“She ok, but she’s not the one in the report.” Master Ye’s eyebrows twitched.
The hearts of Zhao Tiancang and the elders clenched. But in the next moment the most unwanted scene happened.
“Master Ye, there’s still a genius that’s even better than me,” Zhao Yufei told Master Ye.
From the moment she entered the room, she had wondered why Zhao Feng wasn’t present. She didn’t know that Zhao Feng had been put under confinement orders for suspicion of treachery, and under those conditions, Zhao Feng was excluded.
“Hmmm? There’s still one more?” Master Ye’s face turned dark as he surveyed the elders. Those that were looked at by Master Ye felt as if a blade had sliced them.
“Master Ye, the situation is like this… there’s still a youth in the sect, but he’s under suspicion of betraying the family…”
“Shut up!”
Anger surged on Master Ye’s face. “I don’t give a f**k if he’s a traitor or not, I just want my bl**dy genius!”
His powerful voice echoed within the room. Zhao Linlong and the others of the younger generation felt their skin go cold. Just his voice alone could cause such pressure. It was hard to imagine what kind of power those of the ninth rank had.
“Fetch Zhao Feng,” Zhao Tiancang managed to squeeze out the words.
The elders sighed in their heart. Zhao Linlong’s fists were clenched and his teeth were clenched, full of unwillingness.
How could the top genius of the Zhao family be replaced by someone of the branch sect?
“Zhao Feng won’t be chosen by him. Even if he is, so what? I’ll still make him lose face!” Zhao Linlong darkly said.
Shortly...
A handsome youth walked steadily into the room.
Who had come to the Zhao family today?
From the situation, it seemed the elders and the sect leader were all under orders from the man in the top seat. The moment he opened his left eye, Zhao Feng felt the powerful pressure emitting from the man. What was even more shocking was that his Inner Strength had reached an extreme level.
If Zhao Linlong’s Inner Strength was said to be a patch of cold water, then the head of the sect’s Inner Strength could be called a bath of boiling hot water, but this man in green was like metal! The quantity and quality had reached a peak state.
“So strong!” Zhao Feng quickly closed the ability of his left eye.
The person in front of him was the strongest person he had seen so far, excluding the girl's group at the canyon.
“What’s your name?” Master Ye asked.
“Zhao Feng.” His voice was steady.
“Not bad.” Interest showed on Master Ye's face.
The aura from his breathing didn’t cause the youth in front of him to panic and somehow… he had the feeling that he couldn’t see through him. Zhao Feng’s real cultivation was at the sixth rank and when he wanted to fully conceal it, even Master Ye couldn’t easily see it…
Chapter 61 – Zhao Linlong’s Challenge
Not bad.
Just from the first look alone, Master Ye had given Zhao Feng such a statement.
Rage surged in Zhao Linlong’s heart. His cultivation was the highest and his performance had only gotten a 'so-so'. Zhao Feng did nothing and he had received 'not bad'.
“Zhao Feng! This is Master Ye from the Guanjun Province and he represents the Guanjun Palace to come here to choose a genius from the Zhao sect. You better perform well, this is your chance to repent for your sins,” Zhao Tiancang, the head of the sect managed to squeeze out a smile, but his voice was somewhat stale.
Repent for my sins? Zhao Feng laughed coldly in his heart, but he didn’t bother to explain.
“This one sees Master Ye,” Zhao Feng respectfully bowed.
“En,” Master Ye nodded his head and signaled for him to performance.
Under everyone’s eyes, Zhao Feng took in a breath to calm himself down. His steady demeanor far surpassed the others, even Zhao Linlong or Zhao Yufei couldn’t be compared to him. Even Zhao Feng didn’t realize that a weird aura was released from his left eye into his body and that at every critical moment, he would remain calm. There was surprise in Master Ye’s eyes as he realized that this youth wasn’t simple.
Flaming Metal Fist!
Zhao Feng’s first punch was his most familiar skill. Core ranked martial art? The geniuses and elders present were shocked. Zhao Feng’s core ranked fist skill had surpassed perfection and exceeded the original skill.
