Chapter 59
As for Cang Yue, she stayed for a while conversing with Retsu and Yun Che. Little Fairy didn't mind and continued to cultivate her in the courtyard. Yun Che cast a barrier around his manor to prevent anyone from listening or spying on them. So far all is clear and he can continue to talk to Cang Yue about her circ.u.mstances.
"So we are going to represent the Blue Wind Profound Palace half a year from now." Yun Che asked her.
"Actually, no. Both of you are actually representing my Imperial Family for this tournament." Cang Yue replied his questions. This morning she wanted them to represent the Palace but actually she really wanted them to represent the Imperial Family instead.
"The Imperial Family?" Yun Che asked her while Retsu pouring some tea to them.
"Yes, for years. The Blue Wind Imperial family had been the last in the ranking. For our Imperial Family to be in the bottom was considered a laughing stock to the world. But, when I heard you able to defeat a True Profound Realm master. I started to seek you. Both of you have the great characters as well as talents."
"Sister Cang Yue, here some tea." Retsu offered her a tea made from herbs from the system. Yun Che purchased some j.a.panese Tea from the system. Little Fairy really liked this kind of tea once he served her a month ago. Right now, she even stayed with them because of this particular tea. It doesn't boost any cultivation but this tea was able to attract Little Fairy into drinking it.
"Goodness, this is delicious. This is the best tea I had in years. Even better than our Empire's best tea." Cang Yue expressed her shocked. Never expected the taste of j.a.panese tea was delicious. Yun Che just called them green leaf tea which is non existent in this world.
"Ara..ara…Glad you like it sister Cang Yue. By the way, what is this Blue Ranking Tournament?" Retsu asked her.
"Ah yes, The Blue Wind Ranking Tournament is a profound tournament of youths between 16 and 20 years old. The number of partic.i.p.ants number from 1500 top talents from all across Blue Wind Empire. Each sect from the empire can bring 3 partic.i.p.ants to partic.i.p.ate. So, our Blue Wind Imperial Family has the two of you so far. One more should be..." All of sudden, she s.h.i.+fts her eyes towards Little Fairy. She was still afraid of her after being tied by her this afternoon.
Yun Che saw the looks in her eyes and shook his head. "You can't bring her into this tournament. She has her own sect."
"Her own sect?" Cang Yue was a bit confused. For someone from another sect casually being friends with them. This is not something she can see everyday. Usually, sects are fighting with one another but this girl seems to get along with them just fine.
"Well, she can't tell you that though. Besides,…." Yun Che looked at Little Fairy and a grin paints his face.
"She's waaaaaaaaay too old for this kind of tournament." Yun Che glanced at her sideways while expressing his thoughts.
A small vein popped on Little Fairy's forehead as he said that. Women are sensitive to three kind of things. Their looks, their weight as well as their age. However, Yun Che poke into one of them. Which will earn him a beating during their training.
"You rascal! I am not that old."
"Sure….right…"
"You want some kind of beating?"
Cang Yue was speechless seeing Little Fairy and Yun Che having some bonding moment. Despite being teased like that, Little Fairy didn't actually beat him. They were close enough to called themselves frienemies. She felt a little jealous seeing their relations.h.i.+p were that close.
"Don't worry sister, they're always like that. By the way, is the tournament is around every year?" Retsu rea.s.sured Cang Yue and asked her again.
"No, it was previously held once every ten years, had now been compressed to once every three years. The reason the frequency of the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament had increased to once every three years was because the frequency that the Heaven Basin Secret Realm was opened, increased from every ten years, to every five years, then to every three years." She explained.
"Heaven Basin Secret Realm?" Retsu was confused. This is the first time she heard about it.
"I don't know much. My father told me that realm actually controlled by the Heavenly Sword Villa. That realm's existence is unknown though. All I heard is It contains innumerable resources and treasures and at the same time, it also contains immeasurable danger. The realm is immeasurably huge. n.o.body has been able to travel to the end. The environment also changes every time the realm is opened."
"Wooo, a secret realm. Nice." Yun Che with his head being clutch by Little Fairy's hand suddenly said.
"Well, I pretty much wanted to enter that realm. That's the best place for me to level…I mean training for once. Besides, who knows what kind of things they have in there."
"She's right about that." Little Fairy Suddenly interjects. "I never explored that realm thoroughly until the end. Until today, the top ten winners allow five people to explore that realm. When opened, the portal remains for seven and a half minutes. People can only explore the realm for two days, after which everybody will be teleported out against their will. If they are dead, they will remain in the realm." She said while releasing Yun Che from her grasp. Vowing she get this back to him.
