Chapter 48: A little cute


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    It rained for four days before stopping.


    The sun rose high into the sky, tearing away the rain curtain, seemingly like it was unveiling summer


    itself.


    The breath of summer had faintly started toe around.


    The weather became increasingly sunny and cloudless, sweeping away the sentimental breath of


    spring, and the temperatures slowly rose.


    In the night of spring, the lively Dragonpill crickets had retreated, cowering away into the deep ground


    toy eggs. The green spear bamboo specially found on Qing Mao Mountain had started to grow wildly,


    and nearly everyday it would show an obvious increase in height.


    The grass and the trees began to change from emerald green into a dark green colour. The


    neverending green mountains started to look even more verdant and lush.


    The weather was clear for thousands of miles, blue like a crystal.


    Bang, bang, bang.


    At the training grounds in the academy, sounds of punches and kicks could be heard.


    After exchanging over ten blows, Gu Yue Mo Bei was kicked in the abdomen by Fang Yuan, taking five


    to six steps backwards, leaving the designated circle drawn in the arena.


    The martial arts instructor stood before the stage and evaluated the situation. Seeing this, he


    immediately dered, “Gu Yue Mo Bei has exited the stage, Gu Yue Fang Yuan wins for the 33rd


    consecutive time!”


    “Hmph, I lost to you again.” Gu Yue Mo Bei gritted his teeth, his eyes staring right at Fang Yuan, “But


    don’t be arrogant. One day, I will defeat you. I can already feel it, that day is nearing!”


    Fang Yuan looked at him expressionlessly, and then his eyelids drooped downwards. “That kick earlier


    caused you to have internal bleeding. I’d advise you to treat that injury first.”


    “This small injury is nothing!” Gu Yue Mo Bei was retorting halfway, when suddenly his expression


    changed and his throat gulped, vomiting a mouthful of blood.


    His face was pale, this was the first time he suffered this level of injury! His eyes could not help but


    show signs of fear.


    The martial arts instructor hurried over and pacified him. “Don’t worry about this level of injury, you just


    need to rest for a few days. Just stop practising your punches and do not do vigorous exercises during


    this period.”


    The moment he finished saying so, two healing Gu Masters who were waiting outside rushed over and


    meticulously helped Gu Yue Mo Bei out.


    Gu Yue Mo Bei did not dare to say anything else, but he looked at Fang Yuan deeply in his eyes, filled


    with anger, hatred, regret and indignance.


    “Mo Bei has good martial techniques, but he couldn’t beat Fang Yuan.”


    “Fang Yuan is too good, basically no one can beat him!”


    “Mo Bei actually vomited blood, how scary. I don’t want to fight a guy like this.”


    “Sigh, but the instructor said today is practicebat, up on the arena! Each of us needs to go up and


    fight once.”


    The students stood outside the arena, some looking towards Fang Yuan in fear, some sighing non-


    stop, some were pale while others felt trepidation.


    Among them, some were injured. A few held their bruised faces, some held their limbs, gasping for


    breath. Othersid on the ground, rubbing their thigh.


    “Next!” Seeing that there were no challengersing up, the instructor yelled.


    However, no one answered. Usually those who were courageous to challenge Fang Yuan were only Gu


    Yue Mo Bei, Gu Yue Chi Chen and Gu Yue Fang Zheng. But these three were already beaten.


    Silence swept across the students as others even retracted their steps slightly. The instructor frowned


    on seeing their fearful expression.


    He could not help but think of the academy elder’s words: “These days, Fang Yuan has gotten too


    dominant, we have to suppress him. The other students cannot even raise their heads under his


    pressure, and if this goes on, the courage in their hearts will be simmered. Our academy nurtures


    courageous tigers and wolves to fight enemies, not fearful sheeps andmbs.”


    “What’s wrong with all of you? No matter how strong he is, Fang Yuan is only fifteen years old, he’s one


    of your peers! He has the same age as you, eats the same food as you and drinks the same water. He


    does not have three heads or six arms, he’s not a monster! Pluck up your courage and show me the


    pride of the Gu Yue n within you!” The instructor yelled, trying his best to motivate the students.


