191 Flesh and Blood (1/2)
”That beast trainer is a waste.”
Wang Lu didn’t deliberately stress it out, but he also didn’t deliberately hide it. His voice wasn’t big, but everyone present could hear it.
Hovering in mid-air, A Xia’s smile was completely unchanged. However, on his side, Ling Yan could clearly see the hands behind his back shiver slightly as if he was about to clench his fists; obviously, his mind was perturbed.
”Waste? How so?” Xiao Qi could see that Wang Lu wanted to say something, so she purposely gave him a chance.
”A member of a high-rank sect Beast Master School, more than two hundred years of cultivation, yet just a middle-level Jindan. If that’s not a waste, then what?”
Xiao Qi chuckled. ”Oh, so you originally mean that his cultivation base is not high. You can’t compare everyone with you, you little devil. In Nine Regions, middle-level Jindan is still considered as a first class strength in the Immortal World. Moreover, cultivation base does not mean everything…”
Wang Lu interrupted, ”Usually, only those strong enough that could put cultivation base under their feet, those powerful enough that regard the over rank challenge like it was just eating or drinking, are the only ones entitled to despise the cultivation base stage. But that beast trainer, not to mention the over rank challenge, even among his peers, opponents on the same level as him, he has no advantage in coping with them. From the academic point of view, he is only level-five Jindan -3 dregs.”
”He’s a beast trainer and also very resourceful. He might not need to be that formidable…”
”Yes, that’s why, frankly speaking, he’s just a fox that exploits a tiger’s might [1]. A vile character who relies on spirit beast to assume his imposingness. His powerful image is entirely based on bullying spirit beast. You see, without him f*cking that peak Jindan Stage Ling Yan in the ass, relying on himself, who would think he’s strong?”
”This…”
”Even his current superior position in trapping us in the Five Mountain Broken Veins Great Array isn’t based on his own ability. The one sacrificing her eyeball and let you, Seventh Madame, use the raising the dead ability is Ling Yan. The one using life as bait to lure you here and ended up dead with her head exploding is Ling Yan. The one using her own blood to put a curse and polluted the spiritual treasure is also Ling Yan. During this entire process, what did he do? Even launching the Five Mountain Broken Veins technique as a force deterrence might have been done by his other spirit beasts, but not himself.”
Xiao Qi smiled. ”Able to mobilize so many spirit beasts and able to make peak Jindan Stage Ling Yan risk her life for him, all of these can also be said as an ability.”
”Ability? Whose ability? He’s just a mere middle-level Jindan, how could he make a peak Jindan cat girl work for him? With his personal charm? Original skill?”
”Em, maybe he had a hold on that cat girl or something?”
”Do you think he can get a hold on that cat girl with his personal charisma or original skill?”
”This…”
Wang Lu sneered. ”It’s because of Beast Master School. In the Beast Master School, he is a professional beast trainer. So naturally, there would always be streams of spirit beasts delivered before him to train. And during this training, the eternal unforgettable pain would be engraved on the body of these spirit beasts. Even if these spirit beasts manage to fully transform into human form and succeeded in their cultivation in the future, they still could not get rid of his control. However, in the final analysis, he’s just a parasitic insect who lives in the body of a colossus that is the Beast Master School!”
Crak!
In mid-air, Ling Yan clearly heard the crackling sound of broken bones. It was A Xia’s finger bones on the hands behind his back that fractured under his immense pinching power when he clenched his fists.
However, Wang Lu still wouldn’t stop gushing, ”If he could have the consciousness of being an insect, I have nothing to say against him, but sadly, ‘small’ person tend to be more prone to ego expansion, greed, and vanity. Unwilling to be a waste middle-level Jindan, through his privileges of being a beast trainer, he oppressed the spirit beasts to gain the pleasure of being superior. Over time, this self-deception became even more out of hand and he really think himself as something great! Seventh Madame, you have been roaming the Nine Regions for so many years, and you should’ve seen many such disciples among many sects: perhaps because their talent is limited or their temperament is lacking, their attainment in the road of Immortal Cultivator is inferior than their diligent and gifted peers. However, instead of considering a way to forge ahead, they give up and stop bothering about it. They waste their time and energy on grandstanding. They do things stealthily. They bully the weak and fear the strong. Then they glorify their own name and call themselves as prominent individuals. When other people in their sects are cultivating hard, they either entangle themselves in unnecessary fight or linger in the place of debauchery. When they are cash-strapped, they even steal other people’s flying boat, and even shamelessly justify themselves that stealing a flying boat is better than stealing a country… What is the difference between them and this beast trainer A Xia? He repeatedly declared that he has no malice, that peace is precious, and so on. That’s essentially a grandstanding, no different than those people I previously said, those that we usually call as scum.”
