Chapter 198 : Chapter 198
Chapter 198 Grandfather Was Stunned. What Heaven-Defying Talent Did His Grandson Have?!
“How is it? Grandfather is impressive, right?”
Zhao Yi did not say those words clearly, but in his heart, he kept showing off.
Aside from his two identities as the Heaven Ranking expert “The Eccentric” Zhao Yi and the former Great Qian Grand Chancellor “Lord Zhao” Zhao Yi—
He was also his daughter’s father, and the maternal grandfather of his grandson and granddaughter.
After their relationship grew distant, Zhao Yi became a lonely wanderer beneath the heavens. Whether he felt joy or anger, he had no family with whom he could share it.
That fellow Li Xin did nothing but flatter him.
There was no fun in showing off to him.
Now, being able to display a little strength in front of his beloved eldest grandson made Zhao Yi feel incomparably happy.
This old frame of his was absolutely not useless!
He could still contribute to the great undertaking, and he could still protect his family!
His dear grandson!
If he could not produce Grandmaster-level strength in Great Qian, then he still had to keep training!
“Grandmaster?!”
Facing the Grandmaster Realm Zhao Yi displayed, Cheng Yu was indeed shocked for an instant.
But it was only for an instant.
After that shock passed, he even began thinking that once a martial artist reached the Grandmaster Realm, he could not simply crush them with one blast of Dragon-Scorching Sword Qi!
Dealing with them would bring trouble and unexpected variables!
As for his own strength—Without exposing his trump cards, he could deal with experts around the Early Eighth Rank. If he exposed his trump cards, he could even deal with Ninth-Rank martial artists.
But if he faced a Grandmaster—
If he could not borrow the power of the Demon-Slaying Heavenly Venerable, then even exhausting all his trump cards would not be reliable, and he might even fall into danger.
Cheng Yu did not like this feeling of being unable to control the situation!
And in the Jianghu—The fighting power that truly determined the overall trend of everything was precisely the Grandmaster level.
The founding patriarch of Taiyi Sect—Daoist Taiyi, the number one expert under heaven several hundred years ago, had once said something: Those who have not entered the Grandmaster Realm are all ants!
“I cannot stop. I still need to continue growing stronger!”
Zhao Yi could never have imagined it.
The strength he had displayed had only shocked his grandson for a moment.
And before this—In his grandson’s eyes, Zhao Yi’s strength was merely at the level that could be crushed by one blast of Dragon-Scorching Sword Qi.
After Cheng Yu firmly decided that he had to increase his strength and become stronger—
He answered the earlier question. “The combat power I can provide right now... should probably also be at the Grandmaster level.”
Zhao Yi nodded after hearing this.
“You are referring to Sword Chief Chang, yes? I sensed a wisp of extremely powerful Sword Qi in the Great Qian Capital. It should be hers.”
He believed that the Grandmaster combat power Cheng Yu said he could provide should be referring to his ability to invite Chang Ningxiao.
When they were in Jiannan Circuit—
It should have been Chang Ningxiao who acted against the crazed Prince Qing’s Remnant, Xiao Teng. Afterward, it had been mistakenly spread as Cheng Yu defeating a Grandmaster.
Although Zhao Yi did not know what Cheng Yu relied on to make the Sword Bearers, whether their elders or their Sword Chief, acknowledge him so thoroughly—
They were even willing to fight powerful enemies for Cheng Yu.
Zhao Yi only felt extremely satisfied in his heart.
As a young man in his early twenties, his grandson himself had already entered the Earth Ranking and had formed ties with Grandmaster-level support.
This was already among the most outstanding standards in history!
Although that fellow Cheng Zhenjiang’s strength was not especially impressive, his conduct was hypocritical and shameless, he had many rotten ideas, and he was biased—
At least he had one good point.
He could father a son like Cheng Yu!
However, the moment Zhao Yi thought of this, he immediately shook his head. No, that was wrong. His grandson had already severed ties with him!
It had nothing to do with Cheng Zhenjiang.
Even if Cheng Yu could not deny the blood of his parents, that was more because of his daughter Zhao Xichun. It had nothing to do with Cheng Zhenjiang!
As Zhao Yi was inwardly scorning Cheng Zhenjiang with pride—
He had not expected Cheng Yu to shake his head again.