    “But he is too strong, we cannot beat him.”


    “The ssmates who fought him are in such a pitiful state. Mo Bei got beaten until he vomited blood.”


    “Fang Yuan is getting more ruthless with his strikes, instructor, we do not dare to fight him.”


    The students spoke softly, weakly retorting.


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    The instructor was stomping with anger. These ignorant youngsters!


    He was clear as a bystander. Fang Yuan had gone through thirty-three consecutive fights without any


    rest in the middle. Although he was constantly adjusting his breathing, his stamina had already


    depleted.


    Fang Yuan’s attacks getting merciless proves this fact even further: He could no longer take it easy like


    before, he is losing control of his strength and the situation.


    If someone tries harder, his fatigue will be revealed. With just a few more people, he could be defeated


    on the stage!


    Once Fang Yuan is beaten, his dominating presence will be reduced sharply, the students courage


    ignited and the motive to suppress Fang Yuan achieved.


    But now, the students were deterred by Fang Yuan’s tough front.


    At times, what defeats a person is not a strong enemy but one’s own heart.


    The instructor was anxious in his thoughts, and continued to motivate them.


    But he was not good with his words. In the beginning he said these same words to ignite the hot-


    bloodedness in the youngsters and stirred up some challengers. But now that he had said this so many


    times, the youngsters are all numb already.


    Fang Yuan folded his arms and stared at this coldly. Although he was standing in the center of the


    stage, he was acting like aplete bystander.


    The instructor encouraged for ages but the students were still looking at each others, not one had


    moved.


    The martial instructor could not help but be angry and helpless. He turned to Fang Yuan, unhappily


    chiding, “Fang Yuan, you’re also at fault. Your blows are getting more vicious among ssmates, you


    should be more gentle and friendly, how can you deal such vicious blows? Be careful from now on and


    attack carefully. If you cause another ssmate to vomit blood, I will dere your loss and evict you


    from the stage!”


    “Instructor, you are wrong.”


    Fang Yuan snorted, his gaze not showing any weakness, looking right at the instructor, “Practising and


    fighting, we naturally have to give it our all, otherwise how can it achieve the aim of training? Don’t tell


    me that when we are in battle, we also have to request our enemies to be more gentle and friendly?”


    The instructor flew into a rage, “Hmph, your attacks are vicious, you are harming your ssmates and


    you dare to use twisted logic!”


    “Instructor, you’re wrong again.”


    Fang Yuanughed coldly, “You arranged this practice match and raised the winning prize to twenty


    primeval stones. Without your encouragement, would these people have gotten hurt?”


    “Bastard!” The martial arts instructor was not good with words, and he pointed at Fang Yuan and


    scowled, “Do you still want the prize or not? If you argue any further, even if you get first ce, I will


    dere you a loser! You are so uncooperative and antisocial, and you dare to argue with your


    teachers, you have no rights to im the twenty primeval stones as reward!”


    Fang Yuanughed heartily. “It is but apetition that merely gives twenty primeval stones, do you


    think I give a damn?”


    Saying so, he turned around and left. Under the ss’ distraught gaze, he walked out of the center of


    arena.


    Although he did not manage to sell the image wall, Fang Yuan still had several hundreds of primeval


    stones in his possession. Furthermore, his aim this time was not primeval stones.


    “You!” Seeing Fang Yuan really walking down the stage, the instructor was stunned without words,


    showing an expression of shock and confusion.


    A fifteen year old teenager, shouldn’t he bepetitive and full of vigor?


    Fang Yuan having such fighting talents, shouldn’t his character be even more so? How could he just


    back out of thepetition like this?


    Furthermore, Fang Yuan has no background, he should be tight on primeval stones. Why was the


    twenty primeval stones unable to attract him?


    At this point, the martial arts instructor stood on the spot, unsure of what to do.


    Fang Yuan did not step into the trap, but left the stage immediately.


