by <unknown>
Heaven and earth essence energy was a vague and ethereal existence. In order to create a resonance, one needed to have an incredibly profound understanding towards heaven and earth essence energy.
To martial artists, cultivating essence energy was instinctive. One would just need to gather essence energy according to their corresponding martial skill.
It was merely a matter of knowing how to do something, but not understanding why.
Although every martial artist cultivated essence energy, most likely no one would be able to say what exactly was essence energy.
As cultivation realm increased, martial artists would gain a deeper understanding towards essence energy.
When completely ignorant about essence energy, one could only go through non-stop training to be able to slowly grasp that sort of resonance in order to master Stacking Waves Layered Palm. That was the reason why this palm technique was so difficult to learn.
Ye Yuan possessed an extremely high cultivation realm in his past life. Furthermore, he also had extremely great attainments in Alchemy Dao. That was why it was much easier for him to learn this technique.
Slowly raising his right palm, a faint earthly-yellow glow started to condense on Ye Yuan's palm, forming a tiny vortex.
Releasing a palm strike, that faint yellow light spread out like water ripples.
Peng!
The wall sunk in heavily and the dent even deeper than previously.
Stacking Waves Layered Palm!
Ye Yuan managed to execute it on his second palm strike!
"Well, that's the feeling alright. But it still isn't that stable. Also, the execution time is too long. Looks like I still need to practice more," Ye Yuan muttered to himself.
. . . . . .
In a blink of an eye, three days had passed.
On this morning, the combat arena was surrounded by a lot of people that not even water could seep through.
After three days of seething, virtually everyone in the Dan Wu Academy knew about Ye Yuan and Fei Qingping's deathmatch.
In this world, there was no lack of people who liked to watch a good show. It was the same everywhere.
Even though the ones fighting in the deathmatch were just two small characters, it was still a deathmatch. It meant that one party would definitely die. Who would miss out on such a good show?
After all, there had not been a deathmatch in the Dan Wu Academy for over two years.
The deathmatch had not even started yet, but everyone was already discussing in groups of threes and fives.
"Who do you guys think will win?"
Another person looked at him as if he was an idiot. "Are you retarded? A Third Level Essence Qi Realm versus a Fourth Level Essence Qi Realm; what's there to guess? Do you think that Ye Yuan is Senior Brother Apprentice Long?"
"Hehe. Who knows? Perhaps that Ye Yuan has something surprising up his sleeves. Don't you know that he spent the past few days cultivating in a closed-door seclusion? Maybe when he appears, he would be at Fourth Level Essence Qi Realm already?" That person did not mind and laughed instead.
His words were once again met with disdain. "What's the use of hugging Buddha's feet at the last moment? Ye Yuan isn't the only one who went into a closed-door seclusion. That Fei Qingping also spent three days in a closed-door seclusion. I heard that Fei Qingping has been stuck at the Fourth Level Essence Qi Realm for a long time. This time around, who knows if he might directly break through to the Fifth Level Essence Qi Realm. That Ye Yuan is definitely dead."
"That's not necessarily true! I heard that Ye Yuan managed to learn Instant Flash, and it's even at the great success stage. This practically means that he is in an undefeatable position."
"Instant Flash? What's the use? Shitty combat power, low cultivation realm; don't tell me he has to keep using Instant Flash? When his essence energy is finally depleted, wouldn't he still be defeated? Furthermore, Instant Flash might be amazing, but it isn't invincible, okay!"
"I'm guessing that Ye Yuan is making up for his weaknesses during these three days of closed-door seclusion. It's hard to increase cultivation realm in a short period of time, so it's possible he's training some amazing martial techniques. I heard that a few days before, Ye Yuan went to the Scripture Library. Oh right, wasn't it Senior Apprentice Brother Zhao on duty then? Senior Apprentice Brother Zhao, what martial technique did Ye Yuan choose?"
Zhao Chunyang who was currently listening to the strength analysis did not expect the topic to suddenly switch to him.
Hearing their question, he directly replied, "It's the Stacking Waves Layered Palm."
