Chapter 25: Defeating Ye Qing

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Ye Qing got completely excited by the prospect of fighting Ye Sheng and clapped his hands as he said politely, “Your Majesty has spoken fairly. There is no way Ye Sheng will be able to defeat me, and so, naturally, there will also be no way he can become an Emperor’s Disciple.”

Hu Mei anxiously watched from the sidelines. She wanted to speak up, but she simply couldn’t. She knew how women operated, and she knew that Ye Qing had truly offended Consort Ye. If he seriously defeated Ye Sheng, then she was going to make sure Ye Qing died.

But Ye Qing didn’t think so far ahead. He looked confidently at Ye Sheng and stretched his arms out into a fighting stance. “Ye Sheng, come at me. I’ll let you have a three-move head start.”

Ye Sheng looked at Ye Qing with a strange expression. A three-move head start?

“No need. I think you’d better give it all you’ve got. I’m afraid that you will have collapsed after my first three moves,” said Ye Sheng calmly.

“Aren’t you embarrassed to brag like that? Ye Sheng, you’re normally a very reticent boy, so why are you so full of big talk today? Is it because His Majesty is here, and you’re desperately trying to prove yourself?” asked Ye Qing, laughing coldly.

“I’m not the one trying to prove myself. You are the one trying to do that. There’s no point in us continuing talking. Go ahead and make your move.” Ye Sheng smiled faintly and seemed very relaxed.

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Everyone was watching Ye Sheng and Ye Qing closely. The emperor sat waiting for the two of them to fight as if he were watching an exciting show.

“Fine! I’ll let you have a taste of my Ferocious Tiger Descends the Mountain Fist!” Ye Qing’s expression became stern as he shifted his body accordingly. He looked like a ferocious tiger coming down the mountain as an aggressive aura was unleashed from his body. He swung his fists as quickly and as fiercely as a ferocious tiger coming after its prey.

BOOM!

Ye Qing’s sudden attack didn’t surprise Ye Sheng. He immediately used Typhoon Steps to make his body float away like a gentle breeze as he avoided the punch from Ye Qing. At the same time, he also made a fist and slammed it hard into Ye Qing.

PAK! PAK! PAK! PAK!

Four consecutive blasts resounded and echoed all around them. Ye Sheng’s boxing technique wasn’t complicated and didn’t unleash much aura. Anybody who had learned martial arts would be able to tell that this was the very ordinary Rolling Rocks Boxing Technique.

The damage that the Rolling Rocks Boxing Technique could cause was quite small, unless one had a very deep understanding of it. Each punch had to be accompanied by blasts in the air to increase its level of damage.

Ye Sheng’s punch had come with four blasts in the air, and that was enough to surprise everyone.

Ye Qing also looked at Ye Sheng with surprise as he retreated, putting his hands in front of his chest in order to block Ye Sheng’s punch.

BOOM!

Ye Sheng was at Acquired Level Third Stage with about 600 or 700 units of strength. The four blasts of the Rolling Rocks Boxing Technique had added on around 400 more units of strength. This 1,000+ units weren’t that much less than Ye Qing’s, so both of them moved back three steps.

Ye Sheng’s three steps were as light as a dragonfly stepping on the surface of a pond and didn’t leave any marks on the tiles.

But Ye Qing’s three steps resounded loudly, and the tiles were broken from the impact. His footprints could be seen on the floor.

It was clear who was winning and who wasn’t.

Ye Qing’s expression got very dark as he stared at Ye Sheng and said, “You used Rolling Rocks Boxing Technique just now?”

He couldn’t believe that a lousy technique that everybody knew would actually cause him to take three steps back. This was absolutely unheard of.

“It is indeed the Rolling Rocks Boxing Technique,” replied Ye Sheng as he stood up straight with a calm expression on his face.

“Rolling Rocks Boxing Technique can’t produce so much power.” Ye Qing shook his head in disbelief.

“Any martial arts technique in the world had its own unique power when it was created. Rolling Rocks Boxing Technique started off as a fairly good technique, but it slowly became too well-known, and eventually even the hooligans and other low-level criminals could use its moves. So everyone started to view and label it as a low-level technique that wasn’t powerful and was only suitable for lowlifes. You don’t think that the Rolling Rocks Boxing Technique could possibly be this powerful only because you despise it and you’ve never bothered to understand it. In your mind, this technique is simply too low for you to pay attention to,” said Ye Sheng nonchalantly.

