Chapter 41: Hua Yuan Mid-term

  When Lu Yufeng and Fengchen arrived, there were only two people on the stage. One was Xiao Ba Wang Yu Cheng, and the other was Chen Yong. "Spicy Hand" Cui Feng, however, had been seriously injured by Jianjunzi's and the referee's simultaneous collision and could not participate in the competition, just like Fengchen.

  "Junior brother, it seems that there's indeed no suspense left. It looks like the ones participating in this sect's resource war are just the Three Chosen and Two Immortals." Feng Chen said as he gazed at the two people on stage.

  "Ah, these two are vastly different. If Shixiong and Cui Feng hadn't been injured, there might still be suspense. Now, it's probably a done deal." Lu Yufeng also agreed with Shixiong Fēngchén's words.

  "What's the meaning of 'nailing on the board'?" Feng Chen sometimes couldn't understand some of the words that came out of Lu Yifeng's mouth, but after he explained it, thinking about it, such a description was indeed true.

  "It's definitely certain and must mean that!" Lu Yufeng also found it a bit hard to explain, these were all words brought over from his past life.

  Two people are messing around on the sidelines, and the battle on stage is about to begin.

  "As the other two were injured in the trial and cannot participate in this trial, the remaining quota will be produced between you two. Now, let's start!" The judge stepped down from the stage after a few short words.

  "I didn't expect it to be just the two of us! You should just give up, you can't beat me." Xiao Bawang said calmly to Chen Yong. Originally, he was worried that the remaining three people would see his strength and attack him first, although he was very strong, but not strong enough to take on the combined forces of three of the top eight players by himself. Now that it was just Chen Yong left, it could be said that there was no suspense at all.

  "Senior brother, I still want to give it a try!" Chen Yong was a bit arrogant and liked to be flattered by others, but overall he was not bad. Now that he had encountered difficulties and challenges, and knew he would lose, he still wanted to give it a try.

  Chen Yong was severely hit this time, originally thinking that this competition was his own stage, where he could fully display himself. At first, it was indeed the case, as all the opponents he encountered were not a match for him and could be easily defeated with just a wave of his hand. However, when advancing to the top 16, he met a strong opponent, and when advancing to the top 8, he had to use all his strength to defeat his opponent. When facing Nan Gong Xiner, he was defeated in just a few moves, causing Chen Yong's overconfidence to collapse instantly. Only now did he realize how ignorant he was before, thinking that he was the greatest genius under heaven.

  Actually, if he knew the real situation, he would know how lucky he was. Many powerful elites encountered people like San Jie Er Xian, Cui Feng, and Feng Chen at the beginning, and these elites were all solved by them. So Chen Yong is still very lucky, otherwise, maybe he couldn't even enter the top 16.

  "I used to hear my master say that there were many young and powerful masters in our school, but I didn't believe it. Now I know that I'm just like them." Actually, Chen Yong was being too modest, as he had already reached the late stage of Hua Yuan in less than twenty years, which made him a genius in his own right. Although someone might have helped him improve, it's still something to be proud of.

  "Since you want to try, let's settle this with one move!" Yucheng said to Chen Yong.

  "Alright, let's settle this with one move!" Chen Yong also said loudly.

  Then, the two men's auras were fully revealed, their true essence surging forth. Chen Yong's weapon was a sword, but it wasn't the kind used by sword cultivators; instead, he had infused all his true essence into the longsword, which now emitted an icy aura of might. Xiao Ba Wang's weapon was a long spear, and after being imbued with the true essence of the city, it too was quivering slightly.

  "We'll go in but never come out!" Chen Yong shouted loudly, then raised his long sword and stabbed at the Imperial City.

  "Welcome! Gunshot!" Yu Cheng also made a move, stabbing at Chen Yong with his sword.

  The sword tip and spear tip clashed together, confronting each other in the middle of the martial arts arena, for a moment they were evenly matched.

  "Drink!" Xiaobao shouted again, and with a palm strike at the base of the long spear, Chen Yong felt a surge of great force coming towards him. Then he saw his own long sword flying out of his hand, and the city guard's spear was now pointing at his neck. Chen Yong couldn't dodge in time, and it seemed like the spear was about to pierce his throat. He closed his eyes waiting for death, but after a while, he still didn't feel the spear piercing his throat. When he opened his eyes again, he saw Yucheng holding the spear with one hand, pointing at his own neck, standing there.

  "Chen Shidi, you're not bad!" Yu Cheng said to Chen Yong, Yu Cheng had also heard of Chen Yong's reputation and knew that this disciple who had been cultivating for over a decade was indeed a talented individual, he just had an air of arrogance about him. But which cultivator with even a bit of skill wasn't arrogant?

  "Senior brother is even more formidable, I believe that even if I were to break through to the Great Circle of Yuan Transformation, I still wouldn't be a match for senior brother!" Chen Yong saw Yu Cheng standing there with his hand grasping the long spear, and he knew that at the critical moment, it was Yu Cheng who had grabbed onto the flying spear. This level of strength and speed wasn't something Chen Yong could compare to.

  "This round, the Honjo team wins!" The referee jumped onto the performance stage and announced to everyone. After finishing speaking, the referee did not leave but instead spoke to Honjo, "You will still participate in a one-year intensive training session. Now go to the main hall first, the other four have already passed, the sect leader wants to see you."

  Here is the translation:

  Having arrived here, Lu Yu Feng knew that this big competition had already ended. After bidding farewell to Feng Chen, he returned to his own courtyard and prepared to tidy up before heading back to Feng Yun Ya to cultivate. Feng Chen understood Lu Yu Feng's thoughts and didn't try to persuade him to stay. After all, although he himself was not seriously injured this time, he still needed to rest for a period of time. He feared that it would be a very long time before he could invite Lu Yu Feng out for drinks again.

