Chapter 119 – City Lord Chen Yuan (1/2)
Chapter 119 – City Lord Chen Yuan
All thirty-six teams representing their outskirt city were gathered around the martial platforms. Everyone was trying to figure out how strong everyone else was, and the exchange of looks were not all that friendly.
The young cultivators were running around exchanging information.
“I heard that Zhoutian Sword School only sent one person this year!”
“I know that kid’s name, Jian Chen. He fought five ten-star Warriors simultaneously in a sparring match and won! Their school has never fallen out of top three, and I’m guessing that this year will be no exception.”
“What!? Are you serious? Do you think they have a chance at first place this year then?”
“Well, you can’t just write off Galaxy Academy like that as three of the God’s Seven are on their team!”
The moment their title was mentioned looks of envy and admiration appeared on the young cultivators’ faces as they heard the title they dreamed of gaining; it was the reason they trained so hard.
With two opposing schools assigned to one martial platform, It was the first time since last year cultivators from all thirty-six schools gathered in the same place. Other than the God’s Seven, who would be the strongest out of each school was another hot topic.
Young cultivators from South Star and Polaris Academy were glaring at each other with rage and hostility in their eyes.
Qi Xiu was standing around a hundred meters away from Ye Wei, and he was wickedly glaring at his recent opponent.
“Is that Qi Xiu?”
“Yeah, he is strong enough to fight the God’s Seven. A couple of days ago, he came to Ning City before the tournament started just to challenge Xuan Yu, the third strongest of the seven. They fought for a whole hour, and Qi Xiu lost just by a small margin. If he could fire out just one more stance he could have won the fight, but he lost valiantly. I’d say if he challenged any of the weaker seven, he might actually be one of them right now!”
“Wow, kudos to his courage and confidence to challenge the third best young cultivator of the region as well as the fact that he lasted an hour!”
“Polaris’ opponent, though, South Star Academy, is ranked a tier lower! I doubt this match-up will last long.”
“South Star Academy? The school that got eliminated in the first round last year? I heard their best cultivator is called Liu Jian… Wanna bet how long it will take Qi Xiu to beat him? I say he will not even last one stance!”
“I say two stance exchanges!”
Liu Jian’s face turn pale as he overheard conversations between the speculating cultivators from other schools.
The Polaris cultivators looked at Liu Jian and the others and laughed. Although Ye Wei’s strength was beyond what they expected, Qi Xiu did say he was confident he could take care of the new face; they all trusted the master of seven Myst stances!
The atmosphere was thick enough to be cut with a knife, as the fights would start soon. All the cultivators were restlessly checking out their opponents.
“Welcome, everyone!!” A rich, thick voice vibrated the air. It wasn’t loud, but it could somehow be heard clearly by all the cultivators and the teachers leading them. They all looked respectfully towards where the voice came from and saw a middle-aged man with his hands crossed behind his back.
He was wearing a simple green robe and had a gentle smile, and while there was no Qi disturbance around him, his elegant presence and posture made enough of an impression that everyone who saw him wanted to bow in reverence. This was the City Lord of Ning City. The leader and the only returned prime Warrior of the province.
At the Battle of Trapped Beast City Lord Chen singled-handedly destroyed more than six-hundred condensed prime demons during the pivotal fight. The returned prime Warrior was rumored to have achieved that with strength to turn rocks to dust and part rivers bare-handed. Many also believed that Chen Feng was a descendant of Supreme Chen Feng and that he was powerful because of his Supreme bloodline.