JSCMU-Chapter 18: Yun Jin, How Did You Become Like This!

“Here it comes!” Yun Jin gave a deliberate warning as she loosely thrust her sword forward.

Chen Hao didn’t even think of dodging.

He was thinking.

What pose would look the most dashing?

After all, defeating Yun Jin would be easy. The challenge is doing it with style!

The corners of Chen Hao’s lips lifted in a casual, breezy smile. He elegantly flicked his sleeve in a graceful motion.

With this flourish, Chen Hao could already picture Yun Jin being flung away in a sorry state. He was thrilled on the inside, though his expression was working hard to maintain a composed look. It really wasn’t easy pretending.

But the next moment.

Pu.

A soft cracking sound rang out.

The spiritual shield he had casually put up earlier instantly shattered.

Chen Hao’s pupils suddenly contracted.

He instinctively stepped back.

But,

It was already too late.

Yun Jin’s sword had reached him. Just as Chen Hao tried to dodge, petals of a lotus suddenly danced before his eyes.

In that brief moment of distraction, a flash of sword light clashed. Chen Hao was violently struck and thrown to the edge of the dueling platform.

“Senior Brother Chen, are you okay? That was my first time using a sword. Did I misjudge my strength?” Yun Jin looked at him with an innocent face.

The entire arena instantly fell silent.

Everyone stared blankly at the platform, completely stunned.

Except for Yue Zhao.

Yue Zhao immediately turned to give an order to Yu Songnian: “Third Junior Brother, go inform the dealers to halt the betting.”

Yu Songnian nodded calmly and quickly vanished from sight.

After a moment of silence, a sudden commotion erupted in the arena.

Some quick-witted spectators tried to place late bets on Yun Jin.

Unfortunately for them, Yue Zhao’s response had been faster, and they were too late.

Those who betted heavily on Chen Hao began to grow uneasy.

No way! It’s not possible right?

A seasoned peak Qi Refining Stage disciple might actually lose to a newcomer?

Wasn’t the most gifted cultivator in this batch Ye Danxia with her Celestial Spirit Root?

Even she couldn’t possibly do something like this!

“That new disciple, she’s already at the eighth level of Qi Refining Stage.” Gasps rippled through the crowd.

Yun Jin had just used spiritual energy in her attack. A few attentive disciples noticed it immediately.

Three days after entering the sect.

From a mortal to eighth level of Qi Refining Stage?

This is insane, right?

Either she was crazy, or they were!

“Little Junior Sister, what’s going on with this Yun Jin?” Several disciples turned to Ye Danxia, since she seemed close to Yun Jin.

Ye Danxia was dazed: “I… I don’t know either!”

“Don’t panic! Senior Brother Chen can still stand. He hasn’t lost yet!”

Everyone’s attention snapped back to the platform.

Sure enough, Chen Hao, full of tenacity, braced himself and slowly got back on his feet.

“Yun Jin!” Chen Hao’s expression was ice cold. “I admit, I underestimated you! But now I’m serious. I now declare that this is where it ends for you!”

He slapped his storage pouch, and a disc-shaped spiritual weapon floated out in front of him.

Chen Hao gave a snort, “Go!”

The disc flew straight toward Yun Jin’s Dantian!

A vicious gleam appeared on Chen Hao’s face.

He had acquired this disc at great cost.

Yun Jin being at the eighth level of Qi Refining Stage was unexpected, but so what? At the Qi Refining Stage, this spiritual weapon was unrivaled!

He didn’t know how she cultivated so fast.

But he already made up his mind.

This time, he would cripple her on the spot.

Once her Dantian was destroyed, no matter her potential, she would never cultivate again.

This time.

Chen Hao did not hold anything back and poured his full strength into the attack.

“That Chen Hao, he’s actually going all out!” In the audience, Yue Zhao’s expression changed. He pulled out a talisman, ready to intervene even at the cost of breaking the rules. If Little Junior Sister couldn’t hold her own, he could still save her.

“That disc is indeed formidable… but it might not work on our Little Junior Sister,” Si Wanning said, a little hesitantly.

She wasn’t sure if she had seen wrong.

But that flash of sword light from Yun Jin earlier…

Looked a lot like the Lotus Sword Technique?

And.

It didn’t look like a beginner’s level. It looked like it had been practiced for years, flawlessly smooth and natural.

But…

Hadn’t Yun Jin only seen her practice the Lotus Sword Technique?

Just by watching… She mastered it on her own?

Was that even possible???

Si Wanning couldn’t believe it, even though she had seen it with her own eyes.

Yue Zhao’s gaze also shifted slightly.

“This weapon’s not bad,” Yun Jin said calmly, her eyes flashing coldly despite her faint smile.

She raised her hand.

Once again, a sword light flashed.

Chen Hao sneered: “You think my weapon can be stopped that easily? This thing is—”

Before he could finish, the words stuck in his throat.

Clang.

A crisp sound rang out.

The aggressive spiritual weapon was actually struck down by Yun Jin, it couldn’t move anymore.

Chen Hao’s eyes immediately widened like copper bells.

What the hell…

Had he seen a ghost?

No—!

There was something wrong with this woman’s sword technique!

Her swordplay looked casual on the surface, but it was secretly profound. It seemed to be from a legitimate sword manual!

So…

She had only been in the sect for three days.

Yet not only had she reached eighth level of Qi Refining Stage, she even mastered a sword technique?

Was that even possible?!

Yun Jin smiled as she slowly walked toward Chen Hao. “Senior Brother Chen, just now, did you intend to destroy my Dantian?”

Looking at this woman smiling faintly, a wave of deep fear surged in Chen Hao’s heart.

He stammered, “I…”

Yun Jin chuckled lightly, “A real man should own up to his actions, you know.”

Fear flashed in Chen Hao’s eyes. Seeing Yun Jin raise her sword again, he could no longer bear the pressure and shouted, “I con—”

However,

Before the word “concede” even finished leaving his lips,

A sharp pain tore through his Dantian.

Chen Hao looked down in horror.

A streak of sword light had pierced straight through his Dantian.

“cede…” he finally forced out, before collapsing at the edge of the dueling platform.

Yun Jin smiled slightly. “Oh? You’re conceding? Sorry, Senior Brother, you said it a little too late. I only just heard it.”

Chen Hao’s lips trembled. He couldn’t speak for a long time.

His face was as pale as a sheet.

He had lost.

And not only did he lose, his Dantian had been destroyed.

His cultivation path… ended here.

“Senior Brother, the Foundation Establishment Pills,” Yun Jin said, walking over and looking down at him.

Still smiling, but to Chen Hao, that smile looked like it belonged to a devil.

Trembling, Chen Hao handed over a small porcelain bottle.

Yun Jin took it, her smile bright and cheerful. “Now we’re even.”

She turned to step off the stage.

Suddenly, a crisp voice rang out.

Ye Danxia stood there, looking utterly shocked. “Xiao Jin… when did you become like this?!”

Yun Jin turned back, looking at Ye Danxia with interest.

Thanks to the large number of spectators at this match,

She had harvested 5,000 Emotion Points in one go.

Some individual values even hit the one- to two-hundred mark. Clearly, those came from Ye Danxia.

In recognition of Ye Danxia’s generous contribution to her points fund, Yun Jin was willing to listen to a little nonsense.

After all,

You never know, she might gain even more points from it.

“Xiao Jin! How could you strike so ruthlessly? I can’t watch you continue down the wrong path! Here, apologize to Senior Brother Chen and return the Foundation Establishment Pills to him!” Ye Danxia said, full of self-righteous indignation.