Chapter 53 – Revealing His Might For The First Time
Translator: Mr Voltaire
Editor: Phoobiee
Xiao Yun’s appearance caused a wave of discussions. After all, he had been a publicly acknowledged genius, and though he had fallen to quite a pitiful state, there were still many people paying attention to him.
It was just that the attention came in the form of mocking looks, as if they were revelling in his misfortune. However, seeing the beautiful young woman by his side, looks of envy burned in their eyes like suns.
In response, Xiao Yun was very calm towards these sounds of discussion.
“Listen, they’re saying that I’ve been taken by a pig,” Yan Shi Fei said as she covered her mouth and laughed.
“They’re just envious,” Xiao Yun said as he raised his eyebrows. His eyes narrowed as he said with a wronged look, “But I haven’t even taken you yet, so I should at least get some benefits today.” After saying this, he kissed the young woman next to him.
“Don’t, there are so many people here.” After the youth’s sudden attack, Yan Shi Fei’s face became completely red.
At this moment, killing intent appeared in the eyes of the youths around them.
“That despicable Xiao Yun dares to do such a thing in public!”
“He’s showing off!” Many youths were incredibly furious as they exclaimed, “I want to go and kill him!”
Many of these people had admired and sought after Yan Shi Fei, but had all been rejected. Seeing their G.o.ddess with someone else, they almost shot flames out of their eyes, and were so angry that their teeth trembled. Even the faces of the descendants of the large families on the platform darkened.
“Hmph, what’s there to be so proud of? Yan Shi Fei’s afflicted by a fatal poison, and won’t live for long. Let’s see how long he can show off for.”
“He must have become close to Yan Shi Fei because he’s been extracting her poison,” the crowd continued to discuss.
Xiao Hong and the rest of the Xiao family’s people walked towards the tall platform. They had brought hundreds of people this time, and some of the elders and Innate realm cultivators went up the tall platform, while the ordinary family members remained on the ground. These were the rules – not just anyone could go up the platform. In response, the other large families didn’t seem very enthusiastic about this.
It was evident that the other families knew that the Fang family and Xiao family were at odds with each other, so they didn’t dare to act too friendly with the Xiao family in public. After all, the Fang family’s potential was unlimited.
Once Fang Hao entered the Heaven Origin Sect, under his support, the Fang family would become much more powerful. When that happened, who would dare to even frown at the Fang family?
The Lin family’s old patriarch asked, “What, brother Yuan Shan hasn’t come?”
His relationship with the Xiao family’s old patriarch was not bad, and he had not acted cold because of the Fang family.
“Father is currently in closed door training, so he wasn’t able to come.” Xiao Hong calmly smiled. He had restricted his aura, and spoke neither servilely nor overbearingly, containing a hint of self-confidence. After stepping into the True Essence realm, his entire bearing had changed as well.
“Oh, closed door training?” The Lin family’s old patriarch narrowed his eyes and sighed. It was evident how much pressure the Xiao family’s old patriarch was under. When he looked over to the Fang family’s old patriarch, he frowned – he couldn’t afford to offend such a person!
There was an empty s.p.a.ce on the platform, reserved for the Xiao family’s people. Xiao Hong and Xiao Hai sat down at the head positions.
“Xiao Yun, is it?” As Xiao Yun and Yan Shi Fei walk over, a trace of coldness appeared in Qiu Yu Chen’s eyes. Fang Hao, who was sitting beside him with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and gave a cold smile.
“Fei’Er!” When Xiao Yun and Yan Shi Fei walked over, Madam Yan’s expression darkened as she called out, “Aren’t you coming over?”
“Mother.” A look of hesitation appeared in Yan Shi Fei’s eyes as she bit her lips and looked at the youth beside her.
Xiao Yun smiled. “You should go over. Don’t worry, very soon I’ll prove to them that you didn’t make the wrong decision.”
“Mm.” Yan Shi Fei nodded and walked towards the centre of the platform.
“Girl, why must you be so stubborn?” As her daughter slowly walked over, Madam Yan felt incredibly angry and wanted to start scolding her.
“Alright, that’s enough,” Duke Yan said as he waved his hand. “It’s good that Fe’Er’s back, so there’s no need to say any more.”
Madam Yan stopped speaking.
“Since the Xiao family has arrived, let’s begin the Martial Compet.i.tion.” Duke Yan arose and looked around as he spoke, “The rules are still the same: each family is to send 3 people to partic.i.p.ate, and the champion will have the right to head to the Imperial Capital to take the Heaven Origin Sect’s examination. It’s a pity that our Violet Cloud County is lacking in resources and hasn’t caught the attention of many big sects. As a result, we only have this one position.”
“Haha, Duke Yan doesn’t need to explain this. Let’s begin preparing for the Martial Compet.i.tion then,” the people from the various large sects said as they laughed.
“Alright, those who would like to partic.i.p.ate, please come and register,” Duke Yan said.
Following this, a man walked out from behind him and started to take registrations. They not only needed to take down the names, but also examine the youths. Anyone above 16-years-old could not partic.i.p.ate.
Very soon, most of the registrations were complete. The man responsible for the registrations walked over to Xiao Hong and Xiao Hai and said with a smile, “Haha, brother Xiao, which youths will your Xiao family send out?”
“Xiao Qian, Xiao Ye, Xiao Yun,” Xiao Hong calmly responded.
“Xiao Yun?” A look of surprise appeared in the man’s eyes as he asked, “Young master Xiao Yun is also partic.i.p.ating in the compet.i.tion?”
Hearing this, countless gazes looked over.
“Correct,” Xiao Hong said resolutely.
“That trash Xiao Yun is partic.i.p.ating?”
