Chapter 242 Advent of the Match (2/2)

Hence, they could only lament continuously inside. After all, the progress while training here was just too delightful.

The thought that they would lose it all in a few days only made them more depressed.

After another training session ended, the numerous disciples slowly dispersed, while Gu Hongyi walked to Zhou Yuan’s side and said, “Hey, you’ve not been looking too good these past two days.”

She could also sense that Zhou Yuan had become much more silent during the past two days, his entire being seemingly tensed up as if feeling an immense pressure from Zhu Yue.

Zhou Yuan slowly opened his eyes and smiled somewhat helplessly. “Zhu Feng has such a huge head start on my in the Ethereal Form technique, of course I have to speed up my training.”

“A hasty last-minute effort…” Gu Hongyi’s red lips curled downwards. She hesitated for a moment, before she said in a low voice, “How about I help out. I can find someone to transfer Zhu Yue back to the inner mountains.”

Her old ancestor was the master of the Hongya Peak, someone with extremely high status. As long as he were to open his mouth, transferring an inner mountain disciple would not be difficult.

Zhou Yuan was somewhat surprised as he glanced at Gu Hongyi, unable to stop himself from grinning as he said, “Don’t you hate those who go through the back door the most?”

He recalled that at the very beginning, Gu Hongyi had been exceedingly unfond of him, because she had been under the impression that he had relied on his relations to become a first class disciple.

Now, this same prideful Gu Hongyi was actually willing to help him pull strings. This was something that Zhou Yuan was extremely surprised by.

Gu Hongyi’s pretty face involuntarily blushed when she heard this. Soon after, she glared daggers at Zhou Yuan as she said, “I’m only doing this out of consideration for the numerous outer mountain disciples who are learning the Ethereal Form technique. Since you have the capability, you are naturally the most suitable person for this role. Why should you be replaced?”

“Furthermore, you’ve promised to help me reach the second level of the Ethereal Form technique. If the right to teach is stripped from you, what will I do?!”

Zhou Yuan began to laugh, his opinion towards Gu Hongyi growing a little more favorable. However, he waved his hand and said, “Thank you for your good intentions, but it will be best for me to resolve this matter myself.”

If her were to rely on Gu Hongyi’s connections, it would surely affect her reputation once word of it spread.

A mere Zhu Yue did not have the qualifications to force him to rely on a girl’s connections.

Gu Hongyi softly snorted. “I’ll see how long you can continue to be stubborn.”

Though her mouth said so, she gave a tiny sigh of relief in her heart. Though she could empathize if Zhou Yuan had agreed, she would likely also be disappointed.

The young man before her may seem quite kind and good looking when he smiled, but the pride inside his bones did not lose to anyone else.

“Then you’d better train hard. I do want to see how far you can push the Ethereal Form technique during these few days…”

With a twist of her tiny waist, Gu Hongyi turned around, her red figure akin to an escaping bundle of fire.

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Five days gradually passed under the expectant gazes of the many outer mountain disciples.

On the morning of the fifth day, a ray of sunlight broke through the thick layers of clouds, shining on the unbroken mountain range. The outer mountains that had been silent for a night suddenly began to burst into activity and noise at this moment.

Countless figures rose into the sky on their Genesis Qi, heading towards a certain giant mountain.

Before one of the houses, a fully dressed Zhu Yue walked out the door, where Zhu Feng was already waiting.

Zhu Feng looked towards Zhu Yue, who was in glowing spirits, and said, “Elder brother, we’ll finally be able to resolve all of our grievances today.”

Zhu Yue’s expression remained unchanged, his eyes narrowing slightly as he gazed towards a certain creek in the outer mountains. In the end, a sneer of contempt appeared from the corners of his mouth as he rose into the sky with a stomp.

“Let’s go. After today, I’ll make it such that Zhou Yuan will no longer dare to utter the three words Ethereal Form technique!”

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