Longzang

Chapter 20 You almost hurt me
The young cultivator quietly approached Daoist Fufeng and whispered, "Brother Fufeng, I haven't offended you, nor the Bao family."

Master Fufeng coughed a few times, trying to evade the question, and said, "Don't be impatient, just keep watching and you'll find out."

The young cultivator was restless and could only watch Wei Yuan head north. The two Confucian scholars, however, were pleasantly surprised and ignored the secret technique of Qi Luck that Wei Yuan had suddenly displayed.

Every prominent family possesses a secret technique for cultivating fortune, with the Bao family's "Forget the Flowing Years" being particularly renowned, capable of instantly boosting Bao Yun's strength. Since Li Zhi has reserved a place at the Four Saints Academy, he must know the "Leaving Chapter." Not only Li Zhi and Bao Yun, but many scions of powerful families present also possess secret techniques for cultivating fortune; if they were to be truly serious, they could probably identify twenty or thirty. Therefore, the commentators knew in their hearts that this matter was simply not worth investigating.

In the northern central army, a girl in a pale yellow dress looked at the sand table, calculating the time, and said, "If Li Zhi doesn't arrive in a quarter of an hour, we'll attack!"

Before she finished speaking, several grains of sand suddenly fell from the small hills on the sand table in front of the girl!
The girl looked up and said calmly, "This Li Zhi is quite capable; he actually came."

Everyone around the girl was looking south, all calm and composed, with no one showing any fear.

Unlike Li Zhi, these people had already formed a group before the unified examination, unlike Li Zhi who only started gathering his followers after entering the dormitory. They also deeply trusted Bao Yun, believing that Bao Yun's deployment of the two flanks was to force Li Zhi's main force to come and fight, so that they could defeat their opponents in one battle, finish the examination as soon as possible, and go back to drink.

After gazing into the distance for a moment, what appeared at the edge of their vision was not a yellow-clad army, but a moving mountain of flesh.

Wei Yuance climbed a small hill and stood on its high point, gazing at the neatly arranged military formation ahead. All he could see were those blue armor pieces. In the illusion, each person's chosen weapon and armor were automatically colored, making it easy to distinguish factions.

Everyone in the blue-clad army formation also saw Wei Yuan's yellow heavy armor.

Bao Yun stared at Wei Yuan in astonishment and asked, "Who is this person?"

Everyone shook their heads in confusion. They already knew who Li Zhi's important leaders were before the martial arts test, but no one knew who this person riding a pig was.

While everyone hesitated, Wei Yuan didn't linger. Looking at the well-organized military formation before him, a wisp of black silk swam into the wild boar's body again. The wild boar suddenly grew larger, and the white breath from its nostrils became more and more rapid, gathering into a large cloud of mist that enveloped Wei Yuan.

With a thought, Wei Yuan raised his gun and pointed it forward. The wild boar immediately roared to the sky, its howl echoing throughout the entire illusion!
Blood rapidly spread from the wild boar's two tusks, and even the white breath it exhaled was tinged with red. It lowered its head, and charging towards the army formation amidst billowing clouds of mist!

The military formation was originally very orderly, and the men in formation were full of confidence. But this formation was meant to deal with Li Zhi, not a wild boar the size of a small mountain. When a wild boar weighing ten thousand pounds charged towards them at full speed, they realized with fear that it was simply beyond human capability!
The man in the center of the first row dropped his weapon and ran away. The men in the two rows behind him were caught off guard and tried to escape, but it was too late.

The wild boar crashed into the army formation, its long tusks sweeping several men away. Before they could even struggle, a flash of gunfire appeared before their eyes, and they vanished in a streak of light.

The military formation originally prepared to counter Li Zhi's all-out attack was breached by Wei Yuan's charge.

After breaking through the enemy formation, Wei Yuan squeezed his legs together. The wild boar, with its four hooves firmly planted on the ground, slid forward several dozen feet due to its powerful inertia, its hooves scraping against the ground until they were on fire, before finally managing to turn around.

At this moment, a wide passage was cleared in the center of the blue-clad army formation, and several beams of white light rose from the soil one after another.

Several teenagers rushed out from beside Bao Yun and pounced on Wei Yuan. One of them shouted, "Don't be afraid! Let's join forces and kill that beast!"

A faint light emanated from the youths, and they moved with lightning speed, clearly possessing secret techniques of luck. Just as the wild boar turned its massive body around, before it could even gather its strength, the youths had already rushed forward. They leaped into the air, unleashing a barrage of weapons at the boar.

