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Chapter 129: Challenging the Yun Sect

The Yun Sect had two headquarters, one to the south and one to the north. The northern institute was an internal research institute and the southern institute was an institute for guest officials.

The Yun Family was a family with a strong academic background, but a family would still be limited no matter how strong they were. The Yun Family was very generous and gave excellent treatment to the scholars they invited.

The southern institute was constructed just for this reason!

The southern institute's main door was four zhang high and eight zhang wide. It was carved from pure white jade that had no imperfections and was incredibly beautiful. It was completely engraved with various obscure texts and runes, being called the "White Gate" by the people of Central State City!

All the scholars of Central State City aimed to pass the White Gate and all took pride in the White Gate. This gate was considered the goal of countless youths.

However at this moment.

Hong!

Just like an explosion!

The pure white jade gate was smashed apart! They only saw a man with a black cloth on his head being thrown in. Everyone inside the gate was scared silly.

There was actually someone that destroyed the famous White Gate!

The person on the ground was like a giant bug as he quickly crawled forward a few meters. He took off the cloth to reveal a black and blue pig face and loudly shouted, "Save me! There's a brute trying to hurt me!"

"Isn't this consecrate Jiang?"

"What is happening?"

Peng!

At this moment, a large foot slammed onto Jiang Qi's body. The ice like blue blade came forward and he was frozen by the feeling of the cold blade.

Breaking the main gate of the southern institute!

Heavily wounding a southern institute consecrate!

Even a fool would be able to understand what was happening, but the Yun Sect juniors did not even have the time to fly into a rage.

The young man's dagger like eyes swept across the crowd and then he gave a fearless smile, "I'm here for an explanation! You little ones should not waste my time, bring someone in charge over!"

Jiang Qi did not have a low status in the Yun Sect.

He was still a consecrate!

Not only did someone dare to beat him, the assaulter also dared to come to the Yun Sect. This was not only looking down on the Yun Sect, he was also challenging the Yun Family! Where did someone like this come from?

The young man was wearing a gray robe and he had a bamboo hat on his head. With an ordinary scabbard and a ragged clothing, he looked just like a weary traveller. He was very young and seemed a little disorderly. His hair was messy, his appearance was mediocre, and there was not a single distinguishing feature about him

Jiang Qi's face filled with anger, wishing he could break out of this hold. He had finally realized just how strong this young man was and did not dare to move at this moment.

The Yun Sect, the holy ground of Central State scholars!

How could something like this happen now?

The dignified Yun Sect consecrate was now being held hostage by this young man. It was fine that he was beaten like a pig, but now he was wildly demanding for an explanation like he was the victim here.

Was there even logic here?

This was a clear challenge and clear provocation, this was simply slapping their face!

The Yun Sect juniors looked at Chu Tian in indignation.

Out of the Central State Four Great Families, only the Yun Family did not go into politics, business, or the military. They did not build up their influence, but there was nobody that dared to question the Yun Family's status!

Why?

It was simple!

The Yun Family was a true scholar family!

The famous Alchemists and Symbol Masters in Central State, half of them came from the Yun Family. Out of all the popular talismans and pills on the market, at least half came from the Yun Family. Central State's Symbol Master Guild, Alchemy Master Guild, and even Central State Academy were all filled with people from the Yun Sect.

If the Chu Family was the family that was the most martial arts based.

Then the Yun Family would be the most scholarly family in Central State.

The Yun Family juniors were all filled with a sense of honour and Central State scholars all considered it an honour to enter the Yun Sect.

Now that Chu Tian was holding a Yun Sect scholar hostage, how could these proud juniors accept this?

"Nobody has dared to provoke the Yun Sect in all these years." A sound came from the large hall, "You are truly brave!"

A middle aged person came out followed by two old men. The middle aged man was wearing the clothes of a Yun Family Elder. Although he wasn't a high level elder of the Yun Family, his eyes were filled with killing intent, giving him an angry appearance.

Out of the two old men, one was tall and one was short. They were both dressed like scholars and were both visibly angry.

Once Jiang Qi saw these two old men, he immediately cried out, "Fifth Brother Disciple, Sixth Brother Disciple, save me!"

The middle aged man was called Yun Guangyan and was the executive elder of the Yun Family southern institute. He was in charge of handling the everyday needs of the Yun Sect. The tall old man by his side was named Gao Haoran and the short old man was named Li Tai.

Gao Haoran and Li Tai were not simple people!

They were both disciples of the grand scholar Gu Qingqiu. Because they had been out studying, they came to Central State and ended up in the Yun Sect, becoming key members of the southern institute!

Who was Gu Qingqiu?

He was the royal tutor of the Southern Summer Country, specially teaching the royal family juniors. The Southern Summer Country's king had personally bestowed the title of "Grand Scholar" to him and he was the role model of all the Southern Summer Country scholars.

Gao Haoran and Li Tai had studied under Gu Qianqiu, how revered was this status?

What was worse was the fact that Jiang Qi who was being held hostage was also the junior disciple of the two of them. That meant that he was also a disciple of Gu Qianqiu.

Jiang Qi acting arrogantly and Jing Hao not daring to offend him!

Wasn't it just for this reason

"Ha, ha, ha, ha!" Chu Tian looked at the crowd and slowly began to laugh, "You have to understand something! I am not offending the Yun Family like this, rather I'm just removing a tumor from your Yun Family. If this kind of insect was allowed to remain in the Yun Sect, your Yun Sect would be in danger!"

Yun Sect in danger?!

Yun Guangyan was filled with anger, "What kind of thing are you, daring to boast like this? Are you not afraid of provoking the Yun Family's anger being this wild?!"

"This one is Lu Ren who is nothing more than a simple wandering rogue cultivator. I have come a long way to come and compare notes with your school. This is because I have heard of Central State's great Yun Family with its strong origins and strong background, as well as the terrifying Purple Lightning Young Master."

"I've heard of the Yun Family which is a several hundred year old clan as well as the hundred year old patriarch Yun Tianhe who has not only lived to the present, but also has a reputation as a very knowledgeable, courteous, righteous, and generous person. Also I've heard that the Yun Sect is the place for scholars to gather with its acclaimed power and nationwide reputation."

Yun Guangyan flew into a rage, "If you want to come and learn, why did you harm our people!"

"You have to ask him about that." Chu Tian used the sword's blade to pat Jiang Qi's face, "Where did this idiot come from? He's so weak, yet he dares to be so arrogant. Placing no one in his eyes and wanting to take my tongue with a single word. This kind of black hearted and stupid person can actually be considered a scholar? I couldn't control my anger and gave him a beating, but what surprised me was the fact that he belonged to your Yun Sect."

"What made me disappointed was that even a degenerate like him could find a place to stand in the Yun Sect. It seems like the Yun Sect gets its fame from deceiving the world. The Yun Sect's scholars are just a disorderly crowd gathering together, not worth mentioning and not worth stopping for!"

Jiang Qi was so angry he almost fainted.

"You're seeking death!" Yun Guangyan was so angry he began to tremble, "Jiang Qi is a disciple of the grand scholar Gu Qianqiu, what do you count for? You're just a simple commoner, a nameless peon and you actually dare to hold Sir Jiang hostage and cause trouble for our Yun Sect? Your mouth continues to spew trash and you keep tarnishing our Central State scholar's holy ground, we will not let you continue doing this!"

"Ha, ha, ha, ha!"

"Such a good grand scholar's disciple, such a good commoner peon. I already guessed the Yun Sect was not all that it was cracked up to be, but I never would have thought that the Yun Sect would be filled with blind people like you!"

"If the leaders are not virtuous, the people cannot be expected to be the same. You are a revered elder and yet you do not try to set a good example, demonstrating good morals and justice. You only know how to bully the weak and curry favours with the strong. For a degenerate like you to appear, what kind of place is the Yun Family? What kind of place is the Yun Sect?"

"You unjustly claim to be the premier academic body of Central State!"

Chu Tian wore a severe expression as he looked at Yun Guanyan. Not only was he not afraid, he spoke in a sarcastic tone.

"The Yun Family juniors standing around, when you see an elder of your family acting like this, how do you feel? Why is the Ye Family so notorious? It is because they act very ruthlessly and then everything slowly developed around their actions. If this continues, in my opinion, the Yun Sect will be following the same steps soon!"

"You don't do things benefiting the family and instead shelter dirty insects like this. You appear to be a Yun Family elder, but you are just a traitor to the Yun Family!"

The Yun Family juniors stared blankly at one another.

This fellow's mouth was really sharp!

The elder was scolded to the point he couldn't retort!

Moreover, this fellow was too wild. There was no one else in Central State City that dared to do something like this.

Yun Guangyan's face turned ugly. This person had a very glib tongue and could easily distort facts, but Jiang Qi's temperament was also well known. He was normally very arrogant and many people in the Yun Family were not pleased with him. The young man's words were very harsh, but they were not exactly wrong.

"Humph! That's enough!"

Gao Haoran walked forward, "That's enough! Jiang Qi is a member of the Yun Sect and if he does something wrong, it is up to the Yun Sect to deal with him! It is not something for a wet behind the ears brat like you to concern yourself with!"

Li Tai was even more direct, "You're just a trivial commoner, yet you dare to disturb our Yun Sect like this. You dare tarnish our scholar's holy ground, treating it as warning the world!"