"Pfft! I already said so. This Ye Yuan is outrageous! Plenty to choose from, yet he just had to choose this martial technique. Even Senior Apprentice Brother Long spent a month before he managed to master the First Layer Wave. Ye Yuan is too confident. Does he think he's stronger than Senior Apprentice Brother Long? Even if he is stronger than Senior Apprentice Brother Long, how long does he need to master the First Layer Wave? Half a month? Ten days? Seven days? Hahaha!" The more that person spoke, the funnier he found it, and he could not help but laugh out loud.
"Uh. So it's that martial technique? I was still hoping that he could create a miracle by becoming a dark horse, and finishing off that Fei Qingping. Looks like I was expecting too much. I reckon this deathmatch doesn't have any more value to watch. That Ye Yuan is dead."
'I've long said that there isn't anything worth watching, but you didn't believe me. This Ye Yuan is just a silkpants whose father forcefully raised him by two cultivation realms. What combat power can he have? If it wasn't a deathmatch, I wouldn't even be bothered to come and watch. Make a guess, how many moves will Fei Qingping take to finish off Ye Yuan?"
"That . . . Twenty moves?" this person said uncertainly.
"Twenty moves? You are expecting too much! At best five moves!"
"Senior Apprentice Brother Zhao, what do you think?" another person asked Zhao Chunyang.
"Uh . . . That I'm not too sure. But I feel that it might not be impossible for Ye Yuan," Zhao Chunyang replied.
Zhao Chunyang was not confident enough, but ever since encountering Ye Yuan that day, he felt that something would happen. But all of the signs clearly showed that it was impossible for Ye Yuan to win. Zhao Chunyang did not know why he had this feeling either.
That person thought he heard wrong and was just about to open his mouth when another voice sounded off from behind him.
"Ten moves. Junior Apprentice Brother Ye wins!"
That voice did not make any attempts to hide, and many of the surrounding people heard it.
Muttering.
That voice was like a bomb that just went off, and everyone glanced over in that direction.
Before this, everyone's opinions were one-sided; thinking that it was impossible for Ye Yuan to win. The two who were predicting how many moves Ye Yuan would last before he loses were not in the minority.
Therefore, this voice could be said to be very different, resulting in all the other discussions ceased.
"Tang Yu, are you alright?" Someone recognized who it was. It was precisely Tang Yu who returned to the Dan Wu Academy with Ye Yuan. There was even a young lady beside him, who was Lu-er.
"That's right, Tang Yu. I've heard that you've been walking very closely with that moron recently. Is that why you also became retarded?"
"Hahaha!"
The matter of Tang Yu and Ye Yuan returning together obviously could not be hidden from others. It was dug out over these few days.
Tang Yu emotionlessly swept a look over everyone and gave a cold smile. He then said, "100 Essence Qi Pills. Who dares to wager with me?"
Tang Yu's words once again made everyone silent, but their expressions were even more like they were looking at a fool.
"Tang Yu, did you really become stupid?"
"Enough crap. If I lose, I will pay each and every one of you 100 Essence Qi Pills. But if I win, each one of you will pay me 100 Essence Qi pills. If
you don't dare, then shut up!" At this moment, Tang Yu's domineering air seeped out.
As expected, the moment he said that most of the people immediately shut up.
100 Essence Qi Pills were not a small amount. It was practically the amount of their usage for three months. Even though there were plenty of people who did not mind, it was still a large enough number to make the majority felt pain for several months.
"Let's wager then. Who's scared of you? But there are at least several hundred people here. If you lose, can you afford to pay?" At this moment, those who were on good terms with Wan Yuan could not look on anymore, and one of them immediately jumped out and confronted Tang Yu.
Tang Yu gave a cold laugh and took out a bottle of medicinal pills.
"Transcendent-grade Essence Qi Pill! Siii . . . All of them are transcendent-grade Essence Qi Pills!" That person stared till his eyes nearly popped out.
The value of one transcendent-grade Essence Qi Pill could sufficiently match with ten ordinary high-grade Essence Qi Pills. These medicinal pills were all refined by Ye Yuan before he went into a closed-door seclusion. He long foresaw this scene, and so he decided to use this chance to make a windfall.
