Chapter 15: Ch 14: Carelessness
Yo! I'm back baby!!
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On the side, a few desciples who were previously talking to Fu Shen saw how Fu Shen talked to the other guy, who introduced himself as Wang Feng.
They saw how the two started talking casually. Someone asked his friend, "Hey, do you know that guy? Senior Brother Fu Shen seems to be his friend."
The friend answered, "I don't know him. But from his robes, he should be an Ordinary Desciple like us, but why haven't I seen him before?"
Just as the they were all wondering, they saw with surprise as Wang Feng challenged Fu Shen to a battle. Someone spoke, "Is that guy crazy? He isn't even at the Initial Element Realm and wants to challenge Senior Brother Fu who is already at the 3rd Stage."
Another one spoke with a sneer, "Some people don't know whats good for them..."
Before someone else could say anything, they saw as the duel began and Wang Feng went on action.
"What!?! Is that guy really at 9th Stage Tempering Body Realm!"
"No. How can he push Senior Brother Fu back with a single attack?!"
....
Wang Feng and Fu Shen were oblivious to their audience and started fighting seriously.
Fu Shen suddenly attacked with his free hand and seeing this, Wang Feng retracted his leg and fist and jumped back, avoiding the hit. But Fu Shen wasn't done yet.
"Junior Brother, be careful.", saying so, he rushed at Wang Feng in a mysterious pattern, at a really fast speed. His speed was great and his movement were ... particular.
He reached Wang Feng within a second and extended his right palm, which seemed to glow in yellow light, "Earth Spring Palm!"
Wang Feng, who barely had a moment to react to Fu Shen's speed, suddenly felt a sense of danger and he instantly started revolving all of his Blood Qi, enhancing his body even further, while crossing his arms to block the palm strike.
The next second, the palm connected to Wang Feng's forearms and sent him sliding back many steps, his hands feeling slightly numb. It was only at this moment that Wang Feng realized something important.
'The H*ck!!? How can I forget such an important thing!?', Wang Feng had forgotten that at the Initial Element Realm, the martial artists '... No at this stage they can be called Cultivators.', the Cultivators have enough Qi to use Martial Techniques and have a different fighting style than those in Tempering Body Realm.
But the most frustrating part for him was, he himself could use Martial Techniques! But he had forgotten to even learn any!!
Unlike in the Tempering Body Realm, his Body Forging Realm allowed the martial artist to use Blood Qi. This Blood Qi not also enhances the body of the martial artists, but also can be used to perform simpler Martial Techniques that do not require to manifest the Qi, like a movement technique or a force generation technique.
But, because of the routine he had followed for the past few days, he had forgotten about that fact and just focused on cultivating his pulses.
'*sigh* I can't do anything about it now, I just need to beat Senior Brother faster in this match and learn some suitable techniques.', Wang Feng thought to himself before he lowered his arms and sprinted towards Fu Shen, intending to swiftly end the duel.
Fu Shen looked at Wang Feng, who was charging at him, with shock. 'how is he still standing?! That strike should have been enough to defeat even a 2nd Stage Initial Element Realm Cultivator, much less a 9th Stage Tempering Body Realm Martial Artist as Junior Brother.'
Fu Shen was familiar with his own strength and knew how much strength to use against his opponent. So in the previous strike, he had used strength enough to defeat a 2nd Stage Initial Element partitioner, knowing that Wang Feng could handle that much.
But not only was Wang Feng not defeated, he mostly looked unharmed and had instantly started charging at him.
Although shocked, Fu Shen still reacted fastly and gathered his strength and blocked a punch Wang Feng sent his way.
But the result was again shocking to him as that punch carried such a great amount of force that he couldn't hold on to the punch and was sent flying back, "*Ughh*"
Wang Feng wasn't surprised as he knew that the force his punches, fully enhanced by his Blood Qi, carried the strength of a 6th Stage Initial Element, something Fu Shen couldn't bare.
So after delivering that strike, Wang Feng didn't stop and with a bang of his foot on the ground, shot towards Fu Shen.
Fu Shen swiftly stabilized himself on the ground and glanced at his hand, it had turned red from the force of Wang Feng's punch and was even shaking lightly, 'Just what type of monsterous strength does Junior Brother Wang possesses.'
He didn't get the time to linger on his thoughts as Wang Feng was upon him. So Fu Shen prepared to go all out, 'I should still be able to use Earth Spring Palm two more times.'
For the next few minutes, Fu Shen and Wang Feng locked into a short battle. Fu Shen attacked once more with his technique, but this time Wang Feng was prepared and dodged the attack, while most his punches and kicks connected with Fu Shen, sending his sliding or flying back each time.
"*Haah* I give up.", finally, Fu Shen admitted defeat after a few minutes. Wang Feng too sighed in relief at the duel being over.
Just as Wang Feng was taking a break, Fu Shen suddenly encircled his right arm around Wang Feng's neck and pulled him down, then using his other hand to ruff his hair roughly.
"You brat. You've grown so stronger!". Wang Feng shouted, "hey! Not the hair ", Wang Feng grabbed Fu Shen's hand that was ruffing his hair while Fu Shen laughed out.
