Chapter 131 – New Challenges (1/2)

Chapter 131 – New Challenges

On the next morning, all young cultivators gathered at the amethyst platforms again, enthusiastic and eager to start the second day’s fight and expand their capacities.

South Star’s opponent of the second day was Ling Yin Academy, which came twenty-eighth last year. South Star was able to claim victory easily, gaining another point without even showing Ye Wei.

The win streak continued for two weeks. Apart from their first opponent, South Star did not really face any worthy enemies, which gave Ye Wei a chance to rest, consolidate his cultivation and strengthen his arsenal by learning the Selenic Triple-Primal Sword and the third evolution of Supernova stance.

On the fourteenth day of the tournament, South Star finished early again, and Ye Wei decided to join the other youngsters to watch the fight between Frozen Sun City’s Golden Wood Academy and Seven Star School, as the dark skinned boy, who had made eye contact with him at any opportunity, would be fighting.

“Ye Wei? It that you?” A clear bell-like voice sounded from the noisy crowd.

Ye Wei’s gaze fell onto a young lady in her early twenties. Her dark green dress was skin tight, elegantly complimented her curves and made her look extra sassy. Her lengthy body and pretty face made her stand out in the crowd like a crane in a flock of chickens.

“Xue Yao?” Ye Wei recognized her facial features.

“Took you some time!” Xue Yao’s brows rose as she smiled.

“How have you been?” He could feel Xue Yao was already a condensed prime Warrior.

She did not answer directly, but instead narrowed her eyes and assessed him, “You’ve grown a lot and became really handsome in three years! Where is your girlfriend? Did she come with you?”

“Hey… Don’t joke around like that!” Ye Wei’s face became red, too embarrassed to answer.

The two then decided to catch up using voice transmission technique as the crowd was getting noisier.

Turned out Xue Yao, Hong Xun, Zhou Hou and the others met the descendants of the Glacial Emperor’s disciples and picked up their legacies. Everyone of them improved quickly in the course of three years.

“It’s a shame Hong Xun and the others couldn’t make it herethey all missed you. We all got together a few times after we left the labyrinth, we were made to swear our loyalty to whomever inherited the Glacial Emperor’s legacy, or we shall be smited by the heavens. We were also told that the inheritor will have a jade trinket, using which he could communicate to us…”

Xue Yao then looked at Ye Wei, who was surprised to hear what have just been said to him, and assumed that she already knew who became the Glacial Emperor’s inheritor.

Seeing that Ye Wei was chatting with a beautiful girl, Liu Jian, Chen Mo and the rest of the South Star crew became a bit jealous, but at the same time admired Xue Yao as they could also feel that she was a condensed prime Warrior despite her young age.

“So, little Wei, why haven’t I seen you fighting?”

“I did on the first day, but haven’t had the chance to since then.”

“Oh well, my brother is representing Golden Wood Academy, and I have to go now! Catch me later!” Xue Yao heard the crowd going wild and noticed someone on the platform had been injured. Worrying that it might have been her brother, she quickly went away.

“Take care!” Ye Wei waved goodbye. He felt grateful for all that Pu Yuan had done, surprised by the set up that gave a small but powerful force in his command. During the three years, Pu Yuan had been treating Ye Wei with great patience as if Ye Wei was his own apprentice.

In Ye Wei’s mind, Master Yi and Pu Yuan had been treating him as if he was family.

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In the evening

“We have been pretty lucky with the matchups. Apart from the fight with Polaris Academy, we won every match with relative ease even without Ye Wei.”

“Let’s maintain our win streak!” everyone in South Star felt elevated from the great results so far.

“The tournament is almost half over, and we are one of the only five schools with a clean record. I think that says a lot! Well done guys!”

“Yes, but that means we have to pay extra attention when we face Galaxy Academy, Zhoutian Sword School, Tri-Solar School and Seven Star School. We are aiming to finish in the top three!” Vice-principal Xu He looked around him and smiled gladly. “During our best run a long while back we managed to finish seventh, but I think we will definately top that this year!.”

“Tomorrow we will be facing Tri-Solar School. Their team’s average cultivation level is higher than ours. Furthermore, they have Shi Hun Tian, one of the God’s Seven among them, be prepared for a tough fight!”

“If we win tomorrow’s matchup, then the odds are we will surely be in the top three. Boys and girls, please, do your best! And, Ye Wei, we will be depending on you to deal with you know who.”

Everyone simultaneously looked at Ye Wei with wary, although he had defeated a powerful cultivator known as Qi Xiu, a God’s Seven is another level of existence. They were imagining the possibilities of their teammate becoming one of the seven.

“I will do my best!” Ye Wei smiled and nodded.