C209 There Are No Shortcuts in the Path of Cultivation
C209 There Are No Shortcuts in the Path of Cultivation
When Zhang Fan returned to the dorm, he saw Xiao Yue walking out from inside. When he saw Zhang Fan, he couldn't help but ask, "Where did you go?"
"I saw you cultivating, so I went to buy some food." Zhang Fan smiled and took out the rice from his ring.
After arriving inside, Zhang Fan placed the food on the table. Then, he looked at Yue Yi and said with a smile, "I've eaten. These are all yours. Remember to eat them. Otherwise, your girlfriend will not like you anymore."
Hearing Zhang Fan's words, Yue Yi's expression fluctuated slightly as she nodded her head.
The next day, when the two of them arrived at the classroom, many people looked at Zhang Fan with a strange expression. After that, one of them took the initiative to walk up to Zhang Fan and said, "I want to challenge you."
Zhang Fan raised his eyebrows and glanced at the man. Looking at the arrogance on the man's face, he said, "I'm not interested anymore. I'm sorry."
When the man heard this, his face showed an obvious flash of anger, before he said disdainfully, "Novice King, on what basis do you deserve to be crowned as a new rookie? You don't even dare to accept a challenge!"
Zhang Fan naturally would not be provoked by this kind of provocation. He did not say anything and directly turned his head away, no longer paying any attention to him. The Rookie King was a pretty good title.
"Trash!" Seeing that Zhang Fan actually ignored him, the man silently cursed. Zhang Fan slightly narrowed his eyes, but at this moment, the Heaven Swallowing Boar jumped up and said, "You're the trash. With such little strength, you still dare to challenge Lord Pig's little brother. You're courting death."
"Shut up!" Zhang Fan found it funny that he had been called a lackey by the Heaven Swallowing Boar. He glared angrily at it.
"Do you dare to accept the challenge?" The man sneered at Zhang Fan.
"Okay, you can fight, but there must be some reward, right?" Zhang Fan nodded with a smile. He looked at the man and naturally understood that these people wanted to step on him. After all, if word got out, I would defeat the Rookie King.
"Sure, how about ten movement crystals?" The man said.
"Ten?" Zhang Fan shook his head. "That's too little. Let's wait until you've gathered enough."
After hearing that, the man gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, thirty."
Seeing how the man was gritting his teeth, Zhang Fan understood that this might have reached his limit. He nodded slightly and said, "Sure."
"Where's your wager?" When the man saw Zhang Fan agree, his eyes lit up and a burning gaze appeared in his eyes. It was just as Zhang Fan had thought, because after experiencing so many matches in the arena this month, and even after beating the old student Shen Jingyi to a draw yesterday, the name of the new King had indeed landed on Zhang Fan.
If he could really defeat Zhang Fan in battle, then perhaps he too would become famous. But at this moment, he wasn't the only one who had such thoughts in his head.
"Lord Pig as a wager!" The Heaven Swallowing Boar took the initiative to jump out. It also believed that Zhang Fan would be able to take care of this fellow very quickly.
The man looked at the Heaven Swallowing Boar in surprise. He had never heard of such a talkative magical beast, but since it could speak under the circumstances of a magical beast, it was obviously a highly intelligent magical beast.
He nodded and walked outside.
"Let me do it," Seeing that Zhang Fan was about to stand up, Yue Yi could not help but say, "Your injuries from yesterday have not healed yet, have you?"
"It's fine now." Zhang Fan smiled. He wasn't that hypocritical. If this little bit of damage was a problem, he wouldn't have fought with them yesterday.
Hearing Zhang Fan's words, Yue Yi nodded and followed him out.
At this moment, quite a few people had also followed them out.
"Rookie King, I'd like to see how powerful the Rookie King that represents us newbies is!" The man sneered. His Martial Spirit appeared in an instant, and as his aura explosively increased, he let out a low roar as he charged towards Zhang Fan.
Zhang Fan did not move at the beginning, but instead stared at the man. When the distance between them was less than a meter, the man's energy burst forth, and Zhang Fan moved, and the Heavenly Spring Sword appeared in his hand, as if it had no strength, directly slashing out with a stream of light. Before the opponent's attack could explode, it instantly collapsed, and before he could even react, the sharp aura had already reached his neck.
