Zheng-Fu VS. Dong-Chu (1)
Zheng-Fu did not move one bit. He remained still placing one hand behind his back while using another hand to cushion the staff from Da-Lun…
“Yah!”
[Striking Staff]
Bam!
Zheng-Fu continued to remain still even though Da-Lun charged him with all he had. Nothing could get to Zheng-Fu, not even a speck of dust…
The whole thing made everyone who was watching the match gasped. No one knew what kind of fighting technique Zheng-Fu was using to counter that heavy staff. The young martial artists were tougher than any regular kids, even though they were eight years old because they had been practicing fighting skills…
“Look at that boy! He didn’t move at all. He only lets that Da-Lun boy attack him.”
“That’s right. But even though he gets attacked successively, he just takes it with ease. It’s like that heavy staff is just a regular, normal small stick.”
Bam!
Bam!
No matter how much Da-Lun attacked Zheng-Fu, Zheng-Fu could manage to deal with the attacks peacefully. He hardly spent his energy doing so. He could deal with the attacks with one hand…
“Is that all you got?”
Zheng-Fu asked and started to attack Da-Lun by pushing him and his staff away, so Da-Lun was pushed backward. Then Zheng-Fu lifted his sword…
The first skill of the Sword of Wind technique…
[Light Wind Wave]
Vroom!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
A wind wave was projected from Zheng-Fu’s sword and directed right at Da-Lun so quickly. The energy pressure that was produced by this sword technique was tremendously powerful. It made the mediator appalled instantly. Even Kong-Shi, Hai-Gu, Tong-Tieng, Tong-Lang, Lao-Chu, and Mo-Zi were alarmed by that force…
“Watch out!”
Da-Lun could also feel the power of that energy wave that was coming to get him, so he was shaken with fear. Then he fell down on his buttock instantaneously…
Thud!
Whoosh!
The mediator rushed to block that energy force to protect Da-Lun, but all of a sudden, that energy force disappeared in midair as if nothing happened…
“Wh…what happened!?”
Everybody felt bedazzled again because they saw that the energy force had all of a sudden disappeared. The mediator himself was in the same awe. The fighting technique that Zheng-Fu used a minute ago made the mediator think that it was something of mid-level fighting skill. It was definitely the case, otherwise, the force would not be that powerful…
“A mid-level fighting skill!”
“A mid-level fighting skill!?”
When everyone at the fighting stage heard the mediator, they looked at each other because they were suspicious about what they heard. This was because it had been known that there were only two fighting techniques that belonged to the mid-level fighting skills in their clan. So, it should not be possible for Zheng-Fu to use the technique belonging to the mid-level fighting skill…
Another thing that made it strange was that the boy shouted out the name of the fighting skill when he was performing it. Everyone heard that it was the Sword of the Wind skill and that it was a high-level skill of the lower-level fighting technique. No one in the clan had ever achieved this technique and made it so powerful as this…
“I knew it! That boy actually did it! Did you see it, brother? That was what we saw that day. The first time that he tried it. And the boy got better this time too.” Tong-Lang jumped up with utmost excitement when he saw Zheng-Fu use the Sword of the Wind skill. It was like what Tong-Tieng and he witnessed the other day…
Kong-Shi and others did not actually understand what Tong-Lang was talking about. What Kong-Shi only knew was his son had tried that fighting technique with Tong-Tieng and Tong-Lang before. He was the one who did not get to share that experience with his son…
“Kong-Shi, brother! Where did Zheng-Fu train to do that?” Hai-Gu could not keep his suspicion at bay, so he turned to ask Kong-Shi…
“I don’t know why he was capable of performing the technique belonging to the mid-level fighting skill. I only took him to the manual tower to pick out some fighting skills. He chose three sword fighting skills. They are a Belt Sword, the Sword of the Wind, and the Sword of Willow Leaves skills. And I don’t know how he could manage to achieve those skills.” Kong-Shi told Hai-Gu that he had no clue how his son could successfully perform the skill…
“What did you just say!?” The Belt Sword, the Sword of the Wind, and the Sword of Willow Leaves skills?” Hai-Gu was shocked hearing the answer from Kong-Shi because he knew well that those sword skills were not easy to practice…
“Right!”
“Aren’t all those sword skills the higher-leveled skill of the lower-leveled fighting techniques? But what he just did was… I heard that those three sword skills are not easy to achieve, but Zheng-Fu could do it and with that kind of powerful result too.”
Everyone at the fighting venue started to say things at the same time and it was all because they saw that Zheng-Fu just used the technique of the mid-level fighting skill. Da-Lun passed out the minute Zheng-Fu projected that energy towards him. He also peed his pants out of fright. Every free sparring pair in every stage was also done. Tian-Qi and Dong-Chu were the two participants that ended their opponents quicker than the rest. Both of them got to see Zheng-Fu fight with Da-Lun. They did not like what they saw because it made them realize that Zheng-Fu could fight and he could fight with a mid-level fighting skill as well…
“A mid-level fighting skill, so what!? I have this pill with me. I’m not afraid of you, Zheng-Fu! And I’m your opponent in the next round. I’ll be the one who put down your arrogance!” Dong-Chu stared at Zheng-Fu with this grudging look, while cursing him with his hateful heart…
“Tsk! Just show off as you like! When it’s time for us to fight, I’ll make sure you’ll regret humiliating me earlier…and that’s if you’re not defeated first in the next round!” Tian-Qi’s attitude toward Zheng-Fu was not any different from Dong-Chu's because she felt like she needed to settle things with Zheng-Fu in a harsh way…
Tian-Qi and Dong-Chu were not afraid to fight with Zheng-Fu because they both had some tricks of their own. And of course, so did Zheng-Fu. Dong-Chu would get to fight with Zheng-Fu in the next round because they were in the same group. The winner was expected to fight with Tian-Qi in the final round…
“So who won, mediator? Why don’t you just announce the winner already!?”
