After the battle ended quite briefly, there was no reaction in the hall for some time, most of the people present were shocked at how fast the fight had ended, even Lu Chiang himself become quite shocked as well, but for different reason compared to those disciples .
After all, he knew that I was merely at the 1st layer of Flesh Tempering, but now I somehow achieved a two levels increase in strength in such a short period of time, it hadn't even been a few days since I opened the path to Martial Arts .
That was why me wining this fight and declaring that I had become at the 3rd layer so shocking to him, he for a long time didn't say anything, just kept staring at me with a dark expression and cold demeanor .
Senior Brother Tian, this place is an honest place for disciples to bury there greaviances, using tricks to defeat other Disciples and severely injure them is against the rules set by the Dojo Master, I hope you can reflect upon this later, please excuse me pointing that out, but rules are rules .
Lu Chiang was silent about this, but that didn't mean that other were willing to do the same, he might be the one to have instigated this lackey of his and put him up to this .
But either way the words spouted by that guy were like throwing a stone into a pond of water, it wasn't enough to unsettle the whole pond, but it was more than enough to create some disturbing waves on the surface .
So that guy did really use some tricks to beat up that Bu Fan in an instant like this, I too didn't believe that Bu Fan would lose that easily, so that what actually happened, shameless and also evil, that new senior brother of ours is too overbearing .
Yes, yes, he is a completely different breed than other Senior Brothers and Sisters, he is an evil person with an evil heart, how can someone like this become Master Chen's disciple, Heavens truly have no eyes .
If a guy like this were to manage a place filled with conflicts like the Fighting Circle, then he might be unjust to all parties for the sake of gaining a few benefits, that would truly be catastrophic for all of us here .
As expected the moment someone took the lead to criticize and even make false claims, soon others continued to voice out their own poison thoughts as well, hearing what all those guys said, I swept my eyes over all the people who kept saying that I used tricks to win and said :
" I see that all of you seemed to agree that I might have used some tricks to win just now, so how about we do this, any of you who dared to come into the Ring and force me to take even a step back will be the winner of this competition and bet, are there any among you who are willing to compete .
" If any of you is unconvinced, he can directly step into the Ring and use whatever method he have to force me into taking even a half-step back, but I will need to remind all of you that I won't stay still against those who attack, so unless you aren't certain about your strength today .
" I would suggest that you don't try to risk getting injured here, after all in battle, hands have no eyes, I hope all of you can understand .
The moment those words were said, I heard the loud sound of swallowed saliva from all those that were present and the guys that were spouting nonsense just now falling into silent instantly allowed me to hear these sounds more clearly .
Those guys also began to hide themselves among the other Disciples, not willing to meet my eyes directly and not saying anything else .
Congratulations on your breakthrough, junior brother and your triumph in this fight as well, I would have never thought that our Dojo will have another excellent Disciple like yourself, I'm looking forward to see how far you can go .
" Senior Brother Lu is too kind, I'm not as capable as you, so I will still need to count on my Senior Brothers and Sisters .
Even though we both were aware of the other's intentions and true feelings, we still needed to keep appearances with one another in front of the other oblivious disciples as to not let Master become aware of us fighting among ourselves .
Hearing my words, Lu Chiang nodded and said with a quite mild tone :
I will be telling master later about your intention and my willing to hand over the management of this place to you later on, I hope you can keep this place running well, now if you would excuse me .
With that, he directly got out of the place, even though he tried to hide his unwillingness, I still saw that he was clenching his fist strongly out of anger as he got out of the hall .
The people present began to disperse one after another in a decisive manner as well, seemed to have been given instructions to fled the place and letting it become empty, in less than a minute, I was the only one standing in the hall together with twenty other people who seem to have adorned some kind of tokens .
I didn't need to guess that those guys were recruited as assistants in this hall, the tokens had the word Fight on them, but the difference was in the number of stars on each and everyone of the token .
Only Ti Tu and another guy who hadn't done or said anything from the start to finish of this farce, he seemed to be quite irritated as he looked at me, those were the two with tokens that have two stars, the other had one star on their Token .
Just as I was about to say something, I heard a moaning of pain coming from beside the Ring and remembered that there was a guy there who was severely injured, there was now two people in fact .
Bu Fan and Li Fu, the two of them were unconscious and in a critical state, even though the first is a notorious villain and there seem to be more to that incident than meet the eyes, I can't still watch him laying down like that, so I took the two of them with me to the Rejuvenating Hall .
Seeing that no one tried to stop me or say anything for that matter, I held the two on my shoulder and they weighted almost nothing, I felt weird at first, but then reminded myself of how strong my current physical strength and dropped the subject for now, I then went back to where doctor Shi .
On the road to the Hall, I was met with the weird eyes of many disciples who were currently returning from their training and heading either to the Dinning Hall or the Accommodation Hall for rest, some even would be seen leaving the Dojo gates .
I didn't notice it earlier, but it seemed that I have wasted quite the long time in the Fighting Circle, the night was already upon us, I still wanted to get a private training room and practice the newly acquired Martial Skill Gliding Swallow .
So I couldn't help but quicken my pace a bit more, which resulted in catching the attention of even more people, but luckily I was able to reach the Hall in time and found that the doctor Shi was nowhere to be seen, so I put the two of them down on the beds in front of me and waited for him to come back .
15 minutes passed silently and the man was still nowhere to be seen, but one of the two injured people woke up and was strangling the other, Li Fu with a bloodshot eyes and releasing killing intent was the one who had waken up, even though he was more severely injured than Bu Fan .