Chu Tian broke out in wild laughter again, "This one had wanted to come learn at the Yun Family's school, but who would have thought that I would run into a bunch of incompetent old frogs! Since it's like this, let's forget about learning from you. Let's just compare notes instead!"

"What?"

"Compare notes?"

"Ha, ha, ha, ha!"

"That is truly the funniest joke I have heard!"

"I haven't heard wrongly, right? A unknown valley bumpkin wants to compare notes with the Yun Sect!"

"..."

Everyone began to laugh.

They had seen people who did not fear death, but they had never seen anyone this crazy.

In the Yun Sect, all kinds of scholars converged and there were countless experts. A young man that was under twenty years old actually dared to challenge the Yun Sect? Knowledge was different from one's cultivation base. It required talent, but it also required time to build. Rome was not built in a single day!

Gao Haoran and Li Tai were so angry that they were confused.

They were disciples of the grand scholar Gu Qianqiu, being challenged like this by an unknown brat, there was no difference between this and an insult.

Yun Guang angrily roared, "What kind of qualifications do you have to challenge the Yun Sect!"

Asking what qualifications I have?

The fact that I, Brother Tian, am even coming to challenge your Yun Sect is already giving you face!

"This little one doesn't dare compete in astronomy or geography, but as for arrays, talismans, weapons refining, alchemy, martial arts, literature, and art...This one partakes in a bit of everything!" Chu Tian did not intend to be modest, he acted as arrogantly as possible, "Everyone in the Yun Sect can come altogether! Let me see if there are any bookworms with skills here!"

Everyone in the Yun Sect coming at once?

Wasn't this seeking death?

"How bold!"

Yun Guangyan wanted to pull out his blade, he had no way of enduring this kind of insult anymore.

"Elder please wait!" Gao Haoran revealed a cold smile, "We will take this brat's life, but we can't lose any prestige for the Yun Sect. If he wants to challenge us, then let's give him a chance first!"

Yun Guangyan's expression changed, "This..."

Li Tai stared at Chu Tian and said, "If you lose, release our disciple brother and poke out your eyes!"

Yun Guangyan knit his brows. The two of them seemed to be truly angry. They had high statuses in the Yun Sect and the Yun Family had been declining over the years, so the Yun Sect had to be preserved. These external scholars were the key to supporting the Yun Family's influence, they could not be offended.

"I'll give you guys a single joss stick's time! Who wants to come first!"

"I'll test you then!" A young man stood up, "Do you know what the «Medical Nerve» is? Where did it come from and when was it passed on to humans!"

This was a test on history and culture!

«Medical Nerve» was an ancient book that existed in legends.

Out of all the people here, there was no one who knew where it came from.

Chu Tian gave a calm smile, "The «Medical Nerve» book lays the foundations of alchemy. Its predecessor was a cultivation technique that stems from an ancient period which was created by the ancient god Yarayamu. After the ancient dragon king Cassadi first revised it, the great sage serving the elf king Ugalabu extracted the basic alchemy theory that would become «Medical Nerve», but it was then stolen by the spiritual beasts. Three thousand year later, there was a war between the spiritual beast and humanity, and that is when it was spread to the human continent!"

[TL Note: Man, these ancient names all sound like nonsense in chinese…..]

That young man's body was trembling.

Gao Haoran, Li Tai, and Yun Guangyan also knit their brows.

This was a very obscure topic, but this little brat could recite it so naturally.

Medical Nerve was a great foundational alchemy book which did indeed stem from a long time ago. There was a cultivation technique that allowed one to extract the essence of things for oneself, but because the world had changed by quite a bit since the ancient period, there was no way to train in this cultivation technique.

There were only obscure and abstruse fragments and formulas left.

It was all compiled into the «Medical Nerve» by the elves!

Another youth stood up and said, "Can you recite the first five thousand characters of «Medical Nerve»!"

From this remark.

Everyone's expressions changed. This was clearly making things more difficult for him!

This «Medical Nerve» was very obscure and complex. Not to mention reciting it, the average person could not listen to it for long. As for the first chapter of «Medical Nerve», even great masters would feel dizzy from reading it. How was it possible for him to recite it?

Chu Tian disdainfully curled his lips

What did the Medical Nerve count for? The later generation had fully restored it and had already made major modifications. Chu Tian had long remembered the entire Medical Nerve.

"The real «Medical Nerve» has eight thousand characters in the first chapter. After it was spread to the human race from the spiritual beasts, the translation process caused several fragments to be lost. If you want to study the true Medical Nerve, you must be proficient in the ancient elf language!"

"I will use the ancient elf language and recite the first chapter for you!"

"Just treat it as a gift that I'm bestowing upon you!"

"How much you can remember will all depend on you!"

Chu Tian held Jiang Qi in one hand and the Netherworld Sword in the other as he walked over to the wall.

A bunch of strange words began to come out of his mouth, it was clearly not the human language. There were over twenty tones in his voice and it came out very melodically. There were thousands of crests and falls, just like he was singing, but it was also like a kind of chant. A strange charming power began to attack everyone's minds.

Medical Nerve!

Countless scholars had spent their entire lives just to fail at trying to decipher it.

Chu Tian could actually speak in pure ancient elf language and recite the first chapter of Medical Nerve. This profound writing began to attack the souls of everyone in the crowd.

Chu Tian kept on reciting as he continued to move his sword.

The complex and profound writing was being carved onto the wall. Each character as filled with an ancient wisdom. Every word of the ancient elf language that was carved seemed to carry the mysterious aura of the elven forest.

Chu Tian began to recite faster and his sword also started moving faster, it was almost as if he had been possessed.

At this moment, he was like a poet reciting a hundred poems. At this moment, he was wildly swinging his sword of pride. At this moment, he was like a well learned scholar!

The words displayed the pinnacles of wisdom and art, emitting a soul stirring charm!

After he recited the last character!

The wall exploded into pieces!

The priceless chapter had been destroyed!

The eyes of all the scholars of the Yun Sect turned red...No! NO! They hadn't seen enough yet!

At this moment, the young man turned around. He had a bright smile and a wild posture. The sun shined through the gap in the wall and covered his body in a golden glow.

In that instant.

He seemed like a deity descended from the heavens!

Chapter 130: A shocking talent

Chu Tian's shocking display was not only seen by the crowd. Not far away, there was a small loft where there was one old and one young person standing there, their faces were filled with shock.

This old man was Yun Tianhe.

And the young girl was definitely Yun Yao!

The moment trouble appeared in the Yun Sect, people already went to report it. The moment Yun Yao and Yun Tianhe arrived at the scene, Yun Yao immediately recognized that the person holding Jiang Qi hostage was Lu Ren.

The two of them did not show up so they could watch Chu Tian's appearance. Seeing the elegant eight thousand character ancient tome disappearing like a flower blooming had deeply shocked their hearts.

To Yun Yao.

She never would have thought that this young man would be so knowledgeable. He was knowledgeable about ancient and current texts, even being able to recognize the delicate language of the elven people. This was something that no master in Central State could do!

The one who was truly shocked was definitely Yun Tianhe!

Yun Tianhe was a very knowledgeable scholar and was very clear on the value of the entire first chapter of Mecidal Nerve. This youth could actually completely recite it. This kind of attainment, was very hard for Yun Tianhe to follow!

Genius?

No!

There were geniuses all around them right now!

But it wasn't enough to describe him as a genius!

This was a monster, a complete monster!

Yun Tianhe couldn't hold back any longer. He wanted to rush down and personally greet this miracle genius, but who would have thought that Yun Yao would actually stop Yun Tianhe, "Grandpa, what are you doing? Don't you want to continue watching and see his other talents?"

Yun Tianhe's heart skipped a beat, but he was still worried.

"You can relax!" Yun Yao said to Yun Tianhe, "I know this person's attitude. The fact that he showed up today means he already has a plan ready. He is here to see me, so as long as he doesn't see me, he will continue to show off until we have no choice but to show ourselves!"

This was a miracle genius.

But he was also a strange genius.

He was hard to control. Unless it was something he wanted to do, no one could make him do what they wanted. This was a once in a thousand years opportunity. If he allowed Chu Tian to continue showing off, it would open the eyes of the Yun Sect and it would let Yun Tianhe see what a truly highly skilled person was like!

"Alright!"

"Let's keep watching!"

Yun Tianhe was actually very curious.

How many unexpected things could this young man do? As for the Yun Sect's face, he did not even care about that. The Yun Sect deserved this kind of thing after constantly boasting.

...….

Yun Guangyan, Gao Haoran, Li Tai, and the crowd were all dumbfounded by their shock.

How was this possible?

The elven race had a longer history compared to the human race and they had created several hundred languages and writing styles, it was all very complex. Not to mention a small kingdom, even a scholar from a large kingdom or empire would not be able to speak the ancient elven language!

No wonder this fellow dared to act so arrogantly.

He was a truly talented scholar.

Just with this, he would be considered a rare talent. There would be no one that could compare to him!

"What's wrong, are you all stunned? The Yun Sect's level is quite mediocre!" Chu Tian's sword returned to Jiang Qi's neck, "A question that even a child could answer, you still think it's enough to challenge me with?"

Chu Tian swore.

He really wasn't just putting them down!

In the future, «Medical Nerve» was something that alchemist apprentices studied. Being able to recite it was the basic requirement for passing!

There were several elven languages that all scholars were required to learn!

