Chapter Eighteen: Confrontation

  When Gao Fei, like a kite with a broken string, flew horizontally and crashed to the ground, everyone in the field was stunned. Ling Kai's seven meridians and three spiritual techniques were all used by Gao Fei... yet he was defeated in just a few breaths? Moreover... he didn't even have the chance to strike back before being knocked unconscious.

  He is a disciple who has perfected the first realm of Ling Kai's Seven Meridians, and even when facing a wizard who has entered the second realm and opened up the spiritual sea, he wouldn't be so flustered.

  Perhaps this scene was too unbelievable, making it difficult for people to accept for a while. However, what's even more bizarre is that Chen Luo, the entire Longcheng City knows that his cultivation was crippled and his spiritual veins were blocked. In such a situation, being able to unblock three spiritual veins in just five short months is already astonishing. During the battle with Zhuo Weidong, he displayed four-vein spiritual power, and during the battle with Gao Fei, he even displayed five-vein spiritual power.

  Good heavens!

  Five months to open up the five-way chaotic spiritual veins, it is impossible to determine whether it is a Dao change or not, but this is enough to make people feel shocked. Especially since he has not only cultivated the Tiger's Majesty No-Shape Fist to its peak, but also the Residual Shadow Three Moves have been cultivated to their peak. These two spiritual techniques are both listed as one of the five major spiritual techniques of the first realm. The difficulty of cultivation is directly proportional to its power, and ordinary people can cultivate one of them to a great success, which is already an excellent existence.

  They gazed at the blue-clad youth on the high platform, whose appearance seemed weak but was actually incredibly strong, and fell into a deep shock that they couldn't extricate themselves from.

  Is he a genius? Or a freak? Or an eccentric?

  Still took the shortcut and stained with darkness?

  Invading darkness?

  It is well known that after being tainted by darkness, the spiritual pulse will be shrouded and corroded by darkness. In a short period of time, it can be opened up, but as a result, changes will also occur in the pulse, evolving into a dark pulse. In this era of great light, if one does not take action to stir up their spiritual power, outsiders will not be able to perceive it. Once the spiritual power is stirred up, others can sense the dark pulse from within the spiritual power.

  But he didn't.

  Yes, whether it was fighting with Zhuo Weidong or Gao Fei, there was no dark pulse in his spiritual power except for the variant pulse, not even a hint. If there were any, after Zhuo Weidong and Gao Fei were knocked down one after another, I believe Li Zhi's teacher and others would have taken Chen Luo down at the first time, or even killed him on the spot. But they didn't, because they couldn't feel any dark pulse from Chen Luo's spiritual power. So now, Li Zhi and others can only stand there stupidly.

  The blue-clothed youth, after emerging victorious from two battles without revealing the slightest hint of pride or arrogance, had only a calm and endless calmness, as if it was someone else who won the two battles, not him.

  When fighting, he was like a crocodile, with endless arrogance flowing from his bones.

  After the fight, that arrogant and domineering air seemed to have vanished suddenly, giving people a feeling of a neighbor's young boy. That pale, delicate and slightly pretty face made people can't help but feel pity for him.

  "No! Impossible..."

  A questioning voice rose from the crowd, it was Ye Qing. Her beautiful face looked somewhat embarrassed at this moment, shaking her head and staring blankly at Chen Luo, her eyes filled with doubt. Yes, she doubted, no matter what, she couldn't believe that Chen Luo could open up five spiritual meridians in just five months. Rather than saying she doubted, it was more like she couldn't accept it. As a high-born lady who had been pampered and spoiled since birth, how could she tolerate someone she had labeled as trash, someone with no value to her whatsoever, making progress at such an incredible speed?

  "Chen Luo! You must have been tainted by darkness, otherwise your cultivation wouldn't have increased so rapidly. I'm certain of it, you must have been tainted by darkness!"

  Ye Qing had always been self-centered, and after Chen Luo was released from prison, she took the initiative to cut off their relationship. She looked down on Chen Luo, whose cultivation had been abolished, and believed that Chen Luo was no longer of value to her. As someone who had always put herself at the center, she couldn't tolerate a useless cultivator like Chen Luo, who was progressing so quickly that it made her suffocate.

