel to the death with me!”

Seeing how the fellow before him had lost his rationality, Zhang Xuan widened his eyes and said, “So what if I’m hiding behind a woman? This is a part of my capabilities. If you’re capable, find one to hide behind as well!”

“You…”

Shang Bin almost vomited blood.

As long as it was a man, if someone insulted him by saying that he was gutless and hid behind the protection of a woman, wouldn’t they feel embarrassed and humiliated such that they would rush forward to retaliate out of indignation?

[Why does common sense not apply to this fellow?

How can he speak of something that should have been incomparably shameful so naturally and righteously?

****, how can one be so thick-skinned?]

“Shen laoshi, I’ll be leaving these two for you to deal with. I still have something on, so I’ll be taking my leave first!”

As a transcender, what had he never seen before? Thick-skinned?

What a joke. In his previous life, in the information era… Have you seen anyone who wasn’t shameless?

He couldn’t be bothered to deal with a problem which someone had taken the initiative to resolve for him.

This wasn’t fear. Rather, it wasn’t a good time for him to be revealing his level of cultivation. On top of that, Shang Bin’s grandfather was an elder. If he were to be forced to a corner, Zhang Xuan would have to waste precious time dealing with the problems that would ensue. Since someone was shielding him, he was also happy to be spared of the effort.

“…”

Seeing how shameless the young man was, Shen Bi Ru was also at a loss for words.

Just a moment ago, she was still fearful that he would be provoked by Shang Bin’s taunt and duel with him. Now, it did seem that she was overthinking it…

If this fellow could be provoked, even sows would be able to climb trees!

“Zhang Xuan, hold it there! If I can’t kill you today, I won’t be called Shang Bin!”

Seeing the attitude of the young man, Shang Bin became even more enraged. Veins popped out from his temples and his face turned into a shade of green. Seeing that Shen Bi Ru had no intention of letting him through, he roared, “Sky Shattering Lion, kill him! As long as you do it, I will bring you delicacies every day! Furthermore, I will give you the 【Acupoint Soothing Pill】 that my grandfather promised me!”

As a tier 6 savage beast that had been tamed by a human, the Sky Shattering Lion was capable of comprehending human words.

As his grandfather’s pet, as long as Shang Bin was kept out of harm’s way, it couldn’t be bothered with his orders. In order to get it to make a move, he promised all kinds of benefits to him in an instant.

“Roar!”

Indeed, hearing his promises, the eyes of the Sky Shattering Lion lit up.

Savage beasts who have reached Pixue realm, unlike humans, were unable use the flow of zhenqi to break open their acupoints. They could only rely on the growth of their body to gradually pull up their strength. If it were to consume the Acupoint Soothing Pill at this moment, with its effects, its strength would surely soar significantly!

Acupoint Soothing Pill was a pill made specially for Fighter 6-dan experts. It possessed the effect of soothing one’s acupoints, thus allowing one to progress further in Pixue realm.

At this moment, Shang Bin’s strength had already reached Fighter 5-dan Dingli pinnacle, just a step off from Pixue. Thus, Elder Shang Chen spent a huge sum to obtain this medicine, so as to give him a boost.

Initially, Shang Bin was reluctant to take it out. However, upon recalling how he was humiliated by a trash, he found himself unable to suppress his emotions!

If he didn’t get rid of Zhang Xuan today, he feared that he would be unable to uphold his dignity in the academy anymore.

This was especially so for the goddess before him, she probably wouldn’t even spare him a gaze!

How could he tolerate such a situation!

“Shang Bin, what do you intend to do? Killing a colleague in academy compounds is a huge crime…”

She didn’t expect Shang Bin to be so insane to order the Sky Shattering Lion to make a move. Shen Bi Ru’s eyes narrowed. She wanted to rush forward to protect Zhang Xuan, but was blocked by Shang Bin instead. Panicking, she bellowed at him.

In the compounds, teachers were forbidden from killing one another. To do so was an infringement of the school rules, as well as a severe crime.

“Zhang Xuan was the one who wanted to kill me. To protect me, the Sky Shattering Lion retaliated. What I did was legitimate self-defense, what can the others say about it?” Shang Bin’s eyes turned red from insanity. He roared, “Sky Shattering Lion, what are you hesitating for? Do it!”

“You…”

Shen Bi Ru felt her heart turning cold.

Too shameless!

If he were to really use that as a front, with Elder Shang Chen’s interference within the matter, he might really get away with it! In fact, it was possible for him to escape punishment completely!

Zhang Xuan could very well die here!

After all, it was a tier 6 savage beast. Ordinary Pixue realm experts weren’t even its match. How could one who was the last in the Teacher Qualification Examination withstand it?

“Roar!”

Just when she was still in a fluster, the Sky Shattering Lion roared and dashed over. Before coming into contact with it, its powerful aura created a powerful gale that forced the surrounding grass and tree leaves to bow down to it.

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Nine Paths, also known as Three Teachings and Nine Paths

This is a real terminology used to classify jobs in ancient China.

To put it simply, there are Upper Nine Paths, Middle Nine Paths and Lower Nine Paths in ancient China and each of these paths refer to an occupation.

For example, the top occupations in ancient China (the nine occupations listed in the Upper Nine Paths) are:

Emperor, Saints, Secluded Masters, Oracle, Scholar, Warrior, Farmer, Worker, Merchant (And they are classified from |Most esteemed <–> Least esteemed|)

Similarly, the Middle Nine Paths and Lower Nine Paths have their own set of occupations as well.

The Three Teachings refer to Confucianism, Daoism (or Taoism) and Buddhism.

Do note that there are different interpretations/versions to the Nine Paths and most of them list Buddha as the first one.

Dual Sword God - Chapter 58: Blue Thunder Dai Lin Vs Bright Flame List Tang Wu

Crackle!

A streak of green lightning snaked through the dark clouds, as an oppressive energy filled the world below, the Chosen Candidates, the Major Influences, and the common practitioners couldn't help but feel a slight change in their moods.

The strange old man looked at the sky and furrowed his brows for a moment before fading away.

On the side of the Feng Clan, Feng Junling was currently observing the two figures in the center of the battle arena. However, as soon as the subtle oppressive energies filled the environment, a wave shock appeared on his face as he gravely glanced towards the sky. He then looked towards Feng Yunlong and Feng Xingyu who were both also looking at the sky with a frown on their face.

"This aura.. so familiar... I can't seem to remember where I felt it before... " said Feng Junling with a frown on his face.

"Sigh, It's only natural that our senses will be dulled Junling, we are still a very long ways from our previous levels of strength," said Feng Yunlong who then looked towards the crimson masked man and spoke.

"Change of Plans, these influences are no longer priority one, relay my message to all units be at the ready.."

The crimson masked man hearing this nodded his head as he took out a small artifact, it flowed with a strange kind of energy. As a very complex set of runes were engraved into its surface, it glowed with a bright light for a moment before the crimson masked man placed it away.

"This mood..." replied the woman in white robes, the men seated beside her also had a grave expression their faces, one of them looked at the woman in with a feeling as if saying what to do?

"What will be.. must be... let fate decide the rest..." said the woman who sighed slightly as she looked at the sky, then turned her gaze towards the chosen candidates or rather a particular candidate.

"This mood..." as if subtlety feeling something odd from a unique kind of power existing in each their bodies Feng Yu, Hui Ying, the Mysterious Spear, the Southern Wasteland Youth and Wuqi Shouzhi also frowned but after realizing that they couldn't find anything they paid no further attention.

Lang Kuang and Miren Fei who had lower cultivation bases only slight felt a strange sense within their feelings.

The Midnight Temple, Southern Wasteland, Rain Sword Sect, DarkSky Pavilion, and the Golden Dragon Empire each had individuals who felt something strange in the atmosphere but no one could pinpoint what it was.

Swoosh!

A dark and chilly wind blew towards the golden square.

Flap! Flap!

That Battle Qi Robes that both individuals were wearing started to making noises, as they swayed gently.

Tang Wu looked at the Dai Lin standing before with a deep oppressive gaze. However, he suddenly realized that Dai Lin was also unfocused gazing towards the sky for a short moment before redirecting his vision towards him.

"Blue Thunder Dai Lin, now isn't the time to be unfocused you know..." said Tang Wu with a deep voice as his essence-energies exploded.

BANG!

The power of mid-grade 9 Tier Body Training Realm exploded from his body as his entire being became filled with brutal an dominant force.