Gao Haoran and Li Tai's faces turned pale.

They never thought the situation would become like this.

This was troublesome. The Yun Sect's prestige did not matter, but they were Gu Qianqiu's disciples. If they lost to a wet behind the ears little brat, what kind of face would they have left?

They looked at each other.

Li Tai came forward, "Although we don't know where you stole this first chapter, you still think you can be so arrogant based on this alone? We'll let you know today what there's also someone above you means!"

"Disciple Brother Li studies ancient texts, focusing on ancient history. He was even praised as being very knowledgeable by our teacher." Gao Haoran looked at Chu Tian with a proud face as he spoke, "I am skill in rune arrays and although I can't compare with teacher, I can still be considered quite skilled. We'll both give you a chance. We'll let you compete with whoever you want and in whatever fashion you wish!"

The two masters were personally making a move?

The Yun Sect members were stunned!

The two of them were disciples of grand scholar Gu Qianqiu, but they were still ordinary people!

Chu Tian did not pay them any attention. He just calmly said, "Too troublesome, come all together!"

"You..."

Chu Tian interrupted them, "First put out ten tables of Symbol Array Chess and then bring out the ancient text. I'll play chess with you while competing in knowledge!"

Symbol Array Chess was a special kind of chess game.

Using an array as a chess board and runes as pieces, the sides would fight against each other. Now only does it test a person's knowledge and strategy, it also tests their attainment in symbol techniques!

This kind of chess was very different from normal chess. Because the board was an array and considering the fact that there were thousands of arrays in the world, how could it be easy? Then considering that the pieces were runes and there were hundreds of millions of runes in the world, it was constantly changing with infinite paradoxes. There were countless secrets concealed and there were infinite mysteries!

A person that could play Symbol Array Chess was already considered an array master.

A person that was good at Symbol Array Chess was considered an expert.

One person playing ten games at once? And he wanted to face the Yun Sect's masters? This was completely unprecedented!

Moreover, Chu Tian wanted to play chess while accepting the Yun Sect's challenges. Comparing knowledge, stories, and intelligence using the ancient books of the Yun Sect, this would definitely put him in a disadvantageous situation.

Why would he do this?

Was there a hole in his brain?

No. Of course not. It was confidence. It was an unbreakable confidence!

This was looking down on them and it was openly looking down on them!

Gao Haoran was so angry he was completely muddleheaded, "Good! Good! Good! Then let's compete!"

Yun Guangyan's face turned pale.

This was too exaggerated. Even if the Yun Sect could win, they would be smearing their fame onto the floor!

There was no one that dared to move slowly as they immediately set up the chess boards. Before long, there were ten boards set up, but they were very strange. It was made of animal skill and had triangular, pentagram, oval, and hexagram array patterns painted all over it.

It was not hard to tell from the glow that it was a very strong array pattern. As long as one placed runes within, they could form a strong source energy array.

Symbol Array Chess used runes as pieces. They were written with source energy pens and the two runes would compete with each other. Whichever rune overwhelmed the other and formed a complete array was deemed the winner.

Ten different array patterns, each one was different.

The Yun Sect brought out a large bookcase with a large amount of ancient tomes placed within it. There were many tomes here that even the Yun Sect could not understand.

"Now we'll do this in a half a joss stick's worth of time!" Chu Tian nodded in satisfaction, "I don't want to embarrass you, so if I even lose a single board, then it'll count as my lose! If there is a book I cannot understand, then I lose! Let's begin!"

Gao Haoran coldly snorted and said, "You can go first."

"Then I won't be polite." Chu Tian gripped his source energy pen and without even thinking he began to write on the array patterns. Ten complex runes fell onto the array patterns.

Gan Haoran's expression fell.

Symbol Array Chess board was not like ordinary chess board.

The Symbol Array Chess board constantly changed. Not only did the shape and content change, the element and principle of the array itself changed. If a normal symbol master studied it for their entire life, they would only understand two or three chess boards.

Facing this kind of strange board, the players had to studied the board itself before they began to write. This in itself is a very complicated matter.

But for Chu Tian?

With a single glance, he began to write. It was very clean and he did not waste any time!

If a rule did not conform to the array board, it would be repelled by the board and disappear without a trace. So a carelessly written rune had no way of fitting into the array pattern!

But these ten patterns shined bright on the array pattern and their aura circulated properly. This meant, these ten runes perfectly fitted with the array board!

What was even more terrifying was!

They had never seen a single one of these runes before!

In a match of Symbol Array Chess, the most important thing was to destroy the enemy's rune and complete the array. If he put it down so quickly without even knowing what the enemy's rune is, how could he break it?

Chu Tian saw this old geezer's constipated expression and he laughed as he said, "No need to be polite! Your Yun Sect can come all together and compete in chess with me!"

"You're going too far!"

"Old Gao, we'll help you!"

The Yun Sect members were filled with indignation. They surrounded the ten chess boards and began to enthusiastically discuss with one another.

When Li Tai saw this, his eye twitched a few times. He gave a cold snort and pulled out an ancient book to throw at Chu Tian, "What kind of content is recorded on this book?"

Chu Tian stunned Jiang Qi by hitting him with a palm.

He caught the book with his free hand.

"Dragon language. To be accurate, it's an ancient new dragon language. It describes a biography."

"Water Crystal Dragon King Ahmi Xiuluosi was born in the bronze age year 1331 and died in the bronze age year 3412. He had dominated the Amousse grasslands for five hundred years, settling his base at the Dark Blood Dragon Peak. He had received the Dragon Emperor's blessing. Altogether he had nine descendants, they are….."

Was the dragon language a hard language?

Even a knowledgeable scholar would take several days of studying to decode a single symbol or punctuation. Chu Tian was reading it like a storybook, going from page to page, reading this dragon king's life story. Not a single word was missed.

This was a very precious piece of literature!

Even Li Tai was weak to this kind of treasure.

Although it wasn't a cultivation technique or a formula, it was still the life story of a very strong dragon. It included where he went, where he explored, where he died, and where he was buried...From this book, there was a possibility one could find an ancient rune!

Once Chu Tian had reached the end, he closed the book, "This is the writing of the lower class in the new dragon language, it was used by the low class members of the dragon race. So, this so called Water Crystal Dragon King was not a high leveled dragon. This kind of text is not challenging at all!"

Chu Tian flicked his hand.

The ancient book returned to the bookshelf.

When set time was over, Gao Haoran and the others drew a rune on each array pattern after carefully examining it.

There were offensive, defensive, camouflaged, and probing runes.

Chu Tian ignored all of it and without even thinking about it, the ten runes fell onto the chess board. The runes embraced the runes already on the board, but their styles were completely different.

Gao Haoran and the other Yun Sect masters all broke out in a cold sweat.

What is happening?

Why can they not understand this!

Gao Haoran privately said to the others, "This little brat's array is quite strange, it is actually an unknown all around rune. It isn't likely we'll be able to break it. We only have one choice, stall!"

That's right!

Stall it out!

They didn't know how to break it or how to defend against it, so they could only stall. They would pay attention to the arrays and make sure that this little brat's runes could not take over the array.

Even if they could not stop him, they had to stall!

Did the little brat say that if he missed even a single board in a half a joss stick's time, he would lose? Then they would stall until he lost. There was one person by each of the ten boards. This was a very hard period because it would take an extremely strong memory and very strict logical skills.

There were over tens of Symbol Array Masters here including Gao Haoran!

They thought of various means to disturb him, destroy his rune, and block his attack. They didn't seek to win, they just wanted to win with time!

Not looking to win, but stalling for time?

How could Chu Tian not see through their ideas?

But with this group of idiots' powers, how could they think about stopping him! It was like using a mantis to stop a carriage!

Chapter 131: Letting them lose together

At this moment, the members of the Yun Sect finally realized something, this was a challenge that the number one scholar union in Central State was afraid of facing! This common young man who everyone looked down on was actually pressuring over one hundred scholars to the point where they found it hard to breathe!

The Yun Family juniors were shocked. The Yun Sect scholars were people the Yun Family recruited from large organizations and not a single one of them was a simple person!

It was because of this that they normally looked down on everything.

They thought they were a cut above the others and paid no attention to the Yun Family juniors!

When people faced these high masters, they did not dare to disrespect them because they were all top figures in various fields. It was fine for them to be proud and arrogant.

However that changed the moment this young man leisurely walked in with his casual body language and smile that never disappeared.

The Yun Sect scholars were now in a giant bind. Their heads were covered in sweat and they continued to discuss with one another. They didn't even dare to breathe too loudly, treating this situation very severely.

Who was strong and who was weak could be clearly seen with a single glance.

This was only the beginning!

The Yun Family juniors felt as if their view of the world was turned upside down. The masters that they had looked up to were now joining forces against a single commoner youth. The most shocking thing was that even though they were working together, they were still at a disadvantage.

"Since you know everything about modern and ancient history, let me ask you." Li Tai asked in a fierce voice, "The continent has many eras, what is the characteristic of each era?"

This question seemed very simple.

But was actually very hard to respond to.

The problem was that there were many disputes and contradictions with the answer itself. No matter how Chu Tian answered, Li Tai would find a way to refute him.

Chu Tian revealed a slight smile and calmly replied.

"Since the world was born, there have been four eras."

"In the beginning of the world, there was around a hundred million years where the continent was built from scratch. The world itself was dead during this period and there were no life forms at all. It was the period where materials and laws of the world were just beginning to form. This beginning period was divided into nine periods, they are..."

