171 Deal Your Moral Integrity and Pocke (1/2)

After watching the ultimate showdown of Wang Lu against Liu Li on the Cloud Platform and the subsequent godly ten winning streak of Wang Lu, the spectators from near and afar finally said goodbye to the mountain—In fact, they had no way to stay even if they wanted to. Spirit Sword Sect was not a public park that everyone could stroll around as they wish.

As the crowds of spectators left the scene, the exchange activity of Ten Thousand Arts Sect and Spirit Sword Sect quietly reached its last act.

Though in accordance with the rules, there was still the five-on-five group fight, the interest of the cultivators on both sides inevitably faded down. People treated this group fight more like an aftertaste after a climax.

Even the disciples who took part in the fight did not take this matter too seriously. Within the Ten Thousand Arts Sect, rather than strategizing, they were actually somewhat eager for the fight; they had the thought of wanting to wipe away the previous shame, but they weren’t that too passionate to prepare for it.

The group fight of the two sects began two days after the final one-on-one fight. This fight was an ideal event to showcase first the friendship and second the harmonious atmosphere. Although the disciples of the two sects would certainly make an all-out effort, there was no murderous intention or even anger in it. Sure enough, the Ten Thousand Arts Sect really showed their proper imposing manner in this round of fight. Their five disciples acted in harmony, casting out spells incessantly one after the other and causing the onlookers off stage to be dazzled and gasped in amazement.

On the other side, Spirit Sword Sect team appeared slightly inferior. Shortly after the start of the fight, Wen Bao and Yue Yun were filled with remorse after being cast off stage by Zhan Ziye’s Annihilation Thunder. Although at that moment Wang Lu had a mind to rescue them, even if he had his strengthened Non-Phase Method by Big Heart Demon Oath, it was still beyond his power to defend four of his teammates in the face of the relentless Zhan Ziye, Ye Feifei, and the others.

When the battle reached its middle stage, Yue Xinyao also had to reluctantly leave. The Spirit Sword Sect team now only had two people, Liu Li and Wang Lu. While on the Ten Thousand Arts Sect side, they still had their original five people team; They didn’t lose anyone at all.

At this point, people thought that the Ten Thousand Arts Sect would smoothly claim the victory and salvage some face. However, the result was quite unexpected.

Because the Ten Thousand Arts Sect could do nothing to the remaining two.

Wang Lu was needless to say; even Liu Li’s Brilliant Sword Heart couldn’t penetrate his three feet sword defense. Zhan Ziye and Ye Feifei had tried their hardest, bombarding him with their strongest long range attack, but it was to no avail. While Liu Li was not as good at defense, her twelve dispersed flying swords were not easy to deal with. Let alone though Wang Lu was unable to protect four people at once, protecting just Liu Li with his Non-Phase Sword Qi was no trouble at all for him.

After being entangled for a while, Wang Lu and Liu Li’s advantage in protracted fight began to manifest. On the Ten Thousand Arts Sect side, their most important defender Lu Qiancai had exhausted all of his talismans, thus unable to protect his teammates from the Brilliant Sword Heart attack. Thereupon, one by one, these fellow disciples were eliminated by Liu Li. Finally, Zhan Ziye attempted to repeat his previous trick, using the Annihilation Thunder to perish together. However, Wang Lu passionately rushed over and tightly embraced him, stuffing all the Annihilation Thunder power back at him, which nearly collapsed Zhan Ziye’s Jade Mansion and primordial spirit.

Both one-on-one fight, as well as group fight, resulted in defeat. Ten Thousand Arts Sect had nothing to say anymore. Their several disciples decided to endure the humiliation by going back to their Sect to practice in seclusion, steeling themselves to the hardships of training so that one day they could avenge their grievances.

Before leaving, however, Spirit Sword Sect organized its disciples to send their guests off at the Four Directions Peak. There, the two sides exchanged sincere words to each other; it was quite a touching scene.

”Three years later... no, next year, I will visit you guys once again.” With a serious complexion and face filled with indomitable fighting spirit, Zhan Ziye tried to conceal the throbbing and the feeling of anxious within him. ”Liu Li, at that time, I will not lose to you again.”

The girl tilted her head and said with a puzzled face, ”But one year later, you will still lose out to me.”

Zhan Ziye never expected to receive such an innocent answer so publicly; his neck stiffened. ”Not necessarily!”

Standing on the side, Wang Lu, who came along to send off the visitor, could not help but sigh; he really felt pitiful at this bunch of useless otakus of the Ten Thousand Arts Sect

”Senior Sister Liu Li, that grandson wants to invite you to eat barbecue next time.”

The girl’s eyes suddenly became clear and bright, and her smile was as bright as the flower. ”Ah, that’s great. I welcome you to come again at anytime!”

With that, she also stretched out her pair of slender jade hands, tightly gripped Zhan Ziye’s hand and shook it up and down. ”It’s a deal. Next time you come, you must invite me to eat meat!”

Zhan Ziye suddenly felt two diametrically opposite feelings clash inside and stir his heart. One was the kind of ”the happiness that comes from the touch of the gentle and delicate hands”, and another one as ”It seems like in my entire life, I will not have a chance”. Soon, that childlike innocence was broken into pieces of debris, and he suffered a blow as serious as the strike from the Brilliant Sword Heart.

In addition, Hai Yunfan was also filled with emotion. ”Brother Wang, you have given me a lesson.”

”Little Hai, when did I ever give you one? Don’t talk nonsense.”

”... Hehe.” Hai Yunfan laughed at himself. ”It’s true. Since five years ago when I left the Spirit Sword Sect, I have been thinking. If I didn’t enter the Ten Thousand Arts Sect and instead became a fellow disciple as Brother Wang, what kind of scene would that be?”

Wang Lu frowned and took a half-step back. ”Little Hai, seriously, you are now creeping me out.”

Hai Yunfan decided to ignore Wang Lu and continue his monologue, ”This matter has been tangling me for a long time, but now I instead can finally relax. Compared to being disciples of the same sect, becoming your opponent is indeed more interesting... of course, becoming an enemy is out of the question.”

Opponent and enemy were indeed two very distinct concepts.

”Next time, I will try not to lose to you.” Hai Yunfan said and shook his head. ”Of course, coming from a defeated opponent, people would laugh at it. However, I still have to say my declaration. Brother Wang, I look forward to our next meeting.”

Wang Lu looked at Little Hai. ”Okay.”

”Ah, I almost forgot. I brought a gift for you.” Hai Yunfan handed Wang Lu a piece of sincere paper. ”It may be useful for you.”

Wang Lu took it and found that it was a royal seal of the Grand Cloud Empire; he could not help but smile.

Little Hai was indeed little Hai. When it was time to become intimate, he became especially intimate. With the royal seal of the Grand Cloud Empire, the inter-country business of the Wisdom Sect would move one step further. Currently, Wang Lu didn’t need additional resources; the spirit stones was particularly abundant. However, this royal seal was not something that could easily be bought by money.