Chapter 42 - Will To Fight

It was early afternoon when Li Jie went to the training pagoda, whereupon entering he found there to be various types of equipment for training, some of them he was able to identify, some of them he wasn't able to.

In the middle of the room, Mr.Teacher could be seen writing something after noticing the entry of Li Jie, he motioned him to sit near him, to which Li Jie nodded and sat near him.

"Li Jie according to the "physique refinement technique", you have already reached the red stage, which is comparable to a student stage but because your body refinement technique is special, your strength matches easily to that of the master stage, but If I were, to be honest, I think you will only be able to defeat a normal master stage cultivator at best and when it comes to those master stage cultivator who has higher grade bloodline as well as those who have high-grade techniques, I don't think you stand even a chance against them", said Mr.Teacher solemnly.

Li Jie was unable to accept this, he knew how frightening the strength of the body refinement technique, he was cultivating in was.

"I can see you have doubts regarding my statement, but what I just said to you is complete truth, while your body constitution is high to an extremely horrible level at the same stage, but there are some points to take note of, first is that you have not yet adapted to your own physical strength, and you don't even know how to apply your strength in the most optimal conditions, Second you haven't yet practiced a technique to make use of your strength more efficiently, third you don't have the "will to fight", said Mr.Teacher in a serious manner.

Li Jie was somewhat baffled by hearing this from his master, "Master, what is the "will to fight", and what does that have to do with my training".

At first, Mr.Teacher wanted to say something but then he recalled something "hmmm, well do you want to hear the story of a young helpless boy".

Li Jie wasn't able to understand what his master was getting at, first he said about the "will to fight" and then he said he would like to tell him a story, still Li Jie nodded towards his master for listening to the story of a young helpless boy.

"OK, but the story I am going to tell you is not some made-up one, it's a real story and I will not repeat myself, so you will have to listen very carefully," said Mr.Teacher with seriousness.

Li Jie nodded showing his interest in listening to the story, after all, if he were to think deeply, his master wouldn't suddenly tell a story without any reason, there was a rise of sudden interest in his master's story.

"OK then, you see there's a place called "The Stage", where fighters of all stages fight those of the same stage or in some rare cases they also have to fight those of higher stage than them, the reason a cultivator can fight in "The Stage" can be due to various reasons whether to refine your techniques or to get the thrill of battle,

but the main reason many cultivators had to fight was that they were enslaved and were forcefully made to fight, which was used as entertainment for those from the noble clans, as for the types of fights,

there are various types of fights conducted in "The Stage", one such type was six fighters vs six fighters, in which there is no limit to a stage of fighter that they can recruit in their team,

one time there was a team in which all of the participants were of Essence Crystallisation stage as for the opposing team, they also had those of Essence Crystallisation stage but one of their participants was a master stage cultivator,

who apparently was the son of the team leader, he never had to fight as his father was halfway into the Reality Acceptance stage, who was far stronger than those who were of the same stage, apparently, they were the royalty of some sorts before their home was invaded, but they were captured as slaves to fight in "The Stage",

to keep his son safe until he increases his strength, his father kept the boy with him, all his teammates also respected his father, so there was never any infighting, after all the most important thing in "the stage" was survival, which they were able to survive easily with the help of the boy's father, fight after fight,

they won each fight with complete victory, it was in one of the fights, where the opponent was a young master from a prestigious clan but the worst part was that the opponent's clan was the one behind the destruction of their home,

when the fight started at first, surprisingly the opposing team had the upper hand, which was confusing for the boy and his teammates as they knew how strong their team leader was and that he wasn't showing his full strength, noticing victory almost within their grasp, the young master of the opposing clan felt smug about his strength, after which he started taunting their opponents,

at first, it was bearable but then he said something which triggered the boy's father, no one knows to this day, what that young master of the opposing team said, but one thing about which everyone can be sure about is that,

he turned furious and his one punch turned the opposing team to turn into meat paste including the young master, never before in the history of "the stage" has anyone ever witnessed such a gory scene it was a shock for everyone, be it the crowd, the boy or his teammates, the father of the young master was furious upon his son's death,

but he couldn't directly attack as the boy and his father are property of "The Stage", but being of a noble clan, they had their own ways, when it was the time for the teams next fight, it was pin-drop silence in the arena as they can witness with their eyes, the unfairness of the world, the boy and his teammates were shocked too,

because their opposing team had Reality Acceptance stage cultivators and that too at the peak of their cultivation, seeing this the whole team despaired, some knelt on the ground for forgiveness but they were killed, those who were brave and dared to fight were also killed without much of an effort from the opposing group, the only ones remaining were the father and son,

seeing such a horrifying scene stunned both the father and son duo, that the father of the boy had sudden increase in cultivation and he reached the Reality Acceptance stage at the last moment, to keep his son safe he went all out and started battling all 6 of the cultivators, his punches wounded his opponents, one by one,

there was some hope for their survival as can be seen but the match was fixed and the father and son duo were already sentenced to death by the noble clan, which is why those of the opposing team started eating a forbidden medicine which increased all of their strength tremendously for a period of time, which was enough to kill the boy's father, seeing his father's body being ripped apart and incinerated,

the crowd roared with laughter as well as the father of the young master smirked and felt pleased and felt pleasure, then everyone's gaze went towards the boy, who they felt must have a face of despair but no, to their surprise what they found on the face of the boy was complete indifference,

no one was able to fathom why was the boy, not crying, screaming, and roaring in despair, the six opponents of the Reality Acceptance Stage were annoyed looking at the boy's face, they felt they should kill him, which was easier than killing a fly, but something else happened, the boy took the same stance as his father took while fighting, to which everyone laughed and mocked, be it the crowd or the father of the young master, everyone was laughing,

but the boy who had the student stage cultivation rushed towards one opponent and punched him on the chest, looking at which everyone laughed more, even the one getting hit, after all what can a student stage cultivator do in the face of a Reality Acceptance Stage cultivator, but suddenly the man who was hit felt something, and before he can look for it, he noticed a hole in his abdomen,

it was then that the whole place turned deathly silent, it was as if even one more word uttered by everyone could lead to everyone's death".