Immortal Demonic Path

Chapter 17: The Scene Was Too Cruel

It wasn't until nearly noon that it was finally Li Changsheng's turn.

He stepped onto the arena with his identification number and sword token, the long sword in his hand having been brought from Nie Qiu's residence.

In martial arts competitions, sects don't provide weapons.

His opponent was a Taoist priest in his early twenties, at the mid-stage of the seventh level of Qi Refining.

Li Changsheng cupped his hands and said, "Younger brother Li Changsheng greets senior brother."

The opponent also bowed and said, "Lingjian Peak, Han Jiuyuan, I recognize you. You found Niu Wendao in prison."

"It is my honor that you know me, Senior Brother," Li Changsheng said.

"I heard that before you met Niu Wendao, you were only at the second level of Qi Refining. I never expected that you would dare to stand on this arena and compete with me today."

Han Jiuyuan, however, was not so kind. He sneered, "But you are an ungrateful person. The person who gave you the opportunity to learn the demon language humiliated you and cut off all ties with you after you climbed up to Niu Wendao."

Li Changsheng was slightly taken aback: "Senior brother, what makes you say that? I never said that."

"This Li Changsheng, is he really that kind of person?"

"Tsk, he climbed up to Niu Dao and immediately forgot about his senior brother. He's a real scoundrel."

Upon hearing this, the disciples below immediately began to curse angrily, their eyes filled with contempt as they looked at Li Changsheng.

"Today, I'll teach you a lesson on behalf of that senior brother!"

Han Jiuyuan said coldly, "You were born with inferior talent, but you forcibly improved it with pills. Today, I'll expose your true colors. From now on, stay in prison and don't have any other ideas!"

Li Changsheng frowned, understanding the situation, and said no more: "Senior brother, further words are useless, please."

The person in front of him should be someone Lu Changshou knows.

This time, Wu is being led by the Grand Elder's faction, and the operation is behind closed doors, making it easy to confront him.

"snort!"

  

Han Jiuyuan snorted coldly, drew his longsword, and in an instant, sword light spread, with more than a dozen sword lights rushing straight towards him, blocking all directions.

"Senior Brother Han, don't hold back! Send him back to prison!"

"Useless trash, he should stay in prison."

Many disciples below also shouted loudly, trying to disturb Li Changsheng's mind.

Li Changsheng quickly cupped his hands and tossed out his sword token: "Senior brother's strength is too great, I concede defeat."

Han Jiuyuan was taken aback, but the next moment his face turned cold and his sword light shot straight at him.

Li Changsheng's expression changed. The sword light was already in front of him. He staggered back as if in a panic.

He barely missed the sword flash, quickly retreated to the edge of the arena, lost his balance, and fell straight down.

Han Jiuyuan was slightly taken aback, but Li Changsheng quickly got up, cupped his hands in greeting below the arena, and said, "Senior brother's swordsmanship is superb. I have lost. Farewell!"

Han Jiuyuan: "..."

The disciple below: "..."

This scene caught the attention of Elder Gu Hengtong, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

"What a waste, scared out of his wits by Senior Brother Han's sword."

"Senior Brother Han's Thirteen Swords of Spiritual Void is simply divine; I didn't even see it clearly just now."

"Yes, Senior Brother Han is amazing. What kind of skills could a guy who relies on currying favor with Niu Dao possibly have?"

Soon, Han Jiuyuan was overwhelmed by a wave of praise.

Han Jiuyuan was somewhat bewildered. Was that really the case?

But he hasn't actually made a move yet!

He had promised Lu Changshou that he would teach Li Changsheng a lesson, not necessarily seriously injuring him, but at least making him look extremely pathetic and lose face.

He's lost face now, but he wasn't actually injured.

And how could Li Changsheng not be heartbroken after his failure?

Instead, they just packed their bags and left?

You seem very excited?

Right, it seems like I haven't seen Lu Changshou for several days. Why haven't I seen Wu either?

Li Changsheng ignored all of this; he had only come to admit defeat. Now that he had lost, he should go back and focus on his cultivation.

Back at his residence, Li Changsheng resumed his cultivation in peace.

Although without elixirs, cultivation progress is slow, but cultivation is a long-term endeavor.

