83 Sweeping strong foes, Fang Zheng displays his skills (2/2)
Fang Zheng’s lips remained tight, as he said nothing but rushed towards him.
”Dragonpill cricket Gu!” Chi Cheng’s thought flashed, and immediately an orange red-coloured glow came from both his legs. He leapt lightly and instantly retreated ten meters away.
The distance that Fang Zheng had just shortened was immediately lengthened.
”Hehehe.” Chi Cheng got smug and laughed, ”Fang Zheng, you have no speed increasing Gu, and with your two legs, you cannot catch me. Although this stage isn’t big, it is enough for me to manoeuvre. Your tactic might have worked on Mo Bei, but against me it is ineffective.”
”Is that so?” Fang Zheng stopped his movements and stood on the spot, staring intently at Chi Cheng.
He smiled, his eyes showing iron will, shouting loudly, ”Continue dodging like that, but everytime you use the Dragonpill cricket Gu, you have to use a certain amount of primeval essence. You have merely Rank one peak stage green copper primeval essence, but I am already at Rank two red steel primeval essence, three times your endurance. Your talent is inferior to me as well. At the end, you would run out of primeval essence and the loser will be you!”
”You!” Chi Cheng was shocked, he only saw his advantage but did not notice his weakness. Right now, he could not help but agree with Fang Zheng, and his fighting spirit dampened.
”What, Fang Zheng is Rank two?!” The surrounding Gu Masters gasped. The examination results were only obtained the day before, thus they were only spread among certain people, so most of the crowd did not know about it yet.
”An A Grade talent no doubt, amazing, this Fang Zheng might really be the rising star of our clan.”
”Bai clan has that Bai Ning Bing, he is really too powerful. If Fang Zheng can grow up, he might be able to resist Bai Ning Bing.”
”This lad is interesting. Getting to Rank two in the academy and with such solid basic skills, this is such an uncommon scene. No wonder the clan leader poured so much effort into him,” Yao Hong muttered.
Qing Shu replied, ”The clan leader’s guidance is only part of it, don’t look down on this lad. Ever since he survived the assassination incident, he has become very hardworking, cultivating to the best of his limits, he is a good seedling, with both talent and hardwork. If he can grow up..., sigh, I feel like my burden is increasing.”
”Hehehe.” Clan leader Gu Yue Bo laughed lightly.
Chi Cheng’s weak nature was analyzed by him to Fang Zheng. Now that he saw Fang Zheng using it to his advantage, Gu Yue Bo was very pleased.
”It seems that Fang Zheng is this year’s number one.” Beside the clan leader, Gu Yue Mo Chen said.
Gu Yue Chi Lian snorted, staring at the scene intently. He obviously wished for his grandson to win and defeat Fang Zheng, that way he would win honour for the Chi faction.
But things do not go as he wished, and on the stage after getting demoralized, Chi Cheng could no longer display his 100% ability against Fang Zheng, and made continuous mistakes.
Eventually, Chi Cheng was caught with a fatal flaw, and was swept down the stage.
”Gu Yue Fang Zheng wins!” Gu Master announced.
Gu Yue Chi Lian’s face was black.
At once, Fang Zheng was famous, getting all the attention from the clan people.
”Fang Zheng beat Mo Bei and Chi Cheng simultaneously with wits and courage, it seems he is the first place this year,” Some people praised.
”Makes sense, I think well of him as well. Too bad he cannot join our group.” As the groups choose students, students are also choosing groups. A seeded student like Fang Zheng was already long booked.
”Fang Zheng is the clan leader’s faction, while Mo Bei, Chi Cheng are the Mo faction, Chi faction’s future leaders. This way, it seems that the Gu Yue Clan would be heavily dominated by the clan leader faction, suppressing the two clan elders.” Some people could see even further.
On the other two stages, the battles continued.
Fang Zheng walked down the stage long ago, hearing the people’s praises, his heart roaring as he felt himself being reborn.
Different, it was very different from before.
His heart was filled with the excitement of recognition, the anticipation of being appreciated, and the joy of being commended.
A gust of winter wind blew, and although he felt the chilly wind, Fang Zheng could only feel the sense of warmth like the summer day.
”Last match, Gu Yue Fang Zheng vs Gu Yue Fang Yuan!” A while later, an announcer shouted.
Translator's Thoughts
Skyfarrow Skyfarrow
...and here is the last chapter of today's mass release. Now since I'm here, I have a few things to say to clear up some confusion and misunderstandings.
[First] Spirit stones/ads. I have no control over it, its purely Qidian's system. As far as I know, the readers paying spirit stones to skip ads doesn't benefit me in any way.
[Second] Releases. I am unable to do daily releases since I am working in a job with a very unstable timetable. There are weeks where I am just working day and night and it is plain impossible to do anything during those times, hence I still owe about 10-15 chapters from a few months ago. It should be pulled back during Christmas period. I much prefer mass releasing over weekends, like you know, manga chapter weekly releases. If I'm doing weekly and I am late by a day or two, don't panic, I will sub those in with the mass release. If I fall into any 'super busy schedule' days and cannot translate I will notify with the next mass release. If you truly want to contact me, you can do so at Novelupdates.
[Third] I just want to remind some of the readers here that I am the original translator of this novel, where back then I used to do a chapter every two to three days during non 'super unstable schedule' weeks. Seven chapters a week is just plain hard if I have to also keep up with as much quality, it's like some people seem to think all I do is sit at home and watch TV and translate a chapter a week whenever I like. Honestly I liked it better when I was in my site with appreciative readers who talked about and discussed the novel. Sure the first Qidian TLer released 10 chapters a week, heck I could even do twenty with that MTL quality, I might as well go read at a certain MTL site. Not quite a rant, but just a reminder. I am here because many people asked me to come back, and like the original author of this novel, we don't deal with crap.
[Fourth] The name of this novel!! I am still unable to get it changed, actually I also want to know — Do you guys prefer Reverend Insanity or Daoist Gu? The first name is, in my opinion, more aligned to the 'spirit' of the entire novel and Fang Yuan. Daoist Gu is a more direct translation, but it sounds a tad bit lame. I'm going to set up in the comments, if you prefer one or the other, give the post a thumbs up. I'll see which title gets more likes, and see what I can do.