XIAO SHUXIANG'S

60 - Young Cultivator Tournament (5) [Revised]

A BAAM!!

"Akh!" Qi Xuan could feel his bones cracking, he hit the floor so hard. Not yet had he taken a breath, Huan Ran suddenly jumped up while brandishing a sword towards him.

A BAAM!!

Huan Ran's sword broke the arena floor. It was fortunate that Qi Xuan could roll over and dodge the girl's attack. If not, maybe he was already split in two.

"My back hurts!" Whimpering Qi Xuan, he then tried to refine his position and held his sword firmly.

Huan Ran shot back, this time much more earnest than before.

THE TRAANG! THE TRAANG!!

"Weak! Don't Blame Me If You Get Your Heads Off, Blame Yourself For Being Too Weak!!"

THE TRAANG! THE TRAANG!

Qi Xuan continued to withstand Huan Ran's attacks without being able to fight back, he actually felt cornered.

"He's so strong, like he wants to kill!!"

Qi Xuan could feel and see a bit of Huan Ran's beautiful eyes and face, there was such a strong ambition and determination.

"This is what Brother Xiao said...?" Qi Xuan recalled Xiao Shuxiang's remark warning him that he should not be too ambitious, as having excessive ambition would not bring good results.

A TRAAANG!

"The mind must remain calm, and the fighting spirit can only be in the heart!" Qi Xuan took a breath and calmed his mind, he continued to resist Huan Ran's attacks and tried to find an opening to make a counterattack.

Huan Ran continued to attack Qi Xuan nonstop, he was very upset that this boy did not give up at all. Even though he had made him hit the floor twice and wound his arm, this child should have given up or lost consciousness.

"I'm Not Going to Play Any More With You!!" Huan Ran took a few steps back, he started to gather his Qi and flow it into his sword, along with it... Qi Xuan began to gather his breath and closed his eyes to calm down.

"You'd Better Give Up Right Now, Or You'll Really Lose Your Head!" huan Ran exclaimed to Qi Xuan.

"I don't want to give up. My teacher took me out of the village to get to this place not to give up. Brother Xiao who is younger than me is so brave to fight a demonic beast without fear at all, he also never gave up!

I know that a sword is dangerous in the hands of a wicked man. And this sword in my hand is a very sharp sword. I don't want to hurt anyone with this sword, but the world I live in is a world full of bloodshed. They will step on anyone who is weak, and respect anyone who is strong.

If a fight like this is all I give up, then there's no point in me being a swordsman." Qi Xuan stared steadily at Huan Ran, he put up his best horses.

Huan Ran grieved, he disliked the stubborn child.

"You Have Absolutely No Talent!!" Huan Ran could see that Qi Xuan was just an ordinary child, he only had a face that was slightly more handsome than other ordinary children.

D iluar all that, Qi Xuan was from a sect that was not famous at all. Even the clothes worn by the boy were only made of ordinary cloth and did not include heirlooms.

The only thing that looked better, was the sword in Qi Xuan's hand at the moment. The sword had good sharpness, and according to Huan Ran.

"If It Wasn't for Your Sword, You'd Be Lying Stiff for a Long Time!" insinuating Huan Ran, yet Qi Xuan was completely unaffected.

"It's my new friend's gift" Qi Xuan wouldn't say that Huan Ran's sister had given him the sword, because the girl in front of him could have known that Huan Mei was in this place.

"I Don't Like Wasting Time With You! Don't Blame Me, If You Have To Lose One Arm Of Yours Today!" Huan Ran started to move quickly and directly shot towards Qi Xuan.

Qi Xuan took a breath and closed his eyes, he then coated his sword with Qi. This sword was heavier than the sword he had been holding all this time, yet Qi Xuan seemed to be able to feel his sword getting stronger as he flowed his Qi.

Qi Xuan recalled all of his experiences, from the time he was in Tani Village to the moment he saw the fight of the participants in this tournament. He shook his head slightly as he could not remember everything, but then Qi Xuan flinched.

He had forgotten one thing, which was that he had practiced at Granny Tian's place. Qi Xuan remembered him creating a move while he was at the Wanderlust, he had been practicing secretly with that skill all along. But then he stopped as he looked at the sword technique that Zong Ming had taught him.

Qi Xuan was actually much more comfortable wearing his own sword techniques. "I'll try it. I have to be sure of myself!"

Qi Xuan focused his hearing as well as his kissing, Granny Tian's teaching did indeed sensitize. He could hear the fast wind and the flickering of Huan Ran's clothes, he could also distinguish the smell of plums, grass, and peaches.

Qi Xuan could also smell the thin smoke, yet he did not know what it was. Qi Xuan then shook his head and only focused on the soothing smell of the grass.

As he began to feel a sense of calmness, he slowly began to open his eyes. Simultaneously, Huan Ran's sword almost hit the middle of his eye, but it stopped immediately.

!!

"THIS-IN?!"

Huan Ran was very shocked. Not only himself, but all the attendees and the participants were suddenly startled all of a sudden.

Huan Fei and Yuen Liang even stood up while staring wide-eyed at the arena stage.

He then concentrated his Qi and aimed at his feet, Huan Ran did not want to come out of the arena stage just because of the unclear wind from where.

