Second Roun 1

Xiao Fan waking up following the breakthrough was like he had thought, meaning that his current state was like an empty husk which could do the minimal movement possible.

The Elixir of Karna was greatly purer than any other way he had used to breakthrough before and the reason he had chosen it was this, but that didn't mean it was a hundred per cent clean.

Hence for him, it only helped in a way that his usual half a week of weakened state was shortened to two, which meant one day in bed and one day wobbling around weakly.

During that time, Xiao Fan also noticed that using the Elixir of Karna wasn't the best idea in every aspect.

As if he had time for a slower recovery could he have enjoyed more of the good sides of this state that were even doubled since last time.

Though this realisation was after he had done it.

The realisation itself was how Xiao Fan soon realised that this also meant his time being pandered by two women was shortened.

Using the normals methods would he have gotten to spend a few more days being taken care of Du Lan, which was great, but now there was Qian Ki.

Qian Ki hadn't known about how hard his backslashes were from cultivation, but after realising how Du Lan was taking the best of this, she couldn't sit and wait and lose favour.

As in Qian Ki's mind, Du Lan had already done this to him some many times that wouldn't she hog him for weeks as his personal caretaker while she could only watch from the sidelines.

She had to start helping!

But sadly for Xiao Fan, he couldn't enjoy this more than a few days.

Moreover, he needed to use the Elixir of Karna because the tournament would continue in three days, so right now, he was in a small hurry to test his powers and get comfortable with them.

Then he had recovered from his weakened state enough that he could fight, he found out that beating Du Lan, who this time hadn't had a breakthrough in her cultivation was easy.

His martial pride went up from this, but then sparring against the goddess of war, who was now a peak Body Activation realm cultivator his pride went back down a little.

Against her, he could confidently contend with her for a moment, but if there was no second him, there was no chance to win.

Furthermore, that ending was with Qian Ki only using her normal powers.

Wherefrom if needed, she could ramp up to almost becoming a Body Strengthening realm expert if she unleashed her rage.

However, she had said that using her full powers might have some severe repercussions and she wouldn't be using them until it was a matter of life and death.

Despite her saying so, she would sometimes show off a little.

Or scare Xiao Fan, seeing as when she would unleash a tiny bit of her true power would he panic.

For him, it manifested when her eyes began becoming blood-red instead of her usual blue.

And from it came the pressure... The pressure she would then put out was with the lack of better words too terrifying.

He couldn't but think that the powers she inherited were a little too good.

Because a lower level cultivator like him would become useless in front of that power.

Thankfully, this didn't make Xiao Fan depressed from being inferior.

Xiao Fan feeling this power was only joyous since it would be his enemies who would have to face that Qian Ki.

On the note of her powers.

Qian Ki's negative things didn't luckily affect her everyday life much, on the contrary, even Qian Bai could see how much brighter his daughter's smile had come during the last few days.

And he knew that there was only one reason, but what would he do?

He would wish Xiao Fan the best in trying to keep her in control while he could finally rest.

Qian Bai also remembered how during his days of youth the mother of Qian Ki was also like Qian Ki now when he told that he didn't really mind her ways and that he would still love her.

From him saying this, she had been joyous for weeks as one person had accepted her, yet he also remembers how she murdered that woman, who was his wife because that power he said to understand.

So during these days, Qian Bai had continuously discussed with Xiao Fan so that he surely knew what he was getting into.

By telling him that if he doesn't keep up with his daughter's cultivation what was very possibly the ending for him.

To which, Xiao Fan could only laugh weakly, knowing full well what he was meaning, before persuading Qian Bai that he wouldn't end up in a situation like that.

To this, Qian Bia was sceptical at first.

But then he also realised that coming here Xiao Fan was in the third or fourth grade of Body Warming realm, and now he was at the second grade of Body Activation realm, so the kid should be okay.

After Xiao Fan had come into an understanding with Qian Bai.

He spent the last few days sparring much as he could so that during the second tournament, he could reach the top three.

Only the top three as Qian Ki had said that she wouldn't be giving the first spot.

This in mind, he could only aim for the second or the third places which were still contested.

This was proven when the lists for the second round were distributed in the city.

In it they stated every champion who was taking part, plus, they stated their cultivation allegiance etc.

Furthermore, regarding Xiao Fan and Du Lan, they both still had the name Lei Tao hanging on their spot.

Stating him as their patron, and there were also rumours that the man himself had arrived at Hangzhou for no good reason.

Well, at this point, they were well above Lei Tao.

The whole Lei Family would need to be thankful to them, but the two of them also didn't have anything against them, so they just hoped that Lei Ta wouldn't make a scene here.

Luckily for them, Lei Tao hadn't done anything inside Hangzhou before the tournament.

Though that just meant that he had something to talk with them.

But before meeting Lei Tao, the three of them had a few days only for themselves.

Relaxing while nothing major was happening before he and Du Lan were already walking into an arena that was simply called the Hangzhou main arena.

