Chapter 463 (2/2)
Miley nodded, seemingly a bit out of sorts as she said, “Congratulation.”
Hoult noticed her distracted state and asked, “What’s wrong? Is anything the matter?”
Miley frowned and said, “Father told me to go meet with Fang Xingjian in a few days’ time.”
“Fang Xingjian? Why is it him again? What does your father mean by this?”
Miley threw a surprised glance at Hoult and asked, “You don’t know about it yet?”
Hoult was stunned for a moment, then he asked, “Know about what?” During this period of time, he had gone into full seclusion for his training and had not had the time to be bothered with news of the outside.
Miley let out a sigh and said, “Two days ago, Fang Xingjian single-handedly defeated the joined forces of The School of Sword Arts’ Supreme Chief, the Darkness Demon Lord, and the Beize Continent’s previous Governor at the Dark Shadow Mountain. The Supreme Chief was forced to retreat while the other two were killed on the spot.”
Hoult immediately said, “That’s impossible. The Supreme Chief is a Demigod expert who is said to have already achieved two tiers of perfection. How could he possibly have lost to Fang Xingjian? Who was the one who spread this news?”
Miley threw a pitiful look at Hoult. She knew that Hoult had always one-sidedly viewed Fang Xingjian as his rival and was giving it his all to catch up to Fang Xingjian.
“The news has already been verified by many people. It definitely isn’t wrong.”
“How is that possible? How can this be?” Hoult said in a daze, “In a mere seven months, he managed to defeat a Demigod who had achieved two tiers of perfection? How on earth did he do that?”
Miley ran her hand through her hair as she looked at Hoult, who appeared a little downcasted. Was this still the charming and talented student of a Divine level expert’s teachings whom she knew?
A hint of disappointment flashed past her mind, and she suddenly felt anticipation toward the meeting with Fang Xingjian.
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Northern Ice Region, Sacred Land.
Rehlings, who was viewed as someone with a high potential of attaining the Divine level, was the person who had previously helped Fang Xingjian in the case of the Rebirth Sword Technique. This very same Rehlings was now laughing loudly.
His younger brother stood next to him, shaking his head as he said, “If it weren’t for the repeated verifications, I wouldn’t have believed it either. To think that Fang Xingjian could reach such a level…
“Elder Brother, you really have good judgement to have done him a favor previously. This has become a great favor.”
Rehlings grinned and said, “Those fools in the clan didn’t even stop to think. How can a genius who invented the Rebirth Sword Technique be someone who is easily suppressed?”
Simultaneously, a hint of jitters flashed in his eyes. Although he had already affirmed that Fang Xingjian was definitely a man of great promise back when he saw the Rebirth Sword Technique, Rehlings had never expected that Fang Xingjian would progress so fast. In just a mere half a year, Fang Xingjian had already been able to defeat The School of Sword Arts’ Supreme Chief.
He suddenly let out a sigh and said, “Fang Xingjian won’t just have his reputation spread throughout the world. I’m afraid the shine of our few generations will be covered up by him as well.”
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At a Saint Hall of the Church of Universal Truth in the northern country.
A council member of the Holy Inquisitorial Court, Gardner, who was also known as the Knight of the Rising Sun, rushed over to the archdeacon’s office. He did not know why this supervisor of his was calling to meet him so urgently.
However, the moment he entered the office, he noticed that in addition to his supervisor, the other important characters of the Holy Inquisitorial Court were already seated by the side. A few of their statuses even caused Gardner to shiver slightly.
When Gardner’s supervisor saw Gardner, he went straight to the point and asked, “Gardner, when you escorted the archbishop to Sinkodati previously, you worked with Fang Xingjian on the Martial Techniques Grading Plan, right?”
Upon thinking of Fang Xingjian, Gardner’s countenance became a little unnatural. Although he had been astonished by Fang Xingjian’s talent, the feud between him and Fang Xingjian had always been a thorn in his heart.
However, when asked by his supervisor, Gardner replied directly, “Yes.”
“What does he look like?”