Chapter 12: The Former God Likes to Bully Children

Back in Celestial Academy, Long Qing Yuan finished writing the private report he would send to the headmaster regarding the awakening stone. Yan Yu was also reading a cultivation manual at a desk nearby, with a hand playing with her braided long hair.

"Oh! Today is the Li clan's annual tournament for the youngsters." The old instructor remembered. He wished he had enough time to stay and witness the battles, especially the ones that Yu Tian would participate in.

"Are you thinking of Li Yu Tian again, mentor?" Yan Yu looked up from her book.

Long Qing Yuan nodded. "That boy is much more special than you think, Yu'er."

He stood up with a sigh, walking slowly towards the open window with his hands behind his back. Many of the school's students sat outside on the open grass field, cultivating. "In fact, I think he may become the next Overlord of the Holy Qilin Empire."

Yan Yu was shocked, nearly dropping what she was reading in her hands. Even though Yu Tian had a top tier unique physique that was extremely valuable, it doesn't change the fact that his martial spirit was essentially trash.

"The next Overlord? Are you sure?" The beautiful girl questioned.

In the entire empire, there was a ranking system for the most talented youths after the age of 17 and before 28. It was called the True Dragon List, and its rankings were determined by a tournament held once a decade.

The winner of the tournament is granted the title of Overlord. Not only are they richly rewarded by the royal family, but the title is also a symbol of being the head of dragons amongst men.

The current Overlord had entered when he was only 18, winning the entire competition and stunning the entire empire with his talent. Baili Shen Yue is from a family of warriors loyal to the Wu dynasty, and is already at the first level of Battle Ancestor.

If there was ever an example of a real genius, his name would be Baili Shen Yue. There's even rumours that he had already begun cultivating from the womb.

Compared to the current Overlord, Yan Yu was already 17 this year and still hasn't stepped into the rank of Dou General yet. The difference between them was like the sky and the earth.

The young woman sighed, laying her fair cheek on her hand and puffing it up slightly. Beauties have loved heroes since ancient times. Yan Yu wished that someone so exceptional like Baili Shen Yue would come and sweep her off her feet.

However, she couldn't picture Li Yu Tian and Baili Shen Yue being of the same caliber at all. The current Overlord seemed to skyrocket with talent in every aspect, including an emperor grade martial spirit, while Yu Tian only had a rare unique physique.

Yan Yu didn't know why her mentor viewed that young boy so specially.

"We'll be seeing him soon though." Seeing the doubt on her face, Long Qing Yuan chuckled.

It wasn't that he didn't trust her, but Li Yu Tian had too many secrets on his body and the old mentor didn't want too many others to know. A slip of the tongue could be fatal, and Long Qing Yuan wanted to do his best to protect and nurture the young boy.

"Once he becomes a Qi Warrior, let's head back to Stardust City and bring him to the academy." Long Qing Yuan said. "I estimate he'll reach it before the end of this year."

Yan Yu's eyes widened. That means that Li Yu Tian wouldn't even be 8 years old and could attend here. She couldn't comprehend the reasoning behind Long Qing Yuan having so much faith in the boy.

"I also gave him some cultivation resources." The old man murmured while stroking his beard. Long Qing Yuan then did some calculations in his head.

"Hmm. It should last him until he's a mid-level Qi Warrior if he consumes and refines all that spiritual energy..." He suddenly made a loud sneeze.

...

Yu Tian stole an orange from the clan's kitchen and was currently peeling it, sitting under the shade of a tree. He noticed after the battle that he managed to ascend a level, now a level 6 Qi Novice.

"Stinky old pervert." Yu Tian muttered, remembering Long Qing Yuan and how the old man felt all over his body.

He popped the whole orange into his mouth when he finished peeling. Yu Tian began to chew, juices overflowing from his lips as he mumbled. "Also so stingy with his gift."