Feng Yu seeing this felt surprised. "Hmm, he doesn't walk the Path of Body Refining Practitioner yet he can still produce a degree of strength almost double those of the same realm. Could it be that he's using an Earth Realm or Heaven Realm Cultivation Technique? or is it that he was born with Innate Divine Power?"

As Feng Yu was lost in thought, back on the golden square, there was a reaction from Dai Lin.

Dai Lin hearing his words only smiled in response, quickly he circulated his <Heavenly Shocking Circuit Scripture>.

KABANG!

A field of electricity quickly enveloped his entire form, as all the natural thunder essence within heaven and earth flowed around his body. The Electric Emperor had descended, as the power of an initial peak stage, 9 Tier Body Training Realm was revealed once more to the world.

"Bright Flame List's Number 1 Tang Wu!! Let's see if your worthy of your fame!" shouted Dai Lin as he pointed his finger towards Tang Wu's body.

"Heavenly Shocking Circuit: Custom Style - Prison of Lightning!" shouted Dai Lin as his collected electrical essences gathered around his form flowed towards Tang Wu, quickly enclosing his frame in a 10-meter Prison of Thunder.

Crackle!! Zzziii!

"He got caught into Brother Dai's signature move!! It's over!!" shouted a common practitioner.

"Hmph! You still don't know what it means for an individual to stand at the top of the Bright Flame List!" said another individual standing to the side.

"What are you---" replied the man but soon his words were cut short.

BANG!!!

The Prison of Thunder exploded into a myriad of pieces of straggling electric currents snaking their way about the surface of the golden square, as Tang Wu casually walked out of the Prison while cracking his neck side to side as he gripped his battle blade with one arm.

Crack! Crack!

After cracking his neck a few times, Tang Wu smiled and looked at Dai Lin while speaking.

"Blue Thunder Dai Lin, that's not good! I hardly broke a sweat in there. You're going to have to do better than that if you want to trap me. Hmm, well then, now it's my turn to make a move." as Tang Wu said this, he took a standard battle stance used by Bladesmen who wielded large blades.

He positioned one of his legs slightly forwards and his other slightly behind with its feet facing outwards, his upper body was twisted slightly to the side as both of his arms now held the battle blade.

Bang!!!!

Very quickly, his overpowering essence-energies gathered around his form flowing towards the large battle blade filling it with a bright glow. He then looked towards Dai Lin once more and roared.

"Ascended Toad Battle Style: Leaping Breaker Slash!!!!!" as he said this, his body leaped into the sky transforming in a series of blurs soon reaching above Dai Lin's form, he then slash his blade downwards descending in a tyrannical fashion.

Swoosh!!!!

The wind kicked up as the force from the technique blow across Dai Lin's body causing his clothing to flap in disarray.

As Dai Lin saw this scene a feeling of doom soon rose within his senses, however, he remained calm as he changed his combat stance to that of a brawler. His sparkling black gauntlet started to glow with pure blue electrical light, as he stretched one arm forwards and pulled one of his arms to his side prepared to launch a strike forwards.

Zzziii!!!!! Crackle!!!

A terrifying amount of electrical power formed around the arm that was pulled backward generating a blue electrical current above his palm. Dai Lin looked towards Tang Wu's descending blade attack and roared.

"Heavenly Shocking Circuit: First Style - Shock Fists!!!!" as he roared transformed into a streak of blue lightning that instantly arrive at the attack of Tang Wu as he punched his fist towards the glowing battle blade filled with torrents of energies.

BOOM!!!!!!!!!!

As they collided a field of electricity and essence energy scattered about the golden square creating a spectacular scenery, however after a moment, the energies receded leaving behind only Dai Lin with his black gauntlet and Tang Wu with his battle blade locked in a fierce struggle.

Sou! Sou!

Both Dai Lin and Tang Wu promptly retreated landing on the ground of the square at the same time as they looked at each other silently.

"It seems my guess was right, even though my cultivation is slightly higher than yours and I am born with the natural endowments of Innate Divine Power. We are roughly equal in power... Blue Thunder Dai Lin you are the first amongst this Kingdom's talents to have ever taken my blow at the same cultivation stage." said Tang Wu with a bit of praise in his words.

Dai Lin hearing this responded. "Ha Ha! Daoist Wu is rather a talent as well. You are the second person to have managed to face my thunder blows head on and come out unscathed. However, this is only the beginning..." said Dai Lin as he assumed battle stance more only this time he pulled both arms behind his back.

Crackle!! Zzziiii!!!!!!!

His electrical essence-energies started to gather once more creating two currents of electricity at his arms pulled behind his back. Soon, the electricity became too condensed and began to snake about the surface of the golden square for a radius of 10 meters.

Tang Wu's face became solemn as he raised his blade to his side with both arms pointing the tip of his battle blade towards the sky. He then changed his battle stance to that of a crouching position with one of his legs stretched forwards with its knees bent and his other leg facing outwards to the side also with its knees bent.

"Second? Ha Ha! Your Master truly is, a monster among monsters. A 'fiend' worth praising to the highest degree." Tang Wu said as his towering essence-energies grew stronger and stronger soon erupting.

BANG!!!!!

"Heavenly Shocking Circuit: Second Style - Shock Palm Barrage!!!!!!!!" roared Dai Lin as he transformed once more turned into a streak blue lightning rushing towards Tang Wu.

"Ascended Toad Battle Style: Bouncing Slash Waves!!!!!" roared Tang Wu as his body leaped forward once more turning into another series of blurs.

Soon, both forms collided creating another exciting scene.

As the Chosen Candidates and Spectators observed the battle scene, they couldn't help but fall into a state of trance as they saw the terrific battle occurring before them.

"Is this level of a Kingdoms Peak Genius!!! Amazing!!!" said a common practitioner.

"This has got to be the best fight I've seen in all my life!!" said another.

As the audience clamored, the Major influences as discussed amongst themselves.

"This Affiliate Kingdom certainly has quite the collection of talents, as both Tang Wu and Dai Lin despite having cultivation bases lower. They are no inferior to geniuses on the scale of DarkSky Pavilions Sheng Bing, Xia Clans Xia Rou and Ye Clans Ye Wang, " said Xun Yanshan as he looked at the two forms battling it out on the golden square.

"A pity they are still no match for Zang Xu's strength, after all, he's the only pupil of that man. " Xun Yanshan as he looked at Zang Xu with slight reverence.

Xuan Lie looked on the scene with a surprised looked. "How could so many geniuses hide under the noses of my Kingdom. Sigh, how could these idiots not even discover a talent like Dai Lin's who has such potential." he cursed silently as he looked towards a few elders from the Sky Splitting Sword Sect.

Tang Fei and Xin Zhu looked at the scene in shock as they saw how Tang Wu had been forced to utilize his full strength.

"This Dai Lin character is astounding If we had someone like this in our clan it would certainly increase our ratings in the future, whether it is in the kingdom or the empire," said Tang Fei.

"Em. He is most definitely a character with a Special Physique. Do you see how his electrical essence-energies flow around his form, I've never seen or heard of a physique like this before not even in the legacy records." said Xin Zhu as he sighed in a amazement.

The Mysterious Spear Youth smiled as he watched their battles, while Ye Wang and Xia Rou felt a wave of battle intent rose within them.

Xin Qing also observed the scene in a trance-like state as she watched both Tang Wu's and Dai Lin's forms do battle, she couldn't help but feel a strange heat rising within her breathing started to grow unstable while looking at Dai Lin's every action.

"What.. what's wrong with me? Why do I feel this way?" she said softly as she watched Dai Lin fight, soon she gripped her fists tightly as she watched quietly.

Feng Yu and Hui Ying smiled as they watched the battle.

"Dai Lin's gotten stronger yet again, his power to control the essence is increasing as his cultivation base grows." Feng Yu muttered.

Within the golden square, or rather around the square itself.

Two streaks of light bounced around from the air to the ground creating a spectacular light show of blue lightning snake dancing around with a red light shade. As they snaked around the battle arena and collided with their blows, multiple ripples of energy would scatter from their collisions generating a shockwave spreading about for a few meters.

Flash!

As Dai Lin streaked about the square, he couldn't help but frown as he realized the battle seemed to be at a stalemate he clenched his fists tightly as a firm look came over his eyes.

"This isn't going well. It seems that I'll have to finish this with that technique...." Dai Lin said in a soft voice.

