Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 127: List of Opponents

If someone were to know of Zhang Xuan’s thoughts, he would probably be tempted to strangle him.

You impersonate an expert and find it tiring? Why don't you kill yourself...

After Sun Qiang's departure, Zhang Xuan didn't remain in the mansion for long. By the time he returned to his dormitory, the sun had already set.

Today's morning lessons, the Pill Debate, and then looking for a base and acting like an expert. He felt exhausted after going through so much today.

Initially, he had planned to research content on the next phase after Pixue realm but unknowingly, he fell asleep right after lying onto his bed. By the time he woke up, it was already morning.

Upon entering the classroom, he realized that his students were already present.

He took a look at each of their conditions and nodded his head in satisfaction.

These students seemed to also know the importance of the Freshmen Tournament and thus, they were extremely diligent in their training. Even though it was just a single day, they had made significant improvements.

After offering them pointers individually, Zhang Xuan clarified some doubts they had. Then, just as he was about to end the lesson, he saw a person walking in through the door.

"Zhang laoshi, Lu Xun laoshi challenged you to a 【Teacher Evaluation】 and this is the name list of students who would be competing with yours!"

When Zhu Hong delivered the war declaration previously, he was beaten to a pulp by Yuan Tao and the others. The one who came this time is a teacher.

Different teachers had different number of students under them. For star teachers like Lu Xun, his students often numbered in the hundreds and if all of them were to be involved in the duel with Zhang Xuan, it wouldn't be fair. Thus, in the Teacher Evaluation, both teachers would choose a few students to represent them in duels.

Zhang Xuan had a total of five students, so there was no need for him to choose among them. It would do as long as the other party chose five students to compete with each of his students.

"Good!" Taking over the name list, Zhang Xuan took a look and a bizarre expression appeared on his face immediately.

He thought that the other party would choose some of his more highly-ranked students, given the number of outstanding students under his tutelage. He didn't expect that the five students he chose would have similar rankings to his own students, with the exception of Yuan Tao (The main reason for that was because the other party didn't have students of Yuan Tao's ranking).

The first one on the list is Zhu Hong, who barged into the classroom previously, and the other candidates he chose corresponded to Wang Ying, Zheng Yang and Liu Yang's rankings, so there aren't huge differences between them.

In Teacher Evaluations, the challenged teacher had the choice of whether to accept or to decline. Once the challenged teacher accepts the challenge, the other party could choose any of the students under his tutelage to compete with him. Theoretically speaking, Lu Xun could send five of the top ten students in the entrance examinations and it wouldn't be flouting the rules. As such, Zhang Xuan had been preparing for such a scenario. He hadn’t expected that the other party would send him such a line-up, so he was a little taken aback.

"Un? Mo Xiao, isn't this fellow..."

Taking a closer look, a familiar name appeared. Perplexed by the matter, he suddenly heard Liu Yang's voice.

Liu Yang had also seen the contents in the name list and felt that something was amiss.

"Zhang laoshi, even though the ranks of our opponents in the list are similar to ours, we won’t be a match if we were to cross blows. There is something weird..."

"Un?" Zhang Xuan looked over at him. "What can you tell from it?"

"For example, take a look at this Bai Chao. My ranking in the entrance examination is 93rd whereas he is 90th. There isn't a large difference in our ranking, but this fellow is skilled in punching techniques and his cultivation realm is one small level higher than mine. If we were to talk about fighting prowess, two of me wouldn't be an opponent for him. The reason why our rankings are around the same was because he fared too badly for the theoretical examination."

Liu Yang pointed to another name, "This Du Lei as well, he is skilled in movement techniques. Wang Ying is ranked 67th while he is ranked 69th. It might seem as though he is slightly weaker than Wang Ying, but he possesses incredible speed. His attacks are also vicious and precise. In a one-to-one duel, Wang Ying definitely isn't a match for him."

"It's true that I am unable to defeat him."

Wang Ying's face flushed red and she nodded her head in agreement.

"Mo Xiao is my friend and I have never defeated him." Zheng Yang started speaking. "Just that... Wasn't Mo Xiao admitted under Wang Chao laoshi? We signed up for his lessons together but I failed the examination..."

"Not just him, I remember clearly that Bai Chao was under Hong Xun laoshi and this Du Lei was under Zhu Hong laoshi." Liu Yang said.

"What's going on?"

Zhang Xuan stared intently at the teacher who passed him the name list.

"Oh, Mo Xiao, Bai Chao and Du Lei withdrew from their teachers' tutelage yesterday and acknowledged Lu laoshi." The teacher nodded his head. "I have already sent you the name list and my job is done. Farewell!"

At this point, the teacher turned around to leave.

"Acknowledged Lu laoshi?" Upon hearing these words, Zhang Xuan immediately understood what was going on.

This Lu Xun is truly a bastard!

He thought that the other party sending students of similar ranking was an attempt to make this challenge fair. In reality, he had already done his research and analyzed his students thoroughly.

Zhu Hong was ranked fourth while Zhao Ya was ranked seventh. There isn't a huge difference in their rankings but when it comes to fighting, as seen before, if it weren't for Zhang Xuan secretly informing her of his mingmen, even two Zhao Yas wouldn't be a match for him.

The other party must have already known about Wang Ying's injury to send Du Lei, who is skilled in movement techniques and possesses superior speed. From the very start, Wang Ying's legs are already her weakness, so how could she keep up with someone with such outstanding speed? Isn't this just becoming a standing punchbag for the other party?

Zheng Yang's spear mastery might be excellent, but the other party sent Mo Xiao, who is a level higher than him. Liu Yang injured the meridians in his right arms due to training in battle techniques beyond his level, but the other party sent Bai Chao, who is skilled in punching techniques...

As for the one who corresponded to Yuan Tao, his name is Kong Jie and he is ranked in the three hundreds. However, after Liu Yang’s brief introduction, Zhang Xuan came to a realization immediately. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

This fellow isn't adept at battle techniques or anything else, but he possesses exceptional offensive ability and was an aggressive fighter.

It was ideal to send a person like this to deal with Yuan Tao, who specializes in defense.

The heck!

In the view of those unaware of the situation, Lu Xun's action of not choosing among his outstanding students and instead, picking those who hold rankings similar to his own was for fairness. But, he was actually choosing opponents that curbed his students.

For this, he even took students from other teachers to place them under his tutelage.

If Zhang Xuan were to train his students in the conventional method, his students would improve, but so would the other party's. To triumph over the other party with half a month of effort is nearly impossible!

After all, his five students have problems of their own and those problems aren't minor things that can be solved swiftly.

"That bastard, he is trying to use me as a stepping stone!"

Zhang Xuan's rage flurried.

When the other party tried to trample on his dignity previously, he was furious but not to such an extent. After all, as a member of the modern civilization in his previous life, on which days did he not get his face slapped? He was already used to it!

But now, the other party is trying to step on his face to reach higher grounds. He wants to attract more attention so as to add to his reputation. Zhang Xuan will not allow this to happen.

I am not a staircase for you to step on as you please! Neither am I a melon for you to chew off as you please!

"I will go all out. Within ten days, I will definitely earn twenty million and obtain the pills and medicinal solutions for them!"

Zhang Xuan clenched his fist tightly.

It was his first time getting so furious after transcending over.

Slapping my face? I can still endure it. But to step on my face to reach higher grounds?

Dream on!

In the past, he thought that he was on the losing end spending so much money to buy those items for his students. In his mind, no matter what, he had to get the money back from his students. However, from the look of it now, it wasn't his loss.

This isn't just for his students, this is for him as well!

Lu Xun, just you wait! You might be gleeful now, but you will be in for a rain of tears later on!

In another classroom, Lu Xun sneezed. He rubbed his nose as he muttered, "Is someone thinking of me?"

Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 126: I Am a Master Teacher

"Cough cough..."

Upon hearing those words, the boss's expression changed. He let out a laughter and replied immediately, "Old master, what are you talking about? This is a wujin courtyard mansion and has such a prime location. Hundred and fifty thousand a month is truly not expensive..."

"Inexpensive?"

The corners of Zhang Xuan's lips crept upward, "The original owner of the mansion is called Du Qiao and he is indeed a merchant. However, he isn't dead yet. Due to encountering bandits, a huge blow was dealt to his business and thus, he decided to sell this mansion. However, he was unable to find a buyer so he decided to lease it out instead. According to your agreement with him, it should be fifty thousand every month and you will be entitled to a fifteen percent commission... Yet, you are offering me hundred and fifty thousand now, isn't your appetite a little too big?"