"I will wager with you!"
The audience turned towards the voice, only to see Wan Yuan walking in with Liu Ruoshui and Fei Qingping.
Chapter 30. Allow You Three Moves |
"I will wager with you!"
The moment Wan Yuan appeared, he brought with him an imposing air, affecting Tang Yu to the point he was out of breath.
"Fine!" Tang Yu did not answer ambiguously and directly accepted it.
"Since we are wagering, let's play a little bigger!" Wan Yuan was smiling coldly at Tang Yu, making people felt that his scheme had succeeded.
"How do you want to play?" Tang Yu gritted his teeth and asked.
"One thousand pills! Transcendent-grade Essence Qi Pills! How about it? Do you dare to play?" Seeing Tang Yu's facial expression, he felt increasingly satisfied.
Tang Yu seemed to have been scared by this figure as he revealed a difficult expression.
"Although Ye Yuan is disappointing, his father Ye Hang is an Alchemy Grandmaster that everyone looks up to. It can't be that you can't even take out this bit of Essence Qi Pills, right?" Seeing Tang Yu's expression, he became even more pleased with himself.
"Fine! One thousand then! Do you think I'm scared of you?" Tang Yu gritted his teeth and said.
"Hahaha! You got guts! Now, everybody heard that? If the time comes, and one goes back on his word, everyone will go to the Fragrant Medicine Pavilion together to find Ye Hang," Wan Yuan shouted loudly.
Many people saw Tang Yu's expression and felt more confident despite having no basis.
"I will bet too. 100 high-grade Essence Qi Pills!"
"I will bet too."
"Me too!"
. . . . . .
After hearing Ye Hang's name, everyone was no longer worried that Ye Yuan would repudiate his debt. So they all verbally agreed to the wager one after another.
After finding someone to be a witness, those participating in the wager signed on the paper one after another, and this matter was considered fixed.
Looking at all these people's signatures, Tang Yu was overjoyed.
"Looks like Junior Apprentice Brother Ye is still the best. These people just lost their money. In the future, we won't lack Essence Qi Pills anymore. There will be as many as we want!" Tang Yu thought to himself.
Others might not know, but Tang Yu had seen with his own eyes how Ye Yuan used his Third Level Essence Qi Realm cultivation to kill a Seventh Level Essence Qi Realm assassin. How could he possibly be defeated by a minor character like Fei Qingping?
Not everyone had the guts to participate in the wager. The final count of all those who signed the paper was more than 200 people. There was an enormous quantity of Essence Qi Pills at stake!
If Ye Yuan really lost, this would be an absolutely devastating blow to the Fragrant Medicine Pavilion.
But . . . they probably would not have that opportunity.
Especially Wan Yuan this time around, he was definitely going to suffer a hefty loss.
. . . . . .
After this business was settled, it was already getting late. Fei Qingping slowly walked into the combat arena.
"Yii? Fei Qingping is actually already at the Fifth Level Essence Qi Realm!"
"It's true! Ye Yuan is definitely doomed now!"
"Hahaha! That wager of 100 high-grade Essence Qi Pills just now was really a great haul!"
Under the same circumstances, a difference of one realm would already decide everything. That was why everyone was not optimistic about Ye Yuan.
If these students initially still had a trace of faith in Ye Yuan, after seeing Fei Qingping's Fifth Level Essence Qi Realm now, even that last trace of faith was gone.
Listening to the public opinions, Fei Qingping felt very refreshed. The initial trace of worry in his heart was already wholly forgotten.
All along, Fei Qingping had always been following behind Wan Yuan. Never had he thought that one day, he would also become everyone's focus.
After today, I will probably receive quite a few love letters from girls, right? Fei Qingping thought to himself.
These past three days, Fei Qingping did not dare to slack off even the slightest.
First, he used one day to break through the bottleneck. The Essence Gathering Pill's effects were unexpectedly good, making him advanced to the Fifth Level Essence Qi Realm smoothly. Next, he went into a closed-door seclusion to train the Lesser Capturing Hand. Even though time was a little tight, under Wan Yuan's guidance, there was some success.
