Library of Heaven’s Path 2: Eternal Destiny

Vol 2 ch 3 : Hong Yi Loses

“Ah?”

The student’s face paled in fright, and he hurriedly bowed: “I’m sorry, Teacher Zhang. It was my loose tongue; please forgive me…”

To insult a teacher in front of everyone at White Rock Academy was grounds for immediate expulsion.

“It’s fine; just tell me who is competing against whom,” Zhang Xuan waved his hand.

Who doesn’t talk about others behind their backs? This is human nature!

If a person is living and no one is talking about them, it’s better to be dead…

Seeing that he wasn’t holding a grudge, the student sighed in relief and turned to the high platform, explaining, “The first match is between the new student Hong Yi and the old student Zhou Qingkai.”

Zhang Xuan was puzzled: “Why are they competing?”

Zhou Qingkai seemed to be Chen Hao’s little brother, the son of the horse trainer Zhou Qun. He had seen him in class before.

“It’s said that after Chen Hao was disrespectful to you, Miss Yu and Miss Liu wanted to help you get back at him, so they set up a bet to compete against him,” the student explained awkwardly.

Zhang Xuan frowned: “A bet?”

“Yes!”

The student replied, “If Chen Hao loses, he must publicly apologize and admit that you, Teacher Zhang, are the best teacher in the school.”

These kids…

Zhang Xuan was somewhat speechless.

He told them to be low-key, but they ended up causing such a ruckus. These three really needed to be taught a lesson. However, thinking it over, it was somewhat admirable that they were willing to challenge upperclassmen for their dignity, not afraid of difficulties.

In a flash, he recalled Zhao Ya and the others, who also risked everything to secretly practice the combined formation to challenge Lu Xun and managed to defeat him.

“After this matter concludes, I’ll bring them all over!”

Confirming that Sun Qiang could cultivate and was rapidly progressing in the space he helped open up as a source pool, Zhang Xuan knew it was time to bring those disciples over.

The situation with Kong Shi was unclear, and he needed to quickly raise his own cultivation while also expanding his circle.

While he was lost in thought, the student’s voice rang out: “Teacher Zhang, it’s starting…”

Zhang Xuan looked up and saw that Hong Yi and Zhou Qingkai had already jumped onto the stage.

To dare challenge me after just lighting the furnace for three days, Hong Yi, I must say, you have some guts, but unfortunately, you lack brains…

Looking at the young man before him, Zhou Qingkai laughed, and a powerful aura immediately surged forth, radiating outward.

“Late stage of the Energy Storing Realm!” The crowd gasped in astonishment.

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Having been in school for three years and only reaching the late stage of the Energy Storing Realm, his talent could only be considered average. However, against a guy who had just started cultivating for three days, he could easily crush him.

Indeed, seeing his strength, Hong Yi’s expression grew serious. He took a deep breath and extended his hand: “Go ahead!”

“Unwise!”

With a cold snort, Zhou Qingkai unleashed his full power, his body darting forward to appear right in front of Hong Yi, kicking out at him.

Hong Yi similarly lifted his foot to meet the attack.

The two collided, Zhou Qingkai remained unmoved, while Hong Yi staggered back four or five steps, clearly outmatched in strength.

“Wasn’t he supposed to lose in one move?”

“He actually blocked it?”

In an instant, the audience fell silent, disbelief etched on their faces. Even Zhou Qingkai was momentarily stunned.

He had thought he could easily teach a lesson to a junior in one move, but unexpectedly, this Hong Yi’s strength, though inferior, could still put up a fight!

“2.5 horsepower?”

Zhou Qingkai tightened his fists and asked tentatively.

He was at the late stage of the Energy Storing Realm, around 3.5 horsepower. The opponent’s strength was indeed slightly weaker, but it definitely exceeded 2.0, not too far off!

If it were someone from the same year, or even one year lower, it wouldn’t matter much, but the other party had only cultivated for three days. When he lit the furnace, he had witnessed it firsthand...

At that time, the guy had zero cultivation, still a Ninth Grade Source Pool, with a strength of only 0.2 horsepower. In such a short time, he had increased by tenfold…

“Senior Zhou has a good eye!”

Hong Yi let out a mouthful of foul breath, his entire body cracking and popping as he no longer hid his strength but fully revealed it.

“Is he really over 2 horsepower?”

“How did he cultivate?”

Hearing their conversation, the spectators seemed to ignite with excitement.

Although the previous exchanges had already demonstrated Hong Yi’s exceptional nature, to hear it spoken aloud was still hard to believe.

“No wonder he could surpass me, but… I used the Golden Source Elixir and practiced the Mo family’s most profound techniques, with the dean personally guiding me…”

Mo Yanxue in the crowd found it hard to accept.

Her talent ranked first in all of White Roc City, and she had obtained her family’s treasured item. Despite her hard work, she had only reached around 2.0 horsepower. Yet this seemingly talentless ordinary guy had listened to Teacher Zhang for three classes and had skyrocketed to 2.5 horsepower…

I can endure not being as good as a horse, but to be outdone by this guy really left Mo Yanxue feeling a dull ache in her chest, almost unable to catch her breath.