  Chen Luo gazed at her, his eyes devoid of any emotional color, and said calmly: "What makes you say I'm tainted by darkness."

  "What right? Hmph! Just because you were imprisoned for being tainted by darkness in the past."

  "Just because you can clear up five blocked meridians in just five months."

  "Just because you've mastered both Tiger Might Infinite Fist and Shadow Three Moves to their peak."

  "Just because you joined Xiao Jinguo without any array assistance or spiritual elixir enhancement, under these conditions, no one can improve so quickly, not even me. What's your secret?"

  Ye Qing was like a madman, almost shouting out loud, staring fixedly at Chen Luo.

  "Just because I'm Chen Luo, you're Ye Qing." At this point, Chen Luo calmly said, "You can't do it, doesn't mean I can't do it."

  "You? Haha, how ridiculous!" Ye Qing's expression was disdainful, and he sneered: "You were just a pseudo-genius who took shortcuts and indulged in darkness before. Now you're nothing but a waste of cultivation, a waste that can't even compare to those who haven't indulged in darkness. It's impossible for a waste like you to open up all five spiritual meridians in just five months!"

  Chen Luo stared at him, silent and speechless.

  Chen Luo didn't respond, and Ye Qing's determination grew stronger. His voice became louder: "Do you dare to follow me to the Bright Guardian Squad?" It was unclear whether they saw Chen Luo not refuting, but Xiao Luotian's disciples also started shouting, wanting to take Chen Luo to the Bright Guardian Squad for interrogation. However, Xiao Luotian's teachers didn't make any moves, as if they weren't sure whether Chen Luo had been tainted by darkness or not.

  Next to Ding Zixuan, he had been silent all along. He was a clever person and could see that Li Zhishi and others were not sure whether Chen Luo was infected with darkness, so he didn't stand up. Seeing Ye Qing seemed to have lost his mind, he wanted to persuade him to stop, but how could Ye Qing stop now when his mind was filled with the fact of exposing Chen Luo's infection with darkness?

  "Chen Luo? Are you afraid? Afraid of being discovered by the Guardians of Light for your infiltration into darkness? Why don't you dare to go?"

  Leaves clear and imposing, making progress inch by inch.

  "I don't have anything to dare or not dare." Chen Luo replied with a calm tone: "It's just that you keep saying I'm tainted by darkness, what if I really wasn't tainted, then what?"

  "You can't be without a hint of darkness!" Ye Qing's voice became even more stern: "I say you have it, then you do!"

  "Huh, you say I'm tainted by darkness? Then I'll be tainted by darkness?" Chen Luo was taken aback, and shook his head with a wry smile.

  "You..." Ye Qing had just opened his mouth when Chen Luo, who was laughing coldly, suddenly interrupted him and said with a sneer: "Let me tell you, Ye Qing, stop showing off your noble self in front of me. If I hadn't tainted you, what would you have done?"

  "You can't..."

  Ye Qing just opened his mouth and was interrupted again. Chen Luo repeated the same sentence as before: "If I hadn't tainted you, what would you do?"

  Ye Qing hadn't even opened her mouth yet, but Chen Luo's attitude changed drastically. His expression was filled with suppressed anger as he pointed at Ye Qing and shouted loudly: "Speak!" The sound was like a tiger's roar, or thunder, causing Ye Qing's face to turn deathly pale. She glared at Chen Luo, gritting her teeth in response: "If you really didn't do anything wrong, I'll apologize to you!"

  "Apologize?" Chen Luo directly refused: "Your apology, I don't want it!"

  "You!" Ye Qing took a deep breath, his chest heaving violently as he suppressed his anger and continued: "I will compensate you for the damage to your reputation, give you spirit stones, spirit pills..."

  This time she didn't finish speaking again, and was interrupted once more. Chen Luo didn't even glance at her, saying: "Keep your trash to yourself, I don't think much of it."

