Chapter 260 - Round Two Stage Three Part Three

"Wait!" A thunderous shout sounded out from the crowd. With it came an oppressive amount of spirit pressure causing beads of sweat to form on Ah Chun's forehead. The spirit pressure slammed into her causing her to cough up a mouth full of blood. Instantly Elder Dan appeared in front of her blocking the spirit power from doing any more damage. 

Elder Dan glared fiercely at Elder Yi who was hovering in the air. "Elder Yi, what is the meaning of this?" 

"Elder Dan, are you really going to let your disciple kill a member of our sect? Is this not going too far? The young man has already apologized and yet she was still going to take his life!" Elder Yi sneered as he said this. In truth, he could care less if the Geng Su died or not he was just using this as an excuse to use excessive force against Ah Chun.

Elder Dan was about to retort Elder Yi's words but was interrupted by a little girl's laugh. "Hahaha! Elder Yi do you really think you make any sense? It is not your place to decide whether I can take Geng Su's life or not. The Sect Master even sanctioned this life or death battle. Yet you still have the arrogance to stand up in the sky and question the Sect Master's decision? What you are doing is no different than saying that you are the highest authority in the sect! None of the people here are stupid. We all know you are doing this to torment me because of what I did to your daughter. You are just using Geng Su's battle with me as an excuse to do a sneak attack on me." Ah Chun wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth. She was lucky that she did not suffer any internal injuries she was able to block some of the spirit pressure by using her sword qi as a protective shield.

Before Elder Yi could say a word a powerful voice full of spirit qi crashed into Elder Yi making him fall out of the sky and cough up a few mouthfuls of blood. Elder Yi's face paled as he looked up into the sky. "Elder Yi, what you are doing here is attacking a junior and a disciple of my sect for no reason. A core formation cultivator actually tried to use such underhanded means to attack a rank one qi gathering cultivator. You are lucky that Ah Chun here was able to ward off most of your attack just now. If it was anyone else they would have suffered severe internal injuries maybe even have had their meridians broken from that attack." 

Gritting his teeth and clenching his fist Elder Yi tried his best to justify his actions. "Sect Master! This all started because of a few words a disciple spoke arrogantly. This happens all the time within the sect. For it to turn into a life and death match over a mere few words is a little extreme!" 

"Even if it was a few words someone has said I have seen people being killed for less. The path of immortality is full of bloodshed. If you allow someone to mock you and look down on you, you will never be able to grow. Look at the realm difference between the two! It's a full realm and a half! If anything we should be applauding Ah Chun's bravery and rewarding her for her ability! Yet you do none of this and actually attack her for petty reasons! Is your daughter not still alive? From what I know she is still walking around arrogantly within the sect causing all kinds of troubles! I sanctioned this life or death match because of the words Geng Su said were demoralizing to both Ah Chun's opponent and Ah Chun. From the way I see it, Xuan Yi's actions of forfeiting the match against Ah Chun was not an unseen event. I actually expect to see many more forfeits when the rest of the disciples go up against her. It also takes good perception and understanding of one's ability to know when to back down from a fight. Geng Su who bit off more than he could chew still spouted nonsense to the point that I granted Ah Chun's request for this life or death battle. What more do you have to say, Elder Yi?" 

Elder Yi had no room to retort. Because he knew that everything that the Sect Master said was very true. Even he had killed people for less than this. Geng Su had truly gone overboard with his words if it was him he would have killed him right at the start of the fight without playing around. Elder Yi felt embarrassed as he glared at Ah Chun then flicked his sleeve and flew off. 

The Sect Master watched Elder Yi leave and shook his head. "Chun'er you need to be careful. Elder Yi might try to use some tricks to attack you in secret now." The Sect Master did not punish Elder Yi because he felt this was a good way to help Ah Chun grow more rapidly. 

"I understand. Thank you, Sect Master, Master." Ah Chun said with a smile.

"Chun'er keep Xu Wei around you at all times from now on. This way Elder Yi will not be able to attack you directly like this again." Elder Dan wished she was a bit faster in protecting Ah Chun. She did not like seeing her disciple get hurt like that.

"Un… I will do as Master suggests." Ah Chun said this before turning her gaze to Geng Su whose forehead was a bloody mess and was sitting on the battle stage in a daze.  "Geng Su get up and go. I lost interest in this fight..." 

Sect Master nodded his head in approval before turning to everyone else. "We will have a small intermission due to the interruption before continuing the tournament."

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