novelraw Chapter 996 - 994: Let Me Teach You a Few Tricks
Chapter 996 - 994: Let Me Teach You a Few Tricks
"You..." Xia Jianwu’s eyes bulged with anger as he heard Lin Feng’s words, his mouth opening to argue, infuriated by Lin Feng’s audacity to deny his talent!
Just as he was about to speak, an old man who looked to be in his fifties walked into the training field carrying a small case, which made him swallow his retort. He recognized the old man well; he came once a month exclusively to deliver Elixir to them. He did not want to confront Lin Feng and risk losing the Elixir he was about to receive—that would be foolhardy!
"Inside here are this month’s Elixirs allocated for the junior group. Xia Lalan has already instructed that you distribute them according to the usual custom. I’m leaving." The old man approached the two assistants, handed each an elixir bottle, briefly instructed them, and then departed, his task completed once the Elixir was delivered.
"Teacher Lin, we’re going to distribute the Elixirs." Seeing the old man leave, the tall assistant informed Lin Feng before proceeding to distribute the Elixirs, following the previous routine. Inside the medicine chest were Rejuvenating Pills, used to aid in Cultivation. Each month, three pills were given to each member of the Seed Group, and none to the rejects; this had become the custom for the junior group.
However, no one expected Lin Feng to speak up at this moment, least of all with words that no one could have anticipated...
"Wait, don’t distribute them this time. Keep them as a reward for the upcoming competition. After the competition is over, distribute the Elixir according to the rankings."
When Lin Feng saw the tall assistant about to distribute the Elixir, he waved his hand to stop him. Using these elixirs as competition rewards could better motivate the kids. He did not care how the Elixirs were distributed before, but from now on, everything would be done his way.
"Teacher Lin, this..."
"Teacher Lin, please don’t make things difficult for us..."
Upon hearing Lin Feng’s words, both teaching assistants were speechless and desperately protested to Lin Feng, truly unsure of what to do. Why did everything have to change the moment Lin Feng arrived? These were arrangements made by Xia Lalan; this seemed like pure mischief!
For a moment, all the children were stunned into silence, none speaking, as none had anticipated Lin Feng’s decision. Their minds went blank, uncertain whether this was reality or a joke...
"Do as I say." Lin Feng, disregarding the words of the teaching assistants, spoke with a stern and serious tone. No matter what had been done in the past, now that he was teaching these students, they would follow his directives, with no one allowed to make any alterations.
Upon hearing Lin Feng’s words, the children finally realized that Lin Feng was not joking, and a roar of anger erupted!
"Teacher Lin, you have no right to decide this, these Elixirs are meant for those of us in the Seed Group, they cannot go to those rejects. Only true talents like me are worthy of using Elixirs!" Xia Jianwu, his eyes filled with rage, bellowed at Lin Feng. The Elixir was not meant for the Seed Group to share with the others—he would never allow it!
"They can’t have them!"
"These are rightfully ours!"
"We have to take part in the grand competition, they must be ours to use!"
...
The dozen or so children behind Xia Jianwu were also infuriated, shouting their protests. With the Elixirs nearly within their grasp, to have such an unexpected turn was intolerable; their eyes reddened with anger. They could barely accept two or three pills a month, and now Lin Feng intended to deprive them of what was rightfully theirs; they could not possibly consent.
"Relying on these Elixirs, you dare call yourself a talent?" Lin Feng glanced at Xia Jianwu, retorted with a question. What kind of talent relied on Elixirs to succeed?
"This..."
Struck by Lin Feng’s words, Xia Jianwu was momentarily stunned. He had never considered this issue before, yet he also discerned the underlying message in Lin Feng’s words—was he being called inadequate? With this thought, his fury shifted towards Xia Jianping, pointing at Jianping and the others as he addressed Lin Feng.
"Strength is strength, none of these failures can defeat me, what right do they have to contend with us!" Xia Jianwu’s tone was harsh. Regardless, strength was strength, the members of the Seed Group were formidable, and a bunch of rejects had no right to dispute the Elixir with them!
Xia Jianwu’s words caused Xia Jianping and the children of the reject group to lower their heads, their expressions dim and hearts filled with turmoil. If it was not for the disparity in allocated Cultivation resources from the beginning favoring the Seed Group, the gap between them would not be so vast, and they would not have been disparaged by Xia Jianwu. Nevertheless, the hard truth was that no one there could defeat Xia Jianwu, nor anyone in the Seed Group; they simply had no chance...
"You two, have a bout," Lin Feng said indifferently to Xia Jianwu and Xia Jianping at that moment. It wouldn’t take much time for him to shut Xia Jianwu up completely.
"Fight with him? He’s not worthy to be my opponent. He has just reached the early stage of the Mortal Realm, while I have long been in the middle stage. I disdain to lay a finger on him!" Upon hearing Lin Feng’s words, Xia Jianwu immediately retorted, his tone filled with contempt.
