Chapter 962: A Jealous Genius (1/1)
The anger hadn’t been because of Jiang Chen’s challenge in particular The Ranking of Young Lords had clear-cut rules As the 20th ranked, Jiang Chen could only issue a challenge to so was at the tail end of that gap, so challenging hi’s fury was rooted so Zhen had only coo How could he be allowed to steal so much thunder? What did he do to deserve so much adoration? The news of E lord was just icing on the cake Bestowing the title of young lord wasn’t a big deal in and of itself Any true disciple studying under Eible
However, as one of the fourhad pride and a lord Fan’s death, only three out of the four disciples remained, with little difference in ability between them Given the circumstances, he saw an opportunity for advancement Thus, he viewed Veluriyam Capital’s future leadershi+p as his own domain, as a possible future he could carve out for hi Zhen’s sudden appearance and widespread acceptance by the city greatly threatened that prospect
His hostility in light of that was quite natural It was a primal instinct to protect one’s own territory He wasn’t at all satisfied He didn’t want Jiang Chen to be listed as one of Sacred Peafowl Mountain’s young lords, period The trending gossip didn’t only state that Pill King Zhen would belord Fan’s replacement This only served towas an a lord Fan’s replacement, then the chance at future leadershi+p of Sacred Peafowl Mountain would be lost to hi lord Fan of yesteryear was undeniably number one compared to his peers There was no question about ould inherit the faction They had envied the young lord too back then The disciples had enough self-awareness about the significant distance between Peafowl’s then-fore lord Fan had not collected the popularity and position due to hiht That hy they had kept their eventual resent Zhen, on the other hand, hada meteoric trail He’d become Veluriya Sheng was not the most tolerant of individuals He was very upset, in fact The arena was the final catalyst for his e looked his coaze was both critical and provocative
“I’ Zhen” However, he kept his tone i was an associate of the Mountain, after all Regardless of how jealous he was in private, he could not i Jie’s lack of decoru’s voice, the hidden hostility fro Chen’s opponent was still easily detectable The expression in the otherChen spared no polities aside froe in the fight,” he replied with a faint smile If his opponent had been anyone else, perhaps he would have bit back with a snappy retort However, Yang Sheng was one of Eh there was no need to accord respect to the student in this case, the teacher still deserved full dignity It was better to give Yang Sheng the cold shoulder The best kind of retaliation lay in an onstage victory
Yang Sheng was a little startled at Jiang Chen’s unresponsiveness An aggravated opponent was easier to deal with, but there was a factor of intimidation as well His position as one of the true disciples under Emperor Peafoas the perfect club He wanted to scare his opponent into perfor hadn’t fallen for it at all Yang Sheng had been outright ignored He sht”
With a shake of his arm, he produced a black-and-white whip in his hand “You know, Pill King Zhen, the news is everywhere these days People are saying that you’re a genius aeniuses, a master of both pill and martial dao Let’s test that ru whip induced cracks in the fabric of its surrounding space Countless specks of dust ca up a storm of reduced visibility In the next moment, the monochrome whipan onco appeared in the skies over the arena, snaking through the air with a dangerous vehe’s hand drew a circle in the air At the gesture, countless airborne energies collected theative, forceful and docile The two extre Chen hadthe Genius Ranking battles That fellow favored a pair of golden cyative poles, had been able to create a strong suctioning force between the Whip seeh the actual technique was probably more complicated and difficult to deal with After all, the whip’s power purely ca’s personal skill It was different fro
Jiang Chen dared not underestieneral Thankfully, his breakthrough into eighth level sage realainst Fang Yuan, Jiang Chen had been filled with boundless inspiration by the mystery of his Reverse Heaven and Earth technique After so consideration, he realized that the sword-strike had contained energies similar to those of an eainst awas also to sunder it with his sword
His Pentecolor Divine Swords swept through the air, co blade and finesse into one The chaos in the airspace The thip i Sheng harrumphed with evident displeasure He’d observed his opponent’s priorYuan The power behind this particular sword technique was known to him Still, he’d been confident that the forcefield fro Whip wouldn’t lose The si shattered his offense caused his heart to sink He began to re-evaluate the power of Jiang Chen’s sword
Is Pill King Zhen actually one of His Majesty’s hidden pawns? Saved for the sole purpose of shi+ning brightly in the Veluriyaht couldn’t help but pop into Yang Sheng’s head There was no other explanation for the absurdity of the situation In face of the fact that he’d only been here for less than two years, Pill King Zhen’s accomplishments were incredibly absurd So cultivator? Co was fully roused by now, his ire flaring His whip twisted and wove at will, the constricting force brought to a crescendo by theChen looked like a raft weathering an ocean tempest Each and every wave appeared cala Whip filled the air The weapon carried a ness in its wake
Jiang Chen had fought ’s whip looked, it was the first tie In terms of both power and expertise, his current opponent surpassed the two he’d just taken down by a fair ahth level sage realm already Otherwise, he would have needed a lot more effort to take down the youth on the other side of the ring
Although Yang Sheng’s as quite potent, it failed to find any gaps in the defenses woven by Jiang Chen’s Pentecolor Swords As time went by, more and more people were clued into the reality of the battle Those ere the keenest already had the following i’s whip attacks were, they were never going to catch Pill King Zhen in their coils On the other hand, Pill King Zhen was goofing around a bit His sole purpose see no intention of apparentlyis really sha way because of his status as one of E a iven an inch? Does he really want to be sto is one of Sacred Peafowl Mountain’s four true disciples His techniques with the Yin Yang Whip are pretty ie what technique will coe of so Zhen is going easy on hi is one of E took him out with just a couple of bloouldn’t that be really e? People have reputations, you know”
“You’re probably right about that Pill King Zhen is going to be Sacred Peafowl Mountain’s young lord, right? He probably knows it by now He and his opponent will both serve the saht even be his lieutenant someday You have to look out a bit for your second-in-co all around the arena Evidently, Jiang Chen’s superb perforineternalized as soh his opponent was one of Sacred Peafowl Mountain’s finest youths, everyone believed in Pill King Zhen’s victory to be a naled a kind of common senti began to be heard all around the stage Public dissatisfaction at Yang Sheng’s behavior was palpable Theit out for? Look at how refined Pill King Zhen was being! He’d loyally cooperated with his partner all this tierous way nobody knehat Jiang Chen was actually thinking He had taken the defensive for one purpose alone: he wanted to figure a few h battle and wanted to confir the sword