The Preliminary and Meeting the Demon King

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--- Chapter 122 ---

In the far back seat, Lily and other maids watched the fight between inexperienced youths in great amusement. Lily noticed a familiar-looking elder on the Heavenly Sword Villa's side and called Yu Long.

"Psst, young master." 

"That guy is Ling Kun." Lily implied while pointing at the humble-looking elder in a blue robe. 

Yu Long followed Lily's finger and commented, "Hmm, he looks like a shady guy." 

"Right? Anyway, he wanted to meet me again later." Lily giggled. "Do you want me to pass a word or two to him?" 

After Cang Yue and Xia Qingyue's shocking show of talent, Ling Kun couldn't miss his chance to ask about their information from Lily.

Yu Long thought about it for a brief moment and whispered something to Lily's ears, causing the money-loving maid's eyes to light up wickedly. 

"I will do as you said." Lily stepped back and stared at Ling Kun as if he was a fat cash cow. 

"Arena C, No.13 vs No.22." Ling Wuguo suddenly announced.

Fen Juechen gave Cang Yue a nod before jumping to the Arena C and facing his opponent. 

His opponent is a 20-year-old man from a 2nd-rate sect called Beast Gouging Gate, wearing this green-red tribal outfit. He's also at the peak of Spirit Profound Realm, putting up some fight against Fen Juechen for a few seconds and then fainting upon receiving one punch on the chin.

It was a lackluster fight.

One thing is for sure, though. The representatives of the Burning Heaven Clan weren't happy with Fen Juechen's good performance.

Fortunately for Fen Juechen, his shocked clan member couldn't touch him because he was part of the Blue Wind Imperial Family's team. As long as he stayed close to Cang Yue and others, the Burning Heaven Clan better forget about their scheme.

"It seems your situation is worse than I thought." Yu Long commented upon Fen Juechen's return to his seat.

Fen Juechen awkwardly stared at Yu Long and responded calmly, "My older brother is a piece of shit... Knowing me to grow stronger probably makes him panic." 

"But I'm not interested in the position of clan leader. My goal is to become stronger and stronger." 

"Is that so?" Yu Long got what Fen Juechen implies in her replies. However, if Fen Juechen wanted to join the Lost Heaven Sect, he must show more of his worth than this. 

Fen Juechen rubbed his cheek and moved his gaze to the arena. He was thinking about how to join the Lost Heaven Sect like what Yu Long expected, but he didn't know how.

'I could have asked the princess for some advice, but it's not like we are close.' Fen Juechen doesn't like to suck people up, but his current situation is different. 

What he currently needs is a strong backer!

The Blue Wind Ranking Tournament continued naturally. Yu Long and his companions were bored, so they played a card game while waiting for someone to get called.

"Uno!" Xia Qingyue announced upon placing her last-second card on the table.

Everyone stared at her last card, thinking what color it was.

"It's red." Cang Yue guessed as she was prohibited from using her clairvoyance.

"No, it must be yellow." Lily squinted her eyes at Xia Qingyue.

Hong Guan stared at the twenty cards in her hand and mumbled, "How annoying..." 

Yu Long gave Hong Guan a pitiful look as the aloof-looking maid had been hit by +4 cards every turn. He yawned and placed his cards down, hiding them from the ladies. 

He glanced at Chu Yuechan and Chu Yueli, finding them meditating on the corner solemnly. The sun had reached its peak high, but the atmosphere was cold enough due to their chilling presence.

Yu Long doesn't want to say this as it doesn't sound like a compliment, but [Frozen World Arts] and [Chronicle of Frozen Worlds] are no different than air conditioners now.

"Arena B, No.69 vs No.09."

"Qingyue, it's your turn." Yu Long notified her.

Xia Qingyue nodded and swiftly landed on the stage. She didn't even look at her opponent as Ling Wuguo started the match, and she sent out a miniature Ocean Quake Symbol.

BOOM!

Xia Qingyue's opponent couldn't even give up because the Ocean Quake Symbol blew him off the stage instantly. 

