Chapter 24

Shuishuqing, the descendant of the Tian Shui Marquis, demonstrated a set of the "Dongwang Finger," gracefully and mysteriously, showing a rather unique style, and he had clearly cultivated it to a very impressive level.

Princess Gouyu, after watching, nodded slightly and gave him the evaluation of "peak of great accomplishment."

Yitai Chu, the descendant of the Xuanwu Marquis, performed a set of the "Ziyun Palm," which was as splendid as a cluster of flowers and as fluid as mercury spilling on the ground, extremely elegant, making many of the young men in the audience, who were originally eager to try, suddenly lose interest.

In comparison, they felt the gap between them and Yitai Chu was too great.

Princess Gouyu was also quite appreciative and directly gave him the evaluation of "initially flawless."

This was the first descendant of a marquis to receive a "flawless" realm evaluation today.

It should be known that cultivating a martial technique to the peak of great accomplishment is already very rare.

Reaching the "flawless" realm basically means there are no flaws or weaknesses, achieving a level of perfect impermeability.

Beyond that is the perfect level.

To cultivate a martial technique to the perfect level, one must be an exceptional genius. At least in this martial technique, their comprehension and talent are absolutely top-notch.

Yitai Chu receiving a high evaluation made Bai Zhanyun, the descendant of the Baihu Marquis, a bit restless.

"I will demonstrate a set of the 'Dongwang Finger.'"

In the "Ziyun Palm," Bai Zhanyun was at about the same level as Yan Yiming, basically at most "peak of great accomplishment," not reaching the flawless realm.

However, in the "Dongwang Finger," he had immersed himself for many years and had his own set of insights.

Despite Bai Zhanyun's arrogant personality, when he performed the "Dongwang Finger," it indeed had a certain grace. It was as if he was a swallow probing the clouds, or a bird flying into the forest, always producing unexpected changes at every turn, truly making one feel as if there were no more paths ahead, but then suddenly a new path would appear.

Under Bai Zhanyun's hands, this set of the "Dongwang Finger" was unique in its "strangeness" and "change." Although it had not yet reached the perfect level, in terms of its originality and expansiveness, it was indeed worthy of a "flawless" realm evaluation.

Sure enough, after some thought, Princess Gouyu gave him the evaluation of "peak of flawless."

Seeing that he had received a "peak of flawless" evaluation, surpassing Yitai Chu, Bai Zhanyun felt very pleased, his chest swelling with pride, and he cast a more eager glance at Long Juxue.

Standing on the stage, Bai Zhanyun was full of confidence, as if he were the champion of today's demonstration, looking around proudly: "Is there anyone else who wants to come up and demonstrate?"

Hong Tiantong, after some consideration, felt that his set of the "Ziyun Palm" was at most at Yitai Chu's level, roughly "initially flawless." After some thought, he decided to give up.

Seeing Hong Tiantong choose to give up, Bai Zhanyun became even more arrogant, laughing loudly, and his gaze suddenly stopped on Jiang Chen's face.

"Jiang Chen, if I'm not mistaken, you said I was very lucky earlier. I assume you must have cultivated these two martial techniques to a very high level, right?"

Bai Zhanyun was very pleased. He had long been annoyed by this Jiang Chen. If he could humiliate him severely, especially in such a setting, it would be extremely satisfying.

Moreover, Bai Zhanyun had also learned of Long Teng Marquis's covetous eye on the semi-spiritual land of Jiang Han Marquis. So, humiliating Jiang Chen in such a setting might win him extra favor from Miss Juxue.

Bai Zhanyun's naming of Jiang Chen made him once again the focus of everyone's attention.

Earlier, Jiang Chen had mysteriously won against Yan Yiming, and the speed of the process made many people unable to understand what had happened, thinking it was just a coincidence.

Jiang Chen calculated that this was already the fourth time Bai Zhanyun had issued a challenge. Spitting a chicken bone back onto the table, he sighed helplessly: "Why are there always so many brain-dead people in this world? You, Bai Zhanyun, have already had your moment in the spotlight, and you are currently the best performer. Why must you humiliate yourself?"

"Humiliate myself?" Bai Zhanyun laughed wildly. "Jiang Chen, if you can humiliate me, I, Bai Zhanyun, will stand here and let you do it."

Jiang Chen slowly stood up, saying nothing more. He glanced at Princess Gouyu with a faint smile and walked toward the stage.

"Bai Zhanyun, you received a 'peak of flawless' evaluation, surpassing everyone, and you must feel very pleased, right? At the peak of your life, finding a scapegoat to step on, adding to your glory, would be even more perfect, right? This way, the so-called beauty would certainly look at you differently, right? I must say, you are very naive and very unsuccessful."

"Naive? Unsuccessful?" Bai Zhanyun snorted. "You, a lowly wastrel who can't even pass the three basic tests, are you qualified to call me unsuccessful?"

"It's not that I say you are unsuccessful, but you are really very unsuccessful. You see the beauty as a phoenix in the sky, but she sees you as a cat or a dog. You repeatedly act arrogantly in front of me, but you don't even understand why you are doing it. A person who can't even understand the purpose of their life, wasting their prime years for an impossible dream, can you still say you are not unsuccessful?"

"You won full applause with your 'Dongwang Finger' and received a 'peak of flawless' evaluation. Do you think your 'Dongwang Finger' is really flawless and invincible?"

