Chapter 369: Chapter 368: Tall, Rich, and Handsome
The Five Sects Martial Arts Competition lasted a long time.
But this had nothing to do with Li Lei anymore...
After nearly hellish training for more than ten days, he had accumulated immense confidence. He was absolutely sure that as long as his strength remained in the Huichuan Realm, relying on his invincible "Thunderous Nine Heavens" and his now solid body, he could definitely achieve victory in every battle.
However, in reality.
He was eliminated in the first round.
Encountering Xu Lingjun, he fought fiercely against Xu Lingjun for a while, and after exhausting all his trump cards, he finally admitted defeat reluctantly.
But Xu Lingjun felt gratified. Li Lei’s strength had indeed increased significantly. Although he was still not as outstanding as the geniuses like Li Jingjun and Han Yun City, his progress had already surpassed the normal rate of improvement.
It seems that the Sect Leader of Tomorrow indeed put great effort into nurturing him back then.
Xu Lingjun had a clear understanding regarding Li Lei’s strength.
After the fight with Li Lei, feeling the Qi Force absorbed into his body, hmm... being able to make him feel as though he had endured half a month’s worth of hard training in one battle, this kid’s strength was indeed quite impressive.
And that night.
The three brothers finally gathered together again.
They reminisced about the past...
Talking about the past, Guo Zheng couldn’t help but sigh.
He lamented, "Ah, back in the day, Lei Zi was responsible for height, I was for wealth, and Old Xu for handsomeness. Now Lei Zi, your height seems to have been taken by Old Xu..."
"Can’t help but accept it."
Li Lei took a big gulp of beer and then burped.
He sighed, "Old Xu’s strength has truly surpassed mine by far now. You let me go, I know. Thank you for saving my face."
"Nonsense, Old Xu was the top in the Four Mansions Trial, he’s amazing."
Guo Zheng said proudly, "Never thought I could be on par with Old Xu... forming the tall, rich, and handsome group together. I’m truly incredible, after all, Old Xu is a poor guy, with nothing but a 300-square-meter house... sadly, even that is gone now, hahaha."
Xu Lingjun glanced at the smug Guo Zheng, pondered for a moment, and decided not to tell him about the street of properties he had in Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion.
Also, it’s best not to mention that Father Wang discovered a gold mine and oil in Baoxue Empire and gave him the shares, or else he’d collapse... Money, after all, is just an external possession. He truly didn’t care about it anymore.
They used to be a three-man group, but now he’s been solo for a long time.
But when the three brothers were together back then, they were in a state of having nothing, even if they have more now, what’s it to do with their friendship?
Drink up.
How much did they drink that night?
Xu Lingjun didn’t know.
Only knew they moved from one restaurant in the Imperial Capital to another, closing down each one until they finally ended up at a street stand...
The three didn’t even know how they got home.
When Su Huanqing woke him up gently the next morning, sipping on the hangover soup she specially made, enjoying Teacher Su’s gentle hands massaging his aching head, Xu Lingjun stared in a daze at the three wallets on the table.
What’s going on, it was just a drink, how did the wallets become three?
Just then, Li Lei was also woken up from his sweet dreams.
"Time to get up and train."
Ji Roufeng said with a gentle smile, as if it wasn’t her who had just kicked Li Lei off the table, "The training is only halfway through... don’t give up halfway, Junior Brother Li Lei."
Li Lei, with his head splitting in pain, cried out in agony, "Wasn’t my martial arts competition over already? I lost..."
Yes, he lost.
His journey to defend his title ended at the first step... but losing to his good brother was nothing to be ashamed of.
Ji Roufeng sternly said, "Did you endure all this body forging just for the Five Sects Martial Arts Competition? Your martial arts competition is over, but your path in the Martial Tao has just begun, are you going to give up like this?"
"No, I’m not!"
Upon hearing this, Li Lei felt as if struck by enlightenment, Ji Roufeng’s words seemed like sagely advice, waking him from his state of self-abandonment.
Yes, his Martial Tao had just begun, he may have lost to Old Xu now, but back in the day, he had beaten Old Xu so many times... he could surpass later, why couldn’t he rise up from the bottom?
"Come on, today’s training volume is twice that of yesterday, can you keep up?"
"Bring it on, Senior Sister, I have confidence!"
"Good, here you go."
Li Lei looked at the keys in Ji Roufeng’s hand in confusion, puzzled, he asked, "Senior Sister, what is this..."
"We can’t accompany you today, both the master and I are going to watch Xu Lingjun’s match. You’ll have to rely on yourself, work hard, remember you are not cultivating for anyone else, but for yourself. When you slack off, your time doesn’t stop, it keeps moving forward... a day of hard work is a day, a day of laziness is also a day, choose between slacking or diligence!"
Ji Roufeng turned and walked out.
"Senior Sister, I will work hard!"
Li Lei exclaimed excitely, "Before, I was too embarrassed to tell Old Xu that I was always relying on you for care... Senior Sister, now I know, you are the one who treats me best, Sister-in-law, I will work hard."
Facing away from Li Lei, Ji Roufeng stopped in her tracks.
Her forehead veins throbbed.
Hehehehe, so that’s how it is, afraid of losing face, so didn’t say... all those efforts for the brotherhood routes were all for nothing, what a waste.
She turned back, smiling even sweeter, and said with a smile, "Exercise, remember, the true path is to cultivate both the inner and outer, apart from body forging, don’t forget to practice your cultivation technique."
"Yes, but Senior Sister, I’m a main cultivator of internal techniques, what’s the point of body forging?"
"To strengthen the body and extend longevity isn’t enough?"
Ji Roufeng said and opened the door to leave.
Meanwhile.
At the street corner, Guo Zheng, who was tossed into a ditch by a vendor for not being able to pay, rolled over, scratched his face, and mumbled with a smile, "Drink... keep drinking..."
......
The Five Sects Martial Arts Competition continued for three days.
But there was no suspense anymore.
When Xu Lingjun made his moves, except for the intense battle against Li Lei, the rest were mostly one-move defeats.
The battle in which he killed Zhou Qianmo did not significantly increase his absolute strength.
But it did cultivate a confidence truly belonging to a strong person.
Even if it was a sneak attack, even if it was a trick, being able to kill an Upper Realm Grandmaster was real skill.
Now Xu Lingjun looked at these young masters of his age with a gaze unconsciously filled with a sense of superiority, not out of arrogance, but like a young tiger handling a young wolf with ease.
This ease, for those of the same age, came across as pressure.
An indescribable quality.
In addition, Xu Lingjun had cultivated the Thousand Slaughter Origin Blade Technique, and even though he was merely at the novice level, this Ultimate Level Martial Skill already allowed him to possess the ability to leap realms in combat, not to mention Supreme Origin Martial Skill?
Replacing the blade with his palm, the sharpness was nearly as intense as when he wielded the Sword of Oath and Victory to perform the "Ninefold Thunder Tribulation."
Even without using a weapon, there was no need to wield the Sword of Oath and Victory against these people.
He could easily gain victory.
Thus...
The Five Sects Martial Arts Competition ended up turning into a solo show for Xu Lingjun alone.
The plot became monotonous and dull, always repeating in cycles.
"Hehehe, Liu Long is the top expert among the younger generation of my Jingyun Alliance, with exceptional talent and diligence unmatched by ordinary people. Today, let’s watch his dragon and tiger battle with the best student from the Four Mansions... what... how is it possible... impossible, how could our best disciple lose to a mere student!"
.........
Repeating arrogance, surprise, arrogance, surprise...
Xu Lingjun just smoothly and uneventfully fought to the end.