Chapter 103 - Dilemma (1/2)

Chapter 103: Dilemma

After this dark horse burst into the scene, Little Fatty turned from a down and nameless outer court disciple to the new star of the Mystical Sky Yard overnight. To be able to defeat one of the so-called four geniuses Mu Zi Rong, was already more than enough to prove his valiant might. Even more shocking was that though his opponent pulled out all the stops by consuming the Vitality Unleas.h.i.+ng Pill, she still was not able to even harm a single hair on Little Fatty’s body. This spoke volumes about how wide the gap in strength was between the two of them. There were even people who treated him as the same level as Miss Shui Jing.

At the same time, his big iron bell with that battered and tatty appearance, finally caught the notice of the public, which led to many a person guessing about its origins as well as usage; but no matter how hard they racked their brains, they were unable to find out how a material as low-cla.s.s as black iron could form into an artifact capable of blocking the attacks from a high-grade magical artifact.

The good news was that cultivators had their unspoken rules, and it was considered taboo for any others to specifically make the effort to worm them out. Thus, even though Little Fatty’s actions created many waves in the Sect, it was unexpectedly peaceful, without anyone coming to probe.

Of course, as the saying goes, “Some will win, some will lose”; while it was serene and peaceful at Little Fatty’s place, Daoist Huo Yun’s faction was on the verge of exploding.

After all, Mu Zi Rong was a rare genius from their faction, which explained why she was bestowed such a rare magical artefact,the Azure Shadow Divine Sword. In fact, they originally wished that Mu Zi Rong would be able to take this compet.i.tion by storm and obtain the top few positions! But unfortunately nothing goes as expected; this was only the second round of the group knockouts, yet she was already eliminated. As if losing the right to obtain the Mystical Spiritual Fruit was not enough, she was even riddled with injuries. It would take a good ten years before she could recover back to her prime. In this ten years, if her cultivation did not drop, that would already be a blessing. There would not even be a sliver of a chance for her to improve. That essentially mean that she would have wasted ten years of possible cultivation time.

One must know that a cultivator’s progress was the most significant while they were still young. It was a completely different concept to be 30 years old versus being 40 years old when entering the Foundational stage. This was what separated the geniuses from the ordinary like gold from the silt. Mu Zi Rong was considered a genius simply because she had the potential to make a breakthrough to the foundational stage before age thirty. But now, she would be delayed and could only enter into the Foundational stage when she reached 40. This would only put her on par with the disciples that were above average, and would not be considered the level of a genius at all.

This event played a major role in shaping her future cultivation progress. Initially, she was someone with the hope to even advance into the YuanYing stage. But with her injury delaying her progress, the probability of her advancing to the YuanYing stage would be reduced by about 30 to 50 percent! One could see how disastrous this was to her. It would not be considered harsh to say that her entire life was destroyed because of this defeat alone.

In a cultivator’s family, no matter how much they focused on the upbringing of the future generation, it was impossible to create too many geniuses. Someone with the talents of Mu Zi Rong could be counted with a single hand in Daoist Huo Yun bloodline. Now, she was ruined in an unimportant sect compet.i.tion. This really infuriated the people in Daoist Huo Yun’s faction to no end.

However, this sect compet.i.tion was completely impartial. Mu Zi Rong only had herself to blame for being injured from taking the Vitality Unleas.h.i.+ng Pill. Although Little Fatty could also be said to have intentionally provoked her, but it was not exactly an infringement of the rule. Besides, Mu Zi Rong was indeed the one who was at fault. Taking the Vitality Unleas.h.i.+ng Pill was nothing to be proud off. Thus, Daoist Huo Yun’s camp was unable to find any faults with reason.

Because these high-level cultivators were extremely concerned about their face, they would not purposefully make the life of a junior difficult if they were not able to find a reason. That was something that was far too embarra.s.sing. It would only be a joke if word were to get out and the other high-level cultivators would not be able to accept it. With the Sect master and his wife present, they also knew that they cannot bully Little Fatty openly. Thus, they wisely chose to restrain themselves. Not only did they restrain themselves, they also instructed their followers to not find trouble with Little Fatty.

However, even though they abstained from making a move towards him now, it did not mean that they were prepared to let bygones be bygones. This simply showed that those people are all wily old foxes. Little Fatty could already vaguely sense that a storm was coming his way. Even though the people from Daoist Huo Yun side was currently silent, the moment they made a move, he would be in trouble.