“Not bad.” Master Ye once again nodded his head.
Zhao Feng kept on punching and unconsciously, he merged the One with the Heavens aura into it.
Zhao Feng’s simple punch seemed to contain a flaming dragon. The moment the fist was out, it seemed like he put his power all into one point perfectly. It was as if that simple punch contained a deeper insight.
“Core ranked martial art. It’s not simple to train it to this level.”
The elders nodded their heads, but they didn’t put it to their hearts. No matter how special it was, it was still a core ranked martial art and wasn’t comparable to peak ranked martial arts. Zhao Linlong was disdainful.
“Good!” a voice of extreme joy echoed in the room.
Shock and excitement shone in Master Ye’s eyes. The voice had come from him.
Zhao Tiancang and Zhao Linlong almost died from choking on their own breath. They seemed to have seen a ghost. The earlier reviews had made them understand how hard it was for him to give a good review.
Zhao Linlong almost exploded.
From their level, they just couldn’t see what was so special about Zhao Feng’s core ranked fist skill.
“Hahahaha…it looks like the genius I wanted is you.” Master Ye let out a long laugh, his attitude was completely different from before.
“Thank you for your review,” Zhao Feng was also stunned.
Originally, he wanted to start from his core ranked martial art, then build up to Angry Dragon Fist and then Star Finger. But when he was performing the core ranked martial art, he had somehow merged the two together.
“In my eyes you are the true genius.” Master Ye walked down from his seat.
As he said that, Zhao Linlong’s face turned extremely ugly.
Unwillingness screamed in his heart. Zhao Feng had gotten a better review from just a core ranked martial art, how could he be willing?
“My name is Ye Linyun, maybe we can be friends later on.” Master Ye seemed to be extremely respectful of Zhao Feng.
The scene made Zhao Tiancang and the elders drop their jaws.
Why would a ninth rank Martial Master try and become friends with such a youth?
Even Zhao Feng himself was stunned. The only reason he could think of was the One with the Heavens aura. It confirmed that if Xin Wuheng hadn’t disappear, he would also have been taken in by Master Ye.
“Master Ye, you’re too nice…” Zhao Feng didn’t know how to express himself.
He didn’t dare to treat Master Ye as his friend. That was the same as an ant and an elephant being friends.
“Hehe, Zhao Feng you’re too humble. One day you’ll realize you will have the right to do so.” Ye Linyun shook his head while smiling.
At this moment, he didn’t seem strict at all. The scene made the others extremely confused. Zhao Linlong was especially so, he was extremely furious.
“Zhao Feng are you willing to join the Guanjun Corps?” Ye Linyun directly asked.
Willing or unwilling, weren’t these just useless words? Furthermore, Ye Linyun’s attitude was just too nice.
Zhao Feng spoke sincerely, “My goal is to leave Sun Feather City and experience the outside world, so I am willing.”
Entering the Guanjun Palace didn’t conflict with his goals. The scale of Guanjun City far surpassed Sun Feather City, and it was a wider stage for him.
“Good, if you work hard, maybe you’ll even receive personal less
ons from Lord Guanjun," Ye Linyun smiled.
Zhao Feng immediately thanked him. Although he lived in Sun Feather City, he had still heard of Lord Guanjun’s legends because he was the highest dictator in a ten thousand mile radius and he had reached an extremely high level in martial arts. Even Sun Feather City and the Zhao sect were under his control. The Zhao sect didn’t have any status or right to even try and flatter his people.
At this moment, Zhao Feng clearly felt the envious eyes from Zhao Linlong and Zhao Han. He was able to enter the Guanjun Palace and he had the chance to receive personal lessons from Lord Guanjun. How could they not be jealous?
Zhao Han and Zhao Chi could be thrown aside as they knew the difference between Zhao Feng and them. They had all seen the performance of Zhao Feng that day on the summit, therefore they knew that they had no right to rebuke him.
But there was still one person unable to accept this, and that was Zhao Linlong! Jealously, unwillingness, and envy burned in his heart.
