Chương 65: Ten months

The Sect Master was right and Long Feng knew it. If the current Long feng was to compete against Han Man, then his defeat was simply written, signed and sealed, a foregone conclusion. He was bound to suffer a defeat. In other words, his request seemed unlikely to ever occur.

"I never said I would battle him now!" Long feng said. Everyone was confused and the elders began to feel enraged. It seemed to them that Long feng was simply playing with their minds.

"What do you mean?" A Core elder asked fiercely. They had all had enough of Long feng. They wondered why the sect master hadn't given the order to kill this brat with a slap and was listening to his pointless struggle.

"What I mean is, I will return to compete against Han Man within ten months!" Long Feng replied. Even Yan Jian and Li Yue'er behind stared at him blankly. Was this some sort of a joke? Han Man was a rank one Yang level cultivator! What level was the current Long Feng? Even if it was a rank seven or eight Yin realm cultivator, they wouldn't dare to say such words. The gap between them would seem impossible to cover to any ordinary talent.

"You will reach the Yang level within ten months?" An elder asked to be sure that they'd heard well. Long feng nodded calmly.

"I don't have to attain the Yang level before I can defeat Han Man. All I ask for is ten months." He replied.

"Do you know what you are saying?" The Sect Master asked. Long feng nodded again.

"Sect master, you can't possibly be thinking of accepting this ridiculous request! We all know that it is impossible. This foolish kid is merely trying to escape! Han Man is the greatest talent in the history of this sect, yet it took him twenty years to attain the Yang realm! What makes a fourteen years old hairless brat to think he can do better? This boy is merely trying to escape!" The leader of the Elite court chipped in desperately.

"Once you accept his offer and let him leave, he will probably flee and run away from this province completely, never to return." Another elder added. The others nodded.

"If I escape, I will only face ridicule and mockery from people. No matter how powerful i become, the title of coward will follow me. I will definitely return within ten months. You have my word!" Long feng said, staring deep into the eyes of the Sect Master. If the Sect Master refused to accept his request, then him and his friends were probably doomed and could only rely on Lord Yi Ming to get them out of this. Even if he was implicated, he wanted to leave Yan Jian and Li yu'er out of it.

"What an absolute joke. We have your word? And what would you suppose we do with your word? Who do you think you are? A member of the Jianhai clan?" The leader of the Elite court sneered. The Sect Master frowned. Even he had the feeling that Long feng was merely trying to buy an escape chance for himself. The Yang realm was a level which thousands of people were unable to attain throughout their lives. From the Yin level, each level became harder the more you cultivate. Love this novel?

Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. It was simply an impossible task to attain the Yang level from the very beginning of the Yin level within ten months. Even ten years wouldn't sound too far fetched. No matter how they looked at it, Long Feng's words sounded no different than the ramblings of an idiot. His challenge was a joke and a half. The Sect Master sighed helplessly. No matter how much interest he had in Long feng, it remained unchanged that Long feng had committed a grievous offense.

Nevertheless, he would give a light punishment out of face for Lord Yi Ming. He was about to speak when someone spoke before him.

"Sect master, please accept his request!" A figure bowed before the Sect Master. Everyone was taken aback by who the figure was. Even Long feng, who was already thinking of a second plan was shocked. The figure was Han Man! Everyone exchanged glances, feeling that things were turning complicated. The Sect Master felt a headache coming on. What exactly was going on?

"Why?" He asked. The other elders listened couldn't but couldn't interrupt because purely speaking, Han Man had more status than most of them!

"Long feng dares to challenge me. He dreams of surpassing me within ten months. He looks down on me. This is an insult to my pride. It is only right for me to accept his challenge and prove to him that some trash are born to remain at the bottom of the trashcan." His voice spread to everyone's ears and it actually made everything clear to them. Han Man as actually feeling humiliated that Long feng had the guts to challenge him, so he was taking it upon himself to accept the challenge. Long feng smiled to himself.

It seemed that Han Man would begin to dig his grave today. Of course, Long Feng himself wasn't truly confident in anything. He merely set the ten months limit because the sect master was not likely to accept anything higher than that.

