True Martial World - Chapter 222: Star Picking Hand

At night, in the arena hall, many rookies were gathered here. They were discussing the day's battles and their outcomes, while waiting for the next day's challenge tokens.

Except for some people as popular as Yi Yun, who were designated more than thirty matches even before the ranking matches began, the other cultivators did not have to fight that many matches. Usually they would decide on the following day's matches after considering the first day's results and rankings.

Hence, the challenge tokens were handed out again every day.

As for the twelve challenge tokens for challenging Yi Yun, they were all collected and then redistributed to those who had reserved a spot to fight Yi Yun.

Previously the challenge tokens for Yi Yun were easily snapped up. But today, it became a hot potato.

No one wanted it!

But… with the match reserved and the bet paid, one still had to collect the token, even if they did not want to!

"Where is Zhang Chang? Come collect your challenge token! Hurry!"

The person in charge of distributing the challenge token said impatiently. The challenge tokens for Yi Yun had been consecutively declined with all sorts of excuses by the people who had reserved them. It was as if they were being sent to the execution grounds.

Zhang Chang's face turned bitter upon hearing his name. It was as if his parents had died, he reluctantly squeezed out from the crowd.

Seeing the challenge token for Yi Yun on the administrator's desk, Zhang Chang wanted to slap his own face. Why did he have to be so cheap? Back when he had managed to grab it, he thought he had made a big sum. Now though, he knew that this token he snatched was like a piece of brick.

It was like he had nothing better to do but be bricked!

Just as Zhang Chang went up on stage, a youth in white walked calmly past Zhang Chang. He had a folded fan in hand and a mild smile on his face. It was as if he was a wandering tourist.

Upon seeing this youth, Zhang Chang was stunned for a moment. Just as he was wondering what the other party was going to do, he saw the youth wave his hand. His palm seemed magnetic as the token on the desk flew into the white-clothed youth’s hand with a "whoosh".

"If you don't want it, I'll take it for you!"

The youth in white smiled. He turned around, and with a "pop" of his fan, he slowly fluttered it.

This youth looked very handsome and was like a piece of jade. However, he looked feminine and lacked a certain air of masculinity.

Upon seeing this scene, the surrounding people were dumbfounded. How did he fetch things through the air?

With thoughts and Yuan Qi injected into a magic weapon, then controlling it to kill people through telekinesis. Wasn't this something only warriors in the Yuan Foundation realm could do?

This youth didn't look any older than 14 years old. He couldn't be at the Yuan Foundation realm or he would have been a national sensation.

"He's Liu Yuxing!"

Someone recognized the youth in white and said out loud.

"Oh? Liu Yuxing!?"

Many had never seen Liu Yuxing in person, but they had heard of his name.

Liu Yuxing may be ranked 10,006 on the Earth rankings, but everyone knew that those who went over the 10,000 place would charge up the rankings after the rookie placings were completed. It was normal for them to rush up a few thousand spots, and very common for them to end up being around the 4000-5000 spots on the Earth roll!

"So it's the son of Duke Liu. What he demonstrated earlier was the Liu family's secret technique, Star Picking Hand!"

Telekinesis was indeed something only Yuan Foundation realm warriors were capable of. Back when Yi Yun chose the Heaven Upheaval Seal as his weapon, the referee had told Yi Yun that only a Yuan Foundation realm warrior could control the Heaven Upheaval Seal and that Yi Yun's cultivation level was lacking. Later, Yi Yun really did not control the Heaven Upheaval Seal, but used it as a brick.

Of course, Liu Yuxing had not broken through into the Yuan Foundation realm. But the limitation that other Purple Blood realm warriors had was not applicable to Liu Yuxing.

No one knew what a cultivation technique the "Star Picking Hand" was. But just from being able to perform telekinesis, it was something shocking.

In the Tai Ah Divine City, there were indeed many hidden dragons. Even some Purple Blood realm warriors had the means to do something only Yuan Foundation realm warriors could do!

"Liu Yuxing wants to challenge Yi Yun!?" A bald youth exclaimed in surprise. Liu Yuxing's reason for taking Yi Yun's challenge token was obvious.

Liu Yuxing ranked sixth amongst the rookies due to his strength. This was completely different from Yi Yun.

This was going to be interesting now that Liu Yuxing challenged Yi Yun!

"Challenge?" When Liu Yuxing heard the bald youth's words, he found it harsh to the ear. Fighting Yi Yun with his stature was a lowering of his status, and he dared say the word "challenge"?

"Was it you who said it..."

Liu Yuxing said it softly, and without any apparent moves, the bald youth suddenly jerked. It was as if an invisible sword had been pointed at his eyebrows, causing him to have breathing difficulties and his heart stopped.

"Ah… Ah..."

The bald youth stretched his neck backward. He pressed against his chest with great effort as if he was in great pain.

"Brother Zhang, what happened?"

Seeing the bald youth's odd behavior, his surrounding friends were alarmed. They rushed to check on the bald youth's situation.

But at that moment, the bald youth felt the pressure on his forehead relieve. That invisible killing intent subsided.

The bald youth broke out into cold sweat. Till now, he still did not know what had happened.

His strength was weak, and he came from a small family clan in one of the remote states. He ranked around 2000 amongst the rookies and was one of the those at the bottom. However, he should not have been so weak as to nearly be killed by Liu Yuxing. He did not even know what means the other party had used!

"You… You..." The bald youth looked at Liu Yuxing in horror. What just… happened?

"You just can't say whatever is on your mind without consequences." Liu Yuxing played with the fan in his hand and said it with a feminine voice. "There's just someone who can't stand Yi Yun and paid me to finish him off."

"So… do you understand?"

Only then did people understand the reason why Liu Yuxing had punished the bald youth. He had found the word "challenge" insulting. He was to finish Yi Yun, not challenge Yi Yun. In most cases, the word "challenge" usually referred to someone inferior battling someone superior.

Liu Yuxing closed his fan and through a distance of nine meters, pressed on the bald youth's chest. He already felt that even if he won this match against Yi Yun, it would just add to Yi Yun's reputation. He wasn't pleased about this. Hence, when this bald youth said that, it made him more upset.

The bald youth felt as if Liu Yuxing's fan was pressing against his chest, retarding his heart beats.

He said with difficulty, "I… I understand."

Only then did Liu Yuxing give a satisfactory nod. He looked at Zhang Chang who had come to collect the challenge token for Yi Yun and said, "The token is mine. As for the battle with Yi Yun, just admit defeat."

Liu Yuxing said casually. Naturally, Zhang Chang had no way of disagreeing. He nodded like he was pounding garlic, "Yes, please take it."

Liu Yuxing chuckled and played with Yi Yun's token twice before turning to walk out of the hall.

The people inside the hall immediately gave way for Liu Yuxing to walk through. Who would dare to block Liu Yuxing's path!?

Only after seeing Liu Yuxing's back disappear into the night did people swallow a mouthful of saliva and whispered, "This guy… he is more arrogant than Yi Yun!"

Yi Yun had used a brick against the Four Bully Lords and never used a proper weapon from the beginning to the end. To many, this was an act of arrogance.

But compared to Liu Yuxing, Yi Yun would really be considered humble.

"He's arrogant. But he has the ability to be arrogant. To be ranked sixth amongst the rookies. If Yi Yun was excluded, Liu Yuxing is actually ranked fifth! And the Liu family's 'Star Picking Hand' has a great reputation. How it works is a mystery because many of those who have seen the 'Star Picking Hand' are already dead!"

Many family clans had secret cultivation techniques that they fiercely guarded. Even the powers and effects of these secret cultivation techniques were not known.

Of course, to completely keep the powers and effects a secret was impossible.

During competitions or fights, people would still see it.

But this would result in those uninformed people who had little insight not understanding the moves. As such, the moves become even more mysterious and fearsome.

"Liu Yuxing said someone paid him to beat Yi Yun. It has to be Li Hong. After all, Yi Yun had made a huge bet in the Hongdao Association's betting pool. Li Hong would not just wait helplessly. I thought tomorrow's matches would end with Yi Yun's landslide victory again, but this would be interesting. We can see the elegant appearance of the 'Star Picking Hand'!"

Many were looking forward to it, including the bald youth who had been abused by Liu Yuxing in public. He too wanted to know what Liu Yuxing's cultivation technique was.

