Translator: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud
On the one hand, people were still stunned into silence by the last duel, unable to extricate themselves.
On the other hand, Wei Wei already lightly leapt and arrived on stage.
The teacher standing by the side stared blankly and seemed as if his senses had barely returned to him after the last competition. He panicked and in a great rush, readjusted his glasses. In a clear voice, he declared. âThe competitionâs first duel, the Inferior Compound is victorious! The second duel is in armaments. Will the student representing the Superior Compound prepare to go onstage.â
âRight now, the pressureâs on the Superior Compound.â The human figure stood up and turned towards Master Baiâs direction and took a look, then sat down again, his face unflustered. âThis duel is crucial in regards to the entire competition. Even if theyâve previously already chosen a strong candidate to face their opponent, theyâll still change their candidate. Those new students from the Superior Compound, obviously suffered a blow from the previous match just now and are panicking somewhat. The higher they stand, the harder theyâll fall. For so many years now, they havenât lost before. What happened this time, indeed was a big blow. However, it doesnât matter, every team has a linchpin. The linchpin of the Superior Compoundâs team is none other than Murong Chang Feng. That one with the last name Bai will certainly send Murong Chang Feng out, not merely because they need to win, but more importantly, to raise the Superior Compoundâs morale again. Otherwise, if they donât win beautifully enough in this match, itâll probably negatively influence the divination competitor. Because no matter how outstanding the student is, when truly fighting onstage, the lead person going on stage, whether they can or can not hold on to the stage, is also very important.â
This personâs analysis was right on.
Just as the teacher finished talking, Master Bai stood up. âChief judge, my compound requests a change of competitor.â
During any competition, each compound only had one chance to change competitor.
Thatâs why unlike the Inferior Compound, the other compounds all prepared students as alternates, so that they could adjust to the circumstances during the competition and replace their competitor at the right time.
This is within everyoneâs expectations.
Sure enough, Master Bai sent Murong Chang Feng to go up.
The side of Murong Chang Fengâs handsome face seemed to be not concerned in the least, as he removed the weights bands on his wrists. HIs demeanor was so outstanding that it made many people from the Superior Compound also feel their blood heating up!
âDid you see that! Lord Murong unexpectedly is wearing a weights bands on his wrists. This means that when he was competing against the Fine Compound, he was wearing the weights bands!â
âOMG! When he faced the Fine Compound, the speed with which he assembled the armaments was already so fast, I really canât imagine, after he takes off the weights band, what itâs going to be like!â
Murong Chang Feng had already found these kinds of exclamations and comments of admiration to be commonplace, the arrogance on his face was obvious, even if heâs better at covering it up, the corners of his mouth still leaked a trace of complacency.
Master Bai stroked his beard and recovered his calmness from before. He believed that as long as Murong Chang Feng was there, they would never lose!
In the last duel, they merely didnât know their opponent enough.
In this duel, they could even be said to âknow yourself, know your enemyâ. Their opponent was infamous throughout the capitol, not only as a trash, but as someone spoiled, unbridled, rude, and arrogant. With regards to Murong Chang Feng, sheâs also like vine smitten with him, tangling him, unwilling to let go.
This kind of person could be handled by any random person from their Superior Compound!
Itâs just that, just like what the human figure was saying, this time, Master Bai brought out Murong Chang Feng not merely to have him win. Whatâs most important was that he took back the stage!
âRight now, Iâll declare the rules for the second duel.â The teacher slowly scanned the people beneath the stage. After theyâd all settled down, he then continued. âUnlike the first two matches, this second duel is divided into two parts, the first part is the written exam. The rules are very simple. In here, Master Tu Lao prepared for you guys the same armament components. You guys think about what kind of armaments will best make use of the components. You only need to formulate two kinds of high grade armaments to win. The time given is half of an incense stick. If within this time, a competitor fails to come up with two high grade armaments, they will directly lose. In other words, theyâre disqualified from continuing to compete. If both people are able to design two grade armaments, then the one with the better quality will win.â
After he finished saying this, the teacher retreated to the side.
On the wood stage, two stone pillars slowly rose. On each stone pillar the same armament components were arranged. However, what made people feel to be the most difficult was that those components were scattered and were unremarkable. To turn these armament components into one good armament was already very difficult, yet right now, they were surprisingly asked to come up with at least two sets of plans. How deserving of Master Tu Lao, even able to come up with such a tricky theme!
Everyone thought this, as one after another, they turned and glanced towards Master Tu Laoâs seat, but only saw that he show any change in state of mind. Even though itâs not that far from here to the competition stage. However, his cataracts prevented him from seeing the features of the person on the stage clearly. He only stroked his beard and his pair of smiling eyes gave off a mysterious feeling.
âThis year, students from the Inferior Compound is actually worth paying attention to, hehe, really didnât foresee that the one onstage surprisingly is a girl. It seems that this duel is getting more and more interesting.â
The referee sitting by his side glanced at him and grinned. âTu Lao, ah, I say, this eyesight of yours is getting worse and worse. Isnât that the Helian familyâs Miss Good-for-nothing. Donât you recognize her?â
âHow would he recognize her. Currently, imprinted in his heart is only that genius he met at Phoenix Tower. He doesnât even care about his own disciple, why would he care about someone who canât be reached using eight bamboo poles (their disparity is too great).â
Tu Lao put down the teacup in his hand. âYou guys can stop teasing me. This year, the Inferior Compound truly is exceptional.â
âThis, I admit.â Another masterâs expression was conspicuously moved. âThat student who just finished his martial qi duel can even directly enter the Superior Compound. Speaking of which, what in the worldâs his background. How come Iâve never heard of him?â
Tu Lao also felt puzzled in exactly same way. However, he personally wasnât very interested in martial qi geniuses. What heâd most like to see during the armaments duel this time was for a dark-horse to kill the competition.
âLook, you guys! Lord Murong already started writing!â
Itâs unknown who spoke among the crowd.
Everybody retracted their gazes, the expression in their eyes brimming with astonishment. âSo fast?â
âAlright.â Murong Chang Feng merely used a few minutes and already put aside the writing brush in his hand, passing his rolled-up answers to the teacher by his side. âWill the teacher please have the masters take a look, these are my answers.â
The teacher received the fine writing paper and originally was going to give it to Tu Lao. However, Tu Lao smiled gently and waved his hand to signal the teacher to give it to another master.
âHe deserves to be your disciple, within such a short time, he already drew up three plans.â The master who received the fine writing paper eyes were full of admiration as he shook his head. âDoesnât this settle the win.â
Facing this kind of outcome, Tu Lao wasnât surprised as the corners of his mouth curved up. This disciple of hisâ ability was something he already knew about, and indeed not bad.....