Chapter 19

Li Yuan wanted to cry but had no tears. Low profile, its a fool dream now! Look, the innocent alchemist from the Sword Peak is spasming in the ground! Since I am the last one standing, I would be the winner by default.

He smiled bitterly and looked at the middle-aged woman.

"The alchemist from the Moon Illumination sect used his soul and invaded my cauldron which in turn made me retaliate against him."

"I know! And I will not blame you for it. Actually, I think you did the correct action because what that alchemist did is the greatest taboo for alchemists." Said the Middle-aged woman with a nod.

The Nine Yin Palace Sect look for talented young men to marry their disciples. Of course, the character of the young man is an important part of the selection. Actually, the character of the young man is quite important.

Li Yuan's reaction is the reaction of an alchemist who takes pride in his occupation. And this caused the Middle-aged woman to look at him with a positive light. She then looked at Jiang Yi and the disciples from the Moon Illumination Sect.

"The Moon Illumination Sect should educate their disciples because there will be no next time."

Jiang Yi's face was ugly as he sensed the terrifying pressure that came from the middle-aged woman's eyes.

"Sect Master, I understand why Li Yuan attacked. But, this doesn't change the fact that the Alchemist from the Sword Peak Sect was wounded by it." The youth that looked at Li Yuan with killing intent before, walked forward and spoke these words.

"He should be punished for it!" Said the Youth.

"He was too weak. What can I do if he didn't have the qualification to stand in this arena?" Said The Middle-aged woman lazily which stunned the youth.

"The winner of the Alchemy Competition is Li Yaun. The next Competition will be Forging. Those who represent their sect, come to the arena."

Li Yuan stayed in the arena as the new challengers stepped in. The Poor Alchemist from the Sword Peak Sect was carried away by his fellow disciples. They gave Li Yuan a look filled with killing intent before leaving the arena.

"The rules will be the same. So start!" said the Middle-aged woman.

Li Yuan stared at the furnace in front of him and sighed. He would do better in this challenge and fail elegantly.

While making the weapons, Li Yuan's eyes narrowed as he sensed killing intent toward him.

He couldn't help but become speechless.

"Li Yuan, I challenge you with our occupation as forging masters in line! Do you accept?" Spoke the Forging Master from the Sword Peak Sect. His words shocked the entire audience. The sect master smiled in interest. Li Yuan has a special talent for creating enemies.

"...." Li Yuan.

Are you fucking kidding me?! Can't you let me fail in peace?

"No! Why should I accept your retarded challenge?" Said Li Yuan as he focused on the Furnace. He made a short sword that was quite ugly.

Suddenly, a telepathic message was delivered to him.

"You son of a bitch! You will not have an easy life now since you hurt my fellow disciple! Not only you, but your family will also follow you to hell!" Said the forging master.

Li Yuan's hand stopped and looked at the forging master with emotionless eyes.

"I accept your challenge. But, we will wager our lives and not our occupation. Do you dare to accept your piece of shit?!" Said Li Yuan with an emotionless voice. His words caused a wave of excitement across the disciples.

"Hahaha... Who wouldn't accept?! I accept" said the forging Master with a condescending look. He was already a Peak Tier 4 Forging Master and was half step away from Tier 5! The Weapons he creates are way stronger than normal Tier 4 Weapons. Li Yuan would die surely under his hand.

Li Yuan nodded and started thinking of how to kill this person without creating a Tier 5 Weapon. His eyes shone and found the perfect way.

He quickly made the necessary adjustment to his weapon and corrected all the 'mistakes' he made.

The Middle-aged woman didn't speak which mean that the challenge between the two was approved by her.

Quickly, the forging Master of the Sword Peak Sect took out a beautiful blue Sword. A smile of pride appeared in his eyes as this was the best weapon he ever made. He looked at Li Yuan and waited for him to finish.

Li Yuan looked at the sword and shrugged his shoulders before taking out a normal looking sword. In appearance, the forging master of the Sword Peak Sect' sword was better.

"Hahaha..." He couldn't help but laugh at Li Yuan' sword. Suddenly, he stopped laughing as he heard Li Yuan's words.

"We have put our lives on the line. And we will use ower weapons to do that. Each one will stab the other's chest with his sword. The one who dies will be the loser."

Li Yuan's words caused the middle-aged woman to narrow her eyes. This method of life and death battle is not that uncommon. Still, no one uses it as the first one to be attacked will usually die.

"Of course, I will let you strike first." Said Li Yuan with a weird smile.

"Hahaha... You are truly stupid! I have never seen someone this stupid in my entire life! Sect Master, you have heard Li Yuan's words. So you will not blame me if I kill him."

"Of course!" Replied the Middle-aged woman.

The forging master took out his sword and said: "Li Yuan, prepare yourself!".

Li Yuan shrugged his shoulders and gestured for him to attack and stop wasting time.

Sword Qi covered the Sword of the forging master as he rushed toward Li Yuan. He released a cry as his sword pierced through Li Yuan's chest and came out of his back.