And how was Yi Yun to deal with Liu Yuxing?

...

After a night without events, the Tai Ah Divine City's rookies surged to the arena upon daybreak.

After cultivating for a night, Yi Yun still did not know what sort of opponents he would be facing today.

Because Yi Yun had no challenge tokens to collect yesterday, he did not go to the hall.

While on the road, Yi Yun noticed that many were looking at him and privately discussing something.

As Yi Yun's strength was frightening, these people did not dare to point at Yi Yun. Their discussions were all through Yuan Qi transmissions.

Yi Yun gave an odd look and touched his nose. What's going on?

"Yi Yun! You became famous again!" From afar, Zhou Kui walked towards Yi Yun with a silly smile. He had bet that Yi Yun would win more than ten matches in a row yesterday. As such, he had won a large sum of dragon scale runes, so he was delighted.

Earlier on, he felt that if he knew Yi Yun was so strong, he would have bet 20 consecutive victories for Yi Yun. This would result in him earning more.

But today, he learned that Yi Yun had been eyed by Liu Yuxing!

When Zhou Kui was in the Xuanwu Army, he had heard a general mention the new generation of heroes in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. At that time, the general had mentioned Liu Yuxing. He was a person with terrifying strength and had previously gone on the battlefield, killing others.

Liu Yuxing was a proud person and even considered everyone beneath his notice. But this was built on the foundation of absolute strength!

Upon hearing that Yi Yun was going to fight Liu Yuxing, Zhou Kui was a bit delighted at his good luck. He was thankful that he did not bet on Yi Yun winning 20 matches. Whether Yi Yun was to win today's battle was still up in the air!

Seeing Yi Yun's confused expression, Zhou Kui said, "Brother Yi, do you not know? Today you will be fighting with Liu Yuxing!"

True Martial World - Chapter 221: Liu Yuxing

The first day of the rookie ranking competition ended.

Yi Yun had fought a total of five battles and easily won them all!

The other seven matches ended with his opponents taking the initiative to throw in the towel.

Those who were waiting to see Yi Yun turn into a joke were dumbfounded. The members of the Hongdao Association no longer had any temper. What else could they say after being bullied by Yi Yun in this way?

There were those who wanted to bite down on Yi Yun, thinking he was a fat lamb for the slaughter, but they had been stopped by the Hongdao Association. For this, they felt very fortunate.

They were extremely grateful towards the Hongdao Association for pulling them back in time, preventing them from falling into the fire pit. If not, that one brick would have taught them how to lead a proper life.

At the end of the first day’s competition, according to the rules, the losers had to pay the winners their dragon scale runes.

Ten Hongdao Association members including the Four Bully Lords lined up to hand over their dragon scale runes to Yi Yun.

Usually when they lined up, it was to collect resources or cultivation grounds or other various good stuff. Even the worst lines were for them to line up to buy fried dough or for the bathroom. But now, they were lining up to give their dragon scale runes to someone else.

These dragon scale runes were obtained from pawning all of their belongings.

It was obvious how they felt.

Yi Yun held his identity token and looked ecstatically at the stacks of dragon scale runes flying towards him.

He laughed happily saying, "Generous, you guys are so generous. Thank you everyone for your kind generosity. You know that me being a newcomer, things are not easy, and you all especially came to give me dragon scale runes to spend. I'm so grateful!"

Upon hearing Yi Yun's words, those Hongdao Association members, whose hearts and livers were hurting, nearly vomited blood.

Yi Yun actually said that it wasn't easy for him to be a newcomer?

His net worth was even higher than many second and third year cultivators in the Tai Ah Divine City, let alone the rookies!

Seeing Yi Yun's brilliant smile, they really wanted to punch him, but too bad… they could not beat him.

"And the interspatial ring, don't forget it..."

Yi Yun reminded Fatty from the Four Bully Lords. He had not collected Fatty's ring.

Fatty's mouth twitched twice. He looked at the green interspatial ring on his hand, and his fingers trembled as he took off his ring.

This ring was a gift given to him by his family clan for his twelfth birthday.

In the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, special attention was paid to the important birthdays for a boy, which were at 12 years old, 15 years old and 20 years old.

Twelve years old was the time a child abandoned their childishness which the elders blessed with a gift. Fifteen years old was when a child could consummate with a girl. Twenty years old was the official hallmark of being an adult.

Fatty's feeling of giving away this gift of blessing that he received at twelve was clear.

When he went back to his family clan, his elders would reprimand him if they found out.

But the Tai Ah Divine City operated this way. One had to pay the price of defeat according to the Tai Ah Divine City's rules.

"Are… Are you going to wear all four rings?"

The Four Bully Lords' Scrawny asked disgruntledly.

"Of course I can wear them. Who says I can't? I can wear eight on one hand easily. I can wear four rings using two fingers."

While saying this, Yi Yun placed the four rings on his left hand's middle and ring finger. Each finger wore two rings.

Yi Yun was pleased upon seeing this.

He finally had interspatial rings. It would be more convenient when he went into the Divine Wilderness to hunt desolate beasts.

As for the herb mountain #60, he reckoned he would not be going there as often anymore.

Seeing Yi Yun wear four rings on one hand, with the face of a nouveau riche, Scrawny swallowed his saliva and stared silently.

Yi Yun went back fully loaded with riches. Many looked at Yi Yun's back with burning eyes.

As for Zhou Kui, Song Zijun and the other youths who followed Baldy Qin, they were at a loss for words. Yi Yun's earnings in a day was more than what they made in a year.

They finally understood that their worry over Yi Yun in the past had been meaningless.

"Ah! If I knew earlier, I would have bet more! I only bet 50 dragon scale runes that Yi Yun would win more than ten rounds..."

Zhou Kui gave a look of regret. Fifty dragon scale runes was not a small sum to him. When he made the bet, he was extremely worried because he felt ten rounds were way too much.

But now, Yi Yun had not even used his saber to win ten rounds. It was a pity. If he knew this earlier, he would have thrown all his assets on it!

...

At night, in a bright and spacious house amongst the upper class residences in the Tai Ah Divine City.

A puppet beast was rolling on the floor while sweeping away the dust.

This puppet was used by some families in the capital to clean the floor. Of course, the Tai Ah Divine City did not provide such items. However, some sons from big family clans would bring such puppets to the Tai Ah Divine City to clean their houses.

"Oh? You want me to challenge Yi Yun tomorrow?"

In this room, a effeminate youth leaned on a bed while playing with a lancet flying dagger.

Sitting beside this effeminate youth was a slight chubby youth with a grim face. This person was none other than the Hongdao Association's President, Li Hong.

"That's right! Brother Liu is ranked sixth among the rookies. Your movement techniques are superb. In the capital city, only a few people do not know of your famous name, Liu Yuxing."

Li Hong's idea was simple. Since the Tai Ah Divine City's rules only allowed at most twelve matches a day for the rookie rankings competition. This prevented the contestants from being over-exhausted that would result in a decline in strength.

But for Yi Yun who won without battling, he could have additional matches.

Hence, Li Hong wanted Liu Yuxing to come out to defeat Yi Yun. This was the way to end Yi Yun's winning streak.

At least, he could save on the losses the Hongdao Association had incurred from opening up the betting pool. If not, he would have to give Yi Yun 50,000 dragon scale runes.

This would be equivalent to cutting off a piece of flesh from Li Hong.

"Haha, Brother Hong, does your Hongdao Association not have anyone that can stop Yi Yun?"

Li Hong shook his head, "Among the second year cultivators, there are many that can beat Yi Yun. But amongst the rookies, there really are none..."

The Hongdao Association was after all inferior to a large association like the Luohuo Association which had been established for 3-4 years. Its foundation was still not established, and many of the outstanding rookies did not join the Hongdao Association, but joined other larger associations. Those associations could give better benefits, while Li Hong's promised benefits only came into effect 2-3 years later.

As a result, Li Hong did not manage to recruit anyone in the top 20 of the rookie rankings. There were also lone wanderers like Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran, who did not join any association.

Liu Yuxing was ranked sixth. Li Hong wanted to him to go up against Yi Yun because they had known each other for some time and considered each other as friends.

As for Qiuniu and Chu Xiaoran, Li Hong never came into contact with them. He might not be able to pull his weight with them. And even if he could, they were ranked ahead of Yi Yun. If they challenged Yi Yun, Yi Yun could also reject it.

