Great Devil King

Dare kill my octopus?

Among the disciples watching behind True Person Zhe Hui, one disciple's eyes reddened, and he nearly rushed out.

It was Chen Tang, the Beast Taming Peak disciple who had generously released the One-Eyed Octopus just moments ago.

Chen Tang was tall and intimidating-looking, though not handsome. With Foundation Establishment cultivation, he was also a core disciple of Beast Taming Peak.

This One-Eyed Octopus was his treasured darling, and he had long since tamed it.

He had released the One-Eyed Octopus intending to make Xiao Bai, who had only just entered Qi Refining, make a fool of himself.

Yet...

The one embarrassed was him, and the one who suffered the loss was also him!

A cultivator in the Early Qi Refining Realm, who had only just stepped into the world of cultivation, had effortlessly defeated a battle-hardened Ferocious Beast at Peak Qi Refining.

If they had not seen it with their own eyes, who could have believed such an absurd thing?

After turning it over and over in his mind, the rage surging within him turned into reason. He crept up behind Zhe Hui with catlike steps and whispered:

"Master, you must compensate your disciple."

True Person Zhe Hui, who had intended to watch the show, had not understood what was happening either.

This Ferocious Beast lived by frightening and ambushing its prey. It scared off high-level Ferocious Beasts to protect itself and frightened low-level spirit beasts unconscious before devouring them.

But it itself possessed cultivation close to Peak Qi Refining. With a body several zhang long, should it not have utterly crushed a cultivator in Early Qi Refining?

Why had this happened...

True Person Zhe Hui carefully calculated it.

To defeat this One-Eyed Octopus, one needed sufficient mental resistance, sufficient resistance to spiritual pressure, movement techniques that surpassed one's realm, and swordsmanship that surpassed one's realm as well!

Was this really strength a Balanced Five Elements Qi Refining cultivator should possess?

Elder Yuhu had taken a servant as her partner, something Zhe Hui could have mocked.

Yet for some reason, she even felt a little jealous now...

"Shut up. Your wicked beast nearly injured Junior Brother Xiao!"

Before Xiao Bai, True Person Zhe Hui frantically tried to save face for herself.

Beside her, Wei Shanjun, shaped like a mountain of flesh, wore a mixture of joy and anger on his rush-mat-like face.

At last, he had clearly seen Xiao Bai's Butcher's Sword Technique!

The sword technique itself was ordinary, and his cultivation was merely Qi Refining, but his sword realm was rare.

The fluency of his movements, the smoothness of his force lines, the precision of his blade... not a drop leaked, all formed by nature itself—nothing short of perfection.

Among the younger generation of disciples, Wei Shanjun had only seen such skill in his own Core Disciple, Lan Daozi.

Perhaps he had seen it before. Or perhaps his own sword realm could not distinguish which of the two was superior.

Supervisor Qi Shan kept a cold face and said nothing.

He even suspected that Ma Xianchao and Mr. Lun Wang had been killed by Xiao Bai himself.

Princess Fei Yue tilted her delicate little head.

From Xiao Bai's battle, she vaguely saw the body techniques her imperial brothers often used. She had thought they were merely clumsy three-legged-cat tricks, but they turned out to be quite formidable...

Thinking of this, she could not help glancing from afar at her younger sister, Mu Yun.

A disciple was actually teaching her Martial Granduncle techniques?

Mu Yun paid no attention at all to Fei Yue's gaze. She stared at Xiao Bai for a long while, unable to speak.

Last night, you were actually serious!

This was what you called learning only the surface?

After seeing it once, you had mastered body techniques that even I myself was not skilled at?

Some of the movements you performed no longer resembled what I taught at all...

Mu Yun could only marvel that the Demoness Yuhu had such absurdly good luck, born to draw geniuses to her side!

The watching disciples around the edge of the plaza were dumbfounded, their thoughts much the same as Mu Yun's.

This fellow had actually conquered the elders with his own strength!

Qi Refining might perhaps be achieved quickly, but swordsmanship and body techniques could never be mastered overnight.

It seemed Elder Yuhu had not lowered herself at all. Rather, she had spotted an uncut jade among the crowd.

Back then, One Sword Fox had been a woman after all. It had been only natural for the elder to treat her coldly.

But Xiao Bai was handsome, had achieved such swordsmanship and body techniques at such a young age, and perhaps even hid some secret upon him.

Taking him as a partner was only human nature.

