This Young Master is not Cannon Fodder

Chapter 252: Xia Yushan’s Determination

Chapter 252: Xia Yushan’s Determination

“Yushan, the time has arrived.” Ji Shuye said to the meditating eldest senior brother.

Xia Yushan opened his eyes, and a fierce glint emerged. He looked at Ji Shuye and asked. “Who do you think will win?”

Ji Shuye turned around and started walking out. “The results are unclear. Junior Brother Xi has been in the Unity Realm for around twenty years, and we don’t know what he experienced in the Broken Primordial World, returning later than others. And hardly anyone has seen him take action since he entered the Unity Realm. The reports of him fighting Immortal Starsoul of the Nihility Sect is unclear.”

Xia Yushan stood up and followed Ji Shuye out of his mansion.

“You just entered the Unity Realm in less than five years, but thanks to listening to Grand Elder Xi’s sermon, you already stepped into the mid Unity Realm. However, Junior Brother Xi has probably gained more benefits, and his advancement is unknown.” Ji Shuye continued.

“So you think I’ll lose too, huh?” Xia Yushan asked, the glint in his eyes becoming even fiercer.

“I’m just saying Junior Brother Xi has the higher possibility of winning, but the conclusion still remains unknown. However, Yushan, you must remember that you aren’t cultivating to defeat Junior Brother Xi but to surpass yourself. Who cares about others?” Ji Shuye asked.

“How can it be so easy? If we can see things objectively, how many cultivators would have overcome their inner devils? When Junior Brother Xi had just been born, I was already in the Core Formation Realm. But now, he has already surpassed me in mere decades,” Xia Yushan said self-deprecatingly as he and Ji Shuye stepped on their flying swords.

“You have an inner devil forming?” Ji Shuye said with concern.

“I don’t know. But I know I’m feeling envy towards Junior Brother Xi. For his perfect life and his talent. Sometimes, the Heavenly Dao is so unfair. I once heard Master speaking of the heavenblessed. Among the heavenblessed, Junior Brother Xi must be the luckiest, right?”

Ji Shuye said nothing. After they almost reached the agreed location of the duel, she said, “We can’t control the fate of our birth, but we can control our destiny. Sometimes, being born with everything is not lucky. Compared to disciples like us, how many scions of immortal elders fail in the Immortal Ascension Heavenly Tribulation?”

“Yes, destiny is in our own hands,” Xia Yushan said as he landed.

The location of a duel was one of the specialized dueling arenas in the Buzhou Immortal Sect. Unlike the regular sparring arenas clustered together, this one was on an elevated peak alone, and numerous spectators had already arrived.

Xia Yushan saw his master, Sect Master Xia, and numerous other immortal elders who came to watch the excitement. Even the solitary Grand Elder Xi had arrived, causing numerous disciples to look towards her instead of the arena.

Wei Daying, Heng Huesheng, and even the rising star Zi Zun, who had entered the Nascent Soul Realm within a hundred years, were present. Though, Xia Yushan could do without that damn Lovespot’s presence. He even had an infuriating smirk. It was much more pleasing than the hypocritical smile plastered on his face but still infuriating nonetheless.

Xia Yushan had to raise an eye as he saw Su Wanyu, the previous eldest senior disciple. Though, her attention wasn’t so much on the battle but rather focused on burning a hole in Lovespot’s head through her gaze alone.

Already in the arena, Xia Yushan saw a young man of around twenty, wearing purple robes with dragon designs and a gold coronet atop his head, waiting for him. His hands were clasped behind his back with a leisurely expression.

“Junior Brother Xi,” Xia Yushan said as he stepped onto the arena.

Tianyi smiled and cupped his hand together. “Senior Brother Xia.”

The two stood in awkward silence for an uncomfortably long period of time. Finally, Tianyi couldn’t stand it anymore and asked, “Should we start?”

Xia Yushan nodded and saluted. “Disciple Xia Yushan, please advise.”

Tianyi returned the gesture. “Disciple Xi Tianyi, likewise.”

Xia Yushan immediately drew his sword and noticed that Tianyi didn’t have his usual sword at his waist. “Do you expect to defeat me without using your weapon?”

Tianyi coughed into his hand. “It’s not that I don’t want to. It’s just that it got destroyed...accidentally, so I’m currently without a sword. But you don’t have to worry. With or without a sword, there’s no difference.”

‘Are you saying that you don’t need your sword to defeat me? I’ll show you the error of your arrogance!’ Xia Yushan rushed towards Tianyi, his sword flowing like water in a continuous combo aimed at lacerating its target.

Tianyi looked down in surprise, never expecting Xia Yushan to have learned a yin yang technique. It was slight, but he could feel space compress around him, not that it affected him much.

