Chapter 115 Friendly Spar

Soon, the Sect master arrived with some core elders and Han Cai following behind him. Unlike yesterday, Han Cai was not wearing any mask; he was again dressed in white, and everyone could see his face.

As he entered the arena, everyone was mesmerized by his beauty and charm.

He was the epitome of grace and elegance. His hair was as black as a raven's wing, and his eyes were a deep, rich brown. He had high cheekbones and a chiseled jawline, which made him look like a prince from a fairy tale. His tall stature and broad shoulders made him look even more imposing. The whole arena went silent as every disciple stared at Han Cai. The level of charm he exuded was nothing to scoff at.

After the Sect master sat on his seat beside the guests, he coughed to get everyone's attention. Finally, everyone got out of their stupor, and the arena went straight into an uproar as all disciples were talking about the royalty of their sect. Seeing Han Cai was rarer than seeing the sect master or the sect's grand master.

The Sect master looked at the elder of the Discipline hall and spoke, "Let the spars begin."

One of the elders of the inner sect discipline hall went to the arena and announced the rules of the spar. It was basically defeating your opponent without killing them. As it was a friendly spar, if they killed someone, it would defeat the whole purpose of the event.

With the announcement of the elder of the discipline hall, the spars began, and the atmosphere was lively.

In the beginning, the spars were mellow, and they consisted of matches between inner sect disciples and members of the Cui and Wang family. Some battles were won by inner sect disciples, while others were won by the Cui and Wang family.

As the afternoon approached, the spar became more intense as battles began between core disciples of the Sky Soaring Sect and core members of the Cui and Wang family.

When Wang Jie entered the arena, he fought against core disciple Zhi and defeated him easily. After Wang Jie, Cui Wei entered the arena and fought against core disciple Feng. He defeated Feng easily and then challenged the other two new core disciples of the sect and defeated them as well.

After defeating them, Cui Wei was still not satisfied. He went towards where the sect masters and patriarchs of the Cui and Wang family were seated and spoke, "I wish to spar with core disciple Han Cai." The Cui family patriarch looked at the sect master, feeling very proud that his son had taken down three core disciples of the Sky Soaring Sect.

The sect master did not speak but instead turned and looked at Han Cai. Han Cai sighed; he had seen this young master's moment coming from miles away. He nodded and gracefully walked towards the arena.

When he was inside the arena, the referee, an inner sect disciple hall elder, checked if both parties were ready. When he was sure, he announced, "Let the spar begin!"

The moment the announcement was made, freezing Qi covered Han Cai's whole body, and then he disappeared.

The next moment, Cui Wei fell to the ground and lost consciousness. Everyone was agape. The Cui family and Wang family patriarchs stood up from their seats, trying to understand how Han Cai had attacked with that freezing Qi escape technique.

The sect master did not show any reaction and just sat there quietly with a proud smile on his face. The crowd of disciples was silent. It was not the first time they saw Han Cai end his opponent in one move.

Seconds passed and turned into minutes. The Cui and Wang family waited for Han Cai to reappear, but Han Cai did not reappear. Then they noticed that many disciples of the Sky Soaring Sect were giggling or whispering as if some internal joke had taken place, which only the Sky Soaring Sect disciples understood.

When they looked at the referee in the arena, he had an amusing smile on his face as he announced Han Cai as the winner.

The Cui family and Wang family members were more confused. Was he not going to wait for Han Cai to come back? Where did Han Cai go? They looked towards the sect master, wondering if he might have the answer. When they turned around, they saw Han Cai standing behind the sect master as if he had never left his spot, watching the arena battle with them from the very start.

Beads of sweat formed in Cui and Wang family members. Especially the Patriarchs of the Cui and Wang families had their mouths agape. Han Cai might have seemed talented to other family members, but they understood it was not that simple.  They could not figure out how Han Cai knocked out Cui Wei. They never sensed it when Han Cai came back and stood behind his master. They never felt him leaving the arena. Even if Han Cai was at a golden core, being a level above that, they should have noticed energy fluctuations, or with their nascent soul spirit sense, they could sense everything and anything all over the arena.  But they felt nothing with Han Cai. Also, When Han Cai used freezing QI, they felt fear for some reason, as if it was not natural freezing Qi but superior spirit Qi.

Both Patriarchs had seen a lot of worlds, had traveled to many countries, they had seen many talents. But there has never been a day when they could not see through and track the movements of core formation or golden core cultivator and feel fear from them. This only meant two things either Han Cai was already at the nascent soul or that freezing Qi he practiced was some unfathomable superior Spirit QI that they had never seen or heard about.

If first was true, then a sixteen a year old nascent, what did it imply? This kid is going to be a golden immortal at the least and live for a minimum of fifty thousand years. He might outlive all their generations and become the future powerhouse that the whole Yin Country would feel fear of. He was already strong enough to stand on equal grounds with them. For them, it took hundreds of years to reach a nascent soul, while this kid achieved it at the age of sixteen. They knew all about the history of Han Cai as their spies kept them updated on everything about all the major powers of Yin Country. They especially got all the information before deciding to visit Sky Soaring Sect. So how could they not have done their research on the Quilin Disciple of the Sky Soaring Sect?

If the cause of Han Cai's power was unfathomable superior QI, not that he was a nascent soul, then it was more concerning for them as it meant the Kid's cultivation future was unlimited. He might not stop at golden immortal but go beyond that to become a venerate or maybe even a sovereign. This meant Han Cai would not just outlive their family's generation, but he might outlive the who Yin country. That was very thought-provoking for these two. This kid might change the future of the whole continent.

They knew that when this Kid came to power, they would be the first ones to be affected. The north of Yin country's power was divided between Wang, Cui, and Sky Soaring Sect. Now that Sky Soaring Sect had so much of wealth and Such heaven-defying divine talent, the power structure would change either they had to become very close to Sky Soaring Sect or leave north of Yin and settle in some other area of Yin. Because they knew they could not afford to offend this kid.  Unlike his master, this kid was not mellow or kind. He knocked out the opponent the second he entered the arena without a single thought. What would he do if some family offended him or came in his way? Would he waste time negotiating? The Chances are He would wipe out the family that even caused him minor concern, and seeing his strength, in the future, not even Soul Formation ancestors would be able to stand against him.

They did not entertain the thought of killing Han Cai as he was already too much strong. They were sure they could not defeat him. How would the assassins with lower cultivation fair against him?  The assassination missions could be successful only until the golden core once the cultivator reached the nascent soul; it was very difficult to kill them by any method. Worse came to worse. They could shed their body and escape with the nascent soul and come back later with vengeance. The hassle was not worth making an enemy out of a nascent soul cultivator.

That is why even though Sky Soaring Sect only had nascent soul-level power at present, they enjoyed peace. But both Patriarchs understood that Sky Soaring Sect would be stronger or equal in power to Li or the Royal family in the future.