35 Shi Clan Tournament 2 - Looking Beyond (1/2)
At an exclusive place within the Shi clan arena, lies Shi Xingwan as he looks down at the stage.
From the start of the tournament, the only thing he cared about was whether his son grew stronger within the previous two months. It would sound selfish, but thinking that most of the participants are all old-timers, it would seem pretty logical.
'Shi Li's already 16 years old, which is an age extremely higher than those 13 or 14 year olds...but I can't forget about that one of course. Even though he's 17 years old and he can break through to the realm of Bone Tempering at any time, he still doesn't do it. I don't know what kind of motive he has, but we all have our own different paths I guess.'
After the usual purge of those wishful First Stage cultivators, Shi Li stood up on stage with shock and let out his full strength.
'Son, I wonder how far you've come...'
With a bang, Shi Li's fist landed squarely on the pillar, shocking everyone looking at the pillar within seconds...and making Shi Xingwan stand up from shock as well.
'W-W-What?!' He was already satisfied with his son being a slightly special cultivator, but to think that this came from his son, made him look at his son from a new perspective.
60 ren! A strength comparable to those at the First Stage of Bone Tempering! This came out of his son! How could he not be shocked?
He blinked twice and rubbed his eyes to see if he was hallucinating, only to end up grinning and laughing to himself at the end.
”Hahahaha! I've given birth to a great son! A son that we've nurtured! Wei'er, if you're seeing this, your son is alive and well. He hasn't awakened your bloodline, neither has he fulfilled the third condition. Yet he still defied everyone with this shocking display of strength! Hahaha!”
He sat down a while later and deduced a theory as to how Shi Li was able to kill beasts that have the realm of the Peak of Bone Tempering, even at his measly Second Stage cultivation realm.
”With the help of his body strength, and his attack technique, he was able to bridge the gap of almost two full realms between them and defeated it without any problem.”
As he said this, he rubbed his chin.
”But how did he...”
All of a sudden, a memory entered his head as he remembered Shi Li saying something in his office.
”Father, I have found a way to integrate my cultivation technique into my attacks...”
And from there, he frowned. He wasn't sure as to how it worked, but he did have a plausible answer.
”Integrating cultivation techniques into attacks is something extremely common, but the idea only struck me when I was at the Early Creation realm. Does the time of integration have to do something with the comprehension speed of the cultivator, or is it something else?”
After pondering a bit more, he shook his head and sighed, continuing to look at the stage.
”I'll just ask him later, it's not like he has a big secret to keep right?”
But Shi Xingwan didn't know...that Shi Li was definitely hiding something.
...
Shi clan, Clan Arena.
Multiple screams of disbelief could be heard throughout the arena as they saw the number that came out of the pillar from Shi Li's punch.
”That's impossible! The strength of a Bone Tempering cultivator, coming from a Skin Tempering cultivator? That isn't physically possible at all!”
”You know? Shi Li may be messing with us and he's already a Bone Tempering cultivator! He should be disqualified!”
”Yeah, disqualify him!”
”Disqualify!”
”Disqualify!”
One theory touched the seeds of doubt of multiple people, gaining the approval of the majority. In just a breath's time, the other participants set Shi Li as public enemy number one.
Shi Xingtai looked at the other participants and sighed. With the help of his qi, he was able to see that Shi Li hasn't gone through the process of bone compression, which is a sign of someone at the realm of Bone Tempering. The only difference with Shi Li from other Skin Tempering cultivators was that his skin was more compacted than theirs.