Chapter 48 – Exchange (2)
“Too flashy. Apprentice Brother Zhao, beat him up and make the sect proud!”
“Let that pretty face see how strong our Heng Yue Sect is. Go ahead, brother Zhao!”
“The Xuan Dao Sect is too arrogant. Brother Zhao, you have to make them look pathetic! They even dare to say things like they only used 50% of their strength!”
“The Xuan Dao Sect is too cunning. They’ve already prepared an excuse for when they lose. I’ll be watching, Brother Zhao! Go!”
All the Heng Yue Sect disciples were furious. The Xuan Dao Sect Elder’s words had hurt their pride.
The faces of the Heng Yue Sect elders darkened. They remained silent, but their gazes turned cold, and their gazes toward the Xuan Dao Sect became less friendly.
Sun Dazhu chuckled. He smiled and whispered to Wang Lin, “Disciple, pay close attention. This exchange will be more intense than before. This is the first time the Xuan Dao Sect has dared to act so arrogantly.”
Wang Lin looked around at the angry inner disciples and then looked at Liu Feng. There was still a layer of black mist on his body that prevented Wang Lin from seeing his cultivation level.
Liu Feng stood on the stage and said softly, “Brother Zhao, since our sect elder has spoken, I will only use 50% of my strength in this fight.”
Zhao Long was of medium build. His skin was dark and his body appeared extremely strong. Rather than a cultivator, he looked more like a warrior in the mortal world.
She looked at Liu Feng warily. She clasped her hands and said, “Brother Liu, please!” After she finished speaking, she took a step, and then blooming white lotus flowers appeared one by one around her and floated around her body.
Fragments of sword qi appeared on the white lotus. The sound of the wind hitting Zhao Long’s clothes was heard, but there was no wind.
Sect leader Huang Long smiled. “Zhao Long’s lotus blade has already reached the intermediate level. Very good.”
The red-faced elder said proudly beside him, “Haha, sect head, Zhang Long is my beloved disciple. His talent is excellent and he is very hardworking. This lotus sword was something he personally took from the sword pavilion. After 5 years, he has already reached the middle rank.”
Elder Xu smiled and said to the surrounding disciples, “The lotus blade is known for its offensive power. You inner disciples should take this opportunity to learn from it.”
Wang Zhuo narrowed his eyes. He didn’t show it on his face, but he thought to himself, “Lotus Blade? Hmph, I know that too. Give me five years, and I’ll be stronger than him.”
“Usually, Brother Zhao is very quiet. I didn’t expect him to have reached such a level with the Lotus Sword.” Sun Hao secretly envied him and watched him closely.
On stage, Zhao Long shouted, “Brother Liu, this lotus blade of mine is very powerful. You must be careful.”
At that moment, the lotus flowers floating around Zhao Long began to spin rapidly and sword qi rained down on Liu Feng.
Liu Feng’s expression remained calm. He quickly retreated, formed a sign with his hands, and shouted, “Water screen!” At that moment, the sky darkened and specks of light appeared. They were water droplets.
Water droplets gathered like lightning in front of Liu Feng, forming a water screen. The screen shone with rainbow colors and looked incredibly beautiful.
Elder Ouyang smiled faintly and said to the disciples behind him, “The Heng Yue Sect’s Lotus Sword is an extremely difficult technique to master. All of you must remember, if you encounter this Lotus Sword, you must not attempt to confront it head-on, but rather avoid it, unless you are like Liu Feng, who possesses a pure water spirit root and can control water at will.”
All the students nodded in agreement, except for the middle-aged man at the back, who had a disgusted expression on his face.
On the stage, the sword qi raining down on Liu Feng slammed into the water screen. Zhao Long’s face sank. This water screen was too strange. The moment the sword qi landed on it, it dissipated without any effect.
He frowned and was about to use the same technique again, but he saw Liu Feng smiling. Liu Feng said, “Brother Zhao, try and face this lotus blade!”
The water rippled and sword qi shot out from the water screen towards Zhao Long. Same technique, same sword qi.
Zhao Long’s expression changed. He quickly retreated, but the sword qi was too fast. He gritted his teeth and threw a yellow talisman from his storage bag. The yellow talisman flashed without fire and transformed into black mist.
The sword qi landed on the black mist and dissipated. The black mist managed to block most of the sword qi before dissipating, but some sword qi still managed to penetrate it and stab Zhao Long’s body.
Zhao Long was thrown into the air by the sword qi. He coughed up blood as he soared through the air. He eventually fell to the ground. After struggling for a while, he failed to get up.
There were many small holes all over his body, but none of them were serious, so he was not in any life-threatening danger.
Liu Feng showed a very proud expression on his face. He stepped off the stage and said, “The disciple listened to the teacher and only used 50% of his strength on the water reflection.”
The red-faced elder moved swiftly. His body transformed into a red mist and landed beside Zhao Long. His expression darkened as he patted Zhao Long’s body a few times and fed him a few precious pills. After that, he said, “What a powerful water screen. Only someone at the 8th layer or higher can break through it. My disciple isn’t that strong yet, so losing is natural!”
One by one, the disciples of the Xuan Dao Sect showed happy expressions as they talked to each other.
“Just a 6th-grade disciple, and he thinks he can fight with Brother Liu Feng. I knew right away that we would win the first round.”
“That’s right. Brother Liu’s water screen is so powerful, even the elders can’t stop praising it. They must be dreaming if they think they can break it.”
“That’s right. The Heng Yue Sect disciples are getting weaker every year. In the past few days, I’ve been checking on the inner sect disciples, and none of them pose a threat to us.”
“That’s not entirely true. Not a single purple-clothed disciple from the Heng Yue Sect has appeared yet. I heard from the elders that they are core disciples of the Heng Yue Sect.”