Chapter 92 - Vying for Beauty and Glamor (1/2)

Ting Lanyue was the first to recollect her thoughts as she said, "Junior Martial Brother Zhong, you bashed them all? This will only make things worse, making enemies with so many people, I'm afraid they will surely come for you after they are awake … and that senior martial sister over there, you even slammed her until her eyeballs rolled to the back of her head, why did you beat her until this extent?"

Zhong Yue smiled and said, "Senior martial sister, just now that Senior Martial Brother Ta said that it will not affect the amicable relationship between us."

Ting Lanyue was bewildered and said, "Getting beaten to this extent and you're saying it wouldn't affect the amicable relationship? Then Senior Martial Brother Ta's magnanimity must be extraordinarily great!"

Li Xiuniang took in a deep breath of air, she pushed her chest up, gazed at Zhong Yue and asked, "Junior Martial Brother Zhong, were all these senior martial sisters and senior martial brothers defeated by you?"

Tao Yanran's beautiful eyes glistened as she also took a glimpse at Zhong Yue. She was Tao Daier's elder sister, a core disciple of the Tao Lin Clan. It was just that she had never met with Zhong Yue in the Lawless Battles.

Yu Feiyan also gazed at Zhong Yue in bewilderment, she was shocked and surprised at the same time.

It was too unbelievable, Zhong Yue was the same as them, one who had acquired his name and reputation in the Lawless Battles and rose to fame after his extraordinary battle with Shui Qingyan; and an exception was even made to confer the title of strongest of the upper house to the two of them at the same time.

But these were all matters that ultimately, merely pertained to the outer hall upper house!

The inner hall was entirely different!

Each and every disciple of inner hall was a Qi Practitioner, some may have recently entered and some had been here for tens of years; their strength and prowess were incredible, unequivocally superior to those that had just been inducted into the ranks of inner hall disciples!

How could Zhong Yue have been able to utterly defeat all these senior martial sisters and brothers despite having only just entered the inner hall three months ago? And there were so many of them?

Zhong Yue led the way and walked into his cave dwelling, he smiled and said, "Although all these senior martial siblings have cultivated for quite some time, they have yet to experience the tempering of life and death battles ... inexperienced and untested, they have the requisite prowess but can't fully unleash them. When faced with me, they are just like flowers raised meticulously in a greenhouse getting tossed into a heavy storm, surely they would come out withered and battered upon coming out the other side."

Tao Yanran impishly stuck out her tongue, those Qi Practitioners fainted away on the ground were their senior martial siblings, and they were much stronger than the four young ladies currently standing in front of Zhong Yue.

But in Zhong Yue's eyes, these Qi Practitioners were merely house flowers unable to endure the storm, only able to wither away and die when faced against a force of nature such as himself.

"Swank." Yu Feiyan twitched her mouth, she followed Zhong Yue into his cave dwelling.

Zhong Yue turned his head around, smiled and said, "I'm not boasting, furthermore, their cultivation levels are not as strong as mine, and their strengths are also weaker than mine; it really is just me bullying them, actually."

The other three young ladies quickly followed with Tao Yanran asking in curiosity, "Their cultivation level is not as strong as yours? But these senior martial brothers and senior martial sisters were already cultivating in the inner hall a few years before we entered their ranks, I'd even venture to say that there are quite a number of them that have already achieved the level of Rebirth!"

"So have I," Zhong Yue smiled and answered.

Yu Feiyan, Li Xiuniang and the other two ladies were shocked, they simply could not believe their ears, Zhong Yue was already a Rebirth Qi Practitioner!

How long had it been since the day he manifested the spirit and became a Qi Practitioner, even if he had ascended to become a Qi Practitioner on the day he entered the Ethereal Palace, that would only leave two months for him to achieve the level of Rebirth and achieve the state of [Spirit Soul as One]. Was something like this even in the realm of possibility?

One had to know, it necessitated the arduous accumulation of decades of hard work before most Qi Practitioners would be able to coalesce their soul with the spirit and achieve the state of [Spirit Soul as One]. Some even dedicated half of their lifetime only to achieve a peak of Rebirth Qi Practitioner. And yet, Zhong Yue had only spent two months to reach that vaunted stage – it was utterly horrifying!

This was the first time Zhong Yue entered his own cave dwelling and so he took the time to gaze around his abode. The experience was quite novel to him, although it was referred to as a cave dwelling, it was quite different to the cold and lifeless cave the name would evoke. Instead, it was quite lavish and luxurious, embellished with golden ornamentation; there were a small garden and a fish pond, a pavilion and a balcony with a marvelous waterfall beside – it was wide and spacious.

He walked to the side of a cliff to see carvings scattered all around on the slopes. They were probably left behind by the previous Qi Practitioners that have taken residence in this particular cave dwelling.

"The hills in Swords Gate are grouped and counted in units of hundreds, there would be a cave dwelling on each hill, all these cave dwellings have a long history and were home to countless masters over the years. All these Qi Practitioners would usually jot down their gained knowledge and insights within the cave dwellings during their cultivation."

Li Xiuniang said, "To be able to grow our own understandings from their knowledge and insights are very beneficial to our cultivation, these engravings are a tremendous grace on the part of the seniors who used to call these cave dwellings home."

Zhong Yue nodded in agreement as he cast his glance towards the carvings on the cliff; some of them were regarding the totems, some pertained to the ways of the sword, some delved into the profundity of array formations, and some others expounded on the forging of soul weapons and the fabrication of totem pillars.

"It's normal for Junior Martial Brother Zhong to become a Qi Practitioner, but how did your strength increase so greatly in such a short period of time of three months, and you have even achieved the level of Rebirth?"

The young ladies hopped to the side of the waterfall and collected some waters to boil a pot of tea. They rested in a small kiosk beside the waterfall as they enjoyed a cup of warm hot tea; Yu Feiyan could not help but to ask, "The spirit I've manifested is one of the top ten spirits in Swords gate, but even so, it'll take me another two to three years before I can achieve the state of [Spirit Soul as One]. So just exactly how did you manage to achieve that state in such a short time? Is the Sword Spirit that is ranked first really that strong?"