Green Mountain
Chapter 71 - 62, Eyes light up at the sight of money

Chapter 71: 62, Eyes light up at the sight of money

Xuanyuan watched the figure of the small thief carrying a bronze spear on his shoulder as he clumsily ran down the rugged path, suddenly feeling he might have truly mistaken the person.

The other party rolled up his sleeves, carrying the bronze spear as if it were a mere pole.

Does this look like a warrior?

If it were Chen Ji, even if weaker than the Giant Spearman, he would have effortlessly won with his innate combat instincts. But this man could only flee haphazardly across the mountain...

If that person were here, he would never run away from even the mightiest enemy.

Even if towering mountains blocked his path, he would move the mountains aside.

But this man... would take a detour.

At this moment, Chen Ji gasped for breath as he carried the bronze spear.

He looked back and saw the Giant Spearman running across the mountain, his black armor rubbing together, making a swishing sound, his red cloak billowing behind him, his large build akin to a chariot of war.

Chen Ji thought to himself, is this fierce warrior really only a level higher than me? Big brother, when you said a level higher, could it not be the difference between the Postnatal Realm and the Innate Realm?

No, no, if Si Cao were here, would I even have a chance to flee with a bronze spear?

It doesn’t have to be the Innate Realm.

As the two descended the mountain, one after another, Chen Ji carrying the bronze spear became slower and more breathless, and Xuanyuan’s gaze grew increasingly disappointed.

However, just then, Chen Ji suddenly stopped panting heavily, his steps no longer heavy, and he abruptly turned around!

Chen Ji twisted his waist, turned around, and with a seamless motion, thrust the bronze spear in his hand like a bolt of lightning toward his pursuer.

The thrust was perfectly timed, the Giant Spearman running into it seemingly impaling himself on the spear tip, the enormous force of the impact piercing through his black armor into his abdomen!

Chen Ji breathed a sigh of relief, yet the corner of Xuanyuan’s mouth slightly curled up as if mockingly: "Futile."

The next moment, the Giant Spearman seemed entirely unconcerned with his abdominal wound. He grasped the tip of the bronze spear with both hands, fearlessly pulling it out.

In just a slight shake of his hands, Chen Ji felt a tremendous force transmitted, making his hands numb, involuntarily relaxing his grip on the bronze spear.

The Giant Spearman, despite the blood gushing from his abdomen, raised the bronze spear high and like Mount Tai coming crashing down, he chopped down!

From beginning to end, the Giant Spearman showed no pain, not even a frown on his face, as if being pierced in the abdomen was a trivial matter.

"Hisss!"

Chen Ji woke up in the courtyard of the Medical Hall, gasping greedily for air.

"Another nightmare?" the Princely Heir curiously said, "You’ve had quite a few in just a short time; were you frightened by some villain earlier? You..."

In the midst of speaking, the Princely Heir saw the look in Chen Ji’s eyes.

Though the apprentice lad wasn’t even looking at him, he felt a shiver down his spine, as if a fierce beast was breathing heavily beside him, exhaling a dense bloody stench.

Liang Mao’er came out of the kitchen with a meal, serving rice porridge accompanied by spicy and sour cabbage with a side of salted vegetables, light and refreshing.

He looked at Chen Ji: "Eat something before sleeping."

Chen Ji shook his head slowly, closing his eyes: "I’m not hungry now, thanks."

The Princely Heir came to his senses, scrutinizing Chen Ji once more but found that he simply lay tired in the bamboo chair, nothing unusual.

It must have been his own mistake.

At this time, Chen Ji was back on the battlefield, seeing the Giant Spearman unharmed, standing on the peak of Qingshan, not making a move immediately.

Xuanyuan sat on a huge rock, looking at Chen Ji: "Did you learn your lesson?"

Chen Ji remained silent.

Xuanyuan scoffed, "It’s not just you who dares to be fierce to themselves. Among those who charge into battle, who isn’t a fierce warrior who has crawled out from among the dead? Facing a fierce warrior like the Giant Spearman, just trying to outbrave him is useless. We’ve seen plenty of fierce men. You must learn to abandon all fancy ideas and master real combat skills."

Chen Ji pondered... real combat skills?

Xuanyuan calmly said, "You want me to teach you the Sword Seed Path, but you lack even simple combat skills and fighting spirit. Giving you the Sword Seed Path is like giving a sharpened sword to a child, capable of hurting others and also hurting oneself."

Chen Ji nodded: "Let’s start, again!"

Xuanyuan stated, "This time, do not run down this mountain top. If you run, I will not teach you the Sword Seed Path again."

Chen Ji questioned, "But in combat, isn’t running when you can’t win a wise choice?"

"You’ve become much smarter, and intelligence is certainly good, but one cannot only rely on intelligence," Xuanyuan sneered. "There will always be mountains in this world that you cannot bypass forever. At that time, you will need some fighting spirit and courage."

Xuanyuan walked up to the Giant Spearman, his finger pointed beneath the ribs of the Giant Spearman: "There are thirty-six deadly acupoints on the human body, namely the Taiyang acupoint, Qimen acupoint, Fengchi acupoint, Tanzhong acupoint..."

He pointed out each deadly acupoint to Chen Ji: "If the spot where your spear had stabbed had been an inch to the left, the Giant Spearman wouldn’t have been able to exert his tremendous strength, despite it, this is the difference between having combat skills and not. Also, the spear thrust you did when you turned around, although pretty, was useless. Killing does not need to look good."

Chen Ji took a deep breath: "Understood."

He didn’t know how many battles Xuanyuan had gone through, but he knew this was the best teacher he could have encountered!

The Giant Spearman no longer waited, swinging the bronze spear in an attack.

Chen Ji no longer fled, simply maneuvering around the mountaintop, searching for ways of combat.

He closely watched the direction the bronze spear was chopping from, his body lightly shifted to the right, and saw the bronze spear whiz closely by, splitting the air an inch away from his nose!