Saint Sovereign of Nine Heavens

"Elder Lu!" Liu Tie bowed towards Lu Yuan and then took out the sword manual from his chest pocket and handed it over.    

The sword manual was naturally the Kun Wu Sword Technique's sword manual. It was something Chen Yu had memorized over the past few days, and it contained all of Bloodfire Emperor's understanding of this sword technique.    

However, even Bloodfire Emperor only managed to obtain half of this technique and the rest could use Supernatural Power Level …    

Lu Yuan looked Chen Yu up and down, and took Chen Yu's sword manual. Without even looking through it, he kept it into his Storage Bag and said: "Chen Yu, are you confident in Su Lieh?"    

"Of course!" Chen Yu laughed and said: "Although the second level of Heavenly Astral Stage is a bit troublesome, it's not a big problem!"    

"Don't be careless, Su Lieh is also an outstanding student in the palace. Both of his palm and sword are excellent, and he has already mastered the upper graded sword technique, the Soaring Cloud Sword Technique from Su Family. In addition to that, he has also cultivated the Su Family's Heavenly Dragon Body Tempering Art, so the strength of his body is also very strong! "    

Chen Yu was slightly stunned by Elder Lu's words, but he nodded and said: "Thanks for the reminder, Elder Lu. I will deal with it carefully!"    

"If you have nothing else to do, why don't you accompany me in my morning class?" Lu Yuan said again.    

Chen Yu cupped his hands in a salute and said, "Thank you, Elder Lu, for your love and care. I couldn't ask for more!"    

Lu Yuan laughed heartily upon hearing that. He strode forward and said, "I have travelled through the various cities in the Southern Wasteland and have seen many young and powerful geniuses. Your talent can be ranked in the top three. You are still young, once you mature and join the City Battle Trial a few years later, there will definitely be a place for you in the Ruling Spirit Sect! "    

Chen Yu shook his head and said, "Elder Lu is too kind. I don't dare to hide anything from Elder Lu, I have to participate in this time's city war! "    

Lu Yuan's brows twitched and said, "You're still young, why are you in such a hurry?"    

Chen Yu could only smile bitterly at this.    

"Well, you have your own ideas. However, it's easy to change one's mind, so you must not be overly confident in your talent! " Lu Yuan reminded him, "One must know that the Southern Wasteland is vast and boundless. There are countless geniuses with extraordinary talent. Not to mention that when one breaks through to the fifth level of Heavenly Astral Stage at the age of eighteen, one doesn't even have a fire attribute physique and is uncontainable within those of the same generation! "    

Chen Yu knew Lu Yuan was warning him out of good intentions, so he silently nodded his head.    

As the two of them strolled along, many students cast astonished gazes at them.    

"Lu Mountain Master actually thinks highly of Chen Yu?"    

"What ability does this country bumpkin have to get Mountain Master's attention?"    

"Don't tell me that Lu Mountain Master also thinks that this surnamed Chen can defeat Su Lieh?"    

Lu Yuan's prestige in the Martial Arts Palace was so high that no one could compare to him. He walked shoulder to shoulder with Chen Yu, revealing meaning that made many people guess.    

However, Chen Yu knew that Lu Yuan was trying to create momentum for him!    

Lu Yuan wanted to tell everyone that his relationship with Chen Yu was not shallow, so that those who wanted to take action against Chen Yu would feel fear. Chen Yu naturally saw this clearly, so he felt grateful towards Lu Mountain Master.    

After a round of inspection, Lu Yuan let Chen Yu leave, while he and Yim Zirann left the square.    

Yim Zirann didn't say anything unnecessary from the beginning to the end. He only nodded at Chen Yu before leaving.    

Watching Lu Yuan leave, Chen Yu thought of Su Qinghuan, who never showed up again after forming an alliance with him. He couldn't help but reveal a trace of lament.    

Turning back, Chen Yu found Jun Che.    

Jun Che was chatting with a graceful middle-aged woman.    

Seeing Chen Yu come over, Jun Che immediately waved his hand.    

"Teacher Yu, this is Chen Yu!" Jun Che introduced.    

"I know!" The middle-aged woman was in her forties. Wearing a goose-yellow long skirt, she had a well-developed body and beautiful face, which gave her a mature and attractive charm. She nodded towards Chen Yu and said in a lukewarm tone, "Indeed, a young hero!"    

