Chapter 93: The Mantis Stalks The Cicada, Unaware of the Oriole Behind
With the conclusion of the Quarterfinals, tomorrow's Semifinals' arrangements quickly appeared on the center of the profound stone.
Match Number One: Blue Wind Imperial Family's Nura Rihan —— versus —— Heavenly Sword Villa's Ling Yun.
Match Number Two: Heavenly Sword Villa's Ling Jie —— versus —— Frozen Cloud Asgard's Xia Qingyue.
"Yehey!! as expected of young master and sister, they were able to enter the top 4!! haha. " Seeing the names on the profound stone, Xia Yuanba was excited to the point of being somewhat incoherent.
He only came here because Greed sent him to inform Hannya about the situation back in the headquarters, but deep inside he was actually yearning towards the ranking tournament like the rest of profound practitioners; he absolutely did not expect that his sister and Young Master would actually become two of the main characters in this ranking tournament. The two people who he looked up to had reached the top four in the highest level of Blue Wind Empire's young profound practitioners, that kind of joy, proudness, and glory, was so intense that it was indescribable.
Hannya was inwardly amused when he saw Yuanba's excited state, just by looking at him he can tell that this kid was yearning to be on the same stage as Rihan and Xia Qingyue.
He was too busy looking up to other people and didn't know about his terrifying potential.
Rihan on the other hand wasn't paying attention to Yuanba as his eyes were on the person standing in the Heavenly Sword Villa's Corner.
Multiple people noticed Rihan and Ling Yun staring at each other while the air around them trembled, they didn't hide their battle intent.
'Finally, our battle date has been decided'
Both of them shared the same thought.
The crowd broke into a commotion, the fight between Rihan and Ling Yun was greatly anticipated, the crowd were excited to witness the battle of the two.
Rihan then removed his gaze, Ling Yun also did the same.
His eyes then landed at Xia Qingyue and lingered for awhile, "Little Girl, the 'Heart of Snow Glazed Glass' and 'Nine Profound Exquisite Body' you spoke about earlier, what exactly are they?"
The only thing that Hannya told him was the plan to caught someone's attention, he's doesn't even know the identity of the person he's supposed to attract.
Still he didn't question his father, no parents would ever harm their child. He also know his father's personality.
As the young master of the Nura Clan, his father would always train him in a unique way.
He would tell him a plan but won't tell him the reasoning behind it.
He needs to figure it out himself.
Jasmine had already given up on changing Rihan's way of calling her.
Everytime she tells him to stop from doing so he would just nod and still call her 'Little Girl' after.
"Since you wish to know, I will tell you." Jasmine's voice was as tender and ethereal as flowing water from a spring, but she deliberately displayed a kind of high up and elderly tone with utmost effort.
'Pfft.. haha' Rihan's childish laughter suddenly resounded in the pearl, black lines started to appear on Jasmine's forehead.
The two bickered for awhile, after that Jasmine turned serious, Rihan also did the same.
She explained everything to him.
According to Jasmine, Xia Qingyue who was born with Nine Profound Exquisite Body has a "small world" inside of her body which allows her to hold more power than what her physical body can handle, as to say that no matter what Profound Art she cultivates in, she will be able to cultivate it to any level no matter what her cultivation is. It can also be passed onto others with a "vital virginity".
The Heart of Snow Glazed Glass gives her a special type of mind, with high comprehensive abilities, pure and clear disposition, the soul will grow stronger and stronger over time, and be able to sense good and evil as well as danger, and easily see through various mysteries, and even see into the heart of all living things.
While Rihan was trying to analyze the information he received from Jasmine, the latter was also pondering about the identity of Rihan's father.
She was observing everything from the Pearl so she heard about Hannya's plans to attract someone's attention. She tried looking for the person and finally found 'Ling Kun', at first she was wondering why Hannya would want Rihan to attract that person's attention so she decided to observe him, the moment Qingyue revealed the characteristic of a 'Nine Profound Exquisite Body' she noticed the malicious expression of Ling Kun.
She already had some general idea about Hannya's plans but not the entirety, she doesn't know what he is aiming for.
The more she know about him, the mist that surrounded him gets thicker.
...
The curtains of Night covered the entire world, the moon shone beautifully in the horizon.
Hidden in the shadows, Hannya infiltrated Ling Kun's designated courtyard.
He waited for awhile..
When he saw that the servants were sent away, the smile of a Devil appeared on his face as he hid himself in the dark.
Going into someone else's house uninvited is his specialty.
In the room lighted up by the pale candle-light, he took out a treasure jade that was entirely bluish purple in color. This was a piece of an extremely rare and unique sound transmission jade.
With the insertion of profound energy, the bluish purple sound transmission jade emitted out a pale glow, and the sound transmission formation hidden within began to quickly spin.
"Young Hall Master, how have you been? Do you still remember this trivial old man?" Ling Kun narrowed his eyelids, and softly spoke to the sound transmission jade.
"Senior Ling? Ling Kun of Mighty Heavenly Sword Region? Now this sure is rare. It seems like, you should have something interesting to discuss with this young master?"
"That's right." Ling Kun slowly said. "This old man wish to make a trade with Young Hall Master. I believe Young Hall Master will definitely be interested in this trade."
"Oh? Go on."
"Hoho, I heard that Young Hall Master have been looking for a girl who possesses the 'Nine Profound Exquisite Body' in these recent years. And a mystical girl like that, this old man has actually encountered one. I wonder if Young Hall Master is interested?"
Just like Hannya expected, Ling Kun sold out Xia Qingyue for profit, Rihan's unknown arts and skills also got Ye Xinghan's interest.
After his confirmation, Hannya left the premises and went back.
'All the pieces are finally set in place.'
Ling Kun has no idea that while he was scheming against other people, someone else was lying in wait while scheming in the dark.
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