Slowly hone your spiritual power, focus on your cultivation, and let everything outside be irrelevant to you.

What Three Lineages Martial Arts Tournament? Let them compete however they want.

He continued his practice until evening, when Niu Wendao came again.

Li Changsheng sighed, "Didn't I tell you not to come looking for me so easily?"

Although Niu asked for resources, he was a good ox.

But Niu Wendao is too popular, so he will also attract attention here.

"I'm here to comfort you," Niu asked in a deep voice.

"Comfort me?" Li Changsheng asked, taken aback. "Comfort me with what?"

"He knows martial arts, huh? He couldn't even withstand a single move before collapsing off the stage in a sorry state."

Niu asked with concern, "This is indeed embarrassing, but don't be sad about it. I believe in you; you'll definitely pull yourself together and defeat that Han... Han what was it again?"

"Han Jiuyuan." Li Changsheng rolled his eyes at him and said, "I'm fine, no need to comfort me."

"You don't need to pretend to be strong!" Niu asked in a deep voice.

Li Changsheng rubbed his temples: "I wasn't pretending. I never wanted to participate in the martial arts competition in the first place."

It puts a lot of pressure on an evergreen tree to show its face in public!

Unless, of course, you're certain they can't even bite you!

"You deliberately gave up?" Niu asked, bewildered. "I'd already registered, I'd already gone up there, why not give it my all?"

"I'm not strong enough, so I have to continue to be patient." Li Changsheng could only explain to him in a way that Niu Wendao could understand.

"Getting out of prison is enough, I think," Niu asked thoughtfully. "Don't you yearn for the better resources up there?"

"I don't yearn for it!" Li Changsheng shook his head firmly.

He also wants good resources, but he'd rather not fight with others to compete for them.

Even with his own body refinement, he couldn't withstand a magic sword of the same level, and there was no shortage of Qi Refining Level 9 experts in martial arts competitions.

The first round was Han Jiuyuan, who was at the mid-stage of the seventh level of Qi Refining. What about the second round?

If it gets injured, the Immortal Tree will bleed profusely in public...

The scene was too brutal to imagine!

"Alright," Niu said, somewhat disappointed. "I was hoping you'd achieve a good ranking so we could train together."

"You need to understand, you are a genius, destined to reach the peak, and you can't keep looking at a good-for-nothing like me," Li Changsheng said earnestly.

"I wanted to give you resources, but my master restricted my access to them."

Niu Wen sighed and said, "He said he wanted to use it to win over the disciples of the Sword Clan, so that I would have someone by my side and more protection in the future."

"I'll listen to your master, I don't need the resources." Li Changsheng said, "I will go to the weapon crafting lineage and learn weapon crafting from Senior Brother Nie Qiu. I will become a weapon crafter, and that will be my life."

"That's a real shame," Niu said in a low voice.

Li Changsheng was the only person he felt close to; only when he was by Li Changsheng's side did he not feel lonely.

However, Li Changsheng was unwilling to go up with him, as his talent was indeed lacking.

Without the resources he provided, I might only be at the fourth level of Qi Refining by now.

"There's a saying among humans: eight or nine out of ten things in life don't go as planned, and it's impossible for everything to go as desired," Li Changsheng said.

Niu asked, looking up, "Can I still chat with you in the future? Just a simple chat."

"This can be done in private, but don't let your master know," Li Changsheng said.

"Okay." Niu Wen grinned, and just as he was about to leave, he whispered, "Chang Sheng, if one day I return to the demon race, would you be willing to come with me? I will take Master with me then."

"You must not have such thoughts." Li Changsheng narrowed his eyes: "You are currently in a human sect and want to return to the demon world. Your master and I went to the demon world and had the same experience as you."

From now on, no matter where or who, including your master, you must never say such a thing again. I'll pretend I didn't hear it this time!

"I understand," Niu asked, taking a deep breath before quickly leaving.

He still harbored the idea of ​​returning to the demon world. No matter how good his master was to him, it couldn't change the loneliness in his heart.

He knows how to be grateful and remembers his master's kindness, but this loneliness cannot be made up for by kindness.

(End of this chapter)