Was that horse trainer’s class really that impressive?

If I had known this earlier, I would have made a better connection while still in the Mo estate and even sought to become his disciple!

“I wonder what kind of strength Xiaoyu has achieved…”

If this person was already this powerful, how much greater would Yu Xiaoyu, the City Lord’s daughter, be? Her resources were even more abundant than mine, so her progress must be tremendous.

Mo Yanxue began to feel conflicted.

Having her best friend become a disciple would be awkward for her. She would carefully take notes during class to send to her, but if her friend did too well, she would feel uncomfortable…

She was torn between wanting her best friend to do well and being afraid that she would surpass her!

“It’s not 2.5 but close to 3 horsepower…”

Elder He Qin on the platform observed their battle and explained.

“Yesterday it was only 1.0 horsepower, and now, just over a day, he’s nearly at 3… The key is that he doesn’t have much resource assistance… What kind of technique did Teacher Zhang teach him to be this powerful?”

Lu Mingrong felt like he was about to go crazy.

His student Mo Yanxue had, in just a few days, gone from 0.45 horsepower to 2.0 horsepower. In his eyes, this was already a record-breaking achievement in Yu City, the first in a hundred years. Yet now, in front of Zhang Xuan’s student, it didn’t amount to anything…

Is this really teaching?

“No matter what the technique is, I hope he can hold a public class after the match and share his cultivation experience…” Wu Yunzhou said.

“A public class? Do you mean for him to mentor other students?” Ran Qingxu asked.

“Mentor? What I mean is that all the teachers in our school should attend his classes and receive proper training…” Wu Yunzhou replied.

“Let him teach the teachers?”

Ran Qingxu was stunned.

“Director Wu is right. After the match, we should gather all the teachers. Not only the teachers, but all the elders and even the dean should attend!”

Lu Mingrong’s gaze was serious: “He has the qualification and ability to do so!”

“Indeed!” Ran Qingxu nodded, clasping his fists and saying no more.

Unlike everyone else’s expressions, Zhang Xuan, watching the scene on the platform, sighed and shook his head.

Even with a tailored cultivation technique, after a day of practice, he still hadn’t reached 3.0 horsepower… This Hong Yi’s talent was indeed a bit lacking…

To run onto the stage and showcase it, how thick-skinned can you be?

If you’re not embarrassed, I am!

With that thought, Zhang Xuan felt his face redden with embarrassment.

While the audience had various thoughts, on the stage, Hong Yi and Zhou Qingkai had already clashed again.

On the platform, fists howled through the air, the energy was fierce.

Hong Yi’s strength was indeed inferior to Zhou Qingkai’s, but he had a fierce tenacity. Even if he couldn’t win, he had to fight hard, because he knew that the opportunity to follow Teacher Zhang was rare, and if he lost it, he would fade into the crowd again. So, even if it meant risking his life, he had to put in the effort.

“He’s gone mad; he’s completely insane…”

In student matches, they usually went easy, but this guy before him seemed to have a relentless determination. Facing such ferocity and lack of technique, Zhou Qingkai felt some fear in his heart.

With fear creeping in, his strength naturally couldn’t be exerted to its fullest. Although his cultivation surpassed Hong Yi’s, he began to retreat step by step and was close to losing his footing.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Hao’s expression turned grim.

As an upperclassman for over three years, to be defeated by a new student would not only be embarrassing for the other party, but for him as well.

“Zhou

Qingkai, what are you doing? Use your full strength!”

A thunderous shout rang out.

“Yes!” Realizing that continuing to retreat could lead to being abandoned by the Chen family, Zhou Qingkai gritted his teeth, fully unleashing his power, and lunged at Hong Yi.

The martial skill was Lu Yuexi.

This technique was created by his father Zhou Qun while observing the movements of thoroughbred horses. In one leap, all his power concentrated in both fists, creating immense pressure and attack against his opponent.

Though it was just an ordinary martial skill, it was more than enough to deal with Hong Yi, who had never practiced martial arts.

With a leap, all his strength converged, Zhou Qingkai, who already possessed over 4 horsepower, found his power increased even further. He suddenly descended, and Hong Yi, unable to dodge, could only raise his hands to meet the attack.

Boom!

The two fists collided, a force powerful to the extreme surged forth. Hong Yi could no longer withstand it and was sent flying, crashing heavily against the edge of the platform.

Pff!

A mouthful of blood spurted out, and he was severely injured in that one strike.

“It seems I’ll have to teach them some martial skills later…”

Zhang Xuan watched this scene, shaking his head.

During this time, he had only taught them cultivation methods, and while their power had progressed rapidly, fighting techniques were equally important.

Just like before, he was far weaker than Liu Tianzheng, yet he could easily defeat him purely based on martial skills!

“You lost…”

Seeing the opponent defeated, Zhou Qingkai sighed in relief.

“I can still fight; I haven’t lost yet!”

Suppressing the pain in his body, Hong Yi struggled to get up. Just as he wanted to press forward again, he suddenly noticed a beautiful figure in front of him—Liu Mingyue had appeared by his side.

“Let me handle the rest!”

Author's Note