Ye Qing felt frustrated. He hated it when others lectured him, and, worse still, it was Ye Sheng who was lecturing him now. He gave a low roar. “You’re talking too much! Everybody knows that Rolling Rocks Boxing Technique isn’t a powerful technique. I’m going to show you right now where the flaw in Rolling Rocks Boxing Technique lies!”

KEBABOOM!

The Qi within Ye Qing surged and became a circle. It floated up behind him, sparkling brilliantly and mesmerizing everyone.

The emperor’s eyes lit up as he said, “This is the Nine Pulse Technique from the Hu family, right?”

Lord Ye nodded and replied, “It is the Nine Pulse Technique from the Hu family. Ye Qing’s mother taught him this.”

“This particular technique has been used by the Hu family to accomplish great things for my empire. I wonder how Ye Sheng is going to fight against this,” said the emperor, laughing merrily.

Consort Ye clenched her fists, and her face grew cold as she said, “I have faith in Twelfth Brother.”

Lord Ye just looked on coldly without saying a word. It was as if the two persons dueling in front of him weren’t his sons, but just two ordinary people he didn’t know.

One pulse appeared, and Ye Qing had a smug look on his face. He increased his speed and ran like a bolt of lightning. He threw a punch so quickly, it was difficult for anyone’s eyes to even see it.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Nonstop blasts sounded in the air and echoed throughout the room.

When the Old Lady saw this, she smiled with satisfaction. “That’s the difference between the son of a wife and the son of a concubine. Ye Qing is certainly one of the Ye family’s descendants.”

Hu Mei started to smile and let go of the worries she had had earlier. Since her son had already offended Consort Ye, he might as well offend her to the maximum. In any case, Hu Mei was from the Hu family, and they weren’t threatened by Consort Ye.

For a moment, Ye Sheng felt trapped. Ye Qing’s attack came pouring down like rain, and the Nine Pulse Technique was indeed very powerful. After Ye Qing solidified one pulse, his body strength suddenly increased by 20 percent, and he suppressed Ye Sheng so strongly that Ye Sheng couldn’t defend himself at all.

The difference in their cultivation levels was still a little too large. Ye Sheng’s expression turned grim, but even though he was being suppressed, he didn’t panic. His gaze remained steady as he continuously held off attack after attack.

However, he couldn’t continue going on like this. If Ye Qing continued to suppress him like this, Ye Sheng was going to lose sooner or later.

“Add on the strength of 50 people!” Ye Sheng roared to himself.

His dantian, Earth, suddenly shook, and a surge of strength entered him.

This was the strength of 50 people at the Acquired Level Second Stage. The Earthlings hadn’t just been sitting around and doing nothing during this time. They had been working even harder than Ye Sheng had been, since it was difficult for Ye Sheng to cultivate while he was still in Ye Manor. The Earthlings had been practicing martial arts all this time without resting, so it wasn’t an exaggeration to say that 50 of them had already made it to Acquired Level Second Stage.

With this surge in his strength, Ye Sheng’s eyes got wide. He felt like a water dragon that had broken free of its shackles or a ferocious tiger that had been let out of its cage. His two feet became like a pair of scissors as they cut through the sky and sent Ye Qing flying. Then he gave one punch, another punch, then a third punch…

Ye Sheng had suddenly gained the upper hand and exploded at him just when Ye Qing wasn’t prepared for it at all. He had added the strength of 50 people at the Acquired Level Second Stage, so his meridian channels were swollen and his excess energy had to be released somehow. So Ye Qing had become the target where Ye Sheng released this energy.

It was like a tumultuous storm!

Ye Sheng’s attack made everyone think of this. Earlier on, Ye Qing had kept on attacking Ye Sheng continuously like the rain, but it was just like the gentle spring rain. Ye Sheng’s rain was very different. His was like heavy rain accompanied by flashing lightning and roaring thunder. It was a scene of shocking nature.

The Old Lady, who had been all gleeful just moments before, now had a frozen expression on her face. A look of disgust was written all over her face.

Hu Mei’s expression changed dramatically too as she stared at Ye Sheng in utter disbelief. Ye Sheng had been severely injured by Ye Qing not too long ago, but now he was able to defeat Ye Qing?

There was a glint in Lord Ye’s eyes as he observed Ye Sheng very carefully. He really didn’t care about whether Ye Qing was getting injured.

Only Consort Ye was happily clapping her hands. “Excellent! You haven’t let me down! Twelfth Brother is the best!”

Her open support of Ye Sheng made the emperor laugh heartily as well.