Chapter 297 The Match (1/2)

Chapter 295 The Match

Zhou Yuan and Cao s.h.i.+'s match still ended up causing some slight ripples in Saint Genesis Mountain. However, the disciples under Lu Song and Lu Hong merely viewed it as a silly squabble that was not worth much attention.

This was quite normal, because even in elder Shen's group, there weren't many who fancied Zhou Yuan's chances even if he was the latest champion of the peak selection ceremony.

At the end of the day, Cao s.h.i.+ was a true-blue veteran senior disciple of the fifth layer Alpha-Origin stage, someone who was far stronger than Lu Feng.

In the eyes of many of the senior disciples, Zhou Yuan was merely asking for trouble.

While the many disciples held such thoughts, five days pa.s.sed in the blink of an eye.

...

Mists swirled around the pine trees, an enormous stone stage towering above them.

At this current time, the vicinity of the stone stage was already filled with figures, even Shen Taiyuan already here, seated above them. Today was the duel between Zhou Yuan and Cao s.h.i.+, and elder Shen was naturally going to oversee it such as to prevent any accidents from occurring.

Besides them, some of the disciples from the other two factions were also present, clearly waiting to enjoy the show.

Of course, what they wanted to see was likely Zhou Yuan suffering. After all, he had been in the limelight too much recently, and was also the champion of the peak selection ceremony. However, he was also a new inner mountain disciple without enough experience. Thus, there were naturally people who were happy to see someone put him in his place.

On one side of the stone stage, a smiling Cao s.h.i.+ was surrounded by several disciples like a moon amongst the stars. He was pretty relaxed from the looks of it and clearly did not treat today's match seriously at all.

Swis.h.!.+

A Genesis Qi cloud flew over from far away, eventually landing on the opposite end of the stone stage. It was Zhou Yuan with Yaoyao at his side, graceful yet cold like an exiled G.o.ddess from the heavens, her breathtaking beauty drawing numerous gazes towards her.

”Teacher Shen.” Zhou Yuan's gaze scanned his surroundings, sensing the amus.e.m.e.nt in many gazes. He ignored all of them as he looked towards Shen Taiyuan and cupped his fists together.

Shen Taiyuan nodded in response, a rather complicated look on his face. He truly did have high hopes for Zhou Yuan's potential, which was why he did not wish to see him clas.h.i.+ng with Cao s.h.i.+ at such a time.

However, he also understood that it was because he regarded Zhou Yuan with too much importance that the senior disciples were now unhappy, leading them to make things difficult for Zhou Yuan. But why couldn't these fools just stop for a moment and question themselves instead. If they had shown a little more worth, wouldn't he have no need to place all his bets on a single person?

If Zhou Yuan lost today's duel, he would surely have to give in for a period of time and keep a low profile, losing all hopes of obtaining the purple Genesis cave dwelling.

Without such cultivation resources, it would undoubtedly become even more difficult for him to catch up with the veteran purple sash disciples.

With such feelings churning in his heart, Shen Taiyuan ultimately sighed inside, nodding to Zhou Yuan before turning towards Cao s.h.i.+. ”This is a match between our own people, make sure you understand when to stop.”

Cao s.h.i.+ laughed a relaxed manner and replied, ”Don't worry teacher Shen, I'm a senior after all and will show mercy.”

The moment he finished, his figure moved, landing at the center of the stone stage as he cast playful gaze towards Zhou Yuan and said, ”Junior brother Zhou Yuan, you can avoid any suffering if you admit defeat now. It's never a pretty sight when it comes to punches and kick after all.

Zhou Yuan ignored the former, also landing in the center of the stage. He stood opposite Cao s.h.i.+, his face akin to a still ancient well.

When their gazes met, iciness flashed within their eyes.

Below Shen Taiyuan, the purple sash disciples were also watching.

Zhang Yan wore a slight smile on his face as he said towards Zhou Tai, ”Hehe, senior brother Zhou Tai, this junior brother of ours does have potential, but he has a bit of a rebellious streak and doesn't follow the rules. I hope that he will be able to better behave after today, and at the very least understand that he should be more respectful towards us senior brothers.”