Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 61: She Loves Me?

After inviting Zhang Xuan out for dinner yesterday, they ended up meeting with Shang Bin.

For him, the grandson of an elder and a high-level teacher of the academy, to be pummeled to such a state, it would be bizarre instead for him not to seek vengeance!

However, since the academy banned private duels between teachers in its compounds, could it be possible that the fellow sent someone else to intentionally mask himself so as to assault Zhang Xuan here?

It was no wonder that Shen Bi Ru would think so. After all, Yao Han’s dress up was way too bizarre. A thick layer of white cloth covered his entire face, revealing only his eyes. At a glance, the impression he gave others was of one unwilling to reveal his true identity!

Furthermore, he refused to answer upon being questioned!

Thinking about it now, the reason why Zhang Xuan forbade her from following him yesterday was because he knew that Shang Bin would be unable to take it lying down. He knew that Shang Bin would definitely find someone to take revenge on him!

A cold gleam flashed across Shen Bi Ru’s narrowed eyes. She was the cause of this entire situation, so naturally, it wasn’t right for her to be watching by the sidelines. “Do you know the punishment for attacking a teacher in the academy?”

“Attacking a teacher?”

Yao Han didn’t expect the beautiful lady to ask such a question. He was first taken aback, but he soon recalled the event with Shang Bin yesterday. In an instant, realization struck him. “Could it be that you are that Shen Bi Ru?”

The cause of Shang Bin pummeling him was due to Shang Bin getting jealous of Zhang Xuan as the both of them were vying for Shen Bi Ru’s favor. He would never forget this incident even if he was beaten to death. Yet, at this moment, a beautiful lady suddenly popped up and asked him whether he knew that attacking a teacher could result in a penalty. Who else could this beautiful lady be other than her?

Looks like she was here to seek vengeance for Shang Bin after he pounded her pursuer yesterday.

“That’s right!” Shen Bi Ru put on a wary expression as her fists clenched tightly together. Her aura billowed, “If you want avoid any trouble, leave right now. Otherwise, don’t blame me for being impolite!”

Being a Fighter 5-dan pinnacle, she exerted intense pressure on others upon releasing her full strength. noveltranslationweb.blogpot.com

“Impolite? Aren’t you here to find trouble with me? What a lousy excuse!”

Seeing how she was preparing to make a move when the both of them had barely spoken a few words, Yao Han’s face darkened to the extremities.

As a butler of Baiyu City Lord Residence, he was a powerful figure in Baiyu City. No matter who he met, they would always show some deference to him. Yet, over here, he was first beaten to a pulp by someone, and now, a lowly ordinary teacher didn’t even show him respect. Rage surged through him.

How could he still tolerate it after hearing these words? His complexion darkened as he clenched his fist. Without a word, he charged forward.

The moment he made a move, the rebuke that Shen Bi Ru was about to direct towards him got choked in her throat. With no other choice, she could only face up to him.

Peng peng peng!

In a moment, the both of them started crossing blows.

Shen Bi Ru might just be Fighter 5-dan pinnacle, but she possessed incredible stamina and profound techniques. Furthermore, even though Yao Han’s fighting prowess surpassed her, due to his injury, he wasn’t able to take her down within a short moment.

………………………………

“Shang shaoye, what did Elder Shang say?”

On the pavement in the academy, Cao Xiong couldn’t resist the urge to ask the young man walking over.

“Rest assured. As long as that student of yours did not willingly acknowledge Zhang Xuan as his teacher, he is dead meat this time!” Shang Bin sneered coldly.

This morning, Elder Shang ran over to the Teacher Guild to find Elder Mo and invited him here.

As long as he brought Zhang Xuan and his student to the 【Enlightenment Will Tower】, the latter’s reputation would be ruined and he would be expelled from Hongtian Academy!

“That’s great. The moment Zhang Xuan is expelled from the academy, Shen laoshi would definitely give in to gongzi‘s persistence! By then, it would be difficult for her to stay away from you…”

Cao Xiong flattered him with a smile.

“Un! No doubt about it, Shen Bi Ru was deceived by that lad’s flowery talk yesterday, that’s why she gave in and had a meal with him. As long as that lad scrams from the academy, I don’t believe that my efforts to woo her will remain in vain!”

The moment Shen Bi Ru flashed through his mind, self-confidence welled up in Shang Bin once again.

He was the grandson of an elder, as well as a high-level teacher, not to mention that he was tall and dashing. Regardless of which aspect one was speaking of, he was countless times more outstanding than Zhang Xuan!

In the entire academy, only he was worthy of an enchanting lady like Shen Bi Ru.

As long as he persisted on, who else could she fancy other than him?

“Then, I will be giving my blessings to Shang shaoye to bring the beauty home soon!”

Cao Xiong quickly followed up with a fawn.

“Rest assured, if I were to become a couple with Shen laoshi, I will make sure to reward you greatly…” Shang Bin wanted to laugh heartily, but the next moment, he accidentally tugged on his wounded muscles and excruciating pain surged through him. “Also, other than Zhang Xuan, I will not forgive the one who beat me up yesterday, Yao Han! So what if he is the butler of Baiyu City Lord Residence? This is Tianxuan Royal City, not a place for him to do as he pleases!”

That fellow pounded his face in public, leaving him disfigured. How could he possibly forgive him!

“Naturally!” Cao Xiong nodded his head. Suddenly, he froze before quickly pointing forward, “Shang shaoye, quickly, look…”

“What happened?” Shang Bin was bewildered. Unable to hold in his curiosity, he turned to take a look. In that instant, his eyes narrowed, “Isn’t that Shen laoshi? Why is she battling with someone else? That is… Yao Han!”

Right outside Zhang Xuan’s classroom, the two were fighting intensely.

One was the goddess that he thought of even in his sleep, Shen Bi Ru, while the other was the person whom he just spoke of, the one who made him grind his teeth in resentment, Yao Han.

The two of them weren’t acquainted with one another, so why were they fighting?

“Shang shaoye, could it be… Shen laoshi found out that you were beaten up by this fellow, so she felt angered and wanted to take revenge for you?”

After hesitating for a moment, Cao Xiong suddenly thought of a possibility and commented.

“Un? Is that true?” Shang Bin was taken aback.

“Indeed. Otherwise, there is no reason for the two to be fighting one another! Shen laoshi has a gentle personality and treats others kindly, she doesn’t get into fights easily. You should be well aware of that as well. Right after you were beaten up, she gets into a huge fight with him. If she didn’t do it for Shang shaoye… I can’t think of any other plausible reason behind this! To be willing to go so far for you, I dare to confirm that Shen laoshi has some feelings for you, and very possibly, it could be… love!”

Cao Xiong said.

“She loves me?”

Shang Bin’s body froze, as a wave of happiness gushed through his heart.

[That’s right, there’s no other possible reason for Shen Bi Ru to fight with that guy.]

Never would he have thought that this woman, despite refusing his dates and keeping her distance from him, she would actually… love him so much, and care so much for him!

Even going to the extent of… battling a Fighter 6-dan expert despite being at Fighter 5-dan!

“This cannot do. I cannot allow her to get injured because of me!”

Agitation filled his heart. Shang Bin felt as though he had been revived and fighting spirit gushed through him.

The debt that was the hardest to bear was one from a beauty.

The other party had already gone this far. What did he have to hesitate about?

If he continued hesitating, then he wouldn’t be a man anymore!

“Shen laoshi, I am here to help you…”

With a furious roar, Shang Bin rushed upwards.

Yao Han was in the midst of battling with Shen Bi Ru. After testing her out for a few dozens of blows, he had already grasped onto the offensive methods of the other party. He was confident that as long as he got serious, he would be able to defeat her within a few blows. Just as he was about to execute his ultimate technique, he heard a shout and Shang Bin appeared before him.

“As I expected, they are a team. Damn it, damn it!”

Seeing his arrival, Yao Han’s rage flared up once more.

He was suspecting whether the incident might just be a misunderstanding a moment ago, but by the looks of it now, the heck it was a misunderstanding!

It was obvious that these two were in it together, and they were intent on finding trouble with him.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. As such, he no longer held back and struck down mercilessly upon Shang Bin.

“Un?”

Shang Bin rushed in all of the sudden spiritedly and in the turn of an eye, he started crossing blows with Yao Han. Shen Bi Ru was unable to react to the sudden change of situation.

Upon seeing the two of them battle one another, she couldn’t help but be taken aback.

“Can it be that I have guessed wrongly, and this man isn’t sent by him?”

