Dominating Martial King-Chapter 38 - 35 Soaring to the Sky

38: Chapter 35 Soaring to the Sky

38 -35 Soaring to the Sky

Ye Zhiqiu returned to the Martial Arts Academy that night and traced the source, finding Hu Lai and Hu Kan.

According to her investigation, all the various rumors about Chu Xisheng within the academy originated from these two brothers.

She called them to her own classroom, then stood with her arms crossed over her chest and a disapproving look as she glared at the two.

“Speak!

Who told you to spread all those baseless rumors?”

Hu Kan’s plump face was covered in sweat, and his character 8-shaped eyebrows drooped like worms as he asked with utmost trepidation, “Instructor, may I ask what you refer to as ‘baseless rumors’ exactly?”

“I’m talking about Chu Xisheng!” Ye Zhiqiu tapped the desk with her finger, raising her tone, “Who asked you to spread rumors about him?”

At that, Hu Lai and Hu Kan exchanged glances, both wearing odd expressions.

Hu Lai, with his character 8-shaped mustache, mopped the sweat from his brow and said, “Instructor, if you are referring to the recent rumors about Junior Brother Chu in the academy, they are all as Junior Brother Chu specifically requested of us, to help him build his reputation within the academy.”

The brothers also received twenty taels of Demon Silver from Chu Xisheng.

But about the silver, he dared not mention it to the death.

“Junior Brother Chu?

You mean Chu Xisheng himself?”

Ye Zhiqiu was taken aback.

She had previously suspected that these two were up to no good, that they had been commanded by someone to build up and then crush Chu Xisheng, which is why she wanted to find out the truth.

But the trail led back to Chu Xisheng himself.

Ye Zhiqiu’s eyes widened, finding the whole situation absurd and inconceivable, “Chu Xisheng had you flatter his reputation, claiming he’s the top person in the Inner Sect?”

Has that guy gone mad?

“Not exactly,” the older brother, Hu Kan’s character 8 eyebrows returned to their normal shape as he shook his head, “We were just following the script given to us by Junior Brother Chu, that he fought tooth and nail to kill more than thirty people, including three of ‘Heng’s Eighteen Riders,’ and that his sword skills indeed reached the Ninth Grade.

I inquired about this, and it’s all true.”

Seeing Ye Zhiqiu’s distrustful gaze, he added with a ‘hmm’ sound, “It’s true!

At most, we just embellished the facts a bit in the manner of those storytellers.

Rumors and gossip always go like that; you have to dramatize it a bit, make it sensational to catch people’s attention.

It was really just a tiny bit——”

Hu Kan even specifically stretched out his thumb and pinky finger, leaving a small gap between them.

The younger brother, Hu Lai, touched his character 8 mustache awkwardly, “As a result, people exaggerated as they passed the word, making it more and more outlandish.

Somehow, the tale was blown out of proportion.”

Ye Zhiqiu ‘hmmphed’ and withdrew her harsh gaze.

Then her brows furrowed deeply as she pondered what on earth Chu Xisheng was up to.

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As Ye Zhiqiu was thinking of Chu Xisheng, he was training in a dream.

On the White Jade Square shrouded in a thin mist, Chu Xisheng practiced the ‘Chasing Wind Saber’ tirelessly.

Again and again, seemingly without any sense of fatigue or boredom.

His sword skills had changed dramatically compared to ten days ago.

Chu Xisheng had already mastered all eighteen forms of the Chasing Wind Saber with the help of virtual training in his dreams.

He was also integrating ‘Light Cloud Jump’ into his saber techniques.

This was an Ascending Technique that applied True Yuan to the feet, greatly enhancing a Martial Cultivator’s speed and abilities in stepping and leaping.

When combined with the Chasing Wind Saber, Light Cloud Jump brought great changes to the technique.

For instance, longer stride distances, faster sprint speeds, and wider maneuvering space.

If Chu Xisheng had to rely solely on his comprehension, he might not grasp the essence of these two Martial Arts Formulas in two or three months.

But he had a First Grade Grandmaster by his side.

As she was currently financially comfortable, Chu Yunyun was idling at home temporarily.

She took advantage of this free time and broke down the Chasing Wind Saber and Light Cloud Jump for Chu Xisheng in great detail.

She almost literally held his hand and taught him the Ascending Technique.

However, since Chu Xisheng had only been practicing for a short time, Light Cloud Jump was still clumsy and not yet ready for combat.

Time unknowingly passed, and it seemed like just a moment had gone by before four hours elapsed.

When Chu Xisheng woke up in the early morning and got through the throbbing pain, he looked at the System Panel before him.

