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Chapter 19: With Fish Arching Back

The middle aged man looked at the Shi Xueman that was dripping with sweat inside the training hall, his intestines almost turned green in regret. Seriously! Why did he think that he was clever and set up some kind of blind compet.i.tion? Great, now he had caused Lady Xueman to become like this.

His heart brimmed with shame. Inside this generation’s of young masters and young ladies of the Shi Family, not only was Lady Xueman’s innate talent unrivaled, her temperament was that of a cold surface above a hot interior. Everyone within the family wholeheartedly cherished her. She was previously eager to improve, but looking at Lady Xueman’s franticly training now, he blamed himself greatly. He had also tried to persuade her a few times, but it was of no use. Once Lady Xueman set up a goal, she could not even be dragged back by nine bulls.

This kind of temperament, was exactly the same as her father’s.

The middle aged man’s heart felt sorrowful. He had worked with Xueman’s father for a period of time, and admired her father very much. Seeing the sweat dripping figure in the training hall at this moment made it seem as if time had returned back to twenty years ago, making him somewhat absentminded.

Shi Xueman, who was inside the training hall, had also finished her training, and walked over toward the middle aged man. As she wiped the sweat off her face, she said to the middle aged man: “Uncle Yong Zheng, you don’t have to mind me. It’s fine if I just train by myself.”

Even though her tone of voice was ice-cold, it was a bit less detached.

It was also the first time Shi Xueman had learned from her grandfather’s mouth that the manager in charge of the training hall was her father’s colleague that year. Even though his innate talent was limited and he didn’t achieve much, his relationship with her father that year was very good, so he could be considered to be her senior.

“I am just worried that you have worked too hard.” Yong Zheng sighed: “You don’t have to pressure yourself so much. Sigh, you are the same as your father that year. If your father had ever lose a match, he would train all night without sleeping. It truly is like father like daughter, ah.”

Shi Xueman listened quietly. Since she was young, she had rarely see her father, and her impression of her father all came from the mouths of others.

“This is the list of names of the most recent list of Interpine City’s newly admitted members of the Exemplary Wind Society. These students had recently entered the school, and there aren’t many that have been added.” Yong Zheng handed over the name list: “I will continue to observe the newly admitted students. Even though I have said this many times and it’s somewhat long-winded, I still want to tell you that you really don’t need to be so harsh on yourself. That was merely an accident.”

Shi Xueman took the name list and said with a tranquil expression: “Uncle Yong Zheng, that was not an accident. Losing is losing, there is no reason to argue.”

Yong Zheng smiled wryly, he already knew that this was the outcome.

Shi Xueman suddenly said: “Uncle Yong Zheng, how about we host another blind compet.i.tion?”

“Host another blind compet.i.tion?” Yong Zheng was stunned, but reacted shortly after: “My lady is saying to lure him in with a trap?”

“Yes.” Shi Xueman nodded: “Xueman is thinking that there are only two reasons why this person would partic.i.p.ate in a blind battle. One is that he enjoys the thrill, he is originally an expert in night battles, and seeing this kind of unique compet.i.tion, being excited is very typical. The other reason could be that he’s poor, and came for the award money.”

Yong Zheng muttered: “The first reason is more likely. An expert that could defeat the lady most probably did not come for fifty thousand.”

“Xueman also thinks this way. Can we test this out in the blind battle? Set up a completely new blind compet.i.tion to lure this person in.” Shi Xueman continued: “Even though the second possibility is relatively low, we still cannot ignore it, we should raise the award money.”

Yong Zhong’s eyes brightened: “My lady, this idea is good! This person is an expert in night battle, so if he sees new blind battle compet.i.tion, he definitely be unable to resist. As long as it’s new and original, then it will greatly appeal to him. The award money matter is easy to deal with, we can just increase the award money to five hundred thousand.”

“One million.” Shi Xueman said resolutely: “I’m going to head back soon, so I’ll be troubling you with the blind battle matter. After two weeks, I will have three days of rest and will come back to bother Uncle Yong Zheng again.”

Yong Zheng said emotionally: “Leave it to me.”

As long as there was a plan, he brimmed with enthusiasm. Frankly speaking, he was also br.i.m.m.i.n.g with curiosity toward that mysterious genius who was able to defeat Lady Xueman.

Metal Suspending PaG.o.da.

Like a big violent fish, Ai Hui’s back suddenly knocked against the wall. The moment his back made contact with the wall, his back trembled all over. Bang. The exceptionally loud and clear explosive sound was like the sound of a whip breaking the air.

Ai Hui’s eyes lit up. There was a clear improvement in the power of this time’s 【Fish Arching Back】. The explosive power was at a hundred percent, and it far surpa.s.sed any of the previous other times.

Before he had time to be happy, an incomparably firm and fierce force came from the walls. Like a ball that had been hit really hard, his body directly flew out over ten meters.

Bang!

He was heavily thrown on the soil, but thankfully, he was quite experienced, and adjusted his posture in the air. Even though his landing posture looked completely haphazard, not even a spot on his skin was damaged.

After struggling to crawl up from the ground, he easily pulled at a blade of gra.s.s, then put it in his mouth to chew. A peculiar light flashed in his eyes, as if he was thinking about something.

The power of that previous 【Fish Arching Back】 greatly exceeded his expectations. If his 【Fish Arching Back】 from last time had that much power, then his opponent’s chest would’ve been instantly crushed.

The might of 【Fish Arching Back】 was far greater than what he had imagined. What was even more important was that it had the potential to improve even further.

Ai Hui spat out the chewed up gra.s.s in his mouth as his eyes flickered with excitement.

【Fish Arching Back】 was not some sort of brilliant move, added to the fact that it was unsystematic, there weren’t many that trained in it. But unsystematic moves had their unsystematic advantage, which meant he could just focus on perfecting this move. If he could increase the power of this move to an even higher level, it would definitely be a killing move.

In Ai Hui’s original plan, 【Fish Arching Back】 was originally just a part of his elemental cultivation plan. He didn’t expect that he would gain a killing move, this was an unexpected delight to Ai Hui.

He threw himself more into his training, and everyday’s training was very monotonous. Enter paG.o.da, exit paG.o.da, train 【Fish Arching Back】 against wall, meditate cross-legged, absorb elemental energy. It untiringly continued like this on and on, and it was within this repet.i.tiveness that his elemental energy slowly continued to increase.

It was not known if it was due to the growth in elemental energy, but his body adaptively towards the silver metal wind strands had risen again. Furthermore, along with his 【Fish Arching Back】 becoming more and more refined, the efficiency of his cultivation also unceasingly rose. Very quickly he discovered a problem. The silver strands of metal element in his back were easily scattered when he used 【Fish Arching Back】 and the results were very good. As for the other parts of his body, he could only use his fists to beat himself. That efficiency, compared with 【Fish Arching Back】, was subpar.

But he simply could not use the power of 【Fish Arching Back】 against any other parts of his body, because the essence of 【Fish Arching Back】 was to use the back’s spinal cord and muscles to imitate the power released by a struggling fish that arched its back.

After discovering that his cultivation was impeded by this problem, Ai Hui knew that he had to return and make a few preparations.

The last time he returned, he had brought back quite a few dry rations, and conveniently asked Loulan to help him clean the training hall. Loulan agreed very happily.

After continuous cultivation for seven consecutive days, he looked like a savage. The clothes on his body were all tattered, but couldn’t conceal his deadly nature. Under his unkempt hair and dirty face were two pairs of eyes that were as calm as water.