Mythical Three Kingdoms-Chapter 1359 - 1311: Chaotic Contestants

Thinking of this, Chen Xi turned his head to pay attention to Liaoo Hua. It was at this moment that Chen Xi noticed that Liaoo Hua’s strength seemed to have improved a lot compared to before.

"Oh, this kid is not bad." Hann Qiong followed Chen Xi’s gaze and saw Liaoo Hua engaging with a tall, skinny man wielding a knife.

"Uh?" Chen Xi was puzzled. To be honest, he couldn’t discern the strengths in the Qi Refining to Gang realm. For him, the clearest thing was that whoever lost or won a fight was the stronger one.

"His spear technique carries some traces of Guan Yunchang. Although the moves are completely different, both emphasize power over techniques," Hann Qiong said blandly, "but the imitation is too heavy."

"Can’t people imitate?" Chen Xi rolled his eyes and said.

"Not finding your own path leads to a dead end," Hann Qiong replied coldly.

"There’s some truth to that, but it’s not unheard of for imitators to defeat those they imitate," Chen Xi recalled a situation from later generations, where original creators were defeated countless times in imitations.

Hann Qiong was too lazy to answer Chen Xi’s question. As for Qi Refining to Gang imitating Inner Qi Manifestation situations, to break through Inner Qi Manifestation, there are only two methods: either completely turning the imitation into one’s own, or reaching a dead end ahead and defeating the Inner Qi Manifestation person being imitated.

But if Qi Refining to Gang can kill Inner Qi Manifestation, then that Inner Qi Manifestation might as well be dead. The strongest Qi Refining to Gang, one-on-one, can withstand one move from Inner Qi Manifestation. Either one breaks through, or one dies. There will be no other results.

"Ding!" Liaoo Hua’s accumulated power in a heavy spear fiercely struck the blade of that tall, skinny man’s knife. However, Chen Xi distinctly felt a slight discord when the tall, skinny man wielded his knife, whether it was his illusion or not.

"I lost." The man looked deeply at Liaoo Hua, with his long knife already covered in cracks. "Hope to see you on the battlefield someday." After saying that, he didn’t look at Liaoo Hua and directly left after exchanging a few words with the examiner.

After leaving the venue, a family came quickly to rope in the tall, skinny man who seemed to want to leave.

"That guy who left has something unusual about him," Chen Xi said with a frown. All the subjects of the spring examination belong to those where you don’t need to be first, as long as you do well, you typically get a government position — just like that man who could steadily earn a Military Marshal post.

"It’s not just unusual; his weapon wasn’t handy at all, and during the final strike just now, he revealed an aura comparable to Inner Qi Manifestation. That’s the opponent’s Heart Spirit," Hann Qiong sneered, "Under that one knife strike, only two or three of the contestants could withstand it."

"Inner Qi Manifestation?" Chen Xi clicked his tongue, preparing to have someone intercept him.

"No, it should be a life-saving secret technique that unifies the heart and spirit. I always find this move somewhat familiar," Hann Qiong said with an odd expression, "Either his master is Inner Qi Manifestation, or he has a relative who is Inner Qi Manifestation. This move is very familiar."

"A heart spirit unifying move?" Chen Xi thought of Guan Yu, "I don’t recall General Guan having such a relative."

"I remembered this is a technique often used by Cai Yang. Cai Yang broke through to Inner Qi Manifestation later than us, his strength is not as good as ours, but the reason his fighting makes us hesitant is because of this move. However, once Cai Yang reached Inner Qi Manifestation Perfection, he no longer used it," Hann Qiong recalled Guan Yu, then recalled Cai Yang when he thought of Guan Yu’s knife.

"Cai Yang? This trash from Cao Cao, it seems he tossed quite a bit of sand into our spring test. But forget chasing it; we’re not worried about his surveillance anymore," Chen Xi said displeasedly. Cai Yang had also come to Ye City with the Angels back then. His strength, using Guan Yu’s words, was known only after fighting.

"Forget it. Let’s see if there are any gemstones among the sand that Cao Cao sent. Keep all that can be used, and send back all that can’t," Chen Xi said frustratingly, acknowledging that Cao Cao’s subordinates did have some skilled individuals.

"Eh." Hann Qiong suddenly materialized, causing others around to subconsciously retreat while staring at this suddenly appearing middle-aged man.

"What happened?" Chen Xi turned to look at Hann Qiong.

"The one dressed in black was actually a woman, and her aura isn’t right. I hadn’t noticed it before; she had a special shield," Hann Qiong said with an odd expression, noting that if the movements of the black-clad woman hadn’t been too exaggerated, it would be hard for him to detect.

"Uh, another woman?" Chen Xi looked at Hann Qiong confusedly. "She actually entered the top sixteen. Seems like she’s not a simple character."

"You’d better be careful. If that person was here to assassinate, even if she got close to you, I wouldn’t be able to detect it," Hann Qiong said seriously, aware of his own purpose, which certainly wasn’t to lounge around; he belonged to advanced security personnel.

"Don’t worry, don’t worry, nobody can assassinate me," Chen Xi chuckled, also turning his attention to the woman dressed in black, "Can’t see anything at all."

"She’s quite a bit stronger than Ma Yunlu," Hann Qiong added when he discreetly vanished.

[Strange, who could it be? In this era, there seem to be only a few women who can fight.] Chen Xi thought internally, immediately ordering someone to bring over the information submitted by the contestants.

Soon, an escort brought the registration details. The name was obviously false, but the native place exposed her identity.

[A person from Bingzhou Jiuyuan, and a woman at that, doesn’t that mean she’s clearly Lyu Bu’s daughter? I’ve heard that when Lyu Bu ascended, he only took Diao Chan and not his daughter. He truly favors the other gender over family.] Chen Xi internally grumbled, but the fact that Lyu Qiling could participate truly reflected Chen Gong and others’ attitudes.

[This serves as proof of their goodwill.] Chen Xi thought with a light laugh.

However, Chen Xi then recalled another matter, considering Lyu Bu’s integrity, with only Diao Chan and Lyu Qiling left among his family, giving Diao Chan an Inner Qi Manifestation aura; even if Lyu Qiling’s strength isn’t sufficient, it wouldn’t be far behind.

[It’s possible that Lyu Qiling truly is a pseudo Inner Qi Manifestation...] Chen Xi pondered, [The military science instantly becomes a joke, completely negating others’ efforts...]

It’s not the fear of Lyu Qiling taking the top spot, compared to Ma Yunlu taking the top spot. Lyu Qiling holding the top spot is a blow to many people. If Ma Yunlu takes the top spot, it’s merely said that women are no less competent than men, as her strength is industriously earned.

If Lyu Qiling does take the top spot, it truly negates ninety-nine percent of martial artists’ efforts in this world. If it’s indeed like Diao Chan’s situation, even without the ability to use or progress, there absolutely wouldn’t be any Qi Refining to Gang capable of defeating.