As the oldest person present and the one with the highest realm, the old secretary was truly worthy of his reputation. With his years of experience, and his mysterious realm level, the old secretary has been able to faintly sense something unusual with the medium sized wooden sword.
Nonetheless, Xero didn't have to worry about this old secretary noticing anything.
He had already peeked into Akira's memories beforehand and was clear about the old secretary's past. He was an old senior from a particular old era, along with the eleven other founders of Yunzhou Nation, and he had also killed one of the demon gods. This made him sensitive to demon blood.
Hence, Xero wrapped an aura around Kongji the moment Akira took the sword.
He had chosen not to completely block out the demon god's blood aura because then it would be too unnatural. Instead, the partial aura wrapped around Kongji would conceal his true aura, hence disrupting the old secretary's suspicions.
....
Master Akira felt that it had been long time since he had performed skills like these after he became Deputy Director. The public had always taken his personality seriously to mean that he was modest and wanted to keep a low profile.
So as time went by, his Heaven Blade Parting Skill faded into myth...
Though, he didn't know how to perform the f**king skill!
And so, when he had been invited to participate in the spirit sword exchange behind his alma meter No. 90 High School and No. 89 High School, his feelings was very complicated...
He didn't consider himself as some sort of genius... even when he reached Soul Nascent Stage at Senior Grade Three, it was because he had accidentally ate a spirit fruit that triggered a temporary expansion.
It could be said that Master Akira's life was full with happenstances.
For instance, the mysterious void invasion eleven years ago; another example, that assassin maiden who had been arrested yesterday... he himself didn't know why these achievements were thrown face first at him!
Master Akira had always felt that since he had entered No. 90 High School all those years ago, if he wasn't winning at life now, he is was at least on the right path towards it.
No. 90 High School was a magical place, full with beasts and dragons that lurk...
Master Akira stood at the center of the stage clutching the medium wooden sword in his hand. The scene at this moment, was utterly silent as this old senior graduate took the stage. It really had been too long since he had performed skills, especially these that are advanced. Akira felt his heartbeat accelerate as he took deep breaths to calm himself down.
Once he had started working, the number of opportunities Akira had had to touch a spirit sword like the drop tower in an amusement park — it gradually plummeted down smoothly.
Now, he needed to get a feel for it. For this unfamiliar spirit sword, he needed to first get familiar with its aura.
Kongji's aura was indeed immense, but he could at least try...
Theoretically speaking, The Nine Heavens Falling Edge was much easier than The Heaven Blade Parting Skill. But for high school students who have yet to take advanced classes, both of these skills are insanely difficult.
And since it was a difficult skill normally, there was a chance he could fail...
Whether he fails or not, there will be some way on how he'll redeem himself...
Under thousands of eyes, Akira held Kongji high and did twenty side flips and five handstand flips in one go. Everyone's gaze were fixed on the moving figure in the air. Along with the elegant trail of energy from the wooden blade, it was a beautiful scene.
"He can do that..?" Zunhao and the others were shocked!
Thunderous applause resounded throughout. On the stage, even Ancient Relic showered him with praise. "This is the Luminous Rift Swordsmanship. While plenty of cultivators know this skill, only few can perform it so smoothly and elegantly."
"Correct." Even the old secretary had praises he wanted to express. "This sword skill is not only powerful, but it's the most pleasing to watch; it wouldn't be an exaggeration if I said that this was the top ten performances of all time. Little Qingfeng has been busy lately, but he looks like he practices in his spare time."
Little Qingfeng...
Hearing this old leader refer to Master Akira with this nickname, the school leaders on the stage all had the same wonderful expressions on their faces as Akira when he heard it before.
In their hearts, Headmaster Jian and Headmaster Huang couldn't help but ponder... what would cause this old secretary to refer to someone with such an intimate nickname? The depth of this so called relationship was questionable!
"Senior Akira is just too awesome... but why is it called Luminous Rift Swordsmanship?" Xinyan's face was etched with confusion.
