Chapter 3275: Fan Qi
After Gu Chang Jiang’s attack was destroyed by Xu Lang, Lei Ying breached his defenses and injured him.
Everything happened in just a blink of an eye. When the Heavenly Pool Palace disciples regained their senses, they saw Gu Chang Jiang in a wretched state. Blood was even trickling out of the corner of his mouth.
“He’s injured!”
“Just a single strike, and he’s already in such a miserable state. Lord Xu Lang and Lord Lei Ying are so powerful!”
“That’s not a surprise. Since the Martial Dragon Celestial Emperor is no match for the Verdant Prairie Celestial Emperor and the Merciless Celestial Emperor respectively, how could he stand a chance if both of them join forces?”
“They’ve gone easy on him as well. After all, it’s not difficult for them to kill him now that they’ve joined forces.”
“Well, they have to go easy on him. No matter what, the Martial Dragon Celestial Emperor is still one of our Heavenly Pool Palace’s t.i.tled Celestial Emperors. They know not to go overboard when fighting.”
While the disciples discussed the three t.i.tled Celestial Emperors, some of them began to discuss Duan Ling Tian.
“Speaking about going overboard, don’t you think Duan Ling Tian went overboard for killing Liu Jian? That’s probably why the Martial Dragon Celestial Emperor was so furious that he wanted to kill Duan Ling Tian.”
“It seems like you just arrived…”
“Huh? How do you know that?”
“If you were here earlier and saw the battle between Duan Ling Tian and Liu Jian, you wouldn’t have said such things. Liu Jian was the one who provoked Duan Ling Tian first; he wanted to kill Duan Ling Tian. Alas, Duan Ling Tian ended up killing him. If someone wanted to kill you, and you’re capable of killing him, don’t tell me you’re not going to kill him?”
“That’s right. Liu Jian only has himself to blame for his death. He probably didn’t expect that Duan Ling Tian’s strong enough to kill him.”
The disciples who had just arrived looked at Gu Chang Jiang with an unnatural expression on their faces after learning that Liu Jian only had himself to blame for his death, but Gu Chang Jiang came to the Prodigy Arena with the intention to avenge Liu Jian.
“How shameless! I didn’t expect a t.i.tled Celestial Emperor in our Heavenly Pool Palace to be such a person.”
“Didn’t you see the Verdant Prairie Celestial Emperor and the Merciless Celestial Emperor joining forces to deal with the Martial Dragon Celestial Emperor? If he’s not shameless, the other two wouldn’t have joined forces to deal with him.”
“Shameless! If this matter spreads out, the Heavenly Pool Palace will become a laughingstock!”
“That’s right. The other heaven-grade forces will definitely ridicule our Heavenly Pool Palace, saying the t.i.tled Celestial Emperors in our Heavenly Pool Palace don’t know how to discern right from wrong!”
Although the disciples were discussing among themselves in a low voice, Gu Chang Jiang still heard their words. His expression turned unsightly immediately as he began to fume in anger.
“Xu Lang, Lei Ying, I, Gu Chang Jiang, will never forget what happened today!” Gu Chang Jiang said as he glared at Xu Lang and Lei Ying before he left. Due to his speed, it looked as though he had disappeared into thin air.
Xu Lang and Lei Ying did not chase after Gu Chang Jiang. After all, they only wanted to teach him a lesson. Since Gu Chang Jiang was a t.i.tled Celestial Emperor in the Heavenly Pool Palace, one of the pillars of the Heavenly Pool Palace, they knew it was not a good idea to kill him.
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It did not take long before what happened in the Prodigy Arena spread like a wildfire.
People began to realize that Duan Ling Tian was highly valued by Xu Lang, the Verdant Prairie Celestial Emperor, based on the way Xu Lang had defended Duan Ling Tian.
As for Lei Ying, the Merciless Celestial Emperor, some people speculated that she had acted against Gu Chang Jiang, the Martial Dragon Celestial Emperor, for her subordinate’s sake, and some people speculated she had done it for the sake of her new student. After all, although her new student was not involved in the matter, everyone knew her new student was in a relations.h.i.+p with Xu Lang’s new student.
With this, Duan Ling Tian and Huan’er also became famous in the Heavenly Pool Palace. Duan Ling Tian, in particular, was now famous for his feat of defeating a prodigious disciple between the age of 600 to 700 years old when he was not even 300 years old. There were more than 300 years of difference in age between the two opponents.
“Little Junior Brother, your reputation in the Heavenly Pool Palace is now on par with First Senior Sister and Second Senior Brother now,” Hong Fei said. Since Duan Ling Tian had killed Liu Jian a month ago, he had been visiting Duan Ling Tian frequently. However, before his visits, he would always send a message to Duan Ling Tian to make sure Duan Ling Tian was not cultivating.
This time, Duan Ling Tian was not cultivating when Hong Fei sent a message asking if he could visit. He had not forgotten his purpose of joining the Heavenly Pool Palace. He had taken time off from cultivating for a month now to investigate Huan’er’s parents’ whereabouts, but he did not find anything useful at all.
Duan Ling Tian shook his head and said, “Although my reputation is on par with First Senior Sister and Second Senior Brother, my strength is still a far cry from theirs.”
