Ace Of Terrans

Shi Lang was standing at a distance, as he saw two groups arguing with each other. He sighed as he walked up. The two people leading the groups sensed his arrival and immediately revealed big smiles. Shi Lang cupped his fists and said, "I have seen the elders."

The two elders simultaneously stepped forward to help him up but when they noticed the sync they had, they turned faces with loud snorts. They did not even care about their auras leaking, which caused Shi Lang to move a couple of steps back. The two of them realized their mistakes and asked, "Are you okay? (Are you okay?)"

Shi Lang smiled bitterly as he suppressed the raging spiritual energy in his body, and said, "I am fine elders, but can you both please tell me what is even going on here?"

The lady nodded and said, "I am Ayurvati, I am a tribulation level alchemist and also the head of the Alchemy hall in the inner court."

Shi Lang was surprised but then he looked at the golden badge hanging on her waist. He nodded, and then the burly man said, "I am Shal, I am a Immortal Forging Grandmaster, responsible for the Forging Hall of the inner court."

Shi Lang nodded again, and Ayurvati continued, "We are arguing the better place for you to work. As a tribulation level alchemist you will be able to help many people and save lives."

Her argument was sound, but Shal was not be outdone, "You are already a Tribulation Level Alchemist, and you want to have another? Why not reach to the heavens and see if you can refine them as a pill? You cynical woman."

Ayurvati was surprised and Shal turned to Shi Lang with a smile and amiable expression he said, "I should be calling you Senior in terms of the forging world. I only ask you to teach us. We also wish to make stronger weapons and leave our name on the heaven forging pillar. Even if we cannot do that, we wish to make Dao Weapons so that our warriors can come back safely from their battles."

Shi Lang knew Ayurvati would explode, so he said quickly, "Elder Shal, I have just come to the Inner Court and have not yet consolidated my cultivation completely. If you all do not mind, once a week I will come and share with you what I have learned and help you as much as I can. I will not impart my technique to anyone, but if you can comprehend anything following my tips you might breakthrough."

Shal was surprised and then he nodded, "Thank you."

Shi Lang then looked at Ayurvati and said, "Elder, how about I come to your place once a week and refine pills as well?"

Ayurvati was a little hesitant, but Shi Lang said, "As you know that I am the warring disciple. After a few days, I will have to face the challenges again and I cannot spend my time with the two paths while over looking my martial Dao completely. As you know I am a sword cultivator. Regular practice is a must in everything that we do. So, I hope you both allow me some freedom."

As soon as he was done with that, the two people sobered up and realized that Shi Lang was the disciple of the holy elder and thus it was not their place to fight for him. They nodded and invited him over for some tea, but Shi Lang said that he has yet to visit his courtyard, so they let him go.

Shi Lang reports to the internal affairs office in the inner court and then the disciple on duty leads him to a place where Shi Lang found many courtyards lined up next to each other.

However, when he came to his own courtyard, he found a bunch of disciples using black paint to coat the walls. His brows furrowed, the walls of all the other courtyards was white, as black was supposed to be a bad color that attracted negative energy.

Shi Lang asked, "May I ask what is going on here?"

One of the man turned around with a bright smile and said, "Oh, so junior brother Shi has already come. Well, greetings, I am Du Li, I am a member of the Heaven Dragon List, ninth position. This is my greeting gift to you, Junior Brother. The black paint will make your house stand out."

Shi Lang smiled and understood that this man was trying to goad him so he replied, "Thank you for the gift, if senior brother does not mind, I would like to go in and rest for the day."

Du Li smiled amiably and nodded with a gesture for Shi Lang to enter the house. The Terran saw that the inside of the courtyard was unchanged, and he entered the house without once looking at Du Li again.

Du Li narrowed his gaze and left the place with his lackeys.

...

Du Tian and Ting Lan Hu were sitting under a pavilion with a bunch of young men and women. They all belonged to the Ting and Du family. As they were inner court disciples, most of them had the strength of the middle level Dao Lord, and five of them even had the strength of the Dao King realm.

Du Tian clenched his fist and said, "Cousin Li, you have to do something about that cocky ass guy. I have never seen someone that unpleasing to the eye."

Du Li looked at him and said, "Have you not seen yourself in the mirror, ever?"

The surrounding people could not help but chuckle and the tense atmosphere eased up a little. Du Tian frowned and Du Li continued, "Do not think too much about this, he will see his end during the competition. For now, all of you start practicing sincerely."

Du Tian sighed and said, "To think that he would chicken out in the face of such humiliation. I wonder if he really did kill those Dao Kings or is it just some exaggeration."

Du Li looked at his cousin and spoke coldly, "Can you give up this matter? How he did it does not matter, he did not fall for the trap does not matter. What matters is that you need to focus on your practice. The rest will be handled in the tournament. If I find that any of you are slacking, then do not blame me for calling over Senior Brother Du Liang."

Everyone shivered, and they nodded. Du Li said, "Senior Brother is about to break through to the middle Dao King realm and it would assure that his rank one status is confirmed."

The people nodded with a smile and Ting Lan Hu said, "Elder Brother Jian, is also about to enter the Dao King realm. When that happens, we will have six Dao Kings inside the inner court and two of them would be the Upper Dragon rankers. It would assure that the family's plan move smoothly."

The people nodded and returned to their homes to cultivate.

At this moment, Shi Lang was sitting crossed leg in his cultivation room, as a spirit gathering array worked to provide him with rich essence of the heaven and earth.

After a few minutes, the Terran opened his eyes, and spat out a drop of blood from his mouth. The drop quickly became a clone, and Shi Lang handed out two Dao Swords to the clone, as he called, "Raksha."

The sword spirit materialized before him and Shi Lang said, "Go and show those people what it means to be goaded and at the same time make sure they do not suffer any damage. They should not continue to practice until they have fought me. Understood?"

Raksha nodded and pinched his cheeks as she said, "Lang, I love it when you stir up chaos. Hahahaha, you are so cute."

Shi Lang rolled his eyes as he watched the sword spirit and the clone vanish from his sight. They appeared above the courtyard and began to exchange moves in the void. Both of them were holding a Dao Swords.

The two people began to spar, and gradually the impact shockwave spread around. Du and Ting family were surprised when they all sensed a tremble running through the buildings. Curious about what was going on, they came out and found Shi Lang and Raksha engaged in furious confrontation.

However, the two would often miss an attack, and this attack would fall over the houses of the Du and Ting Family disciples.

The people from the other sides also came out to watch, and were surprised, when they saw the barriers could not save these houses. The shockwaves were sharp and they left clean smooth marks all over the houses they attacked. Some were heavy attacks and some were light.

It appeared to the people that the duo was really sparring. Many other houses suffered the attacks as well, but they were not significant. The biggest damage was dealt to Du Li's courtyard, it was slashed from the middle and one side had collapsed completely.

Du Li roared in rage, "Shi Lang, what the fuck do you think you are doing here!"

Shi Lang's clone stopped fighting and said, "Oh, Senior Brother, hello, I was practicing the moves I came up with. Did something happen?"

His innocent face almost made Du Li cough up blood, and he pointed at his house. Shi Lang remarked, "Hey! That is a nice architectural design. Senior Brother Du, is your house being repaired?"

Everyone understood that Shi Lang was goading Du Li into fighting him, and other than the Du and Ting family, many people watched the scene with expectation. They wanted a bloody battle.