Tang Wu frowned as he momentary stopped his assault looking at Dai Lin who continued to move around his form like a lightning snake. He gripped his battle blade and spoke.

"Dai Lin!!! It seems that we'll get nowhere like this, I hope your ready for I will no longer hold back, now it is all or nothing!!!!" as he said this he leaned his body forwards and positioned his battle bade behind his back holding it as one would do a dagger. Soon, all of overbearing essence-energies gathered once more to his battle blade as he poured all of his strength into this attack.

Feeling the treat behind the attack, Dai Lin gripped his fists and stopped his movements facing Tang Wu from a distance of 50 meters.

"Bright Flame Tang Wu! You are right, now its time to finish our battle! I'll let you see a new technique I've recently learned. However, I won't be able to guarantee total control its strength, don't die now!!!" as Dai Lin said this, he also leaned his body forwards as gently placed both his knuckles on the ground.

CRACKLE!!!!!!

A blue thunder current instantly formed above his body. Soon, his body began to ripple with the natural essence of electrical power, and lighting streaked about the golden square for a radius of 30 meters.

ZAP!!!!!!!

In an instant, a blue thunder seemed to have descended from the world itself striking his body, creating a few scorched areas on the surface of his flesh. However, despite the damage, Dai Lin remained in battle posture with an unfazed expression looking towards Tang Wu with lightning shining in his eyes.

"Heavenly Shocking Circuit: Third Style - Electro Shock Blast!!!!!!!!!!! " Dai Lin roared as he rushed forwards with more wounds appearing on his skin.

Xin Qing seeing this felt a slight sting for every scorch mark appearing.

"Ascended Toad Battle Style: Soaring Sky Breaker!!!!!!!!" roared Tang Wu as he leaped to air once more slash a wave of terrifying essence-energies towards Dai Lin's form.

As Dai Lin reached the radius of Tang Wu' attack, he punched his fist forward releasing all of the gather electrical power, quickly both attacks collided.

KABOOOMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!

The terrifying power covered the entirety of arena in a glow of pure electrical and essence-energies. However, the remaining candidates were quite strong, they were able to stand the pressure.

After a while, the energies receded as both the forms of Dai Lin and Tang Wu were once more revealed to the world, standing on the golden square silently.

Swoosh!

A gentle wind blew between them as Tang Wu was the first to speak.

"Cough! It seems that you've won more than this battle..." said Tang Wu coughing out a mouthful of blood as a few streaks of blue lightning snaked around his body, he glanced at Xin Qing's figure through the corner of his eyes before looking at Dai Lin with a sharp light.

Dai Lin's stood quietly appearing as if he didn't hear Tang Wu's statement, after a while, Tan Wu realized Dai Lin's state and couldn't help but smile wearily before his focus started to fade.

"You truly... are... something... else.... " as he said this he fell to the ground falling into an unconscious state.

Thud!

The practitioners observing where shocked but before they could do react there was a change, terrifying amoung of lightning streak from inside of Dai Lin's form causing the latter to cry out in pain.

"Arghh!!!!..." Dai Lin roared as his body convulsed due to the severe pain, however, after a while he collapsed to the ground, breathing heavily.

"Shit! The backlash from using that technique at the Body Training Realm is more than I can currently handle." Dai Lin said inwardly.

Flash!

A flash of light occurred sending both figures to their respected platforms. Dai Lin was sent back to Feng Yu and the others as Tang Wu was sent to the platform of the Vanquished.

Tang Fei looked at the scene in shock as he shouted in anger "Did my Wu'er actually lost? Dammit!!"

"Ha Ha! Brother Fei, don't worry, this lost might be what he needed the most, a man grows from failure," said Xin Zhu as he also looked surprisedly, but he soon became filled with glee.

As Feng Yu saw Dai Lin's state he grew angry as he was about to reprimand him for his foolish action, a beautiful figure soon walked over from her square, passing a small medicine pill to Dai Lin.

Dai Lin seeing this was surprise he spoke. "Cough! Fellow... Daoist Qing what's the... " however before he could finish she flipped her finger causing the pill to go down his mouth then responded.

"I... I.. I'm only helping you recover so... so that I can take revenge in the battle platform... don't take it as any other way... " as she said in a soft voice, quickly she left in a flurry with a slightly red face.

"Eh?" Hui Ying seeing this scene was shocked, as he looked at Dai Lin with a deep gaze. Soon, he looked at Feng Yu noticing the latter's expression he smirked.

"Brother Feng! It looks like Dai Lin's got quite the charms, enchanting the kingdom's young beauty!!" he said in a teasing tone.

Feng Yu quickly recovered from his shock and spoke with a smile. "Dai Lin, it seems that you've got more than just a special physique."

Dai Lin hearing them couldn't help but clear his throat and scratched his head. "Ha Ha! I'm not so sure, it could be that she simply just wants to take revenge for Tang Wu's defeat," said Dai Lin with a slightly red face.

"Right!..." said Both Hui Ying and Feng Yu in a sarcastic manner.

However, as the trio continued to converse, another flash of light occurred covering another two unexpected forms.

Flap. Flap.

Their battle robes danced with the wind as they looked at the each silently, the crowd seeing them felt surprised, but an excited look soon came over the eyes of Xiang Tian.

Feng Junling also directed his gaze towards the battle an in-depth look came over his eyes, and Feng Yu who realized this form became silent as he looked at the scene.

The woman in white who remained silent for a while finally spoke in a soft voice as she looked at one of the forms "the destined dragon has risen and the one with a changed fate... has started to take action..." her voice faded into the wind traveling far far away into a distant land...

The Legend of Futian - Chapter 18: General Qin

Boom, Boom… The ground beneath the arena was shaking again. It was Yu Sheng who was stepping forward slowly.

"What is he doing?" People were looking at Yu Sheng and wondering whether these two young men were going to defy the authority of the academy.

The final decision of the Fall Quarter Exam was being announced, and the decision had been made by two masters who were Hall Directors. It definitely could not be easily overridden. How insane was it that they were trying to make the masters change their minds?

"Yu Sheng, get back here." Ye Futian could feel Yu Sheng's anger, and somewhat believed he was going to do something horrible. He tried to yell and stop him, but this time it did not work.

The List of Excellence was still being announced, but Yu Sheng entered the middle of the arena and interrupted the announcement. Many of the masters looked mad because of the fuss Ye Futian had already made, which had brought shame to the academy. The masters did not hold him responsible only because they thought he was still young, and that it was a mistake. However, Yu Sheng was now right in the middle of the arena, about to make an even bigger one.

"Yu Sheng, back off," Leng Qingfeng, the Cabinet Master of the Hall of Swordsmen commanded him. He had planned to list Yu Sheng as the champion of the debate, but Shi Zhong had insisted that Murong Qiu should get first place. He had given in because he had not wanted to make his working relationship with Shi Zhong awkward over such minor issues. But these two young men were just stubborn.

"I want to challenge Murong Qiu," Yu Sheng said, staring at Leng Qingfeng.

"How dare you say that. The Fall Quarter Exam is over. There is no way you can change the results, especially in such a rude manner. You better respect the rules of this academy and back off now," Shi Zhong yelled at Yu Sheng as he stood up.

Yu Sheng looked up to the masters of the academy. There was an aura of fury coming from his body that made the air dense. Ye Futian could feel something dangerous coming from the furious body of Yu Sheng and began yelling at him even louder, "Yu Sheng, seriously; come back here!"

His godfather had told him that no matter what happened, no one should ever witness the Yu Sheng's true talent.

"No!" Yu Sheng shrieked horrifyingly. There was now a scary stream of energy around his body. The power formed a dark golden glow that armored Yu Sheng in a suit that almost looked demonic. Some of the masters began to take this seriously. Their gazes sharpened. They were staring right at Yu Sheng and could foresee the looming danger.

"No I'm mad. Come back!" Ye Futian also sounded truly angry. He was trying to stop the imminent danger by threatening him. Yu Sheng seemed to wake up hearing his voice. His blood-red pupils trembled, and the dark energy around his body was gone. He looked back at Ye Futian.

Yu Sheng's father had told him that he should never allow anyone to stomp on Ye Futian's pride. Whenever a violation happened, he was supposed to stand up for Ye Futian with everything he had.

"Hey, big boy, you know what? Just forget about it; time will show that we are right." The voice of Ye Futian turned gentle and soft. It was Yu Sheng who had been trying to persuade him before; now, he was trying to talk some sense into Yu Sheng. Even though Yu Sheng was still stubborn, he walked away as he was told. This gesture relieved the tension on the faces of the masters.