Both sides activated their Qi-enhancing techniques. Wei Yuan sensed the Qi emanating from the other side with a thought. Under the influence of their intertwined Qi, Wei Yuan felt that the three youths before him were like candles in the wind, each small and weak. In Wei Yuan's eyes, their movements became as slow as snails, and being suspended in mid-air, they were unable to dodge or maneuver—perfect targets. Wei Yuan thrust his spear, one thrust at a time, and in the blink of an eye, all the youths vanished in a flash.

Wei Yuan slowly lowered his gun, his gaze falling on the remaining military formation. Upon seeing Wei Yuan looking at them, the examinees in the blue-clad army suddenly collapsed and scattered in all directions.

Wei Yuan looked up and saw the young man and woman standing on the hilltop. He pointed his spear forward, aiming it at the girl standing in the middle.

"Insolence!" A strikingly handsome young man standing beside the girl roared in anger, stepping forward and shouting, "I'll teach him a lesson!"

Bao Yun said softly, "Brother Xu, be careful." The young man replied arrogantly, "It's alright! A mere barbarian is nothing to me!"

The young man clearly possessed a secret technique of luck; two purple flames ignited in his eyes, and purple flames rose from his body, instantly increasing his speed several times over. He charged towards Wei Yuan like a purple fire dragon, then leaped into the air and shouted, "Barbarian, take this!"

Wei Yuan watched as the purple-flame youth slowly climbed down from the sky, and thrust his spear into his chest.

The boy leaped several feet, his sword flashing like a cold star, but the tip of the sword was still several feet away from Wei Yuan's throat when it could no longer advance an inch.

The boy slowly lowered his head and saw that Wei Yuan's spear had pierced his chest at some point, and then two horizontal branches had jammed his body, preventing him from moving forward. He desperately stretched out his arms, but the three-foot-long sword only moved forward two inches, and he couldn't touch Wei Yuan no matter what he did.

Wei Yuan swung the spear around in the air, then swung it forcefully, sending the boy crashing down like a meteor into the group of people on the slope. Then, three beams of white light rose up simultaneously.

The girl sighed softly, picked up the longsword with her two small hands, and prepared to go herself.

At this moment, the young man behind her, who was holding a sword and whose appearance was no less than that of a girl, pulled her back and said, "It seems that Brother Xu is not working."

The girl said, "But Brother Xu did his best! It's okay, I can do it myself."

She struggled twice, but couldn't break free from the boy's grasp. The boy held her firmly and said with a faint smile, "Your brother Xu is really brave. But fighting and killing aren't suitable for him. I'll handle that."

"Hmph, I can do it too!" The girl pushed forward with all her might.

"I don't need you." The boy pulled the girl behind him and said, "To borrow a phrase from your brother Xu: a mere barbarian is nothing to me, isn't it?"

The boy drew his longsword, a pure aura rising from his body, like a celestial child, and flew towards Wei Yuan unhurriedly.

The girl watched the boy's retreating figure and suddenly called out, "Xiaoyu... Brother, be careful!"

The boy laughed heartily, his aura instantly rising three feet higher. He pointed his longsword at Wei Yuan and shouted, "Three Thousand Lotuses!"

Wei Yuan felt a blur before his eyes, and suddenly the boy's figure vanished, replaced by countless azure lotus blossoms. These azure lotus blossoms shot out like lightning, bombarding Wei Yuan and unleashing a rain of azure fire. Wei Yuan had no time to parry; in that instant, he was struck by countless swords!

A huge beam of light rose up, and amidst the blue fire rain, the wild boar transformed into light and vanished.

As the lotus flowers faded, the boy reappeared, holding a sword and floating in front of Wei Yuan. His eyes were clear, gazing at the distant sky, and he didn't even see Wei Yuan.

The boy's clear, gentle voice rang out: "Since you didn't fall down immediately after taking my Three Thousand Lotus Blossoms, if your grades aren't good after the exam, I'll give you a spot in the Blessed Land. Alright, go ahead with peace of mind."

The boy closed his eyes slightly, waited a few breaths, and then opened them to see that Wei Yuan was still standing in the same spot, and had not turned into light and disappeared.

Wei Yuan looked down at himself.

At this moment, countless tiny pits and shallow scratches appeared on the armor plates, all traces left by the sword strike that had just struck three thousand lotus flowers.

Wei Yuan estimated the size of the dent and the depth of the scratch, and said sincerely, "You almost hurt me."

The boy's face grew paler and paler, his long hair fluttered in the wind, and his small mouth involuntarily pursed, his lips gradually losing their color.

(End of this chapter)