  "YOU!" Ye Qingqi's entire body trembled with rage, almost using his greatest strength to bellow: "As long as you're willing to follow me to the Radiant Guardians, if you really haven't been tainted by darkness, I'll agree to any condition you want, you useless thing!"

  "I've had enough of your nonsense." Chen Luo suddenly became quiet again, saying: "If I hadn't been tainted by darkness, from now on, whenever you see me, get as far away from me as possible. Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to resist slapping you in the face."

  Humiliation, this is absolutely the greatest humiliation for Ye Qing who has always been proud and arrogant. This humiliation almost suffocated her to dizziness, her beautiful face turned pale with no blood color, and her eyes were filled with flames of anger. If a gaze could kill someone, Chen Luo would have been splattered with blood by now; if a gaze could devour someone, Chen Luo would have been reduced to nothing but bones. Strangely, Ye Qing did not erupt in anger, instead, she took three deep breaths and actually smiled, a rather ferocious smile.

  "Alright! Alright! Alright! Trash, I'll agree with you! Agree with you!" Ye Qing completely lost her smile and directly jumped onto the stage, just about to drag Chen Luo to the Bright Guardian Squad. At this time, the old umpire from Jiuye Art Gallery stopped her and said: "Miss Ye, don't be impulsive, although I'm not a member of the Bright Guardians, I can tell you that Chen Luo hasn't been tainted by darkness."

  "Hum! You old thing, you're not a guardian of light, what do you know!" Ye Qing was now completely enraged, his arrogant and self-conceited personality fully exposed.

  The old judge shook his head, not getting angry, but said with a bit of helplessness: "Old me is indeed not the guardian of light, perhaps also not qualified to comment, but it doesn't mean there's no guardian of light here. Zhuang Lao, now that it's come to this point, you'd better speak up."

  Village elder?

  Everyone was shocked, and each city in the Golden Water Domain had a Guardian of Light stationed there. Although there were not many Guardians of Light stationed in Changxin City, there were also not few, among whom the old judge called Zhuang Lao was an older qualified Guardian of Light.

  Among the crowd stood an old man, who looked to be over a hundred years old, with white hair and wearing a long white robe. Although he looked simple and unadorned, he had a hint of elegance and refinement about him. This was none other than Zhuangzi.

  Seeing Old Zhuang, Ye Qing's face suddenly lit up with joy, as if he was quite familiar with Old Zhuang. He shouted "Old Master Zhuang" and ran over directly.

  "Ye Qing, when will you change your temper? How can you be so rude to Wen Lao?" Zhuang Lao scolded Ye Qing for his disrespect towards the old umpire earlier. But Ye Qing didn't have the mind to listen to this now, pulling on Zhuang Lao's hand, he said: "Zhuang Grandfather, as one of the oldest and most qualified Bright Guardians in Changxin City, you must be able to see that Chen Luo is tainted by darkness, right?"

  Zhuang Lao glanced at Chen Luo and said, "I have been observing him from below for a long time. Chen Luo's pulse is extremely strong. Perhaps due to the mutation, his spiritual power is also abnormally violent. However, there is no darkness hidden in his pulse, so Chen Luo has not been tainted by darkness."

  As mentioned earlier, Zhuang Lao is one of the more senior qualified Bright Guardians within Changxin City, and no one doubts his words.

  This news spread to everyone's ears, causing a commotion. However, when it reached Ye Qing's ears, it was like a thunderclap on a clear day, and she was struck as if by lightning. Her mind went blank, and she stood there with her eyes wide open in shock. When she came back to herself, she asked incredulously: "Master Zhuang, tell me, are you mistaken? That good-for-nothing must have been tainted by darkness, it must be him, he can't possibly..."

  "What nonsense! Aren't you ashamed enough? Apologize to them at once!" Old Zhuang scolded.

  "An apology will do." Chen Luo walked down from the high platform, waved his hand and said, "Let her remember what she said is enough."

  " Tian Wu " latest chapter is released by Yun Qi Shu Yuan first, the latest and most popular online release site! (This station provides: traditional page turning, waterfall two modes, can be selected in settings)