Eternal Reverence - Chapter 69

Chapter 69
One week flew by in an instant, and it was time for the outer sect tournament .

The tournament was segmented into two parts . The first part was a race and the second part was the ranking matches .

All outer sect disciples above the eighth level of the Qi Realm headed towards the Hundred Beasts Forest . The first 20 that cleared the forest would then have the chance to compete in the ranking matches .

Assembled at the plains in front of the Hundred Beasts Forest was roughly 10,000 outer sect disciples .

In front of them was the great elder of the outer sect, Xiao Changfeng, speaking with a loud voice, “When inside the Hundred Beasts Forest, there are no rules except the prohibition of killing . Only the first 20 who clears the forest gets the chance to compete in the ranking matches, all others were eliminated . A cautionary reminder for all of you, the Hundred Beasts Forest is massive and the sect breeded a hundred plus species of Class 1 demonic beasts . Some of these beasts have mutated and are extremely dangerous . Some of you may not make it out alive and die in the forest . Prepare yourselves . ”

He was actually just trying to frighten the participants . Just for precautionary purposes, other than the 10,000 over participants, dozens of outer sect elders, and over a thousand outer sect deacons were joining in as well .

But of course, during each outer sect disciples tournament, deaths were a common occurrence . As accidents were bound to happen and the sect could only do so much to reduce them .

Among the participants, there were 5 from Yunwu city: Li Fuchen, Guan Xue, Zhu Hongxiu, Yang Kai, and Shen Tu Jue .

Li Fuchen and Guan Xue were both at the ninth level of the Qi Realm .

Zhu Hongxiu, Yang Kai, and Shen Tu Jue were at the eighth level of the Qi Realm .

Zhu Hongxiu was at the middle of the eighth level, Yang Kai at the peak of the eighth level, and Shen Tu Jue at the beginning of the eighth level .

While quietly gazing at Li Fuchen, Yang Kai and Shen Tu Jue were both in a complex state of mind .

Back at Yunwu City, they were prodigies . They were the kings and could have anything they wanted, those minor clans’ patriarchs all had to show respect to them .
But now at the Cang Lan Sect, they were nothing .

When they first arrived, they weren’t used to the change in environment and still displayed the same arrogance like back in Yunwu City . They were walloped for doing that .

But compared to them, Li Fuchen who was just of normal bone frame, was doing much better in the outer sect . Not only did he not get walloped, he even beat up other disciples .

There were prodigies among his beaten up list too .

This made them shocked and jealous at the same time .

“Alright, everyone enter the Hundred Beasts Forest now . ”

The outer sect grand elder, Xiao Changfeng gestured with a wave .

Hearing so, 10,000 plus outer sect disciples swam into the forest like countless small fish, penetrating into the Hundred Beasts Forest .


“Elder Xiao, this time’s outer sect tournament seems to have a few rather good seeds . ” An elder retracted his view and turned towards Xiao Changfeng .

Xiao Changfeng nodded, “With my many years of experience, this year’s participants are comparable with the participants from two years ago . ”

“Two years ago? You mean the year when the Sword Maniac was around?”

Another outer sect elder spoke in astonishment .

Two years ago, those participants were the assemblage of all the elites . Not only was there the Sword Maniac, there were also the Sword Tiger, and Heartless Sword . These three were now Direct disciples and had already attained the Earth Realm .

There was a rumor that the year when the Sword Maniac was around, was one of the strongest batch since the past century .

Xiao Changfeng: “This year’s top prodigy of the 10 Prodigies, Yu Wen Tian is almost on the same level as Sword Tiger . Shang Guan Hong is just slightly inferior to Heartless Sword . This year we have 10 Prodigies, but two years ago, there was only 8 . So they are almost on par in terms of talent . ”

“That is true . ” The elders that were listening, all agreed .

***

Within the Hundred Beasts Forest, the mood was heavy and dark, packed with demonic qi .



When the 10,000 over disciples entered the forest, no more sound or movements could be detected, as though they had no hope of returning .