Under this situation, Fei Qingping could not even find a trace of the possibility of losing.
"What time is it already? Why isn't Ye Yuan here yet?"
"He probably didn't dare to come and ran away already. Hahaha . . ."
"Losing face is better than losing his life. After all, he will die even if he comes. At least he can save his life by finding his father to shield him."
It was already late, and everybody was already impatient from waiting. Under these sort of circumstances, everyone felt that Ye Yuan was too scared; that was why he did not dare to come.
. . . . . .
At a private viewing stand in the combat arena.
Two young men between the ages of 17 and 18 years old, stood with their hands behind their backs.
One with a domineering air soaring to the skies, while the other seemingly had a nonchalant attitude towards life.
"To think that the great Martial Roll of Honor's rank one would actually stoop to come watch this sort of small fight." That nonchalant looking man could not help but revealed a surprised expression after seeing the newcomer.
Rank one in the Martial Roll of Honor; this person who was emanating a domineering air that reached the clouds was actually the legendary number one figure in the Dan Wu Academy, Long Tang.
Long Tang did not have any intention to respond to the other party's mocking. He knew that the person in front of him who looked laidback was actually an extremely nasty opponent.
"Didn't you, Martial Roll of Honor's rank two, come as well?" Long Tang rebuked leisurely.
This laidback looking man was actually rank two in the Martial Roll of Honor, Zuo Bugui!
If there were other students around, they would undoubtedly be greatly astonished. Martial Roll of Honor's rank one and rank two, appearing together to pay attention to a battle between rookies. This was completely inconceivable.
"Hahaha! I can't hold onto this rank two for long. Junior Apprentice Sister Feng is right on my heels. I'm afraid this rank two will have to change owners at the next Battle of Martial Roll of Honor." Zuo Bugui had a helpless expression.
Long Tang did not make any remarks on this. He knew that with Zuo Bugui's strength, one could not knead him as they wished. Even he himself has to be cautious when facing him.
"It isn
't just the two of us. Su Yishan, Xu Qingfeng, those guys came too. Look at the grandstand opposite. After all, it's been two years since a deathmatch has occurred. Even if it's only two rookies, it isn't strange to attract everyone over, right? Thinking back, weren't we also rookies back then?" Long Tang said lightly.
"Hehe. That's true. Who wasn't a rookie before? But that fellow Su Yishan and Wan Yuan have common interests. Is he here to watch a joke? After all, the Su Family and the Fragrant Medicine Pavilion don't get along. With his personality, watching Ye Hang's son get killed will definitely make him derive pleasure from others' misfortunes." Zuo Bugui seemed to be very clear on the arrangement within the capital.
"None of my business," Long Tang said indifferently.
"Tsk. I knew you were like this! I know that you came here today because you wanted to see if the Stacking Waves Layered Palm that even you couldn't master can be mastered by a rookie, right?" Zuo Bugui seemed to understand Long Tang very well, and he directly said out the purpose of Long Tang's visit.
Long Tang did not deny it. Nodding his head, he said, "Stacking Waves Layered Palm might be an incomplete martial technique, but it's publically acknowledged within the academy to be the hardest to master, as well as the martial technique with the greatest might. These past few years, virtually no one dared to touch it. I want to see if this Ye Yuan is here to be a joke, or does he really have the confidence to master Stacking Waves Layered Palm."
Zuo Bugui curled his lips and said, "I think that you are thinking too much. Even a sicko like you spent a month's time to master only the first layer. How can Ye Yuan that last place possibly master it? Even if he mastered it, what's the use of the First Layer Wave? The difference between Fei Qingping and him is two whole cultivation realms!"
"Perhaps," Long Tang couldn't be bothered to debate with Zuo Bugui and replied nonchalantly.
"Hey hey. What kind of attitude is this? Is there a need to put on a cool appearance all day?"
". . . . . ."
"I think you won't be able to see it anymore. Ye Yuan that punk probably ran away already. What time is it already, and yet he still hasn't appeared." Zuo Bugui kept on talking non-stop, but Long Tang could not be bothered to respond.