"Old master, you... you..."

Upon hearing his words, the boss staggered backward.

Are you for real?

The contract on this house signed between Du Qiao and him was exactly as Zhang Xuan said, fifty thousand a month, just that... This was supposed to be confidential. They didn't tell any outsiders when signing the contract, so how could this fellow be aware?

"Why? Do you wish to deny it?" Zhang Xuan stared at him calmly. "The contract was signed three months ago at Emerald Pavilion, and the one who accompanied by your side then was the top hostess, Cui Ling. The wine you two drank was the Crushing Waves with eight years of maturity and the dish you two ate was the Ruby Rabbit Meat. During which, you even had Ming Xin Yue play a tune. After sealing the deal, both of you happily invited three ladies in... Do you need me to recount the events that occurred one by one for you?"

"Ah..."

The boss looked as though he had seen a ghost and fear surged through him.

The words that the other party said were spot-on, as though the man was there in person.

This is too terrifying!

"You... Who exactly are you?"

Frightened, the boss trembled.

Standing before the other party, he felt as though he had been stripped naked, causing him to feel guilty subconsciously noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"I am merely a person who wants to rent a place, I just don’t wish to be taken advantage of!"

Zhang Xuan's expression was serene.

"I was overly obsessed with profits. This mansion is exactly as what old master said, it costs fifty thousand every month!" After the other party revealed so many things about him, the boss was truly frightened. He dared not to fool around and hurriedly admitted his fault.

"Un!" Watching the other party concede, Zhang Xuan nodded his head in satisfaction. He casually whipped out a stack of bills, "Here is a hundred thousand, I will be renting the place for a month. For the excess amount, help me to get some servants. Also... During the time I am here, you shall be my butler. No need to speak of fifty thousand or hundred thousand, if you perform well, I will give you however much money you need. You will definitely make more money than running that realtor center of yours."

As a master teacher, he couldn't possibly clean such a large mansion personally or do everything by himself. It was necessary to have servants and maids to assist with the chores.

The reason why he wanted this fellow to serve as his butler was even simpler.

He was good at scamming!

To outright offer three times the original price, he had the enormous guts.

His reason for impersonating a master teacher was to make quick bucks and he desperately required such talents.

"I will get how much I want?"

The boss's breathing hastened.

His realtor center only earned him twenty thousand gold coins or so a year. It was not often that people would come to rent mansions like this, and moreover, it was useless if the other party failed to fall for his exorbitant scams.

This is precisely why he felt a surge of excitement upon seeing the bills worth a hundred thousand gold coins and hearing the other party's offer.

The heck! I knew that he was a fat lamb, but I didn't expect for him to be such a massive one!

"Why? Are you unwilling?"

"No... No, I am willing." The boss grabbed the bills from Zhang Xuan's hands hurriedly. His movement was even faster than when he dodged Zhang Xuan's attack earlier.

How could he be unwilling when such a good opportunity was presented in his face?

"Un! I will only be staying in Tianxuan City for a period of time. If you serve me well, I will make you sure you earn ten years worth of salary within a single month. As for what you should do... I think you should know it better than anyone else." The other party's response did not let him down. Zhang Xuan nodded his head in satisfaction.

"Rest assured, old master. I will definitely serve you well."

Upon hearing the other party's promise, the plump boss nodded his head vehemently.

Un, Zhang Xuan responded.

It was of utmost important to balance the carrot and the stick to keep a person loyal. At the very beginning, he exposed all of the other party's secrets, inducing fear in the other party's heart. After which, he offered him massive benefits. It would be queer if the other party was instead unwilling to give in to him.

"What is your name?"

"Your humble servant's name is Sun Qiang!" The boss quickly replied. "You can call me Xiao Qiang!"

"Xiao Qiang?" A strange expression appeared on Zhang Xuan's face.

"Yes!" Sun Qiang nodded his head.

"There are some tasks that I will delegate to you right now."

Suppressing the urge to call the other party 'cockroach', Zhang Xuan waved his thoughts away and said, "Firstly, I want you to find maids and servants for this mansion by tonight. Tomorrow, when I come over, I want to see them here. Secondly, through your connections, I want you to spread the news of me living in this mansion. Say that... A passing master teacher, Yang Xuan, will be staying here for a short period of time. The more people know of the matter, the better it is."

Naturally, he wouldn't use his real name. Yang Xuan was a web name that he used in his previous life, thus he casually chose to use it.

"Master teacher?"

Taken aback, Sun Qiang lifted his head and stared at the old master doubtfully.

"Un, I am a master teacher. I am here to look for something. So, it would be best if you could get the news as far as possible."

Zhang Xuan harrumphed. "Of the hundred thousand I have just given you, there should be a remaining sum after hiring the servants. Do a good job, and I will make sure to reward you greatly. I have taken a look at your cultivation realm and I have noticed that you have been stuck at Zhenqi realm pinnacle for over a decade now. It would be a small matter for me to help you break through during the time I am in Tianxuan Royal City."

"Thank you, old master." Sun Qiang quickly kneeled to the floor.

It was just as the other party said. He had been stuck at Zhenqi realm pinnacle for over a decade, but somehow, he was unable to overcome this boundary. If he were to receive the pointer of a master teacher, Fighter 4-dan wouldn't be a dream for him.

He secretly lifted his head to sneak a peek. The old master whom he had just met with had his hands behind his back as he stood before the background of the setting sun. The faint yellow light that scattered on his body made him resemble an unworldly immortal.

Upon this sight, admiration arose instantaneously from the depths of his heart for this old master.

At this moment, he was completely convinced that the other party was a master teacher.

If he weren't a master teacher, how could he have known about his secret dealings? If he weren't a master teacher, how could he possibly be so rich and generous...

However, what that truly convinced the boss were his disposition and his actions. Majesty exuded naturally in every single action of his. In fact, if someone were to claim that the person before him wasn't a master teacher, he would think that the person was lying.

"Old master, rest assured. I will accomplish this matter perfectly."

Sun Qiang was filled with motivation.

Master teachers. This is the noblest group of people in the world. Even the emperor of Tianxuan Kingdom, Shen Zhui, has to act respectfully and politely around them. For an ordinary and insignificant figure like him to be able to serve such an incredible figure, it was almost as though the Goddess of Fortune had blessed him.

"Go!"

Upon observing the other party’s complete submission, Zhang Xuan gestured for him to leave.

"Yes!" Sun Qiang left excitedly.

Only after his departure did Zhang Xuan relax his body and stretch his back. He sighed.

"To think that acting like an expert would be so tiring..."

Xiao Qiang is another word for cockroach.

Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 125: Renting a Mansion

"Right, I should first look for a residence. As long as I can build a reputation, people would definitely come scrambling to me... This way, I can avoid knocking on the doors and retain my dignity as an expert, while earning money."

An idea popped into his head.

As a master teacher, one had to uphold his stature. He couldn't simply go around visiting houses. As such, he could only lie in wait for willing preys to take the bait.

As long as someone were to come knocking, he was confident of subduing them with his hoodwinking prowess and Library of Heaven's Path.

"Yup, I should first look for a base of operation!"

After contemplating carefully, he realized that this was indeed the best way to go about it. With a snap of his fingers, Zhang Xuan made up his mind.

He would do it this way.

With a concrete idea in his mind, he didn’t dawdle and immediately proceeded to the reception to purchase pills and medicinal solutions that could change one's outer appearance and skin color.

Even though he didn't really know disguise techniques, as a member of modern civilization, he still had some basic knowledge regarding make-up. Using those pills and medicinal solution, it didn't take long for him to transform from a young lad below twenty years old into a yellowish, middle-aged man that possessed a dignified gaze.

After staring into the mirror for a long period of time, he ascertained that there were no problems with his disguise and nodded his head in satisfaction.

After which, he walked out of the Apothecary Guild.

"In order to convince others, I need to be dressed in luxurious clothes..."

Clothes make the man. Given his current dress-up, many would believe him if he claimed to be a beggar. He needed to look the image if he wanted people to believe that he was a master teacher.

"There is a clothing store right ahead."

