Chapter 320: Splitting up and the Yin and Yang Heavenly Sword (1/2)
Chapter 320: Splitting up and the Yin and Yang Heavenly Sword
Translator: TransnEditor: Transn
Who was Yuan Hai? He was the First Elder of the Mingyi School and one of their biggest bluffs as well. He was a supreme Level Nine expert, one of the Three Grandmasters who was designated to deter the Northern Yuan from Yun Zhou when the Jin was about to devastate it. Such a revered expert fell to a complete defeat after taking a single movement of Zhou Bao!
Just one movement!
In the eyes of those Level Seven experts, losing in one movement was not a big deal. When experts got in a battle, they would usually go all out instead of reserving some strength, unless the two sides had a starking difference in strength. For most contestants who were at similar levels, the fighting result was supposed to be out in just one or two movements, while it was utterly the opposite for those ordinary fighters.
Basically, the so-called ”toughly fought 300 rounds” scenario could only happen in battles among Junior Masters at Level Four or Five, or even fighters below Level Three.
However, among those who were at the scene, how many truly knew about this principle?
After all, the number of experts was limited. Right now, most of the on-lookers in Mingyi Lane were Junior Masters below Level Seven. Seeing him kill a Level Nine expert with one single movement, they couldn't help wondering what kind of formidable extent had Zhou Bao's strength reached.
Let's take another look at the consequence arising out of the one movement they had struck out. Was this horrible scene even possible to be created by human beings?
Suddenly, the status of Zhou Bao in their mind soared up to heaven.
”The Level Nine expert is nothing more than this!” Zhou Bao thought in his mind.
Putting the spectators aside, even Zhou Bao himself was surprised at this. It was the first time he had ever fought against a Level Nine expert, but the victory was so easy, much simpler than he had imagined.
”Although this bloke is a supreme Level Nine expert and has enough cultivation, his strong power became too dispersed when he simply pursued the pure powerful effect by exercising the essence of the world. In addition, your Flipping Sky Seal has been enhanced by the Heavenly Jade Technique and the Snake-like Breath Holding Skill, so you could break down his entire defense by hitting the weakest point, which surely helped you take a huge advantage in this battle!”
”Seems that this Flipping Sky Seal is quite good!”
”The attack force of the Flipping Sky Seal is really immense. Additionally, I saw you use it without a hitch, so it may be suitable to regard it as your main attacking means!”
”Really?” Zhou Bao smiled, and then, he dropped out of the spiritual communication with Green Spirit. With a flash, he already darted out of that terrifying pit and stood on its edge with both hands clasped behind his back.
”Today, the reason that I come here is just to require an explanation from the Mingyi School. the Mingyi School secretly dispatched forces to besiege me in an attempt to kill me. Now, you should want to kill me openly in this Mingyi Lane. In this case, I have no more words to say. But I'll try you out, just to see how much strength this world-renowned school truly has!”
Zhou Bao's voice resounded through the entire Mingyi Lane once more.
”What an audacious note! However, he has defeated Yuan Hai in such a short time, even without employing his Pure Yang Celestial Device. It seems that he does have the capital for arrogance...”
”What? Looks like that the Mingyi School did send Elders to murder him. Otherwise, he can't have committed such a huge offense and fought all the way to the front door of the Mingyi School!”
”Haha, now one of the two Level Nine experts that the Mingyi School has is already down. I wonder when the other one will come out!”
”I've heard that the Mingyi School has a very impressive formation for protecting the whole school. Is it possible that they will initiate that formation today? If they truly launch this formation merely for defending against this Zhou Bao, and then, the millennia prestige that the Mingyi School has enjoyed will be destroyed in just one day!”
”Only if they let Zhou Bao walk out of here alive will their millennia prestige be destroyed!”
Various discussions were buzzing in the crowd of the representatives who had come here for the ceremony.
”We've got really lucky to see this. I thought we could only get some boring rituals, but who knew that we'd bump into such a brilliant event. It's brilliant, truly brilliant!”
”Brother Gao Hai, is it true that the Mingyi School did try to kill Zhou Bao? Isn't he an Outer Core disciple of the Tian Long Taoism? Why didn't the Tian Long Taoism stick up for him? Or else, do you have some private deals under the table with the Mingyi School?”
In the guest yard of the Mingyi School, someone asked Gao Hai in a low voice, who was a representative of the Tian Long Taoism, watching this ceremony.
Gao Hai was fairly young, just in his 40s, but already had a cultivation at Level Seven. This rendered him a precious talent even in the whole world.
Hearing the surrounding acquaintances asking him this, he could only shake his head with a wry smile. ”How can I know this? I've never heard of this. However, judging from Zhou Bao's acts, I think this is true. Humph, now the Mingyi School is getting bold. It even casually kills the disciples of us the Tian Long Taoism. I'll certainly report the event to our Sect Leader and require the Mingyi School to give us a proper account for this!”