The moment such an idea popped into her head, another possibility flashed through her mind and her face darkened, “I see, he is trying to kill two birds with one stone. No wonder I found it weird. If this masked fellow wanted to find trouble with Zhang Xuan, he could have just rushed in straight. There is no reason for him to be loitering around the entrance. From the looks of it now, it seems that he wants to play out the act of a hero rescuing the beauty so as to attract my attention. Hmph!”

Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 60: The Greatest Person

Zhang Xuan was a transcender, so how could he have known that creating a cultivation technique would result in such astonishment and commotion? As such, he was unable to understand the reason behind the expressions of the students. With a calm face, he took out another book. “Liu Yang, this manual is something I just wrote based on your situation. Cultivate according to it, and your right hand should recover completely within half a month or so!”

Before anyone could even react, he took out a few more books again and passed them over.

“Yuan Tao, you have good defensive abilities. The book I passed you the previous time is your fundamental cultivation technique while this one is aimed at improving your defensive abilities. Wang Ying and Zheng Yang as well, I have compiled your unique characteristics and wrote a book for you two each. If you two were to train according to it, your cultivation should rise swiftly!”

Since they were all his students, naturally, he couldn’t favor one more than the other. Thus, there was a gift for every one of them.

These cultivation techniques were made from combining multiple secret manuals from the teacher’s Compendium Pavilion using the Library of Heaven’s Path. They were tailored specially for Wang Ying, Liu Yang and the rest of them based on their physical conditions. There were still flaws in there, but there were significantly less of them compared to the other secret manuals.

“These secret manuals…”

“What an impressive cultivation technique…”

…

Regardless of whether it is Wang Ying, Liu Yang or Zheng Yang, they were all people who were capable of telling the value of a manual. Just by taking a look at these nameless manuals, all of them trembled vigorously in agitation.

The manuals could be said to be tailored perfectly to them, not to mention how incredibly high tiered they are. Comparing the manuals they just received with the ones they cultivated before, the other ones were like trash amongst all trash; there was totally no way to put the both of them together!

“Teacher, these books… we are allowed to name them?”

Unable to hold it in anymore, Wang Ying asked.

“Un, feel free to do so!”

Zhang Xuan waved his hand.

“Ah…”

His students stared at one another, their fists subconsciously clenched tightly together.

Writing a single cultivation technique was already an incredible feat. Yet, to write five of them, and each one was tailored for each of them, even allowing them to name their technique themselves…

This capability and this generosity!

It was unheard of in the entire Hongtian Academy!

The crux of it all was that these cultivation techniques were made specially to cater to their needs…

No matter how vast one’s knowledge was and how enlightened one was towards the path of cultivation, they would have surely expended a lot of effort to create them. It was very likely that he hadn’t slept for the entire night!

Their teacher stayed awake for the entire night to toil on these cultivation techniques for them, and yet they doubted if their teacher possessed the abilities to guide them…

This was too…

The eyes of the crowd turned red again.

This sentiment, was equivalent to changing their entire lives!

“Thank you, teacher!”

The five of them knelt down simultaneously. Staring at Zhang Xuan who was standing before them, unwavering determination appeared in their eyes, “Zhang laoshi, rest easy. We promise to never divulge these cultivation techniques outwards. Whoever divulges them will receive any type of punishment you mete out willingly!”

“Never divulge them? Alright!”

These cultivation techniques created using the Library of Heaven’s Path paled far in comparison to the Heaven’s Path Divine Art, so Zhang Xuan wan’t too bothered about it. At this moment, hearing his students say these words, he agreed with it nonchalantly.

“This is the disposition of a true master!”

Seeing Zhang laoshi indifferent to this matter, the students conceded to him willingly.

[What is a master?

This is!

Who is the greatest person?

He is!

To be capable but humble, misunderstood but unfazed, humiliated but composed and calm in the face of sudden situations…

To have such a teacher is a tremendous blessing of theirs!]

Zhang Xuan didn’t know that in this moment, he had already ascended from the ranks of a mortal to a god within the hearts of his students. After instructing everyone to cultivate as soon as possible, Zhang Xuan was free once more.

A teacher should not be keeping a watch on his students, but rather, allow them to train and learn by themselves. A teacher was only responsible for pointing out their faults and direct them towards the correct path.

Now that all of them have suitable cultivation techniques, as long as they cultivated as per normal, they would be able to achieve acceptable results.

……………………………………

Hesitation appeared on Shen Bi Ru’s flawless face. However, thinking about the wonders the young man showed her yesterday, her curiosity burned once more and she determinedly walked over.

She was the goddess of the academy, the idol of all male teachers and students. Everyday, the number of flowers and presents the teachers and students gifted her was countless. Even so, she was nonchalant to it and never tried to approach a teacher of the opposite sex of her own accord. However… the young man yesterday attracted her as though a mystery, causing her to walk over without any say on the matter. In fact, she wasn’t even able to conduct a lesson properly this morning due to it.

“I’m just going over to expose him… There isn’t any other reason to it!”

Finding an excuse for herself, she heaved a sigh of relief and proceeded forward in large strides.

Speaking of this Zhang Xuan laoshi, she had known him since a long time ago. However, as she never really interacted with him, she wasn’t too knowledgeable of his affairs. Even so, based on the descriptions of others, there were only three adjectives to describe him. Worst! Worst! And finally, still worst!

He was reputed for being the worst teacher in the academy.

All along, she had thought so as well. However, yesterday, her thoughts were overturned.

He could remember all the contents of a book just by casually flipping through it. Despite scoring a zero in his Teacher Qualification Examination, he was able to come up with multiple answers for the questions in it. Just by eating a meal, she realized that he was a gourmet. Furthermore, to be able to persuade the Sky Shattering Lion to listen to him so easily…

What used to be the worst teacher in her eyes became an enigma. Incomprehension clouded over her no matter how she contemplated over it.

“Forget it, I will stop thinking about it. Today, I will definitely get an answer out of him…”

Harrumphing coldly, she raised her jade-like face. Only then did she realize that she was already standing right before Zhang Xuan’s classroom. Just as she was about to enter, she saw a mummy-like person standing outside the door.

Yao Han was in a dilemma.

Yesterday, when he made a move and roared publicly at Zhang Xuan in the classroom, he was reprimanded by the young mistress when they returned.

After which, when he returned back to his dwelling at night, he thought about the matter and rage welled up in him.

The origin of this mess was that trash of a teacher, Zhang Xuan.

If not for him committing something indecent to the young mistress, causing the young mistress to be blackmailed by him, how could her face blush completely red as she insisted on becoming his student? If not for that, he wouldn’t have been beaten up to such a state when he went over to assault him at night.

Unable to persuade his young mistress, his original intention was to inform the city lord of the matter, so that he could step forth and settle the issue. However, Baiyu City was a long distance away, and even the best horse would take at least half a month for a two-way journey. If he were to really leave… What if that beast of a teacher were to do something immoral? If so, even if he were to die, it would be hard for him to swallow the blame!

“What should I do? Young mistress would definitely be unhappy with me if I were to barge in right now. However, if I do not barge in, she might get bullied and hurt…”

Just like that, Yao Han stood at the entrance for a very long time, perplexed.

“Who are you?”

While he was still in a dilemma between the two course of action to take, an oriole-like voice sounded. Lifting his head to take a look, he saw a beautiful lady standing at a short distance away looking at him with a puzzled expression.

This beautiful lady was around twenty year old or so. She was dressed in a light purple robe, which brought out her elegant figure perfectly. With skin as smooth as cream, despite not moving much, she was still absolutely gorgeous.

“I don’t think that there’s any need for me to tell you who I am!”

No matter what, Yao Han was a veteran who had experienced the harsh world. Thus, he recovered quickly and harrumphed.

[You are just a little girl while I am the butler of Baiyu City Lord’s Residence. Are you worthy of having me report my identity to you?

Besides… Most importantly of all, how can I dare to proclaim my identity in such a state…]

“Refusing to identify yourself? What do you intend to do here by covering your face then?” The beautiful lady frowned. Gedeng, her heart suddenly pounded and a thought flashed through her mind. “This fellow, it can’t be that… He is hired by Shang Bin to teach Zhang Xuan a lesson!”

Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 59: The Frenzied Students

The Frenzied Students

“I have already found an excuse for grandfather to take action. Cao Xiong laoshi has a student named Liu Yang, and this Liu Yang was coerced by Zhang Xuan to become his student. Cao Xiong laoshi has already applied for an "Enlightenment Will Trial", which will be conducted tomorrow. By then, as long as grandfather makes a move, it would be an easy task to strip him of his license!”

Shang Bin squeezed these words through gritted teeth.

The deception Cao Xiong spoke of turned into coercion through his words. There was a world of difference between these two words.