Cheng Yu rubbed his chin and said, “If Sword Chief Chang is included as well, then it should be the strength of two Grandmasters.”
“Hmm?”
In that instant—
The joy on Zhao Yi’s face, along with the complicated pride and gratification in his heart, all froze.
The next moment—
All his emotions transformed into incomparable shock.
Zhao Yi grabbed Cheng Yu’s hand, his widened eyes filled with disbelief.
“Eldest grands—Little Friend Cheng? Say that again. That is a Grandmaster we are talking about!”
Looking across all of Great Qian, it was a limited peak realm.
The Grandmaster experts were so few that even the thirty-six positions on the Heaven Ranking could not be filled!
Yet Cheng Yu said—
He himself could compare to one?!
Cheng Yu scratched his head, not feeling that there was any problem with what he had said.
“I have some secret techniques and trump cards. I should be able to contend with a Grandmaster. At the very least, something like what Prince Qing’s Remnant created back then would not be a problem.”
When he said this—
It was already the result of being very cautious and conservative.
Relying on the Dragon-Scorching Sword Qi and Snake General Susu, Cheng Yu had even more confidence than top Ninth-Rank experts. He did not fear clashing with a Grandmaster expert.
And if he encountered a Grandmaster who relied on the sword—
It would not merely be contending with them. By borrowing the Demon-Slaying Sword, he could even defeat them. After all, he possessed an extreme suppression in the Sword Dao.
Taking it to an even more extreme case—
If he encountered enemies such as demons and monsters, there was even less to say.
Once the Heavenly Venerable Phantom appeared, it would step on one and grab another with its hand, crushing one to death before pursuing the next.
It would be pure one-sided slaughter.
After Cheng Yu said this, Zhao Yi was now completely stunned, so shocked that he could not say a single word.
The one who had defeated Prince Qing’s Remnant, who had surpassed the Ninth Rank... had been his own eldest grandson, Cheng Yu!
No matter what secret technique or trump card he had used—
This kind of strength had absolutely touched the Grandmaster level. It would not be excessive for him to stand at the peak of the Earth Ranking, or even touch the Heaven Ranking!
And all of this—Was actually the strength of his twenty-year-old biological eldest grandson?
What sort of gift had that unfilial daughter Zhao Xichun given him?
When Cheng Yu saw Zhao Yi say nothing, his heart immediately tightened. This was bad. He had spoken too fantastically and stunned the old man.
He hurriedly explained again, “Lord Zhao, are you all right? I forgot to tell you that those trump cards and secret techniques of mine have severe consequences, and they cannot be used casually!”
But no matter how he explained—
The stormy waves in Zhao Yi’s heart could no longer calm down. Could it be that the great undertaking that had once failed was now no longer merely a pursuit of hope?
Instead, there was a real possibility!
Several hundred years ago, Daoist Taiyi, as the number one expert under heaven, had domineeringly suppressed all martial artists of his age. He suppressed the Jianghu and Great Qian Court so fiercely that they unprecedentedly joined hands and forcibly drove him into the deep mountains of Great Qian’s southernmost region to establish a sect.
Daoist Taiyi, who had shone brilliantly across an entire era—
Had still been thirty years old when he possessed Grandmaster strength!
Cheng Yu could do this at twenty. What kind of heaven-defying talent was this? He was even more terrifying than Daoist Taiyi had been back then!
Moreover, he possessed the identity of a Great Qian Jinyiwei.
He would not encounter the same situation of being besieged.
If he wanted to crush the Jianghu and viciously slap the faces of those hypocritical righteous chivalrous sects built upon the blood and sweat of ordinary people, it was absolutely not impossible!
At the thought of this—
Zhao Yi immediately roused his spirit completely. At this moment, he understood.
Helping his dear grandson improve his strength was absolutely the most important matter!
He grabbed Cheng Yu’s hand. “Little Friend Cheng, I understand your strength now!”
“Now, I have something extremely important to tell you. You must pay attention to the weapons on the Supreme Weapon Ranking Under Heaven and the rankings on Tianji Tower’s Three Rankings. These two things are the greatest Fortuitous Opportunities for martial artists of Great Qian!”