Heaven Refining physique-Chapter 52: The Price Of Arrogance

Jiang Hao left the stage while sighing in disappointment, as he wasn’t able to use his basic sword moves.

And also, he seemed like he predicted the move. It was just luck — it might have turned out to be a different attack as he wasn’t 100 percent sure of it. He hadn’t reached that level yet.

So, he really was disappointed as he knew that even if his opponent was peak grade Foundation Establishment realm, it wouldn’t change much — there would still be no challenge for him.

When he arrived at his seating area, he couldn’t help but look towards Huan Caiyi.

When she saw his look, she asked.

"What’s with that look?"

"I don’t think I need to participate in this competition."

"Why not? Do you know that the prize for winning the Foundation Establishment’s top position is 500 spirit stones per month, for the whole year? That will be 6000 spirit stones.

Also, since you need more resources than other cultivators, I will put in good words with the supreme elder and make him agree to give you at least 10 times that amount — that will be 60000 spirit stones.

Not to mention, you won’t be using any other privileges of being top disciple, like using special training grounds. So, the prize will be further increased to at least 100000 spirit stones.

Are you telling me that 100000 spirit stones is nothing for you? Good. I knew my disciple is quite rich, so don’t worry. I made you participate because I need those spirit stones, as right now my coffers are quite empty.

So, for the sake of my mental health, which has been in a worse state due to two troublemakers who don’t know how much stress I am going through right now, you have to participate."

Jiang Hao was completely speechless after hearing that. She did all this to earn spirit stones out of him. And what’s with the last statement? It completely sounded like emotional blackmailing.

Even Ming Yue couldn’t help but look at Huan Caiyi with a stunned expression. She spoke while sighing.

"A devil through and through."

"I heard that."

"It was meant to be heard."

Jiang Hao sighed and sat down. No wonder Sister Ming Yue mentioned that even though she is the richest in the whole sect, she is still very stingy. Now, even he doesn’t feel bad about stealing from the treasury. He vowed to steal more from now on.

After this round ended, only the winners were left in the mid segment. The second round began, and he was called again after 6 fights.

There weren’t any new developments — he again defeated his opponent, as his prediction again worked. In fact, these disciples have very little battle experience, so it was easy for him to predict them.

Finally, after two more rounds, the final battle came for this segment. As he left, he saw a middle-aged man come to their seating area, He took out a slip and handed it to Huan Caiyi.

She looked quite serious when she read the slip, but he didn’t have time, so he left for his battle.

This battle wasn’t surprising. It’s just that after he predicted the moves, instead of defeating his opponent directly with a single attack, he blocked his attacks with his sword and extended the fight for at least 20 moves. Out of 20 moves, he was able to predict a total of 16 moves correctly, and even if he was wrong for 4 attacks, he still dodged them easily.

After defeating the opponent, he was about to leave when he heard Huan Caiyi’s voice.

"Stay there"

When Jiang Hao stopped and looked towards her, she continued.

" I hereby declare Jiang Hao the top disciple of Foundation Establishment realm. Anyone who isn’t satisfied with this decision can challenge him. If they win, then I will pay 1000 spirit stones to them, and if they lose, they don’t have to pay as it was an abrupt request from me."

The Spirit Peak elder got stunned when he heard that. He also knew that it was the truth that Jiang Hao was destined to win the top disciple title anyway, so it was a valid request, and since no other elder or sect master raised any disagreements, he nodded and announced the same.

"Everyone has heard it, so if anyone wants to challenge Jiang Hao for the top disciple title, come forward."

There were some peak stage disciples who wanted to try, but when they saw Hao Ran coming onto the arena, they didn’t make a move as they were already defeated by Hao Ran, and if even Hao Ran wasn’t able to defeat Jiang Hao, then they would only be going there to embarrass themselves.

When Wei Qiang saw it was his own personal disciple, he couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

His disciple was a genius no doubt, but compared to Jiang Hao he was nothing. In fact, he had already told him clearly to not compare himself with Jiang Hao or Ming Yue.

