Volume 2 Chapter 33 (2/2)
A blue vein stood out on Cheng Qian’s forehead Neglecting Yan Zheng’s question, he said, “I won’t sleep with you!”
“You think I want to sleep with you?” Yan Zheng board is softer than your bed!”
Cheng Qian turned to leave “Fine I’ll go sleep on the chopping board in the kitchen Sect Leader Senior Brother, please do as you like”
Yan Zheng outside the door, “Take him down!”
Cheng Qian always treated others—even the Taoist children frohtly distant and urbane ht with these innocent bystanders Hence, Yan Zhengot his way
The brocade quilt brought fro Qian to sneeze so hard that his eyes strea threw a handkerchief at hiusted look and said with a frown, “Is there anything wrong with your nose?”
Cheng Qian picked that handkerchief up with two fingers, stretched out his arm, and tossed it away Then he produced a book about the taboos on char”
Yan Zhengrabbed the book “Sleep”
Cheng Qian: “Give it back!”
As such, they started tussling over the book and banished all thoughts of sleep
An intact Taboos on Char Qian loosened his grip out of care for the book while Yan Zhenge of that, threw aside the book, and put out the light
Cheng Qian resentfully ground his teeth in the darkness and tucked hiht, out of mind
The winner, Yan Zheng, crossed his hands behind his head His sense of triuave hi just lay flat in the bed, staring vacantly at the bed curtain
It was a long ti’s voice suddenly ruffled the silence, “Now I knohat it feels like to tread on thin ice and to stand on the edge of an abyss”
Cheng Qian tucked hi “abyss” for the moment
Yan Zheng to himself, “After the Celestial Market, there’ll be lectures Many rogue cultivators3 would seize the opportunity and come for advanced study Second and fourth junior brothers haven’t crossed the threshold of absorbing qi, so I a To lay foundations at least… we can’t just go back to Fuyao Mountain without any skills”
Just how ridiculous it was, to think that they had to audit others’ lectures to learn soue cultivators did, despite Fuyao Sect being a decent sect
“I have promised the lord of the island to stay, but I didn’tpaused and then added, as though to convince somebody, “Really”
Cheng Qian had poked his head out of the quilt without Yan Zheng at his senior brother in silence
Cheng Qian still had an ie, but the eyes on his pinched face radiated a staunch gaze ehtness and innocence
‘What was I doing when I was at his age?’ Yan Zhenght to himself
Looking at Cheng Qian, he felt torn and sorry, and words just popped out of his mouth in an uncontrolled o back”
But he regretted it as soon as he finished that Yan Zheng at Cheng Qian any It wouldn’t be better if we can, but never et your hopes up”
‘… Fine He’s only reliable when pigs fly,’ Cheng Qian thought
So upheavals, but ti on and on
While these young boys were anxiously seeking their way out, the Celestial Market opened as scheduled
The so-called “Celestial Market” on Azure Dragon Island was actually a very grand decennial exposition, and a ten-li-long street had been devoted to trade in pills, talisic tools, enerations to come to make friends with like-h to travel by theroup after the Celestial Market rounded off
On top of that, the key focus was nothing other than the “Azure Dragon Coue cultivator across the country
The lecture hall of Azure Dragon Island was the ue cultivators Cultivators, even anization would coreat teacher so that they could embark on the true path of cultivation
Those lucky enough to rise above the coon Island, even though they wouldn’t be counted as a full disciple But to say the least, with years spent in the lecture hall, one would definitely acquire some basic skills which would confer him the ability to seek his fortune on his own travel
Unfortunately, due to the lih rounds of elimination, only one to two percent of all enrollees would be able to stay
But in Fuyao Sect’s case, the Lord of Azure Dragon Island obviously opened the back door for theht not necessarily survive the elion Competition
At Han Yuan’s instigation, the disciples of Fuyao Sect decided to go to the Celestial Market and have some fun
TheMany mortals mixed with the crowd and couldn’t be told apart fro soon found that the way they communicated or traded was entirely different—only mortals would use currency while cultivators did barters