"Brother Hong, friendship may be friendship, but we need to make things clear. That Yi Yun has not even used his weapon yet. And without a weapon, he could still defeat the Bully Lords with one move. This means he has skill!"

"Although the power he has displayed up to now is of no threat to me, but who knows, he might have plenty of hidden strength?"

"This time, I plan to rush up to the top 5000 of the Earth ranks. Yi Yun still hasn't gone up there yet. Even if I win against him, I would just replace his 10,003 spot. Besides that, there aren’t any benefits."

"Me being born in the Duke's residence, and Yi Yun being born from the Cloud Wilderness. He has nothing to lose. If I win over Yi Yun, people will say that is expected, and will even add to Yi Yun's reputation. Yi Yun would be said to be so strong that the Duke's residence's Liu Yuxing came to challenge him."

Liu Yuxing said slowly. As a really strong expert amongst the capital's sons, he was completely different from the gangsters like the Four Bully Lords. He also knew how to cherish himself. Under normal circumstances, why would he challenge a kid from the Cloud Wilderness?

It was equivalent to a noble disciple competing with a country bumpkin. This meant a lowering of Liu Yuxing's status.

"If you win against Yi Yun, I will give you 3000 dragon scale runes as a reward!'

Li Hong knew why Liu Yuxing was resisting it. He made Yi Yun sound strong only for some payment.

Hearing Li Hong's words, Liu Yuxing laughed, "Brother Hong sure is understanding. However, 3000 is too little. 8000 dragon scale runes, take it or leave it!"

Liu Yuxing made a ridiculous bargain making Li Hong stare, "8000!? You are just going to fight once! And you want 8000?"

Liu Yuxing was strong, but 8000 dragon scale runes was too much. Liu Yuxing also didn't earn dragon scale runes that easily during this period as a rookie.

"Heh! If Yi Yun were to win another 8 more rounds, you will need to pay 50,000. I only want 8000. It's not unreasonable."

Liu Yuxing hit Li Hong's sore spot and quoted an outrageous price.

Li Hong gritted his teeth and said, "Alright… 8000 it is, but only if you win."

"Rest assured!" Liu Yuxing laughed and stood up from the bed. "A kid from the Cloud Wilderness only beat up a bunch of goons. How could I lose to him?"

The Four Bully Lords and the other Hongdao Association members were ranked in the hundreds. The difference in strength between them and Liu Yuxing's sixth place was indeed large.

This was the reason why Liu Yuxing was so confident.

True Martial World - Chapter 220: Throwing in the Towel

The Hongdao Association's thirteen-year-old youths were all gathered together. They were analyzing Yi Yun's moves and weaknesses. Finally, they decided on a battle strategy.

When a swordsman reaches the point of being one with the sword, he had a weakness. Once he loses the sword in his hand, his battle power would be greatly reduced. According to this reasoning, these youths believed Yi Yun was the same. As long as he lost the brick in his hand, his battle power would drop!

As a result, their battle strategy was to first control the brick in Yi Yun's hand, then find an opportunity to hurt Yi Yun seriously. It was not impossible to win.

As the youths began to analyze with well-reasoned logic, a cold voice shouted out, "All of you shut up!"

When this voice shouted out, the group of youths jumped in shock. Who was so arrogant to get them to shut up?

But when they turned their heads to see who it was, they immediately turned silent.

The person who shouted at them was the Hongdao Association's President, Li Hong!

Li Hong had a very livid expression on his face. His eyes were fierce, as if he was a beast that was going to pounce and devour a person.

In the Hongdao Association, Li Hong had extreme authority. When faced with a furious Li Hong, the other youths kept quiet out of fear.

"A bunch of idiots. You still f**king dare to be stupid in front of me!?"

Li Hong ferociously said. The youths that were previously speaking were stunned. They were still oblivious to the situation.

Upon seeing the youths' expressions, Li Hong's lips twitched. He wished he could throw these bunch of retards down the Tai Ah Divine City's cliffs. He felt that, after he formed the Hongdao Association, he had gathered a bunch of idiots and that he had always been commanding a pile of trash.

These kids when compared to Yi Yun... It was like the difference between jade and shit!

But then again, most twelve to thirteen year old kids were usually immature in their thinking. They would occasionally make a naive mistake and say something childish. That was also very normal.

But Yi Yun was different!

His mind was not like a kid’s at all!

Yi Yun had been challenged by a great number of people over the past few days. Yet, he was nonchalant about it. He carried on eating and sleeping, not putting it at heart.

Instead, he even taunted many people. He ridiculed and challenged others. These behaviors made him seem to have adolescent delusions, but the result was that the youths, ridiculed by Yi Yun, turned hot-headed and raised the stakes higher.

This resulted in Yi Yun completely taking advantage of them.

That included the Four Bully Lords.

Initially, Li Hong felt something amiss. Yi Yun always looked like he was in an adolescent delusion, but if that was so, how did he pick a primordial herb?

It seemed far-fetched to explain it away with luck.

Originally, Li Hong was cautious, but he still got tricked by Yi Yun.

The main reason was that Yi Yun was too sinister. Under normal circumstances, a kid from the Cloud Wilderness should not have much worldly experiences, and would not have such great power.

And, it was because of this that Li Hong allowed his men to bet with Yi Yun, resulting in the bets being pushed even higher.

Now, even his Hongdao Association had opened a betting pool. And Yi Yun had brought 5000 dragon scale runes with him to bet on himself in this betting pool, betting that he could complete more than 20 battles!

Once he thought of this bet, Li Hong felt breathless. He really felt his heart, liver and balls ache. Even his intestines seemed to twist together!

5000 dragon scale runes, with a 1:10 payout meant that the Hongdao Association would lose 45,000 dragon scale runes!

This practically was sapping him of his life!

To hope that those recruits who lacked both strength and brains could flip the tables, he might as well hope for pigs to fly.

Li Hong was not naive enough to believe that Yi Yun had learned some "Brick mystic technique" that made him that strong.

Yi Yun still had not used his saber, which meant that the opponents he faced did not have the qualification to make him draw his saber!

To Yi Yun, a brick was more than enough to take care of these imbeciles.

None of the Hongdao Association's rookies were Yi Yun's match. They couldn't even exhaust him!

These 45,000 dragon scale runes were definitely lost!

Li Hong could feel his heart bleeding.

Earning dragon scale runes and resources, and supporting such a large association was not easy! Li Hong's strength and talent were not the best. Although Li Hong had managed to obtain brilliant results in one year, he still failed to enter the Heaven or Earth rolls of honor.

It was not easy for him to earn dragon scale runes!

Li Hong clenched his fists. Separated by the stages, he looked at the linen-clothed Yi Yun that was a few hundred feet away.

Yi Yun had already placed the brick on the table and begun meditating.

When he was watched by Li Hong, Yi Yun sensed it and opened his eyes and his gaze clashed with Li Hong's.

This clash in gazes made Li Hong feel a sense of fear!

Such keen perception!?

People with keen perception could feel it when they were being secretly watched. But with the large distance between them, Yi Yun still could feel it. This perception was too terrifying!

Even people who formed their Heaven's eyeball were not as good...

"This kid, you sure are good! I admit I've been set up by you!"

Li Hong felt like he had been hit by a heavy blow. He had matured in his thinking early, so although he was only fourteen, he already had the mind of an adult.

Whether it was the rich kids circle in the capital or in the Tai Ah Divine City, Li Hong had used his excellent emotional intelligence to thrive. Or else, he would not have been able to organize such a large organization as the Hongdao Association.

But today, he had been completely played by Yi Yun, a kid who was younger than him by almost two years.

"Wan Kai, if you think you can't beat Yi Yun, admit defeat!"

Li Hong said to the Four Bully Lords' Fatty who was standing beside him. Fatty's name was Wan Kai. He was from the Wan family in the capital, which was also a very famous family clan.

Wan Kai's strength was stronger than the other three from the Four Bully Lords, but he was at best 20-30% stronger. Li Hong did not think Wan Kai stood a chance at beating Yi Yun.

Yi Yun had not even used his weapon or moves to defeat three of the Four Bully Lords, yet he did it so easily.

It could be said to be a landslide victory.

Since he knew Wan Kai was going up to be knocked down by the brick, it was better not going on-stage.