Where's Liu'er, where is she, answer me, damn you, answer me ? .
" I don't think that what are you doing currently would give him much room to say anything if you were to continue, you should stop and check yourself first .
Who ? .
The guy who was screaming and demanding an answer from the already unconscious Bu Fan while strangling him was startled after hearing my voice, he turned his head towards me and I was able to see that his Blood Qi was completely unstable and his eyes were actually gleaming in the darkness .
It's you, who are you ? .
" You better let go of that guy's neck first, he his face is becoming blue and might really die any second now .
Thankfully after his rationality seemed to have returned to him, he finally complied and let go of the other guy's neck, but he still gave him a few slaps, seem to be holding back his wrath and frustration as seen from his squeezed fists .
" You should take some time to check your body before asking anything else, I won't be going anywhere so take your time .
He was about to say something, but stopped as he heard me say this, he looked bewildered at first, but then he seemed to take my suggestion into consideration and he closed his eyes and circulated his Blood Qi, a second later he seemed to have become quite happy all of a sudden .
Then without hesitation, he performed the familiar set of Solid Rock Fist Technique, up to the 4th posture, then directly sat down on the floor cross-legged and 2 to 3 minutes later, his Blood Qi began to recede and he opened his eyes, rising from the second layer of Flesh Tempering to the 3rd .
" Congratulations on your breakthrough .
After hearing me say this, he directly stood up and bowed down and put his head on the floor and said :
Thank Senior Brother Tian for the life-saving grace earlier, sorry if I offended you earlier, I wasn't in my right mind, please don't take it to the heart, I'm eternally in your debt .
He really seemed to have become more sober after he breakthrough, could delaying his breakthrough have something to do with his emotional outburst earlier, I wonder .
" You don't need to do this, rise up, I did what needed to be done as your senior brother, now could you tell me why were you in such a situation to begin with .
At my words, the guy seemed to have been reminded of a grave topic and his expression darkened once again, without raising from the ground, the guy raised his head and took one look at me and soon he bowed his head again on the floor, this time he hit his head on the floor directly and cracks even began to appear as a result, then he said :
I hope senior brother can help me save Liu'er, I'm willing to do anything .
His voice was resolute, but he seemed to be quite in a struggle with himself as he said this, this guy seemed to be holding himself in higher position and was quite dignified, so him having to say something like this was quite difficult for him to do, but he still did, that was enough for me to appreciate his strong character and determination .
" Tell me what's going on first, I will surely help if I can .
Thank you Senior Brother, thank you Senior Brother .
The guy kept kowtowing and saying this out loud, I once again asked him to hurry up and explain what was going on here, Li Fu finally began to explain what took place and led to the current state .
Li Fu and Bu Fan were in a love triangle kind of struggle, both of them liked the same girl, but the girl herself had already stated clearly that she liked Li Fu and detested Bu Fan and asked him to stay away from her .
Weirdly enough, the two guys were actually in the same rank of strength before, but after a short period of time, Bu Fan was able to successfully achieve a sudden breakthrough to the 3rd Layer of Flesh Tempering and that's when the situation got much trickier .
Bu Fan being the nuisance he is, decided to use force to make the girl his and not only that but he even wrote a fabricated letter to Li Fu, in it he told him that Liu'er didn't like him and liked Bu Fan instead .
Li Fu then proceeded to head to Liu'er house, wanting to find the truth regarding that matter, but found that Liu'er father had no idea about where the girl go, he mentioned that someone come from the Dojo and told the girl that Li Fu had an accident, the father of the girl then understood that something was wrong .
He wailed and asked that Li Fu help him with finding the girl, just as he got back to the Dojo, he went directly to Bu Fan and confronted him, the other party actually confessed that he was indeed the one who did this and that Li Fu need to forget about ever meeting Liu'er or else he will teach him a ruthless lesson .
Li Fu threatened Bu Fan that he will report his actions and the latter said that he didn't care much at first, but then he surprisingly suggested that if Li Fu bet on holding his grounds in the arena for 15 minutes under his hands, he will tell him where the girl were and even stop competing with him for her .
That what lead to the current situation, after hearing the in and out of the problem, I was able to understand the reason why this guy was already this desperate, I couldn't help but still wonder seeing his injuries, about whether did he managed to survive those 15 minutes, I didn't think he would answer my inquiry, but surprisingly he did .
I had lost my sense of time after getting hit with the Bull Demon Wrath, the martial skill Bu Fan was practicing, but I'm certain that I had already lasted long enough, he and his accomplices kept making fun of me, saying that even after I had did my part and won the bet, they will still not going to tell me where the girl was .
So not only commiting heinous acts like kidnapping people, but also not honoring their own words and promises, these guys are indeed vile and in need to be taught a lesson, before I thought that it was better to heal that guy as quickly as possible as to not the Dojo lose one of its disciple in a meaningless struggle for power .
But now, I'm thinking that a guy with such a vile heart would sooner or later be unable to continue moving forward, so leaving him there crippled seem quite fitting, pity that now wasn't the time to do anything about it, the most important thing now was to try and interrogate him and get the whereabouts of that girl from him .
That girl's father already know that the Dojo had some link to the disappearance of his daughter, if this situation wasn't dealt with wisely, the reputation of the Dojo might get tarnished and that's all because these stupid guys, damn it .
" Rest assured, I will do my best to rescue her, but we still need to wait for that guy to wake up first, so that we can get information about her whereabouts .
~Cough~, ~cough~ .
It seem that we are in luck .