Chapter 451 - Genuine VS Pirated (1/2)
Wang Xiao, Elysium Earth Immortal.
One of the main figures on Earth responsible for converging the finances of Elysium. His appearance was very ordinary, and he was only one point seven two meters in height. He was the kind of person that couldn’t be distinguished in a crowd.
If it wasn’t for his gravity-defying slow descent from high altitude, with the wind blowing the light green robes that he was wearing, showing the strength of a martial dao master, it would have been hard to believe that this ordinary-looking, elegant, yet arrogant man was not some weak scholar, but a master of the martial dao world.
Descending from the skies, sand scattered on the ground, and the resulting airflow gathered the dust and cement together to form a huge chrysanthemum shape to surround it.
“Elysium, Wang Xiao.”
Wang Xiao flicked back his long sleeves, his body standing proudly like a mountain. The corner of his lips and eyes were covered with cold frost. The chrysanthemum’s aura of elegance and arrogance were deeply embedded into his martial dao and his existence. If it wasn’t for all the blood stench, Qin Fen even suspected that he could smell the faint chrysanthemum fragrance from the air.
With a simple declaration of who he was and a simple flick of a wrist, Wang Xiao had declared his entry with a powerful aura. The aura of a martial dao master left Manager He stunned and speechless.
Qin Fen took a step forward casually, and flicked his wrist toward the mess on the ground, “Master Wang, my furniture, my transportation fee, the medical expenses of my porters, and my travel costs for returning in such a hurry. I think you should reimburse me.”
Wang Xiao looked at Qin Fen with a faint hint of disgust. The perennial cultivation of the Chrysanthemum Divine Art had caused him to comprehend the arrogance and elegance of the chrysanthemum, which gave him a characteristic that regarded money as dirt.
This characteristic was also why Elysium send him to Earth to handle financial convergence as they wouldn’t need to worry about him being involved in corruption for his personal gain.
“You’re a martial dao master, yet you care about such materialistic things.” Wang Xiao breathed in a cold breath, and his chin was slightly raised in a proud manner. In a chiding tone, he said, “With such mentality, how can you reach the true extreme peak state of martial dao? You’re young and yet you wish to not participate in the clash of the Divine Beast martial artists but instead fight others over materialistic gains, such a disappointment. Bae Seong-Joon and Kyokushin Kouten, were they really killed by you?”
Qin Fen looked at Wang Xiao’s reprimanding look and he laughed in his heart. This person could become such a character because of the cultivation of Zeng Yicheng’s martial dao. I wonder if Vile King saw such a situation, would his eyeballs pop out from shock?
It was the cultivation of the vile Chrysanthemum Divine Art yet arrogance and elegance were cultivated instead. Qin Fen couldn’t help but laugh when he thought about it, and his lips formed a small smile.
“You’re smiling?” Wang Xiao’s eyebrows raised, those thin alluring lips stretched quickly to both sides, “Is that a taunt?”
Qin Fen nodded twice, although his taunt of a smile was more self-deprecating – his lips had betrayed him. The other party had seen it, so there was no need to cover up anything.
Wang Xiao silently swept his eyes across the ground and looked at Liu Wenjun, whose crown was shattered by Kyokushin Genichi. His cold gaze suddenly became colder. The chrysanthemums composed of sand and dust around him exploded with a “bang” as it turned into dust and fell to the ground again.
“You killed my disciple, mocked my martial arts technique, and ruined Elysium’s business.”
Wang Xiao’s tone became more ghastly. He didn’t even look at Qin Fen and Hashimoto. He just said, nodding to himself. “According to the rules, any of the three things you did should’ve cost you your life. Now I’ll give you two options. First, abolish your own martial arts and let me kill you. Second, acknowledge me as your master into Elysium, and I’ll let you off the hook for killing my disciple, mocking my martial arts and ruining Elysium’s business.”
Manager He heard the words and he cursed the misfortune in his heart. How could either of the two martial arts masters bow down to one another? Even as an outsider he could understand these things. Could he really have the ability to protect himself if combat occurred?
Qin Fen and Hashimoto were not surprised. As fellow martial dao masters, being ridiculed by the younger generation for wrongful cultivation was a hard pill to swallow for anyone.
Martial dao had so many paths, with each person having their own. A martial dao master could lose to another martial dao master of the same caliber, but they could not accept having their own martial dao path pointed out as a wrong path by others.
On the path of their respective martial dao, only the person who cultivated that particular martial art could be considered the real authority of his own path.
Qin Fen’s first sentence after he opened his mouth claimed that his cultivation of martial arts technique was fundamentally wrong. To any martial dao master, this was the most direct and insulting form of mockery.