“Ah…?! Excuse me! The winner is Zheng-Fu!” The mediator announced the winner after being called by one of the audience. He had been standing stunned there for a while…
The winners in the first round were given an hour to rest before the next round started. There would be four participants left in the group in the next round. Zheng-Fu was paired with Dong-Chu in the next round because they were both the winners of the group…
“How are you, my dearest student? That technique that you just used wasn’t bad at all. And don’t try to lie to me that it was just a coincidence this time!” Tong-Lang welcomed Zheng-Fu and teased him when he came down from the stage…
Knowing that Tong-Lang was teasing him, Zheng-Fu scratched his head, gave him an innocent look, and then said, “Yes. It wasn’t bad at all like you said, Master. If you’re interested, I’ll be happy to show you all the moves.” Zheng-Fu teased Tong-Lang back…
“You!”
“Hahaha!”
“Of course. We’re interested. But it’d be strange if we let our student teach us moves, wouldn’t it?” Tong-Tieng said after joining Zheng-Fu and Tong-Lang…
“You’re right. I completely forgot that you’re my Masters. I’m a student. It’s not a student’s job to teach his Masters. Um…well. Yeah! Let’s do this Masters. Why don’t we exchange our martial arts skills?”
“Exchanging martial arts skills?”
“How’s that possible, Zheng-Fu? Martial arts skills are not objects. How can that be done? I mean, if it’s like asking for advice on the moves or doing free sparring to see the improvement, that’d be more understandable.” Hai-Gang who stood at the back of the group asked out of curiosity…
“Oops!”
*I totally forgot that the people in this Xianxia world don’t know what it means by exchanging martial arts skills. What should I tell them now!?”
“It’s not what you have in mind really! The exchanging of martial arts skills is something like two martial artists showing martial arts patterns for one another. It’s pretty much what you said, Hai-Gang, brother.”
“Oh!”
“I see, I see. You really have some new way to say things. Then if that’s the case, let’s exchange our martial arts skills sometimes. Hahaha!” Hai-Gang asked to exchange martial arts skills with Zheng-Fu after he knew that it was similar to asking for advice about martial arts moves. Zheng-Fu’s explanation made him understand better about the idea…
“Of course, Hai-Gang, brother. Let’s do that.”
An hour passed…
“It’s time for the second round. All fighters please come up to the stage!” The mediator made an announcement to gather the young participants to the fighting stage. The second round of the third test began when everyone showed up. Tian-Qi did not have to fight in this round and could go right to the final round because her opponent asked to give up. On the stages, all participants started to show their skills…
“I’m finally getting you to pay for everything that you owe me today. You’ll see!” Dong-Chu’s voice pervaded the stage that was at with Zheng-Fu…
“Quit being annoying! Just start already and stop wasting my time!” Zheng-Fu did not want to make an argument, so he just said things back before making a gesture to get Dong-Chu to start…
“Y...You! Yah!”
Dong-Chu waited no longer. He moved towards Zheng-Fu. He did not rush to take the pill that his father gave him because his confidence in himself was very high. He drew out his sword and sent the energy of the spirit of fire to the sword causing a flame all over it…
“I didn’t know he could produce a force from the spirit of fire!”
Dong-Chu’s move stirred the crowd because no one knew that Dong-Chu was capable of using the power of the spirit of fire. Lao-Chu was the only one who was not surprised because he tested his son’s hidden power a long time ago. He knew that Dong-Chu had this hidden power since two years earlier, so he already taught his son to use the power of the spirit of fire…
Lao-Chu was aware of this type of hidden power because almost everyone in his family possessed the spirit of fire. He told Dong-Chu to not let anyone know about this matter when his son went through the first test…
“Does he know how to produce a force using the spirit of fire?”
“So, he tried to hide everyone about it when he went through the first test, didn’t he?”
“Everyone’s full of potential this year. This should be a good experience for Zheng-Fu indeed.”
“I hope you’re not offended by what this Blinded Sword is going to do to you,” Dong-Chu said and pointed his sword to Zheng-Fu who continued to remain unmoved…
“Yah!”
[The first stage of the Sword of Mountain Shatter skill; The Fire of Rage]
Boom!
Dong-Chu used a specific sword skill to let out fire from his sword. It filled the area with fire so hot that people around the stage could feel the heat that they had to take many paces back…
“That was the Sword of Mountain Shatter skill!?”
“It’s unbelievable that Dong-Chu can use the Sword of Mountain Shatter skill to produce such a powerful result.”
Tong-Tieng and Tong-Lang felt completely surprised that Dong-Chu could use the Sword of Mountain Shatter skill which was a specific sword skill and could use it so efficiently too. The two Monitors were not the only ones who were surprised, other elders in the clan were too…