16 Anticipation

Qiang Tian Kuang was excited, eagerly anticipating Zhu Long's answer. His body was all fired up whilst his muscles started to bulge. Before Zhu Long could even answer his request, Quang Tian Kuang could've already guessed Zhu Long's answered just by looking into his eyes when he offered to spar with him. Zhu Long was dumbfounded but was eagerly excited for what he suggested.

Ever since he saved Zhu Long, Qiang Tian Kuang had felt a certain aura form Zhu Long's body. Even though he didn't know what that aura could be, but he felt something dangerous. Thinking about it, Qiang Tian Kung's body was rushing in thrill as he anticipates Zhu Long's answer.

"Haha, Brother Qiang! You seem to have read my mind. I do in fact need some combat trainer from a real hu.... "

Zhu Long bit his tongue for almost saying something unnecessary. He cleared his throat as if nothing happened, as he finished what he was about to say.

"I mean I haven't fought cultivators for sometimes and only fought small some monsters. I'm honored to accept your offer. Come, where do you wish for us to spar?"

Zhu Long was extremely frantic. He recalled the last time he had combat training ended up badly. He got chased by many demon imps and was severely injured. His memory fighting the final imp was very hazy, he felt that his power had suddenly risen by astronomical amounts and suddenly, he just blackened out. The next thing he knew, he woke up in an unfamiliar bedroom which led him to his current situation.

"Good! Let's go to the sparring grounds. I believe your power isn't inferior to mine even though I can't sense any qi in your body. Come, let our fight be so majestic that even the oldies shit their pants with fear. HAHA!" Qiang Tian Kuang rejoiced as he rushed outside of the house that Zhu Long was resting in. Zhu Long smiled wryly and closely followed Qiang Tian Kuang.

Even though one was able to fly when they reached the Void stage, but those before Void can leap huge distances. Qiang Tian Kuang was the same. He's currently only a Nascent stage cultivator so he couldn't fly, but his leap was very powerful and the ground shook when he landed. This in itself provided evidence that Qiang Tian Kuang was a very powerful individual amongst Nascent stage cultivators.

When Qiang Tian Kuang looked back, he saw Zhu Long calmly following him without any problems. Although he expected this, it was unnatural to see someone as powerful as himself in the village as there were only 4 Nascent Stage cultivators including himself in the village. But nevertheless, he was happy to spar with someone whose power was mysterious.

Slowly but surely, Zhu Long was able to follow Qiang Tian Kuang towards a small village. It looked like there were only a few thousand residences within the village.

"Looking at that speed and build, it has to be Elder Qiang! He just recently became an elder due to his strength!"

"You may not know this, but Elder Qiang is only 26 years old! He would have been sent to a large Sect as a member due to his talent, but unfortunately due to the increase in demons, and Village Leader's injury, he stayed to protect the village!"

"Wait, who is that mysterious youth following Elder Qiang? He looks so young yet his movements are as fast as Elder Qiang's!"

Zhu Long smiled at the commotion caused by the people of the village.

"Brother Lin! We have arrived! Please wait a moment, I'll be back soon!" Qiang Tian Kuang said as he stormed off towards a big building within the training area.

As Qiang Tian Kuang went away, Zhu Long observed his surroundings. The training center was like a huge arena, divided into areas. Some areas already had some cultivators fighting each other while others watched. It seemed like the audience could even bet on who would win and who would lose.

"Brother Lin, sorry for making you wait. Please follow me. Let's fight in the largest Arena. The smaller ones may not handle us HAHA" Qiang Tian Kuang laughed while he leaded Zhu Long toward the arena.

In comparison to the other arenas, Zhu Long did notice that it was larger and the materials it was made out was far better than the other arena when it comes to durability. They were also coated with something that seemed to be inscriptions, but Zhu Long knew nothing of inscriptions.

"Wahh! It seems like Elder Qiang will have a sparring session with that mysterious youth!"

A crowd of people slowly gathered around the outskirts of the Arena. Many people were eager to watch the new elder battle

Some had even started to make bets.

"Ahem! I apologize for arriving late, I will introduce myself"

A Huge voice appeared from the main building of the Arena. An old man came out of the building. He looked to be in his 80's but Zhu Long had noticed a lot of vitality within his eyes.

"I am Elder Kong of the Qiang family village. It's good to meet you Lin Feng. I've been appointed as the referee for your bout with little Kuang and I hope you'll give us a great show battling with him!" Elder Kong spoke in a soft tone. The way he addressed Qiang Tian Kuang "little" shows how closed their bond is with each other.

"Of course Elder Kong! I thank you for giving us some of your precious time in being a referee in this spar!" Zhu Long said enthusiastically.

"Good! Now tell me, do you have a weapon with you?" Elder Kong looked curiously and asked Zhu Long.

"No, I'm short of weapons right now" Zhu Long answered honestly. Hearing Zhu Long's answer, many people were bewildered.

How could someone so powerful have no weapon them?

Isn't that madness?

"No worries. Tell me Lin Feng, What is your weapon of choice? We will provide it to you!" Elder Kong asked in a serious tone.

"I... I'll try to keep this battle fair, I will use whatever Brother Qiang uses!" Zhu Long answered bluntly.

Again, there was a huge outburst within the audience. Many weren't pleased with Zhu Long's confidence.

"Humph! This guy pops out of nowhere and acts arrogantly. Does he really think he can defeat Elder Qiang that easily? I hope Elder Qiang crushes him!"

A voice came within the crowds.

Consequently, soon others followed and voice out their opinions as well. Many reacted with such hostility towards Zhu Long's arrogance.

'I might have said that in the wrong way. I guess they would have never guessed that I had trained with almost all the martial weapons they could imagine. Well, it doesn't matter anymore. What happened has happened, now to think of the fight only!' Zhu Long smiled wryly regretting his word choice.

"Haha! Brother Lin is really confident in his strength! I hope you'll back that up in our battle. I use the great axe! Although your body is small, I'm sure you will be able to handle it!" Qiang Tian Kuang spoke with extreme excitement. It seemed as though he would burst from the anticipation of the upcoming spar with Zhu Long.

"Ahh, The great axe. I see, it suits your huge build well. But no matter, I have trained with that weapon in the past. Come lets battle!" Zhu Long responded as he grasped the Giant axe that was provided to him by a few cultivators.

The bets made had a drastic contrast. The favor of Zhu Long winning was 1:100. It was mostly due to Zhu Long's poor choice of words that made him sound like a villain.

"Okay everyone simmer down!" Elder Kong announced.

He looked at Both Zhu Long then at Qiang Tian Kuang and spoke in a loud voice.

"BEGIN!"