"Sister Yue Chu, you know about that realm?" Retsu asked her.
"Of course, I went in there when I was 20 years old. Didn't find much in there."
"Wow, so your sect must be one of the top 10 great sect of the empire." Cang Yue expressed her disbelief. But she didn't dared to ask which sects she was affiliated with. If she knew, she'll faint from the shock.
"At that time, Yes."
Yun Che and the others continued to converse for a while until late at night. Little Fairy never talked about the experience in the realm after her tournament years. Tonight she openly tells them about the dangers of that realm. She even gives them tips and guides to survive. However, knowing these two. They probably seek the danger rather than avoid them. Little Fairy never actually relieved after telling them her stories. Usually, she had a cold personality and never actually talked about anything. Right now, she shared one of her experience with Cang Yue as one of them. At first she didn't even trust her but seeing how Yun Che and Retsu actually put their trust her, she decided to do so as well. After being friends with them. Cang Yue went back to her residence. She never had any friends gathering before. Right now, she was actually looking forward coming here again tomorrow.
Along with their talk, Yun Che and Retsu detected something infiltrating their barrier.
"Young master…."
"I'll handle this, you just keep Little Fairy company."
"Hnnn, don't play nice young master."
At the outskirt of the residence.
"d.a.m.n, Is this where they live?" A figure slowly approaches the manor. The figure was none other than the young master offending them this morning, young master Wu Ya. The grandson of Elder Wu Nie.
"Grandfather told me to bring her alive after poisoning the air around them. Is he sure this Green Mushroom powder will knock them out?" As he said
"From what he told me just now, this powder had the potency to knock even Earth Profound Realm Pract.i.tioner. Mere Nascent masters like them would bound to be knocked out in an instant." He arrived at one of the tree in the courtyard observing the situation from there. He didn't see Yun Che or Retsu.
"Now, how should I poison them." He thought sinisterly thinking the humiliation he suffered from them this morning. He was hoping to sully that woman before getting her to his grandfather. That'll teach her from messing with him.
"Oh, maybe you should put in their room at night. They'll knocked out before you even know it." A voice suddenly said from behind.
"Hmm, thanks. Wait…" He suddenly turned around and saw Yun Che standing behind him. Leaning himself against the tree.
'Grrr, when did he get here?' He said in his heart before s.h.i.+fting himself away from him and a.s.sume battle mode.
"You are Yun Che right?. Hmph, you know you're dead the moment you provoked me." He said while grinning at him.
Yun Che was still leaning against the tree suddenly stands up and stares at him with hands in his pockets.
"Hoo, trying to kidnap my little girl and poison me? You seem to have confidence in your ability. Well too bad I myself have confidence in mine as well."
"Hmph, such arrogance. Even if you managed to defeat that idiot Ya Tan. My abilities are par with him even if my cultivation is lower. You think someone lousy like….."
*BANG!!!
*CRAs.h.!.+
He couldn't even finish his sentence before his face was..h.i.t by something harder than steel. He didn't even notice it coming at him before he was sent flying to the middle of the courtyard and crash to the courtyards fountain.
"This is what I hate from novel characters like you. Talking incessantly…. If you wanna fight, then just fight. Why spouting such bulls.h.i.+t." Yun Che was holding Club Mode Zangetsu on the back of his head. He just hit the guy once he spouts such bulls.h.i.+t. This is the reason why wuxia novels tend to become boring. Such bulls.h.i.+t before the fight even begun.
Wu Ya slowly came out of the rubble beneath the fountain. "b.a.s.t.a.r.d, to think that you actually ambushed me. You had your shot and you took it. Seems like I have to show you, the strength my grandfather bestowed to me and my senior brother. His pills miraculously helped achieve the same strength as that idiot Ya Tan….
He immediately swallowed a pill and...
*Crunch *Creak
The sound of bones creaked singing in Yun Che ears as suddenly Wu Ya's body was increasing in size and muscular the same as Instructor Ya Tan this morning. Only this time, his form was much more muscular than Ya Tan.
Behold my strongest…." Before he could finish that, Yun Che suddenly appeared on top of him with Zangetsu above his head.
"I've said already, if you wanna fight then let's fight."
*BANG!!!! "DON'T TALK SO MUCH BULLs.h.i.+T!!!!!" He suddenly swings Zangetsu to hit his head like he was smas.h.i.+ng a nail with a hammer. He didn't use so much strength because he wanted to see how much this form is capable of.