The Hangzhou main arena was also the only arena in Hangzhou as Zou Zexi didn't really like losing his men in some random duels.

So this place was only used during these kinds of gatherings every year or two.

The arena itself was nothing special, it was just giant colosseum built out of sand bricks and then several stories of stands to watch the tournament.

Making it simple was understandable as even these stands were sparsely occupied for no one in Hangzhou itself could afford to come to watch the games.

That also meant that every person here was a cultivator belonging to the groups who either had come to participate or recruit.

And as the second round only lasted for one evening, everyone was here including the sect disciples.

Next, while the first round was a battle royale.

The second round was much straightforward go up onto the stage fight come down to wait for your next turn.

Fight again and again one by one before the winners had been selected.

Participating in this part of the tournament were only some hundred or so people so the second round would be over fast.

And most people would get to fight once so the numbers would be quickly thinned out.

The second round's pace was well highlighted to them when they arrived.

Seeing as when they got in the arena, the second round was already taking place.

Them seeing this Xiao Fan knowing why they were late could only look at the person who had made them be late.

Du Lan, noticing him gazing at him sternly only giggles on the side a bit before any further talk is interrupted by the announcer.

The announcer was calling Du Lan to get onto the stage and fight.

When this announcement came to their ears, he couldn't even say any encouraging words to her before she was already on the stage and running straight towards her opponent.

The announcement itself had already been regarding starting the fight, so if Du Lan had been a few seconds later, she would have disqualified from the second round.

Meanwhile, Du Lan not in sight, her opponent was already letting out a sigh of relief.

He was only a Body Warming real cultivator, so observing that he wouldn't need to fight Du Lan, who he knew as stronger than him was a good thing for him and his health.

However, that dream fell short.

The moment he saw Du Lan, who had jumped into the arena was already planting a fist into his stomach.

Sending him out of the arena.

And by doing so, Du Lan had won one round in the tournament before Xiao Fan had even found a seat.

It would also seem that more things were happening before he got his ass down.

For his eyes obeserwed for him that Lei Tao was coming at him, somehow the fatty had found him so fast...

Watching him coming towards him, he also perceived that somehow Lei Tao had gotten even fatter.

A thing that shouldn't have been possible.

Additionally, for the first time, he heard a cultivator being exhausted from running some few hundred meters.

Since Lei Tao when next to him started to talk about something to him with heavy breathing between sentences.

Sentences which to Xiao Fan listened with one ear.

Anyway, it wasn't something essential to him.

The only information that Lei Tao spoke was about how the Greenheart was selling, a thing he didn't really understand.

His interest in his words soon changed, however.

It did so when he was hearing him lowered his voice and telling him about an idea that had been brewing inside his mind.

In his talk concerning the idea, it became clear that the people in the far north had noted the existence of Greenheart.

What more they were asking if at all possible they perhaps could get some of it smuggled to them.

The short version was that the Tribes or Hordes as they were called had become very interested in Greenheart.

Something about how they had become frustrated at how many people they had rendered combat ineffective for life were coming to fight back at them.

This particular horde contacting Lei Tao hadn't been feeling too good about it.

And some torturing of prisoners later they had found out about this new thing was letting the soft people from the lowlands heal from injuries.

So they had approached Lei Tao, who was the supposed seller about him selling the product to them.

Xiao Fan hearing about this frowned at Lei Tao ¨You know that every person in the righteous side will try to murder us if we do it right? Also, we have enough money for generations already, so no¨

'Why? Why would Lei Tao even think about such an idea' he thought his idea was self-destructive, to say the least.

There was a strict ban on trading with those Tribes and Hordes and breaking that ban usually lead to death.

And surely in their case if they were found out a lot of people would be interested in imprisoning him for life in their own dungeons were they might accidentally hear him tell the recipe to Greenheart before letting him die.

Not a fan of this was Xiao Fan...

Still, somehow Lei Tao who listened to his refusal and nodded to it, looked as if he still wanted to do it, leaving Xiao Fan wonder that should he already kill this fatso before his actions kill him.

Surely someone else in the Lei Family would be more than happy to step up to control the trade in Lei Tao's place.

And although the rapid success of Greenheart became from Lei Tao's good marketing, losing some profit would be better than losing one's head.

He would need to later talk about how to deal with this person, who wasn't appreciative of his deal with Du Lan, who herself was already coming up.

Not thinking she would be so swift, Xiao Fan used the opportunity to make Lei Tao talk Du Lan through this.

Her hearing this idea sparked an angry response that made his look like a positive, which in turn seemed to make the fatso angry.

Meanwhile, as the two bickered Qian Ki, who had also spotted them came over.

She had noticed him the same time as Lei Tao; however, she wasn't coming at them with the speed of her cultivation.

From this action of hers, the eyes of the people in the stands also fixated on the two of them.

All of them collectively thinking that shamefully Xiao Fan hadn't taken the advice of the White Sun Sect disciple.