Waking up... Lin Fan was in a good mood, he yawn and stretch his arms.
"Hays~ I wanna sleep more"
Lin Fan really loves to sleep.
He got up on his bed and walk towards the bathtub... he then takes a bath.
He got out and sway his long black and glistening hair. He then uses a towel to dry himself up.
Lin Fan pick up his robe and wore it to himself and... it fits perfectly to him.
He then pick up his sword and tied it on his waist... and when he's ready... he walked out of his abode.
'A perfect day to win the championship'
Lin Fan suddenly thought, and then looked towards horizon... and saw the sun rises from the sky... little by little.
He then suddenly bends his waist and unsheathed his sword... and took on a stance as he breathe out and close his eyes, opening it and move.
Weng~
Weng~
Weng~
Like a god of dancing... Lin Fan dance with his sword... he executed on what this world called "Sword Dance". Like Lin Fan... not everyone can do and execute the Sword Dance whenever they want... they need to be on a trance, enlighten, or just... think of the Sword.
Lin Fan reach the state of "One with the Sword"... because of the system, Lin Fan knew how the Sword Dance works. Sword dance are like sudden enlightenment and couldn't help but dance with your sword. But, Lin Fan didn't know when he will experience it... unexpectedly he did it before even fighting in the Outer Court Tournament... it will be a huge boost of his fighting prowess and his execution of Sword Techniques.
There are three known types of perfect Techniques Execution... and they are called...
Flawless...
Seamless...
Orginal...
But Legend said that there are more or higher types of Perfect Techniques Execution.
"One with the Sword" state complimented the types of execution of sword Techniques. "One with the Sword" state can guide the person to execute a Flawless Technique moves... or just... a flawless single cut of the sword.
Even though in the eyes of Outer Court Disciples... Lin Fan moves are flawless... but in the eyes of someone who can execute "flawless" or reach the state of "One with the Sword, Saber, etc." they can clearly see the mistakes and can pinpoint where the excessive movements of Lin Fan's Sword moves are.
Now... that Lin Fan reach this... in all Outer Court Disciples... no one can beat him. The Lin Fan tomorrow were a little wary of someone that can defeat him but... this time, this time... he had nothing worry about.
Lin Fan stop dancing... and smile. He now reaches the "One with the Sword" state. He was ecstatic about it and wanted to cultivate and explore more about the state he was in but stop... he first needed to win the championship and will worry about the rest. Or maybe he can explore it while fighting? Seems feasible idea.
Lin Fan then walked towards the Tournament stadium and can't help but leak smile from time to time that the passing Disciples can see... and wondered about what happen to their Cool Senior Brother to be this happy... but only shake their heads cause they knew why... this Senior Brother of them are in the Top 10 and are automatically a Inner Court Disciples and of course anyone will be happy about that, and not only that their Senior Brother of them are the most voted to win the championship... and with all of that seasonings... the Disciples thought that they knew why Lin Fan was exceptionally happy today, but they will never thought that it's more extreme than that... and it's Lin Fan reaching the state of "One with the Sword".
Lin Fan entered the stadium and saw some Disciples who were at the spectator seats already... not wanting to be left out and watch at the back.
He then was greeted by the servant and guided towards where all the top 10 participants at.
As he got there... only one Disciple were there... and is the disciple named Da Bao.
Da Bao greeted Lin Fan enthusiastically, but he only nodded in respond. Da Bao didn't stop and just chatted nonstop and talk about a lot of nonsense that get Lin Fan a little irritated.
When Lin Fan was going to stop Da Bao from talking... the door open and another Top 10 Disciples entered...
Da Bao like what he did in Lin Fan... greeted with a smile on his face...
The one that enter is a guy and named Mu Tang... he was a calm guy and like what Lin Fan did only nodded in response and stop talking as he said his name.
He looked at Lin Fan and nodded in greeting and Lin Fan nodded back in return.
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More and more people from the top 10 arrived until the last one of them entered...
The 10 people in the room can hear the loud screaming of Disciples outside. They reacted just calmly to this and eyed one another... because they knew that one of them will be their opponents.
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The tension in the room was heavy... then an Elder walk in and said...
"Now that all of you are here... I will explain the rules"
"Each one of you will fight and the winner will advance into top 5..."
The rules are simple and direct... and was brutal. The simple once are the harder one.
"First match will be Lin Fan... and your opponent would be..."
The Elder drag his voice and look at the other participants faces... wanting to see their reactions...
"Mu Tang..."
As the Elder voice died down... the 9 Disciples simultaneously look at Mu Tang and saw his calm face... some of them nodded while Mu San look at him.
"Hehe... Seems like you will lose... what weakling"
He said that sarcastically and laugh...
Mu Tang look at Mu San face intently... engraving the look of one that mock him.
One by one... other top 10 Disciples were announce who's their opponents.
The First Battle is between... Lin Fan and Mu Tang.
The Second Battle is between... Qing Yin and She Minqi.
The Third Battle is between... Tang Sen and Da Bao.
The Fourth Battle is between... Zhu Ling and Meng Shui.
The Fifth and last battle is between... Mu San and Fu Sen.
All 10 of them wanting to be the Champion... not because of the Fame it gives... it's because the rewards they will get... and it is.
The "Qi Foundation Pill". As it name suggested... the Qi Foundation Pill helps the one that eat it the 50% more chanced of breaking through the Qi Foundation Realm. And plus the lingering benefits of it towards the Foundation is it enforced or solidified more the Foundation of the Person.