"I..." Wan Kai's fat face flushed red.

To throw in the towel without a fight was embarrassing!

But if he fought, all of the Four Bully Lords would have been hit by Yi Yun with the brick, knocking all of them down. This degree of shame was not low.

It would be a shameful result, whether he chose to fight or not.

Wan Kai had never felt so aggrieved!

At that moment, Li Hong also turned to his men in the Hongdao Association and spoke without any enthusiasm, "And all of you too… If you think there's no point in fighting, admit defeat..."

Many of his men were dumbfounded upon hearing this.

"Brother Hong, you want us to just admit defeat like that? Then won't everything we bet be given to him?"

Having gambled all of their wealth, they were unwilling to resign themselves without battling!

But so what if they felt resigned, if they could get back something by taking some pain, Li Hong would have made them all go up on-stage.

However, the crux of the issue was, even if they all formed a bump on their heads due to the knock, it would not change the fact that they had been cheated.

"Brother Hong, the bad blood between the Hongdao Association and Yi Yun is known by the entire Tai Ah Divine City. This bet was also first instigated by our Hongdao Association. If we were to admit defeat, how are we to live on in the Tai Ah Divine City?"

Someone said in a depressed manner.

Li Hong rolled his eye at this person, "You think that if the bunch of you line up and get knocked down by Yi Yun's brick, you will still have the face to live on in the Tai Ah Divine City in the future?"

When Li Hong returned with this question, no one said a word.

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They could imagine that after this battle, when people mentioned the Hongdao Association, they would say, "Are you talking about the Hongdao Association, the one where the entire association went to bully one person, but ended up being knocked down by a brick? Of course I know about them! What? You are from that association? Nice to meet you! By the way, did you get knocked down by Yi Yun that time?"

Upon thinking of this, many of their faces turned livid.

"I'll admit defeat, hai..." Wan Kai shook his head. Since he was inferior, that was all he could do.

There were a significant number of Hongdao Association youths that wanted to follow Wan Kai's footsteps in admitting defeat. But many of them were still indignant, they felt that Yi Yun wasn't that strong.

As such, Yi Yun did not meet any significant resistance the rest of the day.

When the referee got Wan Kai to come on stage, Wan Kai immediately admitted defeat.

The surrounding audience were speechless when they saw this scene. Wan Kai's overall rank was around 10,500. He had even made a big bet with Yi Yun.

Under such circumstances, he decisively admitted defeat before even fighting!

It was clear that Wan Kai had lost all hope of winning.

Wan Kai left the stage in a dejected manner, allowing Yi Yun to win without fighting.

After Wan Kai, two Hongdao Association members who went on-stage also admitted defeat.

There were also others who did not believe in heresy, such as the youth who insisted that Yi Yun had learned a "Brick mystic technique". He still firmly carried out his own battle strategy, hoping to take the brick away from Yi Yun's hand and then “find an opportunity to hurt Yi Yun seriously".

The result was obvious. When the fight began, just as the youth was waiting to carry out his battle strategy, Yi Yun just disappeared from his vision.

Following that, he felt a pain in his head. He was instantly put down when his vision turned black!

The youths from the Hongdao Association were stunned. This gap was too great!

At that moment, this new batch of rookies in the Tai Ah Divine City looked at Yi Yun with fear.

Yi Yun's strength was too great! It was too far from them.

How far could Yi Yun go in the future? What would his Earth ranking be?

They did not dare to imagine it.

True Martial World - Chapter 219: Bro, you are too naive

"Big… Big Bro..."

The Four Bully Lords' Shorty spoke to Fatty without any confidence, "Next up… will be me, I don't… don't have any confidence."

Shorty's strength was pretty much the same as Sun Yuan.

Feng Hai's defeat by Yi Yun could be due to him underestimating Yi Yun. But Sun Yuan had done his best; yet, he too had been bricked down by Yi Yun. This was due to the absolute difference in strength.

No matter how reluctant Shorty was in accepting the situation, he had no choice but to admit this fact.

Yi Yun was stronger than him!

Fatty stayed silent. He had nothing more to say.

What do we do now?

All their assets had been bet. If they did not fight, were they just going to throw in the towel?

After the Four Bully Lords, there were still a lot of people from the Hongdao Association. They all had ugly expressions on their faces. Many of them had submitted their application to compete with Yi Yun. They had even handed in their bets, it could no longer be changed.

For this, they were regretting it to the point where their intestines turned green.

If they had known that Yi Yun was so formidable, they would have rather died than mess with him.

Even if Yi Yun's strength was immense, that was alright. But his weapon was a brick. Fighting with him meant one would be knocked out with a brick!

To warriors, it was alright to lose a match. As long as they did not lose their dignity, they would reluctantly accept it.

But to be bricked down by a brick, that would be too embarrassing!

Yi Yun carried the Heaven Upheaval Seal down from the stage.

He had twelve matches the first day. He had to fight a match almost every hour. In a day, he had to fight from dawn to dusk for a total of 12 hours.

After his second match, Yi Yun could feel that the gaze the surrounding people gave him was one of awe.

In the Tai Ah Divine City, as long as you were strong, you would be respected even if you came from a humble background.

Yi Yun meditated for some time before his third match began.

His opponent was Shorty from the Four Bully Lords.

When Yi Yun went up on stage again, Shorty lost a large portion of his morale when he saw Yi Yun holding the bloody brick in hand.

Before the match began, Shorty abruptly said, "Wait! I have something to say."

"Oh? "What is it?"

Yi Yun looked at Shorty with some surprise.

Shorty gulped down a mouthful of saliva and said, "That… Can… Can you change your weapon?"

"Change? Why?"

Yi Yun looked at Shorty with a puzzled glance.

Shorty stayed silent. What he meant was that he did not want to be defeated by a brick. It would be too embarrassing, yet he couldn’t say that.

After all, one wouldn't expect him to say, "I don't want to be knocked down by a brick. Please change to another weapon to knock me down with."

This would simply mean that he was conceding in advance, before the fight even started!

Now, if he returned to the capital, that would be equally shameful. Others would say Lofty and Scrawny of the Four Bully Lords got knocked down by a brick. But later, Shorty did not want to be knocked down by a brick so he pleaded for Yi Yun to change to another weapon to knock him down with. Eventually Yi Yun agreed and as a result, Shorty was also knocked down...

Upon thinking of this, Shorty felt extremely aggrieved.

But, Yi Yun shook his head, saying, "I'm not changing. This Heaven Upheaval Seal is very handy. Even if I were to change, I would change to a hammer or something. It would be almost the same."

When Yi Yun said that, Shorty felt his heart being trampled by 10,000 near-horned beasts with mud-stained hoofs. Could he not be so insulting?

He was addicted to knocking people!

Shorty became enraged!

"I'll fight it out with you!"

Shorty drew out his curved blade and charged towards Yi Yun!

As he rushed forward, Shorty's body blurred. With a touch of his interspatial ring and a shout.

"Split Body Technique!"

With this shout, Shorty split into two bodies!

What!?

Many people were shocked by this.

His single body became two in a split second?

Previously when Scrawny used his After Image Paces, his body turned into many bodies, but those were all afterimages. After images could not move, and could only be left in the irises of people, confusing a person's vision.

But now, Shorty's Split Body Technique had really divided his body into two. His doppelganger also rushed at Yi Yun and attacked!

Yi Yun was also slightly stunned, but soon he figured it out.

"Ha!"

Shorty and his doppelganger jumped and attacked Yi Yun from left and right. The two curved blades crossed

"Split Body Cross Slash!"

A gleaming blade beam shot out. But at that moment, Yi Yun's moved, appearing in front of Shorty and his doppelganger.

He raised the brick.

"Dong! Dong!"

Using a mysterious movement technique, Yi Yun sent out two solid hits with the brick. Shorty had no way of dodging them.

The two curved blades flew straight out, but Shorty and his doppelganger had been knocked down by Yi Yun's two brick blows.

"Boom!"

Shorty slammed to the ground heavily while his "doppelganger" lost its ability to move and twisted into a pile.

Only then did people realize that this was not really a split body.

In martial arts, those who reached a high cultivation level could have a doppelganger, but Shorty was far from that level.

His so-called doppelganger was actually a puppet. When Shorty threw out his puppet, he had injected the puppet with his Yuan Qi. Together with his own afterimage and fast speed, it created this doppelganger effect.