"THIS CANNOT BE!! My strongest form should affect you. My Strenght at least achieve Spirit Profound Realm first level. This can't be…." He slowly went up the hole where Yun Che smashed him just now. He could see Yun Che staring him with boring expression as if nothing would amaze him.
"Hmph, strongest form my a.s.s. Becoming big doesn't make you good at it. So get out of here and warn your grandfather to stay away from us."
"STAY THERE!!!!" Yun Che suddenly heard a scream behind his back.
"Hmmm, still not enough?" Yun Che swings his head sideways showing a lazy expression while looking.
"You…. My grandfather's clan had collaborated with the Mighty Heavenly Sword Region to produce this G.o.dly pill. They had created a method to fuse the Demon Beast Essence into this pill to allow us to develop skills just like those demon beasts." He suddenly pulled out a pill and show it to Yun Che. This pill was red and have scales around it and it has a lot of sinister aura around it.
"This is…." He heard about this method from an anime in his previous world. He didn't remember much but they had created a fruit enable a person to develop animal skills by transforming them into human beast hybrid. But instead of a complete and perfected transformation, the form was quite hideous to look at.
"If you witness this form, prepare to lose your life." He put the sinister pill into his mouth and all of a sudden his body went bigger than his strongest form from before. His eyes slowly went red and his ears transform to look just like an animal's ear. When his transformation complete, Wu Ya had transform to a being looked like..
"A boar?" No more like an Orc to begin with. This form of his wanted to make someone puke if he shows this to the rest of the world.
Wu Ya face really looked like a boar. Tusk came out from above his teeth and his nose looked like a wild boar. His body was fatter but those arms of his was quite muscular.
"RAAAAHAHAHAHA" Wu Ya suddenly screamed indicate he transform to his full power. Yun Che however wears a bored expression on his face.
"This is the strength of a Peak of Spirit Profound Realm??!? This feels impressive."
"From all the animals you chose, you picked a boar? Cool, is it strong?" Yun Che shook his head expressing his disappointment.
"SHUT YOUR MOUTH, YOU ANT!!! NOW PAY FOR YOUR ARROGANT WORDS!!" The boar like Wu Ya suddenly charged and wanted to grab Yun Che in one swift motion.
SWISH
Yun Che suddenly swings Zangetsu with one hand horizontally while showing a confident smile. Wu Ya didn't even realized his arm was actually….
*Break *Creak
"Whaaa…You broke my arm?!?" Wu Ya saw his arm had been twisted in a bizarre way by that swing he made just now.
"Hmph, G.o.dly Pill my a.s.s. I have seen better looking fruits compared to that. That's just mediocre in my eyes."
"Don't think your swings can break this one. As long as I am under this pill, I can reattach it as many times as I WANT!!!" He pulls his arms together and what was broken was fixed once more.
"Dayum bro… those fruits back then can't even do this." He gives him a thumbs up while having star in his eyes.
"HAHAHA..SO ARE YOU SCARED?" As soon as he said that, he saw Yun Che was standing there with bangs covering his eyes. All of a sudden, he swings Zangetsu above his head and said…
"Scared? I don't know how many years have pa.s.sed since I felt those feelings. That kind of feeling, doesn't exist within ME!!!!." He flashed step immediately in front of the boar like Wu Ya and swings Zangetsu on his fat body,
"HUARRGGHH!!!!" Wu Ya didn't even want to believe what is happening. 'So fast' is the only think he could think of.
"Now, let see how many strikes you can take." Yun Che teleport all over him and swings Zangetsu everywhere on Wu Ya's body.
"Before your body can restore itself." Yun Che's swings broke every part of Wu Ya's body. Arms, legs, ribs even neck weren't spared by his constant attacks. Wu Ya couldn't even attack back, everything was broken before he could even fix them.
'Impossible, my body couldn't keep up with his strikes. I have the strength of a Peak Spirit Profound Realm warrior but he is able to overpower me easily? Is he an Earth Profound Realm warrior?'
"Take this," *BANG Yun Che swings Zangetsu towards his face before he crashes somewhere near the edge of the manor. Since his manor located on top of the hill. His body was nearing the edge overlooking the palace major courtyard.
Wu Ya slowly woke up but he was unable to move at all. All of a sudden his body return back to normal but he loses all of his cultivation. Yun Che's constant strike shatter his regeneration ability and his body was unable to restore itself properly.
