Zhan Dao Ji Chapter 3

The instant the flying sword exploded, Ye Sheng calmly and quickly ran towards the Elder’s Hall to avoid being hit.

Zhang Han looked ferocious! He turned to Ye Sheng, laughed evilly, and said, “Junior Brother, die!” He turned towards Ye Sheng and spit out cold mist, which condensed into an arrow and rapidly flew towards Ye Sheng!

Ye Sheng’s pupils dilated greatly when he saw the arrow coming towards him, but he realized that he was frozen in place!

However, he was shocked when he noticed that the pot was growing warm on his chest, almost like it was transferring energy to him! The energy started to flow to his foot, and he could move!

Ye Sheng, without any hesitation, threw himself on the floor!

“BOOM!” With that one noise, Ye Sheng’s eardrums just about ruptured. The area that the arrow struck had exploded. When Ye Sheng looked at where he had been just been standing he saw that the area had been covered with frost!

Zhang Han stared at him. “I didn’t expect him to be able to dodge at all… It seems this Junior Brother truly has potential! Unfortunately, today I will be the one to kill you! You should remember this! No Senior Brother will save you now!”

Zhang Han sneered and waved his hands. The cold air in his body started to emit and condense around his hands, forming a lance.  “Junior Brother, in the next life, do not even think about becoming a cultivator.”

His face was full of pity, but held no remorse. The lance flickered out and with a “whoosh” thrust towards Ye Sheng!

“I’m finished.” Ye Sheng closed his eyes.

“This disciple has barely stepped foot into the sect, and right away you try to kill him…”

Ye Sheng wasn’t sure about what just happened, but he embraced the pot in a tight grip and felt its warmth flowing into him.

Suddenly, there was a gust of warm wind, and Ye Sheng, who was curled up, was blown one zhang (3.3 feet) away.

Ye Sheng was flabbergasted. He opened his eyes and saw that w.a.n.g Qing was standing where he had just been!

w.a.n.g Qing, laughing out loud, smiled and waved his sleeves. That one wave was enough to save Ye Sheng’s little life by blowing him away. And in the air, Ye Sheng saw a piece of the broken lance floating!

“Zhang Han, you are an Inner Sect disciple! Do you intend to disregard and ruin your status?”

Zhan Han glared, “w.a.n.g Qing! How are you not harmed?”

“Haha… Zhang Han, no matter how much you practice, you are only at the Sixth Qi Layer. You do not even qualify to give me a scratch!”

After saying that, he looked at Ye Sheng and saluted, saying, “Sorry, Junior Brother, your Senior Brother was too slow. Please forgive me.”

Ye Sheng was shaken, but on his face was a look of grat.i.tude. He faced w.a.n.g Qing and said, “Senior Brother, Junior Brother cannot be thankful enough.”

Ye Sheng said to himself inwardly, This Senior Brother w.a.n.g Qing isn’t so simple. He dodged that flying sword explosion so easily. After the sword attacked him, he just spoke to me and laughed! He isn’t even scratched!

In other words, Zhang Han had made a frost arrow and hurled it with the intention of killing him, but it did not even graze him!

And it seemed as if the light in his dantian had helped him, allowing him to move by dispelling Zhang Han’s cold Qi! If it hadn’t been for that, he would be a corpse right now.

But that no longer mattered.

Ye Sheng’s mind quickly processed what just happened. Zhang Han was surely testing him out!

He must have been testing to see if I was really worthy of becoming his Junior Brother! Just now, if I hadn’t moved out of the way, he would have truly killed me!

Or was he testing whether or not the energy in my dantian existed?

Or he this person was personally checking my strength?

If he thought I was strong, he was probably checking my skills out. Yes, that seems to be the reason, but if not… there’s no way to know what he was thinking for sure…

While Ye Sheng was thinking, w.a.n.g Qing and Zhang Han began to fight!

w.a.n.g Qing moved his hand and energy began to condense on it, like a silk thread. Green light began to form on his fingertips. It looked slow yet seemed to contain an inexhaustible amount of vitality.

Zhang Han’s face grew serious. He pulled something out of a bag and shouted, “Blackened Spear!”

w.a.n.g Qing’s expression was as light as ever as he chortled and then said, “It seems Junior Brother Zhang Han can’t but help to have the greatest respect for me, to bring out the school’s famous ‘Blackened Spear’.”