But this method was nothing to Yi Yun who had formed Heaven's eyeball. He saw through it with a single glance.

Shorty was defeated in the same way as the others, being knocked unconscious by Yi Yun.

Up to this point, no one had been able to escape the curse of Yi Yun's brick. That brick, in the hands of Yi Yun, was a terrifying weapon that would cause nightmares amongst the Hongdao Association’s members.

A brick on your head would result in a big bump, who wouldn't fear it!?

They could not imagine the feeling of watching helplessly as Yi Yun knocked them down with his brick when it came to their turn.

They could predict the result of the match. They had to stick out their heads, just to be knocked down by him. What was more painful than this?

At this point, all the members from the Hongdao Association who had declared war on Yi Yun felt like they were sitting on pins and needles!

A youth suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "This kid must have practiced some special cultivation technique! We have all been fooled by him. He may look aloof, making others think he's weak. Actually he is using a very domineering and powerful move! And that move's carrier is… the brick!"

This youth's words enlightened many!

Everyone looked at each other and suddenly felt that the youth's words made sense!

But there were others who were in doubt, "It can't be… His original weapon was a long saber… That long saber should be his weapon of choice, right?"

Upon facing this question, the youth from before denied it, "Bro, you are too naive. Don't be fooled by appearances. Has any of you seen Yi Yun fight with that long saber? Ever since he came to the Tai Ah Divine City, he has been picking herbs, all the time! Picking herbs! Picking more herbs! And still picking herbs! He had never fought with us. We don't even know what cultivation technique he practices!"

"I am 70% sure that Yi Yun has picked up a secret mystic technique, and this secret technique is related to bricks. In this world, there are sword skills, saber skills and spear skills. Why can't there be 'brick skills'? Don't find it ridiculous. Think about it carefully, there are all sorts of weird cultivation techniques in this world. Having one of these cultivation techniques use a brick as the main weapon would be normal!"

This youth began to firmly believe in his own hypothesis.

People began to feel enlightened. "Bro, you're right! No wonder this guy was leisurely walking to the arena in the morning when I saw him. He knew many were waiting to challenge him, yet he was not worried at all, it was as if he was not involved in it! His calmness was abnormal!"

"Right, when he went on-stage, he was peaceful as a dove, with no stress at all. Previously, he even provoked us to increase the stakes of the battles. Looks like he was confident early on. With his secret 'brick' technique, he was not afraid of us! This Yi Yun is too cunning!"

People became more and more convinced, as if they had seen through Yi Yun's secret.

At the same time, the Hongdao Association's youths grew furious at Yi Yun's provocation for them to raise the stakes. Now, they finally realized they had been cheated by Yi Yun into raising the stakes!

This bastard!

But the problem now was, even if they knew Yi Yun practiced a mystic technique and that his weapon was a brick, how were they going to crack it?

The difference in strength was too great. They would still be knocked down when they went on-stage!

"Brothers, we have to think of a way to control the brick in his hand. Do not be tricked by the brick's appearance. It might look comical, but in Yi Yun's hand, it's the most feared weapon in the world!"

Someone said the concluding remark.

The other youths echoed, "Right. We need to treat the brick as the sharpest saber, sword or spear! Speaking of swordsmen, some swordsmen can have such superb swordplay that they can "be one with the sword". The bodies of those swordsmen who can ‘be one with the sword’ are equivalent to a sword. And that sword is also their body!"

"This Yi Yun, he might even have reached the stage of 'being one with the brick'!"

"Oh? 'Being one with the brick'!? So powerful!? It can't be! The difficulty of 'being one with the brick' can't be any less than 'being one with the sword'. This realm can only reached by extremely gifted people with excellent perceptivity..."

Hearing that Yi Yun could reach the stage of "being one with the brick", the youths present turned livid. This nut was too tough to crack!

They too had their own weapons, but none of them could be one with their weapons!

"I'm not being an alarmist, but I've seen warriors who were able to 'be one with the sword'. Their moves looked simple. It was usually just one stab and they would defeat their opponent. On the surface, there was nothing fancy at all."

"Now Yi Yun is the same too. With the knock of a brick, it might look simple, yet he could defeat his opponents. It's very similar to 'being one with the sword'. It should be 'being one with the brick'."

True Martial World - Chapter 218: Devastation of Sun Yuan

Sun Yuan aggressively shouted at Yi Yun from the Divine Wilderness Stage. Yi Yun stood up and lifted the brick from the table.

The surrounding elites' eyelids twitched when they saw this.

Yi Yun was carrying the brick up on stage again!

Yi Yun's brick blow had previously knocked Feng Hai from behind, now he was planning on knocking down Sun Yuan?

Sun Yuan was now prepared against it, so how could he be knocked down?

"This Yi Yun sure is arrogant. He may be strong, but he shouldn't underestimate the enemy. He may have been alright using the brick while facing Feng Hai, but now against Sun Yuan, the other party is already prepared, yet he still uses the brick!"

"This brick may be a bit hard, but it's not a decent weapon. He should draw out his saber! Underestimating the enemy...is a sure recipe for failing miserably at an easy task. Is Yi Yun following in the footsteps of Feng Hai?"

People began discussing, and at that moment, Yi Yun had already carried the brick up onto the Divine Wilderness Stage.

Sun Yuan looked at Yi Yun and saw the brick in Yi Yun's hand. He grinned saying, "You want to use the same move on me twice? Naive!"

As Sun Yuan said those words, his two feet had begun slowly moving.

Sun Yuan's pace was odd. It looked slow, but when he moved, it was hard to see his legs, as if there was a space-time disturbance.

After Sun Yuan moved a few steps, there were shadows behind his body. These shadows lingered on for a long time and they made it harder to distinguish which was the real Sun Yuan.

Step after step, the number of Sun Yuan's afterimages grew.

The people were awed when they saw this. It was the Sun family's After Image Paces!

By using special paces to move, an opponent would not be able to tell which was the true body of the person demonstrating the After Image Paces. At the same time, each step was injected with Yuan Qi and each afterimage was formed from Yuan Qi. As a result, they looked extremely real!

If one couldn't find the opponent's position, how was one to attack?

Similarly, if one did not know the opponent's position, one would not know where the attacks would come from. It would be easy to be sneakily attacked by Sun Yuan!

The ‘After Image Paces’ was the core of the Sun family's heritage. Sun Yuan had used his outstanding talent in the After Image Paces to become one of the members of the Capital's Four Bully Lords.

As long as the After Image Paces was not seen through, Sun Yuan would be invincible!

More and more afterimages surrounded Yi Yun. Each afterimage could be the real body and they could attack Yi Yun any time!

All the elites present were not weak. They were watching from a distance and even seeing Sun Yuan's After Image Paces as a whole, a large number of them could not tell which was Sun Yuan's real body.

"I actually can't tell which body is the real one among all these images made from the After Image Paces."

"As expected of the secret techniques of the Sun family. How is Yi Yun going to attack?"

Many people began praising it. The Four Bully Lords' Fatty saw that Sun Yuan was slowly gaining control of the situation and he began smiling. Sun Yuan's skill was the basis of his strength. This move perfectly countered Yi Yun.

If a sword-bearing or saber-bearing warrior was unable to see Sun Yuan's position, they could just send out an outpour of blade beams, attacking indiscriminately.

If so, no matter how exquisite Sun Yuan's After Image Paces was, he would struggle to cope with it. It would be easy to be slashed by the blade beams, which revealed the flaws of the technique.

But Yi Yun only had a brick. His Thousand Army Saber was placed off-stage.

A brick could not send off an outpour of attacks.

Who asked you to be careless?

Underestimating the enemy would lead to this outcome!

At that moment, in the middle of the stage, Yi Yun was still holding his brick and standing casually. Actually, Yi Yun was feeling quite speechless.

This Sun Yuan sure was not done with his tricks.

Yi Yun had already formed the Heaven's eyeball. A sweep of the Heaven's Eye and Sun Yuan's real body would not escape him.

Even without the formed Heaven's eyeball, Yi Yun could just open up the Purple Crystal's vision to see Sun Yuan's jumping like a monkey. The target was too obvious!

Yi Yun had practically a hundred different ways to find Sun Yuan.