Character: Chu Xisheng

Reputation: Ninth Grade Upper (Virtual)

Martial Arts: Chasing Wind Saber Technique (Second Layer), Light Cloud Jump (Not Entered)

Martial Intent: Vengeful Residual Intent (First Level)

Primordial Skill: Nourishing Essence Skill (Second Level/Ninth Grade Lower)

Martial Arts Points: 32

Talent: Eagle Eye, Chasing Wind and Lightning Hand (First Tier), Pure Yang Thunder Body (First Rank)

Status: Six Yin Soul Revival Spell

Lifespan: 29 days

Chu Xisheng looked at his Martial Arts column, then at the Martial Arts Points that had risen to 32, and heaved a slight sigh.

His experiment had succeeded; the reckless promotion by Hu Kan and Hu Lai was not small in effect.

Three days ago, his Martial Arts Points had increased from 23 to 32.

But Chu Xisheng had also failed, for once his Martial Arts Points reached 32, they just wouldn’t go up any further.

Although his name was now widely known, and those exaggerated rumors spread wider and wider, even reaching beyond the Martial Arts Academy, his Martial Arts Points hadn’t increased at all.

Chu Xisheng guessed it was because the rumors were so exaggerated that people only took them as jokes and oddities, not believing them at heart.

His reputation also remained at Ninth Grade Upper (Virtual), unchanged.

Chu Xisheng still didn’t understand the mechanism for increasing reputation.

Reflecting on his experiences over these days, the increase in reputation didn’t seem to have much to do with the number of people who believed in his strength.

The key seemed to lie in the recognition of experts; only with the recognition of a sufficient number of powerful Martial Cultivators could his reputation increase.

However, whether reputation increased or not was actually not important; what mattered were the Martial Arts Points.

The current situation was that before he had earned enough Martial Arts Points, the backlash from those exaggerated rumors was already beginning to show.

Chu Xisheng had long felt the strange atmosphere among his many fellow disciples.

Those two-leaf and three-leaf Inner Sect senior brothers were already itching to test his mettle.

Chu Xisheng felt a bit of regret; it seemed he had dug a big hole for himself.

He sighed again and retracted the virtual screen back into the corner of his vision.

When he walked out of his room to freshen up, Chu Yunyun couldn’t help but glance at him coldly, “Why are you sighing again?

As a Martial Cultivator, show some spirit.”

“I’m worried, as the tree wants to be still but the wind keeps blowing,” he replied.

Looking at a willow swaying in the wind ahead, Chu Xisheng asked with anticipation, “Yunyun, do you have a way for me to rapidly increase my strength within a day or two?”

Chu Yunyun immediately shook her head, “Martial cultivation is a gradual path.

To reach the peak, you need to forge yourself tirelessly, establishing a solid foundation.

Even those Evil Cultivators don’t have an immediate path to power.

Your progress has already been very fast.

Once you master the Light Cloud Jump, it will greatly enhance your strength.

What more do you want?”

She was actually quite amazed.

In the past ten or so days, Chu Xisheng seemed to have suddenly had a breakthrough.

No matter what she taught Chu Xisheng, this fellow could practice it without any errors the next day.

And each move and stance seemed as if he had gone through a large amount of practice, very skilled.

Yet this fellow could only practice the saber for half an hour each day.

“But I still feel it’s too slow.” Chu Xisheng sighed again, as he picked up a willow branch to brush his teeth, “The most outstanding tree in the forest is easily destroyed by the wind.”

Chu Yunyun burst into laughter, “This is all your own doing.

Don’t worry, getting beaten up once will sort it out.”

In her view, Chu Xisheng had entirely brought this upon himself.

This fellow was clearly getting carried away, even going to Hu Kan and Hu Lai to pay them to promote his reputation.

To Chu Yunyun, it wasn’t such a big deal.

Sparring and exchanging skills among fellow disciples was common.

Martial Cultivators sharpen and improve their Martial Skills in these comparisons and contests.

If Chu Xisheng lost a match, he would just be knocked down a peg.

It would be good for Chu Xisheng to have some sense knocked into him, to be grounded in reality.

Chu Xisheng, however, continued to wear a troubled expression.

He couldn’t say that all he did was for Martial Arts Points.

He had not anticipated that this would blow up so massively—

It was at this moment that they both heard a resounding bell ring from outside.

At first, they didn’t pay attention, thinking it was the bell of the Martial Arts Academy urging disciples to their morning practice.

But when the giant bell continued to ring three times in succession, the two couldn’t help but look at each other.

This was not the bell for morning practice, but the bell summoning all disciples and instructors to assemble.