Chapter 409: Chapter 287: Martial Arts is Risky! Proving Dao Requires Caution! [Last day of February, asking for monthly votes!]
The White Bone Banner revealed its fierce form!
Though Shi Qingke was defeated, he still had the honor!
This battle on the ’Si Character’ arena made the "Chufeng" eighty-first ’White Bone Immortal’ Ma Hongniang and the "Hidden Dragon" twentieth ’Instantly Create Mountains’ Shi Qingke completely famous.
One wielded an exotic treasure, confidently securing victory.
The other attempted to reach the innate stage, pioneering the Sword Discussion’s path to enlightenment, becoming the first genius among over a thousand participants in the Cang Mountain Sword Discussion to attempt Proving Dao to the Innate stage.
It can be foreseen——
"After Shi Qingke, along with the progress of the Sword Discussion, there will surely be more geniuses striving to Prove Dao."
"Heaven and Earth Two Bridges!"
"Qi Blood Smoke!"
"In the end, who can ride alone in triumph, and who can break through first?"
"Ding Xiang?"
"Ban Xianfu?"
"Wei Lingshan?"
"Peng Fannian?"
"Jing Bao?"
"Or maybe Luo Qi, Tan Dou, Ying Jifeng?"
"Or perhaps Situ Fei, Lu Yuru, Ying He, Shi Mingzhu, Shen Xia?"
"Don’t know!"
"Hard to predict!"
"Let’s wait and see!"
...
Yan Chuan put down the White Horn Trumpet.
Shi Qingke was the first to launch a charge towards the innate stage, which greatly shocked and impacted Yan Chuan. For example, the top geniuses he listed earlier actually all had the power to assault the innate stage, already standing just outside the threshold of the Innate Gate. Led by Shi Qingke, they would surely launch successive charges towards the innate stage during the progress of the Cang Mountain Sword Discussion.
In this process, some will succeed in Proving Dao, and some will fail.
Perhaps all will fail.
But regardless of success or failure——
"They are all at the threshold, just outside the gate."
"Only I am far away, unable to see the gate!"
From Shi Qingke, Yan Chuan could finally see the absolute gap between himself and the top geniuses more clearly.
Cultivation!
This is the shortcoming!
"Must hurry up!"
Yan Chuan knew his cultivation was the shortcoming, but in a rush, it was hard to catch up; he could only work harder to catch up in the future.
...
Shi Qingke failed in his charge towards the innate stage, and to Shi Qingke himself, it was naturally a failed attempt. His cultivation regressed, no longer at the Peak of Limit-breaking, and the ’Sword Bone,’ which had been honed to the extreme, suffered varying degrees of damage from the failed charge. Shi Qingke’s cultivation dropped by at least two ranks, making it difficult to maintain his position as the "Hidden Dragon" twentieth.
Shi Qingke shone brightly in his first battle in the Sword Discussion, but in the end, like an ephemeral blossom, he faded away. It is unknown whether he will have the chance to bloom again and flourish indefinitely in this life.
For Shi Qingke, today was a tragic defeat.
For Yan Chuan, it was more of an encouragement and a wake-up call.
For Ma Hongniang and other geniuses, it was an encouragement and also a lesson. Shi Qingke encouraged them with his actions to bravely charge towards the innate stage, but also warned everyone through his own price——
"Martial Arts has risks!"
"Proving Dao requires caution!"
...
Outside was bustling.
The bustle was outside.
Looking back to the Hai Character Arena, the thick mist still hung in the air, an entire hour had passed, and Shi Qingke had even already failed in Proving Dao, but Sun Gui Fen and others on the Hai Character arena were still trapped in the mist, unable to see their own fingers, their minds enduring torment and suffering, completely unaware of Shi Qingke’s attempt and failure to Prove Dao.
Finally!
After an hour.
Sun Gui Fen could no longer bear it, with a clang, the golden knife struck, and she shouted: "We concede!"
Concede!
Switch to the next group!
Sun Gui Fen recognized that she indeed could not handle Wang Zhengyi’s ’Mirage Pearl,’ but the subsequent Guo Xi and Zhang Qin might not.
It’s already delayed an hour; no need to delay it further.
Hurry up and let someone else take over.
She no longer wished to conquer the arena, only hoped someone could pull Yan Chuan off his high horse, to teach Yan Chuan a lesson.
However——
"Concede!"
"We concede!"
"We concede!"
"Quickly dissipate the mist!"
Sun Gui Fen and the other five were loudly shouting in the mist on the arena, but the thick mist absorbed the sound, concealing it, unable to be heard outside.
As for Wang Zhengyi——
"Want to concede?"
"Want to go out?"
"What?"
"Say what?"
"I can’t hear clearly!"
"No way! No way! I’m ’fully’ activating the ’Mirage Pearl,’ I ’can’t hear’ at all!"
Wang Zhengyi had an innocent face, pretending not to hear.
Trying to concede without breaking through the Mirage Pearl?
No way!
Sun Gui Fen and the other five were in the mist, and Wang Zhengyi manipulated the ’Mirage Pearl’ to disorient the five’s sense of direction and vision, completely preventing them from reaching the edge of the arena.
Stay put, alright!
...
"Cunning!"
"Devious!"
"Shameless!"
Time’s up!
Sun Gui Fen descended from the Hai Character Arena, cursing Wang Zhengyi, glaring at Yan Chuan, yet completely unaware——
"Shi Qingke failed in Proving Dao."
"She’s still here babbling away!"
"Truly not a great outlook!"
"Double-standard dog!"
"Truly disgusting!"
"Only concerned about her little own world! Too self-centered!"
From mid-round, everyone’s attention was on Shi Qingke, everyone was discussing Shi Qingke, discussing the topic of Proving Dao to the innate stage.
Except for Sun Gui Fen.
Lose and it’s done!
Defeated and it’s over!
Yet she acted as if she couldn’t afford to lose, whining incessantly, indeed making people disgusted.
Sun Gui Fen spoke up.
Many people cast disgusted glances, glaring at her.
"Me!"
Sun Gui Fen felt aggrieved, she admitted defeat on the arena, Yan Chuan, and Wang Zhengyi pretended not to hear, forcibly dragging it out for another hour, disgusting, bullying, it was clearly their fault, how did it become her being in the wrong?
I conceded!
They’re the ones not abiding by the rules!
"Still have the nerve to shout after conceding?"
"Shameless, invincible in the world!"
"Skills not as good as others! Beaten into conceding, yet acting so righteous?"
After Sun Gui Fen argued, it only brought more ridicule and scorn upon her.
She didn’t understand!
Why is she in the wrong on both the offensive and defensive sides?