Chapter419:HowCanHeBeaRival?
"SuYi..."
ThefacesofJianYueandotherinnerdisciplesimmediatelyturnedgloomy.
TheyhavealreadyheardofthenameSuYi.
EspeciallyJianYue,whowasdeeplymovedwhenSuYiandJianShiyifoughtinfrontoftheDivineSwordCliff,andhewasthereatthetime.
"What’sgoingon..."
SuYi,XuJiahui,andZhangQingwalkedoverand,seeingthecommotioninthecrowd,theirgazesslightlynarrowed.
"It’sSuYi."
LookingatSuYiapproaching,thatfamiliarfigureissounforgettabletoallouterdiscipleswhocamefromtheHeavenlyStairs.Theholyshockisstillvividintheirmemories,howcouldtheypossiblyforget?
Thatadolescent,ontheHeavenlyStairs,withthewindandcloudssurging,astrangephenomenondescendedfromtheheavens.Climbingupstepbystep,withlightningandthunder,theworldchangedcolor,aloneindividualstoodatthetopoftheHeavenlyStairs.Howheart-shakingitwas!
Thatscene,makestheseouterdisciplesshudderevennow,withafeelingofgoosebumpsrisingontheirskin.
WiththeirgazefixedonSuYi,agroupofouterdisciplesinstinctivelyparted,andsomeevendiscreetlystoodbehindSuYi.
"SuYi,theseinnerdiscipleswantusouterdisciplestohandoverthepillsandfollowthem!"
"Thisisclearlytakingadvantageofusouterdisciplestoomuch,theyarebullyingus!"
Inthecrowd,aboldouterdisciplespokeup,hisvoicelowandsaidtoSuYi.
Tothem,SuYiwasalsoanouterdisciple.Atthismoment,theynaturallystoodbehindSuYi,hopinghewoulddefendthem.
SuYicametocheckthesituationandhadjustheardthecommotionofthefight.Lookingattheexpressionsoftheouterdisciplesandthetwoinjuredonesontheground,healreadyhadaroughideaofwhathadhappened.
Survivalofthefittestisanormalthing,eveninasect.
Afterall,thisisaworldwheremartialartsaresupreme,andSuYihaslongbeenaccustomedtothis.
Therefore,SuYidoesn’tintendtomeddleinthis.Itisnotamatterofdrawingaswordtohelpotherswhenseeinginjusticeontheroad,andhecannotprotecttheseouterdisciplesallthetimewhileintheBattlefieldofTenThousandSwords.
Moreover,theseouterdiscipleshavenorelationshipwithhimandSuYi’spersonalitydoesn’tconcernthis.
ApathwascontinuouslyseparatedfromthecrowdforSuYi,XuJiahuiandZhangQingtoswiftlyreachthefront,wheretheymetwiththe30innerdisciples.
TheseinnerdisciplesseemtoallbeacquaintedwithSuYi.
EachgazefallsuponSuYi,unconsciouslycausingdarkexpressionstoappearontheirfaces.
ThenameSuYianditsreputationhavelongbeenspreadamongtheinnerdisciples.
Moreover,thereweremanyinnerdisciplespresentwhohadwitnessedSuYidefeatJianShiyiinfrontoftheDivineSwordCliff.
Atthismoment,uponseeingthisfamiliaryoungman,theynaturallyfeltabitapprehensive.
TheyknewthattheirstrengthwouldnotbeamatchforJianShiyi’s,andsincehehadbeendefeatedbySuYi,itwouldbetroublesomeifheweretostandupfortheseouterdisciples.
SuYiwalkedthroughthecrowdandlookedatthetwoheavilyinjuredouterdiscipleslyingonthegroundwithoutanyvisibleexpressiononhisface.Hescannedoverthetwoorthreedozeninnerdisciplesbeforefinallyturninghisgazeaway.
However,SuYi’sindifferentgazeinexplicablycausedtheinnerdisciples’heartstotremble,unabletomeethiseyes.Thescenefellintoaneeriesilence.