Wang Feng then took the moment to escape from Fu Shen's grip and looked at Fu Shen who was still laughing lightly. With a mischievous smile, Wang Feng spoke, "*heh* you sure can laugh for someone who was beaten harshly just a moment ago, Senior Brother."
Hearing the comment, Fu Shen choked on his laughter and his lips twitched, 'I really want to hit him on the head'. "*Haah* well, jokes aside, you really are a monster, Junior Brother. Your body strength is really great and to my estimate, it should be equal to those at the 5th or 6th Stage Initial Element. How do you even practice.", Fu Shen said while shaking his head.
Wang Feng awkwardly chuckled and spoke, "well, I just practice normally.", he continued with the same mischievous tone, "well, you can say that I'm just built differently."
The two suddenly laughed before Wang Feng and Fu Shen started talking for a few minutes before Wang Feng excused himself and went towards the Treasurer Hall.
What he didn't knew was, his name started to get famous in the Ordinary Desciples.
The news that Wang Feng, a 9th Stage Tempering Body Realm, had defeated the Senior Brother Fu Shen, a 3rd Stage Initial Element Realm.
The desciples who heard this were surprised and those with some standing in the sect started to look into Wang Feng's information.
....
Wang Feng walked into the Treasurer Hall and saw two figures talking to each other. One of them was the perverted Old Man, Meng Wu Ya. The other figure was someone Wang Feng couldn't quite see perfectly, but could tell that it belonged to a girl.
'That Old B*stard is at it again!', Wang Feng thought to himself before he saw Meng Wu Ya abruptly extend his hand towards the girl's hand, seemingly startling the girl.
Wang Feng's eyes widened as he ran towards the table, causing a little sound from his steps and pulled the girl's figure back slightly behind him by holding her arm, while looking at Meng Wu Ya with narrowed eyes.
Meng Wu Ya was taken aback by Wang Feng's sudden appearance and by the way Wang Feng was looking at him, but before he could ask something, Wang Feng began, "WHAT THE F*CK OLD MAN!? I KNOW YOU'RE A PERVERT AND IN DESPERATE NEED, BUT YOU CAN'T JUST JUMP ON ANY WOMAN!! DON'T YOU KNOW ANY SHAME!?"
Meng Wu Ya looked at Wang Feng's angry visage foolishly for a second before his mind caught on to Wang Feng's words. Instantly Meng Wu Ya stood up and shouted back, "SLANDER!! WHAT THE H*CK ARE YOU THINKING YOU BRAT!? THAT'S MY DESCIPLE AND I WAS JUST CHECKING HER CONDITION! STOP SMEARING MY GOOD NAME!"
Wang Feng shouted back, "WHAT ARE YOU ON ABOUT!? YOU DON'T HAVE A DESCIPLE, OLD MAN!!". '....huhhh....', Wang Feng blinked, correctly registering Meng Wu Ya's words after shouting.
'desciple? But isn't that ....!!!!', Wang Feng's eyes widened before he looked back at girl. Just as he did, his breath hitched and his mind lost focus.
The figure, who's arm he was still holding, was that of a young women with a slander, hourglass body shape. She had bronze colored big watery eyes and long brown colored hair that was held in a high ponytail with a butterfly hair ornament. She was wearing a moderately purple colored sleeveless dress that reached her mid thighs and over it was a light purple and white frilled layered see-through skirt that was opened from the front and held by a purple belt. She was wearing black colored stocking that just reached her thighs along with the same color of fingerless gloves that reached above her elbows. Her face was covered by a black veil and on her forehead was a small piece of purple colored jewelry.
The women looked pure and heavenly and had an innocent aura around her. This was the first time that Wang Feng had seen such a beautiful and innocently charming woman and got so lost in admiring her that his mind dismissed what Meng Wu Ya had shouted back at him.
*Bang*
"Ahhh!", just as Wang Feng was lost in the beauty in front of him, he felt something hit him on the head. He turned and saw Meng Wu Ya looking at him with narrowed eyes. Wang Feng growled, "YOU! Why did you hit me!?"
Meng Wu Ya snorted, "Stop ogling my desciple, brat! And let go of her arm!". It was only then that Wang Feng realized that he was still holding her arm, causing him to feel the soft and warm feeling from her arm.
He panicked a little and let go of her arm, while apologizing, "sorr..y. Didn't mean to keep holding your arm". 'Is it wrong that I'm feeling a sense of loss after releasing her arm?'
The women replied, "I.. It's... Alright..", Wang Feng looked at her face and saw that her face had turned slightly red and she was avoiding looking him in the eye.
'So Cute!!', was the only thought Wang Feng had before he was again hit by Meng Wu Ya. "Ouch!! You old man, stop hitting me!".
Meng Wu Ya snorted before he sighed and shook his head, "Brat. Stop jumping to conclusions all the time. And stop slandering my name for heaven's sake!"
Wang Feng snorted, "I know that I jumped to conclusion this time, but your previous actions aren't helping either.", Meng Wu Ya had the decency to turn his head slightly at that before he sighed again and spoke.