Chapter 58 – What Is A Genius?
Translator: Mr Voltaire
Editor: Phoobiee
When everyone looked over, they found that the other youth on the stage was standing as steadily as a mountain, looking like a king. His dark eyes flashed with light as he calmly looked at Fang Hao, who was pitifully lying on the ground.
Fang Hao’s clothes were tattered and had burn marks on them. His eyes were dim as his aura became incredibly weak. The blistering heatwaves had thrown all of his Essence Qi into chaos, and even his meridians had been burned. He no longer had the ability to fight anymore.
Xiao Yun had a cold look as he walked over to Fang Hao, step by step.
“How could you fuse with such a powerful variant flame?” A look of confusion appeared on Fang Hao’s face. He simply couldn’t understand how this youth of only the Innate realm had conquered this variant flame. Ordinary flames could not be compared to the powerful variant flame!
Otherwise, how could his Chilling Qi from his Martial Spirit be unable to withstand a single blow from it?
“Why can’t I control such a powerful variant flame?” Xiao Yun looked down on Fang Hao. “I told you before that you’re nothing in my eyes. So what if you awakened an Ice Martial Spirit? What’s there to be proud of?”
The youth’s expression was extremely calm as he spoke in a cool tone. His voice was not very loud, but travelled across the entire arena. In that instant, everyone present fell completely silent and stared ahead. The youth on that stage was like a king looking down on all living beings, causing them to feel limitless respect towards him.
“Could the genius from before have returned?” Cultivators from various families felt as if they were looking at an illusion or a scene from a dream. How could the youth who hadn’t broken through in 8 years suddenly reach such a stage in just a few months?
Could this youth, who had been called trash for 8 years, be about to rise again? A cultivator with a ‘trash Martial Spirit’ had controlled a variant flame, and had defeated a genius with an Ice Martial Spirit. How could such a person be trash? After all, fusing with a variant flame was something that only supreme experts could do!
What was a genius? This was a genius!
In just an instant, the youth’s t.i.tle of ‘trash’ within the minds of these hundred thousand spectators was cast far away. Now that this youth’s talent had returned, it was as if he had been reborn, and he would once again be covered with the glow of glory and rise to even higher peaks.
In their shock, many people imagined what could happen in future, and felt incredibly stunned.
Xiao Yun looked at the adjudicator with a bright gaze and calmly said, “Is it time to announce that I’ve won?” From his calm demeanour, everyone felt as if he was truly a supreme king.
“Is he really a 16-year-old youth?” Even the adjudicator couldn’t help but feel surprised – this youth was too calm. Normally, youths would become delirious with joy. After all, they would have just received an opportunity to join the Heaven Origin Sect.
Could it be that he wasn’t excited?
After staring in shock for a moment, the adjudicator smiled before leaping onto the stage.
“I officially announce that the champion of Violet Cloud County’s Martial Compet.i.tion is Xiao Yun. As such, he has obtained the right to head to the Imperial Capital to take the Heaven Origin Sect’s examination.” The middle-aged man glanced at the youth on the stage as he inwardly sighed in amazement. Even he didn’t think that Xiao Yun would win.
After hearing this voice, those who were still lost in their shock came back to their senses.
The crowd cheered spiritedly, “Xiao Yun! Xiao Yun!”
The thundering cheers seemed to rise to the heavens, and all of the pa.s.sion and excitement that the crowd had been storing up exploded in an instant. Everyone felt incredibly excited to see such a miracle.
A youth who had been called trash for 8 years had turned the tables on fate. This caused many people to see hope and wish that this would one day happen to them.
“Yun’Er won?” On the stage, an incredibly emotional expression appeared on Xiao Hong’s face as he looked on in disbelief.
“Young master Xiao Yun has won. Haha, young master Xiao Yun not only has regained his talent, but has also fused with a variant flame. This is like giving wings to a tiger, destining him to become a supreme expert in future. In future, our Xiao family will no longer be laughed at by others!” The other middle-aged men also looked incredibly excited and couldn’t help but cheer. They had not expected Xiao Yun to win either.
After all, Fang Hao had a Martial Spirit!
“Hehe, see, I told you that big brother Xiao Yun would win.” Yan Shi Yan pursed her lips in glee as a delighted look appeared in her crystal-like eyes. She looked over at the young woman next to her, whose face had frozen in disbelief.
“How is this possible? How did Xiao Yun beat young master Fang Hao?” Lin Xiao Man stared at the stage as she muttered to herself, “Xiao Yun evidently hadn’t broken through in 8 years. How could he suddenly become so powerful?”
Nearby, the Fang family and Zhou family’s youths gaped in shock. Evidently, they were unable to accept what had just happened. How could this trash of 8 years suddenly reverse his fortune?
The entire arena was filled with cheering for the youth’s victory.
“Xiao Yun actually won?” Madam Yan’s eyes became hazy as she dumbly stared in front of her. She never expected such a thing that would happen – how could the youth that she thought was worth nothing defeat the Violet Cloud County’s genius, Fang Hao?
Beside her, Yan Shi Fei blinked and finally gave a sigh of relief. She knew that from that moment onwards, her mother would change her att.i.tude towards Xiao Yun and wouldn’t try to stop them from being together.
“That boy indeed has confidence and strength!” Duke Yan’s eyebrows unfurrowed as his eyes lit up. Back then, he could feel that Xiao Yun was not simple, and had something hidden. However, he never thought that the youth would be so powerful, and had somehow fused with a variant flame.
