Martial Hero Rebirth

This is the chapter for the last week. The holiday which I thought supposed to be a week turns out to be 2 days only.. Therefore, the mini-mass release, which i planned to be 10 chapters will be reduced to 5. If I can't finish it by this week, then it will be added to the next week chapters. Sorry for being a wet blanket..

"Unsheath your sword!"

Seeing the third old disciple coming up to the stage, Lin Yi complied with him, unsheathed his sword and pointed at him.

With his strength, Lin Yi could defeat him in just one strike.

If it wasn't that Lin Yi wanted to conceal his terrifying strength, Lin Yi could only play along with the old disciple.

"Come on!"

The third old disciple squinted his eyes and revolved his pupils, seemed to be thinking of something before unsheathing his sword. With a loud roar, his figure, as if lightning, charged at Lin Yi.

Lin Yi turned his hand and blocked.

The third old disciple had a fast reaction. He rapidly used White Clouds Emerge, sweeping across at Lin Yi's waist.

Lin Yi instantly withdrew his waist, similar to a bow. His current posture was like a hunchbacked old man.

"Wonderful!"

The old disciple was shocked by Lin Yi's weird way of dodging. His eyes flickered and then roared with laughter. Flipping his sword, he changed the sweeping motion into a hack from bottom to upwards.

His speed in changing sword move was exceptionally quick. A normal person could definitely not react in time and got hit by it.

But how fast was Lin Yi's reaction speed?

He flipped his body backwards, like an upside-down hook, and dodged the sword once again.

The old disciple sneered. Firmly grasping the sword which was moving upwards and hacked it downwards!

A sweep, an upwards and a downwards hack.

Three sword transformation with rapid speed.

It was comparable to a killing move.

As the saying goes, spilled water was difficult to retrieve.

The old disciple was able to change his sword direction which had been launched. It could be seen that the old disciple's control over sword was terrifying indeed.

Lin Yi's eyes suddenly flickered. The incisive attack by the old disciple had aroused his interest.

His right hand clapped downwards, his right leg took a step to the right.

His whole body was rotating anti-clockwise in the mid-air.

With rapid movement, he dodged the downwards hack.

While rotating, Lin Yi flicked his sword and swept at the old disciple.

The old disciple was forced to dodge and had to stop the killing move combo he was executing.

"Great!"

The old disciple bellowed. His fighting desire was boiling.

He glared at Lin Yi who was standing in the distant.

"Advanced Stage of Huashan Swordplay and Advanced Stage of Huashan Movement Technique!"

"It is Advanced Stage indeed. The way of executing your swordplay and movement technique are reaching perfection!"

The old disciple let out a "hei hei" sound. With his dry throat and hoarse voice, he seemed to give off a yin aura.

"You aren't bad either! Killing moves are followed one by another. Any people with slower reaction will definitely lose to you!"

Hearing the old disciple's words, Lin Yi praised in admiration as well.

This was the first time he praised his opponent since he went up on the stage.

The old disciple laughed. It was unknown whether he was happy being praised by Lin Yi or he felt humiliated by Lin Yi's praise. His countenance was abstruse, the kind that made people unable to fathom what he was thinking.

"Again!"

Along with a roar, the old disciple launched another fierce attack.

Killing moves were followed by one another, each moves were ruthless. Dodging them would require meticulous care. Once someone fell down while walking on this kind of tightrope, the result would be a horrible death.

Even if it was Lin Yi, he began to feel tired and pant.

Of course, this was the consequences he had to bear.

If he used his real strength, he could defeat the old disciple in just one move.

But he chose to conceal it. He continued to dodge, yet not counterattacking.

Even if he counterattacked, he only did it under the circumstances that he was unable to dodge. Only then, he would slightly counterattack to give himself a chance to dodge.

Like this way, they exchanged more than hundreds of moves.

Lin Yi almost reached his limits due to being tired.

Not only his body, his mind was also tired.

Compared to displaying full strength, concealing one's real strength would cost more energy.

Even Lin Yi found himself unbearably tired, not to mention the old disciple.