Deception only meant that there’s something wrong with that person’s personality. On the other hand, coercion was a matter of morals.

“Coercion? Are you sure?” Elder Shang Chen was taken aback.

“I’m sure!” Shang Bin nodded his head affirmatively.

“If that’s the case… How about this, tomorrow, I will invite Elder Mo over for him to witness the process. If the result of the Enlightenment Will Trial shows that Liu Yang did not willingly become his student, then there is the possibility for him to be stripped of his teaching license!” After hesitating for a moment, Elder Shang Chen said.

“Thank you, grandfather!” Excitement shone in Shang Bin’s eyes.

With the presence of teachers came qualifications, and the organization that protected the identity of teachers was the Teacher Guild.

The guild had the authority to inspect the actions of teachers, as well as to strip them of their license. There was a similar organization called the Ministry of Education in Zhang Xuan’s previous world.

Teachers were role models. To guide a student along their path, they must first make the students concede to them, so that they were willing to learn from them. If they were to coerce them, thus causing the student to be jaundiced, it was possible for their licenses to be revoked.

As for how to gauge whether one was truly willing to become the student of a teacher, the Enlightenment Will Trial was the most impartial method.

“Brat, you might be gleeful now, but let’s see how you can continue being so arrogant when your teaching license is revoked tomorrow!”

Upon the thought that he would be able to exact vengeance for all of the grudges in the past, Shang Bin clenched his fist subconsciously and a surge of exhilaration ran through his body.

………………………………

Zhang Xuan didn’t know that someone had already set up a ploy against him. After a night of rest, he felt energized. Looking into the mirror, he noticed that after cultivating the Heaven’s Path Golden Body yesterday, his body became even whiter and smoother, similar to that of an infant. There wasn’t a single scar or such on his body. Overall, he looked much younger as well. Those who were oblivious to his identity might even think that he was a student.

“Not bad!” He said, before heading to the classroom with giant strides. Arriving at the classroom, the first thing he noticed was that the interiors of the room had been cleaned spick and span by his five students, and even the drinking water had already been boiled.

Wang Ying, Liu Yang, Zheng Yang, Zhao Ya and Yuan Tao were all energised. All of them stared at Zhang Xuan with looks of reverence and excitement.

Initially, these few students had all thought that they were deceived into acknowledging a fellow who was last in the Teacher Qualification Examination as their teacher. However, after the lesson yesterday, they realized that even though his reputation was terrible, he was, indubitably, an incredibly capable figure!

This feeling resonated especially so for Wang Ying. After reciting those theories her teacher spoke of to her father and the elders of the family, they were all filled with praises for him. In fact, there were even some parts of it that they were incapable of comprehending. After which, they insisted in bringing Wang Tao over to acknowledge him as his teacher! From this incident itself, his standards were clear to see!

How could one not feel excited upon having such a person as their teacher?

“Un, seems like everything is in order today. Zhao Ya, take this medicinal herb, crush it into powder and swallow it along with water. Also, this is a cultivation technique that I have just handwritten. If you cultivate by the methods written on it, you should be able to fully recover in three days or so!”

Seeing the expressions reflected in everyone’s eyes, it was impossible for Zhang Xuan to not know what they were thinking. Nodding his head, he passed the Frigid Sun Mother Grass, which he bought yesterday night, and a book to Zhao Ya.

Zhao Ya’s illness was caused by her cultivation of a pure yin cultivation technique. After browsing through all of the books in the teacher’s Compendium Pavilion, Zhang Xuan used the Library of Heaven’s Path to derive a solution for her problem. Even though the cultivation technique paled far in comparison to his Heaven’s Path Divine Art, it was still a skill derived from the extraction of the essence of ten different books, and it was extraordinarily valuable.

There were still flaws within it, but the remaining ones didn’t really affect the whole situation.

“Yes!” Zhao Ya grabbed the medicinal herb and placed it into her embrace before casually flipping open the book. She noticed that the ink was still fresh, and it was clear that it was just written. After taking a brief look at it, her eyes narrowed and she looked at him in disbelief. “Zhang laoshi, although I am new here, I have heard of most of the renowned secret manuals in the academy. This manual… is several times more incredible than my White Jade Pure Maiden Skill. Why… have I never heard of it? Furthermore… why isn’t there a name on this book!”

As the daughter of a city lord, Zhao Ya had a massive collection of books in her home. She had browsed through many different secret manuals, which helped build her eye of discernment. This book in her hand was clearly several folds stronger than the White Jade Pure Maiden Skill that she cultivated before. However… why had she never heard of it?

Whenever one copied a cultivation technique, one would always write the name of the creator on it. However, not a trace of information on its creator could be seen on this book, causing Zhao Ya to be puzzled.

“Oh, this book is something that I have just compiled and wrote down based on your physical condition, so there’s no name for it. If you find it difficult to refer to it like that, you can name it as you like!” Zhang Xuan said.

The Library of Heaven’s Path extracted the correct portions of each secret manual and compiled them into a book. The book that was compiled by the library did not have a name, and he couldn’t be bothered to name it either. Thus, he passed it to her right after he casually copied it down. He didn’t expect for Zhao Ya to ask about it, thus he answered it casually.

“What? Teacher… wrote it himself? This means… this is a cultivation technique created by teacher?”

Not only Zhao Ya was taken aback, the others also narrowed their eyes and all of them nearly passed out on the spot.

Every single one of those who managed to successfully create a cultivation technique was grandmaster level figures, experts who left a mark in history! For their obscure teacher to be capable of creating a cultivation technique… Not to mention, such an advanced one, are you for real?

“You can say so!”

The Library of Heaven’s Path could not be explained, and these books came out of nowhere. Thus, it didn’t matter whether Zhang Xuan said if he was the one who created them or not. Thinking nothing about it, he casually nodded his head.

“Incredible…”

“White Jade Pure Maiden Skill, this skill was created by a Fighter 8-dan Zongshi realm expert in our family. For teacher to be able to create a cultivation technique of much higher tier than this so easily, exactly how strong is he?”

…

Seeing him admit to it, the five students found themselves on the verge of going insane.

Since the inception of Hongtian Academy, there had been less than a few who had successfully created a cultivation technique throughout its century of history. Every single one of them was reputable and influential figures. Yet, their own teacher was capable of the very same feat as well. They found themselves giddy-headed from the reverence they were feeling towards him.

[Furthermore… The most important of all, what did Zhang laoshi just say?

He said that ‘If you find it difficult to refer to it like that, you can name it as you like’…

The heck!]

Every master went through a lot just to create their own cultivation technique. Thus, they viewed it as their treasure and only passed it down to their main disciples!

Yet, after creating a cultivation technique, not only did this Zhang laoshi freely gift it to others, he was even lazy to name them, allowing his students to name them as they pleased…

One must know that the future generations tend to only remember the one who named the skill, rather than the creator himself.

[Such an opportunity to leave his mark in history, but he wasn’t bothered by it in the least…

Isn’t he way too indifferent to material successes? One’s conduct can’t get any nobler than that!

No wonder Zhang laoshi still remains an obscure figure despite being so capable, even carrying the notoriety as the worst teacher in the academy. To think that he would be such a noble person, a person who views fame as dirt…]

“Zhang laoshi…”

Upon thinking about these, the eyes of the five students reddened. They were so moved that they were on the verge of bursting into tears.

“What’s wrong with you all?”

Seeing his students who were still acting normally a moment ago suddenly staring at him with reddened eyes, Zhang Xuan was confused.

[These students, could they have… gone mad at the same time?]

Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 58: How Did He Do It?

A moment ago when his hidden stash was exposed by Zhang Xuan, he panicked, but a portion of it was still feigned. However, the current fear that he was expressing on his face at this very moment was completely real. He felt a chill rushing down through his body, threatening to freeze him into a snowman.

It wouldn’t be weird if the other party could identify him. After all, he could be considered a wanted serial offender, so there’s always the possibility of an attentive person seeing through his disguise.

However… The fact that he practiced the Voice of Allurement was something that not even Lao er and the rest are aware of. Furthermore, he had not dared reveal the fact to anyone, so how could this fellow be aware of it?

This was a secret manual that he attained with much difficulty during a chance encounter. He had hidden this fact in the depths of his heart, and he could proudly declare that not a second person in this world knew of this secret. Yet, the other party was aware of it. The overwhelming shock he was feeling at the moment was about to scare him to death.

There were many kinds of secret manuals. There were those on the physical body, battle techniques, cultivation techniques… However, most of these could be found easily. If one had to talk about the most valuable secret manuals in the entire kingdom, most probably, the position would have to go to those regarding secret arts that affects one’s psyche.