Wang Xiao, who cultivated the Chrysanthemum Divine Art, was someone whose presence was full of arrogance and elegance. It could be said that he was similar to the ancient scholars who would rather die than surrender. After seeing his fellow member dead, the mission given to him by Elysium was scrapped. The killing intent had already seeped into every cell of his body.
“As for killing your disciple, I admit that. Ruining Elysium’s business, I also admit that.” Qin Fen’s shoulders expanded slightly, “A gentleman loves money, but he obtains it through proper means. Since you have committed atrocities, you should be aware of this outcome.”
Wang Xiao’s pupils suddenly contracted. From the moment he landed, he had recognized this person since a photo of Qin Fen had circulated in their circle. Any martial dao master who hadn’t been away from society could obtain information about Qin Fen’s figure and also some general information about his martial dao path.
At this moment, Wang Xiao felt for the first time that there was a tremendous aura gushing out from Qin Fen’s body. With his reasonable speech, the aura instantly surpassed the highest point in the field.
“As for saying that your martial dao is wrong…” Qin Fen smiled and shook his head, “I don’t think I said anything wrong, your martial dao and the Chrysanthemum Divine Art you cultivated, it defeats the purpose of one another. The fact that you can achieve this level today is already an exception.”
Hashimoto Nagashiro and Wang Xiao were stunned at the same time. They found it difficult to understand how Qin Fen could speak such words, yet be full of such confidence.
This act of making statements that denied other people’s martial dao’s compatibility with their martial arts was considered a huge taboo in the realm of martial dao master and above.
Get it right, and you won’t get any real benefit, you’ll only gain an angry martial dao master as an enemy. Get it wrong, it won’t be just an angry martial dao master turning into an enemy, but also, your reputation in the martial dao world would be greatly damaged, and you will be often used as a laughing stock.
Wang Xiao’s look was covered with layers of frost. Manager He looked at him and he shivered, as if his blood had frozen at this moment.
As a martial dao master, even if facing a martial dao Grandmaster, one should still have his own perseverance. Being criticized by a fellow martial dao master, how could Wang Xiao endure the rookie who had just entered the martial dao master class for a few days giving him “guidance” again and again?
“Good, good, good! You said that I was wrong?”
Wang Xiao lifted his foot and stepped on the ground, flicked his long sleeves, and his fists were shaped like a chrysanthemum bud that was about to bloom. His eyes gave a ghastly stare to Qin Fen, “Today, please give me a good lesson. Let me see how incompatible my martial arts is with my martial dao.”
Qin Fen pointed to the mess on the ground and did not retract his hand, his tone still as plain as before, “Your men broke my furniture and hurt my personnel. The financial matter has not been settled. If I kill you, how will I get my money?”
Wang Xiao was stunned once again, his silent anger reached the apex and he smiled instead, “Ever since my debut, I have seen arrogant men, but none as arrogant as you. Where will you get your money if you kill me? Good, very good! Let me see, how are you going to kill me?!”
The moment Manager He heard this, Wang Xiao’s calf suddenly moved. His body twisted again and again, like the posture of a chrysanthemum that had bloomed; his legs became tens of thousands of steps. His figure appeared erratically around Qin Fen’s body, and his ten extended fingers in the air moved again and again, as though two blooming chrysanthemums headed straight towards Qin Fen’s brain.
Chrysanthemum Fist, Ten Million Sky Enveloping Petals! Wang Xiao’s Chrysanthemum steps were extremely fast, so fast that even Hashimoto, who was also a martial dao master, was left in awe and admiration. He left behind a number of seemingly illusory figures on the battlefield, making it impossible for a person to distinguish the real Wang Xiao.
Qin Fen was taken aback, it was unexpected that even though Wang Xiao cultivated the Chrysanthemum Divine Art in an incompatible way, he still cultivated it to this level. At the same time, he understood one thing: this incompatible cultivation could not become any stronger. If the strength shown today was the same as when he was at Hallasan against Kyokushin Kouten, the winner should’ve definitely been Kyokushin Kouten.
In the time it takes for a spark to fly off a flint, Qin Fen had understood everything. Wang Xiao’s martial arts technique strength was stagnant for a long time in the past because of the wrong method of cultivation. The victory against Kyokushin Kouten the other day was probably a fluke, as Kyokushin Kouten had just entered the ranks of martial arts masters, and his foundation was still unstable.
Qin Fen understood everything in an instant. Qin Fen looked at Wang Xiao’s foot executing the Chrysanthemum Step. His fists were executing chrysanthemum fists. The body movement was like a real chrysanthemum, enveloping everything in full bloom. The veins on his forehead pulsed constantly. Qin Fen could sense his opponent’s location clearly.