Xia Yushan and his five incarnations attacked. Tianyi dodged Xia Yushan’s attack and aimed at the five-element incarnations. The sound of balloons popping could be heard as Tianyi instantly destroyed all of Xia Yushan’s incarnations, causing him to collapse onto his knee, face pale.

Incarnations weren’t just constructed out of qi but also the user’s spiritual sense. If the damage to the spiritual sense was large enough, it could even harm the user’s soul, and Xia Yushan had obviously suffered such harm.

He gazed up and glared at Tianyi. Although they were incarnations, each one represented nearly eighty to ninety percent of his strength. If Tianyi could so easily destroy his incarnations, wouldn’t this mean Tianyi could easily defeat him too?

Seeing the hate in Xia Yushan’s eyes, Tianyi sighed. “Senior Brother, give up. You can’t defeat me.”

Xia Yushan struggled to his feet and pointed his sword at Tianyi. “That remains to be seen.”

At this moment, a shout could be heard from the crowd. “GO, YUSHAN, SHOW HIM WHO’S THE STRONGEST DISCIPLE OF THE GENERATION!!!”

Tianyi could only smile wryly at Ji Shuye’s cheering.

Soon, another voice he recognized as Jian Wuyan could be heard. “NO WAY, PRINCE XI IS DEFINITELY THE STRONGEST!!!”

Xia Yushan took another deep breath and ignored the commotion. All he could see now was Tianyi. The five-element incarnations had been destroyed, but their qi still lingered. Under his control, it merged into his sword. Not only that, but the yin yang formation also dispersed into a black and white qi that was absorbed by Xia Yushan.

Tianyi’s eyes narrowed as he eyed Xia Yushan’s sword. He could faintly feel a hint of danger from Xia Yushan.

Off of the arena, Mengfei’s hand twitched.

“Grand Elder Xi, please stay your hand,” Sect Master Xia quickly said upon noticing. He could already feel sweat coating his temples. ‘Yushan, why are you using such a dangerous move? This is a spar, not a life and death battle.’

Seeing Mengfei having no intention of stopping, he quickly spoke. “Grand Elder Xi, if you take action now, it will adversely affect your position. This is a duel between two disciples. If you interfere, the other elders might use this as a point of contention. You’ll ruin Grand Elder Zhang’s efforts in absolving you of your previous mistake.”

Due to arbitrarily leaving the Huang Realm, it caused a considerable hiccup in the Buzhou Immortal Sect’s plans. Although her action ended with a positive result of saving Grand Elder Zhang’s life, merit and punishment were two different matters.

Sect Master Xia sighed when he saw the indifference in Mengfei’s eyes. That’s right. She was a lofty immortal sovereign, the only one in the Huang Realm. Would the Buzhou Immortal Sect really risk alienating her? The answer was no.

“Think of Little Xi’s reputation. If you step in, won’t you make it clear that he can’t take care of himself? Trust him, Little Xi won’t be defeated.” Although it sounded like he was rooting against Xia Yushan, Sect Master Xia was helpless and trying to prevent a bigger problem. ‘Thankfully, Redseal has been sealed. With how important Little Xi is to Grand Elder Xi, Redseal might not have walked away alive after she ascended.’

When Mengfei finally lowered her arm, Sect Master Xia released a sigh of relief. Now, he could only hope that Xia Yushan won’t do anything too overboard.

Xia Yushan’s sword pierced towards Tianyi. Tianyi wanted to dodge, but the sword naturally veered towards him, no matter what he did. If he couldn’t dodge it, then Tianyi planned on confronting it head-on.

But the moment his hand touched the sword, he could feel his skin about to rupture from contact. Recalling what happened the previous time, Tianyi instantly opened his third eye and shot an eye beam.

Xia Yushan didn’t have time to dodge as he had put everything into this attack. Upon the eyebeam contacting his lifebound artifact, he was knocked a hundred meters back onto his back.

With great difficulty, Xia Yushan stood back up to his feet, but he was obviously in no condition to fight. His face was deathly pale, and fractures coated his sword. Even so, he pointed the tip at Tianyi with eyes full of fighting spirit.

Unfortunately for him, that was all he could do as he spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed onto the ground, unconscious.

When Xia Yushan awoke again, he saw his master sitting next to his bed.

“Yushan, you don’t have to be so disappointed. Xi Tianyi cultivates a special technique. Even true immortals would find it difficult to win against him, so there’s nothing shameful about losing,” Sect Master Xia said.

Xia Yushan stared at the ceiling for five full minutes before he finally opened his mouth. “Master, I want to cultivate the Emotion Severance Sutra.”