Path Of The Lilies - Chapter 378 Points and Arena Rules
“Oh, Senior Brother Qin,” Ye Jiao greeted.
“Call me Zheng Ge.”
“… Yes, Zheng Ge,” Ye Jiao sighed. She didn’t know why, but this senior brother of hers seemed to love being called a brother. Looking at the young man’s expression, she noticed that he was also exhausted. “Did you use up all of your Eon Energy, Zheng Ge?”
Qin Zheng nodded. “I’m in intermediate control class just now. As you have experienced yourself, it’s a very demanding class where you need to focus your Eon Energy to finish the task they give to you.”
“He’s lying. He’ll be able to finish the class soon,” Lin Cai rolled her eyes. “This brat is really good at them.”
“I’m just a few months younger than you, Senior Sister Lin. Stop calling me a brat.”
“You deserve it.”
Ye Jiao grinned. “Call him ‘Shorty��!”
“It seems that you’re eager for punishment, Brat!” Qin Zheng smiled, yet there was this dangerous aura around him.
“Help! Senior Brother Qin wants to kill me!”
“Come over here, you Brat!”
“Heeeelp!”
Lin Cai smiled as she saw the two of them run out of the classroom. Even though both of them were exhausted, they still had the stamina to joke around like that. She turned her head to Lu Wan.
“Let’s follow after them.”
“Eh? Why?”
“Since you’re exhausted, I have already asked Master for you to accompany me today,” Lin Cai grinned. “Let’s go and have some fun with Qin Zheng and Ye Jiao.”
Lu Wan genuinely wanted to refuse when he saw the wicked smile on Lin Cai’s face. He quickly turned to Qi Huan, but the latter had stood up and smiled gracefully.
“In that case, I won’t disturb your training time.”
“Qi Huan!”
“I need to go to the library and read more books again.”
Without being able to refuse, Lin Cai dragged Lu Wan to the closed-door arena that Qin Zheng had reserved. Lu Wan was complaining internally that Qi Huan was a big traitor, yet he knew that it was his bad luck to have the pairing. The young man was standing outside the arena with Ye Jiao and traded several punches with him.
“You wait here, Lu Wan,” Lin Cai grinned. “Ye Jiao, today, you’re going to spar with me.”
“Eh?” Ye Jiao stopped her attack. “Why so sudden?”
“Since you’re out of Eon Energy, the fight would just be a fight based on our physical skill,” Lin Cai grinned. “I have long wanted to know how I’ll fare against another junior sister.”
“Don’t worry, you won’t be disappointed.”
“We shall see~.”
The two of them entered the arena and stood at each side. Qin Zheng waved his hand and shouted. “Begin!”
Swish! Swish!
Clang!
They clashed right in the middle of the arena, which showed that their acceleration speed was equal.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Neither one of them took a break as they launched several attacks with their weapons. The sound of metal clashing filled the arena. Their speed has long reached the stage that made it difficult to follow.
Swish! Clang!
“You have great speed, Junior Sister Ye!” Lin Cai twisted her legs and swung her sword from above.
Swish!
Ye Jiao narrowly evaded the attack and turned around with one leg as the pivot. Her dagger swung from the back straight to Lin Cai’s back neck.
Clang!
The sword had moved to block the position. Lin Cai gritted her teeth and pushed Ye Jiao’s dagger to the back. She could feel it perfectly. The power that Ye Jiao used to attack her was heavy.
‘No wonder this little lass still finished earlier than me even though I’m one rank higher in that climbing training.’
Neither one of them used Eon Energy as they just relied on their physical prowess to move around and launched their attack. She perfectly understood now that even without Eon Energy, this little lass still could be a fearsome opponent.
“As I say before, I won’t disappoint you.”
Ye Jiao smiled and kicked the ground. She launched herself towards Lin Cai’s direction once again.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Their blades crossed with one another as they used their entire energy to fight. Even though their muscles have started to scream because of the strain, neither one of them wished to stop.
Clang!
Ye Jiao twisted her dagger and sidestepped to the inside. As Lin Cai moved her arm to attack her, Ye Jiao used her left arm and grabbed Lin Cai’s arm tightly, preventing her from moving while her right arm that held the dagger was pressed to the girl’s neck.
Tep!
The two of them stopped moving. Lin Cai frowned. “That’s cheating.”
���Your movements are slow enough for me to catch it, Senior Sister Lin,” Ye Jiao grinned. “Are you unable to accept defeat?”
Tsk!
Lin Cai gritted her teeth and relaxed her muscle. “Fine, you win. Next time, I’ll fight you with Eon Energy, and we’ll see who’ll win.”
“We shall see,” Ye Jiao smiled. Truthfully, she only managed to do this because Lin Cai’s speed decreased due to their strain to their muscle. Because this was not the first time she was cornered without Eon Energy, Ye Jiao could still fight without the need to worry so much.
Her body still hurt, but it was not as bad as before.
“Hey, your token is glowing,” Lu Wan pointed to Ye Jiao’s disciple token that she hung on her hips.
“Oh, right,” Ye Jiao picked it up. She was astonished when she saw a clear number 10 inside. “It seems that I get 10 points?”
“10 points?” Lin Cai nearly screamed. She turned her head to Qin Zheng. “You! Did you purposely make it so that it’ll note the record?”
Qin Zheng smiled. “It’s your fault for losing.”
“You damn brat! Do you know how long I collect those points? Let me beat you up to vent my anger!”
“You will never be able to beat me.”
Lin Cai staggered and nearly fell down. She held a nearby pillar with resentment on her expression that she directed to Qin Zheng openly. “You’ll pay for this, Qin Zheng!”
“You won’t be able to do anything to me,” Qin Zheng chuckled. He turned to the two confused youngsters. “The points system from the arena is very simple. If you defeat someone who’s stage is higher than you, you can get 5 points. If that person’s position in the academy is higher, for example, you’re an Inner Disciple, and that person is a Core Disciple, your score will be doubled.
For new students, fighting against seniors also gives you double points if you manage to defeat them in the arena. This will only last until the four months is over.”
Ye Jiao tilted her head. “Are the points taken from Senior Sister Lin’s?”
“Since you’re new students, the doubled points are taken from hers. That means, this fight had just caused her to lose five points. The other five is the reward for new students,” Qin Zheng explained with a smile, completely ignoring the death glare from Lin Cai.
“I see.”
“Now, it’s my turn to fight with you, Lu Wan.”
“Lu Wan, you have to win, or I’ll drill you until you vomit tonight!” Lin Cai yelled.
Lu Wan’s face paled immediately. Even though he knew that Senior Sister Lin was serious with her words, he wouldn’t be able to defeat Qin Zheng.
“Can I throw a towel?”
“No. Get on to the stage.”
With resignation, Lu Wan walked to the stage. Ye Jiao watched them get into their position before she yelled.
“Start!”
Swish! Swish! Swish!