Chapter 458 – Practical Combat Training

　　Zhou Ping looked at his empty hands, and the color of surprise in his eyes intensified.

　　On the contrary, on the opposite side.

　　Baili Chubby grabbed the chopsticks with excitement in his eyes!

　　He had snatched a chopstick from the Sword Saint’s hand!

　　It was worth it!

　　Although he might be beaten up badly, from a certain perspective, he had won against the Sword Saint ah!

　　Zhou Ping was stunned for a moment before he finally came back to his senses and silently pulled out a second chopstick from his pocket ……

　　Baili Chubby’s smile suddenly stiffened.

　　Ten minutes later.

　　Fatty Baili, who had been beaten unilaterally twenty times, lay on his back on the ground, staring blankly at the ceiling above his head and stopped thinking.

　　Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan dragged him off the field, and An Qingyu walked onto the field third to confront Zhou Ping.

　　An Qingyu’s frontal fighting ability wasn’t strong, and he didn’t use the great killing weapon of [Elegy], so he was basically in the same state of being unilaterally beaten up as Cao Yuan and Baili Chubby.

　　However, unlike the duo, the worse An Qingyu was beaten, the more excited he became!

　　His eyes stared tightly at Zhou Ping’s body, as if he was looking at some kind of endangered cherished creature, his eyes snowing with an expression of leaping to dissect the other party.

　　This look made Zhou Ping’s heart a little hairy.

　　After announcing the end, An Qingyu walked towards the edge of the warehouse with hobbling steps, turning back once in three steps, as if she was still a little reluctant to give up on Zhou Ping.

　　”…… Next.” Zhou Ping slowly spoke.

　　Jia Lan and Lin Qiye exchanged a glance, stood up from the ground, and walked to the center of the open space in a big way.

　　She had already changed back into the original dark blue Han robe, her long black hair tied up with a rope and naturally hanging down to her waist, her white hands raised in a fighting stance.

　　Her figure swayed as she quickly charged towards Zhou Ping.

　　Zhou Ping just stood still, without the slightest intention to make a move.

　　Jia Lan’s figure rushed in front of him, the Ancient Combat Technique was instantly executed, dazzling fist shadows were swung out, while Zhou Ping just dodged one after another, and when about ten seconds had passed, he shook his head slightly after confirming that Jia Lan would only be swinging her fists.

　　His right hand raised, a sword sound echoed in the air, and the wooden chopsticks lightly pointed toward Calan’s palm ……

　　Then it was grasped in the palm of Calan’s hand.

　　Zhou Ping: ?

　　The wooden chopstick with the sword aura was just silently clutched by Jia Lan, the latter’s expression did not change in the slightest, as if what she had grabbed was really just a chopstick.

　　Splat–!

　　With a force, Jia Lan directly broke that chopstick in her hand!

　　Zhou Ping: ????

　　Zhou Ping looked blankly at the only half chopsticks left in his hand, the next moment a fist wind rang in his ears, he quickly moved backward to avoid the blow, and the look in his eyes towards Jia Lan had completely changed.

　　Catching his sword qi with his bare hands?

　　Are you kidding me?

　　Even if that was just a chopstick, the sword qi attached to it was no joke!

　　Zhou Ping sized up Jia Lan and simply threw the half chopsticks in his hand to the side, his index and middle fingers merged together into the shape of a sword and made several strokes into the void.

　　Senran sword qi gushed out, like a wave crashing on Jia Lan’s body, while the latter was like a sea god needle, towering in the tumbling sword qi, as if the sword qi that swept over her figure was not sword qi, but ordinary wind.

　　Jia Lan’s figure bowed slightly, and in the next moment, she charged forward against the sword qi, her fists clenched tightly.

　　”Sword Cage.”

　　Zhou Ping murmured, and several thick sword qi erupted with him at the center, instantly piercing around Calan, like an invisible sword qi cage, locking Calan in place.

　　Trapped in the cage, Jia Lan tried hard to move her body, but it was not effective at all.

　　After struggling for a long time, she sighed helplessly.

　　Zhou Ping was puzzled as he lightly waved his palm, and the Sword Qi Cage disappeared without a trace.

　　”That’s fine, next.”

　　Caran hung her head and walked to the edge of the warehouse and sat down, oblivious to the fact that the other few little friends were looking at her as if they were looking at a monster.

　　”Sister Calan …… is bullish!” The head fan, Baili Chubby, couldn’t help but say, “You fought with Sword Saint for more than five minutes, but you didn’t even get hurt, and you even broke Sword Saint’s chopsticks! You are really strong!”

　　Hearing Baili Chubby’s heartfelt praise, Jia Lan raised her head slightly, a smile appearing at the corner of her mouth.

　　She turned her head to look at Lin Qiye beside her and spoke earnestly, “Be careful.”

　　”Uh-huh.”

　　Lin Qiye nodded and stood up from the ground, taking a step towards the center of the clearing.

　　Ten minutes later.

　　Lin Qiye, who had a bruised nose and swollen face, lay on his back on the ground, looked at the ceiling above his head, and fell into deep thought ……

　　The strength of both sides wasn’t even on the same level.

　　He didn’t have the kind of perverted defense that Garland had, and when he ran into a human ceiling, it was naturally impossible for him to have any means of turning the tables.

　　Lin Qiye had sort of used all his strength, except for not using Soul Bearer, he had basically used all the other forbidden ruins, but no matter how he made his moves, Zhou Ping was able to break through all his attacks with just a sword, and this time, he had truly experienced what was meant by an absolute strength gap.

　　Glancing at each other with Cao Yuan and Baili Fatty, everyone saw the bitterness in each other’s eyes.

　　Among the five of them, other than Calan who was unharmed, the other four were beaten to the point of self-consciousness, but there was no way around it.

　　”Today’s training will end here, you guys go back and rest.” Zhou Ping dropped a sentence and regardless of Lin Qiye and the others’ reactions, he turned back and walked into the house on his own.

　　As a result, Lin Qiye and the others could only look at each other and assist each other as they trudged back to their rooms.

　　That night.

　　The moon and stars were thin.

　　The five people sat on the concrete ground outside the warehouse, surrounding the rising bonfire in silence.

　　With the exception of Calan, the other four were wrapped in bandages like dumplings, their heads lowered as they looked at the burning bonfire, not knowing what they were thinking.

　　Today’s training had more or less dealt a blow to their minds.

　　After coming out from the fasting house, they had sort of experienced all sorts of things, the primitive forest, Fengdu, Gusu Mist, and even the extermination of the Baili family, every time they were able to rely on their own strength to set things right, which made them invisibly rise up an inexplicable self-confidence, but today, their self-confidence was shattered to pieces.

　　It was only in front of the truly strong that they realized how weak they were, and this was not a small blow to them.

　　”What are you guys saying …… Sword Saint seniors are doing?” Baili Chubby was the first to break the silence, “Since the end of his training in the afternoon, he has been locking himself up in his room and hasn’t even eaten dinner.”

　　”I don’t know.” Lin Qiye shook his head.

　　Although he could use his spiritual senses to probe the situation inside Zhou Ping’s house, in front of a human ceiling, there was no doubt that he was covering his ears by doing so, and he was only afraid that the other party would have already realized it just as soon as he had extended his spiritual power over.