"Thismatterhasnothingtodowithyou,youcanleave."
JianYuefeltalittlenervousanduncomfortableunderSuYi’sindifferentgaze,andcouldn’thelpbutspeakup.
"Hmm."
SuYinodded.
SeeingSuYinod,JianYueandtheotherinnerdisciplessuddenlyrelaxed,feelingasiftheyhadreceivedapardon.
ItseemedthatSuYihadnointentionofmeddlingintheaffairsoftheseouterdisciples,whichwasexactlywhattheywantedtosee.
(TranslatedbyGravityTales棣冩О)
LookingatSuYinodding,theouterdisciplescouldn’thelpbutexchangepuzzledlooks,feelingasiftheyhadjustgraspedalife-savingstrawbutweredrowningagainatthismoment.
SuYiseemedtohavenointentionofinterfering,whichwasexactlywhattheymostwantedtosee.
XuJiahuiandZhangQingdidn’tshowmuchchangeinexpression,knowingsomewhataboutSuYi’scharacter-hewasneveronetomeddleinothers’affairs.
Astheseouterdisciplesandinnerdisciplesdisplayedcontrastingexpressions,SuYi’sgazeremainedcalmlyfixedonthesethirtyinnerdisciples.
SuYi’sexpressionevencarriedaslighthintofasmile,andhekindlyandattentivelyaddressedtheladies,"Ladies,theBattlefieldofTenThousandSwordsisverydangerousandnotagoodplace.Youmustpayattentiontoyoursafetyandnotbecareless."
"Um..."
ListeningtoSuYi’swords,theseinnerdisciplescouldn’thelpbutfeelsecretlysurprisedandpuzzled.
"Wewillbecautious."
JianYuewasalsopuzzled,butstillreplied.
"Well,theBattlefieldofTenThousandSwordsistoodangerous.Forthesakeofyoursafety,givemeyourspacebagsandelixirs,Iwillkeepthemforyou."SuYilookedattheseinnerdiscipleswithaseriousexpression,asifhewasdoingagooddeedforthem.
HearingSuYi’swords,alltheouterdisciplesintheaudiencewerestunned.
XuJiahuiandZhangQingwerealsosecretlymovedandlookedateachother.
Amongthem,theinnerdisciples’facialexpressionschangedthemostdramatically.EachandeveryfacewasshockedandstunnedastheysuddenlylookedtowardsSuYi,theirastonishmentfrozeninplace.
Justmomentsago,theseinnerdiscipleswerethinkingthatSuYiwouldn’tmeddleintheiraffairs.Butwhocould’veguessedthathewouldturnhisattentiontowardsthemwithoutevenbotheringtolooktheirway?
Keepingthespacebagsandmedicinalpillswashardlyanydifferentfromhowtheydealtwiththeouterdisciples.
"SuYi,don’tgotoofar!Therearesomanyofusinnerdisciples,youwillnothaveitgood!"
JianYuegrittedhisteethandgazedatSuYi,thisterrifyingouterdisciplewhohaddefeatedJianShiyi,andtheyhadnochoicebuttofearhim.
"Humph.Iamonlytryingtosafeguardyourbelongingsforyourowngood.Ifyoutrulydon’tcomprehend,thenIamafraidImustpersistinmyownway!"SuYistoodtherecalmlywithasmilestillonhisface.
"Areyoutryingtorobus?Weareinnerdisciples,andwe’renoteasytomesswith!"
JianYuegatheredhiscourageandhisexpressiondarkened.
SuYiclearlyintendedtorobthem.JianYuehadoriginallyplannedtousehispositionasaninnerdiscipleortherulesofthesecttointimidateSuYi,buthequicklyrememberedthatwhentheywereoutsidetheBattlefieldofTenThousandSwords,SuYishamelesslytookBaYi’sandothers’spacebagsinpublic,strippedthembareanddisplayedtheircontents,showingnofearofhisstatusasadirectdisciple,letaloneaninnerdisciple.