Chapter 9 - Breadth of Mind and Spirit (1/2)

"Don't worry, with me by your side, not a single soul weapon can hurt you."

In Zhong Yue's psyche ocean, Xin Huo suddenly said, "But I can only act using your body as a vessel, which would undoubtedly reveal my existence, the world will then come hunting for me. At that point, we can only run on a desperate path of exile… Eh? Someone is helping!"

It was only a short distance before the soul weapon would pierce through his forehead. All of a sudden, a palm came out of nowhere. Its thumb and index finger gently pinched onto the soul weapon, grabbing it in between its fingers.

Cold sweat rushed out of Zhong Yue's forehead, and his soul trembled as he could vaguely feel the Sword Qi from the soul weapon.

What just happened was extremely dangerous, his mind was on the verge of caving in entirely and resigning itself to death!

"It's a pity!"

In Zhong Yue's psyche ocean, Xin Huo was flying around, he sighed, "I was just thinking that after I am exposed, I would channel and detonate the devil souls that were sealed underneath this land, releasing the devil souls and allowing them to massacre and rampage on the people of Swords Gate. Then you and I can both wander around the world in search of a pure-blood Fuxi Celestial Race…"

A cold shiver traveled down Zhong Yue's spine as the words that fell from Xin Huo mouth evoked even more terror in him than the soul weapon he almost died to just now.

The soul weapon was vigorously vibrating, struggling to escape from the fingers that restrained it.

"Second uncle, please stop."

The owner of the palm was a young man, dressed in purple clothes—a handsome figure with eyes that shone like stars at midnight. He smiled at the elder of Tian Feng Clan and said, "You can't hide your hideous actions from the other Qi Practitioners.Even if you had killed him, the others would only laugh at the pettiness of the Tian Feng Clan."

The elder's heart skipped a beat, he quickly walked out of the Knowledge Teaching Pavilion, and he asked, "Why are you here in the upper house?"

"Zuo Xiangsheng defeated my dear second uncle, stripped the Cloudless Hall from the Tian Feng Clan and trampled on the name of the Tian Feng Clan. How can the Tian Feng Clan tolerate all of it?"

The young man smiled gently and said, "I am here to pay him a visit and to see what he's got!"

The eyes of the Tian Feng Clan elder shone, "With you here, we will definitely be able to reclaim the Cloudless Hall!"

However, the young man shook his head, smiled and said, "Zuo Xiangsheng wasn't at fault, there is indeed a need to give a path to the children of the poor. The Cloudless Hall will be handed over to him. I am here only to claim back the honor of the Tian Feng Clan, to defeat him and to let him know that the Tian Feng Clan are not so helpless that we can simply be picked on!"

He then turned to Zhong Yue, bowed and said, "My second uncle is being rude, I apologize to you on his behalf."

Zhong Yue quickly returned the bow. He could not help but have a favorable impression of the young man. He asked, "Senior martial brother is…"

"Swords Gate Qi Practitioner, Tian Yanzong of Tian Feng Clan."

Tian Yanzong rose and flew away. He said, "Second uncle, don't cause him any more troubles. I am here today to challenge Zuo Xiangsheng and reclaim the honor of the Tian Feng Clan. Second uncle need not embarrass us anymore!"

The elder's face was drastically changing; suddenly, he flung his sleeves and left in displeasure back into the Knowledge Teaching Pavilion.

"Hahahaha, is the Senior Martial Brother Zuo Xiangsheng of the Zuo Qiu Clan here?"

Tian Yanzong was in mid-air while his laughter reverberated throughout the mountains, "I, Tian Yanzong of Tian Feng Clan, am here to challenge you!"

Zhong Yue watched as Tian Yanzong flew away, he mumbled to himself, This Tian Yanzhong… his breadth of mind and spirit is comparable of that Zuo Xiangsheng, having such a temperament, he is also a proud hero…

Whether it's Tian Yanzong or Zuo Xiangsheng, they are both young men of around twenty years of age – five or six years older than I am, yet they have such an imposing manner. Such an exceptional temperament, they will definitely become significant figures in the Great Wilderness in the future!

Qi Practitioners… they are the Qi Practitioners in my mind—the true Qi Practitioners!

Zhong Yue's thoughts undulated like a stormy sea. Seeing the despicable actions of the Tian Feng Clan elder had put him off of Qi Practitioners. But watching Tian Yanzong and Zuo Xiangsheng had made him realize how a true Qi Practitioners acts and carries themselves!

"This experience has widened and condensed your state of mind; your aura now very slightly resembles that of a Qi Practitioner's."

Xin Huo praised him from his psyche ocean, "Maybe you will be a great Qi Practitioner in the future; of course, the Qi Practitioners are still like petty bugs compared to the pure-blood inheritors of Xin Huo."

Zhong Yue was now accustomed to his stinging words. He ignored it and thought to himself, Although the Tian Feng Clan will not trouble me anymore, there is still no one willing to take me in and teach me their techniques. Without any combat skills, I still can't fully unleash my real strength.

Such as before, the upper house disciple wielded his soul weapon and cast his sword skill, Zhong Yue couldn't fight back and could only continue trying to defend himself using various methods. If only he was also proficient in combat skills, then he wouldn't need to doggedly dodge and evade the attacks.

But now, even if the Tian Feng Clan wouldn't look for trouble again, there still weren't any Qi Practitioners that would take him in and teach him anything; Zhong Yue couldn't learn any combat skills and ascertain what his real power was.