Chapter 138: Orthodox Title
After Feng Tianrui finished speaking, it was Miao Qinghong’s turn, followed by Long Xiangwen.
After all three Elders of Battle Peak had finished speaking,
Feng Tianrui then announced the official end of the Inner Sect Grand Competition.
Hearing these words, Fang Yun immediately perked up.
Just as he was preparing to leave Battle Peak, a Senior Brother at the Qi Refining Tenth Layer immediately made a request of him.
"Junior Brother Fang, I was wondering if you would be willing to have a Magical Combat match with me?"
Now, even Inner Sect Disciples at the Qi Refining Tenth Layer felt no pressure making such a request of Fang Yun. Before, when he hadn’t yet reached the Qi Refining Eighth Layer, even disciples at the Ninth Layer had been too embarrassed to challenge him to a Magical Combat match.
Fang Yun had already proven his strength in the Inner Sect Grand Competition.
Even if an Inner Sect Disciple at the peak of the Qi Refining Tenth Layer wanted to have a Magical Combat match with Fang Yun, everyone would see it as a completely normal thing.
"How does Senior Brother propose we fight?" Fang Yun asked first.
"Junior Brother, you just need to focus all your effort on defense."
"..."
Fang Yun couldn’t deny that he was indeed a useful whetstone.
After his Magical Combat battle with Bai Qinying, his opponent wasn’t worried at all about him getting injured.
"Alright." Fang Yun didn’t refuse, but he stated his own condition. "But if Senior Brother can’t defeat me within a certain time limit, you must voluntarily concede."
’As long as the opponent fought him seriously for a set amount of time, he would still get the win if they conceded—even if they could have kept fighting.’
This was a result Fang Yun had discovered through experimentation.
’Since a Senior Brother is looking for a Magical Combat match, using me as a whetstone, I naturally have to get the Talent Points for a corresponding victory. Otherwise, I’d be at a huge disadvantage.’
"Is Junior Brother Fang very concerned with winning and losing?" this Senior Brother at the Qi Refining Tenth Layer asked, a little confused.
Before Fang Yun could answer, Bai Qinying immediately cut in, "Of course winning and losing is important! You’re not Junior Brother Fang’s match to begin with. If you just have to outlast him while he’s only defending, that’s as good as defeating him. That’s absolutely not happening!"
Fang Yun’s win-loss record was very important to Bai Qinying.
Because so far, the only person Fang Yun had lost to was her!
Although she hadn’t broken through Fang Yun’s defense, his attacks couldn’t do anything to her either.
Seeing that Bai Qinying was getting a bit worked up, the Inner Sect Disciple at the Qi Refining Tenth Layer hurriedly nodded.
"Senior Sister Bai is right! Winning and losing is indeed important."
Once the rules were set, Fang Yun faced his first Senior Brother in a Magical Combat match since the end of the Inner Sect Grand Competition.
"Damn it! I wanted to do that too, but this Senior Brother beat me to it."
"It’s fine, we’ll have another chance. Junior Brother Fang usually has a couple more Magical Combat matches before he leaves Battle Peak."
"We can’t miss the next opportunity!"
With the Inner Sect Grand Competition over, Fang Yun’s Magical Combat match attracted many disciples to come and watch.
Fang Yun’s performance in the Inner Sect Grand Competition had been spectacular, and many disciples hadn’t seen enough, especially some of the Outer Sect Disciples.
They didn’t know when Fang Yun would appear on Battle Peak again, so they had to cherish this opportunity.
"Why is Senior Brother Fang only defending?"
"Given the situation, the Senior Brothers must have agreed on this beforehand."
"I want to see Senior Brother Fang use his sword to defeat them..."
"What sword? Senior Brother Fang’s defense is invincible! He earned the title ’Turtle Immortal’ ages ago. Before, his defense was invincible against those in the same Realm, but now I say it’s invincible in the entire Qi Refining Stage!"
"Now, ’Sword Immortal’ is Senior Brother Fang’s one true title!"