The corner of Ling Wuguo's mouth twitched continuously. It was unfair for a peak Emperor Profound Realm Expert like Xia Qingyue to fight in the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament, yet he couldn't do anything about it.

They should have forwarded Cang Yue and Xia Qingyue to the final immediately. It's just a waste of time at this point. 

However, no matter how much Ling Wuguo communicated with the villa master(Ling Yuefeng), he continued the preliminary round.

Ling Wuguo sighed inwardly and stared at Yu Long with a confused look on his aged face. He couldn't understand Yu Long's intention to attend the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament.

A young man of his power shouldn't be interested in the fights of the weak. 

'Unless something big caught his interest.' Ling Wuguo thought to himself.

Only Heaven Basin Secret Realm has such a charm for someone like Yu Long.

As if it was something to be proud of, Ling Wuguo smiled when he realized Yu Long's intention to visit the Heavenly Sword Villa. 

Ling Wuguo doesn't know that Yu Long targeted more than that.

Although Yu Long currently looks like he is playing around, he has sent some of his Kaiju to do some reconnaissance. He has already mapped the array formation of Heavenly Sword Villa and discovered some loopholes here and there.

The Blue Wind Ranking Tournament resumed again. 

After the sun went down, only 300 remained. 

The elimination was somewhat brutal, but now the youths knew how steep and limited their views on the outside world were.

There is a sky above the sky.

Yu Long stretched his body slightly and glanced at Xia Qingyue and Cang Yue, who dominated the preliminary. He was proud of them.

"Let's go back. I'm hungry." He said with a smile.

Xia Qingyue and Cang Yue smiled back as they nodded in agreement.

As Yu Long and his companions left the arena, Ling Wuguo awkwardly wanted to call them but decided not to. The Heavenly Sword Villa's elder felt rude if he called Yu Long out of nowhere. 

A young man in a white robe approached Ling Wuguo and asked, "Elder Wuguo, do you know the Lost Heaven Sect's young leader personally?" 

Ling Wuguo chuckled at the young man's curious question and replied bitterly, "No. We only met each other four years ago when the Lost Heaven Sect announced its appearance to the world." 

"At the time, he was only twelve and at the peak of the Earth Profound Realm." 

"Wow, so strong..." The young man in white reacted in disbelief.

Ling Wuguo patted the young man's shoulder and commented, "You and your brother's talents aren't bad. You might not be able to catch the Lost Heaven Sect's young leader's attention, but you will reach a higher realm than me." 

"Ling Jie understood." The young man in white nodded rapidly. He clenched his hand and vowed to show the world the might of the Heavenly Sword Villa.

...

In the middle of the night, Yu Long visited the waterfall at the back of the courtyard. He cultivated [Art of Ghost] for a bit before using the Heavenly Sword Villa's array formation for his benefit.

He disappeared like a ghost and walked casually on the street. Weirdly, no one noticed him as if he was a real ghost.

After a minute's walk, Yu Long arrived at the Sword Management Terrace.

The Sword Management Terrace is an essential area within Heavenly Sword Villa and is 'precisely' at the upper center of the Heavenly Sword Mountain Region.

It is several times larger than the ranking tournament's Sword Discourse Arena. There are tens of thousands of swords flying in the sky above the terrace. Various kinds of swords also stabbed the surface of the terrace, which was 'inherently' filled with sharp sword energy. 

An enormous pitch-black sword at the center of the terrace was halfway into the ground. It serves as the centerpiece of the Heaven's Might Soul Suppression Formation.

Oh, yeah. Heaven's Might Soul Suppression Formation was 'purposely' used to suppress a powerful 'Demon' or so everyone thought. The demon in question actually looks and acts no different than a human.

The reason these people are called demons or viewed negatively is none other than propaganda the Heavenly Sword Villa, or the Four Great Sacred Grounds, wanted to be fed to the next generations!

Yu Long stared at the enormous pitch-black sword and smiled, "Let's meet the man called the Demon King, shall we?"