Vol 3 Chapter 15.1 (1/2)
Chapter 15 – Advancing to the Finals (I)
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“Stop looking, all the others have already left. Yin Zhu, quickly tell me what kind of weapon you used today at the end of your match! I had never seen anything like it before.” Sura’s curious face stared at him.
“Oh, that one! That was…” Ye Yin Zhu lifted his right hand and pulled at his sleeve. He revealed an aquamarine bracelet that sparkled with a soft light. The Life Guardian Bracelet fit snugly against his skin. This aquamarine bracelet was worn on his wrist.
“Wow, such a gorgeous bracelet! How much money is it worth?” Sura’s eyes lit up like gold coins.
Ye Yin Zhu laughed bitterly and replied, “You only care about money.”
Sura snorted and retorted, “Money isn’t everything, but you absolutely cannot be moneyless. How would we eat without money? Also, you’re a boy, yet you are wearing a bracelet.” Suddenly, he seemed to think of something. Sura opened his eyes wide and continued, “You’re not telling me that this bracelet was that weapon you used today, right?”
Ye Yin Zhu laughed lightly and said, “It’s called Jade Silk. Watch.” As he said this, he gently shook his wrist. Immediately, the aquamarine bracelet glinted with rays of light as it expanded in a flash, changing into a ten meter long emerald thread in the blink of an eye. Under the control of faint yellow dou qi, it constantly morphed into different shapes and forms in the air. It strangely felt as if it was alive.
Sura, startled, raised his hand to grab the Jade Silk in the air. She discovered that the Jade Silk was only a bit thicker than hair. It naturally gave him a gentle, warm feeling in the middle of his hand. When he pulled on it lightly, the Jade Silk didn’t react as it was extremely durable.
Ye Yin Zhu’s four fingers easily slid through the rippling loop. It once again twined around his wrist, changing back into a bracelet. “I lived in a region called the Desolate Jade Sea, a small area in the Kingdom of Arcadia. The Desolate Jade Sea is an enormous bamboo forest. In the center of this bamboo forest is a Bamboo Tree of Life, the nexus of the Desolate Jade Sea. The Bamboo of Life had a core at its center. Every century, it grows a little over two and a half centimeters. This was the material for Jade Silk. It can be said to be the toughest and most durable thing in the whole world. Moreover, it possesses tremendous vitality.”
Sura asked, dumbstruck, “Two and a half centimeters every century? Your Jade Silk is 10 meters long; isn’t that 30,000 years?” 1
Ye Yin Zhu smiled and replied, “Yes! As a result, its vitality is incomparably tremendous. You shouldn’t only see it as nothing more than a thin thread of silk. It can be both flexible and stiff, has innumerable uses, and can even turn rock into powder by striking it. Its sharpness isn’t inferior to any weapon.”
He didn’t say that this Jade Silk was precisely the Bamboo Sect’s most valuable treasure. Ye Yin Zhu was born with only eight fingers. Because both hands didn’t have a pinky finger, he was not at all suited to wield a sword. His grandfather, Ye Li, went through ten years of research. Using the Bamboo Sect Martial Arts as the foundation and Jade Silk as the weapon, he realized that this set would suit Yin Zhu’s special martial arts skills.
That very same year, Qin Shang and Ye Li agreed that when Yin Zhu turned 15, Ye Li could no longer teach Ye Yin Zhu any martial arts. And so, Ye Yin Zhu left Desolate Jade Sea at the age of 16. From the age of 15, the Jade Silk was in his possession. In addition to cultivating his Pure Zither Heart, he painstakingly cultivated his Jade Silk for a year as it was his martial arts technique. A focused Ye Yin Zhu had a comprehension ability several times higher than ordinary people due to his Yellow Bamboo Level 1 dou qi foundation and him being a disciple of the founder of the Bamboo Sect. Although his Jade Silk cultivation still wasn’t at the stage where he could completely control it, at least the Bamboo Sect martial arts technique Ye Li taught him could already be put to use.
When he confronted the Green Dragon earlier today, Fei Fei’s speed had exceeded Yin Zhu’s expectations. Thus, he didn’t have enough time to use sound blades to fend it off. Lacking a better option, he used this martial arts technique for the first time. If it weren’t for the Jade Silk’s toughness, durability, and sharpness, how could he have possibly damaged the Green Dragon’s genuine gigantic dragon scales defense?
“So you really are a dual magic-martial arts cultivator! And at Yellow Rank dou qi as well! It’s significantly stronger than your magic.” Sura looked at the Jade Silk on Ye Yin Zhu’s wrist, his eyes flas.h.i.+ng with hint of peculiarity.
Ye Yin Zhu smiled but remained silent about his secret capabilities. Even though he already trusted Sura a lot, he still couldn’t speak of it lightly.
At this very moment, a knock suddenly sounded from the door.