"What? One true title?"
It was unclear which disciple in the crowd started it, but from then on, a war over Fang Yun’s "one true title" erupted between the two factions.
Meanwhile, the neutral faction was just enjoying the show.
...
Half a month had passed since the end of the sect’s Inner Sect Grand Competition.
In that half-month, Fang Yun’s influence within the sect had increased by another one percent.
This was the lingering effect of his performance in the Inner Sect Grand Competition.
So far this month, his influence in the sect had risen by five percentage points.
Fang Yun was naturally very satisfied with this. For every percentage point of sect influence he gained, he would receive an additional three percent of Talent Points on top of the base amount in the monthly settlement.
With his influence increasing by another percent, Fang Yun also knew that it would be difficult to raise it any further before he broke through to the Qi Refining Eighth Layer.
And right now, he was very close to the peak of the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
「In House 22 of the Inner Sect’s Grade A residential area.」
Fang Yun had already refined and absorbed an Upper Grade Qi Enhancement Pill.
’After refining and absorbing one more Upper Grade Qi Enhancement Pill, I should be able to reach the peak of the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.’ Soon after, he took out another Upper Grade Qi Enhancement Pill, swallowed it, and began to refine and absorb it.
He had managed his time well during the Inner Sect Grand Competition, which allowed him to reach the peak of the Qi Refining Seventh Layer one step faster.
Of course, the arrangement of his Magical Combat matches was even more important.
It was a good thing he was in the left bracket, and in one of the first twenty-one groups.
If he had been in the right bracket, scheduling would have been really difficult.
「Four hours and forty-five minutes later.」
Fang Yun had finished refining and absorbing another Upper Grade Qi Enhancement Pill.
’Still a little bit short.’
He checked the current state of his Qi Sea and found he was truly just a tiny bit away from the peak of the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
At this point, Fang Yun chose not to take another pill.
Ever since he’d had a sufficient supply of pills, this was the first time he had cultivated normally.
The Inner Sect’s Grade A district was the residential area with the highest concentration of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi among all the living quarters for Inner and Outer Sect Disciples. Cultivating normally here provided a decent boost to one’s cultivation speed.
This was true even for a Five Spirit Roots cultivator like Fang Yun.
A little less than an hour later, Fang Yun officially finished his cultivation session.
Even though he was just a little bit short, it still took him that long to cultivate to the peak of the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
His Spiritual Power could no longer be accumulated. The next step was to break through to the Qi Refining Eighth Layer.
Before preparing for his breakthrough, Fang Yun still needed to make a trip to the Dan Cloud Pavilion on Dan Cloud Peak.
It was already the middle of the night, so without doing much else, Fang Yun fell into bed and went to sleep.
「Early the next morning.」
A swift figure appeared at the foot of Dan Cloud Peak.
This figure was, of course, Fang Yun.
The sky had not yet brightened when he woke up and rushed over to Dan Cloud Peak.
Going up the mountain and entering the Dan Cloud Pavilion, Fang Yun saw Wang Yourong.
Over the past year, he had frequented the Dan Cloud Pavilion, but the number of times he’d been able to see Wang Yourong was dwindling.
He never asked about the missions she was carrying out, but whenever he saw Senior Sister Wang at the Dan Cloud Pavilion, he would always chat with her for a bit.
"Junior Brother Fang, I never would have thought you were so incredible!"
Before Fang Yun could even greet her, Wang Yourong spotted him and exclaimed.
She had heard about Fang Yun’s general performance in the Inner Sect Grand Competition from Jiang Yan, who in turn had heard it from Wu Junxin.
However, the details Jiang Yan got from Wu Junxin were not specific.
Wu Junxin had actually wanted to tell Jiang Yan more specific details about Fang Yun’s performance in the Inner Sect Grand Competition, but Jiang Yan wasn’t interested in hearing it.
When it came to Fang Yun, Jiang Yan was still more interested in talking about his discussions with him about Pill Formulas.
So, the two of them compromised.