บท 34: Chapter 33 Easy Money and Rewards
On the left side viewing platform, the elders were chatting about who was the participant the disciples were talking about. However, they didn't expect to see a fight that ended so fast. All of them were quite surprised that they looked at each other with wide eyes.
"Wonderful!" Sect Master Tianxiang exclaimed.
"Yes, his martial art is truly remarkable. He seems to have a natural talent for it." The middle-aged woman agreed.
"I didn't praise that disciple because of how strong he was. Did any of you see what he just did?" Sect master Tianxiang asked while looking at each one of the elders.
After no one answered, one of them said. "Didn't he just grab his opponent and thrust his elbow? I think it was a waste of time and energy to grab the opponent. If it was me, I would have gone straight with the elbow strike instead."
Sect Master Tianxiang shook his head in disagreement. "If that was all you just saw, then you are gravely underestimating this child. It was more technical than that." The sect master looked at the elder and spoke. "1st, he deliberately targeted the opponent's side making him dodge to the right. 2nd, he grabbed his opponent's arm, pulling towards him, making his opponent unable to move or even retaliate. Unless you are at least at the Core Formation realm or unable to fly, you will rely on the ground to dodge or counterattack."
The middle-aged woman's eyes widened as if she suddenly understood what happened. "You mean to tell me, Sect Master, that this Liang Chen was able to anticipate his opponent's moves and counter them effectively?"
"Precisely... Not only that his martial insight was so high, but also his martial tactics were on par with those core disciple geniuses from any sect." The sect master looks back at the stage and rubs his chin. "It seems that we have found a rough gem within these hundreds of rocks."
The elders took note of Liang Chen's looks as they ponder on some things. While the elders are talking about Liang Chen, Liu Yang was on the side getting a little bit worried. They arranged Liang Chen's matches would make him exhausted in the 5th round. However, in his 1st match, he didn't even break a sweat. Master Meng noticed his anxiety and walked up to him.
"Liang Chen's strength was unexpected but you don't have to worry. I already prepared some countermeasures just in case." Master Meng said.
Liu Yang nodded. He is still worried but at least what Master Meng said made him calmer. He gripped his hand tightly as he glares at Liang Chen who is now walking down the stage.
Shi Long and Wang Jun were waving frantically at Liang Chen. It seems that they too have joined the tournament. He saw this and waved back casually. He also noticed Chen Wei at the north team and when their eyes met, they just nodded at each other. Master Wu expected Liang Chen to win but not this fast. He felt really proud of him since he knows how Liang Chen trained so hard in these past few months.
"This is quite a surprise..." Said the senior sister.
The girl with the senior sister was awestruck. She wasn't able to respond for a moment. "Ah... Yes, it was. I didn't know he was that strong."
Master Tang and Master Sheng were both seniors of Master Wu. Both are also martial arts fanatics like him. When they saw how Liang Chen moved and executed his strikes, both of them stuck their eyes on it.
"His control of qi energy is quite impressive. He was able to channel it through his fists to deliver a precise and explosive strike." Master Tang said.
Master Sheng shrugs a bit. "I am not sure how he released such a powerful punch. With the level of qi he channeled, it should not be that strong... But I think it has something to do with that stomp he just did. Did you notice that he was only able to release such an explosive punch when he made that stomp?"
Master Tang agreed. "I will say it now, old friend, I want to take him under my wing."
Master Sheng looked at him a bit surprised and hastily said while pointing at him. "Oi Oi! Master Wu referred Liang Chen to both of us and not just you. BOTH. OF. US..."
Master Tang smiled and retreated a bit. "Alright, alright! We will let Liang Chen decide then..."
Yu Yan was astounded beside Xiu Ying. She was looking forward to Liang Chen making a fool of himself but she did not expect him to be so strong. Is this still the same braggart and shameless person that day? She has been eyeballing Liang Chen ever since. She wanted to expose him to show his true nature. In spite of that, she never saw that vile person ever again, only a hard-working man whose attention is only through training.
The tournament continued. Liang Chen was able to defeat 2 more opponents in the same manner of striking them down in one shot. Even if their cultivation was higher than the former, it didn't even go past Qi Refining realm level 5 and thus Liang Chen defeated them without a sweat. Xiu Ying also won her 3 matches. Her opponents can't match her speed and they were unable to fend off her pinpoint accurate attacks. Chen Wei also got through 3 matches but unfortunately for both Shi Long and Wang Jun, both of them lost in their 3rd match. Yu Yan and Wei Ling also won their 3 matches.
Liang Chen has been betting on himself for 3 matches and won them all. Thanks to his tainted reputation, his earnings vs the odds got him a total of 628 gold coins. At 1st, the bookmaker was disappointed when he heard about Liang Chen. But now, he was all smiles since he got 13 gold coins and 50 silver coins. Forget about the other matches where the bets are low, Liang Chen's matches are raking bets all over the crowd placing bets for him to lose making the odds even higher.
Shi Long and Wang Jun went to Liang Chen's side after they lost the match. Even though they lost, each of them hoped that their performance would be good enough for them to be scouted as an inner sect disciple. In the middle of their conversation, Shi Long asked what would Liang Chen do with the prize if he got to the top 10.
"There were prizes?" Liang Chen asked. He only focused on training and didn't care anything more about the tournament.
"You didn't know?" Shi Long was taken aback a little but he can understand since Liang Chen prioritized training over anything else. "The top 10 will get rewards based on their places. Aside from contribution points, items will be given as well. 1st place will receive 10,000 contribution points + a high-grade Mortal artifact. 2nd place will get 7,500 contribution points + a medium-grade Mortal artifact and so forth." Shi Long explained.
Liang Chen thought about what he is still missing. After a while, he said that a good defensive artifact would be great. He already has an Earth-grade flying sword so he opts for a defensive artifact. Though he now has more ways to escape and defend himself through techniques and skills, more life-saving means are welcome especially since Liu Yang and his family are targeting his life.
Liang Chen was getting ready for his 4th match when he noticed that his opponent was again from the west outer sect peak. His 2nd and 3rd matches were also from the same peak as Liu Yang. This is no longer any coincidence. The 1st could be one, the 2nd could be from luck, but the 3rd one is no longer an accident. Someone was targetting him and Liang Chen could easily guess who it was. When he checked the person through spirit sense, he noticed 3 thin needles were hiddenly pinned under the left sleeve.
"Those needles were dosed with purple-fanged weasel poisons. It can incapacitate any cultivator below the Core Formation realm or who doesn't know acupuncture blood sealing within 5 breaths." The Universal Guide warned Liang Chen.
Though this person's strength is only at the Qi Refining realm level 3, Liang Chen is wary of those needles. Though he knows qi-strengthened acupuncture taught by the Universal Guide, losing a limb or 2 in a fight will greatly affect someone's overall battle prowess. Liang Chen readied his own needles. He pinned all 8 of his Tardigrade Needles under his sleeves, 4 on each side. As they say, fight fire with fire. Using his new eye ability combined with Thought Acceleration, he can accurately use acupuncture techniques during a fight. Liang Chen doesn't need poisons to incapacitate someone. He will show Liu Yang how he will deal with someone using the same method. Once he planned everything out, Liang Chen jumped into the stage feeling that he can face anything his enemies throws at him.
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