Chapter 36 Conflict

It was noon, and nearly half the children had already finished the test. The familiar voice of “Next” echoed across the square. A rather simple-looking boy stepped forward. He was about sixteen, which perfectly met the selection criteria. He was, of course, just lucky.
The boy was a little fat, with a silly smile on his face. At first glance, he looked honest and simple. The boy came to the platform and, like the children in front of him, pressed his right palm into the palm print groove.
Then, the scale lines on the stone tablet jumped up like a wild horse; the noise and discussions in the audience suddenly became much quieter at this moment, and the eyes of those children were all fixed on the test stone tablet on the high platform.
Every time the stone tablet rose one scale, there would be a moment of commotion; the scale lines on the stone tablet seemed to pull at everyone’s heartbeat, because this time the scale lines on the stone tablet were no longer like before, directly showing a few scales, but began to rise significantly.
And it started to rise from the bottom. This stone tablet originally had seven scales; but seven scales did not cap it. In terms of the value of seven scales, it exceeded the cap by about one-fifth of a scale.
During the test in the first half of the day, for each child tested, the scale would directly appear at a few scales, and there would be no such rise as the current one; but this seemingly honest boy in front of him caused the scale of the stone tablet to start rising wildly.
It was not a slow growth, but a rapid jump; finally, the scale line stopped at six under the horrified gaze of everyone.
“Wow, this fat guy looks honest, how come he has such high talent? He is actually a sixth-level talent?” At this moment, someone in the crowd exclaimed, and the group of children exploded for a while.
You know, after a whole morning of testing, the most talented person was only a sixth-level talent boy; but this unassuming, honest fat guy in front of them also had a sixth-level talent? Everyone was a little confused for a moment, unable to react.
“This, sixth-level talent, good, good, excellent aptitude, haha…” At this time, Elder Yi no longer had his previous indifferent attitude; he spoke fluently, and finally said several “good”s in a row, and then laughed.
At this time, there was a hint of shock in Bu Gong’s eyes; he had been watching for the whole morning and knew very well how difficult it was to reach the sixth level of talent. He did not expect that the honest and slightly fat boy in front of him had such a high talent.
Elder Yi on the high platform laughed, then looked at the honest and slightly plump boy in front of him with a smiling face, and asked in a kind tone: “Little guy, what’s your name?”
The slightly plump boy scratched his head a bit at a loss, looked at Elder Yi who asked his name with some awe, and said with a silly smile: “My name is Goudan, hehe… That’s what my mother calls me.”
As the young man finished speaking, Elder Yi’s expression became a little dazed, and his kind smile froze on his face; then his slightly old face trembled, and he laughed dryly: “Uh, hehe… Good, good, a good name, hehe…”
“puff”!
I don’t know who it was who couldn’t help laughing after hearing what Elder Yi said.
But as the laughter spread, the children in the audience and the other onlookers all bent over with their hands covering their mouths. It was obvious that they wanted to laugh but couldn’t.
At this moment, Bu Gong suddenly heard the clamor of the crowd behind him, and a mixed sound of footsteps coming from far away; when Bu Gong turned around, he found that several beautiful women were surrounding a lively and beautiful woman who was squeezing in from the crowd like stars surrounding the moon.
Bu Gong looked intently and realized that it was Xuan Yue who came in; there were several women around her, and behind her, there were two male disciples; obviously, these were also Xuan Yue’s admirers and pursuers, but just looking at Xuan Yue’s expression towards them, he knew that the two of them had followed her with such shamelessness.
When Bu Gong saw Xuan Yue, Xuan Yue seemed to have sensed something and saw Bu Gong; then a smile appeared on Xuan Yue’s pretty face, and she moved her lotus steps slightly and walked towards Bu Gong.
“Huh? Junior Brother Bu Gong?” Xuan Yue came in front of Bu Gong, slightly opened her red lips, and then a light and moving voice sounded.
“Hehe… Senior Sister Xuan, how come you have time to come here?” Bu Gong turned around and asked with a smile when he saw Xuan Yue calling him; “There’s not much to do in the sect, except practicing, so I came out to take a look at your test.” Xuan Yue’s beautiful face frowned slightly, seeming a little helpless.