With such a thought in his mind, he noticed a clothing store that was nearby and entered. When he finally exited, he had already transformed into a totally different person.

With a brocade hat and marten coat, he was dressed extravagantly. It was clear from his appearance that he was a person of noble standing.

These clothes cost him a total of twenty thousand gold coins. He could feel his heart bleeding.

"I should just treat it as an investment."

Consoling himself, he walked along the street. An hour later, he arrived at Tianyu Commercial City once more.

It was already late in the afternoon and the sun was about to set.

Knowing that he was lacking time, Zhang Xuan proceeded forward in large strides.

He knew that it was impossible to find accommodation in a short period of time singlehandedly. However, Tianyu Commercial City was reputed for selling everything possible under the sun. Thus, it was guaranteed that there was information on this aspect available as well. Furthermore, he didn't need to purchase an accommodation, it was sufficient for him to just rent one.

As he had already been here before, he had become quite familiar with the surroundings. After strolling around, he soon caught sight of a realtor agent center.

"Old master, are you here to buy a house?"

Upon noticing his entry, a plump boss stepped forward immediately to welcome him.

"Old master?"

Zhang Xuan was taken aback for a moment before coming to a realization. He had already modified his appearance at current, he looked like he was in his forties. He was no longer a young lad.

Thus, he nodded his head and placed both hands behind his back, assuming a disposition befitting that of an old master. He deepened his voice, making him seem more mature. "I want to rent a mansion!"

"Mansion? Old master, your decision to visit our us to rent a mansion is a wise one!" The boss’s eyes gleamed.

Those who were able to rent out mansions were all wealthy men. Just by raising the rent by a slight amount, these landlords would be able to earn a huge sum!

"Old master, may I know what your requirements?"

As though he saw a fat lamb before him that was waiting to be butchered, the boss asked excitedly.

"It must be clean, large and has the best location. It would be perfect if the renovations are in place so that I can move in immediately!"

Zhang Xuan said.

"This..."

Upon hearing the other party's request, the eyes of the boss twinkled and he almost leaped in joy.

No doubt about it, this was a huge lamb for him!

Putting aside all other factors, just the requirements Zhang Xuan stated had made it impossible for the mansion to be inexpensive.

How could someone who wanted to rent a mansion like that be poor?

He was so happy that he almost squealed, but he acted as though he was troubled. "Old master, we do have such mansions, but the cost of the rent would be slightly pricey..."

By saying so first, the plump man would be able to demand a higher price later on.

Hehe...

"Price isn't a problem!" Zhang Xuan gestured haughtily.

Right now, he was a 'master teacher'. It would truly be embarrassing if he were to squabble over the measly sum of money.

"Alright then, I will bring old master to look at mansions until you find one that is to your liking."

Upon hearing such impressive words from the other party, the boss's smiled so wide that it was about to reach his ears. Without any hesitation, he closed the shop and led the way, holding a bunch of keys.

Zhang Xuan followed behind him. Soon, they arrived at a vast mansion.

"This is a mansion a rich businessman bought last year. However, he died last year and his son indulged in prostitutes and gambling. As a result, he had no choice but to put this mansion up for sale or rent. This mansion is newly renovated and its location is good as well. Do you want to take a look?"

Stopping before the mansion, the boss looked at Zhang Xuan to gauge his reaction.

This mansion was the largest and most luxurious one of their realtor center. Regardless of whether it was the location or the size, there was nothing one could find faults with. Thus, he brought the other party here at first time's notice for him to take a look. He would only bring him to the other mansions if it was unsuitable. If the other party were to lay his sights upon this one, he would have truly struck it rich.

"Let's enter to take a look!"

Zhang Xuan didn't say anything excessive.

Since he wanted to impersonate a 'master teacher', his residence had to have class. It mustn't be too small. As for the money Zhang Xuan had to spend, it wasn't really a problem.

"Great!"

Upon observing how the other party didn’t decline, the boss smiled and hurriedly opened the doors.

It was a wujin courtyard. There were man-made mountains and ponds. Not only was it large and spacious, there were all kinds of plants planted around the entire mansion. Upon entering, one would be surrounded by greenery and the fragrance of flowers, inducing a feeling of ease.

"Not bad!"

After taking a look, Zhang Xuan nodded his head secretly.

This mansion was exactly as he imagined. He could simply take his baggage and move in at this very moment. Everything he needed was present and he didn't have to go the extra mile to prepare anything.

Furthermore, it was close to Hongtian Academy, just a ten minute walk away.

After his lessons, he could head straight back here, not having to spend much time traveling to and fro.

"This will do. How much is the rent?"

Fancying the residence, Zhang Xuan gestured majestically and got straight to the point.

"This is the most luxurious mansion in our realtor center. If old master wishes to rent it, it would be hundred and fifty thousand gold coins every month!"

The boss hurriedly said.

"Hundred and fifty thousand?"

Zhang Xuan frowned.

He wasn't sure about the property market in this world, but hundred and fifty thousand a month to rent a mansion seemed way too expensive.

Hu!

Without saying anything, Zhang Xuan suddenly clawed at the boss before him.

"Old master, what do you intend to do..."

Hearing the sound of his fingernails tearing through air, the boss was terrified and cowered backward immediately.

With just a movement, his level of cultivation was revealed: Fighter 3-dan Zhenqi pinnacle!

His cultivation realm wasn't high.

"Oh, I just want to see your level of cultivation."

Zhang Xuan retracted his palm and placed behind his back. Then, looking at the other party again, his eyes narrowed, "You said that you will rent this mansion to me at hundred and fifty thousand a month? Tripling the rent of fifty thousand a month, do you take me for a fool?"

Wujin Courtyard:

To understand what a Wujin Courtyard is, one must know what a Siheyuan (also known as Courtyard Houses) is. The most typical example of it were the houses of generals/officials in the ancient past. There will be a courtyard in the middle and rooms of various purposes surrounding it.

Siheyuans can be split into various categories depending on its size. The smallest is the Yijin Courtyard (One Entrance Courtyard). Wujin Courtyard (Five Entrance Courtyard) is considered as the largest.

Upon stepping into the house, there will be a narrow walkway (first entrance), accommodations for guests (second entrance), a living room (third entrance), main accommodations for the family (fourth entrance) and accommodations for daughters/ female servants (fifth entrance). Since there is a courtyard between each of these places, it is called Five Entrance Courtyard.

Dual Sword God - Chapter 78: The Gloomy Forest, Endless Rain Zone

Chaaa!

The rain fell violently, further giving this dark forest bleak tone.

However, as this merciless downburst continued, a ruthless pursuit was currently in progression.

Whoosh!

Like an agile monkey, a red-haired young man bolted through the wild terrain moving between a never-ending sight of massive dead trees, as he moved, he would press one foot against the ground soon after leaping over the unusual tall grasses, adeptly gliding between the large dead trees. As he glided like a leaf, he would use his other foot to skilfully balance on top of the nearby slippery branches as a foothold to plunge further and further into the depths of the forestry.

A stunning display of skill, maneuvering with the human's body capability achieving its utmost limits. Sadly, he was not alone…

Sou! Sou! Sou! A group of tall an slender humanoid creatures with dark coarse skin swiftly and skilfully made their way between the surrounding trees and through unusual resisting shrubberies, trying their best to outflank the red-haired young man.

"Well done, do not let it get away! Branch out and surround it!" a rough voice said.

Voosh! Following the loud sound of something soaring through the air, a massive dark silhouette soon after made an abrupt appearance falling onto the wet ground.

Boom! The earth was blown to pieces was a massive crater spreading out for dozens of meters formed, the shock wave from this sudden explosion blew away all nearby rocks which crushed the tall grasses and trees within the vicinity. The harsh rain that continuously fell soon after started to fill up this massive creature threatening to turn it into a small pond.

Carefully looking, one would see a giant figure hoisting a humongous battle axe with its two muscular arms each thicker than most of the already large trees. The creature lifted its head causing its wet hair to swing behind its back, as it looked towards the young man who was running away at full speed.

"Damn! How can this little human be so fast? If he is already this capable during the 'adaption phase,' what's going to happen when he crosses the final hour?" said Orckusfiend in an annoyed tone, as he thought of what would happen later he couldn't help but grow a sense of fear.

Instantly, his killing intent reached its peak as he promptly pressed his feet against the hard ground of his crater and leaped towards sky once more, sending ripples of waves in the now semi filled pond-like crater.