Voice of Allurement was an extremely low-tier psyche secret art. However, no matter how low-tiered it was, it was still an attack on one’s psyche. Once it was executed, no matter how powerful a person was, if they were unprepared, they would still fall for it. Previously, he had been captured by a Fighter 7-dan expert, he relied on this to coax the other party into sparing his life.

The reason why he intentionally begged for his life was to numb the other party through such a method!

Never would he have expected that not only was the other party unaffected by his tricks, he seemed to be omniscient, as though nothing about him could escape his notice. Before Zhang Xuan, he felt his facade falling off, and that he was standing buck naked before him, without a single concealment. How could he possibly not feel anxious?

If he was afraid a moment ago, then right now, he was feeling terror-stricken.

“You don’t have to bother how I was made aware of these, you just have to know that these aren’t the only things I am aware of. Your mingmen and such, I am also cognizant of them! I can spare you, but from today onwards, if I were to find out that you are still scamming others, bringing harm onto others, death would be the only thing that awaits you!”

Stopping there, Zhang Xuan kicked the other party’s body.

Kacha!

The sound of an egg shattering. The scammer Yang Mo sensed a resounding blast from his dantian, and the strength derived from his many years of cultivation seeped away.

Without strength, he dared not scam others even if he wanted to.

“My cultivation…”

Sensing the loss of his strength, Yang Mo was filled with hatred, but he did not dare to snap at him.

The other party was simply too frightening. He was no human, but a demon.

How could he possibly dare to retaliate when it’s a demon who broke his dantian and ruined his cultivation?

“Scram!”

After receiving his benefits and dealing with the scammer, Zhang Xuan walked back to the academy with widened strides.

The other party was just a scammer, he wasn’t worth soiling his hands over.

It was already around one in the morning by the time he reached his dormitory.

However, Zhang Xuan wasn’t fatigued at all.

Too many things had happened tonight, with events coming one after another. If it wasn’t for the godly cheat Library of Heaven’s Path, Zhang Xuan would had been at a loss from dealing with those situations.

“Let’s see if I can organise those Fighter 6-dan cultivation technique manuals that I got from Master Lu Chen!”

Back then, he was too preoccupied with cultivating the Heaven’s Path Golden Body, so he had yet to take a good look at the Fighter 6-dan cultivation techniques. Now that he had free time, it was a good opportunity for him to examine them.

Soon, the correct cultivation method of the dozen or so secret manuals were extracted. However, taking a look at it, Zhang Xuan felt his head bloating up.

“They aren’t connected with one another in the least… If I were to cultivate this, my cultivation would definitely go berserk and I will die!”

Zhang Xuan shook his head helplessly.

He might have a dozen secret manuals in his possession, but there were still too many flaws in it. Even if he were to extract the correct methods from them, he was still unable to form a complete cultivation technique set. In fact, the cultivation technique set formed would be filled with even more gaps, making it impossible to cultivate it.

“Forget it. I better find a way to look for more manuals first!”

Knowing that the cultivation technique could not be used, Zhang Xuan didn’t panic. Instead, he re-cultivated the cultivation techniques of the first three dans compiled by the library. Only after ensuring that his cultivation had completely integrated as one did he go to sleep.

……………………………………

Zhang Xuan didn’t know that in the period that he went to the market to purchase items, in the academy, Elder Shang Chen’s backyard was on the verge of exploding.

“Grandfather, you have to redress my grievances!”

With tears and snot flowing down his face, Shang Bin’s cry tremored even the heavens.

As the grandson of an elder, he was born with a golden spoon in his mouth. Furthermore, being talented, he had always been respected by others. Yet, he had suffered all the setbacks he had never suffered in his whole life today. It was already a great blessing that he had yet to go insane.

When bringing trouble upon someone, a lunatic dashed out and beat him up to a pig head. When going out for dinner, he saw his goddess dining happily with that lad… He could still take it if his framing failed and if he embarrassed himself, but…

“Grandfather, didn’t you say that this Sky Shattering Lion is very obedient? I ordered it to teach that useless Zhang Xuan a lesson, but not only did it not obey my orders, it even beat me up instead…”

The more he thought about it, the more furious he got. At this moment, Shang Bin was full of tears for himself.

This Sky Shattering Lion before him had been squandering off his family, yet, at a crucial period, not only did it not obey orders, it even helped an outsider to assault him… He felt like tearing his hair out whenever he thought about it.

“It is usually rather obedient…” Shang Chen felt a little awkward. He looked at the Sky Shattering Lion in front of him with a puzzled expression.

He was just a normal beast tamer, and his expertise in the field wasn’t particularly high. Even if he were to tame savage beasts, he could only interact with them on equal footing and not that of a master and servant.

This was precisely why the Sky Shattering Lion need not bother about his emotions and second guess his thoughts whenever it wanted to do something.

However… No matter what, they were contractually related to one another. After asking it to protect his grandson, why… did it listen to the words of the outsider and assault Shang Bin instead?

“Roar!”

Upon noticing Shang Bin, the Sky Shattering Lion held its head up high with a proud expression on its face, seemingly proud of its deed.

Seeing the expression on the Sky Shattering Lion, Shang Bin received another 10000 damage internally.

[When it was with Zhang Xuan, it licked the other party’s hand affectionately and treated him respectfully, as though a pug. Yet now, it was acting as haughty as a king… The heck, is my grandfather your owner or he is?]

“Cough cough, I’ll persuade the Sky Shattering Lion later when I get back.” Seeing his beast pet behaving like this, clearly rejecting cooperation with him, Elder Shang Chen’s face turned red as he waved away the matter.

“Grandfather, this time, you have to teach this Zhang Xuan a lesson in my stead. It would be best if his teaching license is revoked and he is chased out of the academy!”

Knowing that his grandfather and the Sky Shattering Lion were of equal standing in their contract and was unable to teach it a lesson, Shang Bin didn’t dawdle on the matter and gritting his teeth, diverted the topic towards Zhang Xuan.

A trash who scored a zero in the Teacher Qualification Examination had caused him so much embarrassment and left innumerable wounds all over his body, causing him to almost die even. This kind of grudge could not be washed away even by the rapid flow of the river!

“Rest assured, I will settle this matter! But this Zhang Xuan, who knows what kind of luck did he stumble over, he actually managed to recruit five students. Without a reasonable excuse, even for me, it will be difficult to expel a registered teacher!”

Elder Shang Chen said.

Registered with the continent’s Teacher Guild, Zhang Xuan could be considered formally as a teacher. Even as an elder of the academy, the head of the Education Bureau, as long as the other party didn’t sin deeply, he had no rights to expel him.

While shaking his head, doubt flashed across his eyes.

As a fellow who scored zero in the Teacher Qualification Examination, everyone thought that it would be impossible for any student to acknowledge him. Yet, contrary to their expectations, not only did students acknowledge him, there were even five of them. Furthermore, a few of them were within the top hundred!

No one would have thought it possible if they didn’t witness it for themselves.

In fact… despite seeing the results compiled by the Education Bureau, he still found it unbelievable.

[This fellow… how did he do it?

It is totally irrational, isn’t it?]

Limitless - Chapter 90: Invigorated Meridian Stage One

Hu Sheng’s figure retreated and he looked at Zhao Mantian in disbelief, his eyes filled with aghast, "You...you... you are in the Supreme Realm?"

How could Zhao Mantian injure him if he wasn’t in the Supreme Realm?

Even though Zhao Mantian had killed Zuo Datong in a single blow, he did not exude a particularly strong aura.

It had misguided Hu Sheng into thinking that Zhao Mantian was not all that powerful.

To kill Zuo Datong in a single blow was something that someone in the advanced Xiantian realm could do too.

As such, never in his wildest dreams would Hu Sheng expect that Zhao Mantian had entered the Supreme Realm.

If he had known this earlier, he would have never chosen to protect Zuo Datong, he may have chose to run a long time ago!

However, it was too late now.

Zhao Mantian smiled hypocritically, "Scared now?"

Hu Sheng stared widely at Zhao Mantian and hollered, "Zhao Mantian, you dare to kill me?"

"I dare!" Zhao Mantian had already lost interest in continuing the conversation, opting to attack immediately.

Hu Sheng’s hand was crippled and was relatively disadvantaged.

Even though he was in the Supreme Realm, the Nine Tailed bloodline Zhao Mantian could easily suppress him.

Within the first five rounds of battle, Zhao Mantian had already ripped off one of his arms.

Hu Sheng screamed pitifully!

Bang!

Zhao Mantian’s punch landed on Hu Sheng’s throat, shattering it instantly.

A fist sized fox rushed out of Hu Sheng’s Dantian, and it radiated with a strong red glow, carrying with it the limitless Supreme Realm Aura.