  Lu Yu Feng returned to the other courtyard, tidied up casually and then went back to Feng Yun Jue.

  .....

  Lu Yifeng sat cross-legged on the ground, his eyes suddenly opening wide. "This time's observation has indeed been extremely helpful to me." Lu Yifeng had gained a great deal from this trial, although he had previously had the opportunity to experience the great war of a thousand years ago, it was not as intuitive as this time.

  It's been almost a month since the last trial, and Lu Yufeng has fully digested that trial. Originally, Lu Yufeng didn't need so long, but he was cultivating his body and refining his meridians, and only when he had free time did he come to ponder those few trials. Now, although Lu Yufeng's cultivation hasn't made much progress, he believes that if he were to fight Feng Chen now, it would be much easier than before.

  Lu Yu's clothes were like this, always practicing under the waterfall next to Fengyun Cliff. Time also passed unknowingly.

  "Ah... drink!" Lu Yufeng punched a large stone, shattering it into pieces. He suddenly turned around and kicked the huge tree beside him with one leg. The tree, which would take two people to hug, was kicked down by Lu Yufeng's single leg, crashing to the ground with a loud thud.

  "Hahaha...!" Lu Yufeng burst out laughing, extremely delighted, because the earlier commotion was the result of his efforts for a long time.

  In the realm of Huayuan, taking anyone at random can produce a power as great as Lu Yu's wind, and many Nascent Soul stage cultivators can do so. The reason why Lu Yu smiled was that just now, Lu Yu did not cover his true yuan on his fists and feet, but relied solely on his physical strength to have such a great power.

  Lu Yu Feng leaped to the side of the long knife, grabbed it with one hand, and slashed out with a single stroke. The blade's edge had already exceeded one zhang (3.33 meters), its power much greater than before. Lu Yu Feng faced the water pool, unleashing nine consecutive slashes, each one causing the water to churn and explode within the pool. The knife's momentum pierced through the water, churning it into a dark turmoil. After the nine slashes, Lu Yu Feng still felt his true yuan (inner energy) abundant within him, and most importantly, his body only felt a slight ache, unlike the first time when his body had cracked open after nine slashes, leaving him on the verge of fainting.

  "It seems that progress is huge!" Lu Yufeng was extremely looking forward to it, and if one day he could casually slash out a hundred or so knives, who among his peers would be his opponent.

  Suddenly, Lu Yufeng felt a surge of turmoil in his dantian, the true yuan inside him rapidly rotating, and the absorption of spiritual energy also accelerated greatly. Lu Yufeng immediately sat down cross-legged, his heart filled with great joy. This was not the first time Lu Yufeng had encountered this situation, he knew that it meant he was about to break through again. He also felt a sense of surprise, having only just broken through to the early stages of Huayuan not long ago, and now he was going to break through once more.

  Actually, Lu Yu Feng was able to break through. Upon careful consideration, this is also a reasonable thing, because Lu Yu Feng relied on the spiritual liquid to break through to the Hua Yuan realm, and didn't fully utilize the effects of the spiritual liquid, with some residual spiritual liquid still left in his body. Moreover, there's also a drop of green liquid within Lu Yu Feng that helps him cultivate, and he has been cultivating diligently himself. Taking all these factors into account, it's normal for Lu Yu Feng to break through now. However, when Lu Yu Feng wants to advance to the later stages of Hua Yuan, it will probably take a very long time.

  This should be considered as the effect of accumulation and sudden release!

  Lu Yu Feng's consciousness sank into his dantian, slowly absorbing the spiritual energy to expand his true yuan. At the same time, he used the true yuan in his body to temper his meridians. Although Lu Yu Feng was not tempering his meridians for the first time, he still felt an intense pain, a pain that pierced into his bones. However, the green spiritual energy immediately began to repair and strengthen the damaged veins, giving Lu Yu Feng a feeling of becoming stronger step by step, which made him feel very comfortable.

  "Hum..." Lu Yu Feng felt a burst of energy in his dantian, and then he felt a massive surge of spiritual energy rushing into his body. As the spiritual energy entered his body, the meridians it passed through were all shattered. Lu Yu Feng hastily gathered the green spiritual energy within his body to repair the fractured meridians. The speed at which the spiritual energy entered his body gradually slowed down, and when Lu Yu Feng had finished repairing all of his meridians, he sank into his dantian to examine his cultivation.

  "I've finally broken through to the middle stage of Hua Yuan, if it weren't for the green spiritual energy helping me repair my meridians, I'm afraid I'd suffer a serious injury every time I break through." Lu Yu Feng felt very fortunate, if he hadn't unintentionally grasped the natural law, and had this extra drop of ***, he's afraid he wouldn't even dare to break through.

  To know that others have broken through, it's not such a big fuss, there is no such large spiritual energy entering the body at the same time, but rather slowly absorbing. This is also one of the benefits that Lu Yufeng gained from breaking through to the ninth layer of Qi absorption, Lu Yufeng absorbs spiritual energy much faster than others, can imagine, if Lu Yufeng had initially comprehended not the natural law, but something else, then Lu Yufeng's tragic situation can be imagined.

  "It's all fate! Good fortune and misfortune are intertwined!" Lu Yufeng also sighed, and only slowly stood up after the turmoil in his body subsided.

  Lu Yu Feng was ready to return to the Men's Gate, as today was the day to send San Jie Er Xian to the Yu Jian Men for the Great War of Resources. Lu Yi was also preparing to go and take a look. More importantly, Mu Feng was also preparing to leave, going alone to the Yu Jian Men to see the elites of various sects and understand their strength.