"You flatter me!" Chen Yu cupped his hands and said.    

Nodding slightly, this Teacher Yu did not intend to talk much with Chen Yu. After exchanging a few words with Jun Che, he left.    

Jun Che said, "Teacher Yu Hui has a calm personality. Chen Yu, don't mind him!"    

Chen Yu nodded, indicating that he didn't care.    

"Why do you know Lu Mountain Master?" Why do you know Lu Mountain Master? Jun Che asked curiously.    

"Not exactly familiar, just like last time …" Chen Yu vaguely answered before changing the topic. "Jun Che, you want to participate in the Phoenix Drunken Ranking Tournament, right?" "What's the goal?"    

Chen Yu already knew clearly that the rules of the Phoenix Dress Ranking Competition was the Challenge Competition.    

The ten Phoenix Arena numbered from one to ten and each of them represented the names of the top ten to the top ten!    

The ranking tournament was divided into three stages:    

At the beginning, the students would compete for the right to challenge. Whichever ranking they wanted to reach, they would compete for the right to challenge the other students in this arena.    

After suppressing one's peers and holding the ring, the famous names on last month's Phoenix-Draft List would go up on stage to duel with the challengers, and the outcome would be decided.    

Finally, they had to determine the 10 names on the list. Then, the 10 names on the list could challenge each other to determine the final ranking.    

"My goal is sixth!" Jun Che said, "Last month, I lost to Zhang Qingsong in sixth place at Thousand Mountain Castle. My goal is to defeat him and return to sixth place. My brother's goal is to be top three!"    

"Even with your strength, you're only ranked sixth?" Chen Yu was a bit surprised.    

Although he had not sparred with Jun Che before, Chen Yu could tell that Jun Che's strength was not bad, and was one of the more outstanding practitioners in the first level of Heavenly Astral Stage. He never thought that Jun Che could only compete for sixth place.    

It could be seen that there were quite a few talented people in the Martial Arts Palace.    

After chatting with Jun Che for a while, Chen Yu saw Jun Mingdao walking over with a cold face. Beside him was a slim young girl who was talking enthusiastically with Jun Mingdao, but Jun Mingdao was nonchalantly answering her. His cold and proud manner was in stark contrast to the girl's warm expression.    

When they got closer, Jun Mingdao did not have a good face towards Chen Yu. On the other hand, the girl and Jun Che seemed to have a good relationship. After greeting Jun Che for a while, Jun Mingdao spoke to Chen Yu in a natural manner.    

The girl's name was Wu Wei, and she came from Wu Jia Castle, which was ranked 23rd out of the 300 castles.    

Since Wu Wei was very passionate, Chen Yu couldn't just ignore her. Thus, he started chatting happily with Wu Wei, feeling that since Wu Wei did not stay too far away from her due to offending Su Family, and was also very passionate and generous, she had a good impression of this girl.    

Seeing that Wu Wei and Chen Yu, who were always very familiar with him, seemed to have forgotten about his existence, Jun Mingdao's face turned dark again.    

During the time it took for them to chat, many people began to walk over from the streets of the academy, heading towards the Phoenix Battlestage. Not only that, more and more people were coming over.    

Seeing this scene, Jun Che said, "It looks like there are a lot more spectators this time than last time. Su Lieh has put in a lot of effort!"    

"Seems like quite a few people are experts in Su Family!" Wu Wei also said to Chen Yu, "Chen Yu, you have to be careful. Whether you win or lose, I'm afraid there will be trouble!"    

Chen Yu wasn't worried about that. He smiled at Wu Wei and said, "The more people there are, the more fun it will be. Miss Wu Wei, will you go up on stage?"    

"Me? I'm a bit too weak!" Wu Wei said, "But we still have to go up and spar!"    

Not long after, as more and more outsiders arrived, the square became noisy. Those who were conducting morning lessons also stopped their morning practice.    

An old man with a dignified appearance leaped onto the center Phoenix Stage, and the Astral Energy around his body surged out to form a formidable imposing manner.    

Jun Che introduced the old man to Chen Yu in a low voice. The old man's name was Hong Lei. He was the teacher in charge of reward and punishment in the Martial Arts Palace, and was also known as the Iron Judge.    