"Humanity gives up on any idea of getting away!" roared the Orckusfiend as his figure blurred rapidly pursuing the red-haired young man.

"Chet! If this continues I'll be caught sooner or later, based on the fluctuations alone from that big guy I can feel the strength of early True Foundation Realm, as those slender creatures are giving off a similar sensation to that of 4 Tier Aura Disciples. If this big guy's speed wasn't limited because of his body's size and these strange grasses with the obstructive terrain did not hinder these fearful creatures. I would have long since been caught, I have to quickly find a way to escape!" thought Feng Yu, as he sensed the danger quickly approaching. Without turning his head, he could tell those strange creatures were almost about to catch up with him, and due to his inability to properly call upon his bodies essence energy he could only grit his teeth and relied on his pure mortal body to perform complex movement techniques.

"Wait! It's not right…" said Feng Yu, who noticed something strange upon once again subconsciously trying to call upon the essence-energies within his body. A strange kind of force was trying to convert his energies into something unknown, as this force was at work the essence channels that had seemingly been clogged due to his lightning energy's backlash was being restricted by the same unknown force.

"What the hell is---?"

As Feng Yu was about to complain once again, he was promptly interrupted by something.

Swoosh-Swoosh-Swoosh-Swoosh!

The rain falling in the area grew chaotic, as the sound of a spinning object resounded throughout the bleak forest. Soon, a massive vortex of water could be seen moving towards Feng Yu at alarming speeds, as a terrifyingly large battle axe was currently spinning at the centre of this vortex, its blade edge gleaming with a share baleful light even in this dark weather.

"Oh shit! I cannot let that hit or I'm done for!" shouted Feng Yu as he somersaulted into the air after leaping off a nearby tree branch in a skilful manner, he then pulled out both Crimson Ember and Black Lighting placing them in a cross position before his chest, as he then merged his entire state of consciousness with both swords.

Shing! A sharp sword potential was beginning to form around his body, however, it was still not at the stage to be called sword intent, as if instinctively, Feng Yu unknowingly managed to call upon the powers of 'Half-Step Sword Intent' to resist life threating assault.

The vortex reached Feng Yu almost instantly, as the raging waves of water ripples caused by the force of the spinning axe quickly pulled in his form, dragging him towards the center of the vortex to be minced to pieces by the massive rotating axe.

"Haha! Human, how do you like my Raging Axe Vortex? Humph! Gets what one deserves, daring to enter the 'Gloomy Forest' was your greatest mistake. Once I will take your flesh and blood, I will offer it to the Zone Commander and receive a bountiful reward!" said the Orckusfiend in an excited manner, as his eyes shone in a brutal light upon seeing Feng Yu falling into the vortex.

As if he wasn't paying attention to the opponent, Feng Yu was currently pushing all of his attention into the surviving his current predicament, as his figure grew closer and closer to the revolving axe, a sensation of imminent death soon began shroud Feng Yu's entire being.

Swoosh! Soon, the vortex managed to pull Feng Yu into its core right in front of the large battle axe. As if had been waiting for a long time, the rotating battle axe then gleamed in a dazzling light as its blade edge cut towards Feng Yu's upper torso, ready to cut him in half…

Time slowed down…

Instantly, Feng Yu's eyes started to radiate with a sharp potential as his soulforce carefully scanned the vortex seeking a weak point, whether it was luck or fate, a small unstable section of vortex appeared with his sights. Not wasting any time, he stabbed both of his swords with all his might instinctively using the power of his half-step sword intent to the extreme.

Shing! The cry of the sword echoed throughout this section of the Gloomy Forest, as no flash essence power erupted forth due to his current state of not being able to call upon his essence power. However, a semi-transparent sharp beam of light cut towards the vortex's weak point, soon after vanishing towards the depths of the forest noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Time one more continued…

Bang! With the sound of a loud boom, the rainwater vortex exploded creating a shock wave that pushing away all the rain within the vicinity temporary creating a dome-like cover in this section of the forest.

A few of the nearby Ghoulfiends were blown away soon after colliding with a few of the dead trees, as the battle axe that was within the centre of the vortex fell harshly onto the ground creating a deep trench for a few dozen meters.

This took time to describe, but in actual time it occurred in a fairly short moment.

Sou-Sou-Sou!

Quickly, a few of the Ghoulfiends surrounded the massive battle axe with a look of confusion on their faces. However, the Orckusfiend's voice soon sounded once more waking them from the dazed state, "What the hell are you doing?! Quickly chase after the human, we cannot let it get away!"

Shortly after its voice sounded, the Orkusfiend then fell onto the ground creating another crater as it swiftly collected its battle axe and leaped towards the direction the beam of sword light vanished. The Ghoulfiends now awoke promptly followed turning into blurs as they struggled to make their way through the Gloomy Forest's harsh terrain, shortly after their figures vanished once more into the depths of the forestry...

****

The time was now that of the afternoon, and the sky as dark as ever.

As the rain continued to fall to no end, a group of humanoid figures could be seen slowly and carefully walking about in a somewhat organized manner. They carefully branched out and searched the underbrushes and tall grasses within the region leaving no stone unturned, as if looking for the world's most peerless treasure.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

Inside of an abandon cave, a figure sat in silence.

"Cough! Sigh, it was certainly a close call, I have absolutely no idea how I got this far…" thought Feng Yu as he looked outside of the hardly visible entrance of the cave.

The sound of rough footsteps could be heard as the large group was carefully searching the area was approaching his vicinity.

"Damn! Damn! Damn! How could I let this human get away? Damnit! A rare sighting in this Endless Rain Zone, how could I let this happen?" said the rough loud voice.

"Human you better not let me find you, or you'd be begging me to let you die quickly!" said the loud voice, as the heavy footsteps soon after left towards a distant place, many lighter and swifter footsteps also followed.

As Feng Yu heard his words he couldn't help but frown as he thought to himself. "First, he said the Gloomy Forest, now he says Endless Rain Zone… This is still not enough, I still need don't know anything, where the hell am I?"

Feng Yu was annoyed and exhausted at the same time, he was about to lose his wits ends due to his current circumstances. However, as soon as he finished his statement there was a sudden change…

Ping!

"Scanning personal data… Scan complete!"

"Welcome to the Ancient Dragon Battlefield!"

"True Chosen – Feng Yu…"

"Strength Level: F++ Class | Bloodline: Unknown…"

"Race: Humanity | Force Energy: Uncommon Fire-Lightning Type …"

"Talent – Half-Paragon Class…"

"Location: ADB - Central Regions, Endless Rain Zone, Gloomy Forest…"

"Survivability Assessment: 5%"

Seeing the large stream of information that popped up in his mind, Feng Yu couldn't help but feel a wave of shock. He carefully inspected the data ignoring everything else as he looked at one section alone, seeing this data he exclaimed, "Not good! You're telling me I was sent to Central Region alone!"

His voice echoed throughout the cave, soon after fading away due to the endlessly pouring rain that washed away all in its downpour of sorrows…

Dual Sword God - Chapter 77: Inner Changes, An Unexpected Crisis!

The Ancient Dragon Battlefield, Within an Unknown Region, Battle Zone Unknown.

The sky was blanketed by a sea of dark looming clouds, reaching as far as the eyes could see.

Zap! Cha! The rumbling sound of thunder continued to echo throughout the vicinity as a harsh rain fell upon the harsh lands below it, droplets repeatedly fell on top of broken constructions, old rusted weapons, and corpse skeletons that have been dead for many years. These corpses were strange as the majority of them were of a structure that signified non-humanity, some were big as hills while the smallest could be as small as a regular-sized human being.

A bleak looking forest surrounded this area, with tall dark looking grass bigger than fully grown humans and dead trees with trunks the size of large ancient buildings.

Step Step Step!

The vague sound of rapid footsteps could be heard within this bleak rainy forest, as a figure of a handsome young man appeared; the young man had a long red hair and wore bright red robes with a dark gold vest and sleeves, a pair of two sharp swords could be seen sheathed on his back. However, despite his upscale clothing, his current appearance was that of a distressed youth, his face was slightly pale and dried up muddy dirt cloud be seen plastered all over his clothing and face.