In response to this, Bu Gong nodded slightly, without saying anything else, but turned his head to look at the test platform; but Bu Gong’s silence did not mean that others would not talk to him, “Hey, what is the name of this junior brother? Why does he look so unfamiliar?” Just as Bu Gong was staring at the stone tablet on the platform, a voice that sounded a bit discordant rang in his ears.
Bu Gong tilted his head slightly and found that the person who had just spoken was one of the two men who had been following Xuan Yue and showing great courtesy to her. Bu Gong glanced at the man calmly and said, “My name is Bu Gong, a new disciple who has just entered the sect. It’s normal that this senior brother has never seen me before.”
The young man who had just spoken, seeing that Bu Gong was neither humble nor nervous when speaking to him, frowned slightly and said with a hint of sarcasm, “Huh, a newbie who just joined the sect is so arrogant and self-righteous. Don’t you know that you should bow when you see a senior brother?”
“Hou Ming, what are you doing?” At this time, a delicate voice sounded, with a hint of dissatisfaction in the voice; and the person who spoke was Xuan Yue, who had greeted Bu Gong before; at this time, Xuan Yue’s eyebrows were slightly frowned, and there was a hint of anger in her watery eyes as she looked at the man in blue behind her.
In fact, this man named Hou Ming is definitely one of Xuan Yue’s most loyal pursuers in the Xianyang Sect. He is also talented. Like Xuan Yue, he has reached the third level of body shaping at the age of eighteen and is an inner sect disciple.
Xuan Yue, who usually didn’t respond to him, took the initiative to approach Bu Gong and asked him questions and chatted when she saw him.
Therefore, he felt as if something that originally belonged to him was suddenly taken away by someone; he felt extremely threatened, so he provoked Bu Gong just now. To put it bluntly, Hou Ming was just jealous.
At this time, the man in blue named Hou Ming felt a little embarrassed when he saw Xuan Yue blaming him like this. He stiffened his neck and said, “Hmph, I’m teaching him how a newcomer should respect his senior brother.” While he was speaking, he looked at Bu Gong provocatively.
At this time, Bu Gong glanced at the man indifferently, then slowly turned his head and continued to look at the test platform without saying a word. Seeing this, the man’s face suddenly turned red, and there was shame and anger in his eyes.
Because of the challenging tone in his voice when he approached Bu Gong just now, it also attracted a group of people in this place; after all, people always like to watch the fun, and it is so hard to meet such a person who actively seeks trouble, so it would be a shame not to watch.
Therefore, when the man asked Xiang Bugong the first question, he had already attracted many people; and then Xuan Yue’s dissatisfied rebuke attracted the attention of a large number of people.
Seeing that Bu Gong just glanced at him lightly, Hou Ming turned away without saying a word. This was a resounding disregard, a slap in the face in front of everyone. At this moment, his face turned red, the corners of his mouth twitched, and his eyes were full of shame and anger. The look he gave Bu Gong was as if he wanted to eat him.
“Why, are the newcomers this year so arrogant? Boy, don’t you know how to respect your seniors?” Hou Ming shouted at Bu Gong in a sharp tone; but in return for his words, Bu Gong continued to watch the test on the platform without even turning his head.
“Hehe, this young man in red is so handsome. Look at his melancholy and indifferent eyes. And there is a newcomer here who doesn’t even pay attention to the older generation of brothers in the sect. He looks so charming.”
“Tsk…” Just as the man in blue was getting angry, some whispers like this were heard quietly among the crowd.
This just added fuel to the fire. The man named Hou Ming felt that his prestige had been greatly challenged. The look he gave Bu Gong was like a ball of fire that was about to explode at any moment.
“Junior brother, since you don’t know how to respect your senior brothers, then I, as your senior brother, will teach you.” Hou Ming said, and the immortal energy in his body, which was not much, began to circulate; and the immortal energy in his right hand in his sleeve was also fluctuating violently at this time, which was obviously preparing a martial art.
Seeing this, Xuan Yue was about to stop it, but then seemed to think of something. His eyes inadvertently glanced at Bu Gong, and he suppressed the urge to stop it and watched the development of the situation quietly.
At this moment, the onlookers all stared with wide eyes, wanting to see what would happen next. Looking at their behavior, they didn’t seem to have any intention of stopping it, but seemed to be looking forward to the next outcome. They were truly just standing there watching the show.
At this time, although Bu Gong had his back to the man named Hou Ming, he knew everything he did; he even felt Hou Ming mobilizing his spiritual energy and preparing martial arts.