The noise in the square gradually died down.    

Hong Lei began to announce the rules of the ranking battle. His voice was like a loud bell as it spread throughout the entire plaza.    

While emphasizing the importance of sparring, he said that swords and sabers had no eyes, and the contestants had to have a clear understanding of their own strength and not try to be brave. Then, it would be for every teacher in the Phoenix Battlestage to have the right to end the competition and determine the outcome of the match.    

After the rules were completed, the ten teachers each ascended to the ten arena.    

Hong Lei announced the official start of this year's Ranking Tournament before jumping off the stage.    

The square regained its clamor, and the spectators and students began to discuss among themselves.    

The ten teachers were sitting on the edge of the arena, waiting. Chen Yu noticed that the teacher sitting on the first platform was none other than Teacher Yu Hui.    

"Shua!" In the midst of the discussion and the surrounding crowd, a fifteen to sixteen year old boy finally stepped onto the tenth platform.    

"Su Family Su Zhong, do you have any classmates who would like to compete for the tenth rank?" After the student went up on stage, he looked around, cupped his hands, and said after taking a pose.    

"I'll test you!" A figure soared into the sky and landed on the stage.    

"Those who are going up now are all going up to show off!" Wu Wei smiled and said, "The truly powerful ones will only appear on stage a little later!"    

The two people on the stage clasped their hands and bowed to each other before starting to fight. One of them was at the seventh level of Qi Condensation while the other was at the eighth level.    

In Chen Yu's eyes, their martial arts were full of flaws and were not worth mentioning at all. However, he had to admit that the two students on stage, who were not considered to be the best students in the Martial Arts Palace, were much stronger than the previous five surnamed family members of the younger generation.    

For example, that person called Su Zhong. If Chen Yuan from a few months ago were to meet him, he might not necessarily be able to win.    

While the two of them were battling, another two people appeared on platform nine. They were engaged in a fierce battle.    

And then, very quickly, from the 5th to the 8th platform, people began to go up on stage one after another and start to fight.    

The audience broke out into a flurry of discussion. Some people were shouting, while others revealed expressions of excitement. Some people felt that it was boring.    

Right at that moment, a slender young student holding a longsword leapt onto Stage One.    

The moment that person went up, it immediately attracted the attention of countless people below the stage.    

"Who is this person?" You actually want to fight for the top position? "    

"The first rank belongs to Su Lieh. Isn't this guy overestimating himself a little too much?"    

"Isn't Su Lieh and Chen Yu going to fight? Why haven't we started yet? "    

"…"    

Amongst the discussions and guesses, the young man loudly shouted: "Su Family, Su Hu, for the purpose of obtaining the first rank in the Proclamation of Phoenix, does anyone want to battle me?"    

"Su Hu? that guy from Su Family level 1? "    

"Not too bad, but if we want to fight for the first place from Su Lieh, it's still a little lacking!"    

"Is Chen Yu from the Chen Family Fortress here? Do you dare to come up and fight?" Seeing that no one was going to ascend the stage, the corner of Su Hu's mouth raised into a sly smile. He directly called out a name and shouted: "Of course I can't compare to Su Lieh gongzi, but Chen Yu, you are not worthy to fight Su Lieh gongzi. I will first come to experience your techniques, do you dare to ascend the stage?"    

Chen Yu was slightly surprised. He did not expect Su Lieh to say something like this before he even appeared.    

"This is to spy on you!" Jun Che was slightly stunned for a moment before furiously saying, "Su Lieh is so despicable, actually using this kind of method to deal with you!"    

"That's right!" As long as you, Chen Yu, go up, even if you defeat Su Hu, there will definitely be people that will continue to challenge you to a match and use this revolving battle to make you lose! " Wu Wei said, "I didn't expect Su Lieh to be so shameless!"    

"If I were you, I wouldn't stand for it!" Jun Mingdao looked at Chen Yu and said coldly.    

"Chen Yu, don't tell me you don't dare?" On Stage One, Su Hu was still clamoring, causing an uproar. A lot of people were looking at Chen Yu.    

"You're right, I can't tolerate it!" Chen Yu said to Jun Mingdao with a smirk on his face, and then walked towards station # 1 with big steps.