"Did that kid make it?!" Huan Ran stared in astonishment at Qi Xuan, convinced that it was this opponent who made the whirlwind mixed with dust, because the wind was surrounding him.

At a glance the wind only carried dust, but if observed more carefully, the wind carried plum petals and also silvery rays that turned out to be pure Qi.

The wind was slowly gathering behind Qi Xuan, the dust as well as the plum blossom petals and Qi were seen forming the body of a beast that turned out to be a bird with expanding wings. He started to raise his sword and quickly darted towards Huan Ran.

AAAAM!!

A loud thump rang out along with the catapulting Huan Ran out of the arena stage. Qi Xuan only attacked the floor a meter and a half away from where Huan Ran was standing, but the 14-year-old girl bounced away from the wind mixed with dust caused by the Qi Xuan attack just now.

Qi Xuan was actually also startled by this nurse, he studied her while observing a large bird that was flying quietly then darting down and instantly gripping a forest rat.

Qi Xuan hadn't given this style a name because it only had one move, but it required calmness and good concentration.

Huan Fei, Yuen Liang, as well as all the people who were in this place had not been able to stop their shock. Among the participants there were those who were wondering about the manner of Qi Xuan's, some of them were also asking about the existence of the sect belonging to the boy.

"Their clothes were ordinary, not even including the clothes that a cultivator should have. But already twice the disciples of the Butterfly Sect had shocked me like this, actually who are they?!"

"I've never heard the name of the sect. And the disciples of the Butterfly Sect only had ordinary practices. But..."

"They have sword techniques and moves I've never seen before. The children of the Butterfly Sect.ck ck" Yuen Liang shook his head while clucking in admiration, he asked Huan Fei about this invited sect. Because, he had only first heard there was a sect with such a name.

"... I had thought it was a Qi Type Change technique, but it wasn't. He has a strange style." continued Yuen Liang again.

Patriarch Lan was also actually surprised, just that he was not as good as Yuen Liang and Huan Fei. Inwardly, Patriarch Lan was amazed by Yang Shu, as the Young Emperor of the Northern Continent turned out to have talented disciples.

Huan Fei himself was surprised not because he admired Qi Xuan's strange style, but he was surprised by the sword in the boy's hand. The sword was only a medium-level heirloom, yet it looked like it belonged to his grandson-Huan Mei.

Huan Fei was very sure that it belonged to his grandson, because he himself gifted the sword when his grandson was five years old.

Not only was Huan Fei surprised by Qi Xuan's sword, but the moves the boy had used earlier were a bit similar to the Flower Petals Dance of the Lotus Flower Sect.

It's just that, the style has never been taught to sect disciples including to Huan Ran and Huan Mei. Because this style requires inner calm and great concentration. Even He himself could only use this skill for two minutes, it was only a breeze that he managed to get.

"Senior, why are you hiding such a precious treasure..." Huan Fei was about to cry, if only he knew that one of Yang Shu's disciples had the talent to inherit his sect-maybe it had been a long time since he had taken Qi Xuan as his disciple.

"Can't be allowed! That child must be my disciple, I must say it to Senior before being pre-empted by others!" Huan Fei immediately walked away, without saying anything to Yuen Liang and Patriarch Lan.

Yuen Liang himself was perplexed when Huan Fei suddenly left, while Patriarch Lan smiled faintly knowing what the Grand Elder of the Lotus Flower Sect was going to do.

"It was fortunate that all the Grand Elders and Patriarchs of the other sects were not present. Otherwise, they would definitely fight over the boy..." Patriarch Lan sipped the tea served by the Lotus Flower Sect disciples.

"Right, I'm actually a little interested in that kid. Unfortunately I prefer girls..." Yuen Liang sat back down and started playing his fan.

The Young Cultivator Tournament, apart from being a friendly match also actually gave the Small Sect disciples the chance to be recruited into the Intermediate Sect disciples, or even the Great Sect.

Opportunities that only came once every 10 years, and not many small sect disciples could be recruited like this.

Some representatives from other sects also had the mission of their Grand Elder and Patriarch, which was to look for disciples candidates who had great talent.

When they saw Qi Xuan in the beginning, they simply did not feel that this child was talented.

Even they looked at him with pity, especially after Qi Xuan had been continuously attacked by Huan Ran, after all, this made them all assume that Qi Xuan was just a lousy kid who did not know the word 'give up'.

Only after Qi Xuan took out his nurse did they all become so shocked. It was a pity that Huan Ran quickly bounced away just because of the wind from Qi Xuan's attack, so the spectators felt disappointed and dissatisfied with the fight this time around.

They were eager to see Qi Xuan's prowess, some of them saying that Qi Xuan would fight again later. And this made the spectators and participants of the tournament excited.

"I want to fight him!"

"I wish I was the opponent!"

Some of the participants were seen already targeting Qi Xuan as their opponent.

"An interesting kid, what if we just recruited him...?" One of the Demon Wolf Sect Cultivators gave a suggestion to his friend who was acting as the leader.

The plot!

"You are, we did not come to look for prospective students. But kidnap girls!" The cultivator from the Demon Wolf Sect clicked his friend's forehead, he then told his friend to take a look at the existence of the Lotus Flower Grand Elder.

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