Chu Tian gave an eloquent tirade.

He listed every one of the nine periods, how they formed, how they developed, what the outcomes were. He clearly described each and every detail and reason.

This made Li Tai dumbfounded.

He could not find a single point to refute.

Chu Tian's answer was impregnable and had answered countless unsolved mysteries.

"After the developing world era, the continent entered the great ancient era."

"The great ancient era lasted around ten million years of years. The world laws of the continent continued to grow and life began to take form. Countless legendary Ancient Demons, Ancient Gods, and Divine Beasts were born in this era. The great ancient era was divided into five periods..."

"The High Ancient Era lasted for around a million years and was considered a peak in history. The life forms of the ancient continent were like stars with countless advanced civilizations. Countless strong races appeared and what represented them was..."

"The Broken Era occurred at the peak of the great ancient era. Because the continent was too big, even shining a light would take several years to get to the other end. This caused many different world laws to appear. Because there were too many kinds of world laws conflicting with one another on the continent, the ancient continent finally collapsed!"

"In the end, the ancient continent exploded and each fragment became its own continent. They formed their own space and time dimensions and formed world laws independent of one another. Like this, the gods and demons fell..."

"...."

Chu Tian had given a detailed description of the evolution of the world. All the main events, all the important characters had all been clearly described.

The young men and women from the Yun Family listened on dumbfoundedly.

Because the content was too lustrous and dazzling, they had never heard it before!

Li Tai was completely dumbfounded. The academic society already had some ideas of the world's origins and development, but there had never been a person like this who could clearly separate the time periods and describe each period clearly.

"So you are saying that our continent is a fragment formed from the explosion of the ancient continent?" A young girl wearing the Yun Family's uniform could not help asking, "Do the other fragments still exist?"

Chu Tian calmly looked over the ten boards and then calmly began to write another rune. Hearing the question, he calmly answered, "Of course they still exist. Although the ancient continent collapsed, it still has not disappeared. I believe that one day we will be able to break through the dimensional barrier and reconnect with the other continents. We can explore all the different resources they have and compete with the mysterious races of the other continents!"

The Yun Family juniors were all shocked!

Is this true?

This continent was already vast and boundless and it was still developing, it was hard for people to even find the boundary of the world, but this was actually only a single fragment of the ancient continent. How amazing of a world was the ancient continent when it was still complete?

Chu Tian did not seem like he was competing at the Yun Sect at this moment. He seemed more like a teacher that was giving his students a history lesson.

Yun Guangyan flew into a rage and stared at those curious faces of those juniors who wanted to ask more, "What are you doing! Are you not embarrassed? Why have you not moved to the side yet!"

The Yun Family juniors revealed expression of regret. They had a lot they still wanted to ask, but with their elders here, they could only helplessly move aside.

Yun Guangyan gave a cold snort and said, "This is all absolutely nonsense. Do you even have evidence to prove what you just said!"

Chu Tian laughed, "Then do you have evidence that proves what I just said is nonsense?"

Yun Guangyan looked at Li Tai, but Li Tai had a face like he had just eaten poop, "Humph, although he has added in several imaginative speculations, the time period he described is about right!"

Li Tai did not imagine that Chu Tian would give this kind of impregnable response.

If he wanted to talk about world origin studies, all the things he learned were what his teacher had heard from the schools of large countries. Even those large countries only had a small idea and had no concise theory.

Li Tai then asked, "Let me ask you, do you know how many civilizations have appeared on the continent? As well, how many eras have the human civilization had?"

"After the Ancient Continent broke, almost all of the immortals that lived in the era had died. The descendants of those gods and demons had survived and slowly began to multiple, eventually forming a population. This process took around eight hundred thousand years."

"There were the Demon Race, Heaven Race, Dragon Race, Elves, Spiritual Beast, etc. civilizations that arose, but once those civilizations collapsed, the sixth civilization, the Human Race was born."

"When the Demons and Heaven Race ruled, there were few intelligent beings on the continent. The two ancient bloodline clans did not form any empires in the end. When the elves and dragons ruled, their era was split into four time periods. But since they had long lives and slow metabolisms, their civilization progressed slowly and was eventually replaced by the Spiritual Beast Era."

"The Spiritual Beast Era was split into eight different periods. The Spiritual Beasts multiplied quickly and formed a giant kingdom, creating a magnificent era."

"All the way until twenty thousand years ago, when the humans appeared on the east side of the continent. The humans were an even more dominating race than the Spiritual Beasts. The humans had the dragon clan's intelligence, the elves' learning abilities, and a stronger potential than the Spiritual Beasts. Also the humans were a very short lived race, but they had a strong reproductive ability, which meant that they could stand on the ruins of the past few generations and develop their civilization even faster!"

Another person couldn't help asking, "Why is it that the short lived humans could actually have a stronger civilization?"

"Good question!" Chu Tian raised his pen and looked at that person, "Suppose you had the lifespan of ten thousand years, what kind of changes would your life have?"

"This, this..."

That person could not imagine it.

This was a joke!

Ten thousand years!

What would you need to be afraid of?

Naturally one would find a safe place and live a peaceful life!

With ten thousand years, no matter how slow one's learning speed was, they still would not lose to any masters!

The young man's eyes that shined like stars seemed like it could pierce through his mind, "Because with a long life, ten years can be like a single day. Your will to learn will slowly be molded down and you will not race against time to make yourself stronger. You will live a relaxed and comfortable life so you would only casually practice your cultivation. A single nap for a dragon was ten years and the elves were immersed in art, causing their development to slow and the entire population to lose the will to better themselves."

Once Chu Tian said this, he suddenly stopped.

"On the other hand, when cultivation, studying, and reproduction is compressed into just seventy years of life and one can only have what they want if they become stronger, everyone will be racing against time to cultivate. If they make wasting time a sin, then it turns into a completely different picture! Moreover, the world is very fair. Those with long lives have weak reproductive abilities and those with short lives have strong reproductive abilities. The Dragon Race and Elves were very strong, but being replaced by the Spiritual Beasts and humans was something that was required by history!"

"Not only do the humans have a stronger reproductive might compared to the Spiritual Beasts, compared to the Spiritual Beasts, they have higher intelligence and stronger learning ability. It is because of this that humans dominating the continent was something that had to happen in history. When humans appeared twenty thousand years ago, they could already compete with the elves and Spiritual Beasts. Then another ten thousand year pass and the human population has increased by ten times while the civilization development speed has increased by a hundred times. Of course we would become the overlords of the continent!"

"...."

The more Chu Tian said, the more mysterious it felt to the listeners. In the end, they were all filled with a sense of enlightenment and a deep pride in their own race.

Humans were actually this strong!

A short lifespan was not a good thing, but to an entire race, this was not a disadvantage.

The Yun Family juniors all revealed expressions of awe!

Educated!

Wise!

This young man around the same age as them was too powerful. He was not bragging at all, other than astronomy or geography, he really did know everything from the present and past!

No wonder he dared to challenge the Yun Sect.

This young man truly had the ability to do so!

Nobody knew when, but the ten boards were completely covered in runes. It was clear that the chess game was in a stalemate.

Ten chess boards.

Each one had over a hundred runes on them.

Just looking at the array pattern itself was enough to make people dizzy. Chu Tian walked between the ten chess boards and every time he made moves while walking. It was as if he had completely memorized all ten of the patterns on the chess boards already!

It had to be known.

Not only was he playing array chess with tens of opponents, he was also answering all of Li Tai's questions at the same time.

Gao Haoran was the head of the scholars, but he didn't know where to attack, so he could only try to stall. He had protected all the key points and as long as Chu Tian could not break through these points, he could not complete the array.

What was confusing was.

Chu Tian pretended not to care and did not attack, he just continued to finish his layout.

Gao Haoran's group all revealed a happy expression. Half of the time was already up and with the defense barrier that the people here have set up, even if Chu Tian wanted to attack, he could not break through it in this short amount of time!

"Can you translate the contents of this animal skin scroll?!"

Li Tai threw an animal skin scroll at him.

This animal skin should have come from a high level demonic beast because it did not show any signs of corrosion even after several hundred years.

"This is the record of a Spiritual Beast cultivation technique."

Chu Tian opened the scroll and clearly read the contents out. Of course the language he used was the Spiritual Beast language.

One hand holding the scroll and writing with the other. He was reading while walking and writing runes on each of the ten chess boards.

Could this little brat really do everything?

Li Tai felt a deep sense of helplessness. He had already taken the most difficult ancient books out, but in front of this little brat, they were as simple as children books.

He had no other way.

He was simply at his wit's end!

This young man was like a deity, omnipotent, with nothing that he could not understand. The key point now was not trying to stump him, but to stall for time and make him lose focus in the chess game.

Li Tai began to ask more questions.

Book after book from the shelf was thrown over.

No matter what the content was, Chu Tian smoothly answered all the questions without the slightest bit of hesitation.

The ten chess boards had also reached their climax. Each board was covered in several hundred runes, but everyone was just keeping the peace. No one had made a single attack throughout the entire process.

"Time is almost up!"

"You haven't won a single board!"

"So you've lost!"

"Do you still have anything else to say?"

The scholars' eyes were all red. With the way things were, they didn't even care about their reputations anymore, they just wanted to beat Chu Tian!