The elders and youths of the various families started to discuss among themselves. Very soon, all sorts of mocking speech started to sound out. “Looks like there’s no one decent left in the Xiao family!”
“What? Xiao Yun’s also partic.i.p.ating?”
“He’s simply seeking death.” Below the platform, the crowd was sent into a frenzy. Almost the entire Violet Cloud County knew that Xiao Yun had been stuck at the Sixth Layer of Body Tempering for 8 years. Even if he had broken through by luck, so what? How could he partic.i.p.ate in this Martial Compet.i.tion?
Almost no one had any confidence in Xiao Yun, and thought that he was simply seeking death. Even the martial cultivators from the Violet Cloud County who had come to see a good show coldly laughed, saying that there was no one left in the Xiao family.
“Trash?” Xiao Yun calmly smiled as he gripped his fists, a look of excitement in his eyes. Over the past 8 years, he had heard plenty of people mocking him, but today, he would wash away his shame and become famous throughout the land.
He would tell everyone that he, Xiao Yun, would not always be trash. As everyone discussed among themselves, he stood up and walked out.
“What’s he doing?” Everyone was quite surprised.
“That’s right, I’m partic.i.p.ating in this Martial Compet.i.tion.” Xiao Yun remained calm as he looked around and faced all the questioning looks. “Not only that, I will prove to everyone that I, Xiao Yun, am not trash. Moreover, I will be the champion.”
The youth’s words were spoken incredibly resolutely, which made everyone feel incredibly shocked.
“What? He wants to be the champion?” The cultivators from the various families were incredibly dumbfounded.
“Is he mad?”
“A trash that hasn’t broken through in 8 years wants to become the champion?” In just an instant, the sounds of discussion became even louder, and the voices swept out like waves.
After initially feeling some shock, some of the elders settled down and looked over at the youth in curiosity. He looked very calm and seemed incredibly confident; he wasn’t joking!
Some of the youths coldly harrumphed, “Hmph, anyone can talk big. With young master Fang Hao here, that trash wants to be the champion?”
Suddenly, someone cried out, “From his aura, he seems to have broken through to the Innate realm!”
This was a True Essence realm cultivator, and after sending out his senses, he discovered that there was something different about Xiao Yun’s aura.
Countless people yelled out in shock, “What? Xiao Yun broke through to the Innate realm?”
That man’s words were like a gigantic boulder that fell into a sea, causing ma.s.sive ripples. The experts from the various families all sent their senses towards Xiao Yun.
“He actually stepped into the Innate realm,” Duke Yan muttered with his eyes narrowed.
“Wasn’t it said that he hasn’t advanced at all in 8 years?” Madam Yan was also dumbfounded, a look of disbelief on her face.
“How could Xiao Yun have stepped into the Innate realm?” Some of the youths frowned, looking incredibly confused.
“He has indeed stepped into the Innate realm,” the Fang family’s old patriarch said with his eyes closed.
Some people asked, “How’s that possible? Could it be that the news that his cultivation stopped progressing was fake?”
“Probably not,” others replied.
Why would a genius do that to themselves?
Since he was already famous back then, he should have tried to bolster his fame to garner the attention of the large sects. That was what Fang Hao had done, and it had resulted in him catching the attention of someone from the Heaven Origin Sect.
“Who would have thought that that brat stepped into the Innate realm,” Fang Xun coldly harrumphed, his eyes glinting.
“So what if he stepped into the Innate realm?” Fang Hao said as he shrugged.
“That’s right, so what if he stepped into the Innate realm? He merely has a trash Martial Spirit,” the other people from the Fang family coldly remarked.
“Big bro, you need to help me teach that brat a lesson,” Fang Wei said with a dark expression.
Back then when he had been poisoned, he had used many medicinal ingredients to stabilise the poison, and had only been fully recovered after Qiu Yu Chen had brought an Antidote Pill.
Fang Hao smirked. “Don’t worry. Since he dared to offend our Fang family, he’s destined to never live in comfort.”
After receiving confirmation, the man in charge of registration stared in shock for a moment before he smiled and said, “Congratulations young master Xiao Yun for regaining your talent. Since you’ve stepped into the Innate realm, it’s perfect for you to partic.i.p.ate in this Martial Compet.i.tion.”
After completing the registrations, he turned and went to the Fang family.
“I will also be partic.i.p.ating in this Martial Compet.i.tion,” Fang Hao coolly said.
“What?! Fang Hao’s also partic.i.p.ating?”
“Looks like he’ll be taking the t.i.tle of champion.”
“He’s the only genius to awaken a Martial Spirit in our Violet Cloud County!” When they heard that Fang Hao was going to partic.i.p.ate, many youths revealed downcast looks. However, there were others who had looks of determination in their eyes, evidently unwilling to give up without a fight.
After the registrations were complete, Duke Yan announced to everyone, “Alright, since that’s the case, let’s begin the Elimination Round.”
There were 80 partic.i.p.ants in total for this Martial Compet.i.tion, and there were many talented youths from various families, as well as some normal cultivator’s descendants. However, all of them had stepped into the Innate realm, otherwise they simply would not have the right to partic.i.p.ate. Although everyone was aiming for champion, there were still prizes for the top 10 places – a Congealing Qi Pill. This was the prize given by the Heaven Origin Sect.
After Duke Yan’s announcement, these 80 people gathered towards the stage at the centre of the arena.
“Commence the drawing of lots!”
After the command was given, the partic.i.p.ants started to draw lots, preparing for the first round.
Fang Hao smirked as he looked towards Xiao Yun. “I hope we’ll be able to meet. I’ll show you what it means to be a genius.”
“I’ll defeat you.” Xiao Yun did not back down at all, and although he spoke calmly, his words were full of confidence.