97 Semifinals of the youngsters tournamen (1/2)

Bai Yun slowly walked down the steps. He was still in pain from when he was punched in the stomach by Shadow One. He used his God Sense to check on his injuries. After confirming that he wasn't too injured to fight tomorrow and that there would be no lasting damage, Bai Yun decided to head back home.

At the top of the stairs, he hesitated and wondered whether he should tell Shadow One he knew who he was but then decided against it. It was better to leave as little a trail as possible in case the blood moon found out who he was through this information.

As he walked down the stairs he winced. Zhang Zi saw this and walked up to him.

\”You're injured?\” Zhang Zi asked him.

\”It was my fault. I was careless.\” Bai Yun said.

Zhang Zi frowned when he heard this. Bai Yun immediately understood what he was worried about.

\”Don't worry, we'll have our fight. I'll be fine after a night of rest. You just worry about getting into the finals.\” Bai Yun said with a chuckle.

Zhang Zi nodded and accepted Bai Yun's reply. There was a short event after this where the rewards for those outside the top four were given out. The prices for those below the top sixteen were already given out yesterday. Tomorrow the focus was on the final four. So they did it to make sure that no one else would steal the limelight. Also, the people who lost need not come the next day and relive their loss.

Bai Yun didn't stay for the ceremony. He left right after his fight ended. The medics wanted him to stay back, but Bai Yun declined.

Old Hai took him back in secret. When Bai Yun reached home he was surprised to find his parents back home. They had left for a while in order to search for traces of devil worshippers.

\”Are you alright?\” Bai Mu asked with a smile. Both of them had a much greater cultivation than him. They should be able to see that he was injured with a single glance.

\”It's fine. I should recover once I take a medicinal bath.\” Bai Yun said.

\”Good luck with your fight. Don't lose face for us okay.\” Xiao Mei-er said.

\”You know other parents would try to comfort their kids if they were injured.\” Bai Yun said.

When they heard Bai Yun's words they stared at him for a while. Finally, Xiao Mei-er said. \”We watched your fight you know. Old Hai send us a live view of it. Honestly, you deserve that punch for being so stupid.\”

\”I could understand if you got hit because you were worse than the other person .\” Bai Mu continued with a chuckle. \”But this was just plain sloppy. Honestly, I am happy that you can hide your identity. At least no one will know you are our child.\”

Bai Yun winced when he heard them. With a grimace, he went back to his room. He could hear laughter behind him as he left.

When he reached his room, a medicinal bath was already drawn for him. He got into the bath and started to draw in the medicinal essence to heal himself. At the same time, Bai Yun also continued to cultivate. Bai Yun only stopped when he felt himself reach the peak of the seventh stage of qi condensation. There was still some residual energy of chaos aura left within him and that helped him to quickly increase his cultivation recently. Bai Yun could break through to the eighth stage of qi condensation if he wanted. But he decided to wait for a natural breakthrough. That would lead to a better and more stable foundation for later.

Once this was done. Bai Yun finally went to sleep late in the night. He expected a tough fight ahead of him tomorrow. So it was better to rest.

Old Hai finally woke him up the next day. Bai Yun lazily got ready and left for the stadium. His parents wished him good luck when they saw him leave. By the time he got there, he was a little late. When Bai Yun walked into the arena, Bai Qing and Zhang Zi had already begun their fight. Bai Yun got an earful from the referee for being late.

Bai Yun carefully watched the fight between Bai Qing and Zhang Zi. They were both pretty good. But Zhang Zi was definitely in the lead. Bai Yun carefully watched Zhang Zi's fight. Finally, Zhang Zi knocked away Bai Qing's sword using his shockwave innate ability and won the match.

Once their match was over, it was time for Bai Yun's. He and Meng Qi walked up the arena to the stadium.

Mng Qi had her bow out. Bai Yun carefully studied her. She didn't talk much and kept to herself. There was not much that he knew about her.

\”Start.\” The referee declared once the two of them had gotten into position.

Meng Qi immediately pulled out her bow and arrow and shot one at Bai Yun. Bai Yun casually took a step to the side and dodged the arrow. Meng Qi stood there with an arrow in her bow but did not shoot anymore. She had the feeling that if she did so Bai Yun would dodge it.