RUMBLE!
As Huang Shi felt his body tumbling forward, his knees almost touching the ground, he felt time slow down to a crawl as his entire body felt like it was being crushed from every direction.
CALM DOWN… THINK… I NEED TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
9…
8…
All of a sudden, a flash of an idea ripped through his mind as he instantly thought of something—but he didn't have time to test whether or not his idea was viable.
Shit… no time. Let's just do it!
With this, he stopped sending any more spiritual energy to his crimson sun, instead allowing the pressure being released by Qiao Qinghe to apply as much force as possible to his body.
This decision instantly had an effect as a huge amount of blood suddenly spurted out from all over his body. His bones creaked, his muscles ached, and his skin began to tear apart.
And yet, beneath his broken skin, flashes of crimson lightning could be seen appearing all over it, trying to ensure that when his damaged skin healed itself, it would be far stronger than before.
5…
4…
3…
RUMBLE!
As more and more flashes of crimson lightning appeared all around Huang Shi's body and he felt more and more of his skin break down in the process, he finally heard the notification that made all the pain he was enduring worth it.
DING!
[Calamity Skin Refinement 94/100]
[Calamity Skin Refinement 95/100]
[Calamity Skin Refinement 96/100]
Holy shit… it worked!
HAHAHAHA!
BOOM!
Right before he could hear more of the beautiful notifications coming from his system, telling him that his physical body was growing stronger by the second, he suddenly heard a loud thump resound in the distance.
2…
1…
DING!
[Winning Over The Old Man's Trust – Complete]
[Reward: 4500 Scum Points]
[Scum Points: -16,500]
What? The quest is complete? It's over?
I haven't even reached one hundred percent in my Calamity Skin Refinement yet!
Fuck.
Seeing the sudden look of disappointment on Huang Shi's face, the rest of the room stared at him with confused expressions as they quickly realized something about what the young man had just done.
Did he just use the spiritual energy pressure of the Head Grand Elder to cultivate his physical body?!
If the Nascent Profound Realm elders surrounding Huang Shi figured out what he was doing, then what about the person who was currently kneeling on the ground, his body shaking in exhaustion?
Despite the fact that he had used his cultivation technique to recover a bit of his spiritual energy, Qiao Qinghe was still the person who ran out of spiritual energy first!
This just goes to prove the power of both a heavenly physique and its corresponding all-powerful cultivation technique!
"You brat… what the hell did you just do?! Did you really just use my spiritual energy pressure as your own training ground?!"
Qiao Han, who had been staring at this scene in silence, slowly shook his head as he spoke in a voice that only he could hear.
"What an outstanding genius…"
Before long, one of the people in the audience started to clap, paying their respects to the masterful performance that had just been put on by Huang Shi.
Clap.
Clap.
Clap.
One by one, the rest of the elders followed suit as a huge wave of cheers and applause directed toward Huang Shi suddenly resounded throughout the room.
"WHOO, YOUNG MASTER HUANG SHI! WHAT AN AMAZING FEAT!"
"WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE USELESS THIRD YOUNG MASTER OF THE AZURE DRAGON SECT WOULD ACTUALLY BE SUCH AN UNPARALLELED GENIUS?! COULD THE FUTURE CHAMPION OF THE AZURE DRAGON SECT MARTIAL ARTS COMPETITION ACTUALLY BE HIM?!"
"CONGRATULATIONS, YOUNG MASTER HUANG SHI!"
"CONGRATULATIONS, YOUNG MASTER HUANG SHI!"
As the wave of applause and cheers erupted through the room, Qiao Qinghe forced himself to stand up before waving his hand. Instantly, the cheers and applause disappeared, replaced with silence as the people stared at the scene with awkward expressions.
Despite this, Huang Shi didn't act perfunctory at all as he opened his mouth and spoke freely.
"Alright, old man, now that I've won the bet… you better not interfere in the relationship between me and Fenyi!"
"Unless you're the type of man who goes back on his word…"
Qiao Qinghe's face twitched as numerous emotions appeared across his face. It went from humiliation, to anger, to regret, before finally settling into acceptance as he sighed.
"Aigh… whatever. Alright, brat… you can do whatever you want…"
"However…"
All of a sudden, Qiao Qinghe paused, as if trying to think about whether he would actually follow through on his next action. Soon, a look of resolve appeared in his eyes as he suddenly kneeled down on the ground, bowing his head to Huang Shi as he spoke in a defeated tone.
"Even though I lost this bet… I hope you will still cure both my granddaughter and my son-in-law… I will be willing to pay any price… even my life…"
"Just please… do this for me…"
The moment Qiao Qinghe finished his words, the entire room went silent. In fact, it was so silent it felt as if you could hear a pin drop.
And yet, before the people around him could even process his words, Huang Shi instantly opened his mouth and said something that shocked the entire room.
"Of course I'll cure them. In fact, I never said that I wasn't going to cure them. The only reason I stopped using my golden light on Fenyi's father was because I was running out of spiritual energy and needed a bit of time to recover…"
"If my guess is right, if I stay here for at least three days, I will be able to completely remove the poison from Fenyi's body."
"As for her father… I would need at least a month of continuous purification before I can finally get rid of it at my current cultivation level."
"Of course, if the conversation is just about him being able to move and fight for a bit, then the threshold can be even lower. In fact, I can probably reduce his poison levels to the point that he can do anything Fenyi can currently do within the next three days without any issue…"