"Cough! Just my rotten luck, how could I have forgotten?" Said Feng Yu as wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth while running at full speed, his figure continued to run like an ordinary exhausted mortal for an unknown reason. He then moved his vision to his rear and cursed to himself once more as he saw many of the tall bushes swaying violently. "I have always had terrible luck when it comes to Mystic Realms…"

"Capture it!" A rough coarse sounding voice said as a big hand wielding an axe the size of three Feng Yu's opened a path from these strange grasses that were trying to resist being cut. As if they were waiting for that chance, the figures struggling to exit the other grasses rushed over to the open pathway and rushed towards the now distant Feng Yu.

Sou! Sou! Sou! These humanoid creatures turned into blurs as they rapidly continued their hot pursuit, the look in their eyes were that of greed as if they had found the worlds most peerless beauty or treasure.

"Humanity, where do you think you're going?"

"Halt this instant!"

These strange humanoid creatures shouted in an excited manner as they continued their pursuit, the big hand that wielded the axe promptly receded as massive dark shade slowly made an appearance, its two big eyes glowed in a brutal and fiendish light as it spoke. "Hmph! Outsider, you will not be able to escape even with wings…"

Crack! As it said this, it leaned its body forwards and pressed its foot hard against the rough ground causing the earth to form a spiderweb of fissures beneath its feet.

Swoosh! His large dark figure then launched towards the distance, soaring into the sky soon after turning into a series of blurs that vanished across the tall trees and shrubberies…

******

Turning back time, to roughly one day ago.

Phew! A ray of black-white light beamed towards a point of distant light with a multi-coloured channel of energies, colourful cracks could be at various locations of this multi-coloured channel, but each gave off an aura of certain demise.

Inside of the soaring beam of light, was a group of red-haired and non-red-haired people, standing at various locations of a wide and spacious semi-transparent black and white spheroid. A youthful-looking handsome man with a large scar on left side of his face stood at the edge of the spheroid as he glanced around at the multi-coloured channel and cracks with his brows furrowed.

"The space channel is growing unstable, It seems that having not being used in such a long time this world is started to deteriorate. Life is fleeing all things will eventually come to an end…" said Feng Junling as he sighed slightly.

On the side of the spheroid, stood four locked in conversation a silver white-haired robust looking young man, a young woman who was the living embodiment of all things jade-like, a blue-haired handsome young man who wore a black conical hat and a red-haired young man who shouldered two swords on his back.

"Dai Lin, is what you said true? I was actually engulfed in such a terrifying thunder tribulation and still came out uninjured?" Feng Yu asked in a puzzled tone, for had absolutely no idea how could survive and benefited from such an unusual occurrence.

"Yes, Young Master. This tribulation of yours was seen by everyone including your father and uncle, I think its best you ask them for the details for they may know more about it than anyone of us here." Said Dai Lin, whose body now gave off a strange presence, carefully looking, one would see small amounts of colourful electrical lights snaking about his blue hair and within his dark eyes.

Pat! With a harsh and heavy hand, Lang Kuang patted Feng Yu's shoulder harshly as he spoke in an excited manner, "Haha! Young Master Yu needs not be so worried, my Lang Kuang has never witnessed such an incredible scene, it was a godlike transformation! Once I have completed the tribes ancestral awakening I want to challenge the Young Master to a duel."

Miren Fei who was by the side giggled as she mocked Lang Kuang. "Wolfman, you're too much of a brute keep this up and you won't find any wives in the future."

Hearing this Lang Kuang smiled in an ambiguous manner and spoke. "Heh, brutes aren't always down on luck, if Miren wants my Lang will gladly show you how 'brutish' we of the Wolfmen Tribe can truly get…"

As she heard his words, Miren Fei snorted and pay him no further attention moving her vision to Feng Yu, her eyes glowed radiantly as she spoke, "Young Master, Fei'er thinks that you should first try to see if your sea of thoughts had unusual changes, since you've already inspected your fleshy body."

As he rubbed his shoulder from the pain brought about by Lang Kuang's pat, Feng Yu's eyes went bright as he heard Miren Fei's suggestion, he looked at her and spoke. "Ah? How could I forget this? It seems I was too preoccupied with the chaotic situation I had forgotten to inspect it, thanks for reminding me Fei'er."

Not waiting any more time, Feng Yu sat cross-legged on the ground sending his thoughts into his sea of consciousness. The misty world appeared before his eyes once again, many times wider than it was previously. A black spheroid was located at the centre of this space with a 10 golden circle around it, the tenth circle was more halfway completed and thus didn't shine as brightly as the other circles.

"Well, my talent has grown a bit its approaching full completion. I wonder, when will it truly be completed? And What will happen when that day comes?" Feng Yu said with curiosity welling up in his heart, he then looked around the misty space more soon after seeing the hovering 'Sword Seed' that was now 10 inches as well as the hovering sword manual that had lost its sword energies.

"Hmm, it seems I'll need to spend some time comprehending 'The Intent of the Sword' during this Mystic Realm's Trials, as my 'Sword Seed' won't be able to advance another step otherwise." Thought Feng Yu, as he observed the sword seed.

He then looked at his sword manual and continued his thoughts, "My sword manual has also lost its luster meaning that I've now graduated from the foundation stage. I'll need to create more comprehensive sword moves in alignment with the three paths of the extremity way, as thus far, I have only altered my original techniques and merged them into my own unique 'Dual Extremity Sword Path'. If I can find some more sword techniques, I will be able to break it down and use its essence to further advance my own sword path."

As Feng Yu finished his line of thoughts, he then looked towards another location within his sea of consciousness, there was a sea of raging flames carrying a sacred aura contesting with a sea of colourful thunder each carrying a supreme might. The flames and thunder energies each blanketed half of the region they occupied as they assumed the manner of absolute entities that will simply not get along.

Feng Yu could feel a familiar ancient will coming from the sea of sacred fire, but upon looking at the sea of colourful thunder, an unknown feeling soon shrouded his mind. He felt but a familiar yet unfamiliar presence within this storm of colourful thunder.

"What on earth is this thunder? Capable of competition with my sacred phoenix flames, I have never seen thunder like this before, the old master had never used thunder of this kind," thought Feng Yu as he observed it carefully.

Carefully observing the sea of colourful thunder for a while, a will that seemed to have transcended all things spoke directly to his soul as he soon came to know the name of this thunder, he couldn't help but speak the will that transmitted to his head. "Supreme Divine Thunder!"

As he said this, the instantly expanded soon blanketing all his vision. Within moments, he was brought to a space filled with multi-coloured divine lightning. Inside of this space was an unusual looking box, carved on top of this box was ancient all-powerful text that radiated supreme domineering might.

Feng Yu seeing this box was shocked as he spoke the words. "The Legacy of Supreme Divine Thunder… What on earth is this?" however, before he could finish his thoughts a voice sounded within this world.

"You... are not ready, leave!" as the voice said this, a terrifying power erupted from the box, soon after causing a rush of thunder to cover Feng Yu's soul.

Swoosh! Within moments, Feng Yu was jolted to awake from his inner consciousness as a small group of multi-coloured lightning snaked around his body. The lightning streaked around his form violently as it touched the glowing transference token that was still within his hand.

"Cough! Haa… Haa… What, what was that?" Asked Feng Yu who coughed out a mouthful of blood while panting for breath, as he wiped the blood from the corner of his lips, beads of sweat trickled down his forehead.

"Young Master, what's wrong?!" Miren Fei exclaimed upon she saw Feng Yu coughed up blood as she rushed over hurriedly and started to help him wipe his sweat.

"Eh? What's wrong!" Lang Kuang who was distracted by colourful channel said as he walked over, Dai Lin also stood up and went over.

"Its... Nothing, I Jus---" as Feng Yu was about to explain his circumstances, a change suddenly occurred. The token that was now shrouded by coloured lightning had unusual change…

Phew! A bright light shone from the token as a voice could be heard in Feng Yu's mind once more.

"Transference protocol activated..." voice prompt.

"Transference protocol- Trans- Trans- Trans…" voice prompt.

Hearing this Feng Yu shouted in a manner unbecoming of a protagonist, excuse me, I meant practitioner. "Mother F**cker!"

The Feng Clan members seeing the change became alarmed, as Feng Junling quickly reacted rushing towards Feng Yu. Feng Yunlong and Feng Xingyu were also shocked by the change and promptly acted to rescue.