Bu Gong didn’t care too much about this, and he even secretly hoped that the man would attack him; because since he practiced the only martial art “Thunder Destruction Fist”, he had never really fought with anyone, and this was a good opportunity to try it out and see how powerful this martial art was.
Since Bugong was located at the edge of the square, far away from the high platform in the center of the square, even though Elder Yi and the other elder on the high platform noticed what was happening here, they did not pay too much attention to it because they were in charge of the children’s talent testing.
Behind Bu Gong, a loud shout was heard: “Extreme Ice Blade”. Hou Ming’s right hand stretched out from his sleeve like lightning and slapped Bu Gong’s back, but there was a thin layer of frost on his palm, and it was full of cold air.
At this time, Bu Gong suddenly turned around and punched Hou Ming. The two fists collided like lightning, and there were continuous banging sounds in an instant.
Strong gusts of wind spread out from where the two men were fighting, causing the surrounding crowd to take a few steps back.
For a moment, everyone looked at the two men’s ferocious moves with shock, but because Bu Gong had little experience in combat, he was hit a few times by Hou Ming’s palm wind during the close combat between the two, which made him a little embarrassed.
However, Hou Ming was not feeling well in the close combat either. Although his palms landed on Bu Gong more often, the strength of Bu Gong’s punches also shook his internal organs, making him feel uncomfortable.
“Bang, bang…” The sound of fists colliding was heard between the two men, and then Bu Gong and Hou Ming were seen retreating backwards at the same time; at this time, the clothes of both of them were a little messy, and their hair was slightly scattered.
At this moment, all the slightly shocked gazes from all around were directed at Bu Gong; because they had not expected that Bu Gong could confront Hou Ming head-on and not be at a disadvantage.
Bu Gong and Hou Ming were seen in the crowd, both of them were staring at each other, their bodies tense.
At this time, Hou Ming began to slowly form seals with his hands, and the not-too-much immortal energy in his body also gathered towards his palms.
“Extreme Ice Blade – Ice Bite” A slightly low shout came out from Hou Ming’s mouth.
Then, he saw the four fingers of his right hand like hooks, grabbing towards Bu Gong.
However, the surface of his palm was covered with a slightly thicker layer of ice than before. And as he extended his palm, the temperature within a one-meter radius around him also dropped.
With Hou Ming’s lightning-fast attack, the crowd around him was shocked and exclaimed in surprise; those who knew Hou Ming’s situation in the field had serious expressions at this time, because Hou Ming really used his martial arts at this time.
On the other hand, Bu Gong was still standing there, with calm eyes and no expression on his face; but Xuan Yue was a little anxious seeing this.
Because she was very clear about Hou Ming’s specialty in martial arts; even if she faced him herself, she would not dare to challenge him, let alone Bu Gong now?
If Bu Gong was seriously injured as a result, it would almost entirely be due to his own fault; Xuan Yue was so anxious to take action when she saw this scene, but just as she was about to attack, she found that Bu Gong’s right fist was covered with arcs of electricity, and he rushed towards Hou Ming’s hand blade.
Xuan Yue almost rolled her eyes in anger when she saw this scene; you know, Hou Ming’s martial arts is best at close combat with others, so that his extreme ice effect can be maximized.
Judging from Bu Gong’s appearance, he was obviously going to use his fists to counter Hou Ming’s hand blade. Isn’t this just asking for trouble?
“Even if it was me, I wouldn’t dare to withstand Hou Ming’s ‘Extreme Ice Blade’, right?” Xuan Yue’s pretty face showed a hint of anxiety at this moment; but it was too late to warn him now, because the fists of the two were about to touch.
At this time, Bu Gong’s fist was covered with blue lightning arcs, and it looked like an electric fist formed purely by lightning.
Then there was a “bang” sound, mixed with a slight “crackling” sound, and they both retreated backwards; hearing these two sounds, Xuan Yue looked at Bu Gong who was retreating with some anxiety.
As a result, Bu Gong’s right hand was trembling slightly at this time, and he did not suffer any serious injuries, and he was fine; but at this time, Hou Ming on the other side screamed; as a result, when the people watching around heard Hou Ming’s scream, their eyes all looked at Hou Ming.
What they saw was Hou Ming’s almost deformed right palm. It looked like two fingers on his right hand were broken, and the blood splattered on his robe. He looked quite miserable.