”Brother Gao Hai, I'm afraid it's too late. Zhou Bao isn't a patient man. Now, the Mingyi School has already lost one expert at Level Eight and one expert at Level Nine. If they let Zhou Bao leave here alive, they'll truly have no dignity to face others anymore!”
”Not necessarily. To finish off Zhou Bao is not such an easy task for the Mingyi School, I'm afraid.” Gao Hai's expression suddenly went sullen, and then, as if coming to think of something, turned mildly relaxed, which looked sort of enigmatic.
”Maybe today's drama is actually directed by the Tian Long Taoism in the dark to give the Mingyi School a hard time, isn't it?” The changes on Gao Hai's expression pushed the crowd to overthink. However, they didn't know that Wang She had just secretly passed his voice into Gao Hai's ears.
As a matter of fact, Gao Hai did enjoy some respect in the Tian Long Taoism. He was also part of the system of the Three Chiefs, who was a subordinate directly led by Nian Wushuang.
The Three Chiefs were closely related, each holding a different ambition, so there were almost no conflicts of interest among those three. In addition, they were about the same age and shared a lot of views in conversations, which helped them maintain a great relationship with each other. Thus, they formed their own system in the Tian Long Taoism and possessed extraordinary influence. In their sect, many newly joined masters of martial arts all submitted themselves to their side which grew to be the youthful group of the Tian Long Taoism.
However, precisely for their young age, Gao Hai still didn't know many top secrets about the sect even though his cultivation had reached Level Seven. Therefore, when he first learned that the Mingyi School should send forces to kill Zhou Bao on the sly, he was a bit nonplussed, which then turned into a fit of indignation. Anyhow, Zhou Bao was a member of the Tian Long Taoism. Moreover, that fact was already publicly verified by the Tian Long Taoism. However, the Mingyi School still did such a nasty move, which obviously showed their contempt for the Tian Long Taoism. Thus, how could Gao Hai not get furious? Nevertheless, just when he was about to interrogate the Mingyi School in rage, Wang She's voice floated into his ears and told him to take a wait-and-see approach. That was why he displayed such a confident appearance now.
Let's set Gao Hai's wait-and-see approach aside for the moment and talk about Zhou Bao. Now that Zhou Bao's voice had run through the whole Mingyi Lane and was carried to everyone's ear, and the Mingyi School would seem to be coward if they still didn't reply.
Therefore, soon after Zhou Bao's voice faded away, the front door of the Mingyi School that was originally tightly closed, opened widely before an old man over the age of 60 came out from it, escorted by a big crowd.
”Wang Daohong! He is Wang Daohong!”
”The head of the Mingyi School! The Sect Leader! Hehe, I never thought he would come in person! ”
”Of course he would come. Facing such a mess that the Mingyi School had not met over thousands of years, he's really out of luck!” Someone gloated.
Indeed, throughout the past millennia, the Mingyi School had never run into these kinds of troubles. However, one of those just happened to Wang Daohong. If he had not been the unlucky guy, no other person could claim to be one!
There were more than 20 people clustering around Wang Daohong, and each of their cultivation was above Level Seven. In fact, under this circumstance, if your cultivation had not reached Level Seven, you would be utterly useless.
”Are you the head of the Mingyi School, the Sect Leader?” Zhou Bao asked the unflustered Wang Daohong with a smile. His eyes swiveled about Wang Daohong, and in the end, fixed on two figures.
”Wang Haiming, You Tianjing! You two finally has the guts to see me!”
”Humph, Zhou Bao! You are here behaving aggressively and thinking nothing of our the Mingyi School. You are truly arrogant! Today, we'll let you have a journey with no returns!” Wang Haiming's face went livid. Although fearful of Zhou Bao's strength, surrounded by so many experts, he naturally became daring.
”Calling me aggressive! Hehe, is this the style of the Mingyi School?” Zhou Bao gave a lukewarm smile. ”Don't people say that the Mingyi School is the leader of the Right Way? Moreover, isn't this the most righteous place? But how come, as I've seen today, this place is more like a home base for bandits? No, no, that's not right. It's even worse than that. After all, some bandits are still able to be reasoned with, they're much more reasonable than you!”
”Zhou Bao, stop pressing your win over the quarrels. Today, you forced your way in and injured a deacon and an Elder of the Mingyi School. This matter shall be settled neatly no matter what happens!”
Wang Daohong opened his mouth and interrupted the upcoming disputes.
”What a smart guy this Wang Daohong is!”
”How unabashed he is! Seems like Zhou Bao is telling the truth that the Mingyi School did try to kill him in secret. Otherwise, Wang Daohong wouldn't have stopped them talking!”
”What a the Mingyi School! Behaving so shamelessly in broad daylight! Hehe, no matter whether they win or lose, the prestige of the Mingyi School will be considerably diminished after today!”
”Well, that will be better than letting Zhou Bao expose all their dirty moves on the spot. If things don't develop in this way, the Mingyi School will still be able to retain some dignity after all!”
”But in that case, maybe the Mingyi School will really launch the protective formation. After which, Zhou Bao will certainly be in danger!”