Once it got out, it tried to escape!

This was Hu Sheng’s Nascent Soul!

For cultivators in the Supreme Realm, they could cultivate a nascent soul within them!

The nascent soul was extremely quick, and it was poised to exit Qing Qiu in the blink of an eye.

Zhao Mantian moved quickly, almost like a bolt of lightning.

He raised a finger and fired a ray of light towards the red fox.

"You dare..." The red fox cried pitifully.

Bang!

The little red fox exploded immediately!

An unparalleled force exploded in all directions.

It was almost the entire space was being contorted!

A huge palace structure collapsed in an instant!

No one in the Qing Qiu ancestral land knew what happened.

Everyone kneeled on the ground, shivering.

Those of lower cultivation levels even morphed into their original forms and peed their pants...

The explosion of Hu Sheng’s nascent soul was equivalent to a god’s soul being snuffed out!

Before Hu Sheng died, an incredibly strong wave of resentment flew towards Zhao Mantian.

It was like an arrow, aimed straight for Zhao Mantian’s body.

"You still want to harm people after death?" Zhao Mantian chuckled coldly.

His body exploded with an awe inducing blood aura!

When the wave of resentment came into contact with the aura of blood, it disappeared instantly.

At this point, Zhao Mantian surveyed his surroundings coldly whilst standing in mid air.

The entire Qing Qiu was quiet!

Soon after, many of the Qing Qiu Fox species began to break out in cheers.

However, there were also a lot of people who were extremely depressed!

When Elder Lu saw that figure suspended in mid air, he spat out a mouthful of blood and crumpled to the ground.

He knew that it was all over!

Zhao Mantian said flatly whilst floating in mid air, "You have committed unforgivable crimes. I hereby give you one chance to take your own life!"

After he finished, his silhouette disappeared in a flash.

There was no other sound made in the entire Qing Qiu.

In the next moment, Zhao Mantian appeared at the cave in the cliff next to the abyss. He tossed a miniature recording camera to Xiao Yue and laughed, "The modern technology is actually of some use."

"You recorded all of it down?" Xiao Yue heaved a sigh of relief.

"Yes, wasn’t that your wish?" Zhao Mantian smiled as he looked at Xiao Yue in an overly pampering manner.

"Even though some things do not require evidence, isn’t it better to have the evidence on hand?" Xiao Yue looked at Zhao Mantian before activating the playback feature.

After Xiao Yue finished watching it, she said, "Well done big brother! Good kill! B*tches deserve to die!"

...…

"Now that the Qing Qiu Sect Leader is back, unrest is quelled quickly."

"I heard that the the Qing Qiu Elder had a violent confrontation with Zhao Mantian, and he was no match for Zhao Mantian."

"The Qing Qiu Elder not only tried to cover up for Zuo Datong and his gang, he even tried to bring harm to Qing Qiu’s treasured daughter, Xiao Yue..."

"Elder Hu Sheng had committed a long list of heinous crimes back in the day..."

"Sect Leader Zhao is indeed a Heaven’s Pride Talent, according to reliable reports..."

Under Xiao Yue’s careful manipulation, the events in Qing Qiu were slowly leaked to the outside world.

Sect Leader Zhao’s battle prowess awed countless people!

The ancient schools who had brought large amount of treasures became more solemn upon hearing the news.

They were glad that the person handling the situation at that time was the late Qing Qiu Elder.

If it had been Zhao Mantian... they may not even have the chance to retrieve their people!

They would probably be killed on the spot?

This was too scary!

This Qing Qiu Sect Leader was suffocatingly terrifying. He was so oppressive no one dared to befriend him.

Those Invigorated Meridian Realm martial artists who had been released from their captivity felt extremely fortunate after hearing the news.

"Do not antagonize the Qing Qiu people!"

"Zhao Mantian’s talent is too terrifying, he is already in the Supreme Realm despite his tender age..."

"Warn all the disciples, do not antagonize the Qing Qius..."

Dragon City.

Chu Yu had already isolated himself for seven days.

He was trying to breakthrough the Heart Meridian, one of the 20 meridians in his body!

The Heart Meridian governed the heart, blood vessels, brain, and mind.

In modern science, the heart is known as the body’s driver and is the most important organ.

This was equally true in the eyes of a cultivator!

Before getting the Superclass, Chu Yu had seen many Invigorated Meridian Realm techniques.

However, in all the manuals, they did not clearly specify which meridian should be broken through first.

Almost as if this was unimportant.

However, in the Superclass, the order in which the meridians should be broken through was clearly stated.

Even though the differences could not be seen in the elementary stages, there would be a terrifyingly enormous difference in the advanced stages!

If one followed the cultivation order in the Superclass, one could accumulate more energy and enjoy more benefits for future progression!

However, the exact benefits were not stated in the Superclass.

However, to Chu Yu, he would definitely follow the instructions in the saint’s legacy.

The seventh day!

Chu Yu had continuously harnessed his energy to breakthrough the meridian, and he was at the most crucial stage.

After he’s successful, he can enter the Invigorated Meridian Realm and become and Invigorated Meridian Realm martial artist!

The 1000+ acupoints in Chu Yu’s body continuously gushed with immense power. They accumulated at the Heart Meridian and were all directed straight at the remnants of the shackles!

Bam!

It was as if the gates were opened!

A wave of unparalleled energy gushed through Chu Yu’s entire Heart Meridian in an instant!

If the power of Acupoint Charging was like a huge geyser, then the power of Invigorated Meridian was like a raging, roaring river!

That wave of ferocious power made Chu Yu feel like he was about to sublime!

Now that the Heart Meridian had been broken through, he felt all of his blood vessels become tougher. He became more cognisant, his six senses became sharper and his mental energy became stronger by manifold in an instant!

The entire world seemed to be more alive!

"The difference between Acupoint Charging and Invigorated Meridian realms... is indeed extremely great!"

Chu Yu could not help but gasp in awe.

Even though he had only broken through one of his meridians, this was quite an incredible breakthrough to Chu Yu.

His cultivation technique, as well as the mystic purple gas, was supporting him, allowing his battle power to far exceed martial artists of his same cultivation level.

Chu Yu quietly relished the power that he now possessed after breaking through his heart meridian.

At this point, he began using the Killing Days Heart Technique. The rate at which he absorbed the spiritual energy around him was even more terrifying.

When he began to train, a halo of spiritual energy began to form above his head!

However, if there was someone there training near him, he may not even be able to get 10% of his usual spiritual energy!

"It’s time to go out and take a look."

Chu Yu left his place of isolation and went outside.

When he switched on his phone, he found a ton of messages on it.

He sped read through all the messages and could not help but smile to himself.

"Big Brother is awesome!" He sent out a message.

Very quickly, he received a reply, "I am waiting for you to exhibit your prowess in the North!"

At this point, he saw a yellow silhouette rushing towards him. When Chu Yu focused on it, he realised it was Old Yellow.

When it came to Chu Yu, it was panting heavily, "Quick... quickly go save your bird, any later, and it’ll be eaten by someone!"

"What?" Chu Yu’s forehead flashed with anger.

There are people looking for trouble in the Dragon City?

"Bring me there!"

After running a few steps, he found Old Yellow to be too slow. He picked it up and commanded, "Just direct me there!"

He sprinted like a bolt of lightning in that direction. Old Yellow was stunned, how did this jerk... become so much stronger?

In a mountain range about 100 miles outside the Dragon City.

This used to be a village. However, thirty years ago, with the recovery of the earth and a large influx of spiritual energy, the vegetation here had grown out of control. Within the short span of a few years, this had become a vast, ancient forest.

The villagers had also vacated the area a long time ago.

At this point, Lord Thief was being strangled by a thick, 2 meter long silver snake, completely immobilised.

Lord Thief was already at Acupoint Charging Stage 10, and the average spiritual life form was not its match.

However, it seemed extremely weak in the face of this snake.

A black robed man stood a distance away, wearing a hoodie. His head was lowered and it was impossible to see his face.

The silver snake opened its mouth and extended its crimson forked tongue, but spoke in human language, "Little bird, I am giving you one last chance to tell me the truth, or I will eat you."

Lord Thief was completely immobilized and it found it difficult to talk, "I have already told you... Chu Yu doesn’t have any saint’s legacy, but you refuse to believe me... what more do you want me to say?"

"Since you don’t want to say, go and die!" The silver snake’s voice became icy, its tone apathetic.

It opened its mouth widely and was preparing to swallow the Lord Thief.

"Ay... no, don’t eat me, Brother Snake, we can always talk things out!" Lord Thief shrieked.

