Chapter 193 – Reaping Appreciations
Bi Fan collected the Guangdong Saber and walked off the stage.
Wu Ji Xuan felt so disgraced by his defeat that he didn’t even show up to collect his reward.
As for the other rankings, since they weren’t decided yet, their rewards would obviously be discharged later.
The Jiu Yu Hidden Dragon tournament’s management was very friendly in that sense, and they would reward the winners simultaneously, allowing the winners to go back and celebrate their achievements immediately rather than waiting for their prizes.
Bi Fan returned to his Sect’s dressing room after collecting his prize.
Just as he entered the Sect’s dressing room, he found himself surrounded by the other Quinyang disciples, who then picked him up and started flinging him up and down in the air.
Today, Bi Fan had not just earned the respect of the Sect’s outer disciples since even the core disciples were in awe of him.
Bi Fan was only sixteen years old, and was already capable of beating an ‘emerging from the womb’ layer martial artist of Wu Ji Xuan’s caliber.
Wu Ji Xuan was regarded as a once-in ten thousand years talented genius; therefore Bi Fan could only be categorized as a once in a millennium genius.
By the time they put Bi Fan down on his feet again, he felt as if he’d faint and fall down.
“Brother Bi Fan, you need to give a full account of your secrets when we get back to the Inn, you’ve been keeping too many secrets from us.” Jing Feng said as he laughed.
“Yes, and you simply cannot say no!” Mo Nan added.
“Well, of course.” Bi Fan helplessly surrendered.
Since the tournament contests had ended for the day, the audience had already started leaving the arena.
Because of the sheer volume of people pouring out of the stadium, the Quinyang Sect decided to wait a while to avoid the traffic.
In the meantime, the Tian Shui and the City Sect’s delegates come over to the Quinyang Sect’s dressing room to congratulate Bi Fan.
Ling Xin Ya and Luo Xiao Tian were beaming pleased and excited smiles; although these Sects were their allies, even allies were compet.i.tors in this world.
The Quinyang Sect had always occupied the lowest status in their alliance since the Quinyang Sect had always been at the bottom of the top five list; naturally, the Tian Shui Sect and the City Sect had always considered the Quinyang Sect to be somewhat beneath them.
But right now, both these Sects had come to the Quinyang Sect to make reprisals by praising the Sect’s performance, so naturally Ling Xin Ya and Luo Xiao Tian were proudly holding their heads high.
The Quinyang Sect’s outer disciples were admiring Bi Fan to the point where it felt as if he was their hero.
The Quinyang Sect delegation returned to their Inn, and celebrations continued.
The Quinyang Sect’s performance was obviously being credited to Bi Fan; their hero.
“Brother Bi Fan, now start talking; how did you beat Wu Ji Xuan?” Jing Feng asked.
“There’s not much to talk about…. I learnt a secret law which can momentarily double up strength. I simply took advantage of Wu Ji Xuan’s unpreparedness against that burst and wounded him; otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to beat him.” Bi Fan smiled.
The Sacred Rune was one of Bi Fan’s biggest secrets, so he simply couldn’t disclose it.
The vast and boundless Tian Yu world was full of all kinds of secrets, but objects which could be used to double up strength were a minority, which is why Bi Fan knew that no one would ever suspect it.
He didn’t mention the name of this secret law since he knew that no one would ask.
“You’re really lucky Brother Bi Fan…..” Mo Nan and Jing Feng seemingly admired and envied him at the same time.
Bi Fan smiled: “The secret law is useful, but it’s very restrictive, otherwise it could have made us invincible.”
Ling Xin Ya stated: “Bi Fan, all secret laws have limitations, otherwise we’d never be content with what we have.”
“Yes master.” Bi Fan smiled.
Yan Yu Si hadn’t spoken a single word, but even she was overawed.
Bi Fan’s talent was defying the natural order of the world.
Bi Fan had only been practicing for two years, and since Yan Yu Si had always been overlooking his progress, she knew his condition better than anyone.