Now the youth’s talent had returned and he had a variant flame; once he matured, who would be able to contend against him? It wouldn’t be bad for his daughter to be with such a man!
Duke Yan smiled as he motioned with his hands, signalling for the crowd to become silent.
Immediately, the spectators stopped their cheering.
“I now declare that our Violet Cloud County’s Martial Compet.i.tion has ended. Xiao Yun, come and receive the Heaven Origin Sect’s examination medallion.” Duke Yan spoke with a smile and had an amiable expression on his face. He seemed extremely easy-going and approachable.
The tone and expression of Duke Yan caused the elders of the various clans to feel slightly surprised. It seemed that Duke Yan had decided to curry favour with this youth.
The crowd no longer had any doubts when they thought about how intimate the Yan family’s big miss and Xiao Yun had seemed.
“We definitely can’t allow this youth to grow.” When he saw how wretched his son looked while Xiao Yun looked so composed and uninjured, Fang Xun turned to look at the Fang family’s old patriarch.
The other elders of the Fang family also revealed cold looks.
Xiao Yun’s talent was simply too monstrous, which caused them to feel a sense of danger.
“Hold it.” The Fang family’s old patriarch, who had not said anything this entire time, suddenly spoke as a sharp and cold look appeared in his eyes.
“What does he want?” The other elders all looked over in confusion.
The atmosphere on top of the platform became extremely strange.
“What would the Fang family’s old patriarch like to say?” Duke Yan’s eyelids jumped as he looked over in curiosity. He spoke with a respectful tone and smiled, because he felt that this elder gave off an extremely unfathomable feeling.
“In the past, this Xiao Yun used poison to harm my grandson, Fang Wei, to the point that he fell into a coma and almost died. If it wasn’t for the Heaven Origin Sect sending an Antidote Pill, my grandson might not have survived. As such, this elderly one wishes to seek justice for my grandson.” The Fang family’s old patriarch spoke extremely calmly but his eyes glinted with a chilling coldness.
“I fear that’s not very suitable,” Duke Yan replied with a dark look.
The cultivators of the other families quietly discussed among themselves. It seemed that the Fang family’s old patriarch wanted to seek revenge.
Nearby, Xiao Hai glared over at the Fang family’s old patriarch furiously and coldly harrumphed, “Hmph, seek justice? Fang Wei attacked Xiao Yun first, but our Xiao family didn’t try to seek justice. This old freak is trying to be a thief that cries thief.”
Xiao Hai, who had always had a fiery personality, was able to speak out without reservation after reaching the True Essence realm.
How could the Xiao family’s people be bullied like this?
“What, you want to seek justice from us?” The Fang family’s old patriarch narrowed his eyes as he gave a cold smile to Xiao Hai, which caused the atmosphere to become tense.
Xiao Hai roared, “Fang Kun, you think that your Fang family can cover the sky with your hand? Now that my Xiao family’s genius has returned, do you think your Fang family can still compare with our Xiao family?” He had no intention of taking a step back – now that his Xiao family had become much more powerful, what was there to be afraid of?
“Haha, genius?” The Fang family’s old patriarch coldly laughed and said, “What use is a genius who dies young?”
“What do you want to do?” Xiao Hai’s gaze became extremely sharp as a powerful aura spread out from him.
“True Essence realm? This Xiao Hai actually stepped into the True Essence realm?” When they felt this aura, the elders of the other families stared in shock. A True Essence realm cultivator was an expert among experts within the Violet Cloud County. Every True Essence realm cultivator that a family had greatly increased their strength.
Next to Xiao Hai, Xiao Hong’s gaze also darkened as he sent out his aura in preparation to fight.
“Two True Essence realm cultivators? Is that all you have?”
The Fang family’s old patriarch coldly laughed, “Xun’Er, go kill that boy for me.”
“Yes!” Fang Xun immediately complied and let out his own powerful aura.
“True Essence realm?” Xiao Hai frowned. He never thought that Fang Xun would also step into the True Essence realm.
Just as he was feeling shocked, Fang Xun had already stepped out and was speeding towards the youth on the stage.
“Don’t you dare!” Xiao Hai roared in anger as he attacked Fang Xun, trying to stop him.
“A mere True Essence realm cultivator dares to be so arrogant?” The Fang family’s old patriarch glared as he brushed with his hand, sending out a wave of dense Essence Qi. The Essence Qi blocked Xiao Hai’s path like a solid wall, causing him to smash into it and retreat.
Xiao Hai’s body trembled and he only steadied himself after taking many steps back; a trace of blood could be seen on his lips.
“What a powerful aura. You can’t have stepped into the Essence core realm.” Xiao Hai looked up towards the Fang family’s old patriarch with a trace of fear in his eyes. The might the old freak had displayed was simply too powerful, and it surpa.s.sed anything that he knew.
This definitely surpa.s.sed the level of power a True Essence realm cultivator possessed.
“What? The Fang family’s old patriarch stepped into the Essence Core stage?” The cultivators from other families were completely dumbfounded.
“This old man stepped into the Essence Core realm?” Not too far away, Duke Yan tightly frowned. “That explains the strange aura I felt from him which gave me an unfathomable feeling… so he has stepped into the Essence Core realm. That makes things incredibly problematic.”
In just an instant, all the people on the platform fixed their gazes on the Fang family’s old patriarch.