In terms of cultivation, he was top among the younger generation. In terms of martial arts, he had touched the boundaries of partial Holy martial arts. Even if there still were differences between them, he wouldn’t watch himself be beaten just by Zhao Feng’s simple core ranked punches.
“I disagree!” The anger within Zhao Linlong’s heart finally exploded.
Silence fell within the room.
“Linlong! No!” Zhao Tiancang and the others tried to stop him. Although they were confused of why Ye Linyun chose Zhao Feng, they didn’t dare question him.
“Why do you disagree?” A smile of mockery appeared on Ye Linyun’s face.
“Give me a chance! I’ll use my own strength to prove that I am stronger than him. Isn’t that the rule of this world that only the strong can make choices?” Zhao Linlong stared at Zhao Feng and displayed his aura of the sixth rank.
If it was a normal fourth or fifth ranker, they would have been scared, but Zhao Feng didn’t seem to be affected at all even though his cultivation was suppressed.
“Only the strong can make rules! I’ll give you one chance, if you can beat Zhao Feng, you can also enter the Guanjun Palace.”
Ye Linyun laughed as he turned to Zhao Feng. “I’ve only just seen your core ranked martial arts and this will let me see your combat abilities.”
“Yes sir.” Zhao Feng nodded his head.
The two faced off in the room.
Since Zhao Feng had entered the main branch, the two had never fought. This was their first time fighting one another.
“Zhao Feng! I will use my strength to prove that I have more right than you to enter Guanjun Palace.”
Looking at the scene, the other youngsters were expectant. One of them was the top genius of the Zhao family, while the other was once the top genius of the Zhao family.
One was the most talented in Sun Feather City. One had the highest cultivation amongst the younger generation within Sun Feather City.
This was the first time the two would meet in battle.
“Spatial Cloud Finger!” Zhao Linlong exclaimed as he pointed out a finger with a purple glow around it.
At the same time, he activated Shadows Step and left an after-image where he originally stood.
Star Finger!
An azure light came from Zhao Feng’s finger and clashed heavily with Zhao Linlong’s Spatial Cloud Finger.
The two peak ranked martial arts met one another, causing their robes to fly in the wind.
The two moved back simultaneously. Zhao Linlong retreated five steps and he felt blood gurgle through his throat. Zhao Feng wasn’t that well off either, he felt the finger that clashed with Zhao Linlong turn numb.
“Star Finger!”
“The third level of Star Finger! How could he have reached it at such a young age!?” The elders understood how terrifying Star Finger was.
Star Finger was the most powerful skill in the Martial Arts Library. There were many people training it, but they finally dropped it as it was too hard to learn and they had a high chance of injuring themselves.
Chapter 62 – Third Floor of the Martial Arts Library
From the first move, it was obvious Zhao Feng had the advantage. It was indeed frightening for someone with lower cultivation to gain the upper hand.
“Zhao Feng has the advantage because of Star Finger and his body strengthening technique…” Zhao Tiancang sighed and didn’t bother to conceal the shock on his face. His voice was also just loud enough to let Zhao Linlong hear.
Zhao Feng’s Metal Wall Technique had reached the fifth level and he had unimaginable power. He was still suppressing his cultivation, so his Metal Wall Technique only seemed to be at the peak fourth level.
The power of his Star Finger was indeed stronger than Zhao Linlong’s Spatial Cloud Finger.
“I don’t believe it!” Zhao Linlong roared and once again condensed his Inner Strength.
In that short moment, he reached his peak state. If it was any other genius present, they probably would have died.
“Third Stance Star Finger!” Zhao Feng’s eyes became sharp as an azure light swished through the air.
His finger slashed through the air and became an azure light.
Zhao Feng’s offense warded Zhao Linlong off repeatedly.
On the eighth move, Zhao Linlong’s face turned white and he spat out a mouthful of blood. From the situation, it seemed that Zhao Linlong couldn’t manage to exchange ten blows with Zhao Feng.
“This is a second Xin Wuheng.” Zhao Han and Zhao Chi looked at each other and nodded their heads.