The man held his breath, his eyes filled with shock. This was completely different from what he had imagined. He hadn't even started! His attack hadn't even exploded, yet he had already lost! He was immediately unwilling to accept this.
Zhang Fan seemed to see the man's unwillingness and looked at him indifferently. He glanced at him and said, "In a real battle, your opponent won't give you a chance to unleash your strength."
The man opened his mouth, but his eyes still showed that he was unwilling to accept the result. However, he didn't say anything else because what Zhang Fan said seemed to be true.
"Alright, take out the 30 circulation crystals," Zhang Fan said.
The man stared blankly for a moment. Then, with a trembling right hand, he took out a bag and threw it to Zhang Fan. Although it was just a simple contact, he seemed to have understood something.
"Who else?" Zhang Fan knew that there were still a lot of students in the class thinking this way, so he might as well finish them all at once.
As expected, just as Zhang Fan finished speaking, a man walked up and said proudly, "I'll …"
Half an hour later, when Zhang Fan defeated another person, he swept his eyes over everyone in the class with a cold gaze and said, "It doesn't matter even if you don't want to!"
Domineering, absolutely domineering. It was a simple sentence without the slightest fluctuation. It fully demonstrated the tyrannical nature of a technique.
"Arrogant!" At this moment, the two of them walked up at the same time. However, ten minutes later, when one of the men was sent flying and the other had his sword placed on his neck, he had actually become extremely weak.
"Do you still have more? My time is limited!" Zhang Fan said indifferently. In such a short period of time, he had received a few hundred Travelling Crystals. Adding the ones from before, he would be able to stay in the cultivation area for a long time.
At this moment, not a single person spoke. Everyone looked at Zhang Fan in shock. It was hard to imagine how someone of such low strength could defeat someone that much stronger than him …
Seeing that no one said anything, Zhang Fan's gaze coldly swept across everyone and said, "My strength, my grades, they were all earned by me. I only need to rely on shortcuts to get to the next level.
As Zhang Fan's voice fell, he couldn't help but look to his right. Yan Qing was standing not far away. Although her expression was calm, there was still an unspeakable look of surprise in her eyes.
At this moment, everyone returned to their classes, Yan Qing also walked in from the outside, her gaze sweeping across the entire room, directly saying, "I believe everyone has heard that our class's Feng Ling has been crowned as the new King, I want to say that he deserves this honor, there hasn't been a single loss in the competition arena for more than a month, and he even fought evenly with the older student Shen Jingyi. This result can be achieved by all of you, so what if the title of the new King is given to you?"
As Yan Qing's words fell, no one said anything. After a long while, someone couldn't help but say, "That's true. It was Shen Jingyi who didn't use his martial soul. Otherwise, he would have already lost."
"Is that so?" Yan Qing couldn't help but chuckle as she looked at the man with great interest. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she said, "Feng Ling used his Martial Spirit. Shen Jingyi has considered Feng Ling's strength before."
"On the path of cultivation, you will always find some objective geography to console yourselves. What do you mean by you guys? You might not even make it here anymore."
"Your talents are indeed very good. You already possess a martial general at such a young age, and some people are even about to reach the level of a martial king. However, you were defeated by someone who did not even have the strength of a martial general.
Yan Qing coldly snorted, glanced at Zhang Fan, then directly said, "Feng Ling is right. On the road of cultivation, if you only know how to find shortcuts, then perhaps you will always stay where you are."
Don't be arrogant, that's your place. Remember that this is Cang Yun, an extremely competitive environment, if you don't work hard here, you will all end up as trash, understand? "Yan Qing's face carried an indescribable coldness as she continued," Every person here is outstanding. Even in this environment, you all still feel proud.
No one said anything after hearing Yan Qing's words.
In addition, I want to announce something. There is still one month left until the freshmen start a competition, and every class will choose the strongest three to participate in the selection. If you can get the top five, then you might have the qualification to enter the inner courtyard.
"Got it." Yan Qing's words caused everyone's heart to tremble. After that, they all nodded their heads, no longer daring to say anything superfluous.
"Alright, let's begin the class now," Yan Qing said indifferently at this moment. She didn't waste any more words and directly began to teach the class.