Age of Heroes

Spring come and it is one of the favorite season for Arial and Xiyun, a season that they both liked.

The next few days are peaceful and busy around Arial fortress. There are always some representatives visiting and trying to deepen their relations with Arial. 

Arial also heard that the Ermeishan have decided to leave the Heaven Mountain packing their baggage after the other sect show their cooperative attitude towards Arial. 

You could not see any members from Ermeishan running around the mountain anymore. It is to be expected. Not only their reputation plummeted down, they are also isolated.

Then after a few days finally came the moment everyone is waiting for. Batrisya at the time is still not aware of Arial intention to challenge the Four Immortals. 

After all, no one could expect such challenge. Since no one expected it, Batrisya also did not expect it.

In the morning of the battle Batrisya flew down from the Heaven Peak and assemble herself and the other Serpent Maidens around the arena. 

Arial and his disciple arrived early at the venue. 

Every school that appears pay their respect to Arial and all anticipating maybe one of the most important moment of martial art world will be borne today. 

Batrisya voice then fills the area

'Today is the last battle of the Meet. The winner will be given the gift that is bestowed by my teacher or you can forsake it to gain the right to challenge the Four Immortals. Today match will be Yilin against All Conquering Sect' she announces. Then she looked around.

'Is the participant present?' 

'Present' Monk Sigrid reply. 

'My teacher is present' Xiyun said on behalf of her teacher. Arial is sitting down in one of the audience seat, not even making an effort to go to the arena. 

Batrisya is puzzled. 

Then her curiosity is answered. 

'Ehem' the elders of Yilin temple coughed.

'We, the Yilin Temple have decided to pull out from the competition' Batrisya then look at Arial and see his grin. 

It seems her teacher is right. Arial Vermont is undoubtedly the winner of this Meet. There is no doubt his display of power has made him quite formidable in the eyes of the martial art fraternity

'Hahaha' Batrisya laugh. 

'Then we do not need to delay anymore. The winner is All-' 

'Linzi' Arial said his voice is clear and strong. 

'Wha-' 

'I dedicated this victory to Linzi Temple. Whoever is unsatisfied with my decision can step forward' Arial said calmly from his seat. 

No one even pip a squeak. Batrisya then once again understand….and fill with admiration. He keeps surprising me.

After all, it must have been difficult for any normal person to give up the treasure of the martial art world to another person but Arial is not even hesitating to crown another man the winner. 

'Then as the rules dictate, these treasures will be given to Linzi. Will that be alright with you, Lord Arial?' 

Arial just nodded. 

'Then let us watch the main event. My teacher and the other two Immortals are ready to show their prodigious skill- ' 

'WAIT A MINUTE!' Arial voice reverberates around the arena. The other elder feel excitement rising as whisper began to break out. 

'Will he really do it?' 

'It couldn't be, right?' 

Batrisya turn her face to look at Arial face brimming with confidence. What is this? Even Batrisya could feel the air is changing and she hears the whispers. She has a bad feeling

'I wish to challenge the Four Immortals to a duel to decide if I can achieve the same rank as them' 

At his word, the sect leaders, the elders, the disciple, junior or senior is stunned and at a loss for words. 

They all knew the Divine Dragon intention but to really go through with it! This is a brave man!

��What! But you have to choose between the prize and – ' 

'Why can't I have both? Anyway don't tell me the Four Immortals are scared of me?' Arial said challenging. 

Batrisya face turns red with anger. What is he talking about? Doesn't he know the reputation of the immortals?

'My teacher is afraid of no one.' She replied defiantly

'Is that so? So relay my proposition and let see whether she is as brave as you say she is' Arial grin. 

'Let the martial art world be my witness, I Arial, challenge the Four Immortals to a battle but they are shaking in their knees, sweating their body in fear of my name' 

And he laughed. 

'That is enough! I will relay this to my teacher.' Batrisya said

'Go! Do you think I'm afraid of your teacher?' 

Gritting her teeth, Batrisya flew up to the peak and began relaying the matter to the other Four Immortals. 

'EVEN ARROGANCE HAS LIMIT!' Western Serpent said as her pretty face turns to a terrifying face like a demoness.

'At least he had guts.' 

'Fine, if he wants to be beaten so bad call him to Heaven Peak. Let the whole martial art world see how high the heaven really is.'

Batrisya nodded obediently and fly down to the Dark Peak.

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The other martial artist follows behind Arial like an army, all excited, some of them is singing and conversation is lively. 

Such big occurrence rarely happens in the martial art world. 

Usually they are preoccupied with their training and their interest but today they are all united in seeing the birth of a new miracle and quite possibly another Immortal in the martial arts world. 

When they reach Heaven Peak, they could smell the pleasant smells, notice the greenery of the forest, hear the chirping of birds and see the harmonious nature that exist in this peak, like a slice of high Heaven.

When Arial and her disciple reach the arena they are stunned looking at the large arena prepared for the main event.

Made of marble stones, a large arena that could fit maybe even his fortress. He could see the three Immortals in the distance. 

He once meets the Western Serpent so he already recognizes her. She still has that unpleasant expression that mars her beautiful face.

The lively, joyful old man with the bottle of wine on his left hand must be Northern Badger and the somber looking; tall person must be Eastern Devil. 

How did he know that the somber tall person is the Eastern Devil? Because of the blue hair girl. 

He meets her again. But this time the girl covers her face with a veil but her blue hair is unmistakable. 

She must have gotten lovelier since the last time they met Arial make a mental note. He looks at her and she looks at him.

Their gazes clashed.

And then he felt something looking at those beautiful blue eyes of the girl.

To him she seemed so beautiful, so seductive, so different from ordinary people, that he could not understand why no one was as disturbed as he as he looks at the surrounding crowd. 

He did not know why he felt this way. It was like a tugging of the soul

He even asks himself why did no one notice how beautiful she is? His heart was wild with the breeze stirred by the sighs of her veils. 

He had not missed a single one of her gestures, not one of the indications of her character, but he did not dare approach her for fear of destroying the spell. 

Yes, to him, he felt like he was being enchanted by that eye.

Arial is curious of how she turns so beautiful. Even if he could not look at her face which is hidden by the veil…. he could imagine how a beauty she has turned.

After all, during that time they met she could already be considered a beauty even though she was still young at the time they meet each other. 

Arial then shakes his head and remove the thoughts from his mind.

'Concentrate' he said to himself and then he looks at the Immortals.