"How many times have you used this tactic?" The silver snake said coldly as its open mouth still went towards Lord Thief.

At this point, it suddenly stopped. Its head was raised as it hissed, its icy eyes fixated on the horizon.

A figure had appeared here at an unprecedented speed.

The black robed man attacked Chu Yu without a second word.

A huge wave of energy fluctuation exploded from the black robed man.

This was an Invigorated Meridian Stage 10 and above expert!

In his hand was a palm sized blade with a ring below it. It was worn on the finger, and could be easily concealed.

When one was about to attack, the ring just needed to be turned around and it would become a sharp point when a punch was thrown!

The blade glowed with an icy chill as it flew towards Chu Yu’s throat!

Pa!

Chu Yu slapped the robed man and sent him flying.

The sound of his skull shattering sent chills down everyone’s spines.

The black robed man landed a few hundred meters away. His body twitched briefly before all movement ceased. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

A martial artist of such cultivation level could actually be killed by a single slap from Chu Yu!

That silver serpent’s eyes were filled with caution as it looked coldly at Chu Yu, "You dare to kill my slave?"

Chu Yu was stunned, he had thought that the man was the serpent’s master...

"Let me warn you... do not find trouble with me, scram now and I won’t take issue with the fact that you killed my slave." The silver serpent’s voice was icy, its attitude imposing.

Chu Yu took out the Spirit Stunning Bow and attacked!

The silver serpent moved its head to one side and dodged Chu Yu’s sudden attack!

Its speed was equally unimaginable as it instantly let go of its grasp on Lord Thief.

It tensed like a bow -

In the next instant, like a bolt of silver lightning, it launched itself at Chu Yu!

Limitless - Chapter 89: Domineering

Zuo Datong, who was laying flat on the ground begging Elder Hu Sheng, did not notice the man coming in and continued bawling his eyes out.

Elder Hu Sheng was slightly embarrassed, but continued to maintain his stature as he sat there unmoving. "Mantian, you’re back, it’s good to see that you are fine." He said flatly.

Zuo Datong’s cries stopped instantly, almost as if he was a cock who had its throat stepped on.

After which, he rose and began to tremble.

The fear in his heart had reached a maximum!

Zhao Mantian flashed a smile at Hu Sheng and bowed, clasping his fist, "Mantian requests an audience with Elder Hu Sheng."

Hu Sheng nodded and said, "It’s good that you’re back, next time... don’t be so foolish! I’m sure that you’ve heard that Qing Qiu is in turmoil. Datong... had not handled some situations properly."

As Hu Sheng spoke, he paid special attention to Zhao Mantian’s expression.

"However, when the ancient schools surrounded and attacked us, he was measured in his response and accorded them the necessary decorum. He did well. In Qing Qiu’s history, we have rewarded and punished whenever necessary. Zuo Datong’s actions have cancelled out each other, and there is no need to punish or reward him, but he is no longer fit to be Qing Qiu’s leader..."

Elder Hu Sheng had used the term Sect Leader instead of Deputy Sect Leader.

Zhao Mantian listened on quietly, not intending to interrupt.

Hu Sheng continued, "This time, let him come with me to the Qing Qiu pocket dimension, never to come out again. He will focus on his cultivation there. As for the rest, I think we should just let it go. We are all of the same blood, there’s no need to fight it out amongst ourselves. What does Mantian think?"

Hu Sheng raised his head to look at Zhao Mantian.

Zhao Mantian smiled, "You are the Qing Qiu Elder, I naturally have to listen to you."

Hu Sheng’s eyes revealed a faint smile.

Zuo Datong, who was kneeling on the floor, could not help but heave a sigh of relief internally.

He thought to himself, Luckily ancestor Hu Sheng has an unresolved feud with Zhao Mantian’s ancestors. Furthermore, ancestor Hu Sheng can suppress Zhao Mantian... else, I would be dead.

"Then..." Hu Sheng blinked his eyes, wanting to get this over with quickly.

He did not want to give Zhao Mantian the change for revenge.

However, Zhao Mantian interrupted, "I have heard all of Senior Hu Sheng’s thoughts. Now, I have some things to say myself, would you indulge me?"

"This..." Hu Sheng hesitated, but ended up nodding, "Speak, but I hope you keep the big picture in mind!"

Zuo Datong, who was still kneeling on the floor, felt the tension building up in his chest once again.

Zhao Mantian remained calm and said, "Firstly, the reason why this expedition was so long was because I was set up by others. I got lucky and barely escaped by the skin of my teeth."

Zuo Datong’s hands began to tremble, but they eventually calmed down.

Hu Sheng sat there solemnly.

Zhao Mantian continued, "Secondly, in the days that I was gone, several people, including Elder Du, were wrongfully executed..."

"I have something to say about this!" Hu Sheng glanced at Zhao Mantian.

Zhao Mantian nodded calmly, "Senior, please go ahead."

For some unknown reason, a looming feeling came over Elder Hu Sheng’s heart.

Zhao Mantian’s return was too abrupt, and too coincidental. How could it be that he appears just when everything in Qing Qiu was just settling down?

Did he really just return?

Furthermore... when facing him, Mantian was too calm, too composed!

He was so calm... it seemed that he no longer feared Hu Sheng!

Hu Sheng looked suspiciously at Zhao Mantian, but could not feel any aura from Mantian’s body.

Hu Sheng calmed down. No matter how powerful Mantian was, or how influential his bloodline, he still had to be obedient in front of an Elder like Hu Sheng!

This was because his cultivation level was far higher than Mantian’s!

"Mantian ah, you may have misunderstood this incident. Actually..." Hu Sheng began to recount the story that Zuo Datong told him, lying through his teeth.

"Datong ah, please take out the necessary evidence for Mantian to peruse." Hu Sheng glanced at the kneeling Zuo Datong and said flatly.

Zuo Datong’s body froze, but he quickly agreed, "Yes, okay, it’s here..."

He retrieved a tiny card from his body and said, "All the necessary evidence is in this card."

From start to finish, Zhao Mantian stood there quietly, watching the performance of the two men.

Hu Sheng looked at Zhao Mantian, "Look... all the evidence is here. The technological advancements today have made things so easy. In the ancient days, a piece of jade could contain much information, but it would require immense effort to open it. This card can be opened by any ordinary human..."

Zhao Mantian stood there quietly, not interrupting.

Hu Sheng laughed dryly, "Mantian, you will understand once you see the evidence."

Zhao Mantian nodded, uncaring, and continued, "Thirdly, I would like to know, who was the one who declared Zuo Datong and Liu Wucheng as Sect Leaders?"

Hu Sheng stopped smiling and said flatly, "To be honest, this is partially your fault. You were gone for so long, and there was no news of you. The sect was also in turmoil following Elder Du’s rebellion. He and Liu Wucheng had no choice but to step in. This was concurred by the entire council of elders."

"Good!" Zhao Mantian nodded, unflustered, and continued, "Fourthly, this concerns Xiao Yue. I would like to know, what is the meaning of Zuo Datong and Liu Wucheng capturing Xiao Yue?"

Before Hu Sheng had told him about Xiao Yue’s bloodline, Zuo Datong would not have been too bothered about Zhao Mantian’s question.

What other meaning could it have? Since the master was a traitor, the disciple could not be absolved of all blame!

However, now, he did not dare to say anything, because he knew Xiao Yue was of the Nine Tailed Lightning Fox bloodline!

There were extremely few Nine Tailed bloodlines in the entire Qing Qiu.

Not all descendants of a Nine Tailed bloodline would be part of the group.

The foxes were special, even though a high tailed bloodline descendant stood a higher chance of his or her blood being equally high tailed, it was not definite.

What mattered more was the awakening after birth!

The fox species have even encountered scenarios where Three Tailed bloodline managed to awaken their ancestral bloodline and become Nine Tailed blood.

The Nine Tailed bloodlines were born with the sacred art, upon awakening, they would be unrivalled in power!

Zhao Mantian’s Mind Control Hallucination Technique was one of the sacred arts that came along with the Nine Tailed awakening.

It was vastly superior when compared to the average fox.

This meant that the same hallucination technique, if used by Elder Hu Sheng, would not be in the same league as Zhao Mantian!

Hu Sheng looked at Zhao Mantian and said, "This is a misunderstanding."

"Is that so?" Zhao Mantian smiled, "The fifth thing..."

"Enough!" Elder Hu Sheng was getting impatient. He waved his hand, "Mantian, since you’ve returned safely, this is cause for celebration! Since we cannot change what has happened, we should look forward! Elder Du’s rebellion has been quelled. Even though Datong’s methods were rather extreme, it was all for the good of Qing Qiu..."

