Chapter 164 – Qualifying Battle Invitation

The floor crumbled, the roof of the hall caved in, and the debris and sand that was raised completely wrapped the area where Yun Che was, making it impossible to see.

“Huh?” Ling Jie let out a cry of alarm at this moment, as he suddenly realized that the connection between himself and his sword had suddenly disappeared. At this moment, in the sand and dust, a silver longsword rotated and flew out, drawing a long parabola in the air, landing in front of Ling Jie’s body, and in the moment it landed, it suddenly emitted a piercing sound of “ding”, and the longsword that was originally still intact was suddenly shattered like fragile glass, scattering into fragments all over the place.

Ling Jie was dumbfounded, looking at the fragments of the longsword at his feet, not coming back to his senses for half a day.

The sand and dust at the entrance of the hall finally began to fall, and Yun Che dragged his heavy sword as he walked over with slow footsteps. His face was extraordinarily calm, completely unable to see any traces of the exertion he had just put forth just now.

“Little brother Ling Jie, this third sword of yours …… I also blocked it. You… lost…” Yun Che stood in front of Ling Jie and slowly said. The third sword, which he had resisted, was extremely thrilling, and there was a suspicion of cheating. This was because he had used two swords in succession, a Meteor Moon Sinking Star and a Heavenly Wolf Slash, to harden Ling Jie’s sword. However, Ling Jie had been clamoring to block three of his swords, but he didn’t say how many swords to block.

Ling Jie looked at Yun Che and then at the shattered swords on the ground, and said in a somewhat dazed manner, “I actually lost …… You actually even followed my Slamming Sun …… and shattered all of my swords… …”

“There are many, many people in the mountain villa who can take my sword head on, but all of them have much higher Xuan power than me and are older than me, so what comes next is no big deal. You are obviously only at the True Xuan Realm, but you actually gave it a catch …… “Speaking here, Ling Jie suddenly revealed a strange light in his eyes and looked straight at Yun Che: “You are simply too powerful! To be this strong at the True Xuan Realm, if I were to reach the Spirit Xuan Realm, there’s no way I could even be your opponent. No wonder such a beautiful Princess Sister would look at you, you do seem to be worthy of Princess Sister.”

Yun Che tilted his mouth and said, “It’s useless to talk about this. You wouldn’t have already forgotten what to do when you lose, right? As a real man, one can be responsible for what they say! Otherwise, you don’t deserve to be called a man.”

“Hmph!” Ling Jie cocked his nose and said without any pretense, “I, Ling Jie, of course won’t go back on what I said. It’s just recognizing you as the boss, what’s so great about that.”

After saying that, he really took a step forward and playfully said, “Cough cough, Boss Yun Che, I, Ling Jie, admit that I’ve lost the bet and will be your little brother from now on. ”Hmm, Boss, how did you manage to be so powerful at the True Xuan Realm. As a boss, it’s a certainty that you can’t be stingy with your little brother, in this regard, you can definitely instruct your little brother ah ah ah! If I could be like you, I might even be able to challenge Older Brother now! No longer do I have to be beaten up by Older Brother every time.”

The fact that Ling Jie admitted it so cleanly was a bit surprising to Yun Che. Moreover, looking at his appearance there was no pretense or reluctance, and there was really some curiosity and …… admiration in his eyes!

Obviously, the fact that he had used his True Xuan Realm’s Xuan Power to harden his Jie Shao, and had also shattered his sword, had really caused a great psychological impact on him.

Yun Che said smilingly, “Well, it depends on whether you are qualified as a little brother or not, if you are qualified and satisfy me as the boss, I might be able to tell you.”

Ling Jie’s eyes immediately brightened up, excitedly shouting, “Really? Wow ah ah ah, if you’re really willing to tell me, not to mention being your little brother, let me worship you as my master!”

Ling Yun walked over and smiled faintly at Yun Che, sincerely saying, “Brother Yun, when I first came to the Imperial City, I heard rumors about you all around, and at that time, I was still not convinced, but now that I have seen it with my own eyes, it is completely even better than the rumors, and I believe that Xiao Jie is also defeated with a heartfelt conviction.”

After saying that, Ling Yun gave Yun Che a glance with great meaning, and turned to Lan Xueruo and said, “Your Highness, this time, our brothers have come to the Imperial City in order to send an invitation to your royal family, please accept it, Your Highness.”

