Free Web NovelChapter 687: Chapter 685: Senior Student? Struck Down with One Sword!
Inside the cultivation room, Lin Xuan began practicing the Celestial Sound Black Dragon Wave. Lin Xuan’s talent was very high, and he learned martial arts quickly. However, the Celestial Sound Black Dragon Wave was indeed very difficult. Lin Xuan practiced for five days but still couldn’t master it.
The Big Black Dog said, "You’re too impatient. Martial Arts of this caliber can’t be mastered in just a few days. Even with the help of a fifth-grade cultivation array, you can’t master it in such a short time unless you have other treasures."
Lin Xuan took out the scroll and looked at it. In addition to the Martial Arts training, it also recorded other auxiliary methods. One piece of information, in particular, caught his eye: the Celestial Sound Stone. The scroll mentioned that the Celestial Sound Stone was a sound-type Treasure, and obtaining it would speed up the cultivation of Sound Martial Arts.
Thus, Lin Xuan prepared to investigate the Celestial Sound Stone. After all, cultivating here was a waste of points. If he couldn’t master it quickly, Lin Xuan had no intention of continuing to train in the cultivation room.
On the fifth day, Lin Xuan left the cultivation room.
Zhang Hu, who had been waiting outside, saw him and his eyes lit up. He walked over quickly. "Kid, you’re finally out."
"Who are you?" Lin Xuan glanced at him and asked coolly.
Zhang Hu snorted. "Who am I? You took Shen Tang’s cultivation room, and you’re asking me who I am? If you know what’s good for you, follow me to Shen Tang and kowtow in apology. If you do, I can spare you this once. Otherwise, don’t blame me for getting rough."
Oh, so he’s the helper that woman hired! Lin Xuan realized.
Then he sneered, "You people are truly arrogant. What do you mean I ’stole’ your cultivation room? How ridiculous! Any disciple can use any of the cultivation rooms in the Sacred Institute. I paid the points and used it according to the rules. What’s wrong with that?"
Zhang Hu sneered. "Kid, you’re new to the Sacred Institute, so you don’t understand how things work. Do you know who Shen Tang’s brother is? That’s Shen Xing! A peerless genius ranked in the top ten of the Qingyun Ranking! Who would dare to offend him? Only an ignorant fool like you, who doesn’t know his place, would dare to cross her. Go on, ask anyone else if they’d dare compete with Shen Tang for a cultivation room!"
So that’s how it is, Lin Xuan thought, understanding now. She’s just relying on her genius brother. But so what? What’s so great about a genius on the Qingyun Ranking? He was confident that it wouldn’t be long before he, too, could make his way onto the Qingyun Ranking.
He glanced at Zhang Hu and said, "I did nothing wrong. There’s no need to apologize."
"What did you say?" Zhang Hu’s face darkened. He glared at Lin Xuan coldly, "Kid, aren’t you a little too arrogant? Do you really think becoming the Rookie King gives you the right to be so insolent? In the eyes of us senior students, you’re no different from an ant. I’ll give you one last chance. Come with me and kowtow in apology. Otherwise, don’t blame me for what happens next."
Lin Xuan laughed. "What happens next? What exactly are you going to do?" The man was only a three-star Grandmaster; Lin Xuan didn’t take him seriously at all.
"You’re truly reckless to challenge me," Zhang Hu spat. "Fine. I’ll teach you a lesson myself and show you the power of a senior student."
As he spoke, Zhang Hu clenched his fist and threw a punch. The phantom image of a tiger appeared over his fist. It was the Wind Tiger Fist. The punch was extremely powerful and incredibly fast, reaching Lin Xuan in an instant.
Lin Xuan’s expression hardened. He raised his hand and clawed forward, his palm moving like a Dragon Claw to intercept the phantom tiger. The two attacks collided with a dull thud. Lin Xuan was knocked back several steps, his blood roiling in his chest.
"Hahaha!" Zhang Hu laughed aloud. "See that, kid? You couldn’t even withstand a single blow from me."
His guess had been right. This Lin Xuan was only at the early stage of a three-star Grandmaster, while he was at the middle stage. Defeating him would be as easy as flipping his palm.
With that thought, Zhang Hu struck again. He flashed in front of Lin Xuan, his fist rocketing out viciously. This time, he was aiming straight for Lin Xuan’s head. The attack was unexpectedly ruthless, and Lin Xuan was thoroughly enraged.
Does he really think I’m a pushover?
With a wave of his hand, a Divine Sword appeared. It was the sixth-grade Divine Sword, the Spirit Dragon Nine Heavens Sword. Lin Xuan slashed forward.
Zhang Hu was initially disdainful. So what if he’s using a weapon? It can’t hurt me unless it’s a fifth-grade King’s Weapon. Ordinary weapons are useless against me.
But his expression quickly changed. The sword gave off a sense of fatal danger, and his entire body began to tremble.
This is bad!
He wanted to dodge, but it was too late. The sword was already upon him. His only choice was to summon a Shield to float in front of him.
CRACK!
The sword slashed down on the Shield, instantly splitting it in half. Zhang Hu was sent flying backward, slamming into a distant wall.
BOOM!
He let out a piercing scream, blood pouring from his head. His face was a mask of terror. How is this possible? My Shield was a fourth-grade weapon, yet it was cut in two instantly! Damn it, could his sword be a fifth-grade King’s Weapon? The bastard actually has a King’s Weapon! I was careless.
Zhang Hu turned and fled.
"Hmph, you can’t even take one hit," Lin Xuan snorted, putting away the Divine Sword.
His trump cards were beyond what these people could imagine. In his previous duel with Jin Ze, Lin Xuan had displayed many techniques, but he hadn’t revealed all of his trump cards. For instance, he hadn’t used the Spirit Dragon Nine Heavens Sword, nor had he brought out the Eight Desolate Fire Dragon Cauldron. Both were sixth-grade weapons of immense power. Therefore, even when facing a senior student like Zhang Hu, Lin Xuan was completely unafraid.
After repelling Zhang Hu, Lin Xuan put away the Body Sword and quickly left the cultivation tower. He planned to find Ning Xue and Lu Jiu to ask about the Celestial Sound Stone. After all, Lin Xuan had just arrived and was unfamiliar with the area, so it was better to learn about the situation from senior students.
Soon, Lin Xuan found Ning Xue and asked her about the Celestial Sound Stone. From her, he learned more details. The Celestial Sound Stone was indeed a Treasure, and an extremely rare one at that. Most family clans and sects didn’t possess such a thing. One might not even be able to find it for auction at the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower. However, there was one place that was known to have them: the Celestial Sound Valley. After asking for details about the Celestial Sound Valley, Lin Xuan immediately set off.
「On the other side,」
Shen Tang had been waiting for two days but still hadn’t received any good news from Zhang Hu. She grew impatient and went to find him herself.
"Zhang Hu, did you teach that kid a lesson?" Shen Tang asked.
Zhang Hu kept his back to Shen Tang and said, "I didn’t run into the kid. When I went to the cultivation room, it was already empty. You can go use it now."
"Why is your back turned to me? Are you afraid to look at me?" Shen Tang frowned. She suddenly jumped around to face Zhang Hu, and in the next moment, she was stunned. "Why are you injured?"
She could see that his head and face were wounded. "Who did this to you?"
Zhang Hu’s face flushed red. He was too embarrassed to admit that Lin Xuan had injured him, so he lied, "I tripped while walking."
Hearing this, Shen Tang said irritably, "So that kid got away? How annoying! If you see him again, you’d better teach him a good lesson. Don’t you dare spare him!"