Han Jue sighed disdainfully. "Didn't you notice that throughout the performance, Akira had been luminous? Luminous Rift Swordsmanship is famous for its elegance. The more skilled the swordsman, the more luminous they become hence the name. At the War of the Iron First, cultivators would use this technique to interfere with the arts of the enemy and paralyse them."
"Ah I get it now..." Lianhua said with a thoughtful expression.
Everyone who heard this showed enlightened expressions.
After his simple demonstration with Kongji, he sighed. Judging from the strength of the applause, he hadn't screwed it up. After all, he had practiced Luminous Rift Swordsmanship back then and he was more familiar with it than those jaw exercises!
But he still wasn't comfortable yet... as the show wasn't done.
Even in the last few years when he had some much work and rarely touched a sword, he still made way to practice on occasion.
Akira drew in a deep breath; it was time for the Nine Heavens Falling Edge.
Three hundred meters away from the central sports field, a target the size of a rubber plate had already been set up. For many Foundation Establishment students that was already too far, they would have to extend their spiritual senses.
"The target is incredibly small, how will he hit!?" Director Yue exclaimed with concern.
Headmaster Jian gave a knowing look. "General Ying's Nine Heaven Falling Edge was able to pierce a toothpick from thousands of meters away. This is nothing."
The leaders, teachers, and the female host on stage all had the same sentiment in their hearts; F**k!... wasn't this a bit too excessive!
According to historical texts, this was a goldy skill that granted the user the eye sight of an eagle if done from a greater distance. History also recorded General Ying researching and perfecting its ideology and framework.
In the end, this godly skill wasn't all that complicated as one may think. Of a difficulty scale through one to ten stars, the Heaven Blade Parting Skills was rated five to seven stars, so this skill was well over the line at max.
Master Akira had already researched the theory of the skill, but when he had practiced then, he remembered that his success rate was only fifty percent...
It was a sword skill that mainly tested eyesight, explosive power and timing.
"Come on... this is only the last practice! Don't f**k this up!" Master Akira said silently in his heart. Then he slowly swept the fore and middle fingers not holding Kongji over the sword's edge before pointing it at the target meters away.
A rope of glowing, azure spirit light wound itself around Kongji's light, darkish brown body.
Then, from a distance, Xero could sense and see it.
Kongji was trembling violently! Like the Earthquake grip...
— Shit! Not good...
His senses told him that Kongji's energy was curling and gurgling rapidly to this unfamiliar spirit energy and was about to lose control!
The first, Kongji would release a massive amount of an energy explosion beam that will tripper a shift tectonically which would cause a direct earthquake that would be felt for thirty thousand li around!
But this possibility could be pretty much be discounted since Xero's danger senses would have warned him beforehand.
Thus, if the first possibility of Kongji going crazy was eliminated, then only one possibility remained...
Xero closed his eyes with his hands knowingly.
He had a bad feeling that a scene that was about to blind them would happen soon...
...
Master Akira hadn't expected Kongji to reject his energy this harshly. Usually the best way to deal with a spirit sword rejection was to use the energy to pierce the air with the sword and use up the energy around it.
And so, this was what Akira did.
Though, this wasn't enough to contain Kongji's energy output.
The moment Akira brought the sword down...
A elegant " hu " sound could be heard throughout.
On the stage, the old secretary was unexpectedly pulled with a powerful force and he was sitting in toward Akira. His top suit wear was teared apart from the sheer aura.
Then what was revealed...
A thick hairy chest...
Before anyone could react, this gravitational pull had faded away.
And then, everyone was horrified as they saw the old secretary's muscular hairy chest sitting on display!
His chest hair, thick as ever bristled through the breeze.
"..."
Xero looked at this scene, speechless.
Legend said that the second way in which Kongji went ballistic... was one hundred percent, chest hair!
[0] Kong Ji (孔伋) – also known as Zisi (子思), the grandson of Confucius. He was a real historical figure (around 483–402 BCE) and an important Confucian philosopher who wrote the Doctrine of the Mean (中庸).