Even if Yan Zheng hundreds of thousands of paper s at the Celestial Market Don’t even think about those ic tools
The Azure Dragon Coon Platform at the end of the street
The Azure Dragon Platfor square, but there seemed to be a certain charm cast on it—once you stepped onto it, the platform would look so boundless that it was even able to contain illusions of highWanqiu and some other cultivators stood in a circle around the platform, perhaps to preserve order
Any cultivator confident in hiht with someone else, while those who hadn’t crossed the threshold of cultivation ht pick an illusion to test his own conduct, willpower, aptitude, and so on
For the sake of fairness, everybody was allowed to spectate
When Yan Zhenged to find themselves seats in a nearby teahouse, two cultivators were in co a saber and a sword respectively Unlike the battle against Jiang Peng on the sea, in a cole move on both sides could be clearly seen
The swordsileness which embodied his hard work But once the fanciness went past a certain point, it appeared redundant After two or three hundred clashes, the unimpressive saber wielder suddenly spotted his opponent’s weak point He pressed his saber ahead with a jolt, jerking it upward and hitting the swords
The spectators around gave cheers
“First Senior Brother, when can we use real swords?” asked Han Yuan with admiration
“When you won’t drop your wooden sword on your feet,” said Yan Zheng as he stared fixedly at the platform
Cheng Qian chuckled by his side and then said to Han Yuan, “Master said that the swordplay of our sect is different from the rest; we’ll have to wait some years”
With that, he remembered the wooden shich had been held steadily in Master’s hand on that stor as your moves embody the sill, wooden swords are not necessarily inferior to iron swords…”
Before Cheng Qian could finish his words, Li Yun suddenly pulled hi nonsense!”
Cheng Qian was confused He raised his head and saarthyat him coldly
Cheng Qian had no clue rong Upon their gazesQian as he said, “Wooden swords are not necessarily inferior to iron swords—you s on the Tao of the sword, little brother?”
Just then, the rogue cultivator who had lost just now caon Platfor, “Brother”
Cheng Qian latched on to as going on right away He thought this was really strange This guy was directing his anger at him for his own brother’s defeat?
Evidently, Han Yuan felt the saar hated his little senior brother being offended and advanced right away, a ue
But before he could spout therabbed him “Don’t stir up trouble!”
Yan Zheng Qian and , “This kid is talking irresponsibly, he would even say a coal ball is white You h that off, brother”
Li Yun felt a spurt of fatigue after he heard first senior brother talk about a coal ball before an actual piece of black charcoal He knew that first senior brother had intended to be a peacemaker, but the words soh Yan Zheng’s mouth
A born nuisance—what a special talent!
That swarthy man’s face went darker as expected His defeated brother whispered to him, and a few seconds later, his eyes settled on the wooden sword in Cheng Qian’s hand
Then he snorted, “What? ‘Fuyāo’ (place the hand on the waist) Sect? I’ve never heard of such I don’t think there’s a need to enter the lecture hall now, since any nobody is able to get in using their connections Perhaps the Azure Dragon Competition’s fame is overblown, just to cheat fools like you who don’t know the truth!”
Tang Wanqiu, as standing by the Azure Dragon Platfore i But since she dared not abandon her duty without perlances at that black charcoal and the disciples of Fuyao Sect She probably wanted to kick all of them out of here
Yan Zhenght, ‘He’s speaking ill of the Azure Dragon Island anyhat does it matter to me?’
Thus he sneered and lifted his foot to leave
Cheng Qian wasn’t so unthinking as hie
Although the black charcoal had spoken rudely of Azure Dragon Island, the trouble was ulti resentainst them, as the lord of the island had su had happened at this point, those people would ive them a hard time in the future
Yan Zhengo”
Cheng Qian turned a deaf ear to hie of his wooden sword, he slowly said, “Oh? So you enuine abilities?”