"Damn! Yu'er let go of the token now!" as Feng Junling said this, he pushed all of his strength in rushing towards Feng Yu, but sadly, the token had no time to wait.

Rip.

A black hole appeared within the spheroid that instantly engulfed the forms of Feng Yu, Dai Lin, Miren Fei and Lang Kuang soon after disappearing the very moment it came.

Pat! Pat… As soon as the black hole disappeared, the token now fell onto the floor of the black and white spheroid as excess thunder energy's that overloaded its system had now been exhausted.

Bang! "Damnit!" Feng Yunlong roared as he slammed the ground harshly with his fist, creating a ripple in the already unstable spheroid.

"Yunlong, calm down!" said Feng Junling who also looked worried, however, he soon regained his sense of cool and spoke once more, "That black hole was an instant transference method, it seems that Yu'er must have done something to cause the token to overload. Since we can at least guarantee that he wasn't destroyed, all we need to do is simply send a team to search for his whereabouts when we arrive at the inner regions."

As he heard this, the angry Feng Yunlong gritted his teeth as he asked. "But, Junling, you know of the rumors of this ancient dragon battlefield. There are untold dangers lurking here, what if he was transmitted to region separate from the interior region?"

Hearing this Feng Junling frowned for a moment before he looked towards the now nearing white light in the distance, he smiled and spoke with a tone of confidence. "I don't believe he will die even if he were to throw in the depths of hell itself. In fact, I believe that he'd use hell's fire to experience nirvanic rebirth…"

A deep look came into the eyes of Feng Yunlong and Feng Xingyu as they heard this, they then looked toward the approaching white light as their spheroid beamed forwards, soon after vanishing into the light.

******

Inside of a gloomy dark forest, filled with ancient constructions, a harsh rain fell further filling the bleakness into this already desolate wild land.

A group of humanoid creatures could be seen parading around an altar where a large dark figure stood chanting word in an obscure tongue. These creatures were tall and slender each having dark coarse skin, with bright red eyes and long fingernails that gleamed with a sharp light.

Ghoulfiends, a lower-class fiend race that has weak attack capabilities but despite their weakness in strength, they make up for it with unparalleled speed and killing instinct. The massive dark shade was middle-class fiend race Orckusfiend, born for battle with immense strength and combat capabilities, its nature is naturally brutal with a hinge of cunningness.

As the ritual was continuing, there was a sudden change.

Phew! A beam of black light shot from the sky as it crashed into this gloomy dark forest.

Boom! Following a loud explosion, a dust cloud arose within this forest that was hardly visible due to massive amounts of rain that continued to fall seemingly without end.

A wave of anger came across the Orckusfiend's face as it did not like being interrupted from its ritual in its domain, it rallied the group Ghoulfiends and marched towards the area where the noise came from, within a few moments they arrived at the region of the dust clouds that were now clearing. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

A voice could be heard coming from inside of the dust cloud, "Damn! Are you kidding me, not only did it get launched away, but my essence channels are jammed by this blasted thunder's backlash. What the hell am I going to do now?!"

As soon as his voice ended, the dust cloud vanished, revealing a handsome looking young man whose face and clothing was covered in mud looking incredibly distressed, the Orckusfiend seeing this features of this young man became excited, as its eyes glowed brilliantly.

It roared towards the sky and commanded its subordinated, "A human! Capture it quickly!" as it said this, the eyes of the Ghoulfiends following glowed in brilliant red as they rushed forwards wasting no time.

Feng Yu seeing this was shocked as he gauged their energies, "Shit, it's not Good! I must get out of here now!"

Swish! His figure vanished as he forcefully utilized the small amounts of essence power to escape the creatures, soon after vanishing into the depths of the gloomy forest.

Dual Sword God - Chapter 76: Starry War, The Land of Fallen Geniuses

The sky was blanketed by a two immense type of energies, an ominous purple light, and an ethereal blue-like light, they wrapped around each other creating a cyclone of energies that spanned across a wide area reaching as far as dozens of kilometers in the distance.

Swoosh! Bang! As if they had contested enough, the energies in the cyclone shot towards the limits of the sky ripping a hole through the void reaching the very depths of space. Soon after, a small but bright light could be viewed at depths of the endless void, as if a new star had been born in the universe.

Shocked by what just occurred many of the influences remained stunned as they had absolutely no idea how they had survived that scene. The Feng Clan members were a little slow, but soon, they came to their senses.

Feng Junling looked towards Feng Yu and spoke in a hurried tone. "Yu child quickly activate the token! We have to leave this area immediately or I am afraid we won't live long enough for this senior to give us another chance to escape."

"Understood!" replied Feng Yu as he quickly grabbed his True Chosen Token and channeled his essence power inside to activate it.

Phew! As if it had been waiting for this moment for a while, the token immediately lit up in a bright fashion, and female-like voice that only Feng Yu could hear echoed within his mind:

"Transference Token is activated..." voice prompt.

"Verifying quota requirements..." voice prompt.

As the voice said this, a formless power quickly scanned everyone that floated beside Feng Yu as it smartly identified those in this section to be part of the group, when it scanned Feng Yunlong the orb with the Feng Manor within his storage ring remained silent as if there was nothing unusual about it.

"100 group quota confirmed, would you like to begin your transference to the interior battle zone?" voice prompt.

"Yes, transfer us immediately!" with no time to be stunned by the strange voice, Feng Yu promptly replied in a hurried manner.

A bright black and white light soon after shrouded all members of the Feng Clan, where after it formed a black and white spheroid that shot towards the opening of the door like a beam of light instantly vanishing within the door.

The surrounding influences who had now recovered from their dazed state quickly followed through, Xun Yanshan, Nei Dongyan, and the other influences had their True Chosens and Psuedo Chosens activate their tokens which shrouded only the key figures of the main groups, leaving behind the less important members and rogue practitioners.

As if the door, finally realized that all chosen with tokens had been transferred. It then released a bright wave of light that covered all the remaining rogue practitioners and influence members.

Quickly, the each transformed into a ball of light that was swept away by an invisible wind that shot to the depths of the door, as this was completed, the door then started to close...

Creak! Bang! Following a loud creaking noise, and the sound of the door finally closing. The door then became transparent as it slowly faded away into nothingness, leaving behind only the ethereal old man and the ghostly entity.

This took time to describe, but it happened within a flash, as the Ghost Master who was about to unleash a second wave of attack could only watch helplessly as the door vanished before his eyes with a frown, hidden beneath his hooded robe. He then looked towards the Ethereal Exault with a sneer on his face as he noticed his current condition.

Poof! The ethereal old man coughed out a mouthful of blood, as he looked at the area the door vanished with a slight frown on his face. "Quite a slow bunch..." he thought to himself as he recalled the previous scene noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"Jie Jie Jie! What's wrong feeling a little weak? Hmph! Thisss is what you get for branching off a fraction of your sssstrength to deter my energies from desssstroying those ants. I wonder, will you sssstill be able to fight me in your current condition..." Gui Shifu said in a mocking tone as his purple eyes glowed brighter.

"Pheweh!" The ethereal old man spits towards the void as he wiped the blood from the corner of his lips and spoke. "You Fiend Races are truly the same, occupy a little advantage and you will each believe yourself to be in control. Do you know of the result of that frost demon from about two months ago?" he asked in a sarcastic tone of voice.

"Only a foolish Frost Kin that provoked the remnant will of the guardian of this lessssser world, no matter who he is I refusssse to believe that he can protect your kind at all times!" replied Ghost Master Gui Shifu in a fierce tone.

As the ethereal old man heard this he smiled and mocked Gui Shifu. "Ha ha! What do you as an outsider know of this world's great ancestor? Cough! It's not that he can't protect us at all times but rather we have no need for him to do so, regarding the case of the frost demon's invasion, it simply an accidental convenience that he had to act to remove the threat..."

"Enough of your pointless attempt to stall time to recover, for it is time for you to accept your doom!" As Gui Shifu said this, his ghostly energies started to rise again once more calling up the forces of heaven and earth. A green star at the depths of the universe began to lit up in a bright light, as a small stream of energies began to flow towards his ghostly form.

Seeing this scene, the Ethereal Exault frowned as he spoke. "You dare to use the powers of your Natal Star in this planar are you mad!"

"Ha ha ha! What does this have to do with me? You filthy humans dared to ruined my plans, you all deserve to die!" as Gui Shifu said this, the sky started to shake violently as the rules governing this section of the world started to grow unstable.

