Another breakthrough ?
Guo Zheng stepped forward proudly and looked at the disciples gathering in front of him.
He looked around the crowd, then breathed in.
"Greeting fellow Daoists. My name is Guo Zheng, as you might know, I am the sixth prince of this great nation."
The crowd looked at him with displeasure, but also curiously.
"I am pursuing the Dao of swordsmanship, with that in mind I am traveling all over the Kingdom to fight with all the young geniuses from all over the place and to strengthen my oath."
As he finished saying, all the disciples looked at him with frowns, they started to chatter.
Yang Kai on the other hand kept staring at him like a beast staring at his prey. His gaze focused on the pendant on his neck.
His thoughts were racing to think of a way to get his hands on the pendant, he was grinning over his own thoughts.
Suddenly he noticed Guo Zheng staring at him, he looked at him with a surprised look.
As he was around the corner of the crowd, he didn't care much.
Guo Zheng smirked at him, he turned his attention to the crowd.
"I will be staying with all of you for a few months, and I will be participating in your annual sect tournament," he said with a sly smile.
Hearing that, all the disciples became furious and started to tell him anonymously.
"Your Highness, who do you think you are? just because you are the prince you can do whatever you want. This is our sect's annual tournament, why would we let an outsider participate in this?"
One of the guys among the crowd directly yelled at him,
Yang Kai looked at the guy who just yelled with a disgruntled look. "What the heck is he saying? He is just stating the facts or what?"
He cringed, making the girls chuckle.
"Brother Yang, you seem very composed, don't you feel anything letting an outsider join the sect tournament." Wang Min asked with a smile.
Yang Kai smirked and shifted his gaze to Guo Zheng, "it doesn't matter who participates in this tournament, because I am going to win anyway." he said with a confident look on his face.
Wang Min raised their eyebrows in amusement, while Fan Guo and others smiled bitterly.
"Brother Yang… I think it's great to be able to break through to the 6th stage of the elementary profound realm, at your age, but you're underestimating our sect disciples a bit too much, let alone the genius swordsman Guo Zheng."
Lei Jain spoke with a hint of sarcasm.
'sigh…' Hearing that, Yang Kai sighed inwardly, yet he kept his professional smile on his face.
"Genius Swordsman?" but he was quite interested in the title she was referring to.
Lei Jian nodded her head and then spoke, "As the sixth prince, Guo Zheng doesn't have much authority in politics. He doesn't seem to care much about it either.
But what made him recognized by all was his swordsmanship. He is the third disciple of the Sword Saint Yan Peng, and one of the genius young swordsmen across the whole kingdom…"
Admiration flashed across her eyes as she started to explain about Guo Zheng.
Yang Kai was observing her with a smile, 'the heck girl? You should be supporting me, yet you're bragging about him…' Yang Kai felt a bit annoyed looking at the 'fangirl'.
Yang Kai nodded his head, "umm… then how about it? If I win the tournament, you will give me a reward~" he got closer to her and whispered the last sentence.
Hearing that her face flushed a bit, then she looked at his face immediately nodding her head.
"hahaha… let's see what he has to say." With this, their attention turned to Guo Zheng again, who was bragging about his journey, ignoring the people who were spouting nonsense.
"and so I will be fighting anyone who challenges me, and if anyone in the younger generation can defeat me in a battle of swordsmanship, I will fulfill one of their requests. Of course, it must be a sword battle and the request must be in my power."
Hearing that a lot of disciples standing there started to shout in anticipation.
"yohoo… I will beat him to a pulp and take all his resources. "
"Yes, I will defeat him, and make him marry me…"
"no way, he is going to marry you, you slut hhahah.."
The entire area resounded with chatters.
Yang Kai snorted and facepalmed hearing their nonsense. "He is a freaking prince, what the heck is going on? Are they out of their minds?"
Yang Kai frowned looking at the people disrespecting the prince so openly.
Fan Guo noticed his mood, and said, "Brother Yang, you don't know, but the sixth prince is also famous for his good nature, so these people keep taunting him. But alas, he is the sixth prince, so we better be careful not to offend him."
Yang Kai nodded his head.
"Thank you, and see you at the annual tournament." finishing his line, Guo Zheng backed off.
After that, the sect master stepped forward and ended the assembly, and all the disciples went back to their business.
Yang Kai turned to Guo Zhen one last time before turning, but as he looked at his face, a notification appeared on his system screen.
[ The System Fragment is responding to the system, it is recommended host to obtain the System fragment as soon as possible. ]
Yang Kai noticed a grin on Guo Zheng's face and widened his eyes.
'yo, bro, what with this vicious grin?' Yang Kai mumbled in his head and turned away.
After all the disciples left, Elder Lang led Guo Zheng and his subordinates to a big courtyard.
"Young Master Guo, I shall take my leave. You can ask the Maids if you need anything." Elder Lang bowed and left them.
Guo Zheng and his subordinates said, "Hm… Han Xi, go and gather information about the young man at the corner, with the four girls."
Han Xi, one of his subordinates, stepped forward and bowed, before disappearing at once.
…
Yang Kai returned back to his dorm and sat on the bed.
"hm… should I cultivate? I have to get stronger as soon as possible if I want to win the tournament."
He sat in the lotus position and closed his eyes. The starry sky breathing technique activated and started to accumulate the surrounding cosmic energy.
But surprisingly the process was slower than last time.
'the higher the cultivation level I reach, the more spiritual energy it will take to have a breakthrough.'
He decided to take his time and cultivate…
The process continued, qi entering his body, moving around his spiritual roots, and finally gathering at his dantian.
The process went longer than before. After four hours, his dantian started to expand. The qi accumulating in his body started to move around his spiritual roots.
Suddenly a wave of spiritual energy gushed out of his body.
He opened his eyes and breathed out.
[ Congratulations host for breaking through to the 7th stage of the elementary profound realm. ]
Yang Kai looked at the screen, then frowned.
"Hey, what happened to the assistant?"
He asked.
[ the assistant is offline for now, due to some complications, you can still use the system manually.]
Yang Kai was confused but didn't ask further.
He stood up and grabbed a towel to wipe the sweat off his face.
"I broke through two stages in one day… this 'starry sky breathing technique' is really awesome…"
He breathed in excitedly and went to the door.
"I shouldn't breakthrough so fast it might hinder my future growth…" he remembered that once his elder said, one should consolidate every stage before attempting another breakthrough.
He was having trouble with his sudden increase in strength. He needed to get used to this strength, and the muscle memory.
He decided to invite Wang Min and the others for a spar. After tidying up his clothes, he went out to the girls' dorms.
The outer sect disciples lived in dorm rooms, while the inner court disciples were given a private courtyard for themselves.
*mnhhh~ Brother Fan…*
*yes, go deeper…*
*y-you're being sooo rough~ anghh…mmm*
As he was walking by the girls' dorms, he could hear a lot of noises…
As a Sect specializing in dual cultivation, all the disciples were busy cultivating, with their partners.
Usually, guys were the ones to come to the woman's dorm for their sessions.
Yang Kai ignored them and walked until he stopped in front of Wang Min's dorm as he heard some noise…
*mmmhhh… anhhh~*
His eyes widened as his breath became faster…
(a/n - comment on this chapter, if you want another chapter today…)