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1.31% Dominating Sword Immortal / Chapter 12: Genius vs Genius

章節 12: Genius vs Genius

編輯: Hitesh_

Wu Zongming stared and laughed at the other disciple gathering his Qi. Wu Zongming slowly walked towards that square-faced apprentice without a sign of Qi gathering.

Ten, nine, eight, ... five more steps to go!

Surprisingly, it was not Wu Zongming that attacked first, but the square-faced apprentice. His legs bounced up from the ground as he took a huge step, his hanging right arm drew a strange curve in the air to attack Wu Zongming from below.

Poonn!

With an air breaking sound, there was a vague dark colored light around that square-faced apprentice's right hand signifying that, his Qi was about to break out of his body.

"Hmph. Useless!"

Wu Zongming yelled in a low voice, as he thrusted one of his palm at that square-faced apprentice's right hand.

Boom!

The square-faced apprentice was sent flying with both of his feet up in the air to exactly where he started from, and had to back up for another ten steps, almost falling on the ground.

Gahg! Spitting out a huge chunk of clotted blood, the square-faced apprentice pointed at Wu Zongming, "You, you..." He only managed to squeeze out one word before he passed out.

All of a sudden, the plaza was filled with clamor.

Everyone knew that the square-faced apprentice could not match up to Wu Zongming, but no one actually expected that the gap between the two to be that large, especially since Wu Zongming did not even use any martial art or Qi. He only used the most basic movement of a palm thrust. Everyone could not help but sigh in amazement at the power of the number one outer disciple.

Unlike the rest of the crowd, Ye Chen had his own opinion. The gap between Mortal Realm Rank 8 and Rank 10 should not be this big, plus that square-faced apprentice used a top ranking Mortal Realm martial art - Little Yasha Palm which boosted his power level to the threshold of Mortal Realm Stage 10. Even if he is not as good as Wu Zongming, it is highly unlikely for him to pass out. There must be another reason.

If Ye Chen guessed right, the martial art Wu Zongming utilized was much higher ranked than that square-faced apprentice, in addition, his Qi controlling skills was much, much higher than the other disciple as well.

Ye Chen could not help but be forced to smile.

The world he lived in was called the Land of Souls, its land covered countless miles without any borders. No one knew how big it actually was nor how many people or demonic beasts that lived in it. But only one thing was certain. It was a world filled with martial arts and warriors.

On this land, there were only two things that mattered to warriors: skills and arts.

However, compared to skills, the arts were few times more important.

A low rank Mortal Realm art could be even more valuable than a middle rank Mortal Realm skill.

If a warrior could master a new skill, it could unleash power about three times stronger; on the other hand, arts were considered to be the core of warriors. A strong core gave the warriors a better advantage to master martial arts.

Normally, when the warriors mastered a higher level of art, their total Qi would increase by about thirty percent, that meant if there were two warriors with the same cultivation, but one of them trained in a low ranked Mortal Realm art, while the other one trained in a middle ranking one, the total amount of Qi in the latter person would be thirty percent more than the former; if the latter trained in a high ranked Mortal Realm art, then they would have seventy percent more, and if it was a top rank Mortal Realm art, then it would be two times plus ten percent more Qi. This kind of gap was almost insurmountable.

Besides, with a higher level of Mortal Realm art, the quality of Qi would have a noticeably large improvement. For example, if you looked at the Qi that was produced by training low ranked art as a chunk of wood, then the Qi from a high ranked art would be like a stone, or maybe even a metal. Wood can never compete with stone or metal in density, because obviously they were not on the same level.

Wu Zongming as the number one outer disciple, the art he trained in must have been at least middle ranked Mortal Realm level. Ye Chen's art was low ranked Mortal Realm. So even if Wu Zongming's cultivation was the same as his Mortal Realm Rank 6, Wu Zongming would still have thirty percent more Qi than him, not to mention that Wu Zongming's power level was actually higher than him.

Thankfully, Ye Chen was fairly confident about the quality of his Qi, even if he had to compare, he was sure that it would not lose to Wu Zongming's. He had already trained his Lone Peak of Thirteen Swords to its highest stage which was one stage higher than it was described in the manual which was equivalent to a common middle rank Mortal Realm art.

After beating that square-faced apprentice in one move, Wu Zongming did not show any complacency at all. For him, that square-faced apprentice was just a clown, beating him did not bring him any satisfaction. He was just trying to send a message that even if he failed to breakthrough to the next realm, he was still invincible to them.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

A young, pretty teenager applauded as he walked closer, "Bravo! Number one outer disciple indeed. Wu Zongming, you are qualified to be my opponent."

Wu Zongming turned his head before he caught sight of the newcomer, "Zhang Haoran."

Although Zhang Haoran's appearance seemed young, he had a very mature temperament. He smiled, "I wonder which stage you are right now at that high ranked Mortal Realm art - Over Sky and Clouds of yours."

"Not too great, just the peak of the fourth stage."

