My Wife is Unbeatable in the Whole World, Touch Me If You Dare!-Chapter 363 - 237: The Talent Finally Emerges

After each martial arts competition ended previously, a wave of enthusiastic applause would usually ring out from the stands.

But after this competition concluded, the arena remained quiet for quite a while.

It was only after a long time that a smattering of applause started to emerge.

It wasn't that the audience had any objections to either Grandmaster, rather, the outcome of the competition had taken everyone by surprise.

There are indeed disparities between Grandmasters.

Like the Shu Mountain Sect Leader, thirty years ago, his fame had already shaken the martial arts world, and he had advanced to the Grandmaster realm.

Thirty years later, whether it was his cultivation or his mastery of the Sword Dao, he was rarely matched among Grandmasters.

Elder Su, though exceptionally talented, was only in her thirties and had ascended to Grandmaster status a mere six or seven years ago. No matter what, she couldn't possibly be a match for the Shu Mountain Sect Leader.

Yet, the fact was that apart from a slight disadvantage when the competition had just begun, she quickly reversed her fortune and, in an absolutely overwhelming manner, swept the Shu Mountain Sect Leader out of the competition.

That was simply unbelievable.

Su Qing's strength couldn't have been that formidable.

The only other possibility was that the Shu Mountain Sect Leader was going easy on her, but why would he do that?

Countless people were left pondering without a clue.

Yet, a few Grandmasters from Shu Mountain saw the crux of the issue.

When it came to true strength, Elder Su certainly was no match for their Sect Leader.

And even though the competition was not a fight to the death, and everyone held back a little, stopping at the point of contact,

even so, the real gap in strength couldn't be bridged.

The reason Elder Su from the Sanqing Sect won was that she had anticipated the Sect Leader's anticipation of her anticipation, and on top of that, several more layers of foresight were needed.

First, by using Shangqing Swordsmanship, she enticed the Sect Leader into using the counter sword moves to Shangqing Swordsmanship, but she had already thought of a way to counter that move. And when her senior brother thought of a responding sword move, she had switched to one that countered it...

Before the competition even began, the process of this match had already been determined.

Although Elder Su was the weaker in strength, she was still a Grandmaster, and it wasn't a fight to the death. Every reaction of her senior brother, the Sect Leader, was within her expectations and calculations. How could her senior brother possibly not lose?

In the arena, Su Qing herself hadn't anticipated this outcome. After regaining her senses, she hastily paid respects to the Shu Mountain Sect Leader: "Senior, my apologies for the offense."

Though defeated by a junior, the Shu Mountain Sect Leader wasn't upset. He chuckled and returned the gesture, "To truly gather the strengths of a hundred schools, to be unbound by one path and adapt with the flow, I am thoroughly convinced in heart and mind."

In this world, there is no absolute supremacy in swordsmanship. It's simply a matter of dismantling the moves as they come.

If he hadn't resorted to tricks, he wouldn't have fallen into his opponent's schemes. Now that he had lost, there was nothing left to say.

What he respected was the person behind Su Qing, who had designed the flow of the competition beforehand, integrating the sword techniques of so many schools into one. Such swordsmanship has reached the pinnacle of mastery.

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Both returned to their respective sect's stand, and the eyes of people from various schools occasionally glanced toward them so much so that they hardly paid attention to the next competition that had already started.

At Shu Mountain Sect, someone looked at the Shu Mountain Sect Leader and said, "Senior brother..."

The Shu Mountain Sect Leader raised his head and smiled, "There's no need for further words. A competition has its rules, and a loss is a loss; there's no need to make excuses."

At the Sanqing Sect's area, everyone looked at Su Qing with astonishment in their eyes.

Even though the Sanqing Sect was the most powerful sect in Daxia's martial arts community, the Shu Mountain Sect Leader was considered top tier among all the Grandmasters of the Sanqing Sect.

Junior Sister Su's future was boundless, but after all, she was young, and her strength was not yet among the top ranks of the sect elders.

Su Qing's hands, hidden in her sleeves, held the piece of paper that Li Nuo had given her just before.

It was only after she entered the arena that she realized the moves on this paper were meant to counter the Shu Mountain Sect Leader.

He not only knew how the Shu Mountain Sect Leader would react after she used the Shangqing Swordsmanship but could also infer from this the countering moves, making the entire competition proceed exactly as he had envisioned——could it be that he possessed the power of foresight?

Of course, Li Nuo couldn't foresee the future; that's a skill exclusive to the Yin Yang School.

It was just that he understood the Shu Mountain Sect Leader too well, knew how he would act, and made the targeted move to counter it.

In this short span of time, the competition on the field had ended.

An Elder Chen from the Sanqing Sect, staring at his sword snapped in two, was filled with disbelief.

He had actually lost to an unkempt, unknown fellow.

And throughout the fight, his opponent had only used his fists and not wielded any weapons.

Huang courteously fisted his palm towards the Grandmaster from the Sanqing Sect, saying, "Thank you for yielding."

Unable to accept the outcome, Elder Chen watched as the sought-after seat among the Ten Great Grandmasters seemed likely to slip away now, fraught with complications. If his opponent the next day was the Shu Mountain Sect Leader, defeat was unquestionable, leaving him with only one precious opportunity to challenge.