"Damnit! I have to lore it away from here..." thought the ethereal old man, however, before he could finish his thoughts there was a change.

"Where there is fortune, there is disaster?" a profound voice filled with wisdom said, as an old man dressed in strange robes with glowing runic markings appeared, his eyes glowed with a complex light as if they were constantly deducing all things.

His voice carried with it an unknown energy that blocked the energies of green star from reaching the Ghost Master, causing him to suffer a slight injure his brightly shining purple eyes dimmed by a small section.

"Bastard! How dare you interfere?!" roared the Ghost Master, as it looked at the new old man before its eyes.

"Ho ho ho! Quite a fierce temper we have don't we, but I'm sorry you destroyed my peaceful vacation when your kin eradicated the town that once existed bellow this sky." Said the old man with a playful but serious tone.

As he saw this man, the ethereal old man's face revealed surprise as he spoke. "Lang Shang, why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be playing the role of an imperial diviner for this Zang Imperial Clan?"

"Now now! Chu Kongling, playing house with these kids is never entertaining. I simply came out for a stroll, but who would have thought that by coming to this small town, I would bear witness so many interesting things..." Lang Shang said with a smile on his face, his eyes glowed with complex runes that danced excitedly.

"I saw the one whose fire shrouded the sky, I saw the one who pierced the heavens and glimpsed the birth of a traveller who walks the unparalleled forgotten path, unknown by all including time..." he said in an excited manner as his spit travelled across the void.

As if he didn't pay attention to Lang Shang's pointless ramblings, Chu Kongling quickly treated his internal wounds with his qi as he pondered. "With his diviner art methods, we should be able to battle this pure-bred Soul Eater Ghostfiend on much better terms, for if I were to continue fighting it alone in my current state I'm afraid I wouldn't last very long."

The Ghost Master Gui Shifu grew very angry, as his rich murderous desire shrouded everything within the radius of 100 kilometers. It looked towards both Lang Shang and Chu Kongling as it spoke. "Good! Good! Very Good! Since it is you wisssh to protect this lesssser world, then to the ssstars we shall do battle. I will let you weak humans know the difference between high-class beings and your bassse-low humanities!"

As it said this, his body shot towards the sky instantly ripping through the limits of the sky as he soared towards the endless void. Seeing this, the talkative Lang Shang's eyes gleamed in a solemn light as he looked towards Chu Kongling and nodded his head.

Swish! Swish! Not wasting any time, both of their figures turn into beams of light that tore through the limits of the sky soon after colliding with the Ghost Master.

Flash! As no sound could be heard from this distance, a myriad of bright flashing lights coloured the depths of the dark endless void, as three beams of light collided repeatedly creating mighty ripples that scattered across this section of the void.

******

Swoosh!

A desolate wind blew softly, as dust clouds flowed across the destroyed lands that were once a prosperous small town filled with life. The endless hills and mountain ranges that had no end were nowhere to be seen, as only a vast barren earth spanned across the horizon for many kilometers.

The air was filled with a rich death qi as if countless souls had been lost both inside and outside of the region.

Slide. Slide. A silhouette could be seen crawling in the distance as if nothing would stop it from following along its path. The silhouette could not walk, could not channel any energy, but only continued to crawl with its two hands. If one carefully looked into its eyes, they would see eyes filled with firm determination, a will unlike no other...

After a very long time, the silhouette vanished into the distance, where did it go? Will it ever be seen again? No one knows, for the next appearance of this silhouette was neither in the current or a distant time, but rather outside of time itself...

Speaking of time, there was an unusual character walking in this barren land, a familiar character at that, as he walked each step seemed to have taken him further and further away from the present time. He a very quickly and very slowly arrived at the central area of the barren land and glanced around in a manner that seemed to show him watching all of the previous occurrences.

Soon, he sighed and spoke to void as if he was talking to something and nothing at the same time. "The wheel of fate has shifted; the burning flames became shrouded by thunder, and the traveller of the lone star has found his path..." said the man, however, he soon chuckled as if everything was still in control and started to walk away.

"Fu fu fu fu!..." The world around him began to change as if countless eras passed in an instant, his figure, soon after vanishing into one of those eras. The area remained unchanged as if the person who stood there was moments ago was only a person at a distant time, ages ago...

The events of this talent selection will travel across the land far and wide, as its tale will remain within the hearts of all who heard the details from the Mystery Pavilion. Vagabonds and Wanderers alike will travel the land each paying a visit to this region of the barren earth, as many mysterious entities and tales will breed anew from each of these travellers 'unusual' experiences. The various kingdom's scholars and wisemen would hereby call this barren earth "The land of fallen geniuses..."

Dual Sword God - Chapter 75: The Ghost Master's True Body! Ethereal Exault?

The world shook, as the heavens started trembling and the voice that resounded throughout the area acted as If it carried a supreme will.

"Devour!"

Quickly, a mass of unknown energies started to form within the area, as a strange pulling force began to affect those individuals within the area.

Instantly, a dark chilly wind started to blow towards the ominously glowing dark purple clouds, and within moments, a strange change began to take place.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The souls of many practitioners including the chosens and the major influential characters quickly flew outside of their bodies, as they slowly floated towards the mass of glowing dark purple clouds.

Still being affected by the powerful energies released by the dark clouds, Feng Junling and Feng Yunlong had to push all their concentration into inspiring their bloodlines so as to resist being swept away by the Dao Truths of Devouring.

Oddly enough, the powers that affected everyone else had a slightly weaker effect on those of the Feng Clan due to their bloodlines, and Zang Xu who had his secret technique. However, they could only insist this will reluctantly.

"Damn! This is the true divine ability of the Soul Eater Ghostfiend, I didn't think that there would be one so powerful in current times." Feng Junling cursed to himself as he struggled to resist the power.

Feng Yunlong by his side also spoke in a hurried tone. "Argh! Junling! We won't be able to resist if this situation continues, we have to use…"

"Absolutely not! We cannot use it, not here…" Said Feng Junling with a deep gaze, hearing his words Feng Yunlong gripped his fists tightly as he looked at his storage ring...

Looking at the sea of souls traveling towards the clouds, the members of the Feng Clan could only watch helplessly.

"Why am I able to resist this power?" Feng Yu thought to himself, as he felt his situation to be peculiar.

Zang Xu who was on the opposing platform also felt his situation to be strange.

As Feng Junling who was concentrating on resisting the Dao Truth noticed this scene, he couldn't help but frown as he thought to himself.

"How strange? I could understand Yu child's circumstances but as for that kid, why is he also able to resist?" as Feng Junling thought this, he couldn't help but look towards Zang Xu more seriously.

As if it also felt the strangeness, the purple cloud that was pulling the souls of the practitioners momentarily stopped.

"Hmm, how interesting? Your bloodlinesss… are not of an ordinary classsss…" said an eerie voice that sounded within the minds of all who remained conscious.

BANG! Following the voice, a loud boom was heard where after a shocking scene unfolded.

The mass of ominously glowing dark clouds started to reshape itself, transforming repeatedly until it finally became a strange entity. It had had no 'true form' or rather, no material form as if it existed on a different plane, the entity was thousands of meters tall and hundreds of meters wide draped into a cloudy looking dark purple robe. A group of chains could be seen wrapped around its form particularly the hands and feet, as Its face remained unseen covered by the hood of its robe, leaving only its two ominously glowing purple eyes.

The entity looked upon the Feng Clan group with a curious light at the depths of its ominous eyes, before taking a step forward. As if distance had no meaning, it instantly appeared before platform of the figures of Feng Clan towering above all who stood before it like an oppressive mountain. It then looked towards Feng Yu with a hint of hatred at the depths of eyes that vanished before it spoke once more.

"I am Ghost Master Gui Shifu, never in all my years of existence had I been forced to give up an incarnation. Little animal and you damn insects! No matter what kind of bloodline or how special you are, I will painfully rip souls from your fleshy bodies, then I make you all suffer eternal torment inside my Cloudy Damnation Seal." Said Gui Shifu.

As he finished his statement, not giving anyone the chance to react or make any special or movements. It promptly raised its massive hand and struck it towards the void above the heads of the Feng Clan members.

Phew! A ripple of purplish light erupted from the space above the heads of the Feng Clan members as countless purple chains shot towards each of clan members bodies at bolting speeds.

