C23 (2/2)

”Hey, you guys have all made breakthroughs in half a year, and both of you have improved quite a bit.” Originally, Li Xun and Qin Qing had already greatly surprised me. His name was Gu Muzhi, and his strength was at the eleventh step. Naturally, he could tell the strength of Dong Nana's group, which was completely different from the information they had obtained when they left the mountain. Back when he met Li Xun and Qin Qing, he had been struck quite a bit of a blow, so other than the fact that Qin Qing had improved tremendously, he could not feel Li Xun's strength at all. Due to their limited strength and talent, the other Wind Elder did not have much of a reaction.

The few of them looked at each other and laughed. They had been practicing diligently for the past half year, and were much more diligent than those in the sword faction. Only they themselves knew of the hardships they had to endure.

”Li Xun, no wonder the Sect Leader thinks so highly of you. He is indeed a favored son of heaven. We were originally worried about their progress over the past half year, but it seems that following you was the right decision.” Elder Gu was generous in his praise of Li Xun.

”Elder, if you say this, I will be very proud. This will not be good for the upcoming martial competition.”

In truth, Ouyang Qingfeng would never have guessed that Li Xun would meet Baili Feng and receive her guidance. However, there was a saying in the Sword Soul Continent, ”The opportunity of being a free genius. If the people who follow the genius around make good use of the opportunity, they will have a good harvest.” Back then, he had also obtained Baili Feng's guidance by chance, which was why he had avoided taking many detours when he was young. His fellow disciples also benefited greatly from this, which was why he arranged for the five of them to follow Li Xun.

Hearing Li Xun's teasing, the crowd burst into laughter. Li Xun and the rest of the elders all laughed confidently, while the elders were happy that a few geniuses had appeared in the Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect. In their eyes, these six were definitely the Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect's golden generation.

When they parted ways, the Thunder Elder, Gu Muzhi, who was in charge of the team, gave Li Xun information about their opponents. However, after seeing the strength of these six people, he felt that they were unnecessary.

”Li Xun, this time's team competition's first place is without any mishap. It's our Sky Mountain Sword Sect's again. The individual competition is up to you. ” With regards to the individual competition, if they were to compete with Li Xun's strength, it would indeed seem like they were bullying the weak, relying on the strong and the weak.

After the six of them left, an elder said, ”Elder Gu, if this Li Xun really had the strength of at least the tenth step that you guessed earlier, then wouldn't it be easy to obtain first place in the group and individual competitions?”

”In theory, it's not bad. This batch's six participants' overall strength is several levels higher than the previous batch's. However, their opponents aren't all weaklings. Furthermore, according to the information we received, a few of them have already joined hands to fight against our Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect. We just do not know how they were arranged for this competition.

After returning to the Dong Clan, the few of them took turns to look through the information given by Elder Gu.

”Everyone, please tell me what you are thinking about this competition. You must know more than me.” Although Li Xun was the captain, he knew his own limitations. He knew very little about this southern youth martial arts competition.

From the information, we know that the opponents are not very strong, but the strength of the main opponents of our Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect is still not very clear. Furthermore, the appeal of this southern youth is increasing, and in the past few decades, there have been new sword disciples participating in every competition. The most troublesome part is that many of them have come to our Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect, because as long as they defeat us, their own sword sect's reputation will be spread far and wide. Zhou Jie's words were very accurate. They had heard a lot from their senior brothers and sisters in the past. Before they left the mountain this time, their respective masters had also warned them about this.

”Indeed, in principle, we are not over thirty years old, and the disciples that our Heavenly Mountain Sword Sect and other established sword sects have always sent would not exceed twenty-five years old. In fact, we are mostly in our early twenties. ”So in terms of training time, we are at a disadvantage.” Dong Nana asked worriedly.

This was also a matter of pride and arrogance on the part of the older sword sects. Ever since there was a Great Assembly, when the older sword sects' sword faction used their young disciples to get the first place, the older sword sects started to get excited and send their young disciples over. The younger they were, the better.

”Actually, I want to see everyone's shocked expressions when we use our true strength.” Tian Fen was not worried at all. On the contrary, she was filled with confidence.

Cheng Kun didn't say anything, but from the resolute look in his eyes, it could be seen that he was also brimming with fighting spirit.