Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Yang Yi stood below the stage.
He did not expect the other party to not be bothered about trifles.
On the other hand, he did not treat this duel as a life and death battle. He thought too much and gave his opponent a chance.
“Jiang Qing wins. Yang Yi is out.” announced a gang member.
“Junior Brother Yang, you…”
When Yang Yi returned silently.
Tian Zhen was at a loss for words.
It should have been a pity for him to lose the competition for no reason, but upon closer inspection of Jiang Qing’s appearance, he felt that Yang Yi did not lose at all.
Yang Yi did not respond.
A defeat was a defeat.
As long as his previous battle strategy was correct, he was satisfied.
This was not an important competition, and it was still a guest match. He would have to find an opportunity to lose sooner or later.
It was impossible for him to really compete with these few gangs for first place.
That Golden Phoenix Feather was not worth that much money.
He closed his eyes and focused.
He had already gained much from this demon slaying party.
At least, he had defeated a 10-point Bone Refining demonic beast.
This allowed Yang Yi to clearly understand his own level of strength.
“With my current strength, as long as I don’t meet someone who mastered the force, I should be able to win.”
This time, he had given his all.
Fortunately, the black-striped bear could not use the force. Otherwise, he might not have been able to win with brute force.
The force could be used not only for offense, but also for defense. The black-striped bear’s strength was due to its body size, and it was often much stronger than martial artists of the same level.
Therefore, even if Yang Yi was confident that he could break through a martial artist’s force defense, he might not be able to deal with the beast.
After Jiang Qing defeated Yang Yi, she obtained 10 points.
After that, she chose to challenge a Blood Refining demonic beast before stepping down from the stage.
Next, it was Jiang Hong’s turn.
Jiang Hong had better luck this time. She encountered a two-point Blood Refining demonic beast. With her strength, she easily won.
Then, just as everyone expected, she chose to continue.
If she wanted to feed her sister points, she had to first defeat a Bone Refining demonic beast.
When a six-point demonic beast was pulled up, Jiang Hong sent a pill into her mouth, and her aura increased quite a bit.
“This is the Anther Gang’s Qi boosting pill, but it can only be effective on Blood Refining martial artists,” Tian Zhen explained.
Yang Yi nodded.
It seemed that Jiang Hong did not come here solely to gain experience.
On the stage, Jiang Hong relied on the Qi boosting pill to narrowly defeat the Bone Refining demonic beast.
After that, just as everyone expected, she issued a challenge to her sister and admitted defeat.
As such, there were only four people left in the demon slaying party.
Jiang Qing, Luo Ran, Song Ping, and Ge Zhili.
Yang Yi was not too interested in who would win in the end. However, watching them battle with the demonic beasts, he could more or less learn some experience.
As the sun gradually moved west, it shone its golden rays onto the stage.
The demon slaying party came to an end.
In the end, Song Ping fed points to Luo Ran. The remaining three could not challenge each other and could only compete to see who would kill the most demonic beasts.
After a few rounds, Luo Ran had the last laugh.
He had already cultivated the force and was more experienced in using it than Tian Zhen was.
Although Ge Zhili’s Rope Fire Saber Technique was strong, his stamina gave way and led to his defeat.
“Everyone, it’s already late today. Why don’t we go back to the inn in town and stay there for a while? We can continue our journey tomorrow morning,” Feng He suggested.
It was not a wise choice to travel the mountain road at night.
Especially since the distance between Liuxi Town and Wangchuan Town was quite far, it was best to wait until tomorrow before departing.
Yang Yi and Tian Zhen thought it over and agreed with Feng He’s arrangement.
The group returned to Panshan Town.
When they reached the inn, everyone went back to their rooms to rest and reorganize.
Today, everyone had expended a lot of energy. Many of them were even injured. If they did not calm down and use their inner energy to adjust, it would be easy for them to sustain internal injuries.
“Young heroes, please be at ease. Later on, I will send someone to prepare some wine and food. You guys can spend some time together. As the saying goes, if you don’t fight, you won’t get to know each other. In the future, there will be times where you’ll look after each other.”
