Chapter 27 : Heavenly Dao Pill
Wei Shaotian was taken back that Zhao Hengyu had an ace up his sleeve, he tried everything within his power to break his dragon free from the prison but nothing seemed to work, "Break", Zhao Hengyu said, making his hands into a fist, which caused the petals to squish the dragon and destroy it, the explosion blinded Wei Shaotian who was still stunned.
He snapped out of it and tried to attack but Zhao Hengyu was already before him, tackling him from below with a speed that Wei Shaotian couldn't see, causing Wei Shaotian to fall on his ass. Zhao Hengyu sent a punch to him that stopped and inch away from his face, with Wei Shaotian widely staring at it, "You lose", Zhao Hengyu said, panting from showing off almost all of his strength just to take down his martial uncle, "Hahahaha", Wei Shaotian laughed, "Good, very good. The new generation will indeed surpass the old. Well-done Xiao Zhao, you've grown strong, your father would be proud if he saw you today", he said, as he placed his hand on Zhao Hengyu's shoulder.
"Thank you, Uncle Wei", he said, bowing and paying respects to his martial uncle.
"The match is over, the winner is Zhao Hengyu, taking down all the members and climbing to the top, Congratulations to Zhao Hengyu, who is now the leader of the 1st group", the old man overseeing the match slowly came down as he announced,
"What? Leader?", Zhao Hengyu said, not believing what he just heard,
"That's right. The leaders of each group will be responsible for all the major decisions", the old man explained, with everybody paying attention,
"I understand", Zhao Hengyu said, and thanked the old man, gratefully accepting the position and walking away with his uncle by his side,
"Uncle, it's been a while since I've seen you, let me buy you a drink", Zhao Hengyu said as they walked out with all the other members of group one which were eliminated early following behind them,
"You stinky brat, Good, we'll all drink till we collapse", Wei Shaotian said, earning the cheers of everyone behind them.
Zuo Hai looked at Tang Feng, surprised as to how Tang Feng knew that the match had already reached its end,
"Luo Zeng, how did you know that the match had already been concluded?", he finally asked,
Tang Feng casted a side glance at Zuo Hai,
"I just know", he calmly said, but Luo Ning exclaimed,
"That's right! My brother is amazing", she said with pride, amusing Tang Feng, as he watched all the other old men disappeared and went back to their seats to enjoy the show.
The rest of the groups finished their matches, with the leader of each picked as the last man standing, Bai Dong being the leader of the 4th group. He looked around for Tang Feng, but didn't find him. He was enraged, thinking that Tang Feng didn't give him face by coming to watch his match, unaware that Tang Feng and his crew left after the second group's match ended,
"Tang Feng", he said, slowly dragging every word.
Tang Feng took Luo Ning back to the restaurant, with Zuo Hai tagging along. He promised to come take her to see the match again, making excited that she would get to spend more time with her brother. Zuo Hai was busy watching her, but also making sure Tang Feng didn't catch him.
"Brat, you're finally back", Ban Shanzuo said, as he walked out of the shop just as Luo Ning entered,
"Greetings sir", Zuo Hai said, greet immediately he saw an elder,
"Ho, little brat, even your friend here shows more brain that you do", he said mockingly, but Tang Feng didn't fall for it, and just walked away, causing Ban Shanzuo to throw tantrums,
"Ha, that stinky brat will never change", Ban Shanzuo said, as he watched Tang Feng leave with Zuo Hai.
"Luo Zeng, is it alright to leave like that?", Zuo Hai asked when he caught up to Tang Feng, but Tang Feng didn't reply, so Zuo Hai sighed and called out his name,
"Let's have a match", he said, his expression serious.
Watching Wei Shaotian and Zhao Hengyu's match lit up a fire inside of him, so he wanted to start cultivating again, so he could grow stronger.
Tang Feng finally looked at him,
"Alright", he said, a smile on his face, as he was just about to go start his practice session with Su Yan in the simulation, but this works too.
Tang Feng was surprised at how strong Zuo Hai was despite being at one place all the time. It made him feel like he wasn't practicing hard enough, and needed to try harder and grow stronger.
He did his daily spin every morning as usual, after Su Yan made sure to remind him a day before the next spin. After the three spins, Tang Feng got a new technique scroll and a gift box.
Tang Feng opened the gift box first and when he did, a blinding blue light covered the waterfall cave, awakening the sky and causing a heavenly tribulation, as it revealed a midsize blue pill with cloud patterns imprinted on it.
Tang Feng was still stunned from the sudden bright light but smirked when he saw the pill,
"I never thought I would get to see one again in my lifetime...", he said, raising the pill up, his smile widening,
"To think Su Yan would surprise me with a heavenly dao pill", he said,
'The heavenly dao pill is one of the 12 heavenly treasures said to cleanse the meridians, temper the soul and give insights on the heavenly dao. It's most effective for those who have experienced a bottleneck in their cultivation', Tang Feng thought to himself.
"The heavenly dao pill which was said to be extinct along with the other 11 heavenly treasures is now in my hands, I'm afraid I won't be able to escape from the eyes of others today", Tang Feng said, as he put the pill back into the box and put it inside his storage ring.
When he was done, he also put the scroll in his storage ring,
"They've come", he said, turning his head to the side as he gazed backwards.
Multiple cultivators were heading in his direction, some as a sect with their elders in front and others as free cultivators. They all stopped outside the cave, and one of the elders spoke up,
"May I know which taoist is practicing here?"