Chu Tian shook his head and said, "The reason why I haven't won yet isn't because I couldn't win. It was because I didn't want to win yet!"

"Nonsense!"

"The fact that you can't win is still a fact!"

"You have not won a single game, it can only be considered a draw!"

Chu Tian began to loudly laugh, "Actually winning against you guys is quite easy, but I didn't want to just let you lose. There's no challenge in that! I wanted to make each one of you lose and to let you lose all together!"

Letting us lose all together?

Can you actually do something like that?

The chess boards were constantly changing and it was impossible to predict what would happen next. With this kind of chess board, he wanted to manipulate the outcome and make the ten games have the same result at the same time?

This kind of control was not something humans could achieve!

It was absolutely impossible!

Chu Tian did not waste time talking and directly walked over to the first board. Then he used his pen to add a single rune.

"Water System, Thousand Waves Array!"

The moment the rune fell onto the array pattern.

Light shined in all directions and the runes all connected together. A strong power erupted and a tidal wave was released. The runes that Gao Haoran and the others had racked their brains to write were all washed away like a little hut being hit by a tsunami.

Hong!

Everything was shattered!

The momentum was like ten thousand horses charging forward, leaving not a single trace behind.

The chess board was completely filled with a pure water attributed energy. Not only was the array complete, it was absolutely perfect. Everyone found this completely shocking!

"Light System, Micro Light Array!"

Chu Tian dropped another rune on the second chess board.

The runes on the second board connected and it released a perfect glow. The runes the Yun Sect had written were all melted like snow being thawed by sunlight in spring. The runes that they had worked so hard on was broken like a dam during a flood, instantly disappearing without a trace.

"This...is impossible!"

Gao Haoran was completely dumbfounded.

He dropped a rune in front of the third array pattern and the array began to revolve. The glow of a flame soared into the sky and another array was complete. The runes they had worked so hard to write had been completely burned away, leaving not a single trace.

The fourth board!

The fifth board!

....

The tenth board!

Just like Chu Tian had said, the ten boards were all won in a single move, without the slightest bit of stalling!

These scholars who had thought that they were infallible were all defeated at the same time!

"Ha, ha, ha, ha!"

"Look at it again. Who's the one that lost now!"

The young man casually threw away his pen and faced the sky as he laughed.

"How powerful!"

"He's too handsome!"

"Long live, long live!"

"This is a true grand scholar!"

The Yun Sect juniors could not help screaming out. This young man's techniques were too mysterious, they could not help but feel heartfelt admiration!

As for being insulted?

This kind of matter did not exist!

If the two sides were of equal strength, then they might feel insulted.

But were Chu Tian and the Yun Sect scholars on the same level? The Yun Sect scholars were not even qualified to become his students!

Thinking about it, if a high level grand sage competed with a country bumpkin that just learned how to write in terms of knowledge and the grand sage won, would the country bumpkin need to kill himself in shame? What a joke! If a grand sage chose to compete with you, that is already considered giving you face!

"Rebels! You're all rebels!"

"Are you still members of the Yun Family!"

Yun Guangyan loudly shouted with red eyes, only his voice did not seem to be filled with anger.

Chapter 132: Causing trouble at the Yun Sect

It was a truly unprecedented face slapping method!

It didn't matter that a single person was playing ten games of chess or that a single person was competing against a hundred people. He had not only won, but he had calculated every step and won the ten different boards at the same time!

Such a strange method!

His dazzling technology was so dazzling that it made people crazy. Chu Tian was probably the only person in the world that could do this!

Not to mention the people on the scene who had personally experienced it, even Yun Tianhe and Yun Yao were both thoroughly shocked.

"Impossible!"

"Impossible!"

Gao Haoran had been proud of his symbol technique achievements, but it was all a joke in front of this young man. When he saw how the deadlocked boards had been completely broken and when he saw those obscure perfect symbol arrays appearing on the array patterns.

He gave a loud roar.

Pu!

He spat out a large mouthful of blood.

He was like a withered straw falling in the wind, weakly falling to the ground.

"Brother Disciple!"

Li Tai flew into a rage.

"Dammit!"

"I will kill you!"

Li Tai's claw like hand shot out as fast as the wind, aiming right for Chu Tian. Since things had come to this, only by tearing him to pieces could he resolve the hate in his heart!

"You can't bear to lose! Is this really how the Yun Sect acts?"

"Shut up! Die!"

Right as Li Tai's attack was about to hit.

Netherworld Flickering Flames!

The Netherworld Sword began to move and the blue and white flames was released. The beautiful flame was like a dragon as it swirled around his body. Li Tai was carried away by his anger and did not care about anything. His claw slashed through the flames, but the moment it made contact.

An evil and cold corrosive power attack him.

The flames began to burn away his body protecting spirit energy, instantly destroying half his attack and causing Li Tai to suffer a heavy counter attack.

Li Tai did not care about it that much and just rushed through the flames. He only had one goal, he just wanted to tear Chu Tian to shreds!

But at this moment.

Chu Tian activated his sword art and disappeared from within his flames.

Fast!

Too fast!

It was as if Chu Tian had disappeared in an instant.

Li Tai did not have the time to turn around before a strong sword glow came from behind him, heavily slamming onto his protective spirit energy. Li Tai gave a pitiful cry as he was sent flying.

The little fox took the chance to jump on Chu Tian's shoulder and forcefully spat out.

Sou!

A dark red small needle shot out and pierced through Li Tai's protective spirit energy. It stabbed through his chest and came out behind him, then it turned around and came back.

Li Tai's meridians had suffered a heavy blow.

His spirit energy began to scatter.

Then he heavily fell down on the floor and completely lost his battle potential.

The little fox caught the small flying needle and happily jumped on Chu Tian's shoulder. It kept squeaking at him, trying to take the credit.

Chu Tian rolled his eyes, "Even if you hadn't taken him out, I still would have been able to easily deal with him!"

The crowd never would have thought.

Not only was this young man's knowledge shocking, he even had such a strong battle strength!

Li Tai was a 3rd Awakened Soul Layer Cultivator. Although he was frenzied by his anger and chaotically attacked, his cultivation was still very strong, how could he be an easy person to deal with?

This young man had instantly defeated a 3rd Awakened Soul Layer Cultivator.

How many people in Central State could accomplish this?

This was a very miraculous young man!

"You've gone too far!"

A terrifying aura was released!

Yun Guangyan drew his sabre and a swift and strong sabre qi shot out at Chu Tian.

Although Gao Haoran and Li Tai were 3rd Awakened Soul Layer Cultivators, they were scholars so they didn't have a strong battle potential. Of course they wouldn't be that powerful.

Yun Guangyan was also at the 3rd Awakened Soul Layer, but his cultivation was much deeper compared to theirs and his source spirit was battle orientated. Even if those two old man fought together, they still would not be an opponent for Yun Guangyan!

When Yun Guangyan's aura locked onto him.

Chu Tian could feel that the opponent was very strong, he was close to the same level as Chu Tongwen. With this kind of strong expert, Chu Tian had to careful with how he dealt with him.

"Ha, ha! Come, come, come! I'll fight until I'm satisfied!"

"Sword!"

His spirit energy condensed!

His black sword source spirit loomed above him. It looked very simple like it was forged from black jade, but it released a mysterious and vast aura. It seemed like it came from the ancient era and seemed to belong to a terrifying demon god.

Such a strong source spirit!

Yun Guangyan never would have thought that the source spirit this young man owned would actually be a sword source spirit.

The most famous sword cultivating family in Central State was the Chu Family. That was because of the famous «Soul Sword Secret Art» being the strongest attack cultivation technique in Central State.

Yun Guangyan had fought countless times with the Chu Family geniuses and experts, so naturally he had seen countless strong sword source spirits. But if he compared those sword source spirits with the young man's source spirit, they would not even be on the same scale.

Looking at the aura that the source spirit emitted.

It was definitely the highest level source spirit he had seen up until now!

But a sword source spirit was a pure combat source spirit and would only increase one's attack power and destructive might, it would not affect any other attributes. Generally those that owned sword source spirits would be a battle centered cultivators.

He never would have imagined that someone with a sword spirit would actually have this kind of profound knowledge.

This sword spirit did not affect his studying abilities at all and it did not help him at all!

This young man was too terrifying!

He definitely could not leave!

Yun Guangyan's eyes shined with killing intent, "Since you've shamed my Yun Sect, you will have to pay the price!"

"I didn't not insult the Yun Sect, your technique is just inferior." Chu Tian sarcastically rebutted, "So you're just a bunch of scholars that can't accept loses and are now saying that I've insulted you?"

Yun Guangyan seethed with rage, "Even if it was a Chu Family swordsman, he still would not act so disrespectfully in front of me. Is your sword stronger than the Chu Family's «Soul Sword Secret Art»?"

What did the «Soul Sword Secret Art» count for? It was only a piece of an ancient sword cultivation technique.

The «Netherworld Flame Sword» Chu Tian cultivated was from the great ancient era and evolved from the remnant of a sword art. In terms of strength and profoundness, the «Netherworld Flame Sword» was miles above the «Soul Sword Secret Art».

Of course the «Soul Sword Secret Art» conformed with most people so it was suitable for being a family inherited cultivation technique. The «Netherworld Flame Sword» was very strong, but it had a strong limit and normal people wouldn't be able to cultivate it and was only suited to being a secret art.