A light golden invitation was taken out by Ling Yun and handed over to Lan Xueruo, Ling Yun continued, “Half a year from now, we will be welcoming your royal family at the mountain villa. It would be best if Your Highness could honor us with a personal visit. This time around, the Princess has a person with such overwhelming talent and astonishment as Brother Yun by her side, and I believe that three years from now, your royal family will be able to shine because of Brother Yun……. As such, the two of us brothers have completed our mission, and we will take our leave at this point.”

Giving a salute to Lan Xueruo and Yun Che, without waiting for Lan Xueruo to respond, Ling Yun pulled up Ling Jie, “Little Jie, we should leave.”

“Ah? Leave? But I still haven’t gotten advice from my boss on how to become so powerful at the True Xuan Realm …… ah ah ah!”

Before Ling Jie could finish his sentence, he was already pulled out far away by Ling Yun with his bizarre and unpredictable body Xuan Technique. In the next second, Ling Jie’s voice came from far outside the hall, “Boss, you must come to the Heavenly Sword Villa when you have time …… I want to let those guys know what a true i genius is, and that the True Xuan Realm can fuck them over …… ah ah ah ah! Older brother don’t you pull me ……”

Ling Yun took out the invitation, after saying his words, he directly pulled Ling Jie away, the whole process was completed in the twinkling of an eye, so fast that Lan Xueruo was caught off guard, and didn’t even have time to say the words of farewell. She looked at the direction of the temple door and said in surprise, “Ling Yun’s temperament is very calm and modest, how could he suddenly leave in such a hurry, could it be that he thought of something urgent?”

As soon as she finished speaking, Yun Che by her side suddenly shook his body, then holding onto his heavy sword, he knelt down on one knee, his face turned white, and a mouthful of fresh blood spewed out furiously, coloring the floor in front of him with a large swath of red.

“Ah! Senior Brother Yun!” Lan Xueruo’s face lost its color as she hurriedly supported Yun Che and anxiously said, “What’s wrong with you, Senior Brother Yun? Are you injured? Is it serious?”

Yun Che leaned most of his body weight on his heavy sword and shook his head, smiling miserably, “Senior sister don’t worry, I’m fine. This Ling Jie’s sword …… is so overbearing. Although I forcefully blocked it just now, I still suffered some internal injuries. The reason why Ling Yun left …… in such a hurry was because he could see that I was trying my best to suppress my injuries, sort of to save my face.”

Lan Xueruo hurriedly took out a Medium Heaven Restoring Pill and watched as Yun Che consumed it, and it wasn’t until Yun Che’s face gradually eased up that she finally breathed a sigh of relief, “I know that since Senior Brother Yun dared to make a bet with Ling Jie, he must have enough certainty, but just now, I was still on the verge of being nervous to death. Although that Ling Jie looks very small, those who come from the Heavenly Sword Villa are all freaks whose strengths cannot be calculated by common sense at all. But it’s a good thing that you still won and actually made him your little brother.”

The Great Dao Faustian Technique was in operation, allowing Yun Che’s injuries to heal at an astonishing speed. Listening to Lan Xueruo’s words, he shook his head and said, “This is just a temporary idea since I saw that Ling Jie’s heart was childish, and even though he agreed to it, there was no binding force to speak of at all. It’s just an expectation that there will be some convenience in certain aspects in the future because of him, after all, he is the son of the Heavenly Sword Villa’s Villa Master.”

“By the way, the invitation …… that Ling Yun and the others came to deliver could it be?”

Lan Xueruo took out the invitation, “Father predicted it correctly, it’s an invitation to the next Cang Feng Ranking Battle. For every session, the invitations are sent out half a year in advance to give the forces participating in the Cang Feng Ranking Battle enough time to prepare.”

“That means that there is still half a year before the next Cang Wind Ranking Battle?” Yun Che was surprised.

“Hm.” Lan Xueruo nodded, “There is indeed only half a year left. However, Senior Brother Yun, you don’t need to be in a hurry because you don’t need to participate in the next Ranking Battle, but rather the next next next session.”

“The next next session? Why?” Yun Che’s eyebrows twitched. And he recalled Ling Yun’s words before he left, “I believe that three years from now, your royal family will be able to shine because of Brother Yun.”…… Three years from now? Could it be that what Ling Yun was referring to was the next Cangfeng Qualifying Battle?

