67: Chapter 67: Grade Competition Begins 67: Chapter 67: Grade Competition Begins On the side, Li Lu stood motionless, staring at Jiang Teng who Huang Xiaolong had blasted into the ground, twitching uncontrollably.
It took her a long ti to react.
Huang Xiaolong’s strength had beco unbelievably powerful!
Over the past five months, she had been diligently cultivating, thinking that she had closed the gap between herself and Huang Xiaolong sowhat.
But only now did she realize how vast the gap between them really was!
At that mont, Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu stopped infusing their Fighting Energy and stood up, wiping the sweat from their foreheads.
Fortunately, their reaction was quick this ti, otherwise, if Huang Xiaolong had struck like the last ti with over a dozen palms, Jiang Teng would have truly been crippled!
The two exchanged a bitter smile.
Initially, they thought it would be a tie, but they hadn’t expected it to be over in one move!
Before Huang Xiaolong, Jiang Teng was defeated in just one move!
A crushing defeat!
Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu looked at Huang Xiaolong with complex expressions in their eyes; this little fellow had given them too great a surprise.
However, fortunately, their hearts were not too weak to take it.
“Well, Xiao Long, you, this little fellow, always hit too hard,” Sun Zhang said with a chuckle.
Huang Xiaolong seed unconcerned.
“If there’s nothing else, then I’ll be going back now,” he said, then turned and left.
Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu opened their mouths, wanting to say sothing to Huang Xiaolong, but in the end, they didn’t know what to say, and could only watch helplessly as Huang Xiaolong left with Li Lu.
Not until Huang Xiaolong’s figure had disappeared did the two shake their heads and smile.
As Huang Xiaolong vanished, Xiong i Qi slowly erged from a corner of the square, watching the direction in which Huang Xiaolong had departed with a complicated expression.
Xiong i Qi, like Sun Zhang and Xiong Chu, had actually arrived at the square much earlier.
After leaving the Star Sky Academy, Huang Xiaolong and Li Lu headed back to Heavenly Mystical Mansion.
On the way, Li Lu, having recovered from her shock, excitedly began to talk about what had happened to her over the past five months and so interesting events that had occurred at the academy.
Huang Xiaolong watched Li Lu, who was chattering non-stop and smiling happily.
He smiled too; he liked to see the two dimples that appeared on her face when she smiled.
Before long, Huang Xiaolong and Li Lu arrived at the Heavenly Mystical Mansion.
“Young Master, you’ve returned!” As Huang Xiaolong arrived, Fei Hou had just co out of the Heavenly Mystical Mansion and, upon seeing Huang Xiaolong, was overjoyed and hurried forward to greet him.
Huang Xiaolong stepped forward, patted Fei Hou on the shoulder, and said with a smile, “I’m back!
Co on, let’s go inside and talk.”
Once Huang Xiaolong entered the hall, the three of them sat down.
After seating himself, Huang Xiaolong asked Fei Hou about the situation at Heavenly Mystical Mansion over the past few months.
Fei Hou answered one by one; according to Fei Hou, over the past five months, he had gone to the slave market to carefully select so slaves, including the beastman Bo Li, and now there were a total of sixty-eight servants in the Heavenly Mystical Mansion.
Moreover, under his nurture and training, each had established a basic foundation in the Arhat Fist techniques passed down by Huang Xiaolong.
These servants, who were purchased with so foundation in Fighting Energy, had strengthened over the five months under Fei Hou’s training.
When using the Arhat Fist against adversaries, the weaker ones were comparable to Fifth-level experts, and the strongest, the beastman Bo Li, had strength comparable to a Sixth Rank expert.
Listening to Fei Hou’s response, Huang Xiaolong nodded satisfactorily.
At this ti, Fei Hou hesitated for a mont, then said, “Young Master, tomorrow is your academy’s annual grade competition!
I’ve inquired, and the strongest in your academy’s first year is nad Lu Kai.
This Lu Kai is very strong; he had already reached the Sixth-stage Late-stage Peak a year ago, and now he might have broken through to the Seventh Rank!”
“Lu Kai?” Huang Xiaolong frowned.
The Seventh Rank?
Below the Tenth Rank, there were two crucial thresholds, one at the Fourth-stage and another at the Seventh Rank.