Hu Sheng looked at Zhao Mantian, "You are still the Sect Leader of Qing Qiu’s ancestral land. You can sort out those matters slowly. I will bring Datong back to the pocket dimension."

Zhao Mantian laughed, his clearly defined features filled with mockery.

"What are you laughing at?" Hu Sheng’s expression darkened, clearly unhappy.

Zuo Datong was painfully aware that he would only be safe if he clung on tightly to Elder Hu Sheng. It seemed that Hu Sheng would do everything in his power to protect him too.

With some assurance, he climbed up from the floor and looked at Zhao Mantian, "Sect Leader..."

Before he could finish, Zhao Mantian launched a sudden attack at him!

"Don't you dare!" Hu Sheng’s eyes flashed with a glaring light and his entire body radiated with a powerful aura as he reached out to block the attack.

But it was too late!

Zhao Mantian was too quick!

And his attack was too sudden.

There was no chance for a counter!

Before this, no one would have thought that Zhao Mantian would attack.

It had seemed that he had already accepted the truth... and was prepared to swallow this injustice.

Who would have thought that he would attack suddenly at such a time?

And he used the sacred art!

Bang!

Zuo Datong’s body exploded like a popped balloon!

The entire room was filled with blood and bone fragments instantly.

This kind of death... was extremely pitiful.

It was too scary!

Zuo Datong did not even manage a squeak before he died.

He was smashed into smithereens, not even a god could save him.

Elder Hu Sheng, who was nearby, was splattered with blood and muscle. He looked terrifying, almost as if he was going to breakdown on the spot.

"Zhao Mantian!"

He raised his hand to wipe the blood off his face. He bellowed, visibly disgusted, "Are you trying to rebel?"

In the moment Zhao Mantian attacked, he had already activated his defence, preventing any blood from reaching him.

Hearing Hu Sheng’s anger, he smiled and asked, "Does senior think that I’m stupid?"

"What do you mean?" Hu Sheng was visibly enraged as he looked at Zhao Mantian sinisterly, "Do you think that... I don’t dare to attack you?"

Zhao Mantian chuckled icily as he stared coldly at Elder Hu Sheng.

"Firstly, I was set up by Zuo Datong and Liu Wucheng. Their exquisitely set up trap nearly killed me! I have only managed to survive thanks to my own luck!"

"Is that something that a single statement from you can cover up?"

"Secondly, Elder Du has been extremely loyal. In order to silence their dissidents and remove their obstacles, Zuo Datong and Liu Wucheng did not have second thoughts about harming one of our own, choosing instead to commit heinous crimes! They have flouted sect regulations, and have gotten what they deserve!"

"And is this something that you think falsified evidence in your damned card can change?"

"Thirdly, Zuo Datong and Liu Wucheng clearly had eyes on my throne, yet they hypocritically made it seem like they were forced into it. Do you think this is the ancient era?"

"What a joke!"

"Fourth, Zuo Datong, Liu Wucheng, and that scum Elder Lu, had shamelessly dragged an innocent person like Xiao Yue into the picture for their own benefits. They turned her back to her original form and locked her in a metal cage. Even though fox blood flows in all our veins, their actions are worse than beasts!"

Zhao Mantian looked coldly at Hu Sheng, "Furthermore, I believe that no one is clearer about her bloodline than Senior Hu Sheng?"

Hu Sheng’s gaze was icy as he looked at Zhao Mantian. His eyes glimmered with a dangerous glow, unspeaking.

Zhao Mantian continued coldly, "She is of the Nine Tailed Lightning Fox bloodline! Back then, senior Hu Sheng’s ancestors... got people to give her a human training technique!"

Hu Sheng’s chest heaved, his emotions clearly tumultuous. However, his eyes continued to glimmer as he tried to avoid Zhao Mantian’s stare.

Zhao Mantian looked coldly at Hu Sheng, "Fifth, Song Hong has no feud with Qing Qiu. He is perfectly within reason to come at save Xiao Yue! What are these scums of the earth doing? They had the audacity to trap him in Qing Qiu and rob him of his saint’s legacy! What an utter disgrace!"

"The Qing Qius have had a rich and illustrious history! How many superior cultivators have we had? How many superior legacies do we have? They actually resorted to harming a loyal and righteous man just to steal from him. Not only did they bring shame to Qing Qiu, their actions devastated the land."

"Does Senior Hu Sheng feel that any of what I have said is false?"

As he heard Zhao Mantian berating him, Hu Sheng could take it no longer and bellowed, "Zhao Mantian, are you berating me?"

"So what if I am?" Zhao Mantian looked at him coldly, "Was anything that I said untrue?"

"Haha, so what if it is?" Hu Sheng smiled coldly, "I thought you were a smart man, I had no idea you were like your grandfather... a complete idiot!"

"F*ck you!" Zhao Mantian bellowed.

Hu Sheng turned his shame into rage, his face turning red as his body exploded with an aura of dangerous energy.

"Hu Sheng, can’t you see what you scums have been doing these past years? I have not come to settle the score with you, yet you actually come to my territory and mess with me."

Zhao Mantian’s expression turned cold as he looked at Hu Sheng, "Are you tired of living?"

Hu Sheng laughed despite his anger, "What a joke! I am just here, why don’t you try me? Zhao Mantian, I think you are tired of living! Since everyone outside already thinks you’re dead, let me make it official!"

As he spoke, Hu Sheng raised his palm and directed it at Zhao Mantian!

He channeled all his power into this slap. The power was overwhelming, even a hill would be flattened by it.

A Supreme Realm individual’s slap meant to kill Zhao Mantian!

Zhao Mantian did not try to evade, instead, he attacked too!

Kacha!

Hu Sheng’s palm shattered and he screamed in pain!

Limitless - Chapter 88: Uneven

When Chu Yu returned to the Dragon City, he used the Facebook Technique to take on the appearance of an ordinary man and sneakily returned to his villa.
Upon opening the door, he saw a scene that made him want to laugh and cry at the same time. Old Yellow and Lord Thief were actually watching an old cartoon - Tom and Jerry!

And they were so engrossed in it!

"This cat is so dumb, unbelievably dumb!" Lord Thief mocked, "It is being toyed by that tiny mouse, if this was me, I would knock the mouse into the air with a single slap!"

Old Yellow laughed coldly in disdain, "You clearly don’t know what playing cat and mouse means!"

Upon hearing the door open, the two animals turned their head and looked at the incoming Chu Yu. Lord Thief flew over and said with surprise, "Old Yellow, there’s actually a hostage who came to present himself?"

Old Yellow rolled its eyes and mumbled, "Hostage my *ss, he is Chu Yu!"

"Hmm?" Lord Thief was stunned, then thought about it.

It looked at Old Yellow depressingly, "How did you know?"

"Guess." Old Yellow said flatly.

Lord Thief rolled its eyes.

Chu Yu saw both of their expressions return to normal.

Then, Chu Yu looked at Lord Thief with surprise, "Your cultivation level has risen?"

Lord Thief raised his head and chuckled, "How? Small Yu, do you finally know my power?"

Small Yu?

Chu Yu stared at Lord Thief and laughed coldly, "You’re already so cocky when you’re only at Acupoint Charging Stage 10?"

Old Yellow glanced at Lord Thief from the side, shook its head and sighed, "How uncultured, how scary! Little sparrow, don’t you ever watch the news?"

Lord Thief stiffened and replied, "How can the news be nicer to watch than cartoons?"

Old Yellow looked at Lord Thief resenting Lord Thief’s ineptness and said earnestly, "Learn! You must learn! Only by learning can one keep improving! Don’t you know, boss Chu can even kill advanced Invigorated Meridian Realm... no, even Xiantian Realm cultivators?

Lord Thief was stunned and looked at Chu Yu in disbelief.

Chu Yu laughed bitterly, "Nonsense, I am still no match for Xiantian cultivators."

"Could it be fake news?" Old Yellow blinked its eyes and sighed, "There are so many rumors, how good would it be if it were true though?"

As Old Yellow spoke, it shook the remote control and extended his other claw to press a few buttons. In that instant, a newspaper channel appeared on the screen.

Old Yellow pointed at it, "Look, Hero Song Hong fell to his death, and brought a group of Xiantians with him!"

It pointed again, "Look, Hero Song is extremely righteous, even though he had dragged the Chu Clan through the mud, those mistakes are forgivable!"

Chu Yu looked at the news that Old Yellow picked out.

"What is Song Hong’s actual cultivation level?"

"Where is the mysterious hero Song Hong from?"

"Song Hong’s fall has caused everyone to be distraught. Why can’t our cultivation world have more people with such heroic characters? Why does everyone value the brutality of the cultivation world? Power is respect? Why can’t everyone coexist peacefully?"

