The Journey To Become The Strongest
Chapter 42 — Third Round of Daffodil Conference (6)
Two men and two women entered the sight of Lian Haocun and Lian Huanran who were leaning against a tree. The clapping man was the leader of the group, he had quite good looks but still could not compare to Lian Haocun or Lian Huanran.
An understatement smile appeared on the face of the leader who was disguised into a gentle smile, “Introduce me is Tao Shi, a disciple of the Sunlight Sect.”
Since Lian Haocun was focused on his fight with the leopard he did not pay much attention to the whereabouts of others. So Lian Haocun was unaware of Tao Shi's existence but Lian Haocun knew for sure that Tao Shi's existence was not the same thing.
A beautiful-looking woman beside Tao Shi pursed her lips, her eyes filled with contempt for Lian Haocun and Lian Huanran.
It seemed like the woman did not even want to waste time talking to Lian Haocun and Lian Huanran so she spoke in a tone full of disdain and ridicule to Tao Shi, he said,
“Brothers. We can't waste time for these ‘dirty rats'.” The volume of the voice was not large but in the silent forest the female mockery was clearly heard.
Tao Shi responded to the woman named Qin Chu, “Can't be like that, Qin-Qin. After all they even managed to defeat Kong Jun who had a famous reputation.”
The implication was that Kong Jun did have a famous reputation but that didn't mean Kong Jun really had any real abilities so even defeating Kong Jun didn't mean Lian Haocun and Lian Huanran were really great (This is my opinion Tao Shi because Tao Shi had never fought directly with Kong Jun and heard that Kong Jun was defeated by a cultivator younger than him).
Qin Chu waved his lips in annoyance and immediately threw his face in any direction due to Tao shi's response.
Meanwhile Lian Huanran felt anger rising from his heart, with a wound-filled and weak yet not too severe state, Lian Huanran opened his mouth to speak,
“Do you know? The bad guys who talk nonsense at the beginning are usually the losers at the end.”
The smile hanging on Tao shi's face froze at the obvious ridicule from Lian Huanran's sentence.
Another man named Kang Shin was angry at Lian Huanran's taunts, “You dare!! Cih, just beating Kong Jun with cheating methods alone was proud. Huh...”.
Obviously Kang Shin is the type of person who likes to lick, but before Kang Shin can continue his sentence, he said, the leopard whose speed was quite decreased as all four of its legs were injured by Lian Haocun's attack lunged towards Kang Shin.
Kang Shin was surprised and did not have time to dodge, even though his speed decreased did not mean the leopard could be easily defeated. Moreover, Kang Shin is only Foundation Building stage two.
Kang Shin's tall figure quickly disappeared thanks to the jade pendant because the leopard-inflicted wound was fatal enough to threaten Kang Shin's life.
Tao Chi's eyes widened in shock, although Kang Shin was only Foundation Building stage two, being defeated by a single attack by a level four leopard was extremely embarrassing according to Tao Shi.
While the other woman who had been silent and just watching screamed in fear, tears poured out of her eyes. Clearly that woman named Qing Nan was someone who was mentally weak.
Leopards have started looking for other prey because the prey they just attacked somehow disappeared somewhere.
This makes the leopard even more angry especially the person he just attacked was the person who disturbed the leopard from his sleep. While the group that now consisted of three people was fighting the leopard.
Lian Haocun rushed to Lian Huanran's side to check on her condition, “Are you okay?”
His tone was still cold but Lian Haocun's sweaty palms and blue eyes showed concern.
Lian Huanran nodded her head, “Not that bad.”
Then try to stand up with Lian Haocun's help. “Did you bring a magic pill from Master?” Asked Lian Haocun because he rarely used magic pills so he never took them in his storage ring.
‘From now on I have to carry the magic pill anytime.’ Lian Haocun's determination in his heart.
Lian Haocun did not respond to Lian Huanran and after confirming Lian Huanran's condition was fine except for a few cuts and bruises that could recover in a short period of time, Lian Haocun just released her.
While Lian Huanran was watching the fight between two people with leopards. “Where are the other women?” Lian Huanran asked subconsciously, after thinking about it, Lian Huanran confirmed that the crying woman must have been forced to return to the teleportation array by the jade pendant because her life was in danger.
The two men were not very superior, even though the leopard was injured. They still did not manage to defeat the leopard and were only able to incise a few wounds that were not deep enough in the leopard's body.
“Kakak, are we just going to watch?” Lian Huanran asked as she held onto her sister's clothes.
Lian Haocun replied briefly, “Wait a minute.”
Qin Chu again used his whip in all directions as the continuous leopard managed to dodge his whip. While Tao Shi was calmer than Qin Chu and made plans in his mind with Qin Chu as bait.
The leopard that attacked Qin Chu successfully injured Qin Chu's face. Qin Chu directly cursed the leopard with various harsh words. For almost all women, the most precious treasure is her appearance.
Just then Tao Shi attacked the leopard, due to the leopard's injured leg, his reaction was slower than usual and Tao Shi's sword managed to pierce through the leopard's back quite deeply. Tao Shi immediately followed up by using his elemental strength. Fortunately the leopard managed to dodge so there were no other injuries.
Qin Chu looked disheveled plus the wound on his face made him look even worse. Qin Chu immediately shouted furiously at Tao Shi to vent his anger.
'Truly a woman whose nature does not match her appearance.' Thought Lian Huanran saw the incident.
Tao Shi responded with a gentle smile and tried to calm Qin Chu even though within Tao shi's heart angriness began to grow. The dodging leopard immediately attacked Tao Shi again, exuding an unyielding nature.
Tao Shi was forced to turn his attention from Qin Chu to the leopard, as well as Qin Chu trying to assuage his anger.
After a protracted fight that left the audience, Lian Haocun and Lian Huanran were bored. Tao Shi and Qin Chu eventually failed to qualify for the third round and were defeated by the leopard.
Since Tao Shi and Qin Chu managed to injure the leopard badly enough that the leopard ran out of steam, Lian Haocun and Lian Huanran easily defeated the leopard and obtained its limestone symbol.
Then they began to gather the pentagon symbols left behind by the Tao Shi group. “Very much...” Lian Huanran's comment looked at the stack of symbols in his hand.
Then they put the symbol into the storage ring. Chao Bence who had been watching was finally out. Before Chao Bence could open his mouth to speak, Wu Shilin and Tang Yelu who had been sought after by Lian Haocun and Lian Huanran appeared.
“Huanran, I've been looking for you everywhere.” Tang Yelu said with a sigh.
Wu Shilin followed behind Tang Yelu then greeted Lian Haocun and Lian Huanran.
“Em..., Who is this?” Wu Shilin asked who noticed the whereabouts of the unknown person. “This Chao Bence.” Answer Lian Huanran.
While Tang Yelu started to notice the presence of strangers and asked, “A participant of the Daffodil Conference?”
Lian Huanran shook his head and began to explain by covering up some details, “We accidentally met. He's a Drego Forest resident.”
Wu Shilin and Tang Yelu muttered ‘Oh’ and started getting acquainted with Chao Bence. Chao Bence responded with a smile and started some jokes with Tang Yelu and Wu Shilin.
Wu Shilin immediately noticed some cuts and bruises on Lian Huanran's body after walking closer to Lian Huanran. In a worried tone Wu Shilin asked the details of the incident to Lian Huanran. So was Tang Yelu.