However, the looks on people's faces in reaction to these two had become even weirder. These guys had a complicated relationship. They looked towards the perfect girl, Hua Jieyu, and began to worry about this girl's future.

The masters continued announcing the List of Excellence. Despite expectations, Ye Futian's name did not get called. Surprisingly, some people began feeling upset about this.

Before the debate, lots of people had been expecting Ye Futian to make a fool of himself. It had not been personal until it had come to Hua Jieyu, the goddess of their dreams. But no matter what, Ye Futian's talent was top-notch. He should be at least in the top three.

Of course, it did not mean that they now felt empathy for Ye Futian. The hatred for him flirting with their goddess was still real and intense. Besides, this guy was so shameless.

Ye Futian seemed calm about the fact that that he had not made it onto the List of Excellence. He now felt indifferent about the situation. However, he was doubting whether the masters were acting justly by ranking Yu Sheng as second on the List of Excellence.

As for most of the big chiefs of this city, they were still racking their brains about the darkness around Yu Sheng. They could not figure out what it was exactly. They had a feeling that in the future, the boy who had performed so flawlessly on this exam would be renowned all over the city. They believed it was worth it to come watch, just for him.

This concluded the Fall Quarter Exam. After Leng Qingfeng and Shi Zhong announced the end of the event, they went into the stands to greet General Qin and the Lord of the City, who had spent their time supporting the event.

The disturbance inside the hearts of the students did not end with the event, however. Murong Qiu had Ye Futian in his sights. He looked calm but his heart was cold. He was listed as the champion of the Fall Quarter Exam, but Ye Futian had questioned the decision in public so outrageously that Murong Qiu felt ashamed. Now people actually believed that he was not as good as Yu Sheng. Even worse, he felt angry about Hua Jieyu's reaction. She had never even talked to him, but she had kept smiling at Ye Futian the entire time.

Something evil quickly flashed in his eyes, then he walked towards the stands. Feng Qingxue was also looking at Ye Futian. She seemed hesitant about something.

"What did he just do? He was defying the authority of the masters in public!" Murong Qing said.

Feng Qingxue seemed absent from the conversation. She was still looking at Ye Futian. In fact, Ye Futian sensed that he was being watched. He turned his head to look at Feng Qingxue. Feng Qingxue noticed that there was a moment of confusion in his eyes, then he smiled at her, and looked away.

There was no grudge in his smile; it was like any regular smile between friends— natural and peaceful. But it made Feng Qingxue feel even worse. In the past, when Ye Futian had smiled at her, there was a feeling of inappropriateness behind the smile; but not this time. She realized that she had finally gotten the distance she had requested. Friendship was something you lost, and lost forever.

After turning away, Feng Qingxue was on the verge of tears. She controlled herself and walked toward her dad.

People were leaving in groups. In fact, most of them were still paying attention to Hua Jieyu, and were surprised to notice that she left alone instead of with Ye Futian. This gave them some hope. They tried to convince themselves that nothing special was going on between them.

"Ye Futian!" A beauty suddenly showed up in front of Ye Futian and stared at him with anger. "How could you act so stubbornly? You had the chance to be listed in the top three on the List of Excellence and become an official student just like Yu Sheng. You know what? You just ruined that chance."

Seeing the fuming beauty before him, Ye Futian smiled teasingly. "You still look so beautiful even when you're angry, Ms. Qin, did you know that?"

"What, you…" Qin Yi was dumbfounded. How could he transform so fast from that brave person who had stood up for Yu Sheng to a shameless playboy? Was this really the same person?

"You were in the first plane of awakening for so long. How did you do that?" Qin Yi asked confusedly.

"Remember our bet? It motivated me so much that I jumped directly over from that low plane." Ye Futian looked at Qin Yi and said, "You do remember your promise, don't you?"

Qin Yi rolled her eyes. As for the promise… Qin Yi asked, "Did I make a promise?"

"Uh…" It was Ye Futian's turn to be dumbfounded. Looking at this beauty right in front of him, Ye Futian said with humor, "You told me I can do whatever I want as long as I passed the exam."

"Really? Did I? I don't remember that." Qin Yi was suspicious about this. Then she turned to a student who was in that class and asked, "Did I ever make a promise?"

The person was caught off guard, then looked serious and said, "Nope, definitely not."

Then he glanced at Ye Futian with a chuckle. This shameless bastard was flirting with Ms. Qin now? No, that was not going to happen.

"You liar…" Ye Futian realized he was being set up. He then yelled, "Yu Sheng, come here!"

The student ran away as fast as he could. It had only been a joke. Why was Ye Futian so serious that he would he ask Yu Sheng to beat him up?

Ye Futian felt wronged. He looked at Qin Yi. "Ms. Qin, seriously, you can't do this."

Qin Yi sounded content and smiled, "Shameless, of course; that's your style."

She was surprised at how fun it was to act shamelessly once in a while.

Looks like Ms. Qin misunderstood my point. Ye Futian felt bitter. His reckless plan had gone awry.

"What are you guys talking about?" someone suddenly interrupted. Both of them turned around, and Ye Futian looked respectfully at the newcomer. "Greetings, General."

"Dad?" Qin Yi said cutely. It was exactly how you would imagine a seventeen-year-old young beauty like her to act. Ye Futian was surprised that the serious Ms. Qin also had this side to her.

"Are you bullying him again?" Qin Shuai patted the head of his daughter and then nodded at Ye Futian. "You did well today."

"Thank you for the compliment, General." Of course Ye Futian knew who he was--everyone in the city knew.

"You are Yu Sheng, right?" Qin Shuai looked away from Ye Futian. Yu Sheng answered with a nod.

"You are a talented mage, of course, but deep inside you are a natural born warrior. Do not only focus on becoming a mage and ignore your talent as a warrior." Qin Shuai sounded serious. He really appreciated this boy because he was one of the most talented warriors he had ever seen. Years from now, this boy would be just as powerful as he was.

Yu Sheng nodded again. He understood this naturally.

"You are more than welcome to join the Dark Qilin Knighthood. It will be open to you at any time." Qin Shuai was making a serious proposal. Yu Sheng was surprised, as was Ye Futian. He was only fifteen, yet he had been invited by General Qin in person.

"Sure," Yu Sheng answered.

"Let's go home." Qin Shuai left with Qin Yi. She looked back at Ye Futian and smirked.

"You've changed." Ye Futian sighed, feeling upset. She had promised him that he could do anything he wanted!

Ye Futian walked to the stands. His father was there talking with someone else. "It is such a shame that he did not make it onto the List of Excellence."

"I know, he is powerful enough," the person answered. In fact, Ye Baichuan had said this about a hundred times already.

"Can't be compared to how good I was at that age though," Ye Baichuan said.

Ye Futian was ashamed. He confronted his father, saying, "Come on, Dad, that was totally unfair to me. Isn't it time for you to comfort me instead of blame me?"

Ye Baichuan felt confused. "Does this failure even mean anything to you at all?"

Ye Futian was speechless. "Just go home. I won't see you off."

He turned back to the dorm and sighed the entire way about how unlucky he was to have a father like that.

True Martial World - Chapter 140: Flowing Mercury Gown

Yi Yun took a few deep breaths and the surrounding frost Qi was sucked into his lungs. He could feel his blood stirring, which made him feel extremely comfortable.

"Miss Lin has refined many fierce beast relics for me. As it accumulated in number, it was only natural that I would make a breakthrough."

Lin Xintong said, "You have previously reached the state of 'Tempered Body, Dragon Pulse'. So, you needed a lot of energy to break through to the Purple Blood realm. It was not easy to accomplish that through your power alone!"

"At this point, there is nothing else I can help you with. Your future will be decided by yourself. I will be leaving the Cloud Wilderness and returning to the Lin family. Since you have killed the Frost Python, I'll leave this set of Frost Python desolate bones with you, as materials for you to learn the Desolate Heaven technique."

Yi Yun and Lin Xintong's expedition to the Desolate Human Valley came to an end when they flew back to the Lian tribal clan overnight. Before separating at the entrance, Lin Xintong took out all of Yi Yun's hunts from her interspatial wristband. The pile of fierce beast meat was already tied up in rope, forming a mountain of meat. Its weight was about fifty thousand kilograms.