Ye Chen was shocked, no wonder Wu Zongming could knock out that square-faced apprentice with only one punch, it turned out that he had trained in the Over Sky and Clouds art. As a high ranked Mortal Realm art, the Over Sky and Clouds was not considered the best but had one extremely strong point: the Qi from training the Over Sky and Clouds was extremely thick. Plus, the Over Sky and Clouds had only five stages, so being able to reach the peak of the fourth stage was quite impressive.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Haoran laughed proudly, "Compare to a normal person, you are indeed a genius. However, right now, I am way out of your league."

Wu Zongming sneered: "Arrogant people never have happy endings."

"Oh yeah? I was afraid to shock your ego, but truthfully, I trained in the 'Clouds and Beyond' high ranked Mortal Realm art and have already reached the fifth stage, highest stage. This is the gap between us."

Hearing this, the plaza was immediately filled with discussions.

"No way! arts are very hard to train in! Zhang Haoran received that manual just four months ago, and has already reached the fifth stage?! How is that possible?"

"Yes, high ranked Mortal Realm arts normally have five different stages. For a normal person, to get to the first stage would take at least three or four days; the second stage would need ten days and the third would need a month, the fourth stage three months, and for the fifth level it would take at least an year. I remember there were some inner disciples that just gave up on finishing a high ranked Mortal Realm art when they were transferring to the top rank arts."

"Speaking of talent, it seemed that Zhang Haoran is even more talented than Wu Zongming."

Unlike other people people, Ye Chen thought it was quite reasonable. Wu Zongming was definitely not bad, especially that he was only one step away from the fifth stage which would only take him at least half a month to reach it.

Wu Zongming was truly surprised, he got the Over Sky and Clouds manual half a year ago when he won the champion of Mu Ren Gang. He thought it was already quite impressive to reach the fourth stage in six months since a normal person would need about five months time to go from the first stage to the fourth stage and plus another five months to reach the peak of the fourth stage. He never expected that Zhang Haoran was an even greater genius than him, spending only four months to reach the highest fifth stage.

Taking a deep breath, Wu Zongming said calmly: "Needless to say more, I will see you at the challenge."

Zhang Haoran gave him a smile, "That's right. And I will be the champion of this coming Mu Ren Gang challenge."

Finished talking, he walked away, leaving the crowd staring at his back.


章節 13: The Wooden Guardians

編輯: Hitesh_

Watching Zhang Haoran leave, the crowd was full of respect and envy that even though Zhang Haoran and the people in the crowd were all human beings, he could reach the Mortal Realm Stage 10 and the highest stage of the Over Sky and Clouds Art at the age of thirteen.

Is the difference between a genius and a normal person really that big?

Ye Chen shook his head and walked towards the notice board.

On that giant piece of white paper, there was a line of characters the size of a fist. It was perfectly written, probably by a master of calligraphy.

Besides some disclaimer information, it also listed that those participating in the Mu Ren Gang contest would receive one of Sky Cloud Martial School's special Qi boosting pellet. It could save a month of training, and if it was used upon reaching a bottleneck, it could help in breaking through to the next realm. However, it could only help with breaking through stages of the Mortal Realm.

What I need the most right now is time. This Qi boosting pellet that would save me a month of hard work would be really helpful. Ye Chen smiled, and carried on reading.

"The top ten winners of the Mu Ren Gang would be able to choose one High Ranked Mortal Realm Skill; the top six would be rewarded with three Windy Dew pellets; the top three could learn one High Ranked Mortal Realm Art of their choosing and the champion would also be rewarded with a Yuan Boosting Pellet."

Ye Chen squeezed his eyes, he didn't really care about the High Ranked Mortal Realm Skills, but the Windy Dew pellets would be such a good asset to have for training Qi. In the first ten days after using the Windy Dew pellet, a warrior would feel extremely purified and fresh both physically and mentally, their training speed would also increase dramatically and would have a higher comprehension of martial arts. There were even a lot of inner disciples that desperately looked for it, which was valued at more than ten thousand silvers. The only bad thing about it was that it could not be used too often, each use of the pellet would be increasingly worse than the last time until its effectiveness completely disappeared.

However, a High Ranked Mortal Realm Art was even more valuable. With a High Ranked Art, Ye Chen could train at a much faster speed and the quality and quantity of his Qi would be on a totally another level qualitatively. In other words, if he could get his hands on a High Rank Mortal Realm Art manual, it would even be possible for him to breakthrough to the Condensing Reality Realm.

Ye Chen smiled helplessly as he saw the prize for the champion.

Needless to say, a Yuan Boosting Pellet was the most valuable among the listed prizes, it could help a Mortal Realm warriors step straight into the next stage, it could even be used to breakthrough the bottleneck of the Condensing Reality State. However in regards of obtaining first place, Ye Chen was not confident at all. Even Maq Wu, who was a Mortal Realm Stage Ten warrior, could never compete with Wu Zongming and Zhang Haoran who were the sons blessed by the heavens. The arts and skills they had mastered were much stronger than anyone else, and with their genius comprehension abilities, it was almost impossible to beat them to take first place. Only if Ye Chen could reach the Mortal Realm Stage Eight from Stage Six would he even have a chance to contend against those two.