To think that he said the same move could not be used on him twice. Did he think he was a saint warrior?

At that moment, Sun Yuan's afterimages came within nine meters of Yi Yun!

To warriors, it was no different from being in contact. Initiating an attack was a matter that took a split moment!

"Good!"

The Four Bully Lords' Fatty's eyes lit up. Being surrounded by Sun Yuan's afterimages and real body at a nine meter radius, the other party had already lost!

Fatty did not expect that Sun Yuan could deal with Yi Yun, it now appeared that Sun Yuan could win!

"Attack!"

Sun Yuan made his move. He suddenly attacked while behind Yi Yun!

The nine meters distance disappeared in an instance.

Sun Yuan drew out a thin soft sword hidden within his sleeve. The sword's edge was soft and could not be easily seen when immersed in the air!

This sharp soft sword was like a venomous snake coming out of its hole. It struck Yi Yun's back and at the same time, with a raise of Sun Yuan's hand, he shot out a series of stealth weapons!

These stealth weapons were not obvious, they were easy-to-miss flying needles!

The Sun family's flying needles were also very famous. These flying needles, when sent out amidst blade beams, would be protected by the blade beams. A typical opponent would find it difficult to spot them, let alone avoid them.

Even if the opponent was not confused by the After Image Paces, reacted in a timely manner and could parry the blade beam, the opponent would not be able to avoid the flying needles!

This series of moves could be said to be despicable!

Taking Feng Hai's failure as a lesson, Sun Yuan had used all his best moves and had played them out to the extreme!

The After Image Paces approached Yi Yun, with the soft sword and concealed weapons combination, Sun Yuan did not believe he could lose.

This could only be blamed on the arrogance of this kid Yi Yun. Did he think he could use a brick to win?

Without any concern, Sun Yuan stabbed towards Yi Yun's heart!

A row of concealed weapons also pierced through the body!

Hit!

"Cha!"

The soft sword penetrated the body!

But Sun Yuan's expression suddenly changed!

This stab did not have the feeling of entering a body's Yuan Qi protection. There was no resistance as if he had stabbed nothing!

At that moment, Yi Yun's figure suddenly blurred.

After image!?

Sun Yuan was greatly surprised. The Yi Yun he stabbed was also an afterimage!?

The After Image Paces was mystic technique that combined Yuan Qi and fluctuating paces to form afterimages. Of course, Yi Yun did not know the After Image Paces, but with absolute speed, Yi Yun could also create a very short-lived afterimage.

This was because the original image would continue to appear in one's vision for a split second, which was also the reason for this afterimage phenomenon. Without opening Heaven's Eye, this afterimage left in one's eyes could not be removed!

It was this short afterimage in Sun Yuan's eyes that caused him to stab into empty space.

Sun Yuan immediately knew it was not going well. He urgently backed away, but at that moment, he heard wind behind his head!

A strong ominous feeling rose up in his mind. Sun Yuan felt his scalp tingle while his hair stood on end on the back of his neck. He tried hard to redeem the situation, but… it was too late.

"Dong!"

A clear and crisp sound rang. Yi Yun had struck Sun Yuan's head with the brick!

Sun Yuan felt his body tremble and an intense pain from the back of his head. His vision turned black and he immediately felt dizzy.

F… F… Fu… F**k...

Sun Yuan angrily wailed in his mind. He used all his strength to open his eyes and support his body, but it was all futile, it only increased his pain...

Yi Yun was surprised when he noticed that he could not finish Sun Yuan off with one brick. These Four Bully Lords sure were resilient. They must have been out and about in the past.

As such, Yi Yun patted Sun Yuan's shoulders and earnestly said, "I say, you were jumping around like a monkey just now. When in battle, what's the point with all those fancy tricks? It's best to fight steadily..."

While saying that, Yi Yun silently raised the brick.

Sun Yuan's mouth twitched as he wanted to say something, but he had no chance. When he seemed to make the sound of a syllable with great difficulty, Yi Yun's second brick blow came smashing down, hitting him in the exact same spot as the first brick.

"Dong!"

Another crisp sound rang. The same attack had been repeated twice.

Sun Yuan was like a nail that was being struck by a hammer. His body shuddered and his eyes rolled. As if his bones had been siphoned off, he landed on the ground with a thud!

No one knew what Sun Yuan's last thoughts were.

Yet another one was settled. With the brick in hand, Yi Yun loosened his wrists. It was as if he just killed a dog.

The audience turned silent upon seeing this!

Sun Yuan had used his Sun family's secret technique, the After Image Paces, forming 36 split bodies. His move was so fancy and dazzling.

But the result was… being destroyed by a brick!

Yi Yun had come up twice, struck the brick twice to destroy two people!

Uh… It should be four brick blows, but that doesn't matter!

Is this a f**king duel between experts?

No one that came to the Tai Ah Divine City was not an elite. Their duels should be filled with blade beams and heaven-moving auras!

What's the matter with you, using two brick blows to put down two people!?

At that moment, on the Divine Wilderness Stage, Yi Yun crouched down and placed the brick to the side. He grabbed Sun Yuan's hand and took off Sun Yuan's interspatial ring.

After all, this thing had been part of the bet. It was going to be his sooner or later, so why not take it earlier?

"Thanks!"

Yi Yun said with a very provocative tone, but of course, Sun Yuan could no longer hear it.

Seeing this scene, the Four Bully Lords' Fatty, outside the arena, was completely livid. The fat on his face was constantly twitching.

Scrawny had also been knocked out!

His interspatial ring had been taken and he had lost 1000 dragon scale runes!

Together with the previous match, the Four Bully Lords had lost 2000 dragon scale runes and 2 interspatial rings!

He could already imagine the future, while on the streets of the capital, when he was introduced by others, someone would say, "Oh! You are the eldest of the Four Bully Lords. I've long since heard about you. Two of your brothers got crushed by a Cloud Wilderness bumpkin with a brick. And you even gave all of your assets to him. I've heard of your famous name for a long time now. To meet you today is a pleasure! Nice to meet you!"

Upon thinking of this, Fatty's face distorted completely. If this carried on, how were they to be called the Four Bully Lords. They might as well change their name to the Four Bastards!

True Martial World - Chapter 217: No matter how good your martial arts were, you would be put down with a brick!

The people from the Hongdao Association were stunned for a long time, it wasn’t until Feng Hai bled a huge pool on the stage that the three people from the Four Bully Lords reacted.

"Brother Hai!"

"Second Brother!"

The three of them rushed up and saw that their brother had been beaten up badly.

The three Bully Lords lifted Feng Hai up, and all they saw was a huge bump on Feng Hai's forehead and another huge bump on the back of his head.

The two bumps protruded out greatly. If one were to look at them from the side, it would look like a bear with two little ears.

This look made people at a loss of whether to laugh or cry.

"Brother Hai! Brother Hai!"

The Four Bully Lords shook Feng Hai. All of them stared with all their might. They could not believe that Feng Hai’s and Yi Yun's battle could have such a result.

Actually, all the elites present could not believe it.

This was not going according to the script. Feng Hai had clearly used an awesome move, and it was demonstrated beautifully. It was after all the secret technique of the capital's Feng family, how bad could it be?

The blade beam, the aura, the movement, the force wind… was impeccable!

Everyone thought Feng Hai was about to flaunt his skills.

But… at that moment, how did he, how did he… get taken down by Yi Yun's one brick!?

No matter how it was analyzed, Yi Yun's brick was nothing special. The attack was direct and there was no fancy cultivation technique. In fact, there was no technique involved, but the result was ridiculous!

It was like a martial arts guru from a martial family clan demonstrated a beautiful set of Tai Chi Fist in an upscale dojo. While he was planning to befriend others through martial arts and meet all the heroes of the world, a ruffian on the street rushed forward and beat up the guru with a brick!

This was an eye-popping experience!

Many family clan descendants could not accept it.

"Was Feng Hai careless…? Yi Yun used the Heaven Upheaval Seal as a brick, and he didn't avoid…"

Hongdao Association tried to find excuses for Feng Hai because they could not accept the result.

The battle had ended too quickly. It was too dramatic. They rather believed that this battle was just an outlier.

Many of them had bet heavily against Yi Yun. Amongst them, the least amount that people bet on was 800-900 dragon scale runes. There were even more people who took out their family possessions such as elixirs, relics, interspatial rings, etc.

