Chapter 125: Refining Performance (Second Update)

  "What a jade young master, his cultivation is clearly in the early stages of the Embracing Yuan Realm, yet he gives off the pressure of being in the middle stage of the Embracing Yuan Realm. His potential is boundless." A high-ranking leader of a powerful force sucked in a breath of cold air.

  "Wang Bangzhu hasn't heard of it yet! When Feicui Gongzi entered the Bao Yuan realm, he was ambushed by a mid-level ghost guard under the command of Shi Gui Dao Ren, but he counter-killed him with one palm."

  "Mid-tier Ghost Guard! Back when the Jiuyou Sect hadn't been destroyed, the Corpse Ghost Daoist was one of the 108 Great Ghost Generals of the Jiuyou Sect. The ghost guards under his command were invincible, all of them being elite among elites. To become a mid-tier Ghost Guard, you'd at least need to be at the early stage of the Bao Yuan boundary!"

  The later the cultivation, the more difficult it is to kill across levels. In the first major boundary of a warrior's practice, Qi Refining Realm, killing several levels higher is not a problem. When you reach the Condensing Truth Realm, killing one level higher is also not difficult. However, when you reach the Embracing Origin Realm, killing across levels becomes challenging. Moreover, those who can become mid-level Ghost Guards are all elite and can already kill across levels themselves, with a high gold content.

  Upon hearing this, the crowd's gaze towards Master Feicui changed. Most of them were in the middle stage of their cultivation at the Yuanyuan boundary, with very few reaching the later stages. In other words, most people didn't have full confidence that they could rival Master Feicui.

  The Jade Young Master swept his gaze over the crowd, and for a moment, his eyes locked onto Luo Hanshan before he began to speak: "Thank you all for attending this celebratory banquet. Zhuang Fei is deeply honored. To show our sincerity, today's celebration will feature many wonderful performances that I believe will bring joy and laughter to everyone."

  He then said a few more proper words and Jade Young Master retreated to the second line, giving the right to speak to Zhuang Qingxian, the master of Jade Valley.

  Zhuang Qingxian walked forward and shouted: "No more nonsense, the celebration banquet is starting now."

  Suddenly.

  The sound of musical instruments filled the air, with drums beating, flutes blowing and strings plucking, rising and falling in a lively rhythm that thoroughly relaxed the atmosphere on stage.

  Soon after, beautiful maidservants brought up breakfast and morning tea for everyone.

  After the early tea was over, the formal performance began.

  The first performance is called blowing out candles.

  On the field was a sturdy middle-aged man in the early stages of his Genuine Realm cultivation. He arranged thirteen lit candles on the ground in an S-shape, then retreated ten steps back and slowly began to cultivate his energy.

  When everyone saw this performance for the first time, a hint of interest appeared on their faces.

  Wow!

  A sturdy middle-aged man exerted himself and spat out a mouthful of white air, the white air shot out like a flying dart, easily extinguishing the first candle, then curved to the side, extinguishing the second one, the third one...

  When the thirteenth candle was extinguished, applause erupted like thunder.

  "Good, great."

  "It is quite rare for a martial artist to reach this level in the initial stage of Jingzhen."

  Generally speaking, the breath exhaled from one's mouth travels in a straight line and never turns. Although a master of the "Embracing the Origin" realm can achieve this, which master would dare to reveal themselves and perform on stage? Besides, performance is just performance; once a high-level practitioner takes the stage, it loses its meaning.

  Ye Chen applauded lightly, indeed very wonderful, the opponent should have cultivated a skill with a long breath, and after a long time of training, it's not difficult to achieve this.

  The performances that followed were more and more wonderful, attracting many people to come in. Some people chatted while watching the performance, and when they felt thirsty, there were various fruits on the table next to them. If there was any need, they could also ask the beautiful waitress directly.

  Before I knew it, it was already noon.

