The Legend of the Sacred Sword Cultivator
Ch 29: Young Cultivator IV Tournament

The atmosphere of the fighting arena turned gripping, Liu Xingsheng who saw the change Yang Jian gulped roughly even his heart was pounding irregularly. The aura Yang Jian exuded made his guts faint.

Yang Jian flicked his hand towards Liu Xingsheng. Instantly the red lightning that came from Yang Jian's palm appeared then shot out swiftly and mercilessly smashing towards Liu Xingsheng's left shoulder.

"That's....!"

Instantly the heirloom that Liu Xingsheng held slipped out of his hands along with his body that fell to his knees while holding his shoulder that felt burning heat.

The wound that came from the red lightning earlier widened rapidly burning Liu Xingsheng's skin tissue.

Although both had pure elements but Liu Xingsheng's mastery of the lightning element was still weak while for Yang Jian his case was different, his blood was mixed directly with the blood of the pure fire element's owner.

"This tournament is not a life-and-death fight. I don't want to kill anyone so I assume you lose because your high self-esteem would forbid you from admitting that."

Yang Jian refrained from depriving Liu Xingsheng of his life, as his repercussions would be bad for the survival of his sect.

"What do you think of elder Mayleen?"

Elder Mayleen flinched in shock at Yang Jian's question suddenly as she gawked at the burn on Liu Xingsheng's shoulder which quickly widened into his hand, it was fortunate that Liu Xingsheng still had the remaining qi to withstand the spread of the wound so that only his shoulders and hands blistered slightly.

"His victor was Yang Jian of the jade sect." Mayleen exclaimed after getting approval from both male referees on her seat.

Yang Jian descended the fighting arena quietly, people were now starting to notice Yang Jian they were all guessing for sure Yang Jian had a great power that he was still hiding.

Elder Fang, teacher Liu Changhai and Liu Xingsheng lifted Liu Xingsheng's body from the arena, his facial features showing concern.

When he passed Yang Jian, Yang Jian looked down respectfully. Without saying anything elder Fang directly walked away from Yang Jian, his main goal right now was as fast as his treating his disciple's injuries.

"Let me see the condition." A woman in white robes approached Elder Fang. He was a physician of the emperor's confidence, no one doubted his ability in terms of medicine.

"Thank you Miss Bai." elder Fang nodded slowly and led Liu Xingsheng to a special room provided to treat the injured tournament participants to receive treatment.

"As expected." Han Li raised his thumb towards Chang An, while Chang An only displayed his sweet smile.

"Don't smile like that, you're making my defenses wobble." Tempt Han Li while acting sweet worthy of his young lady who just fell in love.

'Plakkkp.' Chang An hit Han Li's shoulder irritated. "I doubt that you're not a normal man."

"Ckk, your sense of humor really sucks."

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"Goodbye, Yang Jian." Xinxin who welcomed Yang Jian's arrival congratulated him but while saying Yang Jian's name he was somewhat stammered, probably because the aura Yang Jian gave off was different from before him or because of seeing his fight.

Yang Jian only gave a small nod in response to Xinxin, whereas Feng Yu he did not even dare to turn his head towards Yang Jian.

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Elsewhere, far from the government's reach there has been a massacre of several small villages. A blazing fire, a heart-wrenching scream for anyone who hears and a stream of blood that soaks the land of Qin's empire.

"What do you want?" a middle-aged man was hugging a woman and two crying children.

"We did nothing wrong to you but why did you kill the entire village?" ask again with an angry face.

He saw the corpses of his citizens lying on the ground. They were brutally killed, some lost their heads, legs, hands, and even in stabs.

"What are you guys wrong? Ha ha ha.." a man wearing a long black robe laughed loudly, behind him was also a group of robed people who were the same as him with weapons that had been covered in blood. Like they were from the same group.

"Weak! That's your fault." the man smiled mockingly and without warning immediately slashed the middle-aged man's head in a follow-up by stabbing his wife right in the heart.

"No... Father mother." The two little children who saw the death of his father and mother cried hysterically, they hugged the corpse of his parents who had been covered in blood.

"Sweet child." The black-robed man looked at the child who was weeping over the death of his parents. The boy looked like he was only six years old. And for the size of the village children they have a sweet face.

"Let's go!" the man invited his group to leave the village.

"But the chief how about the two children." one of the male followers called the chairman spoke while pointing at the two boys in front of them.

"Leave it. My mood is good, after all they will not be able to survive without eating and drinking." A group of people wearing black robes had indeed seized the entire property of the community before setting the village on fire.

The two crying children looked at the group of assassins who were about to leave, staring fixedly at his face with a gaze of anger full of resentment and hatred. Look them in the eye as if I was going to answer all this.

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Back in the tournament, the atmosphere of the match this time was a little different from before. Even before the game began the atmosphere in the arena was already unfriendly.

A young girl in blue robes stood quietly with her hair half-strung and the rest of her in beautiful, unravelling, the wind that blew softly struck the young girl's black hair as if it was waving greeting the tournament audience.

While the girl in front of her was wearing a brown robe with hair in the ponytail, her eyes were sharp and her facial features showed hostility.

"Qin Lienhua of the Cloud Dragon Sect." The blue-robed girl introduced herself first, her gentle voice bringing calmness in addition to her sweet face making anyone feel anxious. She was the crown princess of the Qin empire.

"Qin Fanfan of the Red Tiger Sect." The young girl one more introduced herself, her face round with pink cheeks, she was also sweet-looking yet not as beautiful as Qin Lienhua.