109: Chapter 109 Because you're stupid!!!

Third Martial Arts Arena!

As time passed, the number of people in the Third Martial Arts Arena did not decrease; instead, it grew larger.

Not only students from the Prefectural Academy, but also some teachers and professors, upon hearing the news, couldn't help but gather around.

Everyone remained silent, just standing quietly in place, watching the three people on the sparring stage.

To be precise, they were watching the youth on the stage, who stood tall and straight with his eyes slightly closed, possessing sword-like brows and star-like eyes.

As for Shen Qinghua, Instructor Lin Chengyuan had just casually swept him off the stage.

A mere clown, how could he be mentioned in the same breath as Chen An?!

Although the Shen Family was considered one of the top aristocratic families in Chengtian Prefecture, with a Great Grandmaster Old Ancestor holding the fort, he would not have minded giving them some Face under normal circumstances.

But at this moment, let alone the fact that Shen Qinghua was merely a playboy of the Shen Family, even if Patriarch Shen Canglan were in front of him, he would still act the same way.

Shen Qinghua fell onto the ground below the stage. The pain throughout his body allowed him to regain a brief moment of clarity, despite his splitting headache.

Just as he struggled to crawl up, he saw the gazes of the surrounding students—filled with mockery, disdain, and contempt—along with their silent ridicule, which felt like countless needles pricking his body.

"Pfft!!~~"

A mouthful of blood sprayed from Shen Qinghua's mouth, and then his eyes rolled back as he fainted again.

"Tsk tsk, this Shen Qinghua actually vomited blood and fainted?!"

"He isn't faking it, is he?!"

"Haha, that's hard to say. After all, he initiated the bet himself, but not only could he not produce the wager, he didn't even qualify to make Junior Chen An lift a finger. If I were him, I would have found a hole in the ground to crawl into long ago!"

"He brought this upon himself!"

"Pah! Before, he acted so arrogant in the Prefectural Academy, putting on the airs of a Shen Family young master every day, but he turns out to be nothing but a flashy, useless spear!"

Seeing Shen Qinghua vomit blood and faint, the surrounding Prefectural Academy students not only didn't check on him but instead gathered around to mock and ridicule him.

"Brother Shen!"

"Brother Shen, how are you?!"

It wasn't until Zhao Tieshan and a few other lackeys who usually followed Shen Qinghua to throw their weight around pushed through the crowd and saw Shen Qinghua unconscious on the ground with bloodstains on his lips that they panicked. They scrambled to hoist him onto their backs and hurried out of the Prefectural Academy with their heads bowed, not daring to lift their heads for fear of being pointed at.

Time slowly passed, the sun gradually rose, and the temperature in the Void Realm climbed.

However, even so, the number of people in the Third Martial Arts Arena did not decrease.

But as time ticked by, the students who had been waiting quietly began to whisper among themselves again.

"No way, it's been nearly half an hour, and Chen An still hasn't comprehended it?!"

"Could he not be up to the task?!"

"If you're so capable, you go up there!"

"Exactly, it's easy to talk when you aren't the one doing it!"

"Do you think a Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique is a Yellow Rank one? It's only been a short while, and you expect Junior Chen An to have comprehended it? Do you really think Junior Chen An is an immortal?!"

"If you're so capable, you go up there!"

"Exactly. The 'Nine Suns Burning Heaven Fist' cultivated by the Prefecture Head is a Heaven Rank ultimate art. Never mind a Heaven Rank ultimate art; if you can comprehend a Profound Rank martial art in half an hour, I'll eat a meal while doing a handstand. If you can't, you have to eat excrement while doing a handstand!"

"Holy crap, why do you get to eat a meal while doing a handstand if you lose, but I have to eat excrement while doing a handstand?!"

"Because you are stupid!!!"

A burst of laughter erupted from the crowd, and the somewhat heavy atmosphere suddenly lightened.

However, there were also many people looking at the motionless Chen An on the stage with expressions of concern.

Shen Qinglan, Su Ningyan, Instructor Fan Suiyun, County Magistrate Zhang Xuanming, and the students who had been admitted to the Prefectural Academy from Wurong County all looked at Chen An with worry.

After all, let alone a Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique, even for a Profound Rank Cultivation Technique, an ordinary Martial Artist would need to spend several days, or even ten days to half a month, just to reach the Entry Stage.

Although Chen An had already displayed a Heaven-Defying Comprehension Ability, not only comprehending a trace of the Extinction Blade Intent on his first day at the Prefectural Academy but also reaching the Entry Stage in the blade intent by the second day, defeating the Acquired Realm Fifth Layer Shen Qinghua without moving a finger.

However, that still took two days.

But now, it could be said that the entire Prefectural Academy was watching him. Under the public gaze, if he couldn't comprehend the 'Nine Suns Burning Heaven Fist' today, he would be in big trouble.

As for Principal Beigong Mo and Instructor Lin Chengyuan on the stage, they did not converse, and there was not the slightest look of impatience on their Faces.

With the cultivation and demeanor of the two, let alone a mere half-hour, even waiting for ten days or half a month would be a trivial matter.

Whether it was Instructor Lin Chengyuan or Principal Beigong Mo, both knew the difficulty of cultivating a Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique better than the students below.

One of them possessed the Tyrant Blade Battle Physique, while Principal Beigong Mo also possessed the Supreme Yang Battle Physique—a powerful Physique that surpassed the Heaven Grade Martial Bone—and it was highly compatible with the Cultivation Technique they cultivated.

Yet even so, both of them still took more than half a year to bring their cultivated Cultivation Technique to the Entry Stage.

If they hadn't seen with their own eyes that Chen An had brought the Extinction Blade Intent to the Entry Stage within two days, they would never have believed that anyone could bring the 'Nine Suns Burning Heaven Fist' to the Entry Stage in such a short time.

"Hoo!!~~"

However, at this moment, everyone suddenly saw Chen An, who had been keeping his eyes slightly closed, suddenly open them. A flash of fire seemed to flicker and vanish in his pupils, and he exhaled a long breath of stale air.

Before they could speak, they saw Chen An suddenly move and begin to perform on the stage as if no one else was around.

Morning Sun Rising!

Golden Crow Shining!

Flaming Sun Splitting the Void!!

...

The fist wind howled as if tearing through the Void Realm!

Each stance of the 'Nine Suns Burning Heaven Fist' was performed by Chen An. At first, it was a bit stumbling, but by the third repetition, it had become extremely proficient, as if he had practiced for several years, with no trace of awkwardness left.

After a quarter of an hour, the final stance, "Nine Suns Suppressing Demons," was blasted out, and the True Qi on Chen An's fist suddenly erupted.

The next moment, a soul-shaking, metal-melting, and iron-fusing Supreme Yang Fist Intent shot straight into the clouds. Rolling waves of heat surged in all directions, and the surrounding air was scorched until it twisted violently. A heavy, mountain-like pressure firmly enveloped the entire stage, making everyone below hold their breath.

"This..."

"No way, did he really master it?!"

"Holy crap!!!"

"This, this is simply too much of a Prodigy!"

"Comprehending a Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique in half an hour, is this the kind of Comprehension Ability a human should have?!"

Watching Chen An withdraw his fist and stand with a steady breath, the entire martial arts arena instantly exploded into an uproar.

Everyone's eyes were wide open, their Faces filled with shock and disbelief, and exclamations rang out one after another, resounding throughout the entire Prefectural Academy!