Before her departure, Lin Xintong took a glance at Yi Yun's blood-stained linen clothes and said, "I'll give you a set of clothes…"

With that said, Lin Xintong's fingers wiped the interspatial wristband and she took out a thin piece of apparel. It was extremely soft and looked like flowing mercury.

"This shirt is called Flowing Mercury Gown. It's a piece of treasure. By wearing it, it can aid you in increasing your strength and help you reach the large success stage of the Minute Subtlety movement technique."

As she said that, with some unknown gesture of hers, that flowing mercury gown flew into Yi Yun's hands.

Yi Yun found that it was cold to the touch. It felt like holding a pool of water, which was very comfortable.

He was filled with curiosity. What was this Flowing Mercury Gown's mystery? How could it increase his strength and improve his Minute Subtlety technique?

Yi Yun did not stand on ceremony and took off his linen shirt, exposing his shapely muscles.

After a few months of training, Yi Yun's body was no longer thin and weak. He still looked thin with clothes on, but once he removed his clothes, he impressed people with his body's muscular strength.

Every morning, Yi Yun would wake up to hear his joints popping. This proved that his body was growing very quickly!

Yi Yun found the Flowing Mercury Gown slick and cold when he wore it. It was very comfortable.

"It's made of really good material. This Flowing Mercury Gown must cost a fortune."

As Yi Yun thought about it, his face stiffened, oh? Something was wrong!

Yi Yun was surprised to find the Flowing Mercury Gown growing tighter. It bound his muscles to the point of feeling pain.

Not only that, a huge force was pressed into his body, pushing him down to the ground!

"So heavy!" Yi Yun grimaced. What sort of gown was this? It looked weightless like the wings of a cicada, yet its weight was at least more than 30,000 kilograms, and… Yi Yun felt that the weight was increasing!

That was not all. The robe seemed to possess an extremely strong elasticity. It took Yi Yun great effort to move because the gown completely restricted his muscles!

It was physically exhausting to even walk while wearing this set of clothes, let alone try to box!

"This Flowing Mercury Gown is a treasure made by my Lin family. In the city, there are many similar clothes like it, but none come close to the level of the Flowing Mercury Gown."

"In the Flowing Mercury Gown, there is an array that absorbs Heaven Earth Yuan Qi and uses it as its power source. This set of clothing can change according to your preference. Its weight ranges from ten cauldrons to as many as a thousand cauldrons. The operating procedure is simple. I will explain it to you now…"

Lin Xintong explained the operating procedures of the Flowing Mercury Gown to Yi Yun. Yi Yun's eyebrows kept twitching as he realized that such clothes existed in this world!

He finally understood Lin Xintong's words of why wearing the set of clothes would aid him in attaining the large success stage of Minute Subtlety. It could be said that it was a constant form of training to wear the set of clothes.

Yi Yun followed Lin Xintong's instructions and indeed, the weight of the Flowing Mercury Gown could be changed. But even at its lightest, the Flowing Mercury Gown still weighed 10,000 lbs.

The weight was actually not as important. What was important was the Flowing Mercury Gown's strong binding strength. It made Yi Yun use a lot of strength just to stretch his body, or to box.

"I shall give you this Flowing Mercury Gown," said Lin Xintong casually.

Yi Yun was stunned. Although Lin Xintong had simply described it, Yi Yun could guess that the Flowing Mercury Gown was not cheap. Yet, Lin Xintong had given it to him.

He was just about to say something when Lin Xintong began to float away. She was like a piece of cloud, flying up in the sky. With a blow of the wind, she had disappeared…

Yi Yun was somewhat disappointed. He had parted ways with Lin Xintong that day, and in a few days, he would step foot into the central plains.

The kingdom's central plains were something Yi Yun had long anticipated!

Yi Yun looked at the huge mountain of meat beside him. He pulled the ropes and dragged the meat that was more than fifty thousand kilograms.

Having reached the Purple Blood realm, Yi Yun's strength had grown. He lowered the weight of the Flowing Mercury Gown to five thousand kilograms. As for the binding strength of the Flowing Mercury Gown, it gave him difficulties stretching his body, but to maintain the pulling actions on the rope wasn't difficult. Hence, it was simple for Yi Yun to drag the mountain of meat.

The fierce beasts tied up in the meat mountain had thick flesh and tough hides. Even as they were dragged, their meat did not get mangled. But due to the great weight of the fierce beasts, it left a huge ditch in his wake.

The scene of Yi Yun dragging the meat was shocking. As it was nearing noon, many of the Lian tribal clan's people were out in the fields working.

They saw a moving mountain of meat from afar.

"What's that?"

The people were shocked. When the meat neared them, they were shocked till their chins nearly fell to the ground on closer inspection.

Within the mountain of meat were tied up fierce beasts. The bigger ones were the size of a house. It weighed several thousand kilograms!

Everything in the large pile of fierce beasts was dead. Yi Yun was dragging them like he was dragging something worthless.

These… were killed by Yi Yun?

Did he go into the vast wilderness to hunt?

Those who thought of that were stunned.

To hunt in the vast wilderness was a dream-like phrase to the people of the Lian tribal clan.

If they could go into the vast wilderness to hunt, then there would be no lack of meat in the tribe. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

But the vast wilderness was fraught with dangers. Even Purple Blood warriors did not dare venture too deep. They would usually hunt within a fifty kilometers radius of the village. And that was already considered very amazing!

Purple Blood warriors returning with one or two fierce beasts the size of a cattle would have been a great catch, but now, Yi Yun had dragged more than a hundred fierce beasts of various sizes. It was as if the ground had been littered with them for him to freely pick them up.

In the Cloud Wilderness, fierce beasts were synonymous with cruelty and death. Each fierce beast was terrifying and there was great risk hunting one. But Yi Yun was monstrous to be able to hunt them en masse!

Yi Yun had killed that many fierce beasts in the past few days? Had he ventured deep into the vast wilderness?

The people of the Lian tribal clan were at a lost for words. And especially the members of the warrior preparation camp who deeply understood the strength of the fierce beasts. They looked at Yi Yun as if he were a god, and wished they could kneel down and worship him.

In the vast wilderness, those with strength were respected. In the past, they could estimate Yi Yun's strength from the kingdom's selection, but they had no idea how strong Yi Yun really was.

But today, they had finally seen it.

He was a monster!

"Young Master Yi… hasn't broken into the Purple Blood realm yet, right?"

Even the farmers knew that warriors had to reach the Purple Blood realm to go out into the vast wilderness to hunt. But how did Yi Yun manage to do so while he was at the peak of Mortal Blood realm?

"How would I know? Maybe he has already broken through. Even if he hasn't, so what? Don't you know, Young Master Yi was named the first in the selection, and was made a Kingdom Knight. Maybe his peak-Qi Gatherer realm is enough to match a Purple Blood's fighting power!"

Hearing someone from the warrior preparation camp say that, the people were disturbed. If Yi Yun could match a Purple Blood realm at the Mortal Blood realm, what would the extent of his powers be when he really broke through to the Purple Blood realm?

It could be expected that Yi Yun would have a meteoric rise in the future and that he would amount to great things. If they could follow Yi Yun, being one of his servants or servant girls, then they could elevate their lives by clinging onto him, allowing them to not worry about food or clothing.

True Martial World - Chapter 139: Purple Blood

"Hiss!"

The Frost Python hissed and directly attacked Yi Yun!

The crushing force a python is capable of is terrifying. It can squeeze a person into noodles once a python wrapped itself around him.

By focusing, Yi Yun was able to see every move of the Frost Python clearly in his field of vision.

He had to hit it where it hurts!

Aiming for the Frost Python's belly, Yi Yun slashed with the Yanchi saber!

"Roar!"

When Yi Yun attacked, the phantom images of a dragon and tiger appeared behind him. Manifestation of Yuan Qi!

"Clang!"

The Yanchi saber hit the Frost Python's scales, giving out a metallic ring.

The Frost Python opened its jaws and spat a frost mist at Yi Yun!

The frost mist shot at Yi Yun like a blazing-fast sword. Yi Yun grimaced as he quickly retreated. He swished and slashed the Yanchi saber in front of him, forming saber beams in front of him.

This was actually a move of the 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven', but Yi Yun had used a saber in place of a sword. He emulated Lin Xintong and Tao Yunxiao's 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven' and hacked away at the frost mist.

"Ka Ka Ka!"

The Yanchi saber was covered in ice as numerous ice crystals fell!

