Chapter 47: Before the Tournament

  The two brothers chatted long into the night while eating

  the restaurant’s food. Every time Jia Yuan ordered a new dish, however, Dou Di’s

  eyes grew bigger. After all, the food was extremely expensive, thousands of

  times more expensive than the congee that the two had grown up on.

  Watching Jia Yuan pull large fire shards one after another

  out of his sleeve made Dou Di feel extremely curious. What exactly had Jia Yuan

  done in the last two years to be so rich? Even the vibe Jia Yuan was giving off

  was far different from what he remembered of his little brother.

  “Hey, little bro. Tell me what went on with you these two

  years. How come you’re so rich?”

  “Ah...” Jia Yuan hesitated, then said, “A wealthy noble came

  by the village and decided to take me as his disciple!”

  “Wahhh, so lucky! How strong are you now?”

  Jia Yuan leaned close to Dou Di. “If I said I was at the 5th

  level of Absorption, would you believe me?”

  Dou Di snickered and responded. “If you had such a rich guy

  as your teacher, I would’ve been disappointed if you didn’t progress that much.

  As for me, I’ve reached the 4th level of Absorption. Hehe, it looks

  like us two brothers are rather talented. We both have a fairly good chance to

  qualify for the Burning Legion.”

  They continued to chat and eat through the evening, only

  making their way to an inn at midnight. Dou Di had been prepared to head back to the barracks, which were jam

  packed with “Burning Legion Candidates” who like him had been slaves bought by

  the Army for the Burning Legion. However, with Jia Yuan’s fortune, renting a

  room at the inn for the two brothers was very simple and much more comfortable.

  The two of them would spend the days before the tournament

  in a leisurely manner, playing around. On the last day before the tournament,

  Dou Di suddenly suggested that the two of them spar like they had back at Fire

  Hill Village.

  “How? I don’t want to show others any of our skills before

  the tournament.” Said Jia Yuan. He didn’t really care, as he was completely

  confident in being accepted by the Burning Legion, but while Dou Di’s strength

  should be good enough to make it into the Burning Legion, it was still not a

  guarantee.

  “Hmm…” Dou Di thought of a solution. “You’re rich, right? We

  can rent a private sparring arena. They have some here so that people can practice

  in secret until the tournament starts.”

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  “Sure, let’s head over to where they are, and we can see if

  we can rent one for an hour or so.”

  The two headed over to the area Dou Di had remembered the

  private sparring arenas to be, and quickly rented one out. It seemed that most

  people were planning to rest in preparation for the start of the tournament tomorrow.

  The two brothers each picked up a wooden sword provided in

  the arena and rushed toward each other. The two began a complicated dance with

  their swords and bodies, flames flying all around the arena. Fortunately, the

  walls of the arena were protected by some special means, so they remained

  undamaged.

  Although Dou Di was fighting with all of his ability, Jia

  Yuan actually had to hold himself back a great deal, to the 2nd

  level of Absorption.

  However, Jia Yuan quickly realized that his calculations of

  Dou Di’s strengths were incorrect!

  “Big brother, you actually don’t have a low level Song!” Jia

  Yuan was happily surprised.

  “Haha, that’s right! They said that my talent was rather

  superb so they actually granted me one of the five medium level scrolls they

  had.” Dou Di proudly bragged.

  “Hmph, so what?” Jia Yuan felt his competitiveness grow and

  increased his strength to the 3rd level of Absorption, and for the

  first time since the two boys had begun sparring, Jia Yuan had a clear

  advantage.

  “What???” Dou Di was extremely surprised. “How are you

  overpowering me so easily? Do you have a medium or high level Song?”

  “Hehe. Your little brother is more impressive than you

  thought, hm?” Jia Yuan avoided telling Dou Di about his Song, choosing to gloat

  instead. Since this was in line with how Jia Yuan used to behave, Dou Di didn’t

  feel any suspicions toward it.

  Soon after, Jia Yuan easily overpowered Dou Di and took the

  victory in the match.

  “Ahhh… looks like after these two years of being apart, you

  really have surpassed me. Time sure flies huh.”

  “Yeah…”

  “Alright, we should rest in preparation for the tournament

  tomorrow. Let’s head back to that inn.”

  The two brothers headed back toward the inn and rested. Dou

  Di slept on the bed, while Jia Yuan spent his time meditating.

  After meditating for a few hours, Jia Yuan’s mind and body

  were in harmony. He opened his eyes, and his gaze was filled with

  determination.

  The next step to

  becoming the strongest in the world starts tomorrow!