Chapter 158 - The Soft Spot in His Heart (1/2)

The hall master of the Hall of Sword Heart shook his head and said, "All these days, the duels and battles are getting staged non-stop in the inner hall, the disciples' prowess have already improved greatly, Elder Feng is being too strict to them."

"It's not strict, but these inner hall little brats lacks the sharpening from life and death situations! What are we Qi practitioners? Ages ago, the ancestors of Swords Gate came to the Great Wilderness that crawled with monsters and demons. They fought with their lives to protect humans, tempering themselves through countless life and death situations. With a thought, their wills to kill surged and billowed a million feet high into the sky, and the demons and monsters would stay a thousand miles away — these were the true Qi Practitioners!"

Feng Shouzhu raised his withered hand and pointed at Zhong Yue, saying, "This little brat from the Zhong Shan Clan is good. His killing intent could render his opponents defenseless against him. Of all the other disciples of the inner hall, who could be of his match?"

However, the eight hall masters were dismissive, Feng Shouzhu glanced at them and saw their attitudes. He sneered coldly and said, "Not long ago, there was news from the East Barren. The monster saint city lord Shi Buyi took in a dragon by the name of Long Yue as his closed door disciple. This Qi Practitioner is also only at the level of Rebirth, but in the bloody massacre in the saint city, over hundreds of monster Qi Practitioners died by his hand. Among which, there was even one at the level of Awakening! Of all the disciples of our Swords Gate, which Rebirth disciple is able to accomplish such a feat? And word kept coming in, this Long Yue has returned to Gu Xia City from the saint city, slashing and killing every obstacle along the way. In the end, he was responsible for the death of a total of fifty-eight Awakening Qi Practitioners!"

The eight hall masters shouted out in involuntary shock, "Rebirth killing Awakening, how is that possible?"

"Elder must be joking right? A battle that resulted in the massacre of two hundred Qi Practitioners, moreover, monster Qi Practitioners, even the dragon race couldn't have done it right?"

"That's true! People get tired, and defense could never be flawless, except if you wrapped yourself in like a cocoon, perhaps only then, would you be able to block down most of the attacks. But this is also useless against sonic and soul attacks, as long as there are a few Qi Practitioners that are proficient in the sonic and soul attacks, his defense would be broken through!"

"Nearly two hundred Qi Practitioners, how could it be that easy? One would invariably receive innumerable small wounds that would eventually deteriorate into severe life-threatening wounds – it's a sure death situation! The monster race must be boasting!"

"Definitely boasting! The disparity between Rebirth and Awakening level is too great, other than the five elemental innate spirit bodies, no one else could battle across higher realms! And it is still very difficult to win against the Awakening level even if one had the five elemental innate spirit bodies, let alone killing fifty-eight Awakening Qi Practitioners!"

"We of the elder council have only received the news a few moments ago. Even the elder council was shocked when the news arrived!"

Feng Shouzhu sighed, he said, "Not long ago, the celestial race visited us. The few high priests were also talking about it. Clearly, they've also received the news, knowing that Shi Buyi has taken in a very formidable closed door disciple. The high priests were talking to us — if Long Yue were to make his appearance, he will be of the highest priority to be exterminated, so that he wouldn't develop into a larger issue in the future! Can you all find me a Qi Practitioner from Swords Gate, one that can stand match evenly with this Long Yue?"

The eight hall masters just stood rooted at their positions in stunned silence.

On the Swords Gate's Tiger and Dragon Challenger Board, there were countless experts at the Qi Practitioner level, especially the top three — Yu Zhengshu of the You Yu Clan, Shui Qingyan of the Shui Tu Clan and Qiu Jin'er of the Qiu Tan Clan. But if speaking of killing the Awakening level Qi Practitioners and slaughtering over hundreds of other Qi Practitioners in a battle, they all did not think that any one of them would have the ability to do so.

Shui Qingyan's identity was kept concealed, the hall masters did not know that she was the Tian Myriad Mother, hence, they evaluated her as a normal Qi Practitioner.

"In actual fact, Qi Practitioners like Long Yue still exist in all of the races."

Feng Shouzhu was disheartened, "All of the Qi Practitioners nurtured by the races have been through strict and ruthless selections, they only cheer and crowned the winner; while we of the Swords Gate are still messing around like juveniles. As such, we can never nurture a dominant overlord that can stand above the world … Have a look, this is how Long Yue looks like."

He took out and opened a picture art which depicted the image of Long Yue. The images illustrated the bloody massacre he incited. It appeared as if a human spy had recorded the event in the monster saint city and sent it the intelligence back to Swords Gate.

The eight hall masters' faces changed drastically. On the image, they could see over hundreds of monsters falling under Zhong Yue's indomitable strength – swift and fast. The street became paved with corpses, and the cobbled ground became flooded with streams of blood. He appeared just like a god of death!

"Each of you, make a copy of this image, and request the disciples to remember this Long Yue's face when the teaching classes are on."

Feng Shouzhu gave his orders, "If this dragon comes out for a training trip and our disciples become so unlucky so as to meet him, they must know that they can only run, run for their lives immediately and do not think of engaging him in battle! Following which, they must inform the hall masters and elders immediately so that this dragon can be exterminated before he evolves into a bigger problem in the future!"

The eight hall masters' hearts quivered as they quickly made copies of this 'Long Yue'.

This Zhong Shan Clan member….

Feng Shouzhu's spirit shuddered in zeal and his eyes shone brightly as he gazed at Zhong Yue. He murmured to himself, "This Zhong Shan Clan member's killing intent is thick enough, he might just be able to match with that Long Yue. But I wonder how significant his improvements on cultivation base are now. However, even if he is not as strong as Long Yue, he is still a talent worth nurturing, only by going through hundreds of battles could one obtain such a thick and heavy killing intent!"

The master of the Shield Wall Hall said, "Long Yue, Zhong Yue ... both have the same character of 'Yue'. If this Zhong Yue has been nurtured properly, then it would be like the contention of the Twin Yue's of the Great Wilderness and East Barren. Sadly…."

He lamented, "This brat Zhong Yue, ever since he has entered the inner hall, he has never once attended a single class! He has never been to my Hall of Shield Wall at all!"

"Neither did he come to the Hall of Sword Heart!" The hall master of Hall of Sword Heart was also saddened.

"He has also never appeared in the Hall of Sword Qi!"

"He didn't attend the classes for Hall of Array Carvings either, half a year's time but not even his shadows came!"

….

The hall masters all blurted out their complaints, Feng Shouzhu who was initially holding high hopes for Zhong Yue also hesitated for a moment after hearing it. He thought, Could this Zhong Yue just be impressive-looking but useless, only his killing intent is strong but his prowess is subpar? He has entered the inner hall but didn't attend any of the classes of the eight halls, I'm afraid that his achievements will be very limited….