Nine Realms Sword Emperor
Chapter 197 - 198: Fuming with Anger to Death (3rd Update) (Please Favorite, Reward, and Recommend)

Chapter 197: Chapter 198: Fuming with Anger to Death (3rd Update) (Please Favorite, Reward, and Recommend)

"There’s really no need for you to do this; with such an opportunity, you’d better exchange it for something else,"

Han Yueli hesitated before speaking out as she looked at Chu Fengmian.

"With your talent, you would benefit more from obtaining other treasures."

She didn’t have much connection with Chu Fengmian, meeting him for the first time only within this Holy Land.

Han Yueli couldn’t quite understand why Chu Fengmian was so insistent, willing to give up this opportunity just to save her.

"Other treasures hold no meaning for Chu," Chu Fengmian smiled at Han Yueli. "Since I’ve promised to rid you of the cold poison, wouldn’t I be a man who goes back on his word if I couldn’t do it?"

"Once the trial is over, I will aid you in expelling the poison," he added with a smile.

Perhaps, in the heart of Chu Fengmian, Han Yueli represented another shadow.

"Fourth Senior Sister, I wonder if you are well now," Chu Fengmian murmured softly to himself.

Meanwhile, another figure crossed the stone bridge and arrived here.

The newcomer was none other than the red-haired Sect Leader of the Candleflame Sect, Yan Nan.

It seemed he had also passed the first trial.

But Yan Nan, unlike the relaxed Chu Fengmian, was gasping heavily and bore significant injuries.

Though the challenges on this stone bridge were illusions, all attacks received were reflected back on the martial artist’s own body.

This was why the Emperor of Fertility had said that there was danger in this trial as well.

"I must be the first one to pass, right?" Yan Nan emerged and muttered to himself, his face showing a hint of satisfaction.

He now understood the difficulty of the trial; he had passed only because of his unique trump cards.

He didn’t believe anyone could surpass him.

But as his voice faded away, a relaxed and faint voice suddenly echoed in his ears,

"Not bad, finally Chu is not the only one waiting here."

"What!?" Yan Nan’s expression combined shock and rage at the sound.

Shock that someone had indeed passed the first trial faster than him, and anger that there was a mocking tone in Chu Fengmian’s voice,

as if he were mocking Yan Nan for only just having passed the trial.

"Chu Fengmian, how could it be you!" Yan Nan’s eyes filled with disbelief as he looked up and saw Chu Fengmian.

The first to pass the trial was actually Chu Fengmian, the weakest among all present.

If Yan Nan had to guess who would be the first to pass the trial, he might have placed Chu Fengmian last.

Even if Chu Fengmian was the rising star of the Wusheng College, breaking Zhi Lingtian’s record as a super-genius, what of it?

Genius is, after all, just genius, not yet a true powerhouse. An ungrown genius held no real terror.

In his view, Chu Fengmian might not even be able to pass even the first trial, but here he was, standing right in front of Yan Nan,

and on Chu Fengmian’s person, there were no injuries whatsoever, looking completely at ease.

"Impossible! There’s no way you could have passed these three trials so effortlessly!" Yan Nan furrowed his brow.

He had, of course, experienced the trials himself, and the difficulty was far from trivial.

The first trial, a battle against ten thousand soldiers, tested the martial artist’s endurance; a moment’s exhaustion of spiritual power, and you would die at their hands, failing the trial.

The second trial tested a martial artist’s burst power. A fight above one’s class isn’t a tough task for a genius, and with a difficulty on par with the 60th floor of the Ascension Pathway, it was indeed a test for them.

Yan Nan could believe that Chu Fengmian might have a way to pass these two trials,

but the third one,

he could never believe that Chu Fengmian could be an opponent for the ancient dragon turtle. Yan Nan had staked all his trump cards, even resorting to taboo techniques of the Candleflame Sect, to barely defeat it.

How could a Divine Sea realm martial artist defeat an ancient dragon turtle at the peak of Control Wind realm? Even if he racked his brain, he wouldn’t believe it.

"That’s right, it must be because the difficulty of your trial was different from ours. That’s why you were able to do it so easily!" Yan Nan finally thought of this reason.

Only if the difficulty of Chu Fengmian’s trial was different could there be a possibility that he passed before Yan Nan; otherwise, Yan Nan would never believe Chu Fengmian had such ability.

"Idiot," Chu Fengmian scoffed upon hearing Yan Nan’s words.

"What an idiotic thing to say; you really have the gall to utter it."

"What...!" Yan Nan wanted to say more, but the voice of the Emperor of Fertility resounded,

"The difficulty of the trials faced by everyone is consistent. If you don’t believe it, you may withdraw from the trial."

This statement made Yan Nan’s face turn awkward.

He couldn’t quite believe that Chu Fengmian was actually the first to pass the trial and had questioned it in disbelief.

But this question was essentially questioning the Emperor of Fertility himself,

and who was the Emperor of Fertility to be questioned by a younger generation like him? In that voice, he could already hear the Emperor of Fertility’s anger.

The two words ’idiot’ that Chu Fengmian uttered perfectly described the current state of Yan Nan.

"The junior was rash. Please forgive me, senior," Yan Nan quickly bowed his head and spoke respectfully to the Emperor of Fertility.

If he provoked the anger of the Emperor of Fertility, it wouldn’t just be about whether he could receive the legacy today; once angered, even a mere shadow of the Emperor’s strength, comparable to a saint, could snuff him out as easily as crushing an ant.

"Hmmph, insolent words. This time, you shall be spared. Consider it a pass on the first trial—but your reward is forfeit as a lesson for your disrespect," the Emperor of Fertility spoke coldly.

This statement turned Yan Nan’s face the color of liver, twisted with frustration. After a moment, he still respectfully said,

"Thank you for your forgiveness, senior."

He had paid a great price to pass this first trial and receive the reward, invoking several forbidden techniques, damaging even his own body.

Such a great price, only to receive no reward whatsoever,

turning out to be a double loss.

And for all this, Yan Nan placed all the blame on Chu Fengmian’s head. Without Chu Fengmian’s taunts, he wouldn’t have let his temper flare and dared to question the Emperor of Fertility.

His eyes fixed sternly on Chu Fengmian, filled with burning rage, wishing he could kill Chu Fengmian on the spot to quench his fury.

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