After the semi-finals ended, the participants, whether they had succeeded or failed, went back to their own residences.
As for the people, no matter how indignant they were, they could not change the results of the competition, and began to separate.
But the battle never stopped.
When Yi Yun finished eating dinner, he came out from a Tao tribal clan cafeteria. There, he met a bunch of children, who wanted to mess with him.
Their leader was a fourteen year old girl, and behind her were a bunch of boys and girls, all teenagers.
The little girl was their boss; no different from the school honchos in his memories.
Even in this alternate world, the children also entered their rebellious stage in their teens. Kids at this age easily formed their gangs such as Green sect, Hong sect, Youth group, etc.
The little girl flicked her hair coolly and stared at Yi Yun without a sound, her eyes full of hostility.
They were here to demonstrate their strength.
In fact, they treated Yi Yun like someone of their own age, and someone of the same IQ level.
If nothing else, just based on height, Yi Yun was an inch shorter than that girl.
How could kids know anything about Purple Air Comes From The East or manifestation of Yuan Qi? To them, strength was measured by a personâs height.
Those who looked tall and strong, looked powerful, and they would not dare to offend them.
Those who were short in stature, they were not intimidating, and they were a push-over.
The leader of the children of course knew Yi Yun was strong, and the bunch she had brought with her wasnât his match, but, Yi Yun was shorter than them by a head. This made them subconsciously gain a mental advantage, as they had often bullied the weak.
It was hard to describe the thoughts of these children. They felt like their idol had been insulted, so they needed to do something to show their courage.
Of course the real people who âinsultedâ their idol was the Jin Long Wei, but they did not have the courage to mess with the Jin Long Wei, so they came to mess with Yi Yun.
They just needed to make a gesture, to prove their undying support for Hu Ya. As for their desired outcome, they didnât really know either.
Yi Yun was speechless. To be pestered by kids who didnât know anything, he really felt unlucky.
Yi Yun simply released a tiny amount of aura to push the kids away. He strode out of the crowd, leaving them suppressing their rage.
In fact, ever since the semi-finals concluded, Yi Yun realized that the eyes of the Tao tribal clanâs people were full of hostility.
Yi Yun had crushed the three young masters of the Tao tribal clan in one blow. It was like walking into someoneâs house to smack them in the face. How could the Tao tribal clanâs people be friendly with him?
What was worse was that Yi Yun had never showed his true strength the entire time. The results were decided by the Jin Long Wei. The people of the Tao tribal clan were extremely disgruntled with the results announced by the Jin Long Wei.
Yi Yun ignored these people and only wanted to quickly get out of crowd. At this moment, Yi Yun noticed that not far away from him stood a girl in white. She was smiling at him.
The setting sun made the girl cast a long shadow upon the ground. Her dress coated with a golden shimmer. The layer shimmered in the setting sun like dancing elves.
The girl only smiled without saying a word. Upon seeing Yi Yun looking over, she turned and left.
Yi Yun understood her intentions and followed.
The two moved forward and soon disappeared from the Tao tribal clanâs city.
With a change of the scenery, Yi Yun and the girl had arrived at the Tao tribal clanâs back mountain. At this time, the sun had set and its glow was burning the western sky red.
âYou donât seem popularâŚâ Lin Xintong leisurely said as she turned towards Yi Yun.
Yi Yun smiled helplessly, âMy appearance in the Tao tribal clan has stolen their thunder. Naturally they wouldnât welcome me, besidesâŚthey are indignant about it.
âThe Jin Long Weiâs evaluation results are quite authoritative. You can ignore those peopleâŚRightâŚIâve previously agreed to carry on sparring with you.â Lin Xintong had set an appointment with Yi Yun for them to continue their sparring today.
âGood!â Yi Yun could not ask for anything better. Lin Xintong was a master; although Yi Yun did not know what rank Lin Xintong was, he knew that the things she revealed benefited him a lot.
Lin Xintong gently touched her wrist and pulled up a sword.
Sword!?
Yi Yunâs eyes lit up. This was the first time seeing Lin Xintong use a weapon.
In the past sparring matches with Lin Xintong, she had used her hands to spar with Yi Yun.
âTao Yunxiao uses a sword, so does Hu Ya. The sword they use is the Tao tribal clanâs ancestral artifact. But why do I feel those two swordâs quality canât match the sword in Lin Xintongâs hand?â
Lin Xintongâs swordâs body was extremely soft, like a swimming silver snake. Although it was a distance from Yi Yun, that luxuriant cold beam felt like it was stabbing into Yi Yunâs brows, giving his brows a chill.
âThe swordâs name is Frost Water; it is my sword. Usually when I face enemies, I would use a sword. You can say that I have a special talent in swords. This talent is also known as âHeart of the Swordâ.
âHeart of the Sword is a blood lineage. Itâs not something any person can awaken. Maybe in the future, you will have your own blood lineage.â Lin Xintongâs words seemed to have opened a new door for Yi Yun.
Blood lineage? Heart of the Sword?
Yi Yun did not know what it meant to have a blood lineage, but he suddenly felt a strong interest in it.