This frost Qi meandered down the Yanchi saber onto Yi Yun's hand. At that moment, Yi Yun felt as if his arm had been frozen.

Such an amazing frost venom! Such a terrifying defense!

Yi Yun looked at the spot on the Frost Python's body where he had slashed. There was a red mark there. Several scales had been cut through, and it shed a little blood. But it was just a superficial wound. For a Frost Python with powerful vitals, it was nothing.

"Frost Pythons have extremely hard scales. It is much stronger than tempered steel!" Lin Xintong said by the side.

"I see, to be considered a desolate beast, it sure has to be extraordinary…" Yi Yun had that thought in mind. The Frost Python let out a screech and thrust its huge tail at Yi Yun.

"Ka-cha!"

The ground shattered as Yi Yun leaped!

With a shake of the Yanchi saber, the ice crystals shattered. Using them as weapons, they were shot toward the eyes of the Frost Python!

But the Frost Python sprayed out a mouthful of frost Qi, freezing the ice crystals. Upon doing so, the Frost Python opened its mouth and sucked back all the frost Qi into its stomach.

"Oh? It can absorb frost Qi that has left its body?" This scene surprised Yi Yun greatly!

Following that, Yi Yun learned why a desolate beast was given its title that made it overshadow fierce beasts.

This Frost Python opened its mouth and spat back the ice crystals. The ice crystals solidified into the air to become a long saber!

This saber looked exactly like Yi Yun's Yanchi saber!

It was mimicking Yi Yun!

"Cha!"

The frost saber slashed at Yi Yun!

Yi Yun raised his saber to parry the attack.

"Ping!"

A strong tremor traveled through his arm as Yi Yun felt his arm go slightly numb!

A desolate beast's greatest improvement over a fierce beast was the ability to control Heaven Earth energy. Just like a warrior's manifestation of Yuan Qi, a desolate beast could control the Heaven Earth energy to form its own moves to attack its enemy.

The frost saber was such a thing!

"As expected of a desolate beast!" Yi Yun's eyes lit up. The Frost Python was the most powerful opponent he had ever faced. With the Yanchi saber in his hand, he clashed with the frost saber!

Holding the Yanchi saber, Yi Yun interchanged between the moves of 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' and 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven'.

At the beginning, Yi Yun's battle was fraught with difficulty, but over time, he adapted to the Frost Python's attacks.

A desolate beast was after all a beast. Although it had some intelligence, it could not be compared to a human. Yi Yun slowly saw through the Frost Python's attacks.

It had great strength and speed, but its moves lacked a certain charm.

Yi Yun soon found his own rhythm and became calmer.

He again demonstrated his Minute Subtlety movements. Occasionally he would move forward, sometimes back, sometimes soaring into the sky, sometimes flipping backward. While battling the Frost Python, Yi Yun's movements became more adept!

"Very good! Again!" Yi Yun's eyes lit up.

Combat was the best way of improving one's strength. It was not easy for Yi Yun to meet such an equal opponent, so he had used this battle with the Frost Python as training!

"Just a bit more. The speed needs to be faster!" Yi Yun was short of breath, but slowly, his attacks reduced, and he dodged more of the Frost Python's attacks.

The Frost Python was expending its body's Power of Desolates, but it became more feisty after failing to kill Yi Yun.

It knew that, if it did not defeat the human in front of it, it would die!

The Frost Python was cornered, it began to spit out large amounts of Power of Desolates, forming icicle cones. Together with the frost Yanchi saber, they were hurled at Yi Yun.

It bet everything on that one throw!

"Just nice!" Yi Yun felt like he was at his threshold!

Seeing the icicles flying towards him, Yi Yun clenched his Yanchi saber with both hands and slashed at it!

"Roar!"

With a dragon and tiger roar, a Purple Gold Dragon phantom appeared. At the same time, icy-blue light dots appeared from the corpses of the pythons that were frozen by Lin Xintong!

These light dots could only be seen with the aid of Yi Yun's Purple Crystal!

The fierce beasts' energy was naturally below the desolate beast's, but there were too many energy light dots from the fierce beasts!

The moment the light dots appeared, they were sucked towards Yi Yun as if he were a whirlpool!

Numerous light dots entered Yi Yun's skin, tendons, flesh, veins, bones, organs, and marrow…

This energy surged into Yi Yun's body. Yi Yun felt that if he could not vent all this energy out, his body would explode.

In the chaos, Yi Yun could feel like he had touched a thin membrane, and it was none other than the Purple Blood realm's bottleneck!

"Ha!"

Yi Yun roared, and the energy within his meridians surged. He infused the tremendous power into the Yanchi saber as he slashed forward!

"Peng!"

With a loud explosion, the crystals spat from the Frost Python had been shattered to pieces by the Yanchi saber!

The Yanchi saber's momentum did not lessen. It mercilessly cleaved into the Frost Python's head, splitting the Frost Python's hard skull into two!

Yi Yun exerted more strength as his Yanchi saber sliced straight through the Frost Python's gullet. The saber entered the Frost Python's stomach, and blood sprayed all over Yi Yun!

The python's blood was cold, like the icy-cold water of winter. Upon being splashed by the python's blood, Yi Yun's fighting spirit burned even stronger.

He exerted more strength into his hands.

Cha!

Not only did the Yanchi saber enter the python's body completely, even Yi Yun's hands entered the Frost Python's mouth. The Frost Python's body was like a thick whip that lashed constantly. All the surrounding rocks were smashed into pieces!

But the terrifying saber Qi had entered its body, crushing all its organs! The Frost Python was dead!

After the Frost Python died, its energy appeared as dots of light. After using that move, Yi Yun felt as if his body was a bottomless hole, making him extremely hungry. The first thing he did upon seeing the Frost Python's energy was to swallow it all!

"Come!" As the Purple Crystal pulsated, numerous energy essences emerged from the Frost Python's body and surged into Yi Yun's body!

Yi Yun could feel his mind, body, and meridians burning up. The flames roared into the sky, illuminating his body.

Yi Yun suddenly could see every meridian and every blood vessel he had!

As he gazed at it, the blood transformed!

The blood coagulated and turned heavy, but it still had a strong vitality!

Every drop of blood seemed to come alive. The blood pulsated rapidly, carrying more energy and nutrients through the body. It had a slight hint of purple under the illumination of fire!

At that moment, Yi Yun's bone marrow became extremely pure under the nourishment of the blood. It shimmered with a silver light as if mercury was being poured into it!

"Purple Blood realm, this is the Purple Blood realm!"

With the entire body's blood transforming, it shimmered purple under sunlight. His bone marrow was tempered like silver, turning heavy and pure, as though he had been renewed. This was the Purple Blood realm dreamed of by many warriors of the vast wilderness!

At the moment he broke through to the Purple Blood realm Yi Yun felt extremely comfortable. He could not help but let out a cry!

This cry was like a dragon's roar, piercing through the clouds and shattering stone!

"Pa! Pa! Pa!"

The sonic boom shattered the ice python sculptures, turning them into a countless number of ice crystals that scattered in all directions before falling all over the ground!

Not far away, Lin Xintong was stunned.

"Purple Blood realm, he broke through to the Purple Blood realm?" Lin Xintong had brought Yi Yun on this training trip to aid him in breaking through to the Purple Blood realm.

Yi Yun's breakthrough to the Purple Blood realm was not a mystery to Lin Xintong, but she had originally expected that Yi Yun would have used up all his energy to kill the Frost Python. She would then help him obtain the Frost Python desolate bones and refine it to a desolate bone relic. After Yi Yun ate that, he could then break through to the Purple Blood realm.

But the actual turn of events went beyond Lin Xintong's expectations. He had managed to break through in battle, with Yi Yun's final strike as his ultimate attack, and also the prelude to his breakthrough!

The Frost Python had been split into two by Yi Yun. It was a terrifying blow!

Originally, Lin Xintong expected for Yi Yun to choose a weak point of the Frost Python such as the eyes. And by slowly depleting the Frost Python's energy, he would be able to kill it.

But Yi Yun had killed it in one fell swoop. The outcome of the battle startled Lin Xintong.

Purple Blood realm, the beginning steps on the path of martial arts.

Generally, Lin Xintong would not be ambivalent about an ordinary person breaking through to the Purple Blood realm. And the breakthroughs of most people breakthroughs were nothing surprising. They usually ate a desolate bone relic, meditated for a long while before making a natural breakthrough.

It was a rare sight to see someone break through with such earth shattering results like Yi Yun.

