Chapter 86

A little later, Li Chongzhen also received the report of the first battle in the eastern wing of the hall.

"Zhuang Wudao won in twenty-seven rounds. Fei Xiushen was burned to stone by the Starfire Divine Butterfly after his Red Sun Flowing Gold was broken—"

The detailed process was narrated by the instructor responsible for judging the battle between Fei Xiushen and Zhuang Wudao. This instructor was not one of the original instructors of the Lichen Academy in Yuecheng—those who were merely practicing bone-marrow realm martial artists, not even considered disciples outside the Lichen realm, had been expelled by him two months ago along with Li Xiangnan.

The current instructors in the academy were all invited by him from Wujing and other nearby major cities. Each of them had at least the strength of the second level of the Qi Practitioner realm.

"Second level of the Qi Practitioner realm, with a pseudo-mystic art that can directly confront Fei Xiushen's innate divine skill 'Red Sun Flowing Gold.' The Starfire Divine Butterfly, after breaking the Red Sun Yang Scorpion, burned Fei Xiushen to stone. The remaining power has not been exhausted, suspected to be a third-grade 'Extraordinary' mystic art? Stone Ming Essence Flame, did you see it correctly?"

Seeing the instructor remain silent and bow, Li Chongzhen glanced eastward thoughtfully, frowning for a long time before smiling bitterly.

"If it is truly as you say, then today I, Li Chongzhen, seem to have done a foolish thing—"

A third-grade Extraordinary pseudo-mystic art, capable of refining Stone Ming Essence Flame, the value of Zhuang Wudao to the Lichen Sect is far beyond the scope of a second-level Qi Practitioner disciple who masters mystic arts and divine skills!

Crossing ranks to fight, in the future, it will be easy for Zhuang Wudao, even with just a fifth-grade immortal root, still making people look forward to it.

Fei Xiushen's entire body turning to stone and dying on the stage is even more regrettable. What a pity for this boy's third-grade talent.

If I had known this, I would never have agreed to the 'life and death contract' with the Guyue family. The death of either of these two people would be a significant loss to the Lichen Sect, which is currently striving to rise.

However, what has already happened in this world cannot be changed, even if one regrets it.

Since the beginning was wrong, it can only continue to be wrong. Having already agreed to that person, it would not be good to go back on my word now.

Fortunately, only Fei Xiushen was lost, and Zhuang Wudao also consumed two mystic arts. In the quarterfinals, Guyue Ming will still win without a doubt.

"What is going on in the eastern courtyard? What kind of unexpected event happened in the battle between Zhuang Wudao and Fei Xiushen?"

Xia Miao, full of doubt, walked down from the stage, and a servant hurriedly came to his side to whisper.

"Hmm? Zhuang Wudao won? Stone Ming Essence Flame, Starfire Divine Butterfly, burned Fei Xiushen to stone? What a mad tiger, I really underestimated him before—"

After the shock and surprise, Xia Miao's eyes became increasingly bright, his spirit refreshed. He casually glanced at the other side. Guyue Ming, who was about to go to the eastern wing, had now retreated. His expression was calm, and he had returned to the stage below.

Xia Miao couldn't help but smile slightly. Truly worthy of being the one in Yuecheng's young generation, whose evaluation is only second to Beiting Wan'er. Indeed, he is remarkable. Hearing such news, he can still remain so composed. This level of composure is not something ordinary people can achieve.

I wonder if Zhuang Wudao, after fighting Fei Xiushen, still has the ability to defeat this person?

In any case, today seems to have some good shows to watch!

A fierce battle, truly rare. However, no matter who wins or loses between the two, it doesn't matter to me.

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Inside the eastern courtyard, Zhuang Wudao was sitting opposite Beiting Wan'er on the high platform of the Beiting family. Although the battle was over, the iron and wood stage they had destroyed together needed to be repaired before it could be used again. The eastern courtyard was temporarily without any matches, and most of the crowd had already dispersed. Even Beiting Cangjue had left to watch other matches.

Zhuang Wudao was able to leisurely enjoy the famous tea collected by the Beiting family here, without any constraints. However, at this moment, Beiting Wan'er was flushed with excitement, her eyes sparkling, and she occasionally laughed foolishly, her excitement and pride evident, with no attempt to hide it.

If one didn't know the situation, they would certainly think this girl was infatuated. But Zhuang Wudao knew that the girl in front of him had just made a huge fortune.

"You Beiting family controls sixty percent of the Songjiang waterway and four medium-grade Essence Stone mines. Just these two items alone, the annual income is said to be at least thirty million gold. Is it necessary to be so happy?"

Zhuang Wudao shook his head in great confusion, thinking that a ten million gold gambling table was nothing to the Beiting family.

"What do you know? A large family has large expenses. Besides, these incomes belong to the entire Beiting family, and what I can get is less than one-thousandth."

Beiting Wan'er sighed, as if lamenting the high cost of living: "Before your match with Fei Xiushen, the number of people placing bets increased significantly. I won a total of six thousand gold, which is not small. It would take at least ten to twenty years to accumulate this much from the family's regular allowance. Besides, this time, I, Beiting Wan'er, won it with a clear conscience, and no one dared to come and take it from me."

Zhuang Wudao's eyes flickered, and he felt a deep resentment. He naturally understood the meaning behind Beiting Wan'er's words; he, Zhuang Wudao, was discovered by her.

