Ch 22 Young Lady Hu's Mission
The thin young lady clearly did hope to beat the enemy with her first attack. Just when Yu Xuan activated his Soaring Fish Technique, she already pushed close to Yu Xuan, her nails were beautiful, yet sharp.
When a thin young lady pushed near Yu Xuan's body, her sharp nails had already released their maximum force. Her goal was to take down Yu Xuan with the speed of ten thousand tons of lightning and then go back to the next arena.
Ding!
The sharp nails were like swords aiming at Yu Xuan. The primeval essence on the nails made whistled through the air. The very air bent as it went through.
This obviously showed her great technique and great control, the powers that come with her nails could definitely overwhelm Yu Xuan. Now, she was already right in front of Yu Xuan, the elongated nails thrust for many spots on Yu Xuan. Her attack was also fast by her movement technique and was now undefendable for the same realm Cultivator.
If the enemy was any other Cultivators, they might have actually been defeated by her courageous advancements of her. Locking down their front, the only option was to back off to dodge her attack, but Yu Xuan had already backed off slightly, so he was very near the arena's edge. If he backed up right now, a thin young lady was sure she could push him off the arena.
Unfortunately, a thin young lady's plans failed. Her enemy Yu Xuan once went through a life and death situation, how would he be easily beaten back?
As the sharp nails almost pierced through his body, suddenly, Yu Xuan stepped back three steps without any warning.
A thin young lady blanked a little. Her movements were way too quick, so even though she did see how Yu Xuan did it, yet, she felt astonished by his technique.
Yu Xuan took an advantage of his astonishing speed to dodge her quickly. The speed of the sharp nails was not slow, but it was not enough to catch up with the Soaring Fish Technique. However, a thin young lady was also happy, because Yu Xuan did not strike back meant that he could not use two techniques at the same time as she did. Moreover, with such great control but normal technique, she guessed that it would take some time for Yu Xuan to use it again, thus all she had to do is striking him once more to win this fight.
The victory was imminent, and a thin young lady couldn't help but feel joy. Flicking her wrist to strike once more move is such an easy move for her.
Thinking in her mind, she thought, this guy had such a great movement technique, but his real combat experience is horrible. He used such a great movement technique the moment she arrived in front of him which was too late to dodge. If he used it faster, she might not be able to catch him up.
However, she did not know something. She did not know about Yu Xuan. Yu Xuan did not have a great technique, Yu Xuan did have a normal technique, but he could control them proficiently, which would take a long time for other Cultivators to accomplish like him. Thus, it was no surprise that a thin young lady would misunderstand that he had a great movement technique.
The so-called great technique was a superb technique among the same-level techniques. Being able to call a great technique, it naturally has more effectiveness than the normal ones. On the side, it was also harder to practice, activate and control.
A thin young lady's joy only lasted a split second. The next moment, she found that Yu Xuan could dodge her at the critical moment.
With just a glance, Yu Xuan knew that her speed was not any slower than him, dodging would only make his situation worse, thus Yu Xuan gambled with his speed, and he won this gamble, his speed was faster than a thin young lady by a bit. However, that was enough for him to turn the tide.
After dodging a second strike from a thin young lady, Yu Xuan rotated forward, his left-hand grabbing onto a thin young lady's wrist.
A thin young lady suddenly discovered a warm hand of a man grabbing her. She couldn't help but be shy as her face turned blush and she struggled hard.
"How dare!"
"How dare he!"
"This guy will pay!"
The eyes of audiences who followed a thin young turned when they saw this scene, many of them were furious and some were jealous.
Grabbing her hands hard, Yu Xuan used his right hand to push onto her thin waist. Just as she wanted to use her nails on her right hand to scratch him, Yu Xuan's speed was faster as a big force sent her thin body flying backward. At the same time, Yu Xuan used his Soaring Fish Technique to follow her relentlessly. The moment she landed, just as she was about to adjust her state, Yu Xuan then again pushed her backward.
In a real combat situation, a key to victory was to not let an opponent have a chance to strike. Yu Xuan was at disadvantage in an initial clash, but his opponent could not suppress him, that would be her only chance to strike him. And once he could strike back, he would not let his opponent strike back.
Though a thin young lady struggled to concentrate with all her might, her normal speed wasn't even as fast as Yu Xuan, so how could she have a chance to stand firm and concentrate? Under the constant attack, Yu Xuan absolutely controlled the situation.
Yu Xuan used his Soaring Fish Technique. With one step, he came to a thin young lady's side. Pushing her with his normal force, her body fell off the arena.
Ding!
The streak of light flew out of a thin young lady as it fell on the small altar where Yu Xuan put his identity token.
This showed the formation detected the result of this fight. It decided a victor in real-time.
The fight started fast and ended faster. In the fight, in only the blink of an eye, the match was decided.
In the audience, those spectators cheering for a thin young lady instantly became quiet as mice.
On the other side, a thin young lady got up angrily and yelled, "You! You! You! So mean!"
Yu Xuan was calm and lowered his gaze toward her without saying anything.
A thin young lady stared back at him in confront.
After a while, she could not stand it anymore and she yelled again, "Hmph! Boring! Such a boring person!" This young lady doesn't want to be here anymore!"
As she said, she stomped her feet before leaving.
"Young Lady, wait! Wait for us!"
"Let's go!"
Most people followed behind a thin young lady quickly.
"Hmph! Just wait! The next time you'll taste my fist!"
Some didn't forget to warn Yu Xuan.
Yu Xuan did not bother with them, he still had the primeval essence left, as a result, he waited for his next opponent.
...
Yu Xuan consumed not a small amount of primeval essence while dealing with a thin young last, thus he finished another battle before leaving the Training Field and coming back to his room.