After hundreds of moves, almost each moves, it was him who was counterattacking.

He was tired, so much so that he almost lay down on the ground.

Sweat filled his forehead, just like innumerable raindrops.

Gasping for breath, just like a passionate male bull. (idk how to translate this either. 如发情的公牛)

Waves of ache were transmitted from his right hand.

"I haven't probed out his real strength yet!"

"The only thing I can be sure is that he has reached Advanced Stage in both Huashan Swordplay and Huashan Movement Technique!"

The old disciple mumbled in his heart. He felt that even if he were to continue, he would be unable to probe out anything else. He shook his head faintly then sheathed his sword. Holding the sword with both hands, he cupped his hands and said, "You have won. I admire you!"

"However, defeating me doesn't mean that you, the new disciples, are strong. More people will come and compare notes with you. You guys better be prepared!" (compare notes: sparring)

Leaving his words behind, the old disciple admitted defeat and left.

After he went down the stage, the three old disciple left hurriedly.

Lin Yi's countenance was a strange one. Although he had a bitter look on his face, his eyes were brimming with joy.

System Notification:

Defeated an old disciple, awarded 1,000 combat experience points.

Mission reward: awarded 3,000 combat experience points.

– Repelled the old disciples who came to seek trouble,

– Heated up the new disciples,

– Shocked the old disciples,

– Shocked the lower courtyard.

Lin Yi smiled as he saw the notification panel.

The three old disciples, whom the top hundred new disciples couldn't defeat, actually yielded him 6,000 experience points.

It would take an entire day of practicing martial arts for him to earn 6,000 experience points.

Not to mention that combat experience points were interchangeable, as it could be used to upgrade any martial arts.

Its value was much higher than martial experience points obtained from practicing martial arts.

Gazing at the figures of the three old disciples and thinking back at the old disciple's words, Lin Yi smiled and mumbled, "I look forward to it. Just how many old disciples can you bring over?"

"Ten or eight, I won't find it lacking. Tens or hundreds, I won't find it too much either!"

"Who would reject excess combat experience points?"

…….

The three old disciple had lost. All of them lost to Lin Yi!

The new disciples were heated up. All of them shouted together.

"Senior Brother Lin Yi!" "Senior Brother Lin Yi!" "Senior Brother Lin Yi!"

Their thunderous voices spread out to the entire lower courtyard.

A lot of old disciples were roused by their thunderous voices and looked at the direction of the top hundred new disciples' courtyards.

"Senior Brother Lin Yi is formidable!"

"Senior Brother Lin Yi is so strong!"

"Beating up the old disciples and helped us to vent our anger. I'd like to see whether those group of old disciples will dare to look down upon us!"

"Senior Brother Lin Yi, you are our guardian god!"

"Senior Brother Lin Yi, you are so domineering. I like you so much!"

"……."

The new disciples were cheering unceasingly. They revolved around Lin Yi while raising their hands up. The entire area of the top hundred new disciples' courtyards was heated up.

Looking at this scene, Lin Yi knew that his reputation within the new disciples had reached its peak!

He had become the representative of all the new disciples.

He was their hope!

"Senior Brother Lin Yi, as expected of Senior Brother Lin Yi, is strong indeed! Once he stands up, all the old disciples will have to scram!"

Jiang Xiaoyu brandished his fist, his face was brimming with excitement. Gazing at Lin Yi's figure, his veneration grew more and more deeper.

"That's only natural. Who is Senior Brother Lin Yi? He's my, Yu Hai's, senior brother! Can the senior brother of Yu Hai not strong? Haha!" Yu Hai was laughing heartily on one side.

""

Yu Hai just smiled, seemingly didn't care Jiang Xiaoyu's mockery at all.

Han Bai was silently watching all of this, as if none of this were related to him.

Everybody's cheering, the discussion by the ones in the surrounding.

None of them affected him.

What he was thinking right now was the scene where Lin Yi was battling the three old disciples.

After immersing himself for quite a while, he let out a deep breath.

"Senior Brother Lin Yi, I, Han Bai, am inferior to you!"

