Chapter 44: Pretending to be a Pig and Eating a Tiger
Judging from the information obtained by Yun Yun, Ximen Cheng is an orphan and joined the Yunlan Sect when he was very young, so there is definitely no need to worry about loyalty.
However, judging from the narratives mentioned by other outer disciples, Ximen Cheng is a relatively introverted person. He does not have many friends among outer disciples, and he rarely encounters attacking other disciples.
In short, Ximen Cheng is a bit similar to a ascetic monk. He spends most of his daily life practicing, and there are only a handful of days when he goes out to Yunlan Sect to visit these years.
Although the ascetic monks like Ximen Cheng practice hard on weekdays, they usually have very weak practical ability because they rarely fight with others. In addition, external disciples can only learn advanced yellow-level fighting skills at most, so Yun Yun has guessed that Ximen Cheng may have very weak practical ability.
But what Yun Yun didn't expect was that Ximen Cheng's practical ability was so weak. His cultivation was obviously higher than that of Nalan Yanran, but he couldn't even catch her a single move.
“ヽ(ー_ー)ノ”
Ximen Cheng naturally noticed Yun Yun's expression, and he felt helpless.
In fact, with Ximen Cheng's current strength, he can completely kill Nalan Yanran in seconds, but that does not fit his personality.
You should know that the original owner stayed in Yunlan Sect for many years and only practiced the yellow-level fighting skill of "Tornado Slash". It is normal for him to have weak combat power.
If Ximen Cheng showed super strong combat power and defeated Nalan Yanran, Yun Yun and the others would probably wonder if Ximen Cheng was secretly lost?
Therefore, in a short period of time, Ximen Cheng could only deliberately pretend to be weak. He could only wait until he found an opportunity to go out for a while, and then declare to the public that he had accidentally gained some opportunities, so that he could gradually show his true strength, and there was no need to worry about arousing Yun Yun's suspicion.
After Nalan Yanran defeated Ximen Cheng with one sword, she had no sense of accomplishment at all. She couldn't help but suggest: "Junior brother, didn't you say "Fire Rain Meteor" and "Fire Arrow" have already been introduced? If you didn't use it for me to show it?"
Ximen Cheng looked embarrassed and said, "Isn't it good to use Xuan-level fighting skills here? It's not good if the thing is broken."
Yun Yun waved her hand and said, "It's okay, the promising master is here to watch, you can just take action."
"Since the master has spoken, then the disciple is ugly. Senior sister, be careful!"
When Ximen Cheng heard this, he no longer refused. He waved his hands suddenly, and five basin-sized fireballs emerged out of thin air and shot towards Nalan Yanran.
"It's quite interesting."
Seeing this, Nalan Yanran poked out her left hand like a storm, and her fingers popped out five light green spiral winds, shooting towards the five fireballs.
"burst!"
"Bang bang bang..."
Seeing that the spiral wind was about to penetrate the fireball, Ximen Cheng suddenly shouted loudly, and five basin-sized fireballs exploded at the same time, turning into dozens of fist-sized fireballs, and they continued to castrate and rushed towards Nalan Yanran.
"It's interesting."
Nalan Yanran's mouth raised slightly, her jade feet lightly drew her whole body like a catkins, and she brought several afterimages, gently and elegantly avoiding all the fireballs.
"call……"
Yun Yun raised her jade hand and waved it gently, and a strong wind blew through her, instantly blowing away the fireballs that were about to fall on the floor.
At the same time, Ximen Cheng suddenly raised his hands and made a pose of pulling a bow and shooting an arrow. A fire arrow as thick as a finger condensed and formed rapidly at his fingertips.
"call out!!!"
Accompanied by a sharp sound of breaking through the air, the flame arrows at Ximen Cheng's fingertips suddenly burst out, turning into a red line, hitting Nalan Yanran's chest.
"Swoosh!"
Although the flame arrow shot by Ximen Cheng was extremely fast, Nalan Yanran had been prepared for a long time. The moment he shot the flame arrow, he made a dodge move and easily avoided his attack.
"Bang!"
Yun Yun bounced his fingers, and a spiral gust shot out, and then hit the flame arrow first, turning it into a spark and exploded, dissipating into the air.
When Ximen Cheng saw that even "The Fire Arrow" was not helpless, Nalan Yanran, and said with a look of "shaming": "Master, I have disappointed you."
"Haha~Silly apprentice, what's the point of blaming yourself? Your performance has already made the teacher very satisfied."
When Yun Yun saw Ximen Cheng's shameful expression, she smiled and comforted: "You have just been in contact with the Xuan-level fighting skills for three days. If you can use these two fighting skills, you have already considered that you have excellent understanding.
Your senior sister has been practicing with her teacher for five years, so it is normal for you to lose to her. You are a little less practical experience, so just ask your senior sister to have a more competitive future."
When Nalan Yanran heard this, she smiled and walked to Ximen Cheng, patted his shoulder and said, "Junior brother, what do you don't know in the future? Just come to find senior sister, I will definitely teach you well."
To be honest, before fighting with Ximen Cheng just now, Nalan Yanran felt quite pressured.
After all, Ximen Cheng's cultivation is one star higher than Nalan Yanran. If his actual combat ability exceeds Nalan Yanran, then her senior sister would be too shameless.
Therefore, when Nalan Yanran defeated Ximen Cheng with one sword, she felt very unreal, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt very normal.
Ximen Cheng was originally just an outer disciple, and his practice was a yellow-level advanced exercise. If he didn't spend most of his time practicing the exercises, how could he have a higher level of cultivation than Nalan Yanran, who has practiced the Xuan-level advanced exercises since childhood?
If Nalan Yanran had transferred all her time in practicing Xuan-level fighting skills over the years to practicing martial arts, then her current cultivation level would definitely be far higher than that of the three-star fighting master. If she thought about it this way, it would be normal for Ximen Cheng to have weak practical combat ability.
"Then I'll have to bother my senior sister from now on."
Ximen Cheng first took a polite look to Nalan Yanran, then turned to Yun Yun and asked, "Master, when I practice "Yanyang Gong", if I can practice in a place with strong fire attribute Dou Qi, it will have twice the result with half the effort. Does our Yunlan Sect have any place with strong fire attribute Dou Qi?"
"A place with a strong fire attribute fighting spirit?"
Yun Yun frowned slightly and thought for a while, suddenly a light of inspiration flashed in her mind. Zhan Yan smiled and said, "The place with the strongest fire attribute fighting spirit in Yunlan Sect should be the Refining Hall. There is a fire vein underground there. I will ask someone to arrange an independent refining room for you later. You can practice there in the future!"
"I'm sorry, Master has trouble."
Chapter completed!