Zhang Han’s face grew ashen and he didn’t reply.

With his right hand, he grabbed the spear and breathed deeply, and then rushed towards w.a.n.g Qing!

w.a.n.g Qing just laughed and swung his arm downwards. The green light on his fingertips emitted a bright shine and then wrapped around his body.

Appearing in front of him, Zhang Han’s cold spear was already thrusting towards his body!

But w.a.n.g Qing only took a step back, one single step! And the spear just barely missed him, piercing through the air.

Zhang Han’s expression hardened and he spit out a mouthful of cold Qi.

w.a.n.g Qing’s expression remained the same as before, wearing a smile. He lifted one foot and took just one step to the left to avoid another spear thrust.

Zhang Han snorted and then shouted, “w.a.n.g Qing! Could it be that you are mocking me!”

w.a.n.g Qing laughed lightly. “Junior Brother Zhang, you are just an underling. There is no need for me to take you seriously. Only…”  His face suddenly turned cold, and his body shined green. In a split second, all of the light had wrapped around his fingers and he clenched a fist.  He took one step forward, and the light began to change!

They both stood there pa.s.sively. Suddenly, the green light on w.a.n.g Qing’s hands became fierce and w.a.n.g Qing attacked Zhang Han’s chest!

“BOOM!” The green lights exploded radiantly, causing the light to scatter everywhere.

Ye Sheng’s couldn’t help but shut his eyes, blinded by the light. He couldn’t see the outcome. What was this legendary technique?!

Ye Sheng quickly opened his eyes, and he saw the brilliant light slowly receding. He saw w.a.n.g Qian’s fist pressing down on top of Zhang Han’s spear. The two fighters were in a deadlock!

“Huh? Seventh Layer Qi?” w.a.n.g Qing coldly laughed. “Junior Brother Zhang Han, everytime we meet, you show me a pleasant surprise. Indeed, I underestimated you.”

Zhang Han groaned and his face turned ugly. Because of the collision, he had unexpectedly achieved a breakthrough, but he was still no match for w.a.n.g Qing.

He grimaced as he said, “Senior Brother w.a.n.g Qing’s att.i.tude is not only fierce, but his power is no joke as well. It seems your reputation is well deserved.”

“You flatter me. Well…” w.a.n.g Qing grinned. “Next time, I won’t go so easy on Junior Brother Zhang.”

As soon as he finished talking, his figure suddenly disappeared!

Zhang Han became cautious and cold air began to whirl around his body. Suddenly, w.a.n.g Qing appeared behind him and attacked him with one hand!

Ye Sheng heard a loud explosion, and then he saw Zhang Han shaking as he hurriedly retreated backwards.

w.a.n.g Qing’s hand struck a single point on the spear, and dashed towards Zhang Han again!

w.a.n.g Qing shouted and the green light on his fingertips condensed once more and glittered.

“Eight Bleak Fists!”

Zhang Han condensed his cold Qi around the tip of the spear and he thrusted it towards w.a.n.g Qing,

“Illusion Shattering Spear!”

Their Qi collided, and the sky changed! Ye Sheng was stupefied! Suddenly, he heard a ma.s.sive explosion.

“What’s happening at the Elder’s Palace?”  Some Inner Disciples began to take note of the fluctuating energy waves. They madly dashed over to the source of the power.

Both w.a.n.g Qing and Zhang Han’s expressions did not look too good.

The two of them stood there, coldly glaring at each other. Then, w.a.n.g Qing looked over and noticed the incoming Inner Sect disciples. Soon they heard Zhang Han begin to laugh, “Well, well, well… I didn’t think that today I would have to reveal my true power. Well, since that’s the case, I no longer have any use for your instruction!”

After saying this, all around him the Inner Sect disciples were beginning to gather.

‘It’s Senior Brother w.a.n.g Qing and Zhang Han!”

They gasped in surprise, “Could it be?! They were having a battle to the death? How else could it have been so fierce?”

w.a.n.g Qing coldly watched them, opened his mouth, and began to inhale.

Even though Ye Sheng hadn’t even taken one step into cultivation, he could sense something was coming! The energy from the Heavens and the Earth began to condense in w.a.n.g Qing’s mouth!