Although his disciple agreed to it, how could he not feel that he was reluctant to accept it?

So, he didn’t force him to accept it and let nature take its course, as forcing him would have produced a counterproductive result, which would have become a hindrance in his cultivation.

He just hoped Jiang Hao wouldn’t beat him too badly to break his Dao heart.

When Spirit Peak elder saw who it was, he nodded and said.

"I hope no one else is going to challenge Jiang Hao. If anyone else is reluctant, they should come on stage within 10 breaths of time. If not, then the finals will be between Jiang Hao and Hao Ran. And don’t worry, after this battle we will still hold battles to rank the top 10 amongst you guys."

He waited for 10 breaths of time and still no one else came.

"Very well, prepare yourselves, both of you."

After saying that, he moved backwards.

Hao Ran looked towards Jiang Hao and smiled.

"Defeating mid-stage cultivators in one move can be done by any of the top 10 disciples of our realm, so don’t let it get to your head.

I get it that you’re stronger than me if we are of the same realm, but now that you are only mid-stage, you must be dreaming of getting the top disciple title.

I hope you can put up a good fight, or it won’t be entertaining enough."

When Wei Qiang heard that, he sighed in disappointment. His disciple was still too immature.

He couldn’t help but look towards Jiang Hao. He was a supreme geniuses, but he had shown proper respect to all his opponents till now. No matter how weak they were for him, he had never even spoken one unnecessary word to them . As if, he didn’t care if others saw him as a genius or not.

If it was any other youth of the same age with his talent, they would have definitely loved showing off — his own disciple falls into this category.

He again felt bitter for not being able to take Jiang Hao as his own personal disciple.

Jiang Hao looked calmly toward Hao Ran and waited for the match to start.

He didn’t care if a person is evil or righteous, as it is a matter of perspective for him, but he does hate people who think that the world revolves around them — and this guy was one of them.

Spirit Peak elder sighed and said.

"Start."

As his voice reached Jiang Hao, he used all his strength and threw his sword aiming toward the left shoulder area of Hao Ran.

Hao Ran had just heard the voice when he felt sharp pain in his left shoulder. Before he could even think what happened, he flew off the stage and got embedded into the wall of the seating stand behind him.

A moment later, he felt intense pain from his shoulder, which was so much that he felt his shoulder was cut off.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh..." He screamed as loud as he could.

There was pin-drop silence in the stands, so his voice seemed even louder.

Even the elder who was watching over the match got stunned. He was relaxed all this time as no incident had happened, that’s why even he wasn’t able to react fast enough to stop that attack. After all, the speed at which the sword moved was only possible to achieve if the person who threw it was a Grade 3 body cultivator.

And not even Soul Sea cultivators have reached Grade 3 body cultivation in Mountain Sword Sect.

He couldn’t help but sweat internally. If Jiang Hao wanted, he could have easily killed Hao Ran in his watch, as he wasn’t paying much attention. If that had happened, then it would have been a really embarrassing situation for him, not to mention Hao Ran is the personal disciple of the Sect Master.

He moved swiftly and arrived in front of Hao Ran and sighed with relief only when he verified that the wound wasn’t fatal. The blade had just penetrated the area just above the lungs, missing the lungs by an inch.

It was too precise to be luck. He couldn’t help but be amazed by Jiang Hao even more. He removed the sword and brought Hao Ran to the place where professional healers were present.

Jiang Hao looked calmly. He wanted to ask the elder to give his sword back, but he held back for the time being, as the elder seemed quite worried now.

He thought that he should leave for now, but before he could, he again heard the voice of Huan Caiyi as she spoke to the elder who was looking over Hao Ran.

"Give him the top disciple badge, and also return the sword."

Since there was still pin-drop silence in the arena, it was heard clearly by everyone. Even Wei Qiang, who was stunned initially because of what happened, couldn’t help but click his tongue in disapproval at her.