Lan Xue Ruo explained, “The Cang Feng Ranking Battle is held once every three years, and as the name suggests, it is a competition that determines the ranking of the forces in the Cang Feng Empire. However, those who participate in the competition are not the strongest of each power, because no matter which power, especially those huge powers, would never expose their cards to the public, so the competition of the ‘strongest’ is not realistic at all, and instead, the ranking is determined by the competition of the younger generation. Because the heights that the younger generation can reach is enough to highlight the power’s heritage and comprehensive strength, ranking by it is basically considered the fairest.”

“Every Cangfeng Ranking Battle, the invited forces are around five hundred, and each force can send a maximum of three young disciples to participate, with the highest ranking obtained by the disciple determining the ranking of the force. The age of the participating disciples was limited to sixteen to twenty years old, neither below sixteen nor above twenty years old were allowed to participate, and there was a bone age test before the battle, which could not be cheated. Therefore, in order to ensure the maximization of the battle power, the age of the participating disciples are generally concentrated in twenty, nineteen and eighteen years old, and there are very few below eighteen years old. Master Yun had only just turned seventeen, and his starting point was low, so he was simply not suitable to participate in the next Cang Feng Ranking Battle. And by the next next session, when Senior Brother Yun turns twenty and has three years of accumulation, it’s the best time to participate in the Ranking Battle.”

“I see.” Yun Che slowly nodded, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly asked, “Senior sister, the first place winner of the last Cangfeng Qualifying Battle, how high was his Xuan power level at that time?”

Lan Xue Ruo didn’t need to think and directly said, “The first place winner of the last Cangfeng Ranking Battle was the Ling Yun that you just met.”

“It was him?” Yun Che murmured.

“Senior Brother Yun, what do you think of this person ……, Ling Yun?” Lan Xueruo asked.

Yun Che thought for a moment and slowly said, “Ling Jie’s talent is astonishing and can be described as a demon, but I at least have the guts to dare to face him with three swords, but Ling Yun, the only thing that he gives me is the feeling of being unfathomable. Even his disposition is clean and unsullied, making it impossible for people to develop feelings of evil, and the entire person can be said to be …… flawless.”

“Your evaluation is very similar to my father’s.” Lan Xueruo sighed, “When Father Emperor first met Ling Yun back then, he gave the evaluation of ‘flawless’. If there are no surprises, he will still participate in the upcoming Cang Feng Ranking Battle.”

“Oh.” Yun Che answered, and then the corner of his eyebrows twitched as he said in surprise, “You’re saying …… that he will still participate this term? That is to say, his current age, is less than twenty years old? Then last term, was his age only ……”

“There is no mistake. He was only seventeen years old when he won the first place in the last Cang Feng Ranking Battle,” Lan Xueruo said, “His Xuan Force cultivation at that time was at the ninth level of the Spirit Xuan Realm.”

A seventeen year old at the ninth level of the Spirit Xuan Realm …… Yun Che slightly sucked in a breath of cold air.

“A seventeen year old Spirit Xuan Realm Level 9 is certainly extremely astonishing, but Ling Yun’s strength is far from the level of Spirit Xuan Level 9. During the finals, his opponent was Ice Cloud Immortal Palace’s number one disciple Mu Lingxue, who was twenty years old at the time, with Xuan power as high as the peak of the tenth level of the Spirit Xuan Realm, and was only half a step away from the Earth Xuan Realm, and was the highest ranked amongst all the disciples who participated in the battle at that time. But with Ling Yun’s hand …… she only walked under Ling Yun for seven swords …… or in a state where Ling Yun was not at his full strength.”

Yun Che: “……”

“Three years have passed, and Ling Yun’s Xuan Force is even more unknown to have reached such an astonishing height. Under the age of twenty, he is the deserved number one in the entire Cangfeng Empire, and no one would deny this. In the Cangfeng Ranking Battle, all the great clans competed fiercely for the ranking, especially the Ice Cloud Immortal Palace, Xiao Sect, and Burning Sky Sect, they all fought to the death to rank to the second position, but never thought of replacing the Heavenly Sword Villa’s number one position one day. This is because the number one position of the Heavenly Sword Villa is never shakable, just as amongst all the sects, there are simply no young disciples who can be a match for Ling Yun.”