Fantasy: Immortality Begins with Absorbing Demons

Chapter 396: Fist Fighting (1)

"Thank you for the reward, Master." Han Yi accepted it without ceremony.

This is what he deserves.

"There's still a week until the final showdown. Tomorrow, I'll send you the resources needed for the fourth level. With this powerful medicine and those resources, given your aptitude, you should be able to raise your true skill to another level."

During this period, do not reveal your breakthrough to outsiders; maintain secrecy. Ideally, you should also stay within the Nine-Bend Courtyard until it's all over before considering anything else.

She made meticulous arrangements; clearly, Fang Chengqi's serious injury made her particularly concerned about Han Yi's safety.

"Thank you very much, Master!" Han Yi said deeply. "This disciple understands."

"Okay, go ahead. If you don't understand anything, come and ask me." Zhong Yunxiu looked at Han Yi, whose expression was calm, and liked him more and more.

He is talented, steady, and cautious, unlike Fang Chengqi who is impulsive.

Perhaps, in the future, they will really have to take up the mantle of Jiuquyuan.

Han Yi slowly left and returned to the training square with Zhong Han once again.

Seven days passed quickly.

These past few days, Han Yi has been practicing the Nine-Bend Palm technique in the square, without starting the fourth level of cultivation.

According to Zhong Yunxiu, he has just completed the third level, and the most suitable thing for him is to lay a solid foundation. Blindly breaking through will only make his foundation unstable and cause future troubles.

Although Yang Wei left Jiuquyuan and Fang Chengqi was seriously injured, the morale of the group was not greatly affected.

It's very simple. After this period of hard work, another disciple has broken through to the third level of true skill, which can be considered as barely filling the vacancy.

It was none other than Sun Zheng, who was admitted to the hospital with Han Yi.

His talent was not bad to begin with; he was originally a genius disciple of another minor sect. The reason he was stuck at the peak of the second level and did not enter the third level was entirely due to the drag he suffered from practicing other techniques.

But when he hardened his heart, dispersed his power and returned his primordial blood, and with the strong support and detailed guidance from Zhong Yunxiu, he was able to enter the third level of true skill.

In this way, the Nine-Bend Academy and the Phoenix Academy are roughly equal in strength on paper.

Whether it's a victory or a defeat, we still need to fight a match to determine the outcome.

This helped to stabilize morale.

Fang Chengqi, after recuperating for several days, was barely able to walk. He occasionally appeared in the square, but he couldn't cultivate. He just looked gloomy and in a bad mood, staring at the other people cultivating with a rather unpleasant gaze.

But even if he initiates a conversation with someone, no one has time to pay attention to him.

Because the boxing match has officially begun.

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Jingtian Manor, Zhongzheng Hall.

The once deserted hall was now filled with people.

The walls of the main hall, which were originally peeling and the windows had some holes, have all been repaired and replaced.

The entire hall was spotless, as if it were brand new.

The counters originally used to receive visitors were temporarily removed. The rules of the manor, which were used as screens separating the two sides of the main hall and with the words "Courage and Faith" written on one side and "Benevolence and Righteousness" on the other, were also wiped clean and placed on the left and right sides of the entrance.

On both sides, there are high platforms used as competition venues.

One side is the inner arena, reserved for chief disciples at the sixth level of True Skill, while the other side is the outer arena, for disciples below the sixth level of True Skill.

At this moment, the deputy head of the manor, Fang He, was sitting in the very center of the main hall, welcoming the head disciples of the various courtyards.

He was dressed in a white scholar's robe with a black belt inlaid with jade around his waist. His face was refined and elegant. He didn't look like a martial artist, but rather like a scholar going to the capital to take the imperial examination.

"Old Fang, I heard there's been quite a commotion at Jingtian Manor lately. Some outsiders are causing trouble here?" Fang asked. Beside him was a woman.

She had long, soft, and alluring red hair, wore a black, tight-fitting outfit, had a sexy face with a beauty mark at the corner of her eye, and a hot and voluptuous figure. This woman was Guan Chan, another deputy head of Jingtian Manor.

She and Fang He were in charge of different areas of Jingtianzhuang, and they often argued about things, so their relationship was not good.

"This has nothing to do with you. They're just a few stupid thieves. The culprit will be caught soon," Fang He said calmly, glancing at them.

"It's alright?" Guan Chan laughed, clicking her tongue twice. "I heard that the murderer, by sheer coincidence, ended up at the Nine-Bend Academy and happened to injure its most talented disciple..."

"Tsk tsk..." She shook her head. "It's okay. Since you say it's okay, then it's okay."

Fang He had always wanted to arrange a marriage between Zhong Yunxiu and the Three Mountains Sect, and basically everyone in the upper echelons knew about it.

These things were clearly a trick orchestrated by Fang He.

"What, you saw it with your own eyes?" Fang He said dismissively. "Or do you have evidence?" He wasn't afraid at all. Anyway, you didn't have any evidence, and saying a few words wouldn't hurt you.

"Oh, how could I, a mere woman, possibly have any objections to Master Fang?" Guan Chan said sarcastically. "Anyway, I will report all these matters to Master Fang."

What she cared about was not that a disciple of the Nine-Bend Academy had been injured, or that Fang He was forcing Zhong Yunxiu to marry off her daughter.

In her opinion, these were all trivial matters and had nothing to do with her.

The only thing she cared about was the other party's suppression and the outcome of their struggle.

Allowing outsiders to harm disciples within the manor is a grave violation of the gang's rules. If the manor lord, Zhao Ziyang, finds out about this, he can at least force Fang He to relinquish some of his benefits.

"Whatever, do as you please. Anyway, I have no choice but to do this for the future development of Jingtian Manor." Fang He looked completely unconcerned. If this matter succeeded, he could establish a relationship with Chen Ying, one of the three great masters of the Three Mountains Sect. What did it matter if he suffered a loss or got a scolding?

Perhaps next time, he will have a chance to compete for the position of manor lord.

"Academy Headmaster Jiang Yucheng of Fuguang Academy has arrived..."

Soon, people from various branch academies arrived one after another, and disciples loudly greeted them.

"The head of the Arc Cinema has been promoted..."

"Zhang Ruoning, Head of Mingfeng Academy..."

After exchanging greetings with the heads of various academies, whom they rarely saw on ordinary days, Chao Fang and Guan Chan took their seats in the highest positions.

"Qian Shuo, the head of the Reprint Institute..."

"Gongsun Jing, the head of Piaoxue Courtyard, has arrived..."

"Where is the Nine-Bend Courtyard? Why hasn't anyone arrived yet?" Fang He sat in the seat of honor, frowning. Of the seven courtyards of Jingtian, only the Nine-Bend Courtyard remains.

He was the head of Yangzhi Academy, so many disciples had arrived early to maintain order, arrange seating, and clean the place.

"Perhaps he was scared by you and didn't dare to come," Guan Chan said with a light smile.

"Hmph..." Fang He glanced at her with displeasure. The two already had a bad relationship, and Guan Chan was making sarcastic remarks.

"The head of the Nine-Bend Courtyard, Zhong Yunxiu, has arrived..."

The disciple who was chanting the greeting shouted loudly.

Immediately afterwards, everyone saw Headmaster Zhong Yunxiu enter with a few disciples.