Chapter 37 (1/2)
Translated by: Kyoko the Usagi
Edited by: Turtle the Missing
Here’s a chapter for ya’ll! Bunny has a short explanation of why she went AFK for a month or two down the bottom. Thanks for reading!
Chapter 37 – Duel (Part 1)
As Ye Xing's accomplishments in Martial Arts were getting greater and greater, the time required for him to cultivate a Middle Grade Martial Skill to the Perfect Realm was getting shorter and shorter!
For the first Middle Grade Martial Skill to arrive at the Perfect Realm, Ye Xing had nearly used three days. For the second, he only used about two and a half days, for the third, he used just over two days, and for the fourth, he used a mere two days to achieve Perfect Realm!
Out of the 16 Middle Grade Martial Skills, there were nine Chinese Kickboxing skills. The other seven were weapon based Martial Skills, which were two Sword Skills, two Blade Skills, one Spear Skill, one Archery Skill, and one Stick Skill!
After Ye Xing cultivated the sixth Middle Grade Martial Skill to the Perfect Realm, he stopped cultivating Martial Skills and started cultivating Body Movement Skills.
24 days had already pa.s.sed, out of a full month, only four days were remaining. Ye Xing's cultivation level of Martial Skills were sufficient enough to battle Ye Yunkong. However, regarding Body Movement Skills, he still needed time to improve them.
In fact, Body Movement Skills were divided into two different kinds by Martial Artists. There was actually a difference between Lightness and Movement Skills. (T/N: This is where things get even more confusing… yay… It shall be explained by the author…)
A Lightness Skill was primarily for training the running speed in long distances. It was vital in escaping or chasing someone down.
Movement Skills were primarily about changing speed in short distances, vital in using it more often during a fight or match!
For a Martial Artist, regardless of whether it was a Lightness Skill or a Movement Skill, both were essential. Ye Xing chose both types to study among the total of six Body Movement Skills.
One was the Seven Stars Step, and the other was the Flying Swan Technique.
These two Body Movement Skills were at the peak of Middle Grade Martial Arts, obviously the cultivation difficulty was high.
However, regarding Ye Xing with his super brain, so long as it concerned cultivating any form of skill, there was no need to fear of the difficulty being too high.
What Ye Xing was cultivating at the moment was the Seven Stars Step Movement Skill. This was most useful for him regarding his duel with Ye Yunkong.
The difficulty of the Body Movement Skills were greater than the Martial Skills'. Ye Xing used two days and had managed to cultivate the Seven Stars Step to the Grand Accomplishment Realm!
Soon his one month on Sinful Cliff Mountain to ponder his mistakes would come to an end. According to his progress, Ye Xing would only be able to cultivate the Seven Stars Step to the Perfect Realm and not the Flying Swan Technique. (T/N: Don't be so greedy Ye Xing… you are already very very OP.)
This made Ye Xing feel a little sour. On the Sinful Cliff Mountain, there was n.o.body to disturb him. Except for the fact that he could only have a meal once a day and the lack of nutrition made him unable to cultivate Body Refinement Skills, this place could be said to be very good. It truly was a peaceful and suitable place to cultivate Martial Skills.
Even if Ye Wenying were to extend his punishment, Ye Xing would not care.
On the 28th day, Ye Feng brought great news. He had experienced a breakthrough in his cultivation base and had achieved the fourth Layer of Wudao.
Ye Xing warned him, ”If you want to become a Martial Arts Expert a bit faster, you can directly begin studying a Middle Grade Martial Skill. However, if you want to become a Martial Arts Great Master in the future, you must not rush. You would have to start from the Low Grade Martial Skills and carefully work hard towards greatness!”
”I want to become a Martial Arts Great Master!” In Ye Feng's eyes, he felt that there was hope.
The time of Ye Xing's and Ye Yunkong's one month agreement had come!
On this day, in the plaza outside the Practice Hall, there was a ma.s.sive gathering of Ye Clan disciples. There were many elite disciples at the Fifth Layer of Wudao who had come!
Typically, an elite disciple and ordinary disciple do not meet. Therefore, for the ordinary disciples, the elite disciples at the Fifth Layer of Wudao were huge, frightening existences.
”That elite disciple over there, his name is Ye Yungui. He's my cousin!”
”That elite disciple called Ye Yunying, she's my older cousin!”
Some juniors in the main family were in high spirits, faces red with excitement as they reported to the others their connections with the elite disciples.
Indeed, there ended up being many elite disciples who came. To the side of where the decisive battle was, to bet, there were the top ten elite disciples. Even if the one who was to fight was merely an ordinary disciple, specifically a disciple of the Dining Hall who carried water, since there was a fight involving Ye Yunkong it attracted sufficient attention.
Even disciples among the top ten came to watch.
There were some who recognized them and sucked in a cold breath of air before crying out in alarm:
”Ah, that's the seventh ranked elite disciple, Ye Yunjian!”
”Look, that's the ninth ranked elite disciple, Ye Yunzhong!”
”That's Ye Yunjuan, the elite disciple whose ranked fourth!”
”Oh my G.o.d! By Ye Yunzhong's side is the elite disciple ranked third, Ye Yunjue!”
The elite disciples ranked in the top ten coming created a large fuss. Ye Yunkong's rank amongst the elite disciples was eighth, yet the majority of the ones who came were existences of higher status compared to Ye Yunkong, this made the ordinary disciple cry out in shock over and over again.
The ordinary disciples knew the elite disciples were almost all juniors from the main family. However, for members from branch families or disciples not of the same surname, it was the first time for them to witness so many famous elite disciples. Their eyes were wide open staring straight at them. Not only were their faces displaying excitement, but also envy and the faintest trace of wors.h.i.+p.
The various elite disciples also had their own respective groups and thus they stood together. The ordinary disciples distanced themselves of their own initiative.
Other than the elite disciples, some clan deacons as well as some family elders came to the plaza to watch.
Elder Ye Wenying personally came, and he appeared above within the garrets above the plaza. Regarding the appearance of Ye Wenying, the disciples did not consider it strange.
However, while they were all sweeping towards their nearby garrets, suddenly all of them were shocked. The many elite disciples were no exception from this.
Standing above them were two men and one woman. In the center was one very young youth who looked like he was being neglected. However, the other man was extremely handsome while holding a fan within his hand. The female was a beautiful woman capable of causing the downfall of nations, it was as if it was an oil painting.