I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely-Chapter 122: Big Talk

"Hurry over to Dueling Platform Seven! Senior Sister Bai’s Magical Combat match is on."

"On my way!"

During the Inner Sect Grand Competition, these were called Magical Combat matches. Normally, they were just Magical Combat spars.

A match and a spar, obviously, had two different meanings.

The match on Dueling Platform Seven had already begun.

Fang Yun’s gaze was fixed on the Dueling Platform.

Even though they were both at the Qi Refining Tenth Layer, a gap in strength still existed. However, Fang Yun felt that Bai Qinying’s first-round opponent could still force her to reveal some of her abilities.

"Incredible!"

"Senior Sister Bai really is amazing."

"Senior Brother Yue is no slouch, either. He was on the Inner Sect Ranking before, he just fell off quickly."

"What a shame for Senior Brother Yue, running into Senior Sister Bai like this."

"Failing to get past the first round means no rewards at all."

Watching the match gave Fang Yun a clearer understanding of Bai Qinying’s abilities.

Of the ten concurrent matches, Bai Qinying’s was the fourth to conclude.

The first three matches to finish did so quickly, mainly due to a large gap in strength between the combatants.

In the first round of the Inner Sect Grand Competition, such one-sided matches were by far the most common.

"Junior Brother Fang, what did you think?" Bai Qinying asked Fang Yun after stepping off the platform, victorious.

"Very impressive!" Fang Yun said.

"Junior Brother, that’s a pretty lazy compliment."

Fang Yun thought for a moment before replying, "Based on the performance you just gave, Senior Sister, you wouldn’t be a match for me."

"Oh, is that so?"

Bai Qinying, who had been smiling, now found her smile growing even wider.

"Junior Brother Fang, you’ve got some nerve saying that," Wu Junxin said, staring at Fang Yun in disbelief.

He truly hadn’t expected Fang Yun to dare say something like that.

’He’s even more arrogant than Junior Brother Yuan!’

"I believe in him," Song Qiaoqiao said, taking Fang Yun’s side.

"I believe Senior Sister Song," Yao Shuixiao chimed in, even though she still thought Fang Yun was just talking big.

"Well..." Wu Junxin glanced at Yao Shuixiao, then back at Fang Yun. "Junior Brother, since you’re bold enough to say it, I’ll be looking forward to your performance."

Because Yao Shuixiao had picked a side, he decided to trust Fang Yun as well, though he was careful not to sound too committed.

"Alright, I see how it is with all of you," Bai Qinying said, pointing at the other four.

It wasn’t that she disbelieved Fang Yun; she just chose to bet on herself.

The five of them made no effort to lower their voices. Furthermore, since Bai Qinying had just stepped off the Dueling Platform victorious, she was already the center of attention for many disciples.

Naturally, these disciples heard their entire conversation loud and clear.

"Is that the Senior Brother Fang I know? How dare he say Senior Sister Bai is no match for him? She’s third on the Inner Sect Ranking!"

"Whoa, hold on, don’t twist his words. When did Junior Brother Fang say Senior Sister Bai was worse than him? He clearly said that based on the performance she just gave in her match, she wouldn’t be his opponent."

"Come on, Senior Brother, that’s still a huge boast!"

"But what you said, Junior Brother, implied something else entirely."

After overhearing the group’s conversation, some disciples had already begun to whisper among themselves.

They had been focused on Bai Qinying, but now all their attention shifted to Fang Yun.

"Everyone says Senior Brother Fang’s defense is invincible, but I’ve never seen him use any offensive techniques."

"I’ve never seen him use any offensive moves either... No, I’ve never even heard of him having any."

"Whenever senior brothers and sisters spar with Senior Brother Fang, they just use him as a whetstone to sharpen their own attacks. How is he supposed to use any offensive moves then?"

"Yeah, Senior Brother Fang is a nice guy, but he just doesn’t come to Battle Peak for spars very often. That’s why I’ve never had the chance to go up against him."

"Speaking of which, does anyone know what group Junior Brother Fang is in?" a Qi Refining Ninth Layer Inner Sect Disciple suddenly asked.

"He’s in Group Twenty-One."

"Then he’s up soon."

As Bai Qinying’s match ended, an Elder called out the next pair on Dueling Platform Seven, and the disciples from Group Fourteen took the stage.

This pair of Inner Sect Disciples from Group Fourteen—one at the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, the other at the Eighth Layer—failed to draw much of a crowd for their match.

Fang Yun and his friends had already moved on to watch more exciting matches at other Dueling Platforms.

Before long, the Elder on Dueling Platform Three called out.

"Number 116, Fang Yun, versus Number 235, Hong Lingfeng! This group, to the platform."

"Junior Brother Fang, you’re up," Bai Qinying said, the first to react to the announcement.

Fang Yun, who had been watching the match at Dueling Platform Five, gave a slight nod and immediately headed for Dueling Platform Three.

It wasn’t just Bai Qinying and her three companions; other disciples who heard the call followed him as well.

"Hurry, get a good spot at Dueling Platform Three! Senior Brother Fang’s match is about to start!"

"Finally, we get to see Senior Brother Fang’s offensive moves."

"I heard Junior Brother Fang’s boast just now. Let’s see how he does against Brother Hong."

Below Dueling Platform Six.

"Senior Sister Zhang, it’s Junior Brother Fang’s match! Let’s hurry over."

"Right."

When Zhang Cailing and Lu Zefeng heard Fang Yun’s match was about to start, they both reacted in a flash.

Having sparred with Fang Yun twice before, they were eager to see how he would perform in a real combat match.

Below Dueling Platform One.

"Senior Brother Deng, aren’t you going over to Dueling Platform Three to watch?"

"What’s there to see? Besides, my turn is coming up soon."

"Fine, don’t go. I’m going."

Deng Qian desperately hoped that Fang Yun would put on a spectacular performance in this first-round match.

As long as Fang Yun showed how powerful he truly was, it would make things much easier for Deng Qian to handle during his own match against him tomorrow.

If Fang Yun deliberately made it look like an even fight against his first-round opponent and then barely scraped by with a win, Deng Qian felt he would be completely screwed tomorrow.

’A Fang Yun who’s hiding his strength would definitely torment me on purpose later.’

Atop the high stone dais, the three Elders had all noticed the large number of disciples flocking toward Dueling Platform Three.

Seeing this, Elder Long Xiangwen, the third-in-command of Battle Peak, spoke up.

"A match between a Qi Refining Seventh Layer and a Qi Refining Ninth Layer disciple... what’s so interesting about that?"

"That’s because you don’t know much about this disciple, Fang Yun," Feng Tianrui said, his gaze shifting to Dueling Platform Three.

"Why bother knowing much about a mere Qi Refining Seventh Layer disciple? Not unless he’s already at the Tenth Layer."

"This Inner Sect Disciple, Fang Yun, is no ordinary talent. And what makes him extraordinary isn’t his combat skill, but his gift for Alchemy and Artifact Refining—especially Alchemy."

His apprentice, Bai Qinying, had spoken to him about Fang Yun, as had Bai Heyan from Dan Cloud Peak. Because of this, he had a decent understanding of the disciple.

"Elder Feng, that can’t be right. How could talent in Alchemy and Artifact Refining attract such a large crowd to a fight?"