Chapter 505 - The Scum Is Fierce

"Everyone, welcome to the Yunxiao Inn's special event only for tonight…" Sun Rong spoke as he smiled. "… or will it be for tomorrow night, too?" he asked as he looked at Cheng Sheng.

"We'll see tomorrow." Cheng Sheng answered.

"Then – " Sun Rong continued as he turned back to the audience.

The cultivators. "…" what the hell… why the guests of the inn, too?! We thought this is a private event?! They thought and turned to Cheng Sheng. Are you not worried your disciple, as well as you also, will lose face if Fei Yinzi will lose to a sword spirit?!

But, they know that whatever they think, Cheng Sheng won't change his decision. He is this obstinate. All they could do is just shut up and watch tonight's event.

" – I won't delay this event. Let's welcome both participants for tonight!" Sun Rong said as xiao Bao and Fei Yinzi walked up the stage where they will be battling. "One of the participants, as everyone already know, is Fei Yinzi, also called 'Er Zi'! Cheng Sheng's disciple!" he said as he motioned Fei Yinzi. "He will be challenging xiao Bao, this child of unknown origin – " he said.

The cultivators' lips twitched when they heard the words 'of unknown origin'. What 'unknown origin'?! Don't you know it, too?! They thought.

"Now, the stakes, please – " Sun Rong spoke and looked at Fei Yinzi.

"If I win, you won't become my shizun's disciple!" Fei Yinzi said as he looked at xiao Bao.

The audience exclaimed. "So this xiao Bao is the one in the rumors today that is Cheng Sheng's new disciple?!" they said.

"As for your condition – " Sun Rong spoke and turned to xiao Bao.

"If I win, master Cheng will honor his promise!" xiao Bao answered.

Fei Yinzi's eyes widened in shock. What 'promise'? He looked at Cheng Sheng but only saw his master is just playing with some stones. "'promise'… could it be…?" he muttered as he looked at xiao Bao. To make him a disciple?! He thought as his eyes narrowed. I can't let it happen! I have to win! He thought as he tightened his hold on his sword.

"Now that the stakes are spoken, please, if you are ready, then go up the stage." Sun Rong told the two.

Fei Yinzi went up the stage first and is followed by xiao Bao. Both of them stood at the opposite ends of the stage. The audience cheered at the sight. Some of them couldn't watch the Intersect Competition but watching this tonight is the same as watching a match in the second stage of the Intersect Competition.

"Who do you think will win?" Li Tian asked Chen Han. Although they are enjoying the drama, but now they can't help feeling worried for Fei Yinzi.

"I can't say…" Chen Han helplessly sighed. He is rooting for Fei Yinzi since he watched the child grew up, but he also wants to root for xiao Bao.

A pity Chen Jing isn't here to watch since he, Wu Fan, Fei Lin and Xi Ling are out again to hunt for spirit servants together with Shu Mu and Xiao Le.

"Since xiao Bao is a sword spirit, then he must definitely also know sword skills and martial arts." Jing Cheng spoke.

The Zunjingde Sect also came along with Zheng Fu Gong, Pai Lie and Zheng Yi when they heard the private event of the Yunxiao Inn.

"This…" Xi Ming muttered. "When I and xiao Xing went down the Abyss, we all saw that xiao Bao is fighting against the demons along with that piece of the Shapeshifting Blanket to protect his master." He said.

Everyone looked at him.

Xi Ming smiled. "Hey. I'm just saying…" he muttered.

Now, everyone started to feel tense and worry for Fei Yinzi. Although xiao Bao is a sword spirit, but Xi Ming and Jing Cheng are right. Xiao Bao knows sword skills and martial arts, since the sword spirit grows with their master. Cheng Sheng has told them this before when he introduced the sword spirit.

And xiao Bao's master is Fei Yinzi, who, although low-profiled unlike Cheng Sheng, is strength is on par with Jing Cheng.

"Damn it… Er Zi won't lose, will he?" Feng Mo anxiously asked.

"Why did Cheng Sheng set up this event…?" Tang Zhe sighed.

"Shh! It is about to start!" Qian Tian told them.