Duan Ling Tian’s First Senior Sister and Second Senior Brother were Xu Lang’s strongest students. His two eldest seniors aside, he was confident he would be able to defeat his Third Senior Sister, Hu Mei, if he had the help from the Five Divine Elements.
“You’re crazy! How can you compare yourself to First Senior Sister and Second Senior Brother? Think about it… How old are you?” Hong Fei said.
At this moment, Duan Ling Tian rose to his feet abruptly.
Hong Fei stood up and asked curiously, “What’s wrong?” Based on Duan Ling Tian’s reaction, it was obvious that something had happened.
“I just received a message from the Sword Trial Pavilion… The top prodigious disciple in my age group has replied to my challenge. The battle is this afternoon in the Prodigy Arena,” Duan Ling Tian replied.
“This afternoon?” Hong Fei looked up at the sky. “It’s almost noon now… We can head over to the arena in a while…”
Duan Ling Tian nodded before he said, “I’ll inform Huan’er about this. Sixth Senior Brother, why don’t you return for now? If you’re interested in watching my battle, I’ll see you in the Prodigy Arena later.”
“Alright.”
After Hong Fei left, he sent Duan Ling Tian a message to brief him about his opponent.
“Your opponent’s name is Fan Qi. He’s a Five Elements Celestial Lord who’s comprehended seven profundities from the law of wind to the mastery stage. Apart from that, he’s not human. It’s said that he’s a Celestial Plant. Needless to say, his powers increase tremendously when he reverts to his true form.”
“Not human?” Duan Ling Tian was slightly taken aback when he heard Hong Fei’s message. He was impressed that Fan Qi was able to comprehend seven profundities from the law of wind to the mastery stage even if he was not human. After all, it was not an easy feat for someone below the age of 300 to comprehend so many profundities to the mastery stage.
After a while, Duan Ling Tian went to look for Huan’er so he could wake her up.
“Huan’er.”
Over the past month, Huan’er had not been cultivating. She had been sleeping mostly to comprehend the law of s.p.a.ce through the Supreme Powerhouse Divinity since she had not comprehended all the profundities from the law of s.p.a.ce to the mastery stage. This was an aspect where she was weaker than Duan Ling Tian.
As for Duan Ling Tian, although he had already comprehended all the profundities from the law of s.p.a.ce to the mastery stage, he could still use the Supreme Powerhouse Divinity to gain more insights on how to use the law of s.p.a.ce effectively. However, his progress had been quite slow in regard to this.
After comprehending all of the profundities to the mastery stage, the next step was to familiarize oneself with the profundities, learn the best way to apply them during a battle, and make sure the profundities were in sync. For example, most of the t.i.tled Celestial Emperors had comprehended all their profundities to the mastery stage. Therefore, if the t.i.tled Celestial Emperors had the same cultivation base and comprehended all of the profundities to the mastery stage, the deciding factor of a battle was determined by their effective use of their profundities.
A month ago, when Lei Ying and Xu Lang dealt with Gu Chang Jiang, Duan Ling Tian had observed how they used their profundities. He saw their strength increase tremendously due to how in sync their profundities were.
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At the same time, many people in the Heavenly Pool Palace had seen the announcement of Duan Ling Tian and Fan Qi’s battle and learned that the battle would take place in the afternoon in the Prodigy Arena.
Currently, almost everyone in the Heavenly Palace had heard of Duan Ling Tian. Perhaps, only those who were in closed-door cultivation had not heard of him.
As for Fan Qi, he was, naturally, famous in the Heavenly Pool Palace as well. After all, he was the strongest prodigy in the 200-to-300-year-old age group. Moreover, Fan Qi had also defeated a prodigious disciple from the 700-to-800-year-old age group in the past. Although the prodigious disciple he defeated was ranked at the bottom of his age group, it still stirred up a huge commotion at that time. After all, there was no doubt it was an amazing feat.
This was similar to how Duan Ling Tian caused a huge stir in the Heavenly Pool Palace when he killed Liu Jian.
News of Duan Ling Tian and Fan Qi’s impending battle spread like a wildfire, and it did not take long before a huge crowd had gathered outside of the Prodigy Arena.
“Duan Ling Tian killed Liu Jian, a prodigious disciple in the 600-to-700-year-old age group, a month ago. There’s no doubt he’s strong. If he’s going against anyone else in his age group, I’d be certain of victory. However, his opponent is Fan Qi who’s also a monstrous talent.”
“That’s right! Similarly, Fan Qi had also defeated a prodigious disciple in the 700-to-800-year-old age group. Although his opponent was ranked at the bottom, there’s no doubt that Fan Qi is really strong.”
“It’s hard to tell who’s stronger between the two of them.”
“In my opinion, Duan Ling Tian’s stronger. Fan Qi only defeated his opponent, but Duan Ling Tian killed his opponent! There’s a huge difference between defeating someone and killing someone.”
“That’s not necessarily true. Perhaps, Duan Ling Tian only managed to kill Liu Jian at that time because Liu Jian was careless? Apart from that, it has been 30 years since Fan Qi defeated his opponent from a higher age group. There’s no doubt he has grown even stronger since then.”