Lin Xintong said, âYou just need to break through to the Purple Blood for now. You can ignore blood lineage for the time being. It is still something out of your graspâŚâ
With those words, she swung her sword, âA weapon is part of a warriorâs body. The first contact for warriors in the way of the sword is to wield a sword with their bodies. The next step is to use Qi to wield a sword. The third step is using the heart to wield a sword!â
âLook well today, for this is âNine Mysterious Swords of Heavenâ!â Saying this, Lin Xintongâs sword began to move. She did it slowly, but each move and stance had induced the power of the Heaven and Earth. Her movement was perfect and harmonious.
Lin Xintongâs sword technique was the âNine Mysterious Swords of Heavenâ!
Yi Yun was shocked. It seemed like there was no cultivation technique that she didnât know.
She knew âDragon Rib Tiger Bone Fistâ. She also knew âNine Mysterious Swords of Heavenâ. And these two cultivation techniques were not her main cultivation technique; her main cultivation technique was the âFairy Maiden Heart Sutraâ!
But even though she had learned the âDragon Rib Tiger Bone Fistâ and âNine Mysterious Swords of Heavenâ on the side, she had practiced them to an extremely high level!
Just Lin Xintongâs notes on âDragon Rib Tiger Bone Fistâ, had benefited Yi Yun a lot.
As for âNine Mysterious Swords of Heavenâ, her swordsmanship was perfect. Even Yi Yun who was not well-versed with swords could feel the wonders of it.
Especially with the vision that the Purple Crystal Origins gave Yi Yun, he could see the surrounding Heaven Earth Yuan Qi condense towards Lin Xintong, forming innumerable points of light.
âShoo! Shoo! Shoo!â Out came nine golden sword beams from Lin Xintongâs body. This was the manifestation of Yuan Qi that Hu Ya previously demonstrated!
But Hu Yaâs manifestation of Yuan Qi had only appeared for an instant before shooting to the sky.
But Lin Xintongâs manifestation of Yuan Qiâthe nine small golden swords were like fairies flowing around Lin Xintongâs sword beams.
When Lin Xintong striked, the small golden swords flew outâ, but when she pulled her sword back, the small golden swords would follow her back.
This move amazed Yi Yun.
Thinking it through, Lin Xintong was one year younger than Hu Ya. It was hard to imagine at which grade was Lin Xintongâs talent.
âI am really a frog in a well.â Yi Yun said to himself. He had first understood âroutines have limits, but martial arts is without limitâ, and he had induced Purple Air Comes From The East. Yi Yun could not help being proud of these two accomplishments.
But when compared to Lin Xintong, it was nothing.
Lin Xintong had definitely achieved the realm of âRoutines have limits, but martial arts is without limitâ a long time ago. Or she would not have written the note in the manual.
Just by casually studying a cultivation technique for half a year, Lin Xintong had reached such a state. He still had a long way to go!
Lin Xintong demonstrated her swordplay as Yi Yun watched.
Although it was the same âNine Mysterious Swords of Heavenâ, Hu Yaâs was much worse than Lin Xintong. As for Tao Yunxiaoâs demonstration, it was not worth watching.
Having lived two lives, Yi Yunâs soul was stronger and had a high perceptivity. Lin Xintong just demonstrated her swordplay without a word. But by just looking at Lin Xintongâs swordsmanship, Yi Yun could recall the various flaws in Tao Yunxiaoâs swordsmanship.
âTao Yunxiao was not able to show the full potential of this âNine Mysterious Swords of Heavenâ and the ancestral artifact of the Tao tribal clan. If the way of the sword had levels, then Tao Yunxiao was at the stage of wielding a sword with his body, and just at the beginningâŚâ Yi Yun began to review; with Lin Xintongâs perfect demonstration in front of him, Yi Yun was able to review Tao Yunxiaoâs swordsmanship.
In terms of martial arts, Yi Yun was far from Lin Xintong.
Yi Yun could not understand even a tenth of Lin Xintongâs swordsmanship. But even this amount allowed Yi Yun to create his own views on swordsmanship.
Many things could only be understood but not described. Everyone had a different level of perceptivity, so Lin Xintong did not speak, and only demonstrated.
Now, the insight Yi Yun had sown a seed within his mind. When his abilities improved in the future, that seed will grow into a towering tree!
The environment greatly influenced a warriorâs practice of martial arts.
Often when sparring with an expert, even if the expert dominated one, after being abused for long, one would become half an expert.
If one sparred with a dummy often, even if they could beat the living daylights out of the dummy, after a few years of beating, one would still be a dummy.
Yi Yun and Lin Xintong practiced till it was almost daybreak.
Lin Xintong departed, while Yi Yun quietly returned to the Tao tribal clan.
A few hours later, it was the last round of the Kingdomâs selection. It was the moment the finals began.
This battle would decide the final results.
âI wonder what the last roundâs topic would be?â Yi Yun thought with anticipation!
He mediated for about an hour before sleeping.
He entered a deep sleep state. With four hours of sleep, he was able to recover back to his optimal mental stateâŚ\n