Chapter 83: Is This All? A Spiritual Array?

“They all are. I only managed to enter Shengjing Gate thanks to your help, but tell me, who do you think you are? If I truly lacked ability, how could I have survived in Shengjing Gate?”
“Even if everyone misunderstands me, I don’t care in the slightest. My only wish is to cultivate peacefully within Shengjing Gate.”
“But you—time and again—you have denied me even this chance, had the elders oppress and humiliate me, stripping me of what little cultivation resources I had.”
“And you, repeatedly humiliating me, so arrogant and dismissive—do you really think you’re that important?”
“Arrogant as you are, you can only swagger about in a small place like Shengjing Gate. Do you even know how vast the world is? Have you ever been to the Imperial City? Do you have any idea about the talents there?”
“This world is immense, filled with all manner of extraordinary geniuses. Before those true prodigies, what are you, with your conceited airs?”
“If not for your status as Shengjing Gate’s young master, what would you amount to?”

Ye Tian gazed arrogantly at Li Jian San. This time, he would not only kill Li Jian San, but thoroughly crush his prideful face and reclaim the honor that was rightfully his.

As Ye Tian finished speaking, several disciples around them grew heated with excitement.
“Hearing him talk like this, it seems he’s not entirely wrong.”
“If all that’s true, then this guy really is impressive, to persist in such an environment.”

Li Jian San was momentarily stunned.
Such a lofty and righteous justification, full of grandeur and heroism—truly worthy of a protagonist, even his words carried an aura.
But I have a system, a cheat the others don’t,
And I’ve been deeply influenced by the advanced culture of the 21st century—how could I not outwit a native?
Destined protagonist, child of fortune—they’ll all become stepping stones beneath my feet.

“Heh, I only let you into Shengjing Gate because Junior Sister Xier was so pitiful,”
“As for suppressing you, I did it intentionally,”
“Because I saw from the start that you’re harboring evil intentions, not someone to be trusted. If you were allowed to grow unchecked, you’d become a great calamity for Shengjing Gate, even for this whole world!”

Ye Tian pointed angrily at Li Jian San and shouted, “You bastard! It’s you who’s arrogant and lawless—stop twisting the facts!”
“You used Junior Sister Xier as a bargaining chip to escape punishment—was that false?”
“You stole our sect’s treasures for cultivation resources—was that false?”
“Bastard! Bastard! Shut up!”
Ye Tian roared furiously.

“Today, I will end you—a blight upon us all!”
With those words, Li Jian San wasted no more time. He strode through the crowd and leapt onto the martial stage, his gaze turning icy and menacing in an instant.

“Good, as agreed—let’s kill this beast in human form!”
“Kill him! Shengjing Gate won’t tolerate his arrogance much longer!”

After Li Jian San finished speaking, the disciples who had wavered in their support of Ye Tian quickly turned against him, their emotions stirred to righteous indignation. Voices rang out, denouncing Ye Tian as if he were a criminal beyond redemption.

Seeing this, Li Jian San smiled at Ye Tian—so this fool wants to play mind games with me? Has he ever seen a palace intrigue drama?

“Enough talk—prepare to die!”
“Tiger-Breaking Fist!”

Ye Tian bellowed, his fist brimming with immense force as he charged at Li Jian San.
His momentum was like a wild tiger from the mountains, swift and fierce, the air whistling as his fist compressed it.

“Buzz!”
In a flash, Ye Tian’s figure seemed to leap across space, each step covering several paces, his shadow flickering in the void as he rapidly closed in on Li Jian San.

Witnessing Ye Tian’s martial prowess, the crowd erupted in astonishment, several drawing sharp breaths.
“That power—it looks like a third-tier martial art…”
“Has he actually mastered a third-tier technique?”
“And this doesn’t seem like a Shengjing Gate technique—could he be…”
“Yes, he must have learned it after going to the Imperial City.”
“He was only gone from Shengjing Gate a few days, and in that short time, he mastered a third-tier martial art?”
“That’s… terrifying.”

Watching the shocked faces in the crowd, Gu Yue, standing nearby, smiled with satisfaction.
Earlier, he had run into Ye Tian, who was destitute and desperate, and by coincidence discovered that this youth was far from ordinary.
So, on a whim, he recommended him to the Array Masters’ Guild.
From then on, Ye Tian displayed extraordinary talent in a short time. He taught himself the guild’s martial arts and quickly mastered them. Later, he effortlessly learned third-tier techniques.
Not only in martial arts, he had remarkable accomplishments in arrays as well. Senior brothers who had been studying new formations for months,
Ye Tian mastered them in just half a day.
Gu Yue was exceedingly pleased, never expecting to have stumbled upon such a peerless genius.

“This kid’s talent used to be so ordinary—how has he become so strong now, mastering third-tier techniques so easily?”
Elder Liu Nan, watching from below, was wide-eyed with shock, his expression shifting to one of utter bewilderment.
“I’ve humiliated him so much before—now he returns stronger, with an Imperial City expert backing him. What will happen to me?”
The thought filled Elder Liu Nan with terror, his body trembling uncontrollably.

On stage, Ye Tian saw Li Jian San’s impassive demeanor and grinned with confidence.
The fool must be stunned by my aura,
After all, I’ve undergone a complete transformation.
Ha! Thank heavens I met Master Gu Yue—thanks to his help, I quickly became a genius in others’ eyes.
But unfortunately, the old man…
No matter, with my current strength, I fear no one here.

“Boom boom!”
Ye Tian’s fist tore through the air, aimed straight at Li Jian San’s throat.
“Bang bang bang!”
With Ye Tian’s powerful strike, the space around him seemed filled with terrifying fist shadows, accompanied by the roar of air being shattered.
Ye Tian threw his punch with no restraint, channeling all his strength—he meant to kill Li Jian San with a single blow!

Before such a fierce and deadly attack, Li Jian San remained calm and unhurried.
Just as Ye Tian’s fist was a finger’s breadth from striking him, a large hand gently intercepted it, easily locking Ye Tian’s fist in place.

“This is what you call a third-tier martial art?”
“Don’t you feel embarrassed delivering such a blow?”

Li Jian San’s arm was like an unyielding rock, leaving Ye Tian’s fist utterly immobile.