Volume 2 Chapter 31 (1/2)
Great Dao Commander - Volume 2 Chapter 31
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Volume 2, Chapter 31 - Elder Chen and Elder Xun's Distress, The Mermaid's Merit
The flying sword fight between Radiant Qi Realm cultivators was just like commanding 2 armies into battle, whereas cultivators' spiritual qi was the army. Feng Ming thought that the amount of his spiritual qi exceeded Zhang Yan, but he had fallen into disadvantageous position due to Zhang Yan's cunning method, causing him unable to even gather his soldiers. If Zhang Yan unable to release any soldiers again, it would be his turn to crush him over. He only needed to stall on and pa.s.sed through the storm because he firmly believed that the one who would lose would be Zhang Yan!
In his calculation, Zhang Yan's spiritual qi at least amounted around 36 to 42, so he only needed to persevere for a little while again.
With this thought in mind, Zhang Yan's advance naturally would be pressed down and barely able to support it. He looked forward until that time came to reverse the situation.
After the 2 Sword Bullets having rotated for 36 times, he saw Zhang Yan was at ease and skillful as before. He was slightly confused but finally returned back to his calm after calculating it. However, he felt that something was not good while restless feeling sprouted out of nowhere and gradually became more intense over time.
By the time 42 maneuverings had been pa.s.sed, an inconceivable thought suddenly flashed through Feng Ming's mind, causing his body gradually trembled, his Sword Bullet's control and movements became sluggish and could only stiffly follow Zhang Yan's Sword Bullet's maneuvers, and simply didn't try to face the attack.
Up until the 48th time, he couldn't support it again and didn't release his last stand of qi left, causing his Sword Bullet to stagnate.
But Zhang Yan's Sword Bullet unexpectedly turned around again easily as it flashed straight at Feng Ming. He could only look at it helplessly and unable to stop with his already spent strength.
”Puff” sound was heard, Zhang Yan's Sword Bullet hit Feng Ming's chest. Along with a ”thump” sound, he backed down for 2 steps with disbelieving expression projected from his eyes. His face changed for a few times with unwillingness expression and then turned vacant until finally replaced with shame and anger.
Zhang Yan faintly smiled as he cupped his hands to Feng Ming, ”Senior Brother, you let me win.”
Feng Ming stood motionless without saying anything. n.o.body knew his thought but his hands kept s.h.i.+vering.
Elder Chen on the stone platform, frowning. He wielded his duster and whispered something. The child servant at his side stood and shouted, ”Master Ancestor commands Senior Brother to come to speak!”
Zhang Yan calmly strode onto the stone platform and sent a casual greeting to Elder Chen. But it was not the salute from Junior to Senior, but was the greeting from cultivator of the same generation.
Upon seeing this, a displeased expression sprouted from Elder Chen's face as he then coldly asked, “Have you ever been learning this Flying Sword Art before?”
Zhang Yan shook his head, said, “Never.”
Elder Chen pointed his duster at him and shouted in a cold tone, ”Don't lie! You dare to deceive me! I've been observing you all the time. You've already mastered this Sword Art! Your movements and transitions have already matured, and those clearly had been tempered for several years to achieve that state! Spit the truth, who teaches you?”
Under the swift and fierce glare from him, Zhang Yan didn't bat an eyelid and confidently replied, ”Disciple entered the Upper Court less than a year, broke through into the Second Stage of Radiant Qi Realm a month ago while I was on a diplomatic mission to the Water State, and only today have I returned to the Upper Court. Just when and how could I temper myself for several years?”
In fact, the amount of time Elder Chen had said about a few years time that it would take to hone his ability to this extent was extremely accurate. Despite fully focused on practicing the Flying Sword Art, it was simply impossible to fully master it in one year. Had it not for Zhang Yan wholeheartedly tempered himself for 200 days in the Broken Jade, he couldn't have achieved years' practice results like this.
“What? You just started less than a year?”
Elder Chen's brows became tighter. He had long been closing up for years, and only in recent days had he entrusted by Elder Xun to come and gave Sword Art's lecture, while he also wanted to see Feng Ming's talent today. Naturally, nothing did he know about Zhang Yan, while also there none mentioned about such small matter to him.
He asked, “What's your name? Whose disciple are you? And what's your duty?”
Zhang Yan's expression looked austere as he straightened his body and replied, ”Myself is Zhang Yan, the supervisor at Alchemy Pavilion and under the Alchemy Pavilion's Master's tutelage.”
Elder Chen stunned, ”You're actually Martial Uncle Zhou's disciple?”
He secretly thought, “No wonder he acts in uninhabited manner, it turns out that he and I are of the same generation, so his conduct naturally aren't wrong.”
And then he looked Feng Ming at the side, feeling embarra.s.sed.
Originally, he had promised Elder Xun, to bestow the Stars Sword Bullet to Feng Ming. Never did he expect that Zhang Yan would come out and even beat him with highly skilled Sword Bullet technique in front of tens of thousands of disciples. He also couldn't act shamelessly. The reason he called Zhang Yan up was to use words to press him as to make him withdrew on his own initiative. But after knowing he was Zhou Chongju's disciple, he discarded this idea.
Zhou Chongju's status in the Sect was extremely special. His rank was very high, and apart from the Sect Master he usually didn't give everyone a face. He was also an extremely famous Alchemy Grandmaster in the Great Eastern Continent. Elder Chen's words could perhaps slightly suppress and deter other disciples, but it wasn't the same with Zhang Yan, because his capital was even lower than his.
Although he was also an Elder, but it was because of his age and seniority, nothing more. Compared to those of Elders at True Crossing Halls, he was worlds apart and couldn't be compared with them.
While he was being in a dilemma, he felt that his feet gently vibrated. He couldn't help but reveal a slight happiness as he looked up to the sky, he smiled and spoke, ”Senior Brother Xun has come?”