The energy from those plants and fruits that Long Qing Yuan gifted him have all long since been refined. If Yu Tian wanted to speed up his cultivation, he needed a way to obtain more resources.

"Just high enough to be acceptable." Yu Tian told himself.

Yu Tian still didn't want to cultivate, but after that finishing that first battle, the former god realized that he needed to rank up or his future battles might take too much effort.

If he hoped to have a carefree life, Yu Tian needed to first have a high enough cultivation.

It was already afternoon when all of the first round matches have finished. Compared to Yu Tian's battle with Li Gang, most of the matches were quite fast.

The ones with martial spirits easily pushed their opponents off the stage, while some of the children like Li Hao Ran had their opponents immediately forfeit, knowing that they have no chance of winning.

"Round 1 matches completed. Everyone prepare for round 2!" Yu Tian heard the elder's loud voice announce.

Picking himself up and wiping off the remnant juice with his sleeve, Yu Tian began to head back to the stage where everyone was.

...

"Round 2 first match!" That same elder yelled.

Yu Tian found himself matched with a random child, who he easily dispatched with a roundhouse kick to the chest, sending his opponent sprawling off the stage.

"Hehe." The former god snickered.

Ignoring the hate from the child's parents and some spectators, Yu Tian also noticed the matches becoming a lot faster since the first round. Now that there were only half of the original 30 some children, it seemed like the competition was speeding by.

"Huh." Yu Tian casually observed Li Hao Ran's opponent forfeiting again once they stepped on stage.

He noted that the boy who awakened the highest grade of martial spirit hasn't even fought a single match yet. The children who haven't awakened martial spirits were already eliminated, and the remaining ones with the "trash" martial spirits like him were also forfeiting or losing very quickly to those with a better spirit.

"Round 3!" The elder declared.

This time Yu Tian was paired against someone who awakened a martial spirit with a green aura. The boy's legs were shaking as he knew his low-grade martial spirit wouldn't be enough to win.

In the first round, Yu Tian's victory over Li Gang caused many shocked reactions. Beating one of the favourites expected to do well in the tournament had already caused many heart shadows to develop within the remaining children.

This was especially so for the ones who had talked bad about Yu Tian's mother back then. He was also one of them.

"Fight!" Lost in his thoughts, his opponent didn't even notice that the match had already begun.

It was already too late to react. Yu Tian dashed over, throwing a punch at his face.

"Oof!" The kid was hit squarely in the jaw, being launched into the air and off the stage. Some teeth also came flying out of his mouth.

Yu Tian stood unremorseful from his victory, right fist stained with blood. He knew that his opponent's teeth were baby teeth, meaning that the damage wasn't permanent since adult teeth would grow.

However, Yu Tian felt immense satisfaction and pleasure from hearing and observing the other boy's tears and traumatic cries.

"Better keep your mouth shut next time, or it'll be all of your teeth." Yu Tian chuckled darkly, causing many spectators to boo him again.

The other rounds went by just as fast, with Yu Tian continuing his warpath of vengeance. Most of them he dispatched with a single hit, usually with traumatic aftereffects.

"Smack!" His next opponent got a resounding slap that knocked him off the stage, crying.

...

"This child is so vicious." The representatives sitting near Li You Zi from the other families thought while observing Yu Tian's actions.

However, Li Chang and Li Cheung were vastly pleased with the progress Yu Tian was making. They were now very confident that he'd make it to the finals.

Of course, the grand elders were certain that Li Yu Tian was no match for Li Hao Ran. The little bastard might have some talent in martial arts and know some dirty tricks, but trash was still trash.

In front of absolute power, both of the grand elders believed that Yu Tian had no chance of winning. They viewed his current victories only as flukes, where eventually most of the other children would surpass him as they grew.

Meanwhile, Shan Dong Hai nodded appreciatively at Yu Tian's decisive actions, especially on how filial the child was in defending his mother. He sensed that Yu Tian's remaining matches would be extremely spectacular.

