Supernatural Insight Eyes
Chapter 335 - 0334 guess

Chapter 335: 0334 guess

Wang Shuisheng won, yet, like Ye Qiu, he did not rest and issued another challenge—this time targeting the fifth rank Meng Pengxiao!

Another one challenging the top five talents!

A wave of gasps rippled through the crowd. Were all the rising talents this brave?

However, based on Wang Shuisheng’s performance just now, the ease with which he handled his opponent, it was possible he had the strength to fight the top five talents.

Many people were quite optimistic about Wang Shuisheng.

Some said that Wang Shuisheng would become the next Ye Qiu, directly defeating Meng Pengxiao to snatch the fifth rank.

Others were skeptical. After all, there was only one Ye Qiu, and now Wang Shuisheng’s behavior clearly showed he wanted to be the second Ye Qiu.

"This year’s Northern and Southern Martial Arts Conference is really interesting. That Chen Taiji hasn’t made his move yet, right? I bet when he does, he’ll also cause quite a stir."

"The newcomers in this year’s conference are all so formidable that no position among the top ten talents is secure anymore. I think all of them are in jeopardy!"

The people around chattered excitedly, each with their own opinion.

Old lecher used Ye Qiu as a shield to finally get some relief from Mei Huiling’s relentless questioning, which was giving him a headache.

He inwardly sighed, truly convinced that women were creatures best not provoked.

"Old man, you should be content. I think Master’s wife is quite nice," said Ye Qiu in front of the old lecher. He never acted seriously around him—neither behaved as expected of a Master nor a disciple, often mutually disapproving of each other.

Old lecher tilted his head high, an expression that screamed ’You’re still underage and know nothing of love between men and women,’ which left Ye Qiu speechless.

"By the way, stinky kid, when you tangled with the people from the Sun family, you were swept into the storm. How did you get out?" After enough teasing, old lecher asked seriously, something that had been on his mind for a while.

"Do you really want to know?" Ye Qiu teased, not immediately giving an answer.

"Are you playing coy now, you brat!" old lecher threatened, looking ready to deal with Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu changed the subject, "Why the rush? Let me tell you slowly..."

Ye Qiu then recounted his experience within the storm in detail.

"So, this is the True Qi crystal that saved your life?"

Ye Qiu had intentionally left a piece of True Qi crystal unabsorbed and showed it to old lecher.

"Master, do you understand what this is?"

Old lecher rotated his eyes, examining the True Qi crystal.

"Good stuff."

Old lecher expressed his admiration with a phrase and then, after a long pause, provided a vague answer.

"Logically, such a thing shouldn’t exist on the peak of Mount Hua, or else we would have heard about it in previous Martial Arts Conferences. So it must have only appeared in this conference, which means... there is only one possibility..." old lecher’s words made Ye Qiu’s heart race.

"It must be..."

Ye Qiu listened, confident.

"It must have been dropped by someone else!"

Ye Qiu almost spat out a mouthful of blood; he certainly didn’t believe it was dropped by someone else! The old lecher had definitely done it on purpose.

Seeing Ye Qiu’s murderous gaze, the old lecher coughed and said earnestly, "If I’m not mistaken, its appearance is probably related to that storm and the grand formation laid out by Daoist Qian Zhen."

"Oh?" This theory aroused Ye Qiu’s curiosity.

"There are only two possibilities I speak of. First, the storm may have risen suddenly from outside the void, thus it’s possible that it carried this crystallized form of True Qi. However, the likelihood is quite slim, the probability very low."

"The second possibility is that it could be a result of the grand formation’s effect, producing this type of True Qi crystallization," the old lecher said seriously.

"Formation?" Ye Qiu heard about the ’formation,’ a thing imbued with magical characteristics, for the first time.

"Mhm," the old lecher nodded and continued, "The formation was laid by Daoist Qian Zhen, whose martial arts attainments have probably touched that realm by now, I guess."

"In war, there are formations; a formation can exert the greatest power to a certain extent, saving energy."

"However, the formation laid by Daoist Qian Zhen is fundamentally different from this kind of formation."

Ye Qiu listened intently; he knew the old lecher was imparting new knowledge to him.

"The grand formation laid by Daoist Qian Zhen was formed by the combination of human effort and the power of heaven and earth, creating a small space to resist the spread of the storm."

"The study of formations is a profound application, with only a few researchers in the martial world; it also rarely appears. Nowadays, I estimate that there are even fewer people who understand formations, no more than three."

Ye Qiu could tell that when the old lecher talked about formations, his expression was solemn and yearning; it was evident that he deeply revered formations.

"The reason I say the True Qi crystallization is due to the formation is because it has some magical abilities. Furthermore, when I saw Daoist Qian Zhen laying out the formation, many people were projecting their inspecting True Qi into it. Perhaps this is the real reason for the formation of True Qi crystallization."

Ye Qiu felt as if the old lecher’s words had opened up a grand door for him; formations, it turned out, existed not just in books but in reality.

Daoist Qian Zhen!

Ye Qiu remembered this name; should the opportunity arise, he was determined to seek advice from him.

At that moment, in the central area of the challenge arena, Wang Shuisheng and Meng Pengxiao launched their final strikes.

Wang Shuisheng retreated five steps in a row, his entire True Qi in turmoil, before he finally steadied himself. Meanwhile, Meng Pengxiao was sent flying by Wang Shuisheng’s attack, landing heavily on the ground.

In the blink of an eye, Wang Shuisheng appeared beside Meng Pengxiao. Meng felt a sense of powerlessness. At this moment, the proud man looked up at Wang Shuisheng, who had ousted him from his position as one of the top ten heroes, and finally uttered three words, "I lost!"

Only then did Wang Shuisheng’s attack refrain from falling.

The entire venue erupted once more as Wang Shuisheng’s strength had truly earned him a spot among the top five heroes.

The Southern Martial Arts faction’s cheering was loud, for it signified that now among the top five heroes, along with Feng Jian, three were from the Southern Martial Arts faction. They had finally overtaken the Northern Martial Arts in numbers. This was a subconscious comparison, and being members of the Southern Martial Arts, they felt extremely proud. Previously suffocated by the Northern Martial Arts’ dominance, any discussion of the top ten heroes would be looked down upon by those from the northern region, disdainfully remarking, "Among the top five heroes, only one is from your Southern Martial Arts." Suddenly, the southern practitioners had nothing to say, but today, every Martial Artist from the Southern Martial Arts couldn’t help but want to shout out loud, releasing the pent-up frustrations they had been enduring.

Chen Yifeng’s face was full of pride. With the Southern Martial Arts’ consecutive successful challenges, it truly brought great honor to Chen Yifeng. As a representative of the Southern Martial Arts, in front of Elder Jin, this event substantially increased his prestige.

"This man is very strong!" Ye Qiu nodded his head; although he had been discussing the issue of True Qi crystallization with the old lecher earlier, he also glanced a few times at the battle between the two on the field, immediately sensing that Wang Shuisheng was no ordinary person.

Just a few moves had been quite revealing.

Wang Shuisheng’s gaze turned in Ye Qiu’s direction, and the two exchanged slight smiles, their fighting spirit suddenly igniting!