Yi Yun was in linen clothes and his long hair was blowing in the wind. His body was covered with snake blood, making him look like a savage.

In myths and legends, warriors would bathe in the snake's blood after they slay the serpent. Yi Yun lived up to the feeling of those legends!

"You actually broke through to the Purple Blood while in combat. I had originally planned to refine a desolate bone relic for you. But it looks like there's no need." Lin Xintong looked at Yi Yun as she murmured.

True Martial World - Chapter 138: Desolate Beast

"Puah!"

Yi Yun countered a sneak attack that was launched by a fierce beast before beheading it! His assailant was a monkey-sized fierce beast that had a pair of wings, making it look like a bat.

"‘Purple Teeth Bat’. Its teeth have purple venom that would melt and liquify human muscles upon injection. Then, Purple Teeth Bats would suck the human dry, leaving only desiccated skin left. The Purple Teeth Bat may not be strong, but it has remarkable speed, making it proficient at sneak attacks. It's very good that you are able to chop off its head! In the past few hours, your saber techniques have improved."

Lin Xintong was extremely knowledgeable with the fierce beasts of the Cloud Wilderness. Like an encyclopedia, she knew every fierce beast and dangerous plant they met along the way.

During their journey through the Desolate Human Valley, Yi Yun would fight with fierce beasts while Lin Xintong would give out pointers, praise his moves and point out his deficiencies.

This benefited Yi Yun greatly.

Time passed quickly, and the duo had gone deep into the valley after traveling hundreds of kilometers over a full night and day cycle.

Yi Yun finished all of the dozens of encounters that they had!

Along the way, Yi Yun had suffered minor injuries which he quickly recovered from.

If they were hungry, they would cook their meals on the spot. Roasting meat, steaming rice and brewing soup… Although Lin Xintong was not a pursuer of good food, the food made by Yi Yun was still salivating.

Being away from home for a long time did not make Yi Yun worried. The Lian tribal clan was being taken care of by the Jin Long Wei and no one dared to touch Jiang Xiaorou.

Another day passed and late into the second night, Yi Yun had made great progress after experiencing intense battles one after another. It was all thanks to the bone relic Yi Yun ate after every battle, which strengthened his cultivation!

Not only did it improve his cultivation level, his foundation had improved. Most importantly, Yi Yun's combat experience had rapidly increased. Traversing the vast wilderness and experiencing life and death battles were extremely valuable.

"Hiss…."

Suddenly, Yi Yun heard a sharp rustling sound which quickly became more intense. It sounded like massive amounts of sand was being constantly ground and the sounds assaulted their eardrums.

Yi Yun had a change in expression when he felt a chill!

It was like a cold wind that blew and entered into the bone.

"What is it…" Yi Yun went on high alert and attentively looked around. Under the faint fluorescent light, what he saw made his scalp tingle.

Not far away, a group of black snakes was sliding over.

Among this group of snakes, the slimmest was as thick as a water bucket. Some of them were as thick as a water tank, and some were so thick that the combined arm span of two people was unable to encircle them.

A group of snakes arrived from every direction, quickly surrounding Yi Yun and Lin Xintong.

All these snakes were at the fierce beast level. With so many snakes attacking, Yi Yun was bound to be bitten to shreds.

But… Yi Yun had Lin Xintong beside him.

Lin Xintong glanced at the numerous pythons and said lightly, "We have encountered a desolate beast. All these snakes are being directed by a desolate beast!"

"Desolate beast!?" Yi Yun was stunned. Desolate beasts were one level higher than fierce beasts. There were much fewer desolate beasts than fierce beasts, but they were the true masters of the vast wilderness!

"It's a Frost Python!" In this huge mass of pythons, Lin Xintong spotted the true serpent king.

Frost Python!?

Yi Yun, of course, knew about the Frost Python. He had stolen the Frost Python desolate bone's essence from Lian Chengyu!!

The Frost Python's desolate bones were toxic. To refine it, a Desolate Heaven Master was needed, or the consequences would be dire.

"It's an immature Frost Python. Very good! Yi Yun, this is your chance. The Frost Python is one of the weakest desolate beasts. An immature one is about the strength of a normal Purple Blood warrior. You can try to see what it's like battling at the Purple Blood level! In this battle, all you need to do is to remain undefeated. It will be a way of toughening yourself!"

Yi Yun was still at the peak-Qi Gatherer realm. The gap between Mortal Blood and Purple Blood was huge, but Yi Yun's skills included Minute Subtlety and insight of not being restrained by moves. Compounded with his Tempered Body, Dragon Pulse, he could battle a weak Purple Blood warrior!

Yi Yun's eyes flashed with excitement.

Desolate beast! He was finally going to fight a desolate beast!

But with so many snakes…

Just as Yi Yun was thinking about it, Lin Xintong made a move. She unsheathed her Frost Water sword and made a simple slash forward.

This strike turned into a bluish-white sword beam that was cold to the bone. It spread out like a water ripple, freezing the water vapor in the air, and lining the ground with a layer of ice!

At that moment, with Lin Xintong in the center, it was like a giant ice flower blooming. The surrounding area in a thousant feet radius had turned into a world of ice!

The group of pythons that were slithering forward froze, turning into ice sculptures!

Yi Yun was shocked when he saw that scene.

He knew how strong the fierce beasts were. But under Lin Xintong's hands, they were unable to put up any resistance. The entire group was wiped out in one shot.

Only the Frost Python serpent could resist Lin Xintong's icy sword attack.

This was because the Frost Python serpent was strong and its elemental property was ice, so it had a high resistance to the frost Qi.

But this sudden turn of events shocked the Frost Python!

It originally believed that Yi Yun and Lin Xintong would make a splendid meal. Warriors with a certain strength were a good supplement for desolate beasts. Eating them would have aided in its growth, allowing it to mature sooner.

As such the Frost Python had sent all of its pythons to attack the two, hoping to deplete them of their energy. But surprisingly, its legion of pythons was wiped out before they could even attack!

The Frost Python had some intelligence. It suddenly realized the strength of the young girl and was about to turn around and flee, but…

"Pa! Pa! Pa!"

Runes began to flash. These runes formed a barrier of light trapping the Frost Python, Yi Yun, and Lin Xintong within it.

"You can't escape!" Lin Xintong said as she sheathed her Frost Water sword. "If you can beat that boy, you'll be spared. If you can't win, you will die!"

"Oh? It can understand human speech?" Yi Yun was surprised when he saw Lin Xintong speak to the Frost Python.

"It doesn't. But desolate beasts can sense the mental fluctuations of humans, so it can get the meaning."

Lin Xintong was indeed correct. This Frost Python had identified its enemy.

It stared at Yi Yun and bared its black fangs.

The Frost Python was not large. Among the legion of pythons, its body was actually the smallest. Its body was the thickness of an adult's thigh and it was not longer than three feet.

Yi Yun stared at the Frost Python. Yi Yun could clearly discern every scale it had, as well as the texture on each scale.

For the Tao tribal clan to be able to kill a Frost Python, it proved that the Frost Python was the weakest among the desolate beasts. This battle was just right for him!

Lin Xintong stood on the side and watched with anticipation. She wanted to see the result of the battle between Yi Yun and the Frost Python.

True Martial World - Chapter 137: If I were to become a Desolate Heaven Master

Lin Xintong knew that she did not have any epiphany or breakthrough. It must have been some sort of accident or a stroke of good luck.

For a Desolate Heaven Master, there were times when things went great, resulting in the refinement of an exquisite relic. Hence, it was not odd, but today felt different…

Although she was disconcerted, it did not affect Lin Xintong's hand movements. Her seals became faster as finger shadows were formed.

Yi Yun looked intently as his eyes followed the light dots.

As long as he willed it, he could control the movement of the light dots. It was a lovely feeling for Yi Yun.

He understood that a Desolate Heaven Master had the ability to gather the energy within fierce and desolate beasts' bones.

But they were not just simply gathering. In the gathering process, the Desolate Heaven Masters would process the energy, branding it with their own mark.

In addition, the desolate bones had their own properties. With the Desolate Heaven Master's mark and the desolate bones' properties combined, it could bring about incredible changes, giving the bone relic a property the desolate bones originally lacked.

These things made Yi Yun generate a great interest. What if… I became a Desolate Heaven Master…

This thought suddenly appeared in Yi Yun's mind and began to grow. Like a seed, it grew into a huge, towering tree.