    The instructor suddenly realized: There was nothing he could do to Fang Yuan. With his status, he


    could not find problems with Fang Yuan directly, and force him onto the stage right?


    The surrounding students retreated, maintaining a distance away from Fang Yuan. Fang Yuan stood on


    the grounds, with no one around him. With him as the center, the radius of five steps around him


    became a vacuum.


    What a pity.


    If they were beside Fang Yuan, they would hear Fang Yuan’s panting sound.


    “My stamina is depleted,” Fang Yuan sighed. Although he showed an energetic outward appearance,


    under his clothes, his body was slightly shivering.


    After all, he was only fifteen years old and had no relevant Gu worm as support. After thirty-three


    matches, he was close to his limits.


    Although he had his rich fighting experience from his past life, during this time, the other youngsters’


    combat abilities had improved significantly. From them, Fang Yuan could already feel a strengthening


    sense of pressure.


    This kind of pressure reflected in Fang Yuan’s attacks. His attacks got tougher as he gradually lost


    control of his strength. Compared to the past, when they were still too weak and he could defeat them


    easily, the youngsters would only end up in minor injuries. But now, his control over the arena was


    getting weaker, thus he had to strike harder to maintain his image.


    “Experience is, after all, not omnipotent. Any thoughts or technique require a body with sufficient


    foundation before the value can be apparent.” Fang Yuan narrowed his eyes. In actuality he had long


    seen through the martial instructor’s thoughts.


    Fang Yuan was not surprised, as if he had expected this from the start, the academy elder’s pressure


    on him.


    After he killed Gao Wan, the people who dared to challenge him diminished. When he extorted them,


    even more people oppressed by Fang Yuan’s dominance did not dare resist, and they obediently


    handed over their primeval stones.


    After a long period, Fang Yuan’s unbeatable image would be formed. This would leave some


    psychological trauma in the youngsters and make them unconfident in their martial arts techniques.


    This was what the academy elder did not want to see. He needed Fang Yuan to motivate and force the


    students to improve, not topletely extinguish their passion for battle.


    He wanted to see Fang Yuan’s defeat.


    Once Fang Yuan was defeated, the image of invincibility that he had erected would be instantly


    destroyed.


    At the same time, it would awaken the students’ fighting spirit. After some setbacks, it would mould


    their wills to be indomitable.


    But to Fang Yuan, he needed this form of pressure so that he could extort primeval stones with greater


    ease.


    If he was defeated, the youngsters would realize his weakness and attack together at once. Although


    Fang Yuan had ample of primeval stones in his hands, extortion was his main source of ie.


    Without this source, he would be digging into his reserves.


    Thus, Fang Yuan’s appearance in the arena and thirty-three consecutive victories was merely to


    maintain his deterrence towards the students, and not for the twenty primeval stones reward.


    If he avoidedbat from the start, it would show his weakness, and if it raged on, he would expose


    his weakness.


    “What are you all waiting for, why is nobody getting up on the stage, go on! The first prize is twenty


    primeval stones, you all don’t want it anymore?” The instructor yelled after snapping out of his


    thoughts.


    The rest of the students began to get motivated.


    Fang Yuan had already left the stage, and to them, it was a huge rock off their minds.


    “I’ll go!”


    “I’lle!”


    Two youngsters squeezed their way up the stage and began to spar.


    “Sigh, if I had known this, I would have waited and not rushed up the stage. Then I would not have


    been throw off the stage by Fang Yuan.”


    “What a pity, to think Fang Yuan left.”


    “He’s really daring, see even the instructor is at a lost for what to do with him.”


    Hearing their whispers, the instructor felt his reputation crumbling. He was extremely agitated in his


    heart and wanted to punish Fang Yuan thoroughly. However, Fang Yuan had done nothing wrong, and


    leaving the stage on his own ord was allowed.


    The instructor was both helpless and moody. Finally he looked at Fang Yuan and stared angrily at the


    latter.


    Fang Yuan’s lips slightly curled up into an angle as he thought, “Such boorish methods, this instructor


    is a little cute.”