The sabre in Yun Guangyan's hand began to emit bolts of lightning and instantly condensed into a sabre of lightning, "You use the sword and I use the sabre. Let's compete and see which is stronger!"

Yun Guangyan's body was covered in lightning and his spirit energy condensed into a lightning sabre.

Sabre source spirit?

Yun Guanyan had a sabre source spirit and like Yun Yao, he had a lightning attribute source spirit, but it wasn't as pure as Yun Yao's. This sabre source spirit only increased his lightning powers by a bit.

With his source spirit's power added in, the long sabre in Yun Guangyan's hand bloomed with lightning that were just like silver snakes winding out. Wherever it went, the air trembled, visibly showing a strong might.

"Thunder Slash!"

Yun Guangyan stepped off the ground and soared in the air. His long sabre was covered in lightning as it streaked at Chu Tian.

Yun Guangyan had a strong battle potential, but with power of the lightning added into his sabre, each slash was also covered in lightning. Not only did it increase his destructive might by ten times, it would also deal strong after effects to the opponent.

Lightning was a very wild form of energy.

Not only could it restrain evil spirits, it also contained a frightening destructive might.

Yun Guangyan's long sabre was covered in lightning and as long as the sabre could form a current, whether it was with the enemy's weapon, armour, or even the energy surrounding their body, the current would spread across their body and instantly numbing the enemy, making them lose their battle strength.

"Then come!"

The Netherworld Sword was covered in blue and white flames. Without running or dodging, he was choosing to clash directly.

This idiot actually dared to directly block Yun Guangyan's sword. Was Yun Guangyan's sword that easy to block? Even a 3rd Awakened Soul Layer expert would not dare to block it head on!

The Netherworld Sword and Thunder Sabre clashed together.

Yun Guangyan did not feel any repelling force and felt like he was slashing into cotton. He kept pouring out his energy, but it felt like he was just throwing it into a black hole that swallowed it all.

Everyone saw a strange sight.

The lightning on Yun Guangyan's sabre was actually visibly disappearing. On the other hand, the flame flow on Chu Tian's Netherworld Sword began to glow brighter as it turned the entire sword into a sword of flame!

Yun Guangyan's face fell.

What is with this fellow's sword?

It could actually absorb the lightning energy. What was even more unbelievable was the fact that the flame was burning the lightning energy and using it to fuel a stronger flame.

"Break!"

Chu Tian gave a low roar.

The Netherworld Ghost Flame erupted out and violently attacked Yun Guangyan's sabre. It broked the sabre into several pieces and sent Yun Guangyan flying several meters.

One move!

This fellow from who knows where.

Actually sent the elder flying in one exchange. He had even shattered the elder's prized sabre!

Yun Guangyan blankly stared at the shattered sabre in his hand. This was a high grade spiritual weapon and it was actually broken by the enemy!

The treasured sword in the enemy's hand was definitely not something ordinary!

Yun Guangyan had clearly underestimated Chu Tian's power. This young man was even more terrifying than he imagined, but now that he had made a move, he could not back down. Even though he knew this would be hard to deal with, he could only brace himself and move forward.

Even if he had to sacrifice himself!

He had to maintain the prestige of the Yun Sect!

Right as Yun Guangyan was about to release his wild counter attack.

"That's enough!"

"Are you not ashamed yet!"

A dignified old voice rang out in everyone's ears and a terrifying pressure covered the entire area.

Yun Guangyan's face fell, "Patriarch!"

Yun Tianhe flew down and landed in the center, then he coldly stared at him, "You still have the face to call me patriarch? The Yun Family's face has been completely lost by you! Starting from today, you will lose your elder position and will sent to the northern institute to do odd jobs for three years!"

Yun Guangyan's expression fell, but he did not dare to refute. He helplessly said, "Yes!"

Li Tai stood up with difficulty, "Old Yun, what are you doing! We gave our all to protect the Yun Sect and you're treating us this coldly!"

"Protecting the Yun Sect? You call what you did protecting the Yun Sect!" Yun Tianhe's terrifying aura was released and everyone felt like it was hard to breathe, "It's fine if we lose. When has the Yun Sect been unable to accept a loss? When has our Yun Sect become people that bullies others with our power and influence? From today on, you three disciple brothers are no longer members of the Yun Sect. We will compensate you double for the contributions you have given to the Yun Sect! Now, please leave!"

Li Tai was so angry he began to tremble, "Yun Tianhe, you are getting ahead of yourself!"

Yun Tianhe gave a cold snort and a terrifying pressure was released, forcing Li Tai to take several steps back, "I have the qualifications to talk evenly with Southern Summer's number one scholar Gu Qianqiu, what do you count for? Nothing but an arrogant junior! Stop disgracing yourself!"

"Good, good!"

"I hope you won't regret this!"

Li Tai never would have thought that Yun Tianhe would turn his back to him and shelter an unknown outsider. But Yun Tianhe had a deep cultivation and was a respected member of the Southern Summer academic community. Li Tai could only bear this loss and bring his disciple brothers away.

This splendid conflict had finally ended!

The Yun Family juniors began to applaud.

Cheng!

The Netherworld Sword returned to its sheath.

Chu Tian turned around to leave.

"Mister, please wait!" Yun Tianhe looked over at Chu Tian and quickly changed his expression. He laughed as he walked over and bowed as he said, "Mister truly is a natural talent, you have opened this old man's eyes. It is this old man's lack of management of the Yun Sect that caused this situation today. I'd like to invite this mister back, so this old man can show his hospitality!"

Yun Yao also walked over, "Alright, you can stop pretending now. I know you're here to see us! Come in and let's talk!"

Chu Tian shrugged and said, "Alright then."

Chapter 133: Yun Family's young master

The youth that he had racked his brains to find actually took the initiative to show up at the Yun Sect and cause trouble. He had actually caused the Yun Sect to lose several senior level characters, it could only be described as a disaster!

But this little brat was just like how Yun Yao described him.

An absolute madman!

Yun Tianhe did not feel even a tinge of regret.

It didn't matter if those scholars without virtue left, that motley group could not compare to how important Chu Tian was. This time Chu Tian had given them a fierce lesson, but he had also set an example for the Yun Sect.

The Yun Sect had been becoming more and more boastful, oppressing others and using their powers to bully the weak. This made their scholarly institute seem more and more dirty.

There was no doubt of Chu Tian's shocking talent. He had personally taken care of all the Yun Sect scholars and shown them that there was always someone better than them. At least now they would act a little more restrained.

Of course, if he could recruit Chu Tian into the Yun Sect...

As Yun Tianhe thought about this, he just felt his blood boiling. This wasn't something like burning an incense for his ancestors, this was simply a giant blaze!

Yun Tianhe was an honest old scholar, he was completely different from the other family leaders. Even if Chu Tian was not willing to join the Yun Sect, just based on the favours he's shown toward the Yun Family, Yun Tianhe would definitely not choose to cause any grudges between them.

"Little mister, please sit."

"I've long heard Yun Yao talking about you and I'm truly honoured to meet you today."

Yun Tianhe personally opened beautiful jade tea canisters and a refreshing fragrance immediately filled the room.

Each tea leaf was as pure as a crystal and it released a vigorous aura. Once it entered the water, runes began to appear on the tea leaves. A strong life energy was released and turned the entire pot of tea into a jade green colour.

Chu Tian rubbed his chin, "The tea is pretty good!"

Yun Tianhe quickly introduced it, "These are tea leaves from the elven nation, each piece is priceless and hard to obtain. The water used to make this tea comes from a spring of life, it can wash one's physique and prolong one's life span. It can even increase one's cultivation base and make up for one's shortcomings."

Yun Yao couldn't help snorting.

Even her grandfather wasn't willing to drink this spiritual tea.

He actually generously took it out today.

It was easy to see how important he felt this fellow was!

Yun Tianhe had lived for close to a hundred years, but now he was as nervous as a student seeing his teacher.

He had too many things he wanted to ask.

But he didn't know how to word it.

This young man had an eccentric personality, if he was neglected, that would be bad!

Yun Tianhe thought it over and could only push these matters down for now. It was best if he first entertained him with the best treatment possible.

Chu Tian held the tea but he did not drink it, he just sniffed it once, "This is the elven green tea produced on the southern emerald plains, planted with the elves' special cultivation method in crescent moon spring water for around a hundred years. But the high class tea leaves are left behind for the elves to enjoy themselves and the middle class tea leaves are sold to their allies. Your tea leaves are low class and can only be considered inferior products."

Yun Tianhe was shocked.

Hearing this he finally learned that these leaves were of the lowest quality. As well as where they came from and that they had a special cultivating method.

Yun Yao was a little unsatisfied, "Just be satisfied with it. Do you know how rare these tea leaves are?"

"Yao'er, what are you saying!" Yun Tianhe was a little dissatisfied, "Go stand out in the yard, don't disturb this mister!"

"He..."

"Why are you not going yet!"

"Fine then!"

Yun Yao stared at Chu Tian and helplessly left.

"For a small country like Southern Summer, it's pretty hard even to get low quality elven tea leaves, so one should not be too harsh." Chu Tian put the teacup down, "Only, you seem to need to increase your hospitality. There are obviously two people here, but you only poured a single cup. Aren't you neglecting a guest like this?"

Two guests?

Where was the second person?