Under a mood of gloom, he irritably threw the broken sword to the ground.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly came to his senses, made a token gesture of respect back at the old man.

He thought this was the end, but as he picked up the broken sword from the ground, a familiar voice reached his ears.

"Senior Chen, it's just a defeat in a competition, what does throwing your weapon signify?"

His heart sank, and as he lifted his head, he saw Junior Sister Su's son-in-law, the young official from the Ministry of Rites, slowly approaching him.

...

Losing a competition is a very normal affair.

Every day, many grandmasters lost their matches, but even if they were frustrated, none would react excessively.

Housekeeper Wu from the Sanqing Sect was the first to throw his weapon in defeat.

Such poor sportsmanship and disrespect for the opponent were certainly not to be encouraged, and he was thus punished by being made to reflect for two two-hour periods, which no one thought was inappropriate.

Li Nuo also felt, since he had witnessed the incident, that he should be punished without exception.

This Elder Chen was one of the few grandmasters he had not had the chance to punish yet.

As he chatted with his wife and Anning, he watched the matches.

Suddenly, Li Nuo's body trembled slightly.

He immediately looked at the Law Code and noticed that the number of portraits on it had drastically decreased.

All the portraits of grandmasters previously punished, as well as those of the talented disciples from various sects, had disappeared.

The reduction of that one portrait seemed to have triggered a qualitative change through quantitative change.

It was exactly like what happened after he uprooted the Thief Sect.

When the light from those portraits entered his body, Li Nuo distinctly felt a great change in his body compared to before.

Not a change of knowledge.

But a purely physical change.

The morning matches quickly ended, and Li Nuo went back home with them.

As soon as Li Anning returned to her room, Li Nuo swept her off her feet and spun her around several times on the spot.

She gently pounded his chest, saying indignantly, "What are you doing? It's still daylight, wait until evening..."

Li Nuo carried her in circles a few more times before gently setting her down.

She truly misunderstood him; he had no other intentions and merely wanted to test his strength.

Anning was not exactly heavy, but she was not light either.

Yet, carrying her in circles just now, his heartbeat remained as calm as ever, and he did not even feel the slightest bit winded.

He felt he could carry her for a hundred more turns.

This was a feeling he had never experienced before.

As if his body was filled with boundless strength.

Li Nuo went outside and looked at the tall walls of the courtyard. With one leap, he jumped over ten feet high, effortlessly flying over the top of the wall.

This jump wasn't powered by the Thief School's techniques, relying solely on his physical strength.

Song Yiren was squatting in the yard, washing her chest wrap when she suddenly saw Li Nuo descend from above. Instinctively, she hid the small wooden basin behind her, asking, "What's going on?"

As her words fell, she suddenly realized something, lifted her head to look at Li Nuo in shock, and asked, "How did you get over here?"

Such a high courtyard wall was impossible for a normal person to jump over.

Unless he was a martial artist.

And one who had made it to the First Realm at that.

Although Song Yiren had seen with her own eyes Li Nuo strike down a Fourth Realm expert with one palm, he himself had said that he practiced a special cultivation technique that did not require a foundation in the Martial Path, remaining an ordinary person most of the time, only to explosively reveal the power equivalent to the Fourth Realm in moments of crisis.

But now, he clearly possessed the strength of a Martial Path First Realm practitioner.

Wasn't he without the foundation of the Martial Path?

Moments later, Li Nuo was surrounded in the courtyard.

Housekeeper Wu, Lady Mother-in-law, and the gaze of Song Yiren swept back and forth over him, and even his wife revealed a look of surprise on her face.

Su Qing looked at Housekeeper Wu, asking, "Who said your young master lacked the foundation in the Martial Path?"

A look of astonishment crossed Housekeeper Wu's face, before he replied, "When the young master was a child, the family hired a Martial Path Master to teach him martial arts, but after studying for a long time without making any progress, it was clear he lacked the foundation, and he never touched the Martial Path again..."

Su Qing pinched Li Nuo's arm, then felt other parts of his body.

Though there was no Inner Breath or True Qi within him, his body contained a tremendous amount of physical strength.

These were the signs of entering the Body Shaping Realm for the first time.

To confirm her suspicion, she looked at Li Nuo and said, "Use your full strength and throw a punch."

Li Nuo nodded, and his right hand suddenly swung out a punch which Su Qing effortlessly caught.

She looked at Li Nuo with complete astonishment and said, "Truly in the Body Shaping Realm..."

Even if he had the talent for the Martial Path, but didn't pursue cultivation, True Qi wouldn't appear out of nowhere.

Perhaps, when he was teaching Jiaren and Yiren sword moves these past days, his long-hidden talent for the Martial Path finally revealed itself.

What was uncertain was just how high his talent was.

With his exceptional insight, even a slight talent would allow him to cultivate to the Fourth Realm, and there would be great hope for reaching Grandmaster and Heavenly Heart thereafter.

Beyond the Fourth Realm, the advantages of his perceptiveness could fully compensate for any lack in innate talent.

If he had the talent of Jiaren and Yiren combined with his extraordinary understanding, he might already be a grandmaster by now, Su Qing thought of this possibility, her face showing frustration and anger, severely questioning, "Who said you lacked the foundation in the Martial Path back then? Isn't that a waste of potential!"