At the moment Zhou Kang fist came close.
Shi Jing sidestepped with minimal movement, his body moved like a willow leaf around a violent breeze.
While hand shot out, palm pressing against Zhou Kang's extended wrist.
The result was immediate and dramatic.
Zhou Kang's forward momentum turned into a spinning trajectory that sent him tumbling across the platform.
He managed to roll back to his feet, but his sword arm hung limp at his side.
The platform fell silent.
"Impossible," someone whispered.
Zhou Kang stared at his useless arm in shock, then looked up at Shi Jing with a mixture of disbelief and growing anger.
"You... what did you do?!"
Shi Jing maintained his calm expression.
"Senior Brother moved too predictably. This junior simply gave it a push."
Elder Wang's eyebrows had climbed nearly to his hairline.
"Your martial experience is not ordinary. Where did you learn such precise control? Even my disciple is helpless against you…"
But Zhou Kang wasn't listening to his master's words.
His face flushed red with humiliation as his good hand reached for his sword.
"You dare cripple my arm?!" he snarled. "I'll—"
"You'll what?" Shi Jing's voice cut through the platform like a blade.
For the first time since his arrival at the Sword Cloud Manor, his carefully maintained friendly facade cracked.
His golden eyes carried a cold light that made several disciples unconsciously step back.
Followed by a faint aura of death which permeated the air, causing many shivered uncomfortably.
This is the first time he experience this sort of treatment ever since his transmigration.
In the Ming estate, he was treated with some respect and hospitality.
All this made him slightly irritated.
Simultaneously, the appearance of the notification from the system made his eye lit up.
"Will you draw your sword against a fellow disciple? In front of the elders?"
Shi Jing's voice remained level, but his hand moved to rest on the silver sword at his side.
The same one he had obtained at the Ming estate's main hall.
At the same time, Elder Wang stepped forward, his gaze fixed on Shi Jing with ridicule.
To him, Shi Jing was still an outsider.
An outsider actually dared to reprimand a member of the Sword Cloud Manor?
His own disciple no less?
The spiritual essence stirred in the air around the elder, pressing down like an invisible weight.
Elder Wang stared at Shi Jing figure who was holding a silver sword. The same one that he obtained at the Ming's estate main hall.
Then a fluctuation of spiritual essence stirred in the air, aiming to drown him.
At the same time, Chen Lian frowned, feeling like this situation has escalated quicker than he expected.
"Elder Wang, I'm sure he didn't mean any offense. After all, this is his first time at the Sword Cloud Manor…"
He said, shielding Shi Jing by using his long robe sleeve.
The pressure lessened significantly, but this seem to only make Elder Wang's face darkened even more.
Seeing this, Shi Jing face lifted into a smile, his eyes was facing Elder Wang, but in fact, he was staring at the newly appeared notification.
The sword in his hand could feel Shi Jing's palm tightened and this caused it to rattled slightly.
[Threat Detected!]
[Detected Reincarnated Soul of Heavenly Court cultivator… x1]
[Locating nearest transmigrator… 3x transmigrator found!]
[Estimating probability of eliminating the Reincarnated Soul… 10%, 5%, 40%.]
[Issuing an emergency mission to the transmigrator with the highest chance to succeed!]
The series of notification and prompt cluttered Shi Jing vision, causing him to narrow his eyes.
At the same time, the wave of information startled him.
Shi Jing's heart began pounding like a war drum.
Even facing senior Ming Feng, he wasn't this alarmed.
Even dying over twenty time, he wasn't this frightened!
"Reincarnated Soul of Heavenly Court Cultivator? Nearest transmigrator? Emergency mission?!"
Ever since his transmigration, the system has been quiet and passive, as though it was in a weakened or slumbering state.
Other than recording his learned skill and issuing the corresponding reward, it was essentially a glorified stat window.
This is the first time Shi Jing witness the system acting this way!
"What is this heavenly court that would cause the transmigrator cultivation system to immediately locate the nearest transmigrator to eliminate such threats?!"
Just as he thought of this, the notification appear in front of him.
[You have been issued an emergency mission (x1)]
[Mission: Eliminate a reincarnated soul of the heavenly court (x1).
Reward: Intent-Realm Shard.
Time limit: One-Year.
Failure: Death.
Note: The longer the mission is left unattended, the stronger the reincarnate soul. It is advised to complete the mission as soon as possible.]
Seeing mission description, Shi Jing was at a lost.
Who is this reincarnate soul? It must be a reincarnation of a powerful expert right?
This would explain why they would become stronger the longer time passes.
Despite the gravity of his situation with Elder Wang, Shi Jing couldn't help but focus on the reward.
"Intent-Realm Shard? What is this thing?"
[Intent-Realm Shard: Allow user to instantly grasp the Intent-Realm of any weapon they choose. One-time consumable.]
Once again, Shi Jing wasn't used to getting an answer from the system.
But upon learning what the use of this shard is, he was elated.
"With this intent-realm shard, I can instantly achieve the sword intent realm without having to waste years comprehension sword art!"
However, the immediate question became: who among those present was the reincarnated soul?
At the same time, Elder Wang found Shi Jing's smile and silence intolerable.
As an elder, he had encounter various youth's and figure each year at the entrance of the Sword Cloud Manor.
In his long years, rarely had he seen such audacity.
"Elder Chen, between us two, I will let this offense slide once, but if it happens again," He paused, his words left the crowd with an implication.
But clearly, he was unsatisfied with Shi Jing.
Seeing Elder Wang's attitude, the crowds can't help but ridicule Shi Jing behavior.
Many try to remember his face, so as to avoid him in the future.
Regardless, Chen Lian let out a sigh of relief as a wipe the cold sweat from his face.
"Thank you, Elder Wang for your magnanimity." He nodded, offering him a word of gratitude.
Although they were both elder, between them, Elder Wang clearly possess higher cultivation.
Thus, their status were slightly different.
Meanwhile, Zhou Kang eyes was reluctant, but since his master had said so, he can only accept it.
"Shi Jing! You crippled my arm, I will cripple yours! A nobody with no backing, I will see how you handle my elder brother, Zhou Yan!" He cried inwardly.
At the same time.
"System, is Zhou Kang the reincarnated soul?" Shi Jing asked inwardly, staring at Zhou Yan as though he is a dead corpse.
This caused the youth to pull back in fear.
[No.]
Then, he turned toward Elder Wang.
"Or is it this person?"
[Yes.]
Seeing this, Shi Jing smile creep into a big grin, the grip on his sword became tighter.