"You don't really believe that he can become strong enough to compete against you within ten months do you?" Someone among the elders asked. Han Man smiled.

"Who knows? He could actually turn out to be a worthy opponent after all!" He replied.

"But I have a condition!" He added, turning to Long feng. His gaze was calm and he didn't even place Long feng in his eyes.

"If you wish to battle me within ten months, it will have to be a battle to the death! If I win, you shouldn't even dream of leaving the stage alive. If, by any chance you manage to win, I wouldn't say anything even if you have the ability to kill me!" Han Man said. Long feng frowned slightly at the terms, but when he sensed all the gazes on him and then he met Han Man's indifferent gaze, something in his head clicked and he didn't think twice about it.

"I accept your conditions" he replied coldly.

"You have ten months. Your battle against Han Man would decide your fate." The Sect master said to Long feng. This wasn't how he wanted things to turn out, but he didn't care either way. Though it was worth mentioning that he also didn't think that Long feng had any chance against Han Man whatsoever.

"And do not think about leaving this province within the ten months! I will be watching you! If you dare to try and leave, then I will not hesitate to slap you to death instantly!" The leader of the Elite court added with an icy glare. She particularly seemed to not like Long feng more than the others. Long feng clasped his fist slightly before fleeing the Palace with Yan Jian and Li Yue'er. He could only heave a sigh of relief after they left the palace.

"Long feng, are you insane? How can you agree to such an impossible duel?" Yan Jian berated Long feng outside the palace. Li Yue'er's brows were also furrowed under her veil.

"It isn't completely impossible. Ten months is just enough for me to prepare for the province competition. I could use someone like Han Man to push me further. Besides, if I win, the Mortal heaven sect would send me to represent them in the province competition. That will be killing two birds with one stone." Long Feng replied calmly.

"You have completely lost it! Did you think of what'll happen if you lose, which, by the way, every current logic points to? When has anyone ever attained the Yang level within ten months from the early Yin realm? I agree that your talent is definitely above Han Man's talent, but even talents need time to mature!" Yan Jian almost shouted this reply. Long feng smiled.

"I know you're worried for me, but that was the only thing I could think of."

"No. Your master was going to help you get a light punishment. This is your recklessness entirely!" Yan jian retorted. He seemed pretty angry this time. Long Feng didn't have any words to say to that and he could only stay silent. He had to admit that part of this reckless decision was due to his rage at Han Man for humiliating him back then, and he admitted that it was a foolish reckless decision.

"That's it. We are leaving this province as soon as we get back!" Yan Jian said. Long feng smiled.

"Trust me brother Yan, I won't lose." He assured. Yan Jian pulled his hair in frustration.

"I know that you can win, but not now. You would need at least a year or two to reach that level! That is logic! Why can't you understand?" He asked, then turned to Li Yue'er.

"Miss Li, please help me out!" He pleaded. Li Yue'er averted her gaze from the two of them, signifying that she was not interfering.

"Brother Yan jian, logic never applies to anything in this world. They're just like laws. They bend. In short, logic is whatever you want it to be."

"You've totally lost it! You're throwing your life away!"

"I'm not. At least, I'll try not to. Have some faith in me."

"Brother feng, I really do care about you and that is why I am advising you to come with me to the blue sky province. Your cultivation speed would definitely improve there!" Yan Jian tried to speak gently, but all his words fell on deaf ears. Based on normal logic, it should have been impossible for someone at Long feng's level to dream of attaining the Yang level within even two years. Anyone who heard of Long feng's plans would definitely think he was insane. But Long feng wasn't trying to follow logic.

He was trying to break it. Otherwise, he would be restricting himself to remain mediocre and follow the 'logical' growth speed of others. He couldn't accept that. He knew his limits and what he was capable of doing. His aim wasn't the spirit level or the imperial level, but to attain power comparable to Wu Kong! If he couldn't even defeat someone like Han Man within ten months, who was he to hope to be like Wu Kong?

He might as well rush back to the Long clan and take up the Clan Chief mantle, because he would only be making a joke out of himself.