But thinking about it, Zhao Feng and Xin Wuheng both came in first and Xin Wuheng had admitted defeat. From this, they could see that Zhao Feng’s strength was only higher than Xin Wuheng’s, not lower.
“Flowing Wind Stance!” On the ninth move, Zhao Linlong’s aura changed.
A thick purple light whipped heavily towards Zhao Feng.
Zhao Chi, Zhao Han and Zhao Yufei felt their hearts shake. Even Zhao Feng, who had the upper hand, felt some pressure.
“Could this be the partial Holy martial art?” Zhao Feng soon regained his composure and condensed more energy into Star Finger.
One Line Star Finger!
The azure light came and went like a meteor.
“What…? He’s learned One Line Star Finger!?”
“One Line Star Finger! The killing move of Star Finger. If he’s learned this already then he’s not far away from the fourth level.” The elders were extremely shocked.
Star Finger was their strongest skill, but it was also the hardest one to learn at the same time. For the past one hundred years, many geniuses had tried to learn Star Finger, but their results were all the same; their finger either got disfigured or the speed of learning it was slow, so they finally gave up. This skill was not just hard, there was too much danger involved as well.
One elder from the earlier generation had said that Star Finger was on the half Holy martial art level, but it was just too dangerous. But in this generation, a branch disciple had managed to learn Star Finger.
One Line Star Finger slashed through the air and broke through Zhao Linlong’s Flowing Wind Stance. Zhao Linlong’s figure trembled as his sleeve was ripped open.
“You’ve lost!” Zhao Feng’s finger stopped at Linlong's arm nerve point.
Star Finger contained many skills within it, including hitting nerve points.
Zhao Linlong went into shock. It wasn’t as if he never thought of himself losing, it was just the difference between them was too great. He thought how childish it was when he didn’t put Zhao Feng in his eyes.
“Not bad, you can already control your Inner Strength perfectly,” Ye Linyun praised.
He found Zhao Feng more and more to his liking after this battle. Challenging high ranks was rare even in Province City. Furthermore, Zhao Feng didn’t seem to try that hard at all. Zhao Tiancang and his cronies looked at each other and sighe
d deeply.
They could obviously see that Zhao Feng’s One Line Star Finger could destroy Zhao Linlong’s arm, but he didn’t do so. The battle between two top tier geniuses of Sun Feather City ended here. Ye Linyun looked at Zhao Feng, then at Zhao Yufei, and he seemed pretty pleased.
Although he had missed the genius of the Xin family, he had gotten two from the Zhao family. Zhao Feng’s performance far exceeded his expectations.
“You two go and prepare your stuff. In three days, we will go head towards Province City,” Ye Linyun told the two.
Ye Linyun turned into a blur. The next second, he disappeared.
Without using his left eye, Zhao Feng couldn’t even see his shadow. If Ye Linyun was to attack, no one would be able to resist including the sect leader and the elders.
Zhao Feng couldn’t help but take in a deep breath.
“Sect leader, there’s still three days left. I need to go back to Green Leaf Village.” Zhao Feng’s eyes focused on Zhao Tiancang.
He was still under confinement orders from the family.
“Go.”
Although Zhao Tiancang was the head of the sect, he felt useless. The word seemed to pull out all of his energy. Now Zhao Feng was one of Guanjun Palace’s men, he didn’t have the guts to do anything to him.
“But we hope that you give an answer to Zhao Tiancang’s death. From the Star Finger you just used, you have the ability to kill them.” Light flashed within Zhao Tiancang’s eyes.
At this moment, he just wanted an answer. Even if Zhao Feng’s answer was that he joined the Qiu family, they couldn’t do anything to him.
“Zhao Tianjian was indeed killed by me, but I didn’t betray the Zhao family,” Zhao Feng laughed.
“It was you…”
Before, they were just suspicious and didn’t really believe that Zhao Feng had the ability to kill the two.
“One more point. The real one that teamed up with the Qiu family wasn’t me…if you want to know the answer, you could go and find some information from Zhao Tianjian’s place…” Zhao Feng left this sentence behind and then left the room.
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