"I bet you can’t beat him!" Seeing Xia Jianwu still acting so pompous, Lin Feng shook his head and said lightly, after all, they wouldn’t know until they fought, and it was still too early to make any claims.
"Me, lose to him? That’s the biggest joke ever. It’d be a breeze to deal with him; I’m just worried this trash doesn’t have the guts to compete with me!" Xia Jianwu was furious when he heard Lin Feng say so, pointing at Lin Feng with an arrogant expression, as if the idea of him being unable to beat Xia Jianping was preposterous. No one in the youth group could match him, so this Lin Feng must be out of his mind.
"Who said I have no guts? Let’s do it!" At this point, Xia Jianping could not possibly back down. His face flushed, he spoke to Xia Jianwu defiantly, even if he was not a match for Xia Jianwu, he couldn’t falter now, especially when he saw the encouraging look in Lin Feng’s eyes. He had to fight this battle!
Seeing Xia Jianwu and Xia Jianping about to clash, the children around swiftly scattered, leaving the center of the venue to these two. The Seed Group watched on with smiles, not taking it seriously at all, while the couple dozen children from the ’trash group’ rooted for Xia Jianping, hoping he could beat Xia Jianwu and win them some dignity. Although they knew the chances were slim, having hope was better than none at all.
At this point, the two assistants were completely speechless, they would have never expected the newcomer Lin Feng to act like this, but since Lin Feng didn’t listen to them, they were powerless. They could only retreat to the side and watch as Xia Jianwu and Xia Jianping squared off...
"Take this!"
Seeing everyone clear out, Xia Jianwu immediately started to circulate his spell. In an instant, his Gang Qi burst forth in layers, stirring up the surrounding air. His figure flashed suddenly, charging toward Xia Jianping like a gust of wind; his speed, in a flash, reached its peak, like a fierce tiger pouncing on Xia Jianping!
As he approached Xia Jianping, Xia Jianwu threw a punch, his fist shining with a faint halo and even producing a tiger-like roar as it tore through the air, appearing overwhelmingly mighty, as if an unstoppable force bearing down on Xia Jianping!
To be fair, Xia Jianwu was only eleven and had already become a middle-stage expert in the Mortal Realm at the age of ten. Such strength in the Secular World was truly unimaginable, and Xia Jianwu did have the right to be proud.
Seeing how fierce Xia Jianwu’s momentum was, Xia Jianping started to dodge without even thinking. He had just entered the early stage of the Mortal Realm and had no way to confront Xia Jianwu head-on. Under such circumstances, his best strategy was to endure and seek an opportunity.
After exerting himself to the limit, he narrowly avoided Xia Jianwu’s strike by a hair’s breadth, but far from feeling relieved, he became even more tense. Xia Jianwu’s speed was too fast; even with his utmost effort, he doubted he could last much longer—what should he do...
"I’ll see how you dodge this!" When Xia Jianwu saw Xia Jianping actually dodged, he became unhappy. He hadn’t expected Xia Jianping would be able to evade, making him feel like he had lost face, so he yelled out and intensified his offense!
It was already impressive that Xia Jianping had dodged Xia Jianwu’s attack earlier, but now facing Xia Jianwu’s fierce assault, he immediately fell into disarray. At this point, all he could think of was how to last longer; the difference in strength was too great, leaving him no chance of resistance.
"Swoosh!"
"Still dodging!"
"Swoosh!"
...
Xia Jianwu chased Xia Jianping around the field, drawing circles. It was clear to anyone watching that Xia Jianping was in an absolute disadvantage and wouldn’t last much longer...
Indeed, after just a few moves, there was a loud thud, and Xia Jianping was sent flying by Xia Jianwu’s punch, hurtling a dozen meters before barely managing to stay upright, without falling to the ground. However, he could already feel he had sustained internal injuries; Xia Jianwu’s strength was too much for him to handle!
"See? Trash is trash, couldn’t even last a few moves. People like that don’t deserve elixirs! The Elixir should be for a genius like me, they aren’t worthy of it!" After defeating Xia Jianping, Xia Jianwu spoke with an air of triumph, his face filled with pride. His strength was indeed higher than all those ’trash’—they didn’t deserve to use the Elixir!
"Just wait, you won’t be saying that for long." Lin Feng watched Xia Jianwu behaving like this, shook his head, and spoke faintly, it was clear Xia Jianwu was spoiled. Since it was so, he would have to proceed in his own way.
After finishing his statement, Lin Feng ignored Xia Jianwu and walked over to Xia Jianping, lending him a hand. Instantly, Xia Jianping felt the blocked circulation of Qi and blood in his body from Xia Jianwu’s attack clear up, and even more astonishing was the fact that the pain within him had also miraculously vanished. Xia Jianping was suddenly stunned, not understanding what had happened at all, how it could change so suddenly...
"You won’t achieve anything just by evading; you need to attack the opponent. Let me teach you a few moves," Lin Feng said to the bewildered Xia Jianping then began to demonstrate some techniques to Xia Jianping in front of all the other children.