Chapter 21 – Bothersome (1/2)
Chapter 21 – Bothersome
The dantian of a five star Warrior can’t normally support a Myst stance. Unless the Warrior upgraded the stance from Spirit to Myst through refinement. As such with the aid of cosmic energy, performing the Blazing Horned Tiger’s Assault was made possible for Ye Zhong.
The other two stances him and Ye Wei worked on produced decent results as well.
Spindrift Steps was considered a simple high level Spirit stance, after the second night of refinement, it was now a peak high level stance.
Also a simple high level Spirit stance, Triple Plunder Sword had more potential out of the two stances. On the third night it reached forbidden high level after three corrections.
Forbidden was not just a name, while performing forbidden stances the user’s Qi is essentially compressed and causes great stress to one’s meridians and Sentient as the compressed energy passes through the body. Practicing these techniques were eventually tabooed as the lives they claimed accumulated over the years.
Ye Wei was quite aware of the wild Qi flow with Triple Plunder Sword, therefore he swapped in runes that slowed the Qi flow down during the refinement process. The stance was now more Qi demanding, but less damaging to the user’s body! Though, even with that in mind, Ye Zhong would not use it unless the timing was perfect, as the pressure Triple Plunder Sword gave to his body is not something he needs while fighting a stronger opponent where avoiding taking hits is crucial.
Ye Wei was the only person in the household who knew Ye Zhong broke through and became a five star Warrior, also all the refinements were kept secret between the two of them for multiple reasons.
Although Ye Zhong’s strength was still outmatched by the six star Du Han Yue, the odds of Ye Zhong coming out on top increased a lot due to the element of surprise and the intensive well rounded training!
It was now the eve before the big fight and the challengers from the Du family would be at the manor’s gates by dawn. The two cousins were sitting above the yard on the branch of a century old antique willow sharing their hardships under the mellow moonlight.
They talked about everything, Ye Wei even shared his unpleasant and complicated relationship with Joe Yin.
“That is crazy! Just who does she think she is? Those exact words actually came out of Joe Yin’s mouth?” The insults and Joe Yin’s behavior were deemed outrageous by Ye Zhong, and his face twisted in anger while cracking his knuckles as he spoke.
“We can’t blame it all on her, she is strong enough to get herself a bed at Green Phoenix, it’s okay to have some pride. On the other hand though, she was right I should be stronger considering how long I have been training at South Star Academy!” Ye Wei sounded modest but in his mind he was eager to prove everyone wrong.
“Little Wei, never underestimate yourself! One day you will be the dragon and her the snake, and then she will wish she had never said that to a Runemaster!” Ye Zhong patted his little cousin’s shoulder, although he was not a South Star Academy student he could imagine how much mockery and bullying from schoolmates Ye Wei had to endure over the years after hearing Ye Wei open up and talking about what had been bothering him.
Ye Zhong witnessed Ye Wei and Joe Yin growing up, he knew how close they were, therefore understood the pain and suffering Ye Wei had to go through. Getting betrayed and insulted by a childhood friend is more agonising than an outsider could ever imagined. Trying not to be affected by emotions before the big fight, he took a deep breath and suppressed his anger.
In the past, Ye Zhong asked his little cousin how school was going, but the conversations never lasted longer than two sentences. Tonight was the first time Ye Wei felt comfortable enough to open up about his experiences at school and let others see the scars on his heart.
After unloading the burden he had been carrying around for the first time, Ye Wei felt content and relieved. He was pleased to have a caring cousin listen to him.