Novel Full Chapter 32: Shocking Declaration
Shadow Binding Rope.
Last night, after Chen Yan collaborated with Elder Fu Qian to capture Zhang Xishun in the empty space before the market, he returned to his own residence.
After that, he extracted the reward given by reincarnation from his spiritual consciousness.
The items rewarded by reincarnation did not exist in reality, nor were they stored in any magical storage space.
Instead, they were completely bound to Chen Yan’s spiritual consciousness.
The Shadow Binding Rope was a black and gold intertwined rope about the thickness of a little finger and over five feet long.
Chen Yan held the Shadow Binding Rope perpendicular to the ground, then released it, allowing it to dissolve into his own shadow.
Then he raised his head, looking at a bird flying through the sky and the shadow it cast on the ground.
“Bind!”
Chen Yan silently recited in his heart.
In the next instant, the shadow cast by the flying bird on the ground was quickly entangled and bound by a rope.
Subsequently, the bird in the air fell to the ground.
Chen Yan was quite satisfied with this reincarnation reward.
Because controlling the Shadow Binding Rope required only mental intention.
Moreover, attacks targeting shadows were easy to land when others weren’t prepared for them.
It could easily achieve a surprise attack effect.
It had to be said that the Shadow Binding Rope absolutely qualified as one of Chen Yan’s current trump cards.
The rating from the last reincarnation was B-.
This was the highest score Chen Yan had achieved in reincarnation so far, with the reward being a middle grade magical instrument.
What kind of reward would he get if he obtained an even higher rating?
And what exactly were the factors that influenced the reincarnation score?
Chen Yan had various speculations about this.
Was it the cultivation progress made during reincarnation?
Probably not.
In the initial reincarnation, within a hundred years, Chen Yan’s cultivation had progressed from zero to the middle stage of the Qi Circulation Realm.
But the reincarnation rating was still only D grade.
He must have done something that caused the reincarnation score to increase.
Chen Yan recalled the time he got the C grade rating, and this current B- rating.
The reincarnation record points had been updated both times.
Forget it.
This wasn’t a problem he could figure out immediately.
There were still many things he needed to do.
…
Time returned from last night to the present.
The Body Forging Realm competition of the outer court had finally reached its final match.
The participants were Chen Yan, personal disciple of outer court elder Lin Qifeng, and Zhang Hao, disciple of an Enforcement Hall steward.
It was still a match without any suspense, because Zhang Hao’s performance in this outer court competition was more than one level worse than Li Fu, whom Chen Yan had defeated with one move earlier.
And because it was the final match, Chen Yan still went easy, only defeating Zhang Hao in the thirteenth round.
“Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother Chen! This disciple is extremely grateful!”
After losing, Zhang Hao clasped his hands and said this to Chen Yan.
He could naturally sense that Chen Yan had gone easy on him, and for the current Zhang Hao, he only felt admiration for Chen Yan.
It could even be said that after this outer court competition, Chen Yan had become the common idol of all Body Forging Realm disciples in the Kongshan Sect’s outer court.
Even the Qi Circulation Realm disciples had begun to feel the pressure of being chased.
But in the outer court, no one would resent Chen Yan.
Human hearts were complex things.
When the gap between people could still be closed, many would develop thoughts of catching up or jealousy.
But when the gap between people was like that between a firefly and the bright moon, people usually couldn’t generate any other thoughts, only feelings of worship and respect.
This was the current outer court disciples’ view of Chen Yan.
But for inner sect cultivators, it was different.
Especially for the Kongyuan Mountain cultivators on the viewing stand, whose daoist robes were embroidered with gold-threaded cloud and crane patterns.
Elder Song sat on the platform, watching Chen Yan on the arena receiving everyone’s congratulations, his expression so gloomy it seemed like water was about to drip from his brows.
Then he stood up, circulated true energy to his throat, and spoke loudly:
“Marvelous, truly marvelous!”
Powerful true energy amplified Elder Song’s voice by at least a hundred times, allowing everyone anywhere on the training grounds to hear Elder Song’s words clearly.
Elder Song, whose full name was Song Wencheng, was an Enforcement Hall elder of Kongyuan Mountain, currently at the Passable God Realm cultivation level.
“Truly worthy of being Lin Personal Disciple’s apprentice, indeed invincible in this outer court area!”
Song Wencheng continued loudly, appearing open and generous.
But his words were not generous at all; on the contrary, they carried some intention of subtly mocking Lin Qifeng.
Chen Yan on the arena naturally detected the underlying meaning.
“Thank you, Elder Song. I believe Elder Song’s disciple might also have some chance of winning the championship in the outer court competition.”
Chen Yan retorted.
“Heh.”
Song Wencheng’s eyes turned cold.
Because what Chen Yan had just said was absolutely presumptuous and insulting to him.
Even the young Kongyuan Mountain disciple beside him turned grim-faced after hearing Chen Yan’s words.
Because he was Song Wencheng’s disciple, and also the current Kongyuan Mountain gatekeeper, Qi Yadong.
The reason Song Wencheng had his beloved disciple serve as gatekeeper for this outer court competition was to get face time before the elders and disciples of various peaks, paving the way for Qi Yadong’s future.
“Since the Body Forging Realm winner of this outer court competition has said so, how about having a spar with Yadong?”
Song Wencheng said to Chen Yan.
“This might not be appropriate, Elder Song.”
The Yuanhua Mountain elder nearby, seeming to detect the tension in the air, attempted to mediate:
“Yadong is at the Qi Circulation Realm, and even within the entire Kongshan Sect, Yadong is among the top Qi Circulation Realm cultivators. Having Chen Yan, a Body Forging Realm cultivator, spar with him might be somewhat inappropriate.”
“No matter, I’ll have Yadong suppress his cultivation to the Body Forging Realm, and to compensate for the inevitable gap between Body Forging and Qi Circulation Realms, Chen Yan can use any magical treasures and weapons in this match!”
Song Wencheng declared loudly:
“Ultimately, Lin Personal Disciple is still part of our Kongyuan Mountain, and Chen Yan is Lin Personal Disciple’s apprentice, yet he’s also an outer court disciple.
“Since that’s the case, Chen Yan counts as half a Kongyuan Mountain disciple, so as an Enforcement Hall elder of Kongyuan Mountain, I naturally need to test his quality, to see if he’s truly qualified to be our Kongyuan Mountain disciple!”
These words caused an uproar among the crowd.
It seemed Elder Song of Kongyuan Mountain was determined today to crush Chen Yan’s arrogance.
Or rather, he wanted to crush the arrogance of outer court elder Lin Qifeng.
Chen Yan remained silent, only slightly turning and bowing toward Lin Qifeng’s direction on the viewing stand:
“Master, what do you think?”
Lin Qifeng sat at the very top of the viewing stand, his expression neither sad nor happy, as if everything had nothing to do with him.
“Fight.”
He only said this one word.
“This disciple obeys.”
Chen Yan smiled, then turned toward Song Wencheng’s direction.
“Elder Song, I accept this sparring match.”
Chen Yan said:
“However, I don’t need to use any magical treasures or weapons, just follow the normal competition rules.”
“Hmph, you junior are quite arrogant…”
Before Song Wencheng could finish speaking, Chen Yan on the arena raised one finger.
“One move.”
The training grounds fell into silence.
“Within one move, I will definitely defeat him.”
Chen Yan said calmly.