Chapter 103 : Target to be Top Five

Chapter 103.1 : Target to be Top Five

The next day, Qin Fang who received the news immediately came rushing over.

He had heard about the strange occurrence at Hades’ Canyon and he had been highly guilt ridden this entire time. It was afterall because he had been just too careless when he failed to investigate into the place thoroughly enough, which then led them to fall into such danger.

But the fact that they had finally managed to come back safely was something that made Qin Fang highly curious. As the Hades’ Canyon had sunk underground completely, how did they manage to come out?

In regards to that, Qing Yu had just told him very vaguely about it, that it was a friend who had coincidentally passed by the place who helped them.

Qin Fang was rather dubious about the veracity of that claim but then sighed in awe at the young lady’s circle of friends. [Such a powerful expert….. is probably someone from one of the higher realms!]

On the other side, although Qing Yu had said that she was not going to hold it against the spirit beast, Lou Jun Yao was not going to be that easy. Those alluring violet eyes just stared darkly at the Lightning Blaze Unicorn till he was almost going to pee in its pants.

Although a level twelve spirit beast could already be considered to be rather high among spirit beasts, but it was not even worth a mention before Lou Jun Yao. Back in the Dark Regions, there were a total of seven Super Divine Beasts and the weakest one among them was already at level fifteen, and it was a young beast that had just been born not too long ago, already at level fifteen from birth.

Hence, this level twelve spirit beast was in his eyes, no different from any common domestic pet.

It was probably because the Lightning Blaze Unicorn’s form after his transformation was an eyesore to him, Lou Jun Yao went on to change him back into its original form, but restricted its size to be constrained, remaining only as big as a cat or puppy, which just made it look like a queer and pitifully ugly thing.

Bai Zhi Yan sat at the side, his shoulders shaking uncontrollably, almost driven mad from trying to hold in his laughter. The scene was really just too funny for him to watch.

Although the spirit beast understood the rule that might made right very well, but he was afterall still a spirit beast of the noblest bloodline, so being treated so humiliatingly, his heart immediately swelled with rebellious anger.

He then came to discover that not only was he not able to assume his human form, he was unable to even transform himself back into his original gigantic and majestic shape, but confined in this small tiny body, neither human nor spirit beast. It immediately became infuriated. “What have you done to me! ?”

Lou Jun Yao raised up a corner of his eye on one side lazily, his voice magnetic and soothing to the ears. “To let you experience what being a pet feels like for a period. From now onwards, you will sleep in there.”

Following the direction the man’s gaze indicated, the Lightning Blaze Unicorn turned his head to see. In a corner fully laid out with straw, was a small sized….. doghouse!

“You’re bullying people too much!” The Lightning Blaze Unicorn almost couldn’t breathe from his rage. [This hateful man was treating him like he would a dog? !]

“Are you then “people”?” Lou Jun Yao snorted derisively. “Don’t use your words wrongly. You better behave yourself for awhile….. Oh. I forgot to tell you. You will not be able to use any of your powers now and are just a common and ordinary little pet. So if you go running outside and attract the eye of other spirit beasts, don’t come back crying if you get bullied.”

Hearing that, the Lightning Blaze Unicorn’s beastly eyes widened as he stared, not believing Lou Jun Yao’s words and he rammed the horn on top of his head onto Lou Jun Yao’s leg. In the end, the spirit beast yelped in pain and fell over to the floor, his eyes misting up with tears.

[Why is this man’s body harder than a rock? It hurts to death…..]

His actions had proved to himself that he really did not possess a single bit of attack power. If he went out like that, even a stray mongrel would be able to kill him now. How pitiful was it for a powerful level twelve spirit beast to fall into such dire circumstances.

Bai Zhi Yan’s face was sympathetic as he shook his head. Only the Heavens knew just how black hearted the man Lou Jun Yao could really be. No matter man or beast, anyone who offended him would definitely eat the bitter fruit of consequences. But…..

[Can this be seen as vengeance exacted blind with rage, all for his beloved?]

Chapter 103.2 : Target to be Top Five

At that same time, the day for the Faint Mist Sect’s quarterly internal competition was right on the brink of the brow.

And those that were brushed off the charts would be demoted to become regular disciples, while the top best five positions would receive generous prizes.

There were quite a number of disciples competing in the training hall. They had all become a lot more hardworking recently and people often came in even before the sky turned bright to come secure places for themselves as there was limited space in there, only enough to hold a hundred people when there were over two hundred disciples in the inner circle. Hence, fights often broke out to gain entry into the place with many incidents resulting in bloodshed.

And among these two hundred people and more, only thirty of them steadily held a position in the inner circle with many of them being disciples who caught up from behind, having defeated former inner circle disciples. So, there was always a wave of new blood that would bring about a change in the members of the inner circle’s disciples every three months.

The training hall was well equipped with weapons and other equipment cultivation speed in here was faster than other places and one would not be disturbed, so the place was considered a highly prized location with great fengshui in the Faint Mist Sect.

And in the courtyard behind the training hall, a large space had been cleared out in the middle that was surrounded by a ring of spectators, who broke out into bouts of cheers intermittently.

Inside that space, a man and a woman were faced off in battle and they were both wearing similar white uniforms, the lapel and hem of the clothes embroidered with cloud patterns, that looked highly elegant.

Only the top twenty ranks among the inner circle disciples had these uniforms while the rest of the inner circle disciples would wear full white uniforms without any patterns embroidered on them and the regular disciples wore ones that were smoky green.