Being a Desolate Heaven Master would bring him many benefits!

It was the noblest profession in the vast wilderness world. They could use their Desolate Heaven technique to obtain unlimited wealth.

And wealth meant cultivation resources!

Not only that, they could have special techniques to process the energy. This made Yi Yun palpitate with excitement.

Yi Yun had previously heard from Jiang Xiaorou that Desolate Heaven Masters create desolate bone relics with different effects. Some were used to heal, some were used to increase cultivation, some were used to break through a bottleneck, and some were used to increase perceptivity.

There were specializations within the technique. The Purple Crystal Origins could only absorb pure energy, but it could not change the properties of the energy.

If we made the analogy of energy as being food, then the Purple Crystal Origins was a collector of the best ingredients. A Desolate Heaven Master was the chef. Their culinary skills were the Desolate Heaven technique, and when processing the ingredients, they could make a delicacy.

With the Purple Crystal, he would have the best ingredients, and if he had the ability to manipulate the ingredients, shouldn't he learn it to produce the best delicacies?

Yi Yun had many random thoughts within that few seconds. By then, Lin Xintong had already melted the Blood Stone Gigantic Beast's bones in the white light, finally reducing it to a bone relic the size of a green bean.

As for the Blood Stone Gigantic Beast's meat, Lin Xintong did not touch it. The meat had been separated and dropped to the side. With a wave of her hand, the meat was stored in her interspatial wristband.

Lin Xintong looked at that bone relic with a nonplussed expression. But she didn't think any further and with a flick of the finger, it landed into Yi Yun's palm.

"Eat it. You will be fighting battles continuously, draining a lot of your." Lin Xintong said with thoughts on her mind. She still could not understand why the bones' energy yielded to her control in such an obedient manner.

"Alright, Miss Lin." Yi Yun took the fierce beast relic and threw it into his mouth like a peanut. After chewing a few times, he swallowed it.

The fierce beast relic's taste was like an alcoholic sweet. Upon entering the stomach, a surge of heat spread throughout his body, quickly replenishing the energy Yi Yun had depleted.

The beast relic refined by Lin Xintong was different from the energy absorbed by the Purple Crystal Origins. This beast relic had a much better effect of replenishing strength.

Yi Yun pretended to inadvertently ask, "By the way, Miss Lin, were you demonstrating the Desolate Heaven technique? If an ordinary person were to learn the Desolate Heaven technique, what ways are there?"

"Oh?" Lin Xintong looked at Yi Yun with surprise. Her pair of eyes were still extremely bright even in the dark Desolate Human Valley. "You want to learn the Desolate Heaven technique?"

"I'm interested." Yi Yun answered.

Lin Xintong shook her head, "I advise you not to learn it. When you begin learning, you will need a lot of bones to practice, and a lot of the energy will be wasted. This will spend a lot of resources and… you will need a good teacher, to correct your methods, control of the energy… There are also many complicated changes involved too. It's too difficult!"

"So, Desolate Heaven Masters mostly come from wealthy entities, such as a big family clan or a large sect."

"Also, besides needing a lot of resources, students of the Desolate Heaven technique need to have talent in controlling energy. Such people have a strong soul and have a natural affinity with Heaven Earth energy. There aren't many people who can do that. The chance is less than one in a million."

After Lin Xintong said so much, Yi Yun nodded his head and said, "I see. I understand what Miss Lin is saying."

"Yes." Lin Xintong nodded, "It's good you understand. I can tell that you have great perceptivity towards martial arts. I want to prevent you from detours, wasting your own time. Learning the Desolate Heaven technique is extremely draining…"

Lin Xintong said all those words to dispel Yi Yun of his unrealistic expectations. But before she could finish her words, Yi Yun had already declared his decision, "I still want to learn…"

"You…" Lin Xintong was speechless. Many warriors were moved when they saw Desolate Heaven Masters refine desolate bones. After all, both a Desolate Heaven Master's position and wealth was something warriors could not compare with.

However, these people would have mostly wasted their time, energy and wealth after attempted it. It wasn't worth it.

"I am serious. It's not on a whim." Yi Yun looked at Lin Xintong. Under the fluorescent minerals' light, their eyes were three feet apart as they looked at each other.

Lin Xintong knitted her eyebrows. She knew Yi Yun. In the first round of the kingdom's selection, Yi Yun had taken first place in the test of Spirit. Therefore, Lin Xintong knew Yi Yun was a person with verve.

These people would not rashly come to a decision, but once they had decided upon it, they would acknowledge their target and overcome all difficulties.

However, a great Spirit did not mean that they had no failures.

Lin Xintong looked at Yi Yun with an incomprehensible look and said, "You seem to have really made up your mind. You will not give up even at the risk of wasting your time and resources?"

"Yes," said Yi Yun with a nod.

"Alright then…"

Lin Xintong shook her head, "In that case, I will give you the opportunity to come into contact with the Desolate Heaven technique. You need to be at the Purple Blood realm to learn the Desolate Heaven technique. I have a scroll here left by my master. It's a Desolate Heaven Master notebook."

With that said, Lin Xintong took out a black scroll from her interspatial wristband. The scroll did not have any embellishments and looked a little old.

"My Master gave me eighteen scrolls. I have already memorized all the contents of the first scroll which I will lend you. In two years, if you can understand anything from that notebook that teaches the most basic hand seals and energy control, then I will aid you in learning the Desolate Heaven technique. If not, you will have to return the notebook to me."

Su Jie may be an unscrupulous old man who was stingy and greedy, but his Desolate Heaven technique was exceptional. He was definitely a master.

It was obvious the Desolate Heaven Master notebook left behind by Su Jie was worth a lot!

Yi Yun looked at the scroll with mixed feelings.

He stayed silent for a while before solemnly saying, "I will remember Miss Lin's kindness. In the future, even if there is the tiniest possibility that I can join up Miss Lin's terminated meridians, I will do it at all expenses."

Yi Yun solemnly took over the scroll.

Lin Xintong looked helplessly at Yi Yun as she found that she could not understand the child's thoughts. It was difficult to explain his drive and confidence to learn the Desolate Heaven technique.

In fact, Lin Xintong had taken out Su Jie's scroll to make Yi Yun aware of the overwhelming odds against him. The scroll's difficulty was extremely high, especially for beginners.

Lin Xintong grabbed Yi Yun's hand and pricked Yi Yun's thumb with her fingernail. A drop of blood dripped on the scroll.

"In these two years, only you can read this scroll. If it were to enter the hands of others, the scroll will be automatically destroyed."

In this world, although there were some public lectures by Desolate Heaven Masters, there was some core heritage that were treasured as one's own belongings.

The scroll left behind by Su Jie was equipped with self-destruction capabilities. So as long as other Desolate Heaven Masters did not see the scroll, there was no way he could leak the core teachings of the scroll based on his skills.

Since he would fail to understand it, it was impossible for him to recount it to others.

Using his mental energy, Yi Yun interfaced with the scroll, but he was stunned when he caught sight of its contents. The various complicated symbols, formation diagrams, and knowledge looked Greek to him.

Furthermore, there was a tremendous amount of content contained within the scroll.

Yi Yun felt like an entire library had been moved into the scroll.

And according to what Lin Xintong said, this was just the first scroll. There were seventeen others, and the difficult of those scrolls might be even greater. The Desolate Heaven technique was truly exaggerated!

"Now, do you still want to learn it?"

Seeing Yi Yun's surprise and shocked expression, the corners of Lin Xintong's mouth suffused a look of satisfaction at having defeated him.

Informing you of the difficulty of the Desolate Heaven technique is just a form of advice to make you aware of the overwhelming odds against you. It will stop you from having such unrealistic ideas.

Yi Yun fell into a daze for a while before he kept the scroll solemnly. He clasped his hands and said, "Miss Lin, please check the results of my Desolate Heaven technique in two years time."

"…"

Lin Xintong was speechless.

Yi Yun had no resources and he was poor as a church mouse. He did not have much ability also. How could he learn the Desolate Heaven technique from a book filled with words and diagrams he couldn't understand?

Lin Xintong had a good impression of Yi Yun due to the sheer number of seemingly impossible feats he had accomplished. She even appreciated him to a certain extent, and if not for all of that, Lin Xintong would have labeled Yi Yun as an unreasonable person.

"You deal with it yourself!"

After saying what she had to say, what else could she do? She could only leave it as it was.

She turned around and carried on walking deeper into the valley…