The little fox gave a snort and stuck out its chest while digging in its butt. Its claws were crossed in front of its chest and it stood very haughtily. It had a dissatisfied expression as it looked at Yun Tianhe as if it was saying, "You pour him a cup, but you don't pour me a cup, are you looking down on this fox?"

Yun Tianhe was shocked.

He truly was a strange person.

Even his pet was so clever. It was a very rare thing!

"Oh, oh, it's this old man's fault!" Yun Tianhe quickly poured another cup of spiritual tea.

The little fox stretched out his little claws and held the teacup. Without caring that it was still piping hot, it cleanly drank the entire cup.

It smacked its lip together a few times as if it was tasting it and then its pink tongue licked its lips. It then pushed the teacup back and used its claws to point at the empty cup, then it pointed at its lips.

"You want more?"

Yun Tianhe quickly poured another cup.

The little fox drank it in a single gulp.

This is truly strange!

The strength in the spiritual tea is not small!

Was this little fox not afraid of its body exploding?

The little fox had a human nature and acted just like a person.

Yun Tianhe's manners and performance made Chu Tian very satisfied. This old man was a family head as well as the Yun Sect's master, but he did not act like it, he was very polite to him and his little fox. This kind of gentlemanly attitude was rarely seen in this era.

Yun Tianhe and Zhang Liqing were the same kind of people.

This kind of people could be considered a real scholar!

The only difference was that Yun Tianhe's knowledge, cultivation, and status were all far above Zhang Liqing's.

Out of the Central State Four Great Families, Chu Tian had already offended three of them.

In order to make a foothold in Central State, he would need to win over one of them.

Yun Tianhe was smiling as he said, "My granddaughter is very stubborn, she has given you many troubles in the past, this old man offers this cup of tea as an apology. Thank you for taking care of that little girl."

"It's just a little effort, not worth mentioning at all."

Chu Tian took a small sip and the strange fragrance filled his mouth. It was as if his entire body was soaked and all his pores had opened, letting him constantly breathe the fresh air. It truly was worthy of being the elven green tea.

"Young friend Lu has come to Central State from afar, I wonder, how long are you planning to stay?" Yun Tianhe cautiously asked, "If you do not mind, then do you want to stay at the Yun Family..."

Who would have thought.

Before Yun Tianhe could finish speaking.

A black and blue faced youth rushed in the door and said in an unclear voice, "Old Sister, I was having fun at the brothel when the Luo bastard hit me, you need to take revenge for me!"

Yun Yao stood at the entrance with an awkward expression, she gave a gentle cough.

"You disobedient child!" Yun Tianhe's old face turned black and he angrily slapped the table, "Yun Xiao, are you uncomfortable not losing face for your grandfather!"

When the black and blue faced young man saw Yun Tianhe, he was frightened, but he gave an embarrassed smile and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't see grandfather here. I still haven't cultivated today, I'll go over now..."

"Come back here!"

The young man had a crying face as he walked in front of Yun Tianhe.

Yun Tianhe angrily shouted, "What happened here?"

Yun Xiao honestly said, "Grandson was just sitting in the room studying, but who would have thought that I would be dragged to Miaoyu Square by friends. We only wanted to hear a few songs from the header miss Yu Lian, but who would have thought that the Luo Family would jump the queue without any warning. I was so angry that I began to fight with them, so I just..."

Impressive!

He had gone to the brothel to chase a girl, but was beaten up and then wanted to come back to move his soldier. This kind of person was truly rarely seen in this world!

Yun Tianhe's nose went crooked with anger, "The face of the Yun Family is completely lost by you! From this day forth, you will be confined to your room for two months. You will only practice your cultivation and will not be permitted to leave!"

Yun Xiao's face fell, "Grandfather, do you also want my life?"

"Yun Yao, why are you not dragging your little brother away! Letting him remain in front of young mister, even if you aren't embarrassed, I will feel embarrassed!"

"Wait a minute!"

Chu Tian stood up.

Yun Tianhe also quickly stood up, "Is there something mister needs?"

Chu Tian walked in front of Yun Xiao and looked over him, "This physique is not bad, but the cultivation base is a little weak."

Yun Xiao felt dissatisfied hearing this, "Little brat, what are you mumbling in front of me? Father here is in the 1st Awakened Soul Layer, you're not that much greater than me! What qualification do you have to judge Father!"

Peng!"

"Act a little more honestly for me!"

Yun Xiao was hit several times with a walking stick.

What kind of situation was this? This common boy was actually being treated with respect by his grandfather, was he actually his grandfather's honoured guest?

Chu Tian pondered for a few minutes and suddenly made a decision. He turned to look at Yun Tianhe and said, "Old Yun, let's not lock him up!"

What?

Old Yun?

Yun Xiao was scared by this scene.

This fellow was quite courageous, daring to call Yun Tianhe this. This was one of the heads of the Four Great Families who was close to the True Soul Realm, it was something completely beyond Chu Tian's imagination!

What made Yun Xiao even more surprised was that his grandfather was not angry at all, he just asked, "What do you mean by that mister?"

Chu Tian said, "I need a helper, so why don't you give him to me? Let me teach him for a few days, perhaps he'll experience some unexpected changes!"

This divine person wanted to teach a Yun Family member?

This was simply what Yun Tianhe wished for!

Yun Xiao was a direct descendant of the Yun Family, but he spent every day just eating, drinking, playing with prostitutes, and gambling. He was the shame of the Yun Family. Such a fellow could not even be saved with countless precious medicine. If one looked carefully, he had several lifetimes worth of blessings in his body!

Yun Tianhe grabbed his grandson's ear and shouted, "Starting today, you will be following this little mister's side. You will saddle his horse and give him tea and water when he needs it. You have to serve him well. If you dare neglect him even a little, I will break your legs! Do you understand!"

Yun Xiao was thoroughly stunned.

He was the dignified Yun Family's eldest grandson.

He was actually going to work as an outsider's servant.

Had his grandfather gone senile with age! Although he was filled with dissatisfaction, he did not dare show it. He could only force himself to accept it!

Yun Tianhe quickly asked Chu Tian, "Is there anything mister needs? As long as you say it, I will do everything I can. This Yun will not back down and use all the resources I have!"

"There's nothing else that I need." Chu Tian pointed at the Yun siblings, "Just let these two come with me, I want to go visit the Yun Sect. You can fulfil this request, right?"

Yun Tianhe was shocked," Of course you can, of course you can! What are the two of you doing? Why are you not guiding the little mister on his tour yet?"

"I'll have to trouble you!"

The little fox wanted to take the teapot.

Chu Tian picked it up by its neck. It was having fun drinking the spiritual tea, but was suddenly interrupted. The little fox could only screech as it protested to its master.

Of course, the master stuck to his own ways and had never paid attention to its protest.

Chu Tian brought Yun Yao and Yun Xiao away, but before leaving he said to Yun Tianhe, "These days I will bring the young master around for a little matter, I hope Old Yun will not interfere. Wait until the conditions are right and naturally I'll begin to cooperate with the Yun Family. If there is anything I need in this period, I will send Yun Yao to tell you and you'll see if it's possible….."

Yun Tianhe knit his brows.

If it was like what Yun Yao had said.

This fellow had long planned to come to the Yun Sect.

But what was his goal?

Yun Tianhe really wanted this answer, but he could only suppress his curiosity for now, "Please relax! I will not ask!"

Chu Tian nodded in satisfaction.

He required the power of the Yun Family, but he did not cause a large ruckus. Yun Xiao was the Yun Family's disgraceful young master and the plans he needed to complete did not have to go through Yun Tianhe.

Chapter 134: Bringing you to pretend

The siblings brought him to tour the Yun Sect.

The Yun Sect looked like a martial arts sect at first glance, but it was actually a scholar's institute.

Its research was focused on alchemy, talismans, weapon refining, symbol arrays, cultivation techniques, and martial arts.

The Central State Academy was a publically established school, whereas the Yun Sect was a privately established school, but the Yun Sect had a higher recruitment rate than the Central State Academy. The students that had been in the Central State Academy and the scholars that had not graduated from the Yun Sect both had the same scholarly status.

Most of the Yun Sect's scholars were also lecturers at Central State Academy.

Of course there were also a few that were outstanding graduates.

"The Yun Sect is the largest research organization in Central State City. There are over eighty laboratories in the Yun Sect and is the best research environment in Central State. Out of all the new researches that come from Central State, one third of it comes from the Yun Sect. We are the leaders in business and military development, truly powerful!"

Not bad!

The Yun Sect really has some capital!

Out of the Four Great Families, the Chu Family focused on the martial arts, the Luo Family was centred around the government, and the Ye Family had their private forces. The Yun Family was the only one suitable for working with Chu Tian.

Yun Xiao swaggered around with his black and blue pig head, his face was filled with arrogance.

"I, as the Yun Sect's little white dragon, am known as a ladykiller by the people of Jianghu. Not only am I dashing, I have also practiced the Thirteen Thunder Blades to a high proficiency. Once a blade is sent out, it is as fast as lightning. There is no one that can block it, so a little brat like you needs to be careful. Although grandfather wants me to follow you, understand this, it's not for me to serve you."

This one's facial skin thickness can actually compare with father.

Yun Yao knit her black brow and stomped the ground, "Stop bullshitting yourself! The Thirteen Thunder Blades is a high level technique of the Yun Family. If you had a high proficiency in it, would you have been beaten into a pig head by others?"