The strikes executed by the two opponents were so fast it was dizzying to watch, unable to see their actions at all, and only the sounds when fists and palms clashed could be heard. The two opponents had not summoned up any spirit power at all, purely a match of close unarmed combat, the strength of their physical bodies causing the spectators to sigh in admiration.

“The ranking of these two have always been so close and equally matched, who will take the lead this time?”

“But with one ranked eighteen and one nineteen, I feel that they are in a very precarious position as they are very close to the bottom end.”

“Moreover I heard that there are quite a few of them with rather strong cultivation in this current batch of disciples and they will also be getting new recruits soon. The pressure they are facing must be really great.”

“The pressure we face isn’t that much less you know? Instead of us debating about these people who are on the charts, we should be thinking hard on how we are going to defend our own position as inner circle disciples, and not get squeezed out by all those other fellas.”

As they stood there arguing incessantly, a cold but pleasing voice suddenly sounded. “All of you are so free that you’ve gathered here together to engage in idle chit chat?”

Everyone was startled and they all turned their heads around to look. A young lady with a countenance of unmatched beauty was approaching them with slow steps, her body surrounded by the aloof air of a goddess. Upon her fair forehead, was an extremely eye catching five petal flower bloom, which added a dash of glamour and colour to that sacred and indesecrable face.

It was until she reached them that everyone came to regain their senses. Although the beauty was really very beautiful, but that cold and aloof temper was not all that pretty. “Senior Yan!”

This young woman, was Yan Ning Luo in the flesh.

As the Green Wave Kingdom’s most prodigious female, she was ranked on the Faint Mist Sect’s inner circle disciples chart, ninth in position.

And among the twenty people on that chart, there were only four who were female, the other three not within the top ten, with Yan Ning Lou being the only female among them, and she also the youngest in age.

This made everyone in the inner circle to be fearful of her in some way or another. Moreover she had gained the Sect Chief’s recognition and with her powers clear before them, everyone had to respectfully address her as Senior Yan even though she was younger in age.

But of course the main reason people were fearful of her was not just because she possessed great power, it was because she had another identity in there, the Vice Hall Chief of the Disciplinary Hall.

Chapter 103.3 : Target to be Top Five

The Hall Chief of the Disciplinary Hall was a woman over forty years old and was always stern and strict towards everyone. But it was not known why she came to appreciate Yan Ning Luo very much and went straight to talk to the Sect Chief about it, who then bestowed the position of Disciplinary Hall Vice Chief on Yan Ning Luo. Once any of the inner circle disciples were found to have broken the sect rules or breached their discipline, she could immediately deliver punishment and just report it thereafter.

Hence it could well be imagined just how fearful everyone was of her, afraid that she would find out about any of their indiscretions.

So with her arrival, everyone quickly said a quick greeting and they all dispersed like startled birds.

As Yan Ning Luo always appeared haughty and aloof, she was not entirely all that popular with people, but with the disciples holding the top twenty ranks, her relationship with them was not too bad.

To her, she would only be friends with powerful pugilists.

“Ning Luo, you’ve come out from cultivation seclusion?”

Upon seeing her approach, the two people battling then stopped themselves, and the young woman then opened her mouth to ask.

Yan Ning Luo nodded her head. “How’s things? Has it been good for you recently?”

The young woman then replied with a helpless sigh. “Not that great. Master has been exerting pressure on the two of us recently. Although we will not be kicked out of the sect if we get squeezed off the charts, Master said that we had better not go back to see him if we are going to bring him shame.”

“Elder Mo is indeed a little more strict, so the two of you must really put in your best.” Yan Ning Luo curled up her lips to say with a smile.

Hearing that, the young woman then looking at her enviously and continued to say. “I really admire all of you in the top ten. Even such a young lass like you is so powerful. You are younger than me but you actually managed to go from being unranked to seizing the ninth rank straightaway within a single year! Have you just been hiding your powers all that time before?”

Yan Ning Luo bit her lip slightly and answered. “I am merely at the bottom of the top ten ranks. My target is to get into the top five.”

“Top five?” The young woman was a little shocked before she shook her head lightly. “Isn’t that target a little tough? You must surely know that those guys there at the top are just legendary in the Faint Mist Sect for so many years, and their position has never wavered before! Let’s not mention those few right at the very top for awhile. Even the fifth ranked Senior Su Li Mo holds a record that no one in the Faint Mist Sect has been able to surpass to this day, which was set when he challenged three hundred expert pugilists in one day, and was not defeated even once.”

It was a record of three hundred consecutive victories, which was absolutely no joking matter for anyone. Just by dueling so many matches without stopping alone would already drain one’s body out completely already.

Hence back when Su Li Mo achieved the record of three hundred consecutive wins, all the teachers had suspected him of taking some kind of restricted drug. But when they checked, he was completely clean and he had done it by just his own power alone, which was just unthinkably incredible.

It wasn’t as if no one had coveted the throne of being among the top five, but with just Su Li Mo alone who did not know exhaustion and held such maniacal powers, it was already more than what anyone who tried could overcome, so there was no need to even talk about the few who held even higher ranks.

Among females, Yan Ning Luo was unequivocally the top one but since the beginning of time, women have always been far weaker in physical strength than men, so surpassing those top five men who possessed Heaven defying powers would truly be a tough bone to chew, and not something that could be achieved in a heartbeat.

Hearing that, Yan Ning Luo laughed softly. “Since I had already come to climb up to the ninth position among so many hundreds, the top five isn’t that much further for me now.”

“Then, I wish you early success.” The young woman chirped shyly.

Yan Ning Luo turned around and walked away and she then overheard the soft whisper behind her. “It’s a good thing to be confident, but overconfidence will then just be conceit…..”