Once soone broke through to the Seventh Rank, their strength would completely transform, far surpassing that of soone at the Sixth-stage Late-stage Peak.
If this Lu Kai really breaks through to the Seventh Rank, tomorrow’s annual grade competition will be sowhat troubleso.
“Yes, Xiao Long, this Lu Kai, I often hear our teacher Xiong i Qi ntion him.
Three years ago, after reaching the Sixth-stage Late Stage, he has been the first in our first year for three years now, never losing a grade competition, and moreover, he is also a prince of the Luotong Kingdom!” Li Lu continued.
“Oh, a prince of the Luotong Kingdom?” Huang Xiaolong was sowhat surprised.
“Yes, Young Master!” Fei Hou said, “This Lu Kai is highly regarded by King Lu Zhe of Luotong.
I also heard that King Lu Zhe will personally attend tomorrow’s academy grade competition!”
“King Lu Zhe will personally attend the competition.” Huang Xiaolong was astonished, it seed that King Lu Zhe indeed held this son in high regard, even coming personally to watch the competition.
“Moreover, speaking of which, this Lu Kai also has a bit of a connection with the Young Master,” Fei Hou went on.
“Five months ago, Young Master, you made a bet with Zhong Yuan, if you took the first place in the grade competition, Sun Zhang would expel him, and this Lu Kai is the son of Princess Consort Zhong!”
The son of Princess Consort Zhong!
Huang Xiaolong suddenly realized.
Princess Consort Zhong, that is, Zhong Yuan’s sister, so that ant Lu Kai was Zhong Yuan’s nephew, and Zhong Yuan was Lu Kai’s uncle!
“Lu Kai.” Huang Xiaolong thought to himself.
Seventh Rank?
It seems that tomorrow’s grade competition will be quite interesting.
“Young Master, actually, even if you don’t take first place in this year’s grade competition, it’s not a big deal.
Young Master, you are only ten years old, while that Lu Kai is already nineteen!” Seeing Huang Xiaolong in deep thought, presumably worried about tomorrow’s competition, Fei Hou couldn’t help but offer so comforting words.
The Sect Leader was exceptionally talented and strong, but Fei Hou felt that with Huang Xiaolong’s current strength, defeating a Seventh-stage expert was still too difficult!
On hearing this, Huang Xiaolong smiled, waved his hand, and then asked Fei Hou about his cultivation progress with the Thunder Water Technique.
Fei Hou answered one by one.
“By the way, I have sothing for you.” After a while, Huang Xiaolong rembered sothing and took out ten Iron Fruits.
“This, is an Iron Fruit!” Fei Hou, seeing the Iron Fruits that Huang Xiaolong took out, was astonished.
Li Lu, hearing this, also had her eyes wide open.
“Yes, it’s an Iron Fruit.” Huang Xiaolong smiled, “This ti while cultivating in the Silver Moon Forest, the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey, this little guy, found them.”
At this mont, the Soul-devouring Purple Monkey on the side squealed, and with both hands gestured, obviously showing off to Fei Hou and Li Lu, who couldn’t help but laugh at the monkey’s adorable actions.
However, finding Iron Fruits was indeed sothing to show off about.
Huang Xiaolong gave five Iron Fruits each to Fei Hou and Li Lu.
After a while, Fei Hou and Li Lu left the hall, and Huang Xiaolong also returned to his own small courtyard to cultivate the Asura Sword Technique and Asura Ghost Claw.
Not long after, Marshal Haotian, hearing that Huang Xiaolong had returned from cultivating in the Silver Moon Forest, ca over from the Marshal Mansion to the Heavenly Mystical Mansion.
On seeing Huang Xiaolong, Marshal Haotian also talked about Lu Kai, his tone filled with worry.
“It seems, not only the academy teachers and students but also Fei Hou and Haotian both do not believe I can take first place in the grade competition this ti.” After Marshal Haotian left, Huang Xiaolong thought to himself.
Night, slowly fell.
Moonlight enveloped the land.
Huang Xiaolong sat cross-legged on the Cold Jade Bed, the Double Dragons continuously devouring the Nine Netherworld Dark Energy of the void.
The night passed.
Sunlight shone, and Star Sky Academy finally welcod its annual grand event— the end-of-year competitions for all classes and grades finally arrived.
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