C24 Meeting the Tang Villagers

After searching for minutes, Kyle finally found the Village of tang's area. The people in this area only consist of the Head, Jun, Chi, the nine elders, and three youths. When Kyle saw them, he was quite surprised. Well, technically he was only surprised by Chi.

Chi was still the same tall, handsome, honest-looking man with red hair, but this time, he was now quite muscular compared to two years ago. He wasn't surprised about Chi's looks, he was surprised because he could now feel Xiantian energy inside Chi. Yes, Chi was now a Xiantian Realm Cultivator.

But then again, Chi was a once in a million genius, who even stepped to the 'one with the sword' state without knowing it. So he was only surprised for a bit. To be honest... Kyle thought that Chi was like those Mc's who he read in his past lives. So Chi being a genius and doing miracles was quite normal for him already.

Maybe that's why they became close easier. Kyle wasn't a Saint or some hero, but he definitely wasn't some evil douche bags who don't care about hurting the innocent or child. So Chi having a kind personality made him easier to befriend.

"Greetings head " Kyle only nodded, but his tone wasn't disrespectful.

"Hmmm, good you arrived, and here I thought you already ran away." The head jokingly laughed.

"Long time no see... brother" Chi greeted Kyle. He started to call Kyle brother during their training. Kyle was like his idol, and even though Kyle was younger, he always felt like a child when he talks to Kyle. Well, Kyle treating him as a kid was also a part of it so he didn't mind it when Chi calls him brother. In fact, he liked it, a future protagonist making you his brother is quite an achievement.

"Ya... You look stronger now, it seems like you've been doing your training diligently." Kyle replied.

"Of course, I learned from the best," Chi said.

Kyle only thought him a few moves and a few training guides, but you know what they say *a teacher for a day, is a teacher for life*.

"I'm excited to see your strength now, I'll see you in the finals," Kyle told him, then he started to leave. He wanted to gather more info since he felt something was odd about this tournament.

"Hmmm, ok I'll see you" Chi then replied.

Then Kyle walked out of the area. When the elders heard their conversation. One elder with a crooked nose then said.

"Hmmph!, who does he think he is? Daring to say "see you in the finals?" Just a frog in a well, I bet he was embarrassed since young master had already surpassed him.

When Chi heard him, he glared at the elder. The elder then backed off... Seeing this, Chi didn't bother with him anymore and ignored him.

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After the debacle with the crooked-nosed elder. Chi could only wonder how strong Kyle is now. He can feel that Kyle had 8th stage Qi Cultivation. But he knew that Kyle was a body cultivator and his 8th stage cultivation doesn't matter with his strength.

He had been training arduously in this past two years. He wanted to know how strong Kyle really is, and how close is he to him now, but he still couldn't see Kyle's real strength, even when he had already broken through Xiantian Realm three months ago. This made him revere Kyle more. He then went to his resting quarters.

A minute later his grandpa and father came inside.

"How about it Chi, can you feel his strength now?" Grandpa Kun asked his grandson.

"Can't, I still can't fathom his strength grandpa. I could feel some Xiantian energy in his body, but it felt so small or suppressed. I can't distinguish between the two, this might be because his control is more superior than me" he told to his grandpa honestly.

"Well no need to wonder how strong he is, he's in our side right? " Jun told them while laughing and smacking Chi on the shoulder.

Seeing the man... The both of them could only face-palmed on how naive he is. They weren't hostile against Kyle, but there weren't any perfect situations, with the right circumstances, Kyle could suddenly become their worst enemy. Such they needed to at least prepare when the time comes.

"But still... He told me to see him in the finals. If I really wanna know how strong he is, then I better get to the finals." He told them.

Honestly, he wasn't wary of Kyle turning on them, or anything. He completely trusted Kyle. he just wanna know how strong Kyle is and he was eager to know if he could beat Kyle's level or surpass him.

"Ya, you're right. I heard they would let you learn a heaven grade martial skill if you win the competition. You're a really lucky son, even the strongest in the sacred families doesn't have a heaven grade martial skill, this could be a great opportunity for ya" Jun told his son.

When the both of them heard him, they can only shut their mouths and didn't even bother to scold Jun for his naivety. They were already hopeless, even grandpa Kun sometimes wonder if Jun was really his own son. The two father and son duo then left the quarters, and Chi continued to meditate and ready for the tournament.

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Kyle had been investigating the whole area, but he still couldn't find anything off about the place. He even went to the Ximen Village's center area, he didn't care about trespassing their privacy and investigate in their homes. Kyle was quite amazed in what he learned.

Just in the Center area, he already sensed at least 10 Xiantian Realm Cultivators. Some were even at the 2nd stage of Xiantian.

"No wonder they could govern hundreds of villages and could be one of the sacred family in the beast plains. Their strength is really strong. I bet they have some hidden strengths hiding around the corner."

Since there were no problems in having many Xiantian Realm Cultivators, especially for a Sacred Family. He decided he could only retreat and let the events happen and be on his guard.

Kyle's investigation went unnoticed since the strongest cultivators at the center area were only at 2nd stage Xiantian. Kyle's speed was now very fast, ever since he broke through Xiantian, his body was improving in a very alarming state, making his speed even more faster,

After training his body in the past few months, his current speed was now two times faster than the Tigers in the past, and this was not including his Xiantian Ki. So he only made some dark blurs and went unnoticed. He then returned to the training grounds where the Tang Village's area is located.

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A few days later.

The people at the training grounds started to increase. A lot of foreign people who wanted to watch the tournament came, even the people from other Sacred families came. They were curious and wanted to know if the Heaven-grade Martial skill was true or not, so they send some representatives.

But since only the people from the Ximen Family's Villages could join the tournament, they could only observe and watch as spectators. The tournament will now almost start, so the people gathered all over the training grounds.

After a few hours, the Ximen Family Meet finally started.