Yun Xiao gave a dying pig's scream and clutched his broken butt, "Old Sister, while we're in front of others, can you give me a bit of face? I am still a model among the Yun Family men."

Truly exasperating!

Why can't this Yun Family's third generation work a bit harder?

Her little brother's talent was not bad and if he focused on cultivating, his achievements would not be inferior to the Purple Lightning Young Master. Then Yun Yao wouldn't feel as much pressure.

Chu Tian rubbed his chin. Then he gave a slight smile and said, "Thirteen Thunder Blades? This technique sounds quite aggressive, but I don't know what it really is like."

Yun Xiao revealed a look of disdain, "Do you want to compete? Let me tell you, out of all the people in Central State that use the sabre, this young master can be placed in the few top spots. My blade always draws blood when drawn, so I suggest you stop thinking about it, or you'll be in for some trouble!"

The little fox revealed a vomiting expression.

This person was almost half as shameless as his master!

Why was there someone that liked to boast that much?

Chu Tian turned around, "Then let's give it a try. You can make a move!"

When Yun Xiao saw that Chu Tian was challenging him and leaving his back open, he couldn't help flying into a rage, "What do you mean by this? The Thirteen Thunder Blades is a technique based on speed. Daring to leave your back open to me, isn't this seeking death? If I chopped you to pieces like this, it wouldn't be a proper thing to do. This young master is very honourable and would never do something like this."

"Say that after you actually hurt me!"

"Good little brat, I'll let you see just how strong my sabre technique is!"

Yun Yao's released a flower of lightning from her fingertip. With a flick of her finger, she sent it flying into Yun Xiao's face.

"Aiyo!" Yun Xiao covered his pig face and angrily shouted, "Old Sister, why are you secretly attacking me? It's fine if you hit me, but why are you hitting the face I depend on! You should know that I depend on this face to earn my meals!"

Yun Yao fiercely stared at him and then she looked over at Chu Tian.

This idiot!

He doesn't know what kind of person he is facing.

Even Yun Tianhe was respectful to someone like this. Was this someone that waste like him could take on?

Yun Xiao narrowed his eyes and began to laugh, "I understand! Old Sister! You want to teach him a lesson too, right? You're one of the Central State Four Young Masters, so you don't need to make a move. You can just let your little brother take care of something like this!"

Yun Yao gave a sigh.

Forget it.

She might as well let Lu Ren beat up this idiot!

Yun Xiao arrogantly said to Chu Tian, "Hey, little brat, are you ready? This young master's sabre is really quick, so don't be chopped up without even reacting!"

"You talk too much. Make your move already."

Chu Tian slowly closed his eyes and opened his mind's eye. The entire surrounding was covered in his spiritual sense. Yun Xiao's body began to tremble. Although he didn't understand the mind's eye, he could feel that there was an invisible energy penetrating into his body.

What is happening?

Father doesn't believe!

"Sabre!"

Yun Xiao released lightning that condensed into a long sabre.

Although it had the same nature as a lightning attributed sabre source spirit, Yun Xiao's sabre spirit was narrower and longer. It was not very thick, but it still seemed very strong. It was densely covered in runes and releasing an ancient aura, it possessed a very strong destructive might.

"Look at this!"

Yun Xiao pulled the sabre from his waist and charged as fast as lightning at Chu Tian's back. The result was Chu Tian casually moved out of the way and the sabre went past him. He dodged it very easily.

The sabre qi mixed with lightning flew forward and left a sabre print on the ground.

"Fuck! You really have good luck!"

"Watch this slash!"

The result was that it was easily dodged.

Yun Xiao's was so angry his nose was crooked. This little brat was just like a little loach. He was so angry that he was no longer hesitant, he fully released his sabre technique.

The Thirteen Thunder Blades was truly worthy of being a famous Yun Family technique.

Fast, vicious, and strong.

Each blade contained a strong destructive might and once it was shot out, they could not be blocked. But with Chu Tian's mind's eye, it was full of holes and nothing to talk about.

Once the last slash came.

Chu Tian suddenly turned around when the sabre was right in front of him, he clamped onto it gently with two fingers and very accurately held onto the weak point of the blade. Then he forcefully turned it.

Pa!

The sabre blade was snapped apart!

When the lightning exploded out, Chu Tian had already prepared his Starlight Immortal Body, but Yun Xiao was sent flying by the explosion. His blue pig face had now turned as black as coal and his hair was standing up just like a chicken's feather.

Chu Tian opened his eyes. He was not hurt at all. He gave a faint smile, "How is it?"

"What happened! How did you see through my Thirteen Thunder Blades!"

Chu Tian patted off the dust from his robes, "If you want to learn, then I'll teach you a few tricks."

Yun Xiao crawled forward with a look of awe on his face, "I understand, no wonder that old man is so respectful! You really do have skills! If you teach me a few moves, the next time I go to the brothel…..Oh, no, I mean listen to a few songs, I won't be beaten by others. Rather they'll realize that they are the ones who will suffer a beating."

Chu Tian stroked his chin, "There are a few requirements."

Yun Xiao became very excited at this moment, "From this day forward, you are my big brother! If you want me to go east, I will not go west! If you want me to go south, I will not face north!"

Yun Yao really wanted to find a hole to hide in.

How could the Yun Family give birth to a clown like this?

He was the Yun Family's eldest grandson! He really was losing face for the Yun Family!

"This matter is not a bad thing for you guys. I have a way of earning a little money." Chu Tian gave a mysterious smile, "We should work together. As for the money earned, I'll give the two of you combined 10%."

The two of them had a respected position since they were young, they did not care about money.

This was the first time they were hearing about this.

"Two talents for only 10%? Yun Yao snorted and said, "You're treating us like beggars!"

Yun Xiao was very interested. Money was just a figure to him, he just cared about pleasurable things, "Money doesn't really matter, the main thing is, is it fun?"

"You shouldn't look down on 10%, it's already considered quite a bit." Chu Tian revealed a mysterious smile, "I won't tell you about it now, but this matter can't be accomplished by a single person. Other than you guys, we also need the help of others. If everyone takes 10%, then by that calculation, I would only get 60%."

This wasn't enough?

The two siblings were stunned.

But Chu Tian was satisfied since he had gained a few more capable helpers!

If it wasn't for that fact that you are a little useful, you wouldn't even have the chance to get a single copper coin.

Yun Yao was also interested in this matter, she had 100% confidence in Chu Tian. She was just like Yun Xiao, not lacking money, she was just curious what method he had for making money.

"As for whether it is fun or not, for others it wouldn't be so, but for you it is very suitable."

"Why?"

Chu Tian looked at Yun Xiao,"You like to pretend! You like to show off!"

Yun Xiao was not ashamed, "What's wrong with that? Men have to show off!"

"The way you're doing it is wrong!" Chu Tian was the master of pretending and was an absolute professional at identifying rising stars, "In the next two-three days, I will properly teach you. I will make sure you know how to perfectly show off."

Yun Xiao scratched the back of his head, "But…..What does this have to do with making money?"

Chu Tian gave a mysterious smile, "It is very related. Not only will it let you make money, it will also make you the center of everyone's attention. It will make all the Central State Academy students worship you. Don't you like this kind of feeling?"

Yun Xiao's eyes lit up, "Would countless beautiful girls surrender to me?"

Chu Tian nodded, "If you can obtain even 1% of my passion, then this will not be hard."

What are we waiting for!

Let's begin!

Not to mention making money, even if he made no money, this young master Yun would still be willing!

"Let's first practice your sabre technique. This sabre technique is no good, we need to change it!"

Yun Xiao was stunned, "How do we change it!"

"Thirteen blades is too much. We'll simplify it and only keep three blades!"

The Yun siblings were shocked.

The Thirteen Thunder Blades was a famous Yun Family cultivation technique. The most important reason was that the strength of the blades superimposed. The blades became stronger with each attack and each blade gathered the potential of the previous blade, making the final blade the strongest!

If thirteen blades became three blades.

Would it be gathering the potential instantly and destroying the enemy in a single effort?

After the thirteen blades was simplified by Chu Tian into the three blade, it actually did not become weaker, instead it became stronger. The value of this technique had increased by over ten times.

Chu Tian said to Yun Xiao, "We'll move separately for now. You should go bring the learning material of Central State Academy over, I need to look over it. We also need a few resources, some for Yun Xiao to use and some for me to use. I'll have to trouble you to find it for me."

Yun Yao and Yun Xiao had no idea what Chu Tian wanted to do!

But they just had to follow along with Chu Tian's request. Who told their grandfather to accept all of Chu Tian's requests?

Yun Tianhe was one of the heads of the Central State Academy, what kind of things could Chu Tian not see? Yun Yao quickly went off.

Yun Xiao asked in a surprised tone, "What will we do?"

Chu Tian said to him, "I'll just give you all the things I want you to learn in the next two days. I'll be honest, I don't have any patience, so it will only take three days at most. If you want to learn, you'll have to suffer some hardships."

Yun Xiao laughed, "What am I afraid of? I don't have many skills, but not being afraid of hardships is one of them!"

Chu Tian nodded his head and said with a faint smile, "Do you know why I wanted you to follow me? It is because I like the way you pretend and show off. Since it's like this, let's begin."

When Yun Xiao saw Chu Tian's smile, he didn't know why, but he suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. It was as if he was filled with regret.