They were really betting all their assets!

Of course, they did not believe that Yi Yun was stronger than them.

But, on another side, Qiuniu rubbed his chin and looked meaningfully at Yi Yun, "This Yi Yun is quite strong… I underestimated him just now!"

"Yes!" Beside Qiuniu, Chu Xiaoran nodded slightly. "Although Feng Hai took Yi Yun lightly, even if he had done his best, he would definitely not be Yi Yun's match. Yi Yun is very strong!"

"This kid is interesting!" Qiuniu's eyes flashed. He liked to spar with experts. Yi Yun was already able to arouse his interest.

"Divine Wilderness Stage, Yi Yun versus Feng Hai, Yi Yun wins!"

At that moment, the referee declared the end of the match. Yi Yun kept the brick and wobbled down the stage.

As he was returning to the audience stands, Yi Yun turned around and said, "Referee, I'll be borrowing this brick." Yi Yun did this while he bade farewell.

When the referee heard this, he was speechless. He coughed twice and said, "This weapon… is called… the Heaven Upheaval Seal."

"Right, it's more or less the same. I find this weapon quite handy. Thanks." Yi Yun said in a casual tone.

His words made many people roll their eyes. Even the expressionless referee could not help but twitch his lips a few times upon hearing it.

What the heck!

How could this Heaven Upheaval Seal that was painstakingly produced be used in this manner?

If the person who produced the Heaven Upheaval Seal knew that his own produced weapon was being praised in such a manner, it was a wonder what he would think.

As such, Yi Yun returned to his seat. Zhou Kui and Song Zijun looked at Yi Yun as if he was a monster.

He was basically a humanoid primordial strain. It was unknown what herbs he ate growing up that allowed him to use the Heaven Upheaval Seal as a brick to knock Feng Hai unconscious.

Yi Yun placed the brick with a domineering aura on the stone table in front of him. The surface of the brick even had blood.

It was terrifying.

This really was…

No matter how good your martial arts were, you would be put down with a brick!

Whatever so-called "Bell Tone Steps" and "Golden Wind Saber" simply did not work in front of the brick.

Yi Yun began to meditate to rest his mind.

The rookie ranking competition carried on in the arena!

With this, the Hongdao Association people became more down-to-earth.

They no longer shouted. Besides occasionally going on-stage to compete, they shriveled up the rest of the time.

With a brick over their heads that could fall down anytime, how could they laugh!

"F**k, we need to avenge Brother Hai!"

Feng Hai had eaten some medicine for his injuries, but due to the two brick hits, he was still unconscious.

This setback did not only cause physical harm to Feng Hai but was largely a dent on his psyche.

Feng Hai originally seemed unstoppable. Just as he was demonstrating his family's secret skills to appear outstanding, and just as he had reached the pinnacle of his life, Yi Yun's two blows changed everything. It was definitely not a good feeling.

"Be careful, this kid is a bit odd!" The eldest amongst the Four Bully Lords said. The next person to battle with Yi Yun was also one of the Four Bully Lords.

They absolutely could not repeat the same mistakes; if they did, they would totally lose face as the Four Bully Lords.

"Fourth Brother, you are up next! Make sure to brighten up your eyes! Watch your back! If you were to be defeated by him, we, the Four Bully Lords will become a joke in the capital! We won't have the face to mix in the capital's circles anymore!"

"I got it Big Bro!" The thin monkey in the Four Bully Lords patted his chest as a guarantee.

"Big Bro, I don't dare to say anything else, but you know me. My speed is the fastest amongst us four! My eyes are also the sharpest! It would be good if I didn't sneakily attack others, for others to sneakily attack me? Impossible!"

The thin monkey was very confident.

His moves were extremely dexterous. And his family had a top movement skill. Scrawny had great talent in movement skills, so having learned this movement skill for many years, he had perfected the first three levels.

Many people who even outpaced Scrawny in cultivation level could not attack him.

As a result, Fatty felt relieved that Scrawny was up next.

He could see that it was not realistic that Scrawny could screw up Yi Yun, but it was no matter. With Scrawny's movement skills, he could remain unbeaten for a long time, and that would be enough.

After all, they were doing a tag-team battle. By consuming Yi Yun's strength, when he and Shorty went up on stage, they could certainly finish Yi Yun.

After Yi Yun finished his match, he had a break for nearly an hour.

During this period, Yi Yun also watched the matches amongst the rookies, but there was nothing much to see.

Before he learned the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', these people's cultivation technique would probably light up Yi Yun's eyes. But now, with the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', these cultivation techniques looked very common and Yi Yun was no longer impressed.

The matches went one after another.

The rookie rankings also constantly changed.

Some rookies were outstanding in the arena. They left the stage smiling.

Others lost badly in the arena. Because they did not live up to their own expectations, they were greatly set back.

This was something all the Tai Ah Divine City's cultivators had to go through.

The martial arts way had its gains and losses. Sometimes, the rewards from a mystic realm might make you overjoyed for a hundred years; but there were times where a disaster could break all your limbs, and might even cripple all your martial arts!

One had to be able to take on great joy and sufferings when practicing martial arts. In contrast, the loss in the rookie ranking competition was just the first step.

Yi Yun originally wanted to see Chu Xiaoran and Qiuniu's battle, but none of them ever went up.

Upon further thought, Yi Yun realized that no one dared to mess with them as they were strong. No one would give dragon scale runes to others and get beaten up at the same time!

Only someone extremely wealthy like himself who was ranked third and looked extremely weak would attract so much hate that they wanted to take a bite off him.

"Kid, did you recently break through again?"

At that moment, Baldy Qin walked over to Yi Yun. He slapped Yi Yun on the back. When Baldy Qin saw Yi Yun's previous battle, he could feel that Yi Yun's improvement was not just by a tiny amount.

Yi Yun stood up and smiled, saying, "Instructor Qin, I have indeed grown stronger recently…"

After Yi Yun learned the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', even if he didn't use his Radiant Sun Qi, his strength was no longer the same as before. This was because Yi Yun's Yuan Qi accumulation and pureness had made great progress!

Baldy Qin could only vaguely feel it, but he could not tell with absolute confidence.

Although Baldy Qin had opened his Heaven's Eye, there were different grades to Heaven's Eyes. For example, the Tai Ah Divine City's Elder, Jian Ge, could clearly see through Yi Yun with a glance. Except for the Purple Crystal, he could see everything.

As for Baldy Qin, he clearly did not have that ability.

Baldy Qin lifted up the brick on the stone table in front of Yi Yun and flipped it around, looking at it.

"Good brick. Solid enough! Heavy enough!"

"I think so too." Yi Yun grinned.

Yi Yun had a good impression of Baldy Qin. Although Baldy Qin had not deliberately taken care of him, he had fulfilled 100% of his duty as an instructor and he had given him plenty of advice.

At that moment, the referee announced, "Divine Wilderness Stage, 10,003, Yi Yun! 10,708, Sun Yuan! Come on-stage for the match!"

It was Yi Yun's turn again!

And his opponent was again from the Capital's Four Bully Lords, Scrawny Sun Yuan!

Sun Yuan had pointed ears and monkey cheeks; he was ugly. His weapon was special, a pair of nunchucks.

Sun Yuan made a weird call and jumped on stage, "Yi Yun, quickly come on up, it's time to fight!"

The Legend of Futian - Chapter 52: Just So-So

Ye Futian kept silent while watching all this happen, but deep inside, he was not as calm as he looked.

It took so much effort to meet his fairy again, and she had to leave soon after this reunion. It was understandable that he felt sad.

"You don't like this feeling, do you?" Hua Fengliu perceived his gloom and asked him.

Ye Futian nodded. "Why shouldn't I be sad?"

"Then just keep training and grow stronger." Hua Fengliu closed his eyes. He was also pissed off because Nandou Ku had told him that his life was hopeless. He could do nothing but put all his hope in Ye Futian.

Although, he wasn't desperate, because he knew how talented Ye Futian was. With the inheritance from Emperor Ye Qing, as long as he kept cultivating, people in the City of Donghai and the Nandou family would eventually bow down to his power.

Therefore, he was trying to get Ye Futian accepted into Donghai Academy, and it would be even better if one of the higher-ups of the academy picked him as a disciple personally. He needed a safe and promising environment for him to grow in.