Everyone fell silent as they watched Fei Yinzi and xiao Bao started to walk around the stage, waiting for the right time to pounce on the other. Fei Yinzi's jade pendant turned into a sword, like the rest of the Xinfaxian Sect disciples. Meanwhile, xiao Bao is holding a sword that most of the elders recognized.

"Da shixiong's… sword?" Lei Ling muttered with widened eyes. Xie Lan and Fan Wen were also shocked.

"No." Cheng Sheng spoke as he took out a sword identical to xiao Bao's. "What xiao Bao holding is an imitation. This is his real body, after all." He told them.

…

On stage, although Fei Yinzi is angry and is itching to fight xiao Bao, but he knows to remain rational during a fight. Thus, he isn't anxious to attack xiao Bao like xiao Bao who is waiting for an opportune moment to attack him.

"Things are getting a little tenser…" the audience muttered as they watched the two on stage stare at each other, their sword drawn, but not attacking… yet.

"Good… good." They heard Cheng Sheng spoke as he nods in satisfaction while he watched his disciple on the stage. "In a battle, although you have the first strike, but it doesn't necessarily mean an advantage. Instead, it could be detrimental and will cause your loss instead." He explained.

Everyone felt more anxious than Fei Yinzi who is on the stage.

"Er Zi's advantage is that he was properly trained so his moves are polished." Guo Cheng analyzed. "Meanwhile, although xiao Bao's skills aren't that polished and only relies on instinct, he has more experience than Er Zi." He explained.

They all nodded in agreement when they remembered what Xi Ming said about xiao Bao protecting Fei Yin in the Abyss.

"Then… who do you think will win?" Shan Lu asked.

"It's hard to say…" Guo Cheng grimaced.

"It will depend on an opportunity…" Tang Yun muttered.

Just as his voice fell, everyone saw that the two figures on the stage finally collided! CLANG! They heard the swords clashed and the two figures separated before they collided again, then exchanged consecutive strikes!

"FCK!" Jing De who are silent together with the other disciples and are just listening to their elders talking earlier can't help but curse as they watched Fei Yinzi fight against xiao Bao. "Is this Er Zi?!" he exclaimed.

"He changed…" Ling Yun muttered under his breath as they watched Fei Yinzi fought fiercely against xiao Bao.

Ling Xi and Yu Wen are just standing on the side silently.

What everyone didn't know is Cheng Sheng is closely observing the fight. He… is different from Fei Yin. He thought as he watched Fei Yinzi fought against xiao Bao who, everyone didn't realize yet, is currently imitating Fei Yin's style. This is what Cheng Sheng told xiao Bao earlier, but just like a reminder since he knows that xiao Bao's knowledge in fighting came from Fei Yinzi.

Cheng Sheng did this because Fei Yinzi, after he made him fight from the other sects before for five months, has familiarized with the other sects' style. This is Cheng Sheng's intention for sending Fei Yinzi to the other sects before. Fei Yinzi should also be familiarized with the varied styles of the Xinfaxian Sect, including Cheng Sheng's style since he fought with his master the most before.

The only fighting style that Fei Yinzi hasn't met is Fei Yin's, whom was missing for five years and finally returned, but is in a deep slumber. So, Cheng Sheng deliberately provoked Fei Yinzi using xiao Bao and had xiao Bao fight him because xiao Bao has Fei Yin's style. Cheng Sheng has to do this in order to make Fei Yinzi be familiarized to more fighting styles and for him to develop his own style to counter them all.

At this time, everyone seemed to finally realize something.

"This is… this is Fei Yin… this is his fighting style!" Lei Qing exclaimed as they looked at xiao Bao in shock.

"What?!" the disciples of this generation didn't understand.

"You're right… this is junior Fei's style." Sun Yi spoke and he looked at Cheng Sheng who finally recovered his expression and turned back to play with the stones again.

On the stage, because of the barrier surrounding it, Fei Yinzi didn't hear the discussion below the stage. He is also concentrating with his fight against xiao Bao. He is the one who knows the most that the fighting style of his opponent is different from the ones he fought against with before.

This style… whose is it? He thought as his eyes narrowed while he looked at xiao Bao. Both of them stopped at this moment and stood on both ends of the stage, directly facing each other.