Seeing the situation before them the clan members couldn't help but fall into a state of panic.

"Shit! There is no way to avoid this… what to do?" Feng Yu thought to himself, as he could no longer gather strength to open his mouth due to oppressive presence of the entity before him, light flickering deep within his souls was starting to fade as well.

"Junling!" roared Feng Yunlong who was currently pouring all his energy into his storage ring.

Realizing that they would have no other choice, Feng Junling sighed as he waved his finger causing on an odd seal to form above Feng Yunlong's storage ring.

Phew! A bright blazing light started to shine as the common looking ring began to change its shape to that of a highly embellished ring with special engravings. Carefully looking, one would see a carving of a bird with a crown on its head amongst the engravings.

The light formed a barrier which resisted the chains that were on the verge of assaulting the clan members, seeing this scene everyone managed to let out sighs of relief.

Elder Chen seeing this sighed as he spoke. "The clan's last remaining Ancestral Artefact, even when sealed it still carries such a prestige…"

Elder Duan who was nearby as nodded as he spoke with a hint of fear in his eyes. "Em. A pity though, if it were fully unsealed it may have been able to aid us escaping but sadly it's not, it won't be able to hold back this being's strength for too long. After all, based on Its energy fluctuations it is already at Exalted Class, who would have thought? Such a powerful being could still be in existence in this world…"

"Indeed, since it is currently the Monarch's Age after all. Sigh, we have underestimated the continents deep waters, my only worry now is whether or not we will be able to successfully survive this tribulation…" replied Elder Chen with a pensive expression.

As if it felt something unusual, Ghost Master Gui Shifu frowned as he looked at the odd-looking storage ring. It thought to itself. "That ring… what is this? Hmph! No matter, before strength all is meaningless…"

As it said this, it raised its other arm and conjured an even more powerful attack to follow up the chains that were assaulting the clan. While all of this took time to describe, all these actions only occurred within a few moments separated from each other.

Endless amount of ghostly energies flowed towards its second hand, as the sky started to shake violent seeming as if space was about to break to pieces.

As the strange blazing light from the storage ring on Feng Yunlong's finger was struggling to resist the attack from the chains trying to capture the clan members, Feng Junling frowned as he noticed the Ghost Master's second movement.

"Damnit! Not good!" he said, as he pushed more power towards Feng Yunlong to try and fully unseal the ring.

Seeing this the Ghost Master sneered as he spoke. "It is futile! Now die!" as it said this, the powers that it had gathered congealed into a massive purple skull whose eyes gleamed with a terrifying light, as soon as it appeared it roared as it soared towards Feng Clan members.

Feng Yu, Feng Xingyu, Elder Duan, Elder Chen and other clan members could only await their impending dooms as they saw the sudden change. However, as they were about to accept their grim fates a change once again occurred within the world.

"Hmph! Ghostfiend, do you think this is your Cloudy Ghost World? Break!" a dignified voice said, as tarrying power soon after shrouded all practitioners and souls within the area.

The purple skull that was about to collide with the Feng Clan members was restrained by an unknown force, soon after exploding due to the pressure caused by the unknown variable.

Boom! A loud booming was heard for many kilometres in the distances, as a mushroom cloud could be seen from a distance of a few dozen kilometres.

As if they had woken from a nightmare, the practitioners and influences who had regained control of their bodies looked at the scene before them in shock.

"What the hell?"

"Why are we floating? Who what happened to the Chosen Battle Arena?"

A few practitioners exclaimed as they saw the scene of a wasteland before their eyes, stretching for many kilometres into the distance as they floated at the summits of the sky due to an unknown factor. The ancient golden door continued to emit its bright white light as it stood at its original position unphased by the destruction of the world around it.

Oddly enough, the woman in white could no longer be seen standing at the front of the door.

The Feng Clan was also shocked when they saw the scene before their eyes and felt an unusual power shrouding their forms, Feng Yunlong looked around the spoke to Feng Junling.

"Junling, it seems we have truly underestimated the world we live in…" as he said this, he couldn't help but sigh as he tapped the ring on his finger, within moments the ring returned to its normal state.

Feng Junling also frowned as he responded. "Hmm, it seems that 'those' powers are still active…"

Feng Yu was also stunned by the sight before his eyes, he looked around and thought to himself. "Such destruction how we are still alive?"

Xun Yanshan was shocked as he saw the wide-scale destruction but soon he recovered his bearings as he looked around and spoke. "This senior, might I ask what's going on?"

Nei Sinian, Ye Shuye, Tang Fei, Old Zhu and other major characters also looked around in silence as they heard Xun Yanshan's words. However, they didn't have to wait long as figure soon appeared before the eyes of everyone.

It was an old man dressed in common an unusual style of clothing, with a jug that carried the fragrance of strong wine in his left hand. This old man gave off an unusual aura as if he existed but did not exist at the same time. A 'fleeting' fleeing, if one carefully looked into his eyes, one would see a sea of vicissitudes as if he had been through the winds and rains from ancient times.

The major influences and rogue practitioners who saw this old man was puzzled as they had no idea who this man could possibly be, however, the instant the Feng Clan saw this old man they were shocked once again.

Feng Junling lost his expert demure and shouted. "E-Eh… Ethereal Exault!"

As the crowd heard his words they became stunned as while they do not know this old man, the name of 'Ethereal Exault' was known to all…

"What?! Thee... Ethereal Exault? How is that possible?" Nei Sinian exclaimed.

"This ancient figure is still alive…" said Ye Shuye as he looked at the old man in shock.

The crowd of practitioners and influences went into commotion as they heard his title.

Feng Yu looked at the commotion and pondered to himself. "Odd, I don't have any recollection of this figure…"

"Hmm, to think that there would be individuals who could identify me from once glance." Said the Ethereal Exault as looked towards the Feng Clan with a curious gaze finally resting his vision on Feng Yu.

Instantly, Feng Yu felt as if all his secrets were known as powerful spiritual sense swept over his body. However, as they sense was about to travel to his sea of consciousness the light in Feng Yu's souls shone brightly soon after shrouding his sea of thoughts.

"What just happened?" thought Feng Yu as beads of sweat trickled down his forehead.

As he felt his spiritual sense impeded, a bright light shone at the depths of the Ethereal Exault's eyes as he spoke once more as he looked at Feng Yu. "Interesting…" However, he soon moved his vision towards Zang Xu for a bit with a similar curiosity before focusing on the gathered practitioners.

"As for what is truly going on... You, babies, need not know of the details. Now then, fiendish ghost are you going to keep hiding…" said Ethereal Exault as he looked towards the void in front of him.

Swoosh! The large figure of Ghost Master quickly appeared once more in front of the eyes of everyone. A dense killing intent soon shrouded the world as he looked towards the figure of the old man before it while thinking to itself.

"Damnit! I didn't think the members of 'Order' would react so soon, to think they would send out such a strong one at that too…" thought Gui Shifu as he looked at the Ethereal Exault, he then moved his vision to Feng Yu and gripped its fists tightly. "If it wasssn't for this damn small humanity and his clan, I would have already sssstolen the token to the central dragon palace as well as disrupted the doors seal releassssing the hordes of ancient fiend races trapped within… damn!"

"What's wrong? Feeling sad that It's me who came?" mocked the Ethereal Exault as he looked towards Gui Shifu, as Gui Shifu heard his words Gui Shifu grew even angrier as he responded.

"Damn human! Do not think that you have won, while my main goalssss have not been achieved I can still desssstroy this door and sent this region into a spiralling chaos of doom!" as it said this, a tarrying ghostly energy formed around its body as the ghostly essences of the world congealed around its form creating many spectral shades that swirled around his entire being.

The qi being released from this ghostly being instantly shrouded this section of the world, as he felt the Ghost Master's change the Ethereal Exault's expression became solemn as his energies also started to rise, his robes started to flutter due to energies that were gathering around his form.

He then looked towards the practitioners gathered around him and spoke. "All of you should use the tokens to enter the Mystic Realm immediately, for staying here any longer will be the end of you kids…"

As they heard this, the surrounding practitioners and influences became restless as they hurriedly gathered together once more, no longer paying attention to them the Ethereal Exault looked towards the Ghost Master once more and spoke lightly.

"It seems this battle cannot be avoided, well then, my old bones haven't been in action for many years, shall we test our limits…"