13 Chapter 13 - The tournament (3)

"He! he! that chap is really unlucky..."

The princess inwardly rejoiced at the misfortune that had fallen upon Xu Feng, while gazing at the latter who stood on the stone platform. To a certain extent, Xu Feng was not inferior to Murong Juan. In fact, if they both were the same age, it wouldn't difficult to say who would be stronger in the future. A peak early Daitan Opening realm expert whose 19 years old or a mid Daitan opening realm expert whose 22 years old. Obviously, Xu Feng is more talented. But, now that Xu Feng had actually met Murong Juan in this round, it seems like Xu Feng's winning streak would be cut short here.

"Too bad, I had originally planned to teach him a lesson personally. Looks like there's no need now." The princess snickered as she lazily remarked to Liqui Jie.

"To think that his opponent would be Murong Juan."

When Liqui Jie heard about Xu Feng's current matchup, the former could not help but furrow her brows. Clearly, this name was not foreign to her. She was paying close attention to this match, hoping that Xu Feng could force Murong Jie to show some of his trump cards before admitting defeat... After all she might have to fight him, and she at least hoped to last for a long time before admitting defeat to not loose face.

On one side, Dongmei Xiao tightly clenched her fists, as a worried look surfaced on her fairy like face. The reason behind her worries were inexplicable, it's subconscious. As her pupils shifted to stare at the young man on the stone platform, even though she did not know why, in her heart, she was anticipating a different outcome... Even when put in this position, he gave off a feeling of utter tranquillity. Like as if he wasn't going to fight the a genius one small realm above him...

After the examiner announced the opponent for the second round, a youngster dressed in blue-coloured clothes, happily emerged from the crowd, before walking up the stone platform, with a look of envious scorn on his face, he didn't even bother to cup his fists towards this commoner...

This youngster was rather muscular, with his gaze was as penetrating as an eagle's. Looking at him, you could tell that he was wise and scheming unfortunately his opponent was a god in pig's clothing.

"I will not hold back." Murong Juan warned in an arrogant manner as he stared at the latter.

"....." Xu Feng only replied with a gentle smile. Thinking how annoying it was to keep up with his act. He really missed the times when he could destroy such mortal sects just by breathing, he missed having power, he knows that this is his weakness, his flaw, but in a world dictated by power, such a mentality is what had allowed him to survive, to thrive as the strongest being under heaven. But he acknowledges his thirst for power, that's why he's even more careful, before he's strong enough, he would control his temper, using it to temper his mental state and heart...

Upon witnessing this sight, the examiner was slightly stunned at the calmness of the youth before him, though he recovered shortly after. As he stared intently at Xu Feng, he slowly released a low sigh. Inwardly he though that Xu Feng was a good seedling for the sect, and that his calm manner in dealing with seemingly hopeless situations, showed his bravery, while his smile showed his honest disposition.

"Since both of you are here, let the match begin." the main anxiously glanced at Xu Feng before he waved his hand and shouted.

"I surrender!"

Just as the examiner's voice faded, his eyes narrowed. In less than a single breath, Xu Feng admitted defeat. This change of events stunned the crowd. They all had gaping mouths of surprise.

"Not bad..."

In the VIP seat, the main examiner stroked his short beard, slowly nodding.. Being able to understand when to advance and retreat is a life preserving skill for cultivators, to think a young youth understood this concept shows the pain and suffering he has been through, in his eys was a flash of admiration towards Xu Feng. This youngster's calm aura, kindness and humble attitude coupled with a profound mind made a deep impression in this examiner.

"He!He! seems like my plan is working, now i just need to hold myself back from killing this idiot and everything will be fine…" Noticing the glint of admiration in the eyes of the examiner, Xu Feng thought this within his heart, wondering how this examiner would feel if he is the complete opposite of what he acts to be...

"Murong Juan is the victor!" said the voice of the judge. But although he tried to hide it, Xu Feng could feel a slight hint of anger. After Xu Feng had admitted defeat, Murong Juan purposefully smiled at him and kept making provocative gestures, and this attitude caused the judge to be somewhat displeased.

The city abruptly exploded into discussion, some thought Xu Feng was a coward, while others thought he was wise. As for the shit opinions of these crawling bunch of bootlickers, Xu Feng didn't give a shit.

Proceeding this, Xu Feng fought and won against his 9 opponents with a single move. As he only lost 1 point, he could still proceed onto the final round where only 10 people were selected. These people included Murong Juan, Liqui Jie, Dongmei Xiao, the spoilt princess and 5 others that Xu Feng had already researched.

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After finishing all his matches, it was midday. Xu Feng then proceeded back to the inn.

As the princess, Biyu Wang watched this man go, she told her friend Liqui Jie " Who would've thought that he was so strong..."

"This is unexpected, to think he would hide his strength, staying low before the tournament, if it were other strong geniuses they would want to show their strength and receive praise... But this man doesn't care about public opinion, he admitted defeat when he knew he was going to loose..."

"Hump either he's a scared coward, or a wise fox..."

" Or he's a aloof dragon, while I was observing him, whenever he looked away from the examiners he had a natural glint of scorn and disdain whenever he looks at others... like he's a god the world revolves around. What's weird is that this seemed to be a natural aura of disdain, like that of a ruler's when he faces peasants...He didn't even bother hiding it other than when he faced the examiners, almost as if stating he doesn't care about our opinions."

"..." Thinking about how he didn't care whether she was a beauty or not, and how this disgusting man raised the price of a worthless sword, Biyu Wang felt righteous indignation. She's a fairy like princess, who doesn't look at her, praise her or like her, yet this man didn't even spare her a single glance heck even a single thought, making her displeased yet also felt more curious...

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In the inn, Xu Feng had somewhat of a helpless face. He had taken enough resources to build a small army of peak Qi Consolidation realm experts, but when he had absorbed all of their energy, his body only reached the strength of peak Core formation realm... Also the effects of normal resources are having less effect on Xu Feng's body and mendrains. During the past 3 months, Xu Feng occasionally absorbed the resources he stole, and now he only had 50% left! This meant that as his cultivation increased, the amount of energy he needs to advance would increase exponentially.

He then stood in front of the imperial palace in the middle of the night. Using the auxiliary soul skill, he enlarged his vision and scouted all 360 degrees while circling around the building. Then he released some of his soul force to scout the area to find treasures..1..3..15 in the end he found 15 sources of resources, but judging by the energy signature, 10 of the sources were only slightly stronger than average, so Xu Feng decided to focus on the 2 largest sources of energy. Following the traces, Xu Feng used a camouflage skill to hide from the guards, unless their soul strength was above his, they won't be able to see his soul force refracting the light particles in the air to make him invisible.

Soon he found himself in front of a large collection of various rare and precious treasure in the imperial treasury. With a swipe not even the boxes used to store these treasures remained. Then he proceeded to the good stuff. This energy source was extremely strong, but it was smaller than the treasury he had just robbed... That means that whatever in there is definitely more precious.

What he saw in front of him, were various weapons and furnaces and pills, but in the middle of the room, there was a array formation. Inside the formation, something released humongous energy, with his interest piqued, he then broke the formation and inside he saw a pearl like object...