Chapter 31 Challenge

"All evidence leading to the culprit is pointing at you, Elder Su. Your chance of surviving is less than one[1] percent," Elder Gauyi said as he shook his head.

"Is there anything you can do, Elder Gauyi?" Nue Su asked.

"I can ride back to the clan and report directly to the Clan head about your circumstances. I'm not sure I can anything better than that," Elder Gauyi said.

"That will be great. I promise I will do anything you ask of me if you're able to help me out of this," Nue Su said as he promised.

"You should hold onto your promise until the Clan head finds a way to preserve your life," Elder Gauyi said as he left the cell used to house Nue Su.

Moving into the military stable, he hopped on his horse before riding towards the village.

"Fifty[50] duan silvers, two[2] hours core library pass and three[3] sensory Qi fruits," Shung Yun muttered as he counted the goods in the reward box.

"The elite soldiers really do enjoy lot of benefits for the completion of a mission," saying that, he picked a sensory Qi fruit before throwing it at Shung Kai, "you shouldn't lose to Shung Xu and Shung Muzai."

"I don't need the sensory Qi fruit to breakthrough to the Qi birth realm," Shung Kai said as he threw the fruit back to Shung Yun.

"What about progressing after reaching the Qi birth realm? I'm sure even you would want to continue moving upward in your cultivation realm," Shung Yun said to Shung Kai.

"I've never needed your help to get to this point. I won't need it to continue moving forward," Shung Kai said before going back to his cultivation.

"Your choice," Shung Yun said as he placed the sensory Qi fruit back into his reward box.

Ring! Ring!! Ring!!!

"What does the watchers think they're doing?" Shung Kai grumbled as he climbed down his bed.

Arriving at the ceremonial field, he saw the Wing-Whale Section commander standing on the raised platform.

After three[3] minutes since the emergency bell rang, commander Tian began his announcement.

"A vicious crime was committed between last night and early this morning by one of the elders we welcomed with open arms. We the commanders have decided to grant him the punishment he deserves. Death by dismemberment," he announced with his Qi powering the sound of his voice, "the execution will be held by noon today. So, every mission will be delayed until after the execution. You can take your leave."

"What crime could an elder commit to be sentenced to death through dismemberment?"

"It must be very serious and diabolic,"

"What do you see?" Shung Yun spoke beside Shung Kai, "I see power in display. The power to sentence anyone in the village to death."

"Not everyone in the village," Shung Kai said as Shung Yun turned away from the direction of the raised platform, "only the village chief can come close to sentencing anyone in the village to death."

"Then that's a checkpoint," Shung Yun said before leaving the ceremonial field.

"What does he mean by a checkpoint?" Shung Kai thought as he walked to his room.

"I won't gain much benefit even if I make use of the sensory Qi fruits," Shung Yun thought as he stared at the purple-colored fruits in front of him, "spiritual Qi can't be used to strengthen the body. So, even if my sensation of spiritual Qi increases, my strength won't increase with it."

Going through the possible methods of using the sensory Qi fruits, Shung Yun excluded himself from his list.

"Giving to one of my soldiers will definitely raise the overall performance of my unit. But that won't truly maximize the use of it," he thought as he put his brain to work.

"Gaining control over large number of soldiers will definitely make acquiring useful resources more easily," he thought as he formulated ideas to maximize the benefit of his resources.

"Time for a captain of captains to emerge among the descendants of Shung Clan," taking out every other reward save for the sensory Qi fruits, Shung Yun left the room with the box in his hand and his axe strapped his back.

"Ikunga, I'll be needing your help in attracting attention," he said to the white colored gorilla sitting cross-legged beside the door.

"I'm at your service, my king," Ikunga said as he stood up with his feet and knuckles on the ground.

Leaping on Ikunga's right shoulder, Shung Yun landed before sitting on it.

"Move towards that area." he said as he pointed at the Warhead Sections' training ground.

"What's the captain doing?" a soldier in Shung Yun's unit spoke as he looked at Shung Yun sitting on Ikunga's right shoulder.

"From the direction of the beast, he must be heading to the training ground," a middle-stage male youth soldier said as he looked at Ikunga.

"Let's go see what he's up to," the soldier who first spoke said as he walked behind Ikunga.

With such conversation occurring at various areas the further Ikunga moved towards the Shung Clan's training ground, several soldiers outside their rooms decided to find out what the captain of Ravage Unit was about to do.

Arriving at the training ground, Shung Yun stood on Ikunga's right shoulder before saying out loud, "who among the captains would like to have a battle with me for a chance to get three[3] sensory Qi fruits!?"

"Impossible! Only an elite soldier could get rewarded with a sensory Qi fruit from the village!" one of the soldier present shouted after hearing Shung Yun's words.

"That's right. And even if a regular soldier has a sensory Qi fruit, it won't be someone like you who don't have a powerful backing in the clan," an upper-stage male teen soldier said with a grin on his face.

Not bothered by the words of those who spoke, Shung Yun opened the box in his hand before taking out one sensory Qi fruit.

Raising it above his head, he said, "three[3] sensory Qi fruits for any captain who defeats me."

"It's really a sensory Qi fruit,"

"How can he have three[3] sensory Qi fruits at once while I only receive one-third from my senior brother," the upper-stage male teen soldier thought as an ugly expression splashed on his face.

"What do you want if you end up winning?" a lower-stage male youth soldier asked Shung Yun.

"Your allegiance, captain Han," Shung Yun said as he looked at the lower-stage male youth soldier.

"Aren't you asking a lot for three[3] sensory Qi fruits, captain Yun?" captain Han asked.

"Three[3] sensory Qi fruits for a captain's allegiance, that's really a rip-off if you look at it that way," Shung Yun said as he kept the sensory Qi fruit in his hand into the box, "but that's also an easy steal if your strength is enough."

"Everyone know how strong you are, captain Yun. Not even a middle-stage Qi birth cultivator could defeat you," captain Han said with his eyes still on Shung Yun.

"You can't compare the cultivation of a bandit to a soldier of our Byui village. A powerful lower-stage Qi birth cultivator from the village might also be able to defeat him," Shung Yun said as he knew who captain Han was referring to.

"You might be right. But only the best of us would agree on going into a battle with you," captain Han said as he shook his head, "and I'm not among them."

"Captain! Captain Yun of the Ravage unit has challenged the captains of our Warhead Section in a battle. He promised to give away his three[3] sensory Qi fruits to any captain who defeated him," a middle-stage male teen soldier said to the middle-stage male youth captain in front of him.

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