Slowly letting out a breath, Ye Chen made up his mind. He dare not dream for the first or second place, but third place would be his! Failure will not be tolerated!

...

The night was over, the first beam of sunshine rose from the east side.

In the yard, Ye Chen had just finished a movement and was rubbing himself with the body boosting ointment.

Six months after the Mu Ren Gang, it will be the Ye Family Gathering. Whether or not I will attend will depend on what happens today!

Ye Chen understood clearly, that his eldest uncle's son Ye Tang and his fourth uncle's daughter Ye Xuan were both rare geniuses of the Ye family. They had reached the Mortal Realm Stage Five at the age of twelve. And now, after three years' time, they may have very likely reached the peak of Mortal Realm Stage Ten, or perhaps they might have even broken through to the Condensing Reality Realm.

A Condensing Reality warrior was on a whole different level! Even if Ye Chen had amazing comprehension and insights, there was still a huge gap between him and them.

Before Ye Chen had even left the house, the Sky Cloud Martial School was already filled with people chanting. It was an important day for most of the people, the day of Mu Ren Gang. What's more was that during the challenge, some outer elders and inner disciples would come to watch the competition, and in some of the rare cases, a couple of inner elders would be present as well. If an outer disciple did well today, it could be considered as a ticket to heaven if an elder took an interest in them.

Because the Mu Ren Gang was located right in the front of the message center which was usually closed, one could not really see what was actually happening inside.

Ye Chen arrived in the message center and found the place already crowded with people: half of the three thousand outer disciples were already waiting here, along with a few inner disciples and outer elders sitting in the high tower at the end of the plaza, looking down over the crowd.

"Elder Lin, who do you think will be the top ten this Mu Ren Gang?" A teenager who was about sixteen years old asked. He was very good looking, although his skin was oddly pale.

The elder man who was called Master Lin laughed: "Yuntao, you are already one of the top inner disciples, yet you are still interested in this?"

Yuntao nodded as he replied: "I didn't really have an outstanding talent back in the day, and for that I really struggled during those days. So I really relate to the outer disciples, especially with their desperate desire to do well."

"Right." Master Lin nodded, "In my opinion, the top ten for this Mu Ren Gang would probably be the same but with Zhang Haoran in there somewhere."

"Zhang Haoran? I heard of him. They said he is the number one genius among the junior apprentices."

"Yesterday I heard that Zhang Haoran had already mastered his High Ranked Mortal Realm Over Sky and Clouds Movement to its highest stage. What a rare genius!"

"The fifth stage of the Over Sky and Clouds Movement... no wonder those elders have been praising him so highly." Yuntao seemed surprised, when he was still a outer disciple, he also trained in the Over Sky and Clouds Movement but he still had not reached the final stage yet.

Elder Lin looked at Zhang Haoran who was standing in the plaza and said gratefully: "The more geniuses that the Sky Cloud Martial School has, the more potential we have. Perhaps one day we can even upgrade from Rank Nine to a Rank Eight Martial School, I would be so happy that even if I died I would die with a smile."

Yuntao felt extremely motivated from Master Lin's speech, "Don't worry, Elder Lin! Although I still cannot compete with the core disciples, I will give everything I have and do my best to help the Sky Cloud Martial School promote to the next rank!"

"Haha! Wonderful! It is really great that you have this kind of determination."

It is time for the Mu Ren Gang to begin!

Crack!

The huge wall in the front of the plaza suddenly cracked open. Revealed in front of the crowd was a dark path of unknown length and unknown destination.

At this moment, Master Lin stood up and said: "Everyone, today is our semi-annual Mu Ren Gang challenge, all outer disciples are eligible to enter. As for the prize, you probably had already read about it on the message board, so I won't go into the details. Now, let's get to the first round of the challenge: to enter the Mu Ren Gang, you would have to beat a wooden guardian."

Master Lin's voice naturally was not very loud, but when fortified by his Qi, it spread miles away allowing everyone to hear him loud and clear.

"Shit, I almost beat one of those wooden guardian last time, this time I can definitely do it!"

"Me too! But I heard that there are not just wooden guardians in Mu Ren Gang but also a wooden sword artist, I am not sure if I can make it."

Regardless what everyone thought, the challenge of Mu Ren Gang had officially started.

Click, click, click...

A row of twenty wooden guardians walked out.

These two-meter-tall wooden guardians were made of a special kind of wood, their eyes were made of two thin slices of crystals sparkling with cold lights, they were obviously not normal puppets.

Ye Chen was not surprised. Rumors said that those wooden guardians were a kind of special puppets which were invented five thousand years ago by the rank 5 Martial Academy - the Puppet School. Although the puppets were not intelligent, they could sense people around them and attack them in different ways which was very impressive.

Sky Cloud Martial School received the manufacture instructions in a fortuitous occurrence. However these wooden guardians were only powerful to an extent, equivalent to a Mortal Realm warrior, so they were only great for training the outer disciples.

*Movements are a set of routine movements that one practices in. Movements are divided into palm, sword, finger, and etc arts which are also meant for attacking. Deeper comprehension results in a better quality and quantity of Qi.


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