The profits from today's gambling table, of course, should not be contested by anyone within the Beiting family.

However, it was a bitter pill for Zhuang Wudao, who was dragged onto this pirate ship by Beiting Wan'er. Unless the Guyue family was completely defeated and destroyed, he would never be able to rest easy.

He would eventually have to reclaim this debt from this woman, with interest.

Beiting Wan'er seemed to notice the resentment in Zhuang Wudao's eyes and smiled confidently: "I will give you a share later. How about two parts for you and eight for me?"

Zhuang Wudao's thoughts instantly dissipated. Even with just two parts, it was at least twelve thousand gold, which was the value of the Sword Robe Hall.

He also felt justified in accepting this money. After burning Fei Xiushen to stone, there was not much cheering from the crowd below the stage; instead, many people looked at him with hatred, as if they wanted to skin him alive.

In Yuecheng, many people had lost money due to his battle with Fei Xiushen. Some had even lost all their wealth. It was easy to imagine that he would be a thorn in many people's sides for the next few years.

So, no matter what, he couldn't let Beiting Wan'er have all the benefits.

Of course, without the Beiting family's reputation and influence, he wouldn't have been able to get this share of the profits.

"Actually, I shouldn't have used the mystic arts. With your current Overlord Body and the fifth level of the Qi Practitioner realm, you could probably withstand that 'Red Sun Flowing Gold' without any harm."

After calming Zhuang Wudao's resentment, Beiting Wan'er shifted the topic to the competition.

"Consuming two mystic arts, it will be difficult to defeat Guyue Ming with just your Bull Demon Dance. The Concealment Technique I gave you wasn't meant to be used like this."

Zhuang Wudao smiled understandingly, knowing that Beiting Wan'er was still worried about his battle with Guyue Ming. This question was likely asked on behalf of Beiting Cangjue. However, he didn't mind giving her some reassurance.

"My 'Great Stone Splitter' is slightly different from ordinary mystic arts. Although its grade is a bit low, it recovers very quickly. It can be used again after just three hours. As for the Starfire Divine Butterfly, it actually never ended. After condensing to nine fire butterflies, with the power of Stone Ming Essence Flame, my true essence never runs out, and this mystic art can last for at least thirty-six hours. Within thirty-six hours, I can unleash a thousand fire butterflies at any time. So, my combat power in the battle with Fei Xiushen did not decrease much. However, I am very wary of Guyue Ming's Moon God Sword."

Beiting Wan'er was startled. Lasting for thirty-six hours? Then this Starfire Divine Butterfly is truly terrifying.

As for that 'Great Stone Splitter,' slightly low grade? A fourth-grade peak pseudo-mystic art, only Zhuang Wudao could say such a thing in the Qi Practitioner realm.

Others couldn't even achieve a seventh or eighth-grade mystic art!

However, she also roughly understood that when Zhuang Wudao completed this pseudo-mystic art, he did not solely pursue power but focused on recovery.

Within three hours, or twelve hours, he could use 'Great Stone Splitter' four times. This was equivalent to having three more peak-level mystic arts in a day, making it invaluable, even surpassing ordinary third-grade Extraordinary mystic arts.

"In other words, you are still showing weakness to your enemy in this battle?"

Beiting Wan'er gradually understood. If this was true, then Zhuang Wudao indeed did a good job. After this battle, even someone like her, who knew Zhuang Wudao well, felt some concern. How much more so for the Guyue family?

"Guyue Ming's Moon God Sword, are you worried that Guyue Ming deliberately dragged the battle with you to the time when the moon rises? So you deliberately did this to lure Guyue Ming to attack before you 'recovered'? Speaking of which, today is a cloudy day, and it's the fifteenth of the month, with a full moon in the sky—"

Just like those who practice the 'Tianxuan Zhaoshi Zhenjing' need to wait until midnight to exhibit their strongest combat power.

The Moon God Sword of the Guyue family also needs to wait until the moon rises at night, when the moonlight is at its peak, to push this sword technique to its true pinnacle.

There are still three matches before the quarterfinals. Guyue Ming can drag the time of the battle with Zhuang Wudao to the night when his combat power is at its peak.

However, he might also take advantage of the time when Zhuang Wudao's mystic arts have not yet 'recovered' to hastily resolve the opponent.

Zhuang Wudao, however, neither confirmed nor denied this. Using two mystic arts in the first battle, he indeed had the intention of making Guyue Ming underestimate him, but it was also out of necessity.

Fei Xiushen's strength was not much weaker than his. If he didn't use the 'Starfire Divine Butterfly' to decide the battle, the two sides would be evenly matched, and it would take at least one or two hours to determine the winner, consuming a large amount of energy.

In this battle, he only revealed his second-level Qi Practitioner realm because his advancement was too rapid. If he mobilized too much power, he would fall into a state of true essence失控. Only by relying on the power of the sword spirit Yun'er to suppress could he fully engage in battle. However, the time was extremely limited, at most half an hour.

Unless absolutely necessary, he would not use it against Fei Xiushen. Even wasting one or two mystic arts was worth it.

When he met Guyue Ming again today, he instinctively felt that this person's strength was far above Fei Xiushen, his true opponent!

"Actually, I am more curious about where I offended that inspector, who actually agreed to Fei Xiushen's life and death contract?"

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