Waving over a servant from the Shan family, he whispered. "Bring Qian Xue over, I want her to observe this boy's battles."

"The young miss?" The servant hesitated. "Patriarch... You know how difficult she is."

Shan Dong Hai sighed knowingly. His granddaughter was a monstrous genius, but also rather disobedient and had quite a temper.

However, their family situation was rather complicated, and he himself also spoiled her. The child was quite pitiful.

Thinking of an idea, the old man smiled when it suddenly came to him. Being old certainly gave you the advantage of being shameless and poisonous.

Leaning in close, he whispered in the servant's ear. "Tell her that there's a new kind of..."

...

Eventually, there were just the 4 of them left.

Now it was finally the semi-finals. Yu Tian noticed that it was himself, Li Hao Ran, Li Yaoyao, and Li Kong.

"Semi-finals match 1." The elder announced. "Li Hao Ran versus Li Kong!"

With only a peak tier low-grade martial spirit, Li Kong shook his head. He knew his limits and had arrived at where he would stop.

Both children stepped onto the stage, and Li Kong immediately raised his hand. "I forfeit."

Nodding, the elder turned to the remaining Yu Tian and Li Yaoyao. "Now it's you two."

Yu Tian snuck a glance at Li Yaoyao. She was also 2 years older than him and already has started developing beautiful features.

He was certain the girl would be a real looker someday, even more beautiful than that old pervert's apprentice Yan Yu.

Long eyelashes. Big, clear eyes, and porcelain skin. Li Yaoyao was like an adorable doll cut out from the finest jade, and Yu Tian knew many of the children in the clan had a crush on her.

Li Hao Ran also looked at them with fiery eyes, with his sights especially trained on Li Yaoyao. To him, only he was talented and worthy enough of her.

Stepping onto the stage, Yu Tian found himself in a rather complicated situation while facing her. He and Li Yaoyao never interacted much, but she was always respectful to him and his mother, never saying anything bad unlike most of the other children.

"Good luck." She nodded politely to Yu Tian.

"You too." He warmly replied, trying to think of a way to win without hurting Li Yaoyao too much.

"Semi-finals round 2! Begin!" The elder waved his arm down.

"Come out!" Li Yaoyao's Qi condensed around her before it formed into a tiny red bird.

It was entirely covered in flames, reminding Yu Tian of a miniature phoenix. However, it had a needle-like mouth and there was also a blue aura surrounding its body.

"A blazing hummingbird." Yu Tian nodded in appreciation.

He had already heard its name when Li Yaoyao summoned it out in a previous match. She was the other person aside from Li Gang and Li Hao Ran who awakened a high-grade martial spirit.

The former god summoned out his own martial spirit. Qiu Xue appeared in his arms, yawning lazily. The kitten seemed a bit tired and snuggled into his arms, giving Li Yaoyao a nonchalant look.

"This is mine. Her name is Qiu Xue." Yu Tian introduced the cat.

Li Yaoyao couldn't help but blush a bit at the adorable kitty, causing her cute face to redden. All girls had weaknesses for cute things.

Seeing Li Yaoyao blush, Li Hao Ran's hands whitened from how hard he was clenching them. He thought that Yaoyao was blushing because of Yu Tian.

"Li Yu Tian." Li Hao Ran glared daggers at his target on the stage, burning with jealousy. "You're so dead."

CREATORS' THOUGHTS
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1. Baili Shen Yue = Baili is just a 2 character surname without meaning, Shen Yue means to review or to puruse.

2. There's a saying in Chinese that if you're sneezing there's someone saying bad stuff about you.

3. Kong = sky

4. Yaoyao = Beautiful, bright.

Cultivation ranks in Tian Qi continent: Qi Novice < Qi warrior < Dou General< War Master < War Grandmaster < Battle Ancestor < Martial King < Martial Emperor. Each rank is seperated by 10 levels, the higher you go, the harder it becomes to breakthrough.

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