Chapter 151 - Commotion on the Training Grounds (1/2)
Chapter 151: Commotion on the Training Grounds
The Valley of the Medicine Masters.
The training grounds.
Since the inception of the valley, the training grounds had never been this lively. Almost everyone in the valley had gathered there, elders and disciples alike.
Some had even come in from far off, riding atop flying beasts, were now circling the air above the field.
Not that they didn’t want to enter. The beasts they were riding upon were lower-leveled, and since there were already several higher-powered flying beasts on the field they did not dare to get too close.
“How about we go down to the field and watch?” a valley disciple riding a flying beast suggested.
“I’m not going down there. If you want to go so bad, then you go. Can’t you see the field is packed with people? Even if you try you probably won’t be able to squeeze in,” another disciple on a flying beast lamented, shaking his head.
“I agree. Let’s just watch here from far away … at least we’ll be able to see something from here. If we go down to the field all we’ll be able to see will be the heads in front of us.”
“That guy in white, I hear he’s only nineteen years old.”
“That guy? Can’t really make him out from up here, but if you say he’s nineteen then he must be.”
“I hear he was originally from a small place in the country of Yunyang and only entered into the initial stage of his Connate abilities at such a young age because of the essence of a Primal Core monk. Plus, he even used some creepy hidden weapon to kill a mid-level second elder!
“A nineteen-year-old Connate adept … too bad, he’s definitely going to die today!”
…
All the residents of the Valley of the Medicine Masters who had gathered felt that the young man in white who had killed their second elder Chen Tianhe was definitely going to die today.
On the training grounds the young man in white stood, his left hand behind his back and his right hand fiddling with a small metal ball.
And he was now surrounded by several old and middle-aged men, all of whom were valley elders already on their Connate-stage journeys, and all of whom were staring directly at him.
Though the young man was surrounded, no one made a move. They all seemed to be silently waiting for something.
Aside from the young man, there was also a young woman within the circle made by the elders. She lay next to a corpse and was glaring at the young man, brimming with hatred.
Whoosh!!
Suddenly, a booming sound came from above, attracting everyone’s attention.
“It’s the head elder!”
“The head elder is here!”
… .
Drawing gasps from the crowd, a large blue eagle swooped low over the training grounds and a nimble figure leaped from its back.
In a three-foot flash of green light, the figure landed firmly among a gathered group of valley elders and stepped out into view of the crowd.
It was a woman with a medium-sized build dressed in a long gray robe. Though her hair was all white, her complexion looked to be that of a middle-aged woman.
She had hair the color of a crane, yet possessed the face of youth.
“Head Elder!”
“Head Elder!”
…
As soon as the woman appeared, all the gathered elders bowed to her in great reverence.
This woman was none other than the head elder of the Valley of the Medicine Masters, Yu Meiqin.
Yu Meiqin was already nearing 90 years old. In terms of seniority, even the Valley Lord, Su Mo, would have had to call her “Uncle.”
“Head elder!”
Upon seeing Yu Meiqin appear, Chen Dandan ran to her and knelt to the ground, tears streaming down her face.
“My father has dedicated his life to serving the Valley of the Medicine Masters, and now he has been murdered by someone who has infiltrated the valley. You … you must avenge him!”
“Rise.”
Yu Meiqin helped Chen Dandan to her feet. Her elderly voice was firm, “No matter who it is, the Valley of the Medicine Masters will never forgive whoever has murdered our second elder.”
As she said these words, Yu Meiqin’s gaze landed upon the young man not far away. What had before been expressionless eyes were now sharp and piercing.
Of course, deep within her gaze there were also traces of fear.
After all, Chen Tianhe had been the valley’s second elder, a mid-level Connate adept just like herself. Though his abilities had been no match for hers, he was not far behind.
On her way over she had met with the valley elders who had come to see her so was already familiar with the events that transpired.
This young man before her, a nineteen-year-old from the country of Yunyang, was suspected of receiving the essence of a Primal Core monk in order to achieve the initial Connate-stage.
“That metal ball … it transforms into a sword?”
Yu Meiqin shifted her eyes to the small metal ball in the young man’s hand.
“Is that … a sword sphere?!”
As High Elder of the valley and higher in seniority than Valley Lord Su Mo, Yu Meiqin was every bit as proficient in knowledge as the latter.
“If this truly is a sword sphere … then I’m afraid only the Valley Lord is able to defeat him!”
Thinking back to what she had read in an ancient tome regarding sword spheres, Yu Meiqin could not help but feel intense fear, and it showed in her eyes.