Chapter 126: An Qualified Opponen

When Xie Fuyao got knocked away, all the finger forces that he sent out returned to him like birds flying back to their nest. Of course, Fang Jie who couldn’t sense the forces of nature didn’t detect that.

Fang Jie looked wicked like a prehistoric beast, and his eyes were all red and quite scary.

After knocking Xie Fuyao away, Fang Jie sneered as he looked at this gongzi from Yangtze-South who slowly slid down the city wall.

Then, he dashed forward and appeared beside Xie Fuyao the next second.

Fang Jie stared down at Xie Fuyao with his red eyes and asked, “You wanted to kill me?”

His tone was as cold as 10,000-year-old ice, enough to make everyone shiver.

Fang Jie seemed like a beast that lost control.

Xie Fuyao tried to stand up by leaning against the wall, and the blood on his lips showed that he was severely injured.

In reality, if he didn’t use all the internal forces in his sea of qi to defend when Fang Jie attacked, he would be in a worse situation. If an ordinary person were struck by Fang Jie’s punch, half of his head would be missing by now.

“Answer me!” Fang Jie leaned in and said to Xie Fuyao.

This gongzi from Yangtze-South who blocked 30 people earlier didn’t seem aggressive at all.

Fang Jie’s punch knocked him down from the sky and into the dust. All the pride that he had was also shattered by this punch.

Since he started cultivation, Xie Fuyao never imagined that he would be forced into such a terrible situation.

“Yes,” Xie Fuyao replied honestly while looking up and wiping away the blood on his lips.

Bam!

Dust flew into the air, and Xie Fuyao’s body was stomped into the firm road. His body folded a little with his back deep into the road, and his opponent’s eyes were still bright red with murderous spirit.

“You wanted to kill me because I pose a threat to you?” Fang Jie pulled back his foot that was on Xie Fuyao’s abdomen, and he slowly squatted down and said while staring into Xie Fuyao’s eyes, “When you changed your technique, did the murderous spirit in your mind become uncontrollable? Different from locking others’ seas of qi, you wanted to destroy my sea of qi with more powerful attacks, right? If I died, you wouldn’t think you did something wrong. Instead, you would be happy that you took out an opponent early on, right?”

Xie Fuyao had no strength to reply.

Fang Jie’s stomp was too forceful; Xie Fuyao was now inlaid into the road.

“Therefore.” Fang Jie stood straight and said to Xie Fuyao, “I don’t need to feel guilty after killing you now.”

Then, Fang Jie raised his foot and aimed at Xie Fuyao’s forehead.

“Fang Jie, don’t!” Zhang Kuang who had recovered a bit of stamina instantly shouted seeing that Fang Jie wanted to kill Xie Fuyao, and other soldiers also shouted, trying to stop him from making this mistake.

The professors on the city wall were all shocked as well, and Yan Ji even jumped down from the city wall and dashed toward Fang Jie. However, he didn’t dare to approach, afraid that Fang Jie would stomp down faster under pressure.

“Reckless!” Although Cui Pingzhou was enraged by Xie Fuyao’s provocation earlier, he couldn’t watch Fang Jie kill Xie Fuyao with a stomp.

“Enough!” Pei Chuxing stared at Fang Jie with hostility.

Regardless of what happened, they were in the same group as Xie Fuyao.

However, Yu Xiao stood on the side and watched in silence, looking as if he was stunned by the turn of events.

Fang Jie’s foot stopped not far away from Xie Fuyao’s forehead, and he slowly looked back and said with a sneer, “If I broke his skull, would you all think that I overdid it? You all think that this will be a mistake, right? You would be enraged since it would feel like I stomped on you, right? Then, what would you do if Xie Fuyao shattered my sea of qi and killed me?”

Fang Jie’s eyes looked cold and murderous.

“You would all say that it is pitiful, right? But you would pardon Gongzi Xie for the accident, pardon him for accidentally killing an insignificant border soldier. In the eyes of you people from big families, even if you killed people, it is nothing big, and it wouldn’t affect you. But if I did it to him, it would be unforgivable and vicious?” Fang Jie shook his head with a cold grin.

“Your anger is filled with righteousness!” After saying that, Fang Jie slowly stomped down.

“Is it worth it to kill someone you defeated and destroy your own future?” At this moment, Principal Zhou slowly floated down from the city wall. He didn’t fall; he floated down as if he was standing on a cloud.

With his hands behind his back, he said to Fang Jie calmly, “Killing someone who tried to kill you doesn’t seem wrong. Although it goes against the rules of the Martial Arts Academy, I saw Xie Fuyao trying to kill you first, so what you are about to do counts as self-defense. In the most severe case, it is self-defense with excessive force.”

“However.” Principal Zhou landed on the ground and walked over while saying, “Even if you aren’t charged with a crime, what can you gain from it? Momentary thrill? Then dozens of years of regret? Without a doubt, if you can’t even control this much anger, you won’t have the chance to regret for dozens of years, not even years in that matter.”

Fang Jie looked toward Principal Zhou with a frown.

Principal Zhou smiled and added, “I won’t tell you to forgive him and turn this incident into something good. In my opinion, people need to seek revenge. Since he hit you, you need to hit back. If he hit you, yet you endured it and did nothing, the Martial Arts Academy wouldn’t accept you. However, there is a difference between being dumb and being fearless.”

“Why are you trying to dissuade me?” Fang Jie suddenly asked, “With your strength, you can stop me with a flick of a finger. You can probably even knock me away and turn me into a pile of flesh, right?”

Principal Zhou shook his head and said, “No… If I want to do that, I don’t even need to move my finger.”

“Ok.” Fang Jie took a deep breath and moved his foot back. “I won’t kill him then.”