Seeing the group, w.a.n.g Qing imposingly shouted!

“Eighth Layer Beginning Qi!”

Zhang Han’s face changed to one of horror.

“Heavens! w.a.n.g Qing had already reached another higher stage of cultivation!” Zhou Tong soon watched all of the gathered disciples discuss.

“Why does Zhang Han look so uncomfortable? Was he looking for trouble?”

“I heard Senior Sister Lin wanted to have a duel… did she send him in her stead?”

“How can I know? But I heard Senior Sister Lin was looking for a fight, so might be she trying to provoke w.a.n.g Qing?”

“Maybe they are putting on a show?”

“Zhang Han was looking for a bright a.s.sistant. Maybe he was trying to cash in a debt that w.a.n.g Qing owed?”

The group of people sighed. “They’re causing such a commotion…”

w.a.n.g Qing arrogantly looked at Zhang Han and said, “You should think highly of me, Zhang Han! Today, you wanted to fight with me? Why should I challenge someone that I can easily defeat?”

He firmly declared this, silencing everyone!

Under these circ.u.mstances, Ye Sheng thought it was over, but then he suddenly felt an enormous pressure!

The pressure firmly pushed down on his chest until he couldn’t breathe!

Cold sweat beaded on his forehead and his knees began to buckle, almost collapsing.

Ye Sheng clenched his teeth and felt that the overwhelming power was at its maximum. He clenched his fists so tightly that his nails began to dig into his flesh!

Unable to stand any longer, he had to kneel! He felt shame at having been forced down to his knees.

Then, in his body, Ye Sheng felt a lump of energy beginning to spin, and the pressure was suddenly relieved! He stood up, and embraced the small pot.

A small of white light emerged from the pot. This light fused with Ye Sheng’s body. All around him, the disciples watching began shuddering!  A portion of the Ling Qi in the area began to flow into him.

But in fact, n.o.body realized what had just happened. People that were taking note of him were surprised! He had begun to tap into a Way of Cultivation!

It was called: Na Ling!

Na Ling accepts the Heaven and Earth’s Ling Qi into one’s own body! This was a way of breaking into the Qi Layers.

Ye Sheng felt the pressure decrease until it was almost nonexistent.

Zhang Han’s arrogance was lost as he recoiled and cried out, “That was the Eighth Qi Layer!”

w.a.n.g Qing’s face became serious. “Zhang Han, you are forcing my hand! Fine, I agree to follow you and go to fight Senior Sister Lin in the arena! How about now? Won’t you stand down? I do not wish to reveal my strength, but you are giving me no choice but to be merciless.”

After he finished talking, he turned towards Zhang Han and faced him. Zhang Han unexpectedly moved backwards, showing no signs of agreeing.

Immediately, w.a.n.g Qing opened his storage bag and pulled out his sword. Green Qi began to flow continuously into the sword.

“Zhang Han! You have chosen death!”

“Dead! This Zhang Han is dead.” The disciples around them saw w.a.n.g Qing’s sword and sighed in admiration.

“What a pity, what a pity. I didn’t expect this w.a.n.g Qing to have trained to the late stage of the Eighth Qi Layer, something even Lin Qing had failed to do.”

“Zhang Han was indeed well suited to be an Inner Sect disciple. He was one of the finest and had great talent. He entered the School at the age of five and has since managed to achieve the Seventh Qi Layer. What a pity that he will die today.”

w.a.n.g Qing laughed as he stamped in Zhang Han’s direction. Immediately, he went straight at him!

Zhang Han panicked. He expelled all of his Qi into the surroundings, bracing for w.a.n.g Qing’s attack!

The spectators eagerly watched the fight.

Suddenly, a voice erupted from the inside of the Elder’s hall. “Enough!” An elder emerged from the shadows, yet both w.a.n.g Qing and Zhang Han were both already in the middle of fighting!

“Haha!”

w.a.n.g Qing and Zhang Han, hearing this laughter, suddenly stopped at the same time, causing blood to spurt out of their mouths. Everyone’s heads turned to the Elder’s Hall. They hadn’t noticed that the door had opened.  Now, they saw the elderly man walk out of the doors.

“Elder Liu!”