48 Xiao Fang is back (2/2)

Xiao Fang nodded as he watched the lesson take place. He was familiar with the techniques. Despite them being basic sword techniques, when mastered they become powerful tools that could rival an expert.

Xiao Fang watched the lesson from afar with his blindfolds on as to not distract the Elder and disciples. Suddenly, he felt a gentle hand tap his shoulder, followed by a sweet voice that could melt a man's heart.

”Xiao Fang, did you miss me?”

”XinYi, I didn't hear you coming”

”Really? That isn't like you”.

”You're right, it isn't”, he turned his head slightly in her direction suspectingly, as she smiled at him mysteriously.

There was only one person he knew that could sneak up on him like that, it was a person he despised the most. However, the girl behind him was not that person, she was a close friend of his so he dismissed it as him being too focused on the lecture infront of him.

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Lei XinYi is a beautiful girl in her mid 20s with a slim frame, smooth skin, and a killer ass. There wasn't anything special about its size, but it's shape was more perfect than any man could imagine.

Although she was a few years older than him, she's the only person he knew that could rival his speed in the same realm.

She was one of the few friends Xiao Fang had in the sect that frequently cultivated with him, body and spirit. Last he saw her she was in the 9th stage of the body refinement realm, just one stage above his. Despite her advantage in cultivation, he would always end up on top, literally and figuratively.

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”Why did you return?”.

”I thought you might've been lonely without me, so I wanted to pay you a visit”, he said half jokingly.

”Hmph, you are so full of yourself. If you should know, I was perfectly fine without you”, she said haughtily.

She released a bit of her aura making Xiao Fang expression change to shock.

”Solid body realm!”, Xiao Fang exclaimed.

It was already incredible that she could make it to the 9th stage at her age, but the jump from 9th stage to the solid body realm is insurmountable for most using the Divine sword method.

”While you were off fooling around, my master helped me breakthrough to the Solid Body realm. Are you scared of me now?”, she smiled mockingly.

”Master? Does that mean you've passed the core court exam?”, he asked.

From his knowledge, the core court exam wasn't like any of the previous exams, it was a competition against other sects, so only a few of the best amongst the inner court disciples would ever get promoted into the core court. But even then, if a master did not choose them at the end they would not pass the inner court exam. Roughly 1 in 10 pass the first test of the exam, but only 1 in 100 ever found a master to acknowledge their talent.

”No, that's not it”, she smiled bitterly.

”Your grandmother saw me training a few months ago and said I had a lot of potential. Seeing that I left a good impression on her, I asked her to take me in as her disciple and she accepted”, she said, telling the story as if she could hardly believe it herself.

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Although this was something to be proud of, he was only wondering what his grandmother was planning. No matter how hard he thought about it, it just didn't make sense to him. His grandmother never took in a disciple because, unlike most sword techniques, his grandmother's sword technique didn't complement the Divine Sword Method.

Similar to how the Divine Sword technique can only be practiced by someone that has practiced the Divine Sword Method, the only way someone could learn his grandmother's special techniques is if they also practiced her sword method.

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As he thought about it, he didn't realize she had already left his side. Once he noticed her absence it confirmed his suspicions. His grandmother was the only person he knew that could escape his field of view without him being able to detect it.

She was no longer the girl he remembered her to be, she already made huge progress in his grandmother's movement technique.

Before Xiao Fang could turn his attention back to the lecture, he heard the Elder on stage announce a new guest,

”Ah, you've arrived just on time. This is Core Court disciple Lei XinYi, she will be helping me demonstrate the things we have learned today”.

”Elder, if you don't mind, there's someone here I would like to fight against”.

”Someone here?”, the Elder looked at the crowd of disciples around him, trying to find someone that could be her match, but there was no such person.

Lei XinYi pointed at the blindfolded man standing at the gate all the way at the back.

”I would like to fight him”.

The Elder nearly fell back when he saw Xiao Fang.

”X-Xiao Fang, he's back”, he said breathlessly.

He still clearly remembered what he and his colleagues did to him not too long ago.

The only difference now was that he was displaying an incredibly oppressive aura. Even if he tried to hide it, an elder like him would know at one glance.

The last time he saw him he was at the 8th stage of the Body Refinement realm. How many realms did he jump to exude such a presence, it felt like he could even last a few blows from his sword at max strength now.

Little did he know, it wasn't the difference of realms that gave him such a deadly aura, but something much deeper that he unknowingly acquired in the cave in Mannan city.

Xiao Fang had his brows knitted, which put the elder on guard, but what he didn't realize was that his focus was not on him, but on XinYi.

'What a troublesome girl. She thinks I'm still in the 8th stage and wanted to bully me here infront of all these people', he thought.

He knew this was the kind of person she was. His sword hand iched and a terrifying smile nearly escaped his lips.