Not many participants arrived on time.

Since so many people ate too much this morning, most of them puked non-stop and were in bad condition. The rest of them fought with each other, immobilizing many.

When the sun climbed to the middle of the sky, the professors of the academy announced the end of the first two tests. The participants who didn’t reach the small city all failed these two tests, and the ones who did were all given excellent ratings.

Although this evaluation matrix seemed simple and generous, only six people reached the small city on time.

Fang Jie reached the small city with Zhang Kuang on his back, and Cui Pingzhou and Pei Chuxing got there before them.

For some reason, Yu Xiao who seemed to dislike Xie Fuyao walked over to him and helped him get up before walking to the small city together.

Only the six of them obtained excellent ratings in the first two tests.

This battle seemed too tragic.

Fang Jie put Zhang Kuang down on the ground, letting the latter lean against the city wall and rest.

Zhang Kuang panted while looking at Fang Jie with gratitude and thanking him.

Fang Jie didn’t say anything; he turned around and walked back.

Zhang Kuang stared at him and asked, “What are you doing?”

Fang Jie replied without looking back, “Bringing our brothers over the finish line.”

Zhang Kuang froze for a moment and shouted, “The time limit already past!”

Fang Jie shook his head and walked toward the gate of the training field in silence.

Although those soldiers whose seas of qi were sealed regained their freedom after Xie Fuyao was defeated, they couldn’t recover their stamina after their seas of qi were restricted for so long.

Those soldiers were still lying before the gate of the training field, and some of them crawled to their peers and asked about their injuries.

Fang Jie walked to the gate and apologized to his peers who were panting. Then, he helped one soldier get up before carrying him on his back and walking toward the direction of the small city.

Regardless of how this soldier tried to convince Fang Jie to let him down, Fang Jie simply shook his head and didn’t speak. He carried those soldiers who hadn’t recovered one by one to the small city and placed them beside Zhang Kuang.

While Fang Jie walked back and forth to carry those soldiers across the finish line, everyone watched and had complicated feelings.

Later, other soldiers arrived, and they helped Fang Jie carry the last three soldiers over.

Gradually, all the soldiers gathered around Fang Jie, and they looked at this young man who was much younger than them with respect.

Although the soldiers who rested alongside the city wall were still recovering, they all placed their right arms across their chests, giving Fang Jie the sincerest salute.

When they raised their right arms, other soldiers around them did the same. All the soldiers here were respectful toward this young man.

The soldiers of Great Sui never surrendered and never ditched their peers.

Fang Jie smiled and returned the salute by placing his right arm across his chest. Then, he dropped onto the ground and looked up at the blue sky before laughing out loud.

This young man opened his arms and lay down, laughing like an idiot.

Zhang Kuang followed him and laughed, then all the soldiers laughed.

All of them seemed dumb.

The participants from big families looked at them in disdain.

Yu Xiao helped Xie Fuyao sit up and looked at the blood on the latter’s lips and the footprint on the chest of the latter’s clothes.

“Did you bring healing pills?” he asked.

Xie Fuyao shook his head.

Yu Xiao smiled and said, “Only the conceited people don’t carry healing pills with them.”

Then, he took out a small porcelain bottle from his sleeve and handed it to Xie Fuyao. He said, “Although it can’t be compared to the spiritual pills of Wudang Mountain, it should be helpful. That guy already held back. Otherwise, a few of your rib bones would have been broken. Although he looks reckless and foolish, he is more calculative than others. However, he seems dumb coming back and forth and carrying those soldiers. Do you think he is dumb?”

Xie Fuyao opened the cap of the bottle, and a pleasant fragrance floated out. He rolled out a pill and put it in his mouth before swallowing it with a frown.

“Dumb?” He suddenly smiled and said, “I don’t know if I have seen through him after this defeat, or this is all meaningless. When I saw him carrying those soldiers into the training field, I suddenly felt like I’m the idiot. Perhaps in others’ eyes, it is stupid for him to carry those soldiers over, but what he gained today after doing this dumb thing could make others jealous enough to smash their heads into walls. It seemed like he wanted to kill me, but when I saw him carrying those soldiers, I suddenly realized that such a person wouldn’t kill me and wouldn’t need others to dissuade him.”

“Perhaps your opinion of him is too high.” Yu Xiao stood up and said while looking toward Fang Jie, “Perhaps your mind is too dark. Perhaps he is truly a sentimental and loyal fool.”

“Sentimental and loyal?” Xie Fuyao pouted and sensed the warmness in his abdomen. The healing pill was working right away; what Yu Xiao gave him wasn’t a common pill.

“Perhaps. If he is truly such a person, I should admire him. However, why are you helping me?” he asked Yu Xiao.

Yu Xiao looked at Xie Fuyao and said with a smile, “Not many people qualify to be my friend. You are one who qualifies.”

“What about him?” Xie Fuyao pointed at Fang Jie.

“Him?” After a moment of silence, Yu Xiao replied earnestly, “He doesn’t qualify to be my friend. However, he qualifies to be my opponent.”

“Xie Fuyao,” Yu Xiao suddenly called out.

“Huh?”

“Why did you hold back? You should know other variations of Four-Symbol Finger as well.”

“I need to hold back something.” Xie Fuyao smiled, slowly stood up, and looked toward those soldiers. “Who knows if that guy has some hidden abilities. The world would be boring if there are no secrets.”

On the city wall of the small city, Principal Zhou looked at the participants with a smile.

Yan Ji sighed beside Principal Zhou and said, “That was intense. Now I know why you said Fang Jie is a monster.”

“Intense?” Zhou Banchuan shook his head and said, “One person won just right, and the other lost just right. What is intense about it?”