Yun Che suddenly appeared in front of him with his goofy grin along with Zangetsu on his right hand.
"You…able to overpower my strength this easily?!? What kind of person are you?" Wu Ya was still gawking with this development.
"Me? I am just an everyday lazy b.u.m and a couch potato." Replied Yun Che with his own words again.
"You....Whatever it is...You cripple my cultivation and you actually courting death. No matter who you are, my grandfather's clan will…."
"Shut your yappin… I already defeated you. Crawl back to your grandfather and tell him I said 'hi'" Yun Che started to turn around and walk back to his manor.
"You…hmph..be complacent for a few more days. Once my grandfather had his clan came over, you will be finished."
"Yeah yeah whatever."
"Not only you. That b.i.t.c.h, that brother of yours and your family will go along with you." As soon as he said that, Yun Che suddenly stopped.
"What did you just said?" He turned his head sideways and Wu Ya could see two red pattern like sinister eyes actually looking at him with killing intent. Wu Ya never actually felt fear as much as this one. As if death was actually looking at him right now. And he is the grim reaper wanted to take his soul.
"I intentionally didn't want to kill you so you can send a message to that old b.a.s.t.a.r.d. Right now, you have to blame yourself for what is going to happen." Yun Che was really p.i.s.sed. This guy can insult him but once he brings Retsu, Yuanba and his family into this. That guy has officially signed his death warrant.
"You ….you cannot kill me. The palace permitted anyone from killing without permission. I am Supreme Elder Wu Nie's grandson. If you kill me, he will not let you go!" Wu Ya tried to use the palace's permission to avoid Yun Che from killing him. Yun Che is now a disciple of the palace and he must comply to its rules. However…..
"Rules? Supreme Elder? Do you think I give a rat's a.s.s about it? I only came here for the banquet and nothing to do with the sect"
"Hmph, I often use this one as a club and rarely use as its true purpose. I suppose its time to unsheathe it huh?" Yun Che suddenly hold Zangetsu in the air and slowly unwraps its binding. The binding remove itself faster than the eye can see and Wu Ya could actually see the true form of that club. The club was slowly transforming into a Khyber shaped sword with black side on top and white side on the bottom.
"It's a SWORD??!??" Before he could even react, he saw Yun Che's clothes was transforming as well. Now, he could see his clothes was actually black with white belt like on his waist. His footwear is now different and he could actually feel the death power emitting from him.
"Wait…YOU ARE..!!!" He heard about this kind of attire before. Somewhere in Floating Cloud City where an Emperor Stage martial artist shatter the entire mountain's peak during his wedding before he went missing. The description of the man was the same as Yun Che was wearing right now.
"Hmph, Disappear from my sight." Yun Che released and arc shaped blue energy horizontally and obliterate Wu Ya with one single shot.
"AHHH!!!!!" He didn't even register what was happening before the energy wiped out his entire body and soul.
*BOOOMM!!!
The energy didn't stop there. It travels straight to the Palace's major courtyard and obliterate anything it touches. The shock-wave of the explosion alerted the entire New Moon Profound Palace and the New Moon City. In the aftermath, a deep giant crescent moon shaped trench was created on the courtyard. Since he fired it from his manor, the impact was larger than he antic.i.p.ated.
"Hmph, you can mess with me. But no one mess with my family. I didn't want to lose another beloved if I am still alive. I don't want to experience that feeling again." He saw the giant trench he made and didn't care about the aftermath. The sect can speculate all they want and he could just give them "No, it wasn't me" kind of answer.
[Ding...Congratulation on defeating Wu Ya. Peak Spirit Profound Realm warrior.
Reward: Experience +... and System Points + 7500]
"System, can you restore the courtyard back to normal?" Regaining his composure, he asked the system.
[Ding…..System can do it for 5000SP.]
"Wait, that's expensive. Can you give me any cheaper discount?"
[Ding…Next time, Clean your own mess.]
"..."
"Fine, do it." Yun Che was speechless at first. But, to avoid later suspicion. He just have to do it.
[Ding…Deducting 5000SP from the host. Thank you for your patronage.] All of sudden, the courtyard was restored back to normal as if he wasn't fighting in the first place. As for the trench, he just leaves it there. He just sighs slowly before sheathing Zangetsu behind his back.
Yun Che arrived back at the manor and saw Little Fairy and Retsu was sleeping in each other's arms. He smiled slowly before petting Retsu and Little Fairy's head and covers them with a blanket. He made his way into his room unknown that a small smile was forming from their mouth.