The Legend of the Devil
Ch. 106 - A Challenge
A white puff of smoke came out from the mouth of a person who was meditating, the dew froze into ice on his eyelashes as well as eyebrows. He sat on the head of a huge white dragon whose body hid within a river thousands of meters down and inhabited millions of deadly sea animals.
"Hm?" Xiang Yi Bai just woke up and raised his hand, getting a thin snow ice grain falling on his palm.
"Maybe in the end of the year. Over and over again, another year was just missed."
His narrow eyes looked towards the river, Xue Zhan trained without resting to train his deep breathing as best he could. One week ago he did discuss the importance of deep breathing to increase strength and control. Didn't expect his students to take him seriously and continue to practice every morning to practice breathing. During the day he switched to practicing the movements he taught.
"Time used to pass so slowly when I was alone. Now that I've fallen one tick from the upper world, it hasn't been six months since his arrival." He stopped on a flat stone, Xue Zhan had already prepared breakfast and wine for him.
"Truly a devoted student. But it still sucks. His face had asked to be beaten." Xiang Yi Bai downed the drink without taking his eyes off Xue Zhan.
"Oi, rotten boy!" yells. Xue Zhan opened his eyes, the white dragon below him came out of the water.
"What's the Master?"
Xue Zhan was still reluctant to descend from there, seeing the face of his beloved white dragon Xiang Yi Bai let out a slow breath. "Look at my dragon's been cramping up your lift. Let him play."
Xue Zhan and the white dragon stared at each other, before long the young man chuckled, "Dragon can be gout as well, let alone Master."
Xiang Yi Bai glared, "What did you say?!" He rose blood in less than a second, "Cih! With your teacher alone you're disrespectful especially to other people out there, it's only fitting that these humans are hunting you for your mouth that was never schooled!"
Xue Zhan was trembling on the spot, he had forgotten whose interlocutor was and should not have been carelessly joking with that sensi Old Monster.
"Forgive Master," he said trembling.
"The characteristics of a rotten boy, the school is only up to the gate!"
The blasphemy pierced Xue Zhan's heart, still this early Xiang Yi Bai was already furious. The man snorted.
"There's no breakfast for you, just continue the second exercise I taught you, don't you dare stop if I don't want to make shark fishing bait later."
"Ready, understand Master!" Xue Zhan looked down. Unfortunately for him today, his stomach was indeed getting used to holding back hunger for a few days. But if you continue this way the energy is not enough to train to the maximum.
Xue Zhan stepped on the riverbank, walking on the small undulating water under his feet.
"What exactly am I practicing these movements for? Movement to Catch Rabbits, Running Weasels and Tigers Hunting Deer. Why don't the Toads worship the Sun?" his grunts silently, the Old Monster should not have heard of him.
He spun 360 degrees, leaping high when suddenly Xiang Yi Bai came out of the water and almost hit him.
"Teacher-"
Xue Zhan did not have time to speak because after that Xiang Yi Bai attacked from all sides so quickly. Xue Zhan retreated many times and was hit in the legs, waist as well as chest. That vital attack left him instantly injured without needing to wait ten seconds.
So far Xue Zhan had never dueled directly with Xiang Yi Bai, he knew enough about his strength when compared to that man. And now that the Old Monster attacked him without any cue, Xue Zhan who had no preparations was dazed and resulted in him was instantly cornered.
"Still daring to protest with the power of the anchovy class like this?"
Xiang Yi Bai did not even pull his weapon but Xue Zhan had already nearly fainted. The man crouched down, his feet spinning above the surface of the river water and creating a high, circular burst of water that blocked Xue Zhan's view. The young man jumped in vain because the same second Xiang Yi Bai followed him and smashed his disciple's head into the shallow water of the river.
Xue Zhan was suffocating unable to breathe, water entered his nose and mouth.
"Six months isn't a short time but you just learned three moves?"
"If we were two beasts, I would instantly kill you for interfering with my territory. What do you think would happen if I did?"
Xue Zhan goosebumps. The cruel side of Xiang Yi Bai and the funny side were like two sides of a coin that were opposite each other. This is what also makes him as the Chief of the First World of the Army.
The water bubbles from Xue Zhan's mouth rose to the surface, there was no longer any residual supply of air inside his lungs. Xue Zhan started to dizzy.
"Before that I will think about what I should do," Xue Zhan replied.
"It's looking for a way to beat you" he continued, choking on water.
Xiang Yi Bai suddenly developed a smile and pulled Xue Zhan's head from the water. "That's how my students should be."
His pupils coughed out water from his nose and mouth, he propped up both hands on his knees. Xue Zhan spoke, "Either why do I feel like I'm being tormented by a stepmother ..."
"Keep complaining, I'll torture you until you think your stepmother doesn't compare to me."
"Indeed. If Master and stepmother are pitted, I'm sure the teacher wins. Your stepmother swallowed it first."
Xiang Yi Bai flicked Xue Zhan's head with his index finger.
"Protests continue. Practice again, this time with Bai Ye."
Bai Ye was the white dragon Xiang Yi Bai. The white dragon came out from the river, streams of rushing water descended from its huge and also long, white scales of the dragon flashed like pearls. She was so beautiful yet fierce as her owner.
"Tu-wait, practice with him? How's it possible?"
Xiang Yi Bai gestured to Bai Ye. The white light appeared making Xue Zhan's eyes glare and instantly the dragon turned into a white sword. Xue Zhan's mouth was wide open. He knew the sword, the sword with the engraving of the name of the War Young King belonging to Xiang Yi Bai that the man always carried behind his back.
It was fitting for these few days that Xue Zhan felt something was lacking when he saw Xiang Yi Bai. Who would have thought that the sword was actually a huge white dragon, Xue Zhan was still in disbelief.
"Shock right?"
"Then? That four white dragons were also a sword? Are they different from this one?"
"The white dragon was only an embodiment of strength, whereas Bai Ye was the real one. Be careful with him, I don't control him, he'll attack you indiscriminately."
"He's moving on his own?"
Some of the sky heirloom swords were actually incarnations of powerful demons like the one Xiang Yi Bai had, as one of the 100 World Miracle Heirlooms, Bai Ye was often contested before finally falling into the hands of Xiang Yi Bai. The power of the heavens is indeed not to be underestimated so it has always been a struggle for humans.
The man took out something from his white robe. And for the second time Xue Zhan was shocked.
"That-? The Book of Heavenly Phoenix?"
"You forgot to drop him here before he fell from the abyss?"
His disciple recalled and he almost forgot about the book, before Xue Zhan thought the Celestial Phoenix Book had been destroyed when it fell from a height. But Xiang Yi Bai kept it well. The man spoke defiantly.
"In two years, if you manage to master the hundred basic moves of the Thousand Tree Mountain then I will return this Book of Heavenly Phoenix. After that you can learn the 24 elemental styles of this book."