Ah Chun: Ascending The Heavens 256 Round Two Stage One Part Three

As the disciples watched Ah Chun walk away, many rushed over to the large stone and sat down in front of it. In hopes of manifesting their own sword qi. In a corner not too far away three people stood watching Ah Chun's back as she looked at other Daos. A young man with a staff on his back smiled as he said: "Seems Elder Dan brought in a dragon. To be able to understand the concept of sword qi which has not appeared since ancient times is a feat and a half. Seems we will have to be careful of her when we start the one on one battles."

"She does not seem to come from an ancient clan though." A young woman said as she gazed at Ah Chun.

"Whatever her origin is, we will need to be careful. It seems the top spot will not be a battle between the three of us anymore." Another young man said as he clenched his fist.

"What are you getting so riled up for. Whatever the outcome is I think befriending this girl is a good idea. She is not simple at all. Have you not noticed that the Huo brothers have up and disappeared. But none of the elders are saying anything about it." The young woman said.

"Now that you mentioned it. I have not seen them at all. Isn't the eldest Huo brother a core disciple?" The man with a staff asked.

"Yeah, he was. Which makes things not as simple as it seems. Last I heard the Huo brothers had enmity with that girl. She had some strange spirit pet that roasted the younger Huo brother. The eldest Huo flipped out and chased the girl into the forest with the younger Huo brother's friend but only the eldest Huo brother returned and he was in a sorry looking state at that." The young woman explained.

"Doesn't that mean that Eldest Huo had a tough battle with the little girl?" The other young man asked.

"That's where things get weird. From what I heard the eldest Huo brother spent a few days recuperating before marching to Elder Dan's courtyard with his younger brother. But he never returned. There were a few disciples that said that they saw a tall man carrying a little lizard girl in his arms flying over the sect on that very same day. If I am not wrong the Huo Brothers are long dead and even the Sect Master knows about it." The young woman could not help but gaze at Ah Chun a little more.

"If what you said is true then we will see how she fights in the one on one battles.  There will only be two stages and each person will get a chance to be king of the stage. That will decide who gets to be in the finals. It's the same process each time the tournament is held." The young man with the staff said.

"Then we will wait and see!" The young woman said. The other young man just gave a snort in agreeance.

This entire time Ah Chun had no idea there were people talking about her. She was fully absorbed looking at all the different objects that contained Daos. Ah Chun paused her fingers that were tracing the shelf as her eyes fell on to an object. It was pure black stone slab shaped like an oval with a smooth front of back to it as if it was meant to be a mirror. Ah Chun got a very familiar feeling from it.  She did not hesitate to take it from the shelf. After which instead of trying to comprehend it right then and there Ah Chun continued to look at other objects.

She came to an object that was spitting out gusts of wind. Ah Chun thought for a moment and stood in front of the object for a while staring at it. Each time the gust of wind that it produced pushed past Ah Chun's face Ah Chun would try to comprehend how this would benefit her. An Idea came to Ah Chun's mind as she remembered how a strong wind can topple even the st.u.r.diest of structures. Thinking along this line Ah Chun decided to also take this object. 

After selecting a few more objects Ah Chun decided to ascend to the top floor to take a peek at what the highest floor actually held. Ah Chun was surprised to see that there were only three shelves on the top floor. She walked over to one of the shelves and her attention was instantly taken by a small black orb that seemed to have black lightning swirling around it. Ah Chun quickly walked over to it and reached out to take it. Her hand landed on the object at the same time as another person. Ah Chun looked up to see a young woman in black robes staring at her. Her gaze was as sharp as daggers as she looked at Ah Chun.

"Little lizard girl this is not something that you can comprehend. Plus I  saw it before you!" The young woman scoffed. She was in her early twenties and was a rank nine qi condensation cultivator.

Ah Chun looked at her hand that was clearly already full on the object while the young woman's hand was clasped over hers.  Ah Chun then looked up at the young woman and sneered. "If I was you I would not test me too much otherwise I would not mind making it so you can only crawl out of this mystic realm." As she said this swirls of sword qi surrounded Ah Chun slicing into the young woman's hand causing her to scream out in pain and quickly back away from Ah Chun. She looked at Ah Chun as if she was some kind of monster. She could not comprehend how a rank one qi gathering realm cultivator was able to produce such a qi. 

"You little b.i.t.c.h! You will regret this!" The young woman screamed out as she glared fiercely at Ah Chun before flicking her sleeve and leaving.

Ah Chun only smiled as she retracted her sword qi and picked up the object. She found not many came to the top floor and it was rather s.p.a.cious with it only containing three shelves. Ah Chun found a corner of the room and sat down before taking out the black slab from her s.p.a.ce bag.