Chapter 53 - The Second Challenge (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The rest of the lords and elder chiefs now are envious of Ye Changxuan. The clan had such a strong talent. In the years to come, the clan would surely usher in its golden years.
Mo Teng was equally shocked and embarrassed. Just thinking about his little brag from a day back made him disappointed. Compared to Ye Chen, Mo Teng had a long way to go. The Ye Clan got off lucky this time. Mo Teng, who witnessed the entire incident from the other arena, felt defeated. Not only did Ye Chen took down Yun Yifei, who was a top rank seven combatant but he also managed to knock out Yun Jingkong, who was a top rank eight combatant. Mo Teng simply could not face the facts. After all, how was he going to hide his pride? Between Ye Chen and himself, he was nothing!
“Today, I have finally had the opportunity to witness the Ye Clan’s devastating fire elemental cultivation system. That technique that Ye Chen had performed must’ve been rank six and above, yes?” Li Xu turned toward Ye Changxuan. Li Xu’s words caused the crowd to go hysterical. A rank six martial art technique would require a clan to have thousands of years’ of lineage for the knowledge to be passed down, and they must have had produced the most volume of Venerable Ones in the entire history or they would never have come up with a rank six martial art technique.
“Indeed. That’s a rank six martial art technique,” Ye Chen answered.
There crowd’s reaction toward Ye Changxuan and Ye Chen was varied.
“Well then, it looks like the top spot of the tournament goes to Ye Chen of the Ye Clan. I take it there will be no objections?” Li Xu consulted the crowd. Li Xu was an experienced man who had encountered people from all walks of life and yet he never once allowed his manners to slip. Right at the Capital City, it was not an uncommon sight to encounter a seventeen-year-old who was a top rank eight combatant. Even the Great Emperor of Mingwu from the Xiwu Empire was a rank nine combatant by the age of thirteen. Of course, one cannot compare the likes of a commoner with the Royal Family for the Great Emperor of Mingwu was provided with countless medicinal pills, which aided him in his cultivation process.
The crowd responded with a forced smile. Which youngster dared challenge Ye Chen for the top spot anyway? Neither of them approved of the outcome, particularly Yun Yiyang. After all, Li Xu’s Earth Quintessence Pill was going into Ye Changxuan’s hands.
Yun Yiyang had just about lost it. He specifically organized the Grand Martial Tournament of the Eighteen Houses of Lianyun intending to appeal to Li Xu’s good side. Never did Yun Yiyang expect to shoot himself in the foot, lose the clan’s treasure and, be the middleman to connect the Ye Clan and Li Xu together and above all, offend Li Xu in the process.
“Lord Yun, let’s proceed to the second test,” Li Xu urged Yun Yiyang. Li Xu could not wait to see if Ye Chen possess an affinity for the art of Alchemy. Alas, the show had to go on.
Yun Yiyang was feeling a mixture of emotions. Assuming Ye Chen truly had a talent for Alchemy and thus be recommended by Li Xu to Master Apothecary Xuanyi as a potential candidate, that meant they could no longer mess with the Ye Clan anymore as there would be a hefty price to pay. Did it also mean that they would have to bury the hatchet with the Ye Clan? The two clans had been at odds with one another for years as they were sworn enemies. There was no way there could be a peace offering! They could only be the prey and the predator!
Having intensive cultivation and an affinity for the fire elemental Cultivation System did not mean that one could easily be an apothecary. There was another challenge – a more stringent requirement that lay ahead, possessing great control over one’s Celestial Chi.
“I’ll have my man get to it right away!” Yun Yiyang began firing away with his orders. Yun Yiyang could only obediently do as Li Xu said and hope that Ye Chen’s control over his Celestial Chi would not meet Li Xu’s mark. After all, possessing a solid control over the Celestial Chi was a matter of talent and no amount of pills and martial art techniques could change that.
Soon, the crowd dispersed and back came a couple more tables that were placed on the stage, which drew the crowd’s attention.
“I heard Master Xuanyi has a peculiar way of choosing his disciples. I wonder what it is.”
“We’re about to see that soon.”
Meanwhile, Yun Yiyang and Yun Yixuan were seen chattering at the corner of the stage. Yun Yixuan looked at Ye Chen and Ye Changxuan with an evil eye from afar as if plotting something nefarious.
“Brother, do you believe Ye Changxuan? Do you think the Ye Clan has such a powerful figure?” Yun Yixuan was unhappy. He could not accept the fact that the tables were turned and that the Ye Clan went from being bullied to being the bully now.
“Of course not. If the Ye Clan truly had such power, he wouldn’t have sit idly and watch the Ye Clan fall. We would’ve been obliterated long ago if that were the case. I bet that little fry Ye Chen just experienced some sort of miracle which restored his meridian channels and increased his strength greatly.” Yun Yiyang’s gaze was cold. “If I had known things would come to this day, I would’ve disposed of him long ago!” Yun Yiyang regretted just crippling Ye Chen’s meridian channels.