Immortal Only Accepts Female Disciples

Chapter 713: Standing Arrogantly (II)

The elder from the lion faction was an experienced person. He had a head full of white hair and a wrinkled face that had withstood the seasons. Although he was never able to enter the lesser realms due to his lack of talent and comprehension, he still survived many battles and dangerous situations.

When he blocked the way, he was already prepared for a fight. He wasn’t afraid of Zhou Ziyun even though she had turned three youths of his faction into idiots. He could have also done the same. That was the benefit of experience.

Pa! Pa!

Zhou Ziyun’s first two casual slaps were deftly blocked. The elder’s movements were surprisingly quick. His footwork was also firm and allowed him to resist the force of the blows without taking even a half step backward.

“You…” He began but he had to abandon his words and quickly block again.

Zhou Ziyun wasn’t one for talking and kept on attacking. She didn’t use her saber and simply fought with her hands and feet using the Nineteen Demon Subduing Palms. Her punches, palm strikes, and kicks were no less formidable even if they did not have to killing power of a saber.

After ten more exchanges, Zhou Ziyun still had not defeated the elder although he had been pushed back five steps. She had to admit that this old man was pretty good. Although his cultivation strength was the same as hers and nothing remarkable, he wasn’t an elder for nothing.

However, she was someone who had learned martial arts from Chen Wentian. Out of all of the disciples, she was the only one who could brag that she had absorbed all of his tricks and skills. She was the only one who could perfectly learn whatever he taught.

Zhou Ziyun’s pace changed. Her steps became quicker at some points and slower in other instances. Her kicks contained both real attacks and feints. She mixed up her attack patterns completely.

The elder felt a sense of rising panic. He frantically blocked attacks coming from all directions. For those that he could not block, he was forced to retreat shamefully. He suffered a few glancing hits but managed to remain standing. So at least in that regard, he hadn’t completely lost face like that Hu Yuankang.

“Eh?” The elder let out an involuntary grunt as his back hit something solid.

It was the stone pillar. As he realized this, Zhou Ziyun launched a flurry of attacks. This forced him to desperately block and shield his head.

This was exactly Zhou Ziyun’s plan. While he was distracted, she leaped lightly in the air. She caught his shoulder with her foot and gave herself an additional boost. With impressive agility, she vaulted to the top of the pillar and snatched the cage with the fox.

“I won. If anybody else has problems with me, feel free to come up here.” She spoke brightly.

Standing there arrogantly, with the prize in her arm, it was like she was taunting the entire Beast God City, the entire king sect of Beast God Sanctum.

“You… you…” The elder below couldn’t find the words.

Neither could the audience. They didn’t know if they should clap or jeer. Zhou Ziyun was still an outsider, even if she had done a favor for the eagle faction.

“Good palm arts!” The voice of Qu Jing cut through the silence. He stood up and clapped, with a wide smile on his face. “Miss Zhou lives up to her title as the Dao Genius. Ten Thousand Flower Valley is truly a home for unfathomable talents. Good!”

His action broke the spell on the audience and the eagle faction’s side started to clap as well.

Bang!

The sound of a fist smashing wood cut through the noise. Another figure stood up, on the opposite side of the seats from Qu Jing. It was Yang Cang from the lion faction.

“Ridiculous!” Yang Cang said gravely, his voice carried by his powerful spiritual force. “Absolutely ridiculous!”

Qu Jing didn’t back down and faced his rival. These two top geniuses of their faction had shaken hands at the start of the event as a sign of respect but that seemed like ancient history now.

“Brother Yang, don’t you think you are the one being ridiculous?”

“This is the Fox Volant of Beast Mountain. This is our tradition to celebrate the six kings and to have three fighters on each side. What this Zhou Ziyun did was an insult to our whole mountain! It’s unacceptable!”

Half of the crowd that was supporting him roared with approval. None of them wanted to see Zhou Ziyun walk away with a victory.

“In fact, after attacking the elder, she is even more deserving of severe punishment!” Yang Cang said.

“That’s right!”

“Lock her up!”

“Strip her naked!”

“You dare!” Qu Jing roared. “Miss Zhou is a guest of my eagle lord. Nobody can touch her!”

He crossed his arms as an aura of a malevolent eagle spread its wings behind him.

“Qu Jing, you’re crazy!” Yang Cang retorted, “So you want to speak for the whole of the eagle faction and the eagle lord now? This Zhou is merely an outsider, a disciple of Ten Thousand Flower Valley. What if it’s the lion lord that wants her punished? Do you think you can stand in the lion lord’s way?”

Before Qu Jing could respond, a mocking laughter came from the stage. Zhou Ziyun was still standing atop the white stone pillar, her white robes billowing in the wind, dashing, beautiful, and arrogant.

“Nobody can punish me except for my master. Anyone who tries to will face my master’s wrath. Do you dare to take the risk?”

Her arrogance was so overbearing, many people became so angry they forgot to breathe. She was just a visitor and yet she dared to throw the name of her master around like it was worth anything. Even the top geniuses of their own sect didn’t behave this way. It was simply too ridiculous!

“Drag her off the stage!”

“You dare!”

“Shut up, idiot!”

“Come fight me!”

“I’m right here!”

The arguments rose in intensity two or three fold. The two sides of the arena started shouting at each other and even throwing things. It wasn’t entirely clear if they were fighting over Zhou Ziyun or old problems. It got so bad that more elders were called and even an executive elder from both sides.

Eventually, the older and cooler heads hashed out a compromise to get past the situation. Zhou Ziyun would be given the win but she couldn’t take the prize fox which was a symbol of the event. This way, they could hold another round with an actual fight instead of a one-person beat-down.

“That’s fine. I didn’t want this fox anyway. Male foxes aren’t as cute as female foxes.”

Her statement caused arguments to erupt once again but it didn’t concern her at all. She had done her job wonderfully to incite conflict between the two factions. She wasn’t an arrogant person at heart but she had to play the part. Especially since her master was at the Spirit King Realm now. She had to uphold his reputation in front of these people. And she had to admit, it was really refreshing!

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