Medical and Martial God

This scene stunned Long Yifei and everyone present. The head of the Long Family was being so polite to Ye Liangchen, yet Ye Xiu’s response instantly made their jaws drop.

Ye Xiu feigned ignorance and asked indifferently, "Who are you?"

"I am the head of the Long Family," the man said.

"How can you prove you’re the head of the Long Family?" Ye Xiu asked.

"And how can you prove you’re Ye Liangchen?" the family head countered, explaining, "Don’t get me wrong. We’re meeting for the first time, so both sides need to prove their identities. It’s better to be cautious."

"I am the disciple of the Evil Doctor, Nangong Lie. The Traveling Dragon Sword Technique is the best proof. Shall I demonstrate it for you?" Ye Xiu said.

"A demonstration is so dull. How about this? I’ll find someone to spar with you. How does that sound?" the family head asked with a smile.

He’s trying to test my strength... Ye Xiu snorted inwardly but agreed aloud, "Fine!"

"I’ll do it!" Long Yifei immediately volunteered, planning to teach Ye Xiu a lesson during the spar.

"No, you’re too strong. Ye Liangchen is no match for you," the family head decisively refused. Pointing at a girl in her early twenties, he called out, "Wen Rubing, you come and exchange a few moves with Ye Liangchen."

When the family head refused to let him fight, Long Yifei felt frustrated. However, the moment he heard Wen Rubing’s name called, his frustration vanished completely. Wen Rubing was the Long Family’s foremost female prodigy. Her strength was so formidable that she was considered invincible among the family’s War Gods. With Wen Rubing fighting Ye Liangchen... Hmph. Ye Liangchen stood no chance at all.

"Wen Rubing, don’t disgrace our Long Family. Show your true skills and let Ye Liangchen see what you’re made of," Long Yifei said. His unspoken message was for her to give Ye Xiu a good beating.

"Understood." Wen Rubing nodded, approaching Ye Xiu with her sword drawn. She stated expressionlessly, "I’ll warn you, I’m very strong. Don’t underestimate me just because I’m a woman. Please use your full strength."

Heh, if I used my full strength, I could blast you to smithereens.

Ye Xiu was unimpressed by Wen Rubing’s arrogance. She was exceptionally beautiful, her looks rivaling Qin Qing’s, but she had a cold, haughty air about her, as if everyone owed her money. "You aren’t worthy of my full strength." With a wave of his hand, a sword flew from the grasp of a young man in the distance and into his own.

Telekinesis!

The move stunned the head of the family and everyone else present. They could also perform telekinesis, but not as effortlessly and fluidly as Ye Xiu.

"Alright, let’s begin!" The family head stepped back and instructed, "Wen Rubing, Ye Liangchen is our guest. Mind your limits and don’t injure him."

"I will hold back," Wen Rubing declared proudly, her sword pointed at Ye Xiu. "Make your move!"

SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

A man of few words and decisive action, Ye Xiu raised his hand and unleashed three sword strikes. Instantly, three streaks of Sword Qi shot toward Wen Rubing. Seeing this, the family head, Wen Rubing, Long Yifei, and everyone else shook their heads in disappointment. It was common knowledge that a Martial Artist’s ranged attacks weren’t very powerful. They were effective against weaker opponents, but between equals, such attacks were practically useless. Long Yifei laughed, certain that Ye Xiu was about to get thrashed.

"Is that all you have?" Wen Rubing scoffed, shattering Ye Xiu’s three streaks of Sword Qi with three effortless flicks of her longsword. However, just as she was about to taunt him, she realized he had vanished from her sight.

Suddenly, Ye Xiu’s voice sounded from behind her. "You’ve lost."

"This..." Wen Rubing’s expression changed abruptly. She hadn’t even seen when Ye Xiu had gotten behind her. The head of the family, Long Yifei, and the others were equally stunned. As spectators, they had seen Ye Xiu’s path. What shocked them was that he had used the three streaks of Sword Qi as a feint. He had taken advantage of the brief instant she spent shattering them to circle behind her at full speed.

"I don’t accept it!" Wen Rubing huffed angrily. "This isn’t a spar, it’s trickery!"

"Shameless!" Long Yifei cursed. "Ye Liangchen, you have no honor! Winning like that is a disgrace!"

The others chimed in, accusing Ye Xiu of being a cheat who used underhanded tactics instead of fighting properly.

"If we were enemies, you would already be dead," Ye Xiu said coolly to Wen Rubing, ignoring the surrounding insults.

"You’re just making excuses!" Wen Rubing retorted, fuming. "This is a spar, not a battle to the death! If you want to defeat me, you should do it fair and square!"

"Ye Liangchen, the point of this spar was to prove your identity," Long Yifei accused. "By resorting to trickery, you can’t prove you’re the disciple of the Evil Doctor, Nangong Lie!"

"Enough, you disgraceful fools!" the head of the family scolded. "In a life-or-death battle, the methods don’t matter. The one left standing is the winner. Ye Liangchen is teaching you a valuable lesson about the martial world."

No one dared to talk back after the family head had spoken, but the crowd didn’t agree with him. They believed that with enough strength, there was no need for schemes and trickery; you could just crush your enemies head-on.

"She’s too weak. It’s not worth using the Traveling Dragon Sword Technique on her," Ye Xiu said arrogantly, looking at the family head.

The family head frowned. "Wen Rubing is already the strongest War God in the Long Family. If I sent out a master stronger than a War God, you’d have no chance of winning. You should fight Wen Rubing fairly with the Traveling Dragon Sword Technique." In truth, he also believed Ye Xiu would surely lose a direct confrontation with her.

"Winning with a sneak attack proves that *I’m* weak?" Wen Rubing demanded angrily. "Ye Liangchen, if you’re a man, fight me fairly!"

"Hmph. I think he’s scared and doesn’t dare to fight you fairly," Long Yifei taunted.

The others also began to clamor, urging Ye Xiu to fight Wen Rubing in a fair match.

"You’ll be embarrassed if we fight fairly," Ye Xiu warned her.

"I’m not afraid of being embarrassed! If you can beat me fair and square, I’ll admit defeat," she retorted. Without waiting for his reply, Wen Rubing scoffed and lunged at him with her sword.

Ah, I hope you’re wearing underwear... Ye Xiu sighed. In the next instant, he vanished.

Then, to the bafflement of the family head and the others, Ye Xiu began to dart around Wen Rubing, leaping up and down like a circus monkey, a sight that made many of them laugh out loud. A few seconds later, however, the laughter died. Countless afterimages of Ye Xiu had appeared around Wen Rubing, and then, all at once, they attacked simultaneously. "This is..." Wen Rubing was stunned; she had never seen such a bizarre sword technique. Just as she prepared to defend with all her might, all of Ye Xiu’s afterimages vanished, replaced by an all-encompassing wave of Sword Qi that surged toward her. Before she could even react, her clothes were shredded to pieces.