Yu Xuan's initial plan was to have five battles, however, just three battles had consumed all his primeval essence. Yu Xuan had no choice but to return ahead of time.
Although he could not finish the five matches as he planned, Yu Xuan's gain was quite good, he got 35 points from today's battles. This meant he had 35 primeval essence stones, which was enough for him to cultivate for three days, this method was no doubt safer than doing the missions outside.
"Normally, winning the same realm Cultivator will get 10 points, but I get 15 points from that young lady, it seems that she is quite an outstanding character." Yu Xuan murmured.
"Forget it. It will take every two months for me to break through to one small realm. With this speed, I'll be able to reach a Core Formation Realm in the next year, so I should prepare enough primeval essence stones, otherwise, it would take more than two or three years for me to reach a Core Formation Realm."
"The path to becoming strong is not easy, a Core Formation Realm is just a beginning, however, it is enough for me to roam the outside world."
Yu Xuan imagined, a carefree person like him naturally did not like living in the same place for a long time. He would rather roam the world and experience countless world affairs. However, he knew the limit he was not capable to accomplish.
"As of now, I should focus on cultivating and becoming an inner disciple."
"With an inner disciple's status, who will dare to find trouble with me?"
The sun still hung in the sky, and the natural primeval essence in his body did not finish refining yet, this meant Yu Xuan could not cultivate yet, he had to wait until it was completely refined. As a result, Yu Xuan took this opportunity to comprehend a technique that he received from Black Snake.
After comprehending a technique for two hours, Yu Xuan left for the Meal Hall.
At night, inside Meal Hall.
"Brother Hong, cheers!"
"Brother Hong, cheers!"
Many groups of youths gathered and had a conversation.
"Brother Hong, is it true that Boss Yang not participating in this mission?" Suddenly, in a group, a youth who was curious asked.
Hong Kai who sat in the middle, being a center of a group nodded his head in satisfaction, upon hearing the question, he looked at the youth who was asking and swept his gaze around to discover that many of them were interested in this topic.
"Hmph, Boss Yang is going to promote to an outstanding disciple, how can our boss have time to interfere with other matters?" Hong Kai said calmly.
"But I've heard that Boss Yang had admired Young Lady Hu's sister, Hu Jiao since he first met. Isn't this time a great opportunity to make a good impression in front of Young Lady Hu Jiao?" A scholar-like youth suddenly asked.
"I know and Boss Yang also knows. This is why we are gathering here." Hong Kai said proudly.
The structure of a small organization like a group is very simple. There are Boss, vice Boss, and Big Brother positions. Yang Kai is a Boss, Shi Xiao is a vice Boss and Hong Kai is a Big Brother, the rest did not have an important role. After all, the limit of a group is 100 people. It is such a small number, it is not wise to share many positions.
Each group will receive a hundred mortal-grade primeval essence stones each month, this amount is to support the existence of a group. However, in real life, these benefits did not fall into the hand of normal members. Yang Kai took 50 stones, Shi Xiao took 25 stones, and Hong Kai took 15 stones. As for the rest 10 primeval essence stones, this amount was for a member who had a great contribution to a group.
In this situation where Yang Kai was secluded for breaking through to a 6th-stage Foundation Establishment Realm. Shi Xiao was busy with his missions. The only person left was Hong Kai. In the absence of two bosses, Hong Kai was naturally happy, he would be able to get more benefits from each mission. After all, the leader of a group had a right to get the most reward from a group's mission.
After exchanging a few toasts, the atmosphere became vibrant.
Although the Meal Hall had a limited 30 minutes for each disciple, it allowed for the disciples to drink and party as they pleased.
In this place, one would get interesting information from just the gossip.
"This mission is nothing hard, you guys just need to be aware of demonic people and bandits. I will be a leader of a group this time. So you guys don't need to fear, just show your best performance." Feng Jiang expressionlessly said to his group.
"Vice Boss has personally joined this mission. Our group will get the best information."
"This is great news for us. Our group will be able to build a good connection with Young Lady Hu."
In another corner, Le's group was discussing and drinking.
"Lin Tong, our Boss is in seclusion, and I have an important matter. So, I will let you handle this matter. Bring our group to join this mission. If possible, send someone to join Young Lady Hu's team for this mission." A vice Boss of Lin's group said.
"I understand. I won't let you down. Our group will find important information and build a good relationship with Young Lady Hu." Lin Tong patted his chest in confidence.
"Good! What about you, guys? Will you listen to your Big Brother?" A vice Boss of Lin's group swept his gaze to the normal members.
"We will listen to Brother Lin!" The normal members said in unison.
The mission for gathering information about the ones who sneak attacked Hu Mei was not a small matter anymore, each group gave importance to this matter.
"Cheers! Everyone, let's depart tomorrow!" Meng Hou happily said.
"Cheers! Let's depart tomorrow." The members of Meng's group followed up.
Meng Hou had just broken through a 6th-stage Foundation Establishment Realm, he was wondering where he should go to show off, but he didn't expect that it would have a great opportunity to let him show off. Meng Hou couldn't help but be overjoyed.
At the same time, in another corner.
"Aren't we really joining this mission?" A curious youth asked.
"Hmph! This is just gathering information mission, what is so special? Only wasting our time." Fei Wang expresonlessly said. He was not interested in Young Lady Hu, it was meaningless for him to waste his time on this matter.
...
Yu Xuan who was sitting in a corner heard the nonstop conversations regarding the gathering information mission, he was pondering the pros and cons of joining this mission.
He lacked primeval essence stones, but he could solve it by fighting in the Training Field.
Joining the mission would let him build a connection with many people, especially Young Lady Hu.
[There is nothing to ponder anymore. Why should I join? Forget it! I should focus on increasing my strength.]
[Although I won't join this mission, I will visit www.heavenlypunishment.com to get more in touch with the author.]