"Since you are so proud and think your 'Dongwang Finger' is invincible, I will give you a chance. Use your full strength to attack me with the 'Dongwang Finger,' and I will show you what true invincibility is!"

Jiang Chen's words were like a sudden spring thunder, rolling continuously, creating a momentum that seemed to be about to crush the city.

After his speech, the situation on the stage subtly changed, making the onlookers slightly moved.

"Jiang Chen? Are you challenging me? Are you sure you want to hit a stone with an egg?" Bai Zhanyun was completely unconcerned, sneering and showing a fierce and wild smile.

"Enough talk, use your proud 'Dongwang Finger.' Let me see how much the so-called four descendants of the marquises are worth!"

In the eyes of the public, Jiang Chen was a recognized incompetent wastrel, a beginner in the True Qi Realm with three meridians of true qi.

Bai Zhanyun, on the other hand, was one of the four recognized descendants of the marquises in the kingdom, a high-level True Qi Realm practitioner with eight meridians of true qi.

These two should not be on the same level. In normal circumstances, an eight-meridian true qi practitioner would not even have the interest to bully a three-meridian true qi practitioner.

The gap between them was too great.

However, the one who issued the challenge was actually the three-meridian true qi beginner!

"Is this Jiang Chen really beaten to the point of being foolish?"

"Challenging a high-level True Qi Realm practitioner, this Jiang Chen kid is really eager to die!"

Even Jiang Feng, the always lenient Jiang Han Marquis, called out: "Chen, you..."

Jiang Chen slightly waved his arm, exuding a natural aura of authority, making Jiang Feng forcibly hold back his words.

Princess Gouyu's body suddenly trembled slightly. In that moment, she saw a confidence in Jiang Chen that almost made her want to follow blindly!

"Could this kid really be favored by the gods?" Princess Gouyu almost couldn't help but think.

Bai Zhanyun laughed loudly: "Good, Jiang Chen, I have always hated you. But I have to admit, you are a man with guts."

After speaking, he took a step, with eight meridians of true qi swirling around him, rapidly circulating, and a purple aura enveloping his body like divine mist.

"Purple aura from the east! Truly worthy of being an eight-meridian true qi practitioner, a genius!"

Jiang Chen stood still like a bell, his eyes slightly narrowed, like a meditating old monk.

"Enough of the pretense!" Bai Zhanyun growled, lifting his feet, and the purple aura around his body transformed into two streams of energy, like wings on his back, propelling him high into the air.

The purple aura circulated, and true qi flowed. Bai Zhanyun's fingertips, wrapped in electric sparks and purple aura, gave a sense of overwhelming pressure.

"One sword from the west!"

Bai Zhanyun condensed his qi into a beam, *chi* *chi* *chi*.

The powerful finger force almost ignored the rules of space, forming strange lines, shooting toward Jiang Chen one after another.

"Flying fire meteor!"

The purple aura like a beam, Bai Zhanyun's fingers moved swiftly, and for a moment, the stage was filled with a rain of swords, like flying fire meteors, locking the hundred-meter void, covering the entire battlefield.

"Too slow!"

At the same time Bai Zhanyun made his move, Jiang Chen also started moving, with a hint of mockery in his voice: "Watch this finger, it will pierce your right arm!"

*Chi*!

Bai Zhanyun, hearing the sound, felt the air breaking above his right arm.

"Pierce your left knee!"

*Chi*!

Another finger, almost in sync with the sound, hit Bai Zhanyun's left knee, making it numb, clearly struck again.

"Damn!" Bai Zhanyun couldn't understand why, despite hearing the sound and judging the direction of the finger force, he couldn't dodge.

Moreover, the finger force was so gentle, even weak!

"Third rib on the left side!"

"Right shoulder blade!"

"Left ankle!"

Jiang Chen spoke as if reciting a book, smoothly and naturally, and the finger force arrived as he spoke. Each finger was like a celestial being, elusive and unpredictable, like a hanging antelope horn, leaving no trace.

Every time he called out a position, Bai Zhanyun was flustered, but he couldn't avoid any of the strikes.

Frustrated, Bai Zhanyun almost wanted to spit blood.

In terms of finger force, he felt he was ten times stronger than the other; in terms of movement, he was far superior; in terms of the level of finger technique cultivation, even Princess Gouyu had highly praised him.

Yet, facing a three-meridian true qi beginner, he felt restrained everywhere, powerless, and could only passively take the hits.

It was as if every move he made was predicted by the other, and every move the other made, though not particularly fast, always anticipated his actions and suppressed him first.

The more Bai Zhanyun fought, the more frustrated he became, and he had to admit that if the other's finger force had been just a bit stronger, he would have been knocked down several times by now.

In the middle of the fight, Jiang Chen suddenly called out, "Hold on," and with a graceful move, retreated to the side. He used his finger force to casually poke a stone lock nearby.

The stone lock shattered instantly, a hole appearing in it.

"Bai Zhanyun, if I had used this level of finger force just now, what would have happened?"

Bai Zhanyun was dumbfounded. If earlier he felt powerless and frustrated, now he felt a chill down his back, cold sweat pouring down. It turned out that the other wasn't short of true qi, but had held back, showing mercy.

Otherwise, he, Bai Zhanyun, would have been knocked down on the first strike!

The discerning onlookers also instantly saw through the situation and looked at Jiang Chen with complex expressions.

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