Feng He left them with this remark.
“Yang Yi.” Someone called out to him just as he was about to return to his room.
Yang Yi turned his head and saw that it was Jiang Qing.
“You could’ve won today’s competition, but you hesitated.” Jiang Qing had seen a lot of children from families who had not seen the world have this problem.
They usually frown upon having intimate contact with a person of the other gender, or would behave in a gentlemanly manner.
She did not like that. Since she had chosen to cultivate martial arts, she decided to abandon these constructs. Hence, when Yang Yi hesitated, she seized the opportunity.
However, that was a different matter. It was not Jiang Qing’s intention to win by relying on her gender. She sighed and took out some jade bottles from her clothes. She said indifferently, “These are some medicine for external injuries. There are also some to cure the poison on your hands. Take them.”
The medicine cultivation skill of the Anther Gang had its own unique points. In certain aspects, they were on par with the Harmony Court.
Yang Yi was slightly surprised. Before he could react, his hands were stuffed with medicine.
Jiang Qing did not say much before she left. When she turned the corner, she walked together with her sister, Jiang Hong.
As they walked, Yang Yi could still hear Jiang Hong’s complaints.
Yang Yi smiled and shook his head.
He pushed the door open and entered his room.
He brought his own medicine, so he did not use the medicine that Jiang Qing gave him.
Although he felt that she was not a scheming person after coming into contact with her, he still had to be careful when he was outside.
Regardless of whether he used her medicine or not, Yang Yi would remember this kindness.
Night gradually enveloped Panshan Town.
The noise on the street faded, and even the temperature dropped a little.
Yang Yi sat cross-legged by the bed and cultivated.
When his injuries were under control, he opened his attribute panel.
Host: Yang Yi
Realm: Bone Refining (253/800)
Spirit accumulation points: 800
Learned martial arts: Crimson Afterglow Technique, Mountain-hugging Fist, Phantom Dodge
Pending martial arts: None
Number of scans: 1
He opened his martial arts panel.
Martial arts: Phantom Dodge (learned)
Realm: Intermediate (24/200)
Characteristic: Timid
Quality: Body Tempering martial arts
Feedback: [Your Phantom Dodge has improved after a day of diligent cultivation. Experience +1.]
As usual, Yang Yi requested for feedback from the Phantom Dodge for 20 times.
It was very stable. All of them were “Experience +1”. There were no special events.
After that, Yang Yi requested feedback from the Crimson Afterglow Technique for 10 times.
[Your Crimson Afterglow Technique accidentally cultivated the force from watching the demon slaying party in its spare time!]
[Your Crimson Afterglow Technique wandered around the town and met a senior sister with her child.]
[Your Crimson Afterglow Technique gained inspiration from Jiang Qing’s whip technique and gained a defensive technique of the force, the Coiling Snake Force!]
“You cultivated the force?!”
Yang Yi was exceptionally delighted when he saw this feedback.
Normally, it was only when one had reached the end of the Bone Refining stage that one would be able to cultivate the force.
However, Yang Yi’s experience points were clearly still in the early to middle stage. It was truly unexpected that he could master the force.
It could only be said that the comprehension ability of the Crimson Afterglow Technique was truly astonishing. It managed to cultivate the force just by observing someone else. Moreover, it learned how to use the force by watching someone else’s whip techniques. That was amazing!
Yang Yi quickly closed his eyes and carefully felt the changes in his body.
In truth, ordinary people wielded the force as well. However, they could not gather it, much less use it to perfection like a Strength Entry martial artist.
Yang Yi could sense the existence of an additional force within his body.
Normally, the force would fuse with his flesh and blood, and he would not be able to see or touch it.
However, once his thoughts were gathered, they would rapidly gather and move around, forming an extremely restless energy!
Yang Yi suddenly opened his eyes, jumped off the bed, and threw a punch forward.
This punch was wrapped in force, as if it had the power to cut through iron and metal.
If he knew this move during the day, the black striped bear would not be able to last three moves!
Then, he fumbled with the Coiling Snake Force. He wanted to test how strong this so-called force defense technique was..