Of envy, jealousy, and hatred, only envy remained, along with an added measure of curiosity.

Within Flame Platform, the fire of envy blazed fiercely while the slurry of curiosity gurgled and churned.

Master Chun Xiao held his flute and clapped, looking around at the expressions of the elders. At last, he let out a breath of relief.

The Sect Master's Order he had issued earlier, forcing the elders to attend this Sect Tour Ceremony, had caused them considerable resentment.

Now, Xiao Bai had finally vindicated him.

At this thought, even Master Chun Xiao's bearing became more imposing. With his hands behind his back, he mused:

"I told you long ago that Junior Brother Xiao is a genius of the sword path."

The entire venue fell silent as cicadas in winter.

Only Wei Shanjun gave a cold snort.

For someone shaped like a mountain of flesh, his cold snort had much the same effect as a hippopotamus blasting air.

After thirty years, another sword-path genius had been ruined by Yuhu!

Learning the Butcher's Sword Technique from Yuhu, learning the Xiahou Body Technique from Mu Yun...

Wei Shanjun's heart was bleeding.

In his eyes, these were all low-tier techniques, utterly unworthy of Xiao Bai's talent.

That one cold snort drew the entire crowd's attention.

It also drew Xiao Bai's gaze.

Facing this man who spared no effort in fanning the flames, Xiao Bai darkened his face and asked respectfully, though not very politely:

"May I ask what opinion Senior Brother Wei has?"

Wei Shanjun suddenly hunched over and asked Xiao Bai:

"Junior Brother Xiao, how is your talent in Medicine Techniques?"

Xiao Bai did not understand his meaning. Considering that his wife refused to teach him medical arts, he humbly said:

"I have no talent in Medicine Techniques."

The rush-mat-like face suddenly split into a chilling grin as Wei Shanjun feigned a sigh.

"Then you are wasting your talent at Hundred Herbs Peak. Though you are Junior Sister Yu Hu's partner, it would not hurt to come to my Sword Wielding Peak and study swordsmanship. That way, you could better serve the sect as well... Besides, Sword Wielding Peak offers the best treatment in the entire sect. What do you think, Junior Brother Xiao?"

Before, Xiao Bai had not yet cast aside the mindset of a servant and did not care much about seniority.

But now, seeing that his wife Yuhu did not hold much status among the elders and did not strike back even when insulted, he had no choice but to care about seniority.

If he truly went to Sword Wielding Peak to study under Wei Shanjun, it would mean lowering his own seniority—and lowering his wife's along with it.

He could not endure that!

"Thank you for Senior Brother Wei's kind offer. When I have time, I will visit Sword Wielding Peak."

His words were both forceful and proper.

Yet Wei Shanjun did not care in the slightest.

"Though the Butcher's Sword Technique is mysterious, it will ultimately never enter the grand halls of the sword path... Junior Brother Xiao, aside from the Butcher's Sword Technique, do you know any other sword techniques?"

The Butcher's Sword Technique could not enter the grand halls of the sword path?

With your build, could you enter the grand halls of sword cultivators?

Xiao Bai always felt that this Sword-Wielding Elder was also at odds with his wife Yuhu.

"To me, sword practice is only a hobby. The Butcher's Sword Technique is already enough. There is no need for me to cultivate any other sword techniques."

"The Butcher's Sword Technique is already enough?"

Wei Shanjun burst into loud laughter, as though the earth shook and the mountains swayed.

"A leaf covering one's eyes makes one unable to see Mount Tai—this is the greatest taboo for a sword practitioner. The prerequisite for one sword to break ten thousand techniques is that you have mastered ten thousand techniques."

What the hell was this one sword breaking ten thousand techniques...

Before Xiao Bai could defend himself, Wei Shanjun called to the Core Disciple behind him:

"Lan Daozi, come exchange a few moves with your Martial Uncle. Let us see whether his Butcher's Sword Technique can truly break ten thousand techniques."

Before his words had faded, a young man dressed in green, not very tall, with gentle and innocent features and somewhat resembling a little boy, eagerly darted out of the crowd.

Sesame flour crumbs clung to the corner of his mouth, and he had a flatbread tucked in his arms.

He excitedly clasped his hands toward Xiao Bai.

"Martial Uncle, please instruct me!"

Instruct you, my ass!

Xiao Bai's face darkened completely as he cursed furiously in his heart.

This young disciple before him, a head shorter than him and shaped like a little boy, was the very...

Great Devil King.