201 A Sudden Sound (1/2)

Xuanyan City.

At the venue of the Feast of Ziyun.

Thud!!

A faint echo reverberated. It was the sound of a youth lifting his hand and landing his palm on the body of another youth, pushing him off the high platform, and emerging triumphant in this friendly match.

Qi spread a third of a meter from the youth's palm.

As for the other youth, a layer of Qi also swept under his feet when he landed on the ground, battered.

Clearly, the two of them were both early Connate adepts.

By now, the Feast of Ziyun had already begun. The early Connate adepts from the five major sects of Ziyun, who were here this time, were divided into three groups of five. They were first to take part in the friendly matches.

\”Number two.\”

Dressed in a long green robe, a young girl of delicate appearance sat in the second row of the audience seats. She was looking at the inscribed jade tag in her hand with shining eyes.

\”The first group of matches is going to end soon.\”

The girl looked at the monk on the high platform who was dressed in a white robe. Her heart twitched. \”As long as there's an outcome for the match between the two people from the Tianwu Sect and the Divine Light Sect… it will be time for the second group of people, which includes me, to take the field.

\”Teacher said that if I win three matches, he will tell my senior to accompany me back to the Sixteen Countries of the East Valley and help me take revenge.\”

\”But I want to win four matches!\”

The girl was none other than Chen Dandan. Her eyes twinkled and her expression was filled with confidence.

At the Feast of Ziyun, the first batch of people to take the field were 15 early Connate adepts, three from each sect.

Fifteen people drew lots to divide themselves into three groups. The strongest person in each group was to be determined.

Thereafter, the three people who distinguished themselves in each of the three groups would all achieve the generous reward given collectively by the five major sects.

Now, the most powerful person in the first group was going to be determined.

\”Does Senior want to take a break?\”

The monk dressed in the white robe was none other than the early Connate disciples of the Divine Light Sect. He appeared to be around 20 years old. When the youth defending himself on the high platform smiled, two dimples appeared on his cheeks.

\”I didn't expend much energy. It hasn't affected me.\”

The young man, also the first early Connate disciple from the Tianwu Sect to take the field, shook his head gently.

\”If that's the case, Senior, please make a move first,\”

The disciple from the Divine Light Sect said politely with his palms pressed against each other.

\”Sure.\”

Faced with the youth who attacked him with full force, the disciple of the Divine Light Sect had an imposing expression on his face too. When the youth was surging towards him, he simultaneously pulled back while warding off the attack.

After a short period of time, he finally gained the upper hand.

Thump!!

After ten moves, the disciple of the Divine Light Sect randomly threw out his fist. The destructive power of his Qi increased sharply, mercilessly ousting the youth, who had already won three matches in full, off the high platform.

Victory!

The disciple of the Divine Light Sect attained the top position in the Feast of Ziyun this time.

\”As expected of a disciple of the Divine Light Sect. Although he's merely an early Connate adept, he has shown immense power. If you survey the entire Ziyun, there are probably very few early Connate adepts who are on par with him.\”

\”Even if a typical mid Connate adept emerges triumphant in a battle against him, it will probably take them a lot of effort.\”

…

The performance of the disciple of the Divine Light Sect made the audience gasp in awe.

The Divine Light Sect was deserving of its name as the best sect of the Ziyun since the olden days. Even a mere early Connate disciple from the sect was this impressive.

\”Lord Tuo Jin, Cao Gang is already our strongest early Connate disciple in the Tianwu Sect… the disciples of the Divine Light Sect are amazing,\”

The sect leader of the Tianwu Sect, a sturdy middle-aged man dressed in loose training clothes who looked like a street performer that smashed rocks on his chest, said in admiration.

\”We don't deserve Lord Ye's praise.\”

Tuo Jin smiled modestly.

The head of the Tianwu Sect, whose name was \”Ye Wen,\” looked incredibly rough. But his name described a scholarly person as opposed to a person from a military background.

After the Divine Light Sect's disciple achieved victory and came down from the stage, the head of the Xuanyin Sect Liu Yi who was seated in the audience area said in a clear voice, \”Now, the disciples of various sects who drew lots with the number two, can ascend onto the high platform.\”

Whoosh!

Before Liu Yi had even finished speaking, a green figure had already left the audience area behind him like a phantom and ascended onto the high platform in the blink of an eye.

It was Chen Dandan.

The goal that Chen Dandan's mentor, Zhong Ya, had set for her was to win three rounds. So she was the first to take the field so as to guarantee that she would attain her objective.

Even if she was confident that she was no weaker than the early Connate disciples from the other four sects, she was nevertheless the first to take the stage.

\”A female disciple?\”

\”The Xuanyin Sect is going to send a female disciple?\”

…

When Chen Dandan made her appearance, it was not just the spectators who felt that the Xuanyin Sect was messing around. Even the people of the other four major sects felt that the Xuanyin Sect was taking this way too lightly.

Because it was believed that female adepts could not compare to male adepts physically, females were usually at a disadvantage in fights between adepts of the same level of practice.

\”Lord Liu, is the Xuanyin Sect giving the disciples of the four major sects benefits by doing this? I can't believe you're sending a female disciple to take the field.\”

These words were said by the head of the Xuesha Sect while shaking his head and smiling as he looked at the leader of the Xuanyin Sect, Liu Yi from afar. He was a middle-aged man with a curly beard who was dressed in a long scarlet robe.

\”Lord Hu, you definitely shouldn't underestimate this female disciple from our Xuanyin Sect.\”