Even though Yan Yu Si was a more accomplished martial artist than Bi Fan, she had done so by consuming Dan from the age of three. By the time she turned six, she had already started practicing martial arts. It took her ten years to reach the ‘emerging from the womb’ layer…..
But Bi Fan had managed all this in less than two years. Even though he hadn’t reached the ‘emerging from the womb’ layer yet, his strength was still enough to compete against someone who had.
Such a talent and such a practice speed weren’t just a rarity in the Jiu Yu City, but also in the rest of the world.
In the entire Jiu Yu Da’s young generation, there were only a very few disciples who were capable of matching up to Bi Fan at this point.
And even these disciples had achieved their current status after receiving the best education and abundant resources; their Sects had spent a lot of manpower and money on their training. And Bi Fan had managed to achieve all of this with barely anything.
In comparison to the other well-known geniuses of his generation, Bi Fan was probably one step ahead in terms of raw talent.
If Bi Fan was able to practice at this rate in the future as well, then it wouldn’t be surprising if he was able to grow into a renowned and powerful martial artist, which would automatically make the Quinyang Sect famous.
Yan Yu Si was looking at Bi Fan, and was hoping that he’d illuminate the Quinyang Sect’s future.
Bi Fan, Mo Nan, Jing Feng and Ji Ying Lan were busy smiling and chatting as they continued to celebrate Bi Fan’s victory.
“Bi Fan, Mo Nan, Jing Feng and Ji Ying Lan are the future of the Quinyang Sect. I must convince father to provide them with the best resources upon my return to Quinyang….. we need to help them grow faster.” Yan Yu Si thought to herself.
Yan Yu Si was quite happy at the moment, but she was still concerned about Luo Sheng and Luo Xiong.
Luo Sheng and Luo Xiong were both incompatible with Bi Fan and his friends. If these two parties didn’t form a congenial relationship soon, then it could possibly result in a falling out within the Quinyang Sect.
If this happened, then Yan Yu Si was clearly in favor of siding with Bi Fan and his friends.
The celebration carried on for a long time, but Jing Feng and Mo Nan returned to their room early since they had more matches tomorrow morning.
After returning to his room, Bi Fan started carefully replaying his fight with Wu Ji Xuan.
As Bi Fan started carefully a.n.a.lyzing the fight, he started figuring out several things which he previously didn’t understand very clearly. His understanding of his own martial arts was beginning to improve a lot, and once he was able to find some time to work on some changes, he felt that his proficiency would see a major boost.
Bi Fan could also feel an improvement in his strength, and felt that he was just one step away from breaking into the ‘transformation’ layer now.
“It seems that it won’t be long before I can break into the ‘transformation’ layer. If I’m successful, then my strength will increase again, and then I won’t have to fear Wu Ji Xuan anymore. Wu Ji Xuan will certainly try to extract his revenge from me, but I need to make sure that I don’t give him any chances.”
Bi Fan was very happy, not just because he had won the championship, but also because his strength had increased significantly.
Bi Fan was also quite confident that his improved knowledge of his martial arts would help him in improving his efficiency, and once he was able to integrate these new changes into ‘The Immortal Finger’ attack, then his power output would see a major increase.
Bi Fan couldn’t find any time to work on his skills tonight since he was busy studying his fight against Wu Ji Xuan.
In fact, Bi Fan was beginning to realize that he had made a lot of mistakes; otherwise he would have won the fight relatively easily.
Bi Fan was so engrossed in his research that if Jing Feng hadn’t knocked on the door, he would have never realized that it was morning already.
“Brother Bi Fan, get ready quickly…. Let’s eat our meal so we can leave for the arena together.” Jing Feng sounded very motivated.
Bi Fan ended his practice, groomed himself, and prepared to go downstairs for his meal.
Jing Feng and Mo Nan’s ranking still hadn’t been finalized since they still had a few more tie-breakers left. Since they were both like brothers to him, Bi Fan obviously wanted to cheer them on.