Speaking out this sentence seemed to exhaust all his strength. The straightened shaking pole bent, his head with its nose facing the sky was lowered as well.[1]

He walked towards the second courtyard unhurriedly.

His rear view became smaller and desolate.

…….

The top hundred lower courtyard disciples' courtyards, the tenth courtyard.

Shangguan Yun was seating in the main seat while holding a pot of tea in his hands. Drinking the tea leisurely, he squinted his eyes in a comfortable manner while gazing at the three people who was standing below.

If the new disciples saw this, they would be able to discern that these three people were the arrogant old disciples who were battling in the top hundred new disciples' courtyards previously. Presently, these three old disciples were bending their waist, without any arrogant looks at all. Instead, they were looking at Shangguan Yun with fawning looks.

"That's to say, all three of you were defeated by that Lin Yi?"

Shangguan Yun, gazing at the three people, said indifferently.

"That's right. This Lin Yi is a genius who is more evildoer[2] than Han Bai! Even Han Bai was defeated by us. The entire new disciples were oppressed by us. However, we are no match to that Lin Yi."

"He is unfathomable and deeply concealed. Facing us, he never used his real abilities. He kept defending and rarely counterattacked. Even so, no matter what moves we used, he just kept defending. However, he was able to drag us until we are out of energy. He doesn't have any (bad) temper as well. All of us were defeated by him!"

The old disciple, who was the third to go up on the stage, glanced at Shangguan Yun, continued, "However, we didn't waste our efforts for nothing. Although we didn't probe out his real strength, we found out that Lin Yi's Huashan Swordplay and Huashan Movement Technique have reached Advanced Stage. Moreover, they are not far from reaching Perfection Stage!"

Listening to the three disciples' description, Shangguan Yun's eyes squinted even more, so much so that they almost became a pair of lines. He raised his eyebrows, "Since this Lin Yi is so strong, then we should play more with him!"

"Hmph, isn't his endurance very strong? That he is able to tire his opponent to death. Then, a tooth for a tooth, we will use have a battle of attrition with him!"

"Send ten people over. Let him tire to death!"

Shangguan Yun sneered. A frightening gaze flickered in his eyes.

"We obey Senior Brother Shangguan's decree!"

The three people cupped their hands, lowered their hands and withdrew back.

Seeing the three people had left, a cold, viper-like gaze flickered in Shangguan Yun's eyes. Stretching out his scarlet tongue, he licked his lips, "Seeing one by one geniuses comparable to Senior Brother Linghu being oppressed and lost their fighting spirit, turning into a waste from being a genius and lost in the sea of people. This feeling is fantastic indeed!"

"Hmph, Lin Yi? If I don't oppress you, I'm afraid that the position of upper courtyard disciple won't have my, Shangguan Yun's share!"

"Don't blame me for bullying. Who told you to be a new disciple? Who told you to become the most well-known new disciple, so much so that your reputation has even spread to my ear? If you wanted to blame then blame yourself for showing off your ability and having a monstrous talent!"

"As long as one is a human, everybody will want to oppress you!"

"Oppress until you can't lift up your head anymore!"

"Heh heh, at that time, it won't be me, Shangguan Yun, only to oppress you. Among the top ten lower courtyard disciples, which one of them is a good man? None! Each of them couldn't help but wish to oppress all geniuses until they can't lift up their heads!"

"This is the lower courtyard's game rules, made up by the top ten lower courtyard disciples!"

"No one can escape from this rule, no one!"

"Endure slowly, endure until us, either ascend to upper courtyard or leave Huashan. At that time, you will be able to lift up your head. At most, it will take three or four years only…"

[1] 挺直的摇杆弯了下来，鼻孔朝天的头颅也低了下来。 I'm not quite sure either what the first part meant so I just translated as it is. My guess is it is an illustration to the second part. Someone with his/her nose facing the sky: arrogant.

[2] That's the literal translation. It could be understood as ‘monstrous' as well.

Note: I changed the display format for the mission reward part in the system notification. Idk if it's ok with the author but I think it's easier to read this way rather than a super long sentence.