Ye Futian didn't respond to Hua Fengliu, but he felt hot-blooded. He needed to be strong enough to protect his professor and girlfriend.

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The only time Ye Futian went out was to buy inscribing pens and scrolls. Both scroll inscribing and guqin practice served as cultivation for him. They enhanced his mental power and ability in Spiritual Qi perception, which was critical for the development of a mage. As for martial arts techniques, he kept improving on the treasures Emperor Ye Qing had given him. With enough time, his body would be as invincible as the Divine Dragon and the Snow Ape.

One day, Tang Wan came to their place.

"I have good news for you guys," Tang Wan smiled.

"What is it?" Ye Futian was curious.

"Someone from the School of the Finance Star told me that you have been admitted," Tang Wan said.

Ye Futian was confused and didn't believe it.

"I guess some supervisor in that school heard about the fight. I think he must have heard about it from a student. Otherwise, they would have been looking for you guys even sooner," Tang Wan elaborated. The talents Ye Futian and Yu Sheng had demonstrated during that fight were obviously more than enough for them to be admitted. Unfortunately, there was no professor or supervisor in the audience.

"Wow, we just benefited from kicking someone's *ss," Yu Sheng mumbled. Ye Futian was also smiling. He was so happy that once he was admitted into Donghai Academy, it would be much easier to spend time with Hua Jieyu.

"What are you talking about?" Hua Fengliu was doubtful about this admission. "It is uncommon for a school in Donghai Academy to make an exception for applicants. What did they do?"

"Mr. Hua, you don't know what happened? The first time I brought them to Donghai Academy, they messed with some students from the School of the Flirting Star, because one of them, Mu Yunni, was being rude. These boys totally kicked their *sses. This is how your daughter knew Ye Futian was here and asked me to bring her to you," Tang Wan explained. Hua Fengliu finally understood what had happened. The last time Hua Jieyu had come here, they were in such a rush that he didn't have time to ask for the details.

Hua Fengliu gave Ye Futian a glance. He was a little bit mad that this boy had not told him about the fight.

"Just go. Remember to take care of yourself," Hua Fengliu said.

"Alright, Professor, enjoy your private time with Ms. Tang after we are gone," Ye Futian teased him.

"Screw you." Hua Fengliu was embarrassed.

"Bye, Professor." Ye Futian was still somewhat worried about Hua Fengliu. He was too injured to live alone.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of him." Tang Lan came in at this time. She knew that Ye Futian was worried, so she was trying to comfort him.

"Thank you so much," Ye Futian said. Now he was settled.

The Black Wind Eagle arrived and landed next to them. Ye Futian, Yu Sheng, and Tang Wan got on her back, then she soon took off into the air. Ye Futian waved to Hua Fengliu, apparently reluctant to leave.

"Good luck, boy. Your new journey has just begun." Hua Fengliu was smiling.

"Looks like he's almost like a son to you. Why do you believe in him so much?" Tang Lan was curious.

"Trust me, someday Donghai Academy will be proud of having such a student." Hua Fengliu was confident. Tang Lan was surprised and a bit confused. She believed that the confidence Hua Fengliu held for Ye Futian was much stronger than she could have imagined.

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Within each of the seven schools at Donghai Academy, there were students of various classes for the purpose of diversity. However, there were also specific characteristics for each of them. It was all about the people who were supporting the schools.

Students from the School of the Finance Star were known for great martial arts techniques. This was why the supervisor of this school had made an exception to admit Ye Futian and Yu Sheng without a test.

According to those who had witnessed the fight, both of them were incredibly talented at martial arts, especially Yu Sheng.

The admission of Ye Futian and Yu Sheng didn't quite cause a sensation at Donghai Academy, because only a few students had witnessed the fight, not to mention that most students just knew their names, but had never seen them. Besides, it had been a while since the fight took place.

Tang Wan led them to the School of the Finance Star. They were well accommodated and brought around to tour the school. However, the supervisor who accepted them had not arranged a meeting with the boys. It was possible that he still wanted to give them some time to prove themselves first.

Students in the School of the Finance Star lived in a separate area that consisted of dorms specifically assigned to them. In fact, the environment seemed to be better than that of Qingzhou Academy.

"Who are you?" Someone passing by was curious about these new students. They had never met Ye Futian and Yu Sheng before.

"I'm Ye Futian, and this is my best friend, Yu Sheng." Ye Futian was smiling.

"Ye Futian. This name sounds familiar," the boy mumbled, and soon he remembered who they were. He quickly disappeared, and word started to spread in the School of the Finance Star that the students who kicked the *sses of the students from the School of the Flirting Star had been admitted to this school.

The word spread so quickly that suddenly, a lot of people were gathered around them.

"Is this guy Ye Futian? Really, a Two-Star Glory Plane student?"

"Yu Sheng looks exactly how people said. He's such a big guy. Is he merely a martial arts cultivator, or he is actually hiding some powerful natal spirit?"

"Wow, they're so cute," some girls were also gossiping.

The students were curious about everything since they were so young.

"Is there a library at this school?" Ye Futian asked Tang Wan.

Tang Wan shook her head, "There is only one library at Donghai Academy, and it's located right in the center of the campus. The entry is free to every student, but no checkouts are allowed. You may only browse the books and scrolls inside."

Ye Futian understood why checkout was prohibited. There were just so many students at this academy that books might be lost once checked out.

"Let's go there," Ye Futian said. He had already reached the Two-star Glory Plane, but the spells he could initiate were still mostly basic. It was a huge waste of his talents. He believed that he was not supposed to give up sorcery cultivation even though his martial arts inheritance from Emperor Ye Qing was so powerful. A combination of both would definitely make him stronger.

"Sure," Tang Wan nodded. She was surprised that he was not just a pretty boy like he looked and was in fact, quite diligent. The first place he had wanted to go to was the library.

The scale of the library at Donghai Academy was much larger than that of the one at Qingzhou Academy. Besides, there was no limit for the students. Any student at this academy would be allowed to browse all the collections in this library. Donghai Academy was very generous about this.

When Ye Futian entered the library, he was shocked by the comprehensiveness of the collection. There were books on general subjects like martial arts techniques, swords techniques, elemental spells, and even some very rare books on mental spells.

He even found books about music spells, matrices, and scroll inscription. He totally understood why Hua Fengliu had insisted he study at this academy.

During the following several days Ye Futian spent all his time making his way through the entire collection. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Meanwhile, the news that Ye Futian had been admitted to the School of the Finance Star finally spread all around the academy, including the School of the Flirting Star. They started looking for him everywhere and finally, they found him in the library.

Ye Futian was reading books quietly when a group of angry people came up to him. Mu Yunqing spoke to him in rage, "Long time no see, Ye Futian."

"What's up?" Ye Futian didn't even raise his head.

"Since you're now admitted into this academy, I guess it's time for us to get even about what happened last time." Mu Yunqing sounded really mad.

"Are you challenging me?" Ye Futian looked at him with contempt.

However, Mu Yunqing was not planning to fight by himself: "Someone from the School of the Flirting Star will represent me."

"Who is it, and what plane is he in?" Ye Futian asked. Mu Yunqing realized that other people were looking at him and he faltered.

"Are you still going to fight me together like you did last time?" Ye Futian was laughing. He was now a student at this academy, so people who fought him had to abide by the rules, which was one on one.

Mu Yunqing was extremely embarrassed. He didn't say anything, and the group left crestfallen again.

This incident soon spread around the academy. Students started to make fun of Mu Yunqing. They now considered him to be a total coward.

Several days later, it was announced that Jing Yang, a student from the School of the Flirting Star, had openly issued a letter of challenge to Ye Futian. It caused a sensation at the academy.

He was a Three-star Glory Plane Mandate Sorcerer, a true prodigy. He had been personally admitted directly by the supervisor of the School of the Flirting Star as a disciple. Usually, he didn't care about "friendly competition," but now to save the reputation of his school, he challenged Ye Futian publicly.

However, the response from Ye Futian left people totally speechless. "Sorry, I have no time for this."

This was such a lame excuse to turn down the challenge. Students in the School of the Flirting Star accused him of being a real coward.

Jing Yang, however, was not surprised. He told people that Ye Futian was "just so-so."

Ye Futian wasn't disturbed by these comments at all. He still spent all his time on reading and cultivating, as usual.