Chu Yu smiled, he knew that the cloud of death that was hovering above his and the Chu Clan’s head had disappeared in a short time.

The gazes of others would be redirected very soon.

And this period of time, was the golden time for him and his clan to expand!

Chu Yu looked at Old Yellow, "Not bad, when did you make this?"

In this day and age, cultivation and technology coexist. However, there are powers resisting the expansion and advancement of technology in the dark, not wanting technology to reach a higher level.

However, the item in Old Yellow’s hand was not rare, it had existed decades ago.

Old Yellow was extremely proud, "Custom edition for wolves! How is it? Don’t you think my head looks like a cow’s genitals?"

Chu Yu looked at the top right corner of the projector and saw the proud face of the weasel. He nodded and said with thought, "Indeed!"

Old Yellow was stunned for a moment before replying Chu Yu, visibly depressed, "If it wasn’t for the fact that I can’t beat you, I would fight it out with you!"

Lord Thief was laughing his head off to the side.

Chu Yu looked at the two of them and asked flatly, "Do you all want to train with a saint’s technique?"

"What?"

"What?"

Lord Thief and Old Yellow both looked at Chu Yu, completely dazed.

After which, the two beasts replied in unison, "Yes!"

"Good, I will pass the saint’s teachings to you today!" Chu Yu’s expression was stern as he looked at Old Yellow and Lord Thief, "The teaching’s of a saint are for everybody. I hope that you will all remain honorable..."

Lord Thief replied, "Rest assured boss, I will always follow boss!"

Old Yellow blinked its eyes and stood up, bowing deeply to Chu Yu, "Thank you boss for passing a saint’s teachings on to me, from now on, I will follow your lead!"

Chu Yu was dazed, "I am not a gangster, why are you speaking like this is the mafia?"

"Hehe, there’s a good feeling when it’s said like that." Old Yellow bared his teeth.

"You all focus on training, as for me... I need to isolate myself too!"

As Chu Yu spoke, he had already decided that he would need to rush to the INvigorated Meridian Realm as soon as possible. Even though he was not weak, he was helpless when faced with Xiantians.

A peaceful cultivation world was merely an idealistic dream.

If you did not want to be bullied, the easiest way was to - be powerful!

The largest social media platform in China was already buzzing with news of what happened at Qing Qiu.

Countless people felt that Song hong’s death was a pity, and a lot of ancient legacies cursed Song Hong, because they had lost many Xiantian cultivators to him.

However, his detractors were drowned out by the power of billions of internet citizens.

Whenever they posted a few sentences to criticize Song Hong, they would be surrounded and attacked by countless people.

The internet was not like the real world, where you could simply confront someone and fight it out.

Keyboard warriors could easily challenge and even overpower an ancient legacy disciple.

However, in this process, Chu Yu could not help but also be mentioned.

Many were now curious if Chu Yu had recovered. If he had, what was his cultivation level now?

Furthermore, Song Hong had already dismissed the rumours that he and Chu Yu were senior and junior. Then, would he still pass the Crane Saint’s legacy to Chu Yu?

Many people guessed in secret, but majority of people thought that it was unlikely.

Even though Hero Song was extremely righteous and loyal, how could he give away something as important as a saint’s legacy so easily?

As such, the tone towards Chu Yu and the Chu Clan by the online citizens was civil and sympathetic.

They did not benefit much, and had nearly been annihilated as a result of this.

At the same time, they admired the Chu Clan for their steadiness.

Even in the face of strong and powerful opponents, the Chu Clan never caved in, and didn’t even try to explain themselves out of it!

They all thought that even though the Chu Clan was no ancient school, but the Northern Wolves courage and steadiness was admirable.

The events in Qing Qiu had also been leaked.

The people were not so kind towards Qing Qiu.

The web was filled with statements reprimanding Zuo Datong and the late Liu Wucheng.

"As the Qing Qiu deputies, you rebelled at a time where the Sect Leader’s fate is still unknown. Regardless of what era we’re in, people like you should be killed immediately!"

"Shot a hundred times!"

"Bro, guns may not work against them."

"Then we will tear them apart, smack their p*nises till they die!

"F*ck, this guy above me is too evil!"

"Innocent people won’t understand…"

"The kids should go home and read up on history, this is something that was done decades ago…"

As for the fact that the disciples of the ancient schools being held in Qing Qiu, it was widespread knowledge.

However, discussion of this on the internet was little.

Even if there was, it subsided quickly.

There were powers trying to suppress it.

This incident was too embarrassing!

Just as they were preparing to assimilate into society, something so embarrassing had happened.

These ancient schools did not even send their powerful people to resolve this issue. They immediately sent Qing Qiu large amounts of money and spiritual medicine as ransom to reclaim their disciples.

This could provide temporary respite from this incident. What would happen after would be a problem for another day.

After all, this feud has been formed.

The Qing Qiu ancestral land.

The Supreme Realm elder Hu Sheng looked at Zuo Datong kneeling in front of him and asked flatly, "Is what is being said outside real?"

Zuo Datong bawled, his expression pitiful as he choked, "Ancestors, slander, it is all slander! My body flows with fox blood, how can I bring myself to do something so evil? This is… this is Elder Du and his men, they were the ones who wanted to rebel, and they forced me and deputy Liu Wucheng to a corner…"

"You dare to speak rubbish in my presence? Do you believe that I will kill you with a single slap?" Elder Hu Sheng was expressionless, his tone icy.

Zuo Datong cowered. If a Supreme Realm cultivator wanted to kill him, he did not even need to take action himself, simply the notion would be sufficient to kill him.

"Tell me the truth, what is going on." Hu Sheng looked flatly at Zuo Datong.

"It’s… it’s like that." Zuo Datong did not dare to hide anymore, and confessed to how he, Liu Wucheng and elder Lu, together with their men, forged evidence to slander and punish Elder Du, who had been a thorn in their side.

"What you’re saying is, Zhao Mantian is dead?" Hu Sheng’s eyes flashed with light, his gaze dark and uncertain.

"Liu Wucheng and I gave him a piece of false information. That place is filled with danger, according to the ancient annals, even True Lord Realm cultivators do not dare to enter at will... there’s no way he could have survived." Zuo Datong kneeled and whimpered.

"Careless!"

Hu Sheng said solemnly.

Zuo Datong shivered, not daring to make a sound.

The reason why he came clean with Hu Sheng instead of arguing to the end was because he had some insider information from previous years.

It was no secret that Zhao Mantian’s grandfather had a deep feud with elder Hu Sheng.

Qing Qiu was almost as big as a country!

Even though they were all of fox blood, many feuds have been formed as time went by.

They were not as united as what others think.

Hu Sheng replied solemnly, "You dare to rebel just based on a guess? Is your brain damaged?"

Indeed!

Even though he was being scolded, Zuo Datong heaved a sigh of relief internally.

He knew that elder Hu Sheng would definitely not kill him.

Hu Sheng continued, "You all have no idea how strong and powerful Zhao Mantian’s talents are! The highest cultivation levels possible to you are not even his training grounds! Don’t think that it is impossible, you all have not seen the powers of a descendant of the Nine Tailed Lightning Fox..."

"Zhao Mantian... is the bloodline of the Nine Tailed Lightning Fox?" Zuo Datong was aghast.

He had known that Zhao Mantian’s bloodline was pure, but he had no idea that Zhao Mantian was from such a superior, powerful bloodline.

Amongst the foxes, regardless of branch, any Nine Tailed bloodline was considered incredibly powerful!

Even though Hu Sheng, a Qing Qiu elder, had an immensely high standing in the sect, he still had to respect those of the Nine Tailed bloodlines!

Even if the other person was just an Acupoint Charging Realm Fox!

This was the rule of the foxes!

The importance of the bloodlines!

"There are many things that you do not know." Hu Cheng said coldly, "Also, Xiao Yue... is also of the Nine Tailed Lightning Fox bloodline!"

Oh god!

Zuo Datong was nearly paralyzed with fear.

This news shocked him more than finding out that Zhao Mantian was of the Nine Tailed Lightning Fox bloodline.

He had tried to bring harm to two of the Nine Tailed bloodlines!

In the world of foxes, this was an unforgivable sin.

In the ancient times, this would have been like a squire going on an assassination mission against the crown prince...

This was asking to be slaughtered!

"I beg Elder Hu Sheng to save my life!"

Zuo Datong lay flat on the floor, almost like a dog, wagging his tail.

"If you have already done this..." Just as Elder Hu Sheng spoke, someone walked in from outside. Hu Sheng’s voice trailed off as his eyes revealed his shock.