This long speech even shocked Xiao Qi that she exclaimed through her primordial spirit to him, ”You’re simply divine! Incredible! In just a few words from other people, you’re able to analyze him so thoroughly and with such a convincing conclusion! But, is he really just a small-hearted, grandstanding scum?”
Wang Lu said, ”I don’t care if he is or not, in any case, I already said so!”
”…”
”Rest assured. At least, there’s one thing I didn’t see wrong. The man is very proud of himself, and he’s very complacent in his way of doing things. However, the prouder he is, the more my word will rattle him. Therefore, as long as I belittle him like what I just did, he absolutely couldn’t maintain his calm. And as long as his mind in a mess, it will inevitably reveal his flaws.”
Xiao Qi looked up and saw, sure enough, A Xia’s body has been extremely stiff. And though the smile still hung on his face, it was even uglier than crying.
”I really can’t think.” Xiao Qi sighed with heartfelt emotion. ”Wang Wu that cheap person actually took you, this disciple, whose emotional quotient is off the charts.”
Wang Lu said, ”How could my emotional quotient be off the charts? It’s just that, as a professional adventurer, I have seen many of this villain character. So long as I recognize their routine, I’ll see the outcome in a glance.”
As the two people spoke, A Xia really couldn’t bear it anymore.
”Well said. Oppressing spirit beast to establish a sense of superiority is indeed unconvincing.” A Xia’s tone became calm and collected. It didn’t reveal a trace of anger even a bit.
”Therefore, in order to avoid being appraised as scum, I also have to suppress human cultivators to establish the sense of superiority. It’s just a pity that I thought I could get along with you peacefully. It seems like I still overestimated you,” A Xia said, then he beckoned his hand. There came a burst of roaring sound of wild beasts.
”I am a beast trainer. I am proud of my profession and skill, and if you want to prove that the path I have chosen is worthless, then by all means, use your actual action to defeat me.”
While speaking, various species of spirit beasts came after another on A Xia’s side. Though these spirit beasts were of no high rank, and the most powerful among them were just peak Xudan while most of them were middle-level Xudan, but since they were of a large number and were basically in their own backyard, naturally, they didn’t lack arrays to help them.
”Not good. This is like the Ten Thousand Beasts Array.” Xiao Qi narrowed her eyes and identified A Xia’s method.
With a large amount of spirit beasts lineup which formed the Ten Thousand Beasts Array, the greatest effect is the multiplier effect. One turned into ten, ten into a hundred, making this huge number become as vast as the ocean. Combined this with the Five Mountain Broken Veins method, even if you have great ability, it would be very easy to be trapped in the array of endless beasts.
Whether or not A Xia was just a grandstanding dregs, now it seemed clear at a glance.
”If we really fight, the odds are not high.” After inwardly calculating their chance, Xiao Qi found out the number was far from being good. However, Wang Lu just leisurely replied, ”It doesn’t matter, let’s fight first.”
… Well, even middle-level Foundation Establishment has sung such emotionally moving elegy, what could a middle-level Jindan senior say anymore? Fight it out first it is then...
Xiao Qi’s spiritual treasure monk staff has been polluted by the cat girl’s blood, so it was temporarily unusable. However, her spare magical treasures were also many. From her sleeve, she fished out a greenish stick, which was thick with the smell of blood; obviously, it has made a lot of killing sins. However, as soon as this magical treasure appeared, many of the spirit dogs that gathered in mid-air instinctively flinched.
”... Indeed Zen Master Dog Meat. Even the equipment is really professional.” As the Spirit Sword Sect’s best student, in a glance, Wang Lu immediately recognized that especially-made-to-beat-dog dog beating stick.
However, besides spirit dogs, the other species of spirit beast were vastly more in numbers. With a wave from A Xia, they suddenly multiplied, one into ten, ten into a hundred. Then numerous spirit beasts bolted down, as if there was a meteor shower falling on them from the sky.
”Full on defense, wait it out, and see what else he got.”
Wang Lu said, and then his Sword of Mount Kun shook; upon which, the famous invincible sword defense was activated, guarding him, Quan Zouhua and Liu Li.
The next moment, fierce spirit beasts continued to crash at them. The first wave was mainly of cat-type spirit beasts. A few with thunderclap-like roar leopard variant, like a blooming light, roared head-on at Wang Lu; these were the ones with comprehensive strength low to middle-level Xudan, but upon impact would have the strength of middle to high-level Xudan. However, crashing into Wang Lu’s Non-Phase Sword Qi, their roars came to end spontaneously, their muscles ripped and bones fractured, seriously wounded on the spot. However, Wang Lu didn’t even tremble one bit, immovable like a mountain.