On the treetops and within the bushes, one could somehow see the figures of the outer sect deacons .

In the Cang Lan Sect, gradings were highly regarded . These grades were ranked from low to high: Outer sect deacon apprentice, inner sect deacon apprentice, outer sect deacon, inner sect deacon, outer sect elders, and inner sect elders .

Outer sect deacon apprentices were of the Qi Realm .

Inner sect deacon apprentices and outer sect deacons were of the Origin Realm .

Inner sect deacons and outer sect elders were of the Earth Realm .

Inner sect elders were of the Heaven Realm .

Over a thousand outer sect deacons would mean an equal amount of Origin Realm martial artists . Without any accidents, it would be hard even if these participants wanted to commit suicide .

To add on, among them were dozens of outer sect elders .

Outer sect elders were all of the Earth Realm and if they wanted to hide their presence, even Origin Realm practitioners would find it hard to detect them .

Swoop, shoosh…

Within the dark forest were many shadows shuttling through the trees . Some were fast, some were slightly slower .

Li Fuchen felt grateful that he learned the Cyclone Kick Style . Even though this kick art wasn’t entirely useful for combat, but it was great for travelling .

With his feet on a tree bough, Li Fuchen glared at the direction behind him . If he sensed it right, the one following him was a outer sect deacon .

Outer sect deacons who were at the Origin Realm could cultivate the lighten body technique .



The lowest grade body refinement techniques were peak-tier, yellow class .

Whereas, lighten body techniques were at least of low-tier, mystic class .

After cultivating the lighten body technique, one’s body would become light as a swallow and not emit any sound while moving at high speeds . Had it not been Li Fuchen’s strong soul spirit and sharp senses, he wouldn’t have detected the outer sect deacon’s presence .

‘Could this lad have notice me?’

On a big tree at the back, a 40 year old looking outer sect deacon had a look of surprise .

He cultivated the low-tier, mystic class lighten body technique: Cloud Goose Technique . With his qi revolving, there wouldn’t be any noise emitted, but it came at the price of the speed . If he was too fast, he may accidentally leak some sound .

After all, his Cloud Goose Technique wasn’t at the completion stage yet .

Only the completion Cloud Goose Technique could allow one to travel at extreme speed without any sound and presence .

With the trance stage of the Cyclone Kick Style, Li Fuchen was quick like the gale . He overtook yet another outer sect disciple like a shooting star, bouncing off the trees .

Huu!

Suddenly, a blue patterned python which was as thick as a thigh flashed towards Li Fuchen .

Class 1 high-tier demonic beast: Blue Patterned Python .

One of the Class 1 demonic beasts with the fastest attack speed .

With a hidden weapon in hand, the outer sect deacon was prepped to step in and help Li Fuchen at any moment .

Actually Li Fuchen long saw the python, but he didn’t want to waste time changing his moving trajectory .



With his right fist raised, Li Fuchen struck first onto the head of the Blue Patterned Python, even though he made his move later .

Splash!

With blood instantly spurted, the Blue Patterned Python became a Headless Python .

‘Such execution speed and ferocious power!’

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The outer sect deacon was in awe .

Li Fuchen’s execution was almost on the same level as a low leveled Origin Realm martial artist and his physical strength was over the charts .

It was easy to send a Blue Patterned Python flying in one punch . But to burst its brain in one punch, wasn’t something that average people could do .

Be it humans or demonic beasts, the skull was always the strongest spot .

‘This disciple is frightening strong . There is no point in shadowing him, I better lookout for other weaker disciples . ’

The outer sect deacon’s job was to ensure the safety of the outer sect disciple . But Li Fuchen was much too strong and didn’t require his protection . And what’s more, within the Hundred Beasts Forest, there was no possibility of a Class 2 demonic beast appearing .

‘Did he leave?’

Li Fuchen raised his brow . To be truthful, he didn’t like the uncomfortable feeling of being tailed by someone .

Bursting apart the brains of the python was a way to see if it could make the deacon leave .

And to his prediction, the outer sect deacon left .