  The lunch was quite sumptuous, with dishes of flying creatures from the sky, swimming ones from the water, and running ones from the mountains. Whatever delicacies could be found on the market were all here, and even those that couldn't be found on the market were also available. The wine was Bi Hai San Wei Sheng, a top-grade liquor from Tian Feng Country, worth three thousand two silver coins per bottle.

  He took a sip of wine and Luo Hanshan said, "After lunch, the real matter will begin."

  "Don't be careless." The elder only said four words.

  Three people nodded, and Xu Jing suddenly said to Ye Chen: "Shi Po Tian and that disciple of Fei Cui Gu have been staring at you intentionally or unintentionally, be careful."

  Ye Chen Dao said: "I know."

  He was strange before, Shi Po Tian and he had no grudges, but his eyes would occasionally release a fierce light, although he hid it very deeply, but still couldn't escape Ye Chen's perception, and the other person should be the first disciple of Fei Cui Valley, presumably to deal with himself.

  Next to him, the four elders had been silent all along, but in their hearts, they were more anxious than anyone else.

  Luo Hanshan used to be one of the four great young masters, but whether he still has the strength of a young master is unknown. He can probably hold his own against the second disciples of various sects. As for Xu Jing's ranking among the core disciples, he wasn't very clear, but looking at other sects, there were people like 'North Snow Fast Knife' Lin Qi and 'Stone Man' Shi Po Tian, almost all of whom had young master-level strength.

  Fortunately—

  They also have a Ye Chen, who currently has a low foundation, but as long as he doesn't lose too badly, relying on his innate talent for grasping the Half-Step Sword Intent, it's enough to salvage some face.

  Thinking of this, the four elders looked at Ye Chen with anticipation.

  ……

  A fiery sun shines in the sky, sprinkling down a million golden lights.

  Baohua Plaza

  Everyone's face was filled with anticipation, waiting for the next grand performance.

  Zhuang Qingxian cleared his throat and smiled, "Next, I'm sure everyone knows what's going to happen. That's right, it's the sparring performances of disciples from various sects and factions. The sparring will be just a demonstration, don't use your killing moves, whoever dares to disobey, I, Zhuang Qingxian, won't hesitate to teach you a lesson on behalf of your sect. Also, the sparring should be voluntary, if one party refuses to fight, then it's not allowed to force them. Of course, personally, I hope everyone will participate enthusiastically."

  "Lord Zhuanggu, we've been waiting for this moment, let's begin!"

  "Master Zhuanggu, time waits for no man, seize the moment of brilliance!"

  Seeing some people showing eager expressions, Zhuang Qingxian smiled and said, "Alright! The competition officially begins. Which of you young heroes is willing to be the first to go on stage?"

  That ugly youth from the Purple Sun Sect stood up, walked to the empty space and cupped his fists, "I am Zhang Qing, core disciple of the Purple Sun Sect. I want to challenge Xu Jing, core disciple of the Flowing Cloud Sect. Xu Jing, do you dare to exchange blows with me?"

  Ugly youth Zhang Qing had a cousin named Zhao Guo, who clashed with Xu Jing during a mission and was severely injured by her. This filled the other disciples of the Purple Sun Sect with indignation, as they were not used to being at a disadvantage. As one of the top ten inner door disciples, Zhao Guo's severe injury was unacceptable to them. From then on, whenever they had the chance, the powerful disciples of the Purple Sun Sect would try to find trouble with Xu Jing, but they didn't expect her to be an extraordinary strong opponent. In fact, no one among the inner door disciples could match up to her, and those who tried to cause trouble for her ended up being severely injured and losing face.

  Now that he had the chance, Zhang Qing wanted to teach Xu Jing a lesson on behalf of the Zi Yang Sect and his elder cousin.

  "What's there to be afraid of?" Xu Jing, dressed in a white robe, stood up and walked slowly forward.

  Zhuang Qingxian said: "Alright, you two should also hold back a bit while showing off your skills, there's no need to determine a winner or loser."

  After finishing speaking, he took a step back and sat down in the wide chair behind him.