Li Yuan's body was pushed back 50 steps as blood started gushing out of the wound.

A smug smile appeared on the Forging Master's face as he saw the sword piercing Li Yuan's body. He targeted Li Yuan's heart and there is no way he could survive.

"It has been a while since I suffered such a wound! It is quite refreshing!" Li Yuan spoke suddenly which stunned everyone.

He grabbed the sword and pulled it out of his chest causing a huge amount of blood to gush out. What scared the forging master was that Li Yuan didn't flinch at all!

The middle-aged woman's lips parted slightly for a few seconds before giggling.

She noticed the anomaly after Li Yuan took out the sword and couldn't help but think that he is a shrewd person.

The wound in Li Yuan's chest started to heal rapidly and after one minute, he was completely healed.

"You are cheating! You must have used a Pill before the start of the duel!" Cried out the forging master.

"Now, it is my turn," said Li Yuan as his eyes shone with terrifying sword intent. He walked slowly toward the forging master and tightened his grip on the sword's hilt.

"I wouldn't care if you insulted me as you are just an insignificant piece of shit to me. But, there is something that I hate deeply, and that when someone threatens me or the people around me." Said Li Yuan with emotionless eyes. His left hand grabbed the forging master's shoulder to prevent him from his escaping. His right hand slowly pushed the sword into the forging master's chest without any emotions appearing in his eyes.

The forging master screamed from the pain. He was a 4 Stage Qi Sea Realm Cultivator. Yet, he couldn't shake off Li Yuan no matter how much he tried.

Slowly, the entire sword pierced his chest and stopped at the sword's hilt. Everyone was staring at this scene with wide eyes.

"I have won the duel" said Li Yuan as he twisted the sword before taking it out.

The forging master of Sword Peak Sect fell on the ground lifeless. You could see the regret on his lifeless face.

"Li Yuan, how dare you use an underhanded method to win the life and death duel?!" The youth from the Sword Peak Sect roared angrily as his aura attacked Li Yuan.

"What Underhanded methods you are speaking of? My body is just better than him. He was a stupid forging master who didn't think about what type of bodies his weapon will hit which resulted in his death." Said Li Yuan with a smile. He looked at the Middle-aged woman and said: "isn't it the case, sect master?".

"You keep giving me surprises one after the another!" Said the middle-aged woman with a smile on her face. She looked at an Elder who was near to her and said: " What do you think?"

"As a Tier 6 Forging Master, I think that what Li Yuan said is true. When you make a weapon, there are important factors you should consider who is the person that will use it, how it will be used and finally, the different kind of bodies that the weapon will hit because there are many who cultivate their bodies and others who have special types of bodies." Said the Elder.

The Youth gritted his teeth in anger because the Nine Yin Palace has shown their stance. He wouldn't be able to do anything to Li Yuan here.

Li Yuan nodded and looked at the sword. Cracks appeared in it followed by it breaking into small parts.

"My forging is still not that good as a Tier 4 Forging Master!" Li Yuan shrugged his shoulders and looked at the forging master from the Moon Illumination Sect which causes him to flinch.

"You win." Said Li Yuan as he walked away from the arena and headed back to the Profound Heart Sect' seats.

"...." The Moon Illumination Sect's forging master became speechless as he looked at Li Yuan. The crowd was also stunned.

Li Yuan felt that he did quite good. He killed that piece of shit and lost the challenge. Now, he would just wait until the competition finishes and return to the Profound Heart Sect.

The Middle-aged woman could only sigh as she felt that it was quite weird. Still, she announced the winner of the Forging Challange.

Li Yuan closed his eyes as he wasn't interested in a group of beginners showing off their laughable skills.

The competition lasted for two days and the Moon Illumination won most of the challenges. The Sword Peak Sect didn't win any which caused the youth's face to twist from anger.

"The Nine Yin Palace thanks all the disciples of the three sects for attending the Competition. After two days, the 2nd Event will be held! It will be a one vs one dual between the geniuses of the three sects. And the winner will have a special reward."

The Middle-aged woman smiled and said," The winner will have the chance to enter the Soul Tempering Tower and cultivate in it for a full month!".

Li Yuan's eyes snapped open after hearing her words.

"This sect is quite generous!".

Li Yuan would be lying to say that he wasn't tempted by her offer. The Soul Tempering Towers are a Tier 6 Artifacts that gather the soul energy of many experts and use the combined energy to temper the soul of the person in the tower.

His soul cultivation is at the Peak of the 29th Level. And if he enters the Soul Tempering Tower and cultivates for a full month there, he will at least reach the 34th Level.

Even though he could make Soul Tempering Towers easily, what is the use if there are no experts to feed their souls' energy to it so he can temper his soul?

"Sigh... It seems that I can't keep the low profile thing anymore!" Li Yuan sighed as he decided to win the 2nd Event and enter the Soul Tempering Tower.