658 Sword Master (1/2)

Hearing what Ye Chen had just said and seeing Gao Changtian's attitude, a lot of people started to accept what had just happened. Indeed, the title of Sword Master would need someone to bear it. If no one dared to, then there would always be a Sword Master missing. Ye Chen taking this title would not be as simple as they had imagined. Of course, not many people thought this way; most of them did not think of him as worthy. They all thought that it would only take months for him to end up being the joke of the world, and a lesson for all young warriors.

”Ye Chen, the battle between you and I is not over yet. I will battle with you another day.” Du Gujue did not set a time. It would be meaningless, since the competition between them would not be just of one or two days, neither one or two years. If he managed to catch up with Ye Chen, then naturally there would be another battle. If he could not, then it would mean nothing. On the other hand, if they got caught up by the others, then it would be the same.

What he had not expected was that when they met again would already be years later.

As Du Gujue had left, more and more people decided to leave as well. But before they did, they suddenly remembered that the reason that the whole place was packed with people was because Bai Wuxue and Xia Houzun had a battle here one year ago, and this year, there was also Du Gujue and Ye Chen. What about the next year?

”Let's go!” Bai Wuxue and Lu Shaoyou left one after another.

”Ye Chen, let's catch up when you have time.” Hai Wuya and Yan Fengfeng greeted him before they left as well.

Moments later, the Nine Dragon Lake had gone quiet.

Li Daoxuan and the other two came to the mountain that Ye Chen was on and the former said with a laugh, ”Ye Chen, long time no see!”

Ye Chen smiled and said, ”Indeed long time no see! Time really flew by!”

”Time goes so fast. Luckily, we have all made it into the Sea of Souls Realm, so our appearance will not change for at least another couple of decades.”

Ye Chen smiled again.

Time was cruel and invincible. Only with cultivation might one be able to seize the beautiful moments of life for a bit longer. But even then, they could only have a couple of decades more. When Ye Chen first ran into Li Daoxuan and the other in the Hidden Dragon Match, it was already eight years ago. Within a blink of an eye, time had flown by.

”After eight years, although our appearance did not change, our minds have. Regardless, I am glad that I have met you, Ye Chen. With you appearing, our lives changed drastically.” It was Yan Chihuo who was talking. Eight years ago, he would have never said such a thing because he was young and reckless, and feared failures. But after eight years, he had changed a lot. His perception of things had changed as well. Ye Chen's appearance had not only not silenced them, but somehow also inspired them to be more powerful.

”Brother Yan is right. But, besides the appearance, the only thing that did not really change was you, Ye Chen. You are still so bright and shining. Ah right, we should start to address you as Sword Master.”

Bing Ling smiled, which was extremely rare for her. She looked beautiful under the sunshine like an ice flower under the sun.

Ye Chen smiled politely, ”Are you guys planning to stay in the Sky Martial Region for a while?”

”Indeed! We have just arrived in the region, so it is rather new to us. We plan to travel around here for a while.” Li Daoxuan nodded.

Ye Chen said, ”Hai Wuya and Yan Fengfeng are quite nice. If you guys run into them, just tell them that you are my friends. As for me, I will head back to the South Rudra Region now.”

”Alright!”

The three did not try to stop Ye Chen. The more friends they had out there in a foreign region, the better of course.

”Then I will take off now. You guys be careful!”

As he waved his hands in the air, the flying puppet was thrown out. Ye Chen jumped up and turned into a beam of flowy light, disappearing in the horizon.

”We are here and he is gone.” Li Daoxuan sighed.

For the three of them, the Sky Martial Region was still rather new, a new start for them basically. But for Ye Chen, it was already so old that there was nothing left for him to learn. He had everything he needed.

…

On the way back to the South Rudra Region, Ye Chen would have to pass through the Turtle Mountain.

Shoo!

A beam of light shot through, traveling extremely quickly.

”Ye Chen, I have been waiting for you for a long time now.” It was right then that a figure jumped up into the sky, blocking in front of the flying puppet. It was a man in gold robes and tied up hair. It was indeed Xia Houzun!

The flying puppet flapped its wings, slowing down its body. On the back of the puppet, Ye Chen stood up while staring at Xia Houzun and said, ”If I have guessed it right, you have trained your Void Shattering Finger to completion, right? Otherwise you would not have come to challenge me.”

The Void Shattering Finger Art was a low rank profound martial art because it contained the space profound, which was more powerful than normal mid rank profound martial arts. So far, Ye Chen had also trained his to ninety-nine percent as well. Of course, that last bit was the hardest part. Without full understanding the space profound, it would be almost impossible to make progress.

”You have guessed it right! Therefore, you have to lose!” Xia Houzun had a golden light shining around his body, and his aura was aggressively powerful.

Ye Chen shook his head, ”Earlier on, you might have had some hope of winning against me. But right now, you have zero chance, because you would not even dare to challenge me in front of others. I think this is why you have been waiting for me this whole time, right?”

Xia Houzun's face dimmed down.

”Alright, since you are this confident, then bring it on!” Ye Chen put away his flying puppet, his palm holding the sword.

”Falling Star Finger!”

Xia Houzun did not want to talk to Ye Chen anymore as he performed one of his most powerful attacks right in the beginning. After half a year in closed-up training, Xia Houzun had made drastic progress, and not just in his space profound. Right then, his Falling Star Finger Attack was nothing different from a real star shower. It brought out swaths of explosion while sparks splashed everywhere.