Shi Lang watched Long Yang walking over. The latter had a calm expression and his eyes were filled with a strong battle intent. Shi Lang couldn''t understand what was going with this guy.

    Even Elder Yao had a confused expression on his face. She asked, "Long Yang, are you challenging him for a black token challenge?"

    Long Yang shook his head and said, "Elder Yao, I only seek a chance to spar with him."

    Elder Yao thought for a bit and then nodded before she looked at Shi Lang while saying, "It is just a spar. You can refuse to it if you want to."

    Shi Lang looked at Long Yang and then he said, "Senior Brother Yang, please guide me."

    Long Yang laughed loudly, "Hahahahaha, good, Junior Brother Shi, I didn''t make wrong assumptions about you."

    Shi Lang did not say anything, he came and stood inside the ring. Long Yang stood twenty meters away from him. The latter raised his fists and said, "Junior Brother, I hope you don''t underestimate me."

    Shi Lang shook his head and replied, "I don''t have the habit to underestimate my opponents, Senior Brother."

    Long Yang nodded and then he moved quickly. Shi Lang moved quickly too, and the two people clashed using there physical body. The fists clashed and the void shook. The people had trouble believing that Shi Lang could keep up with Long Yang in terms of physique. Even the people in the Inner Court had trouble matching his strength.

    Shi Lang was moving around and avoided all the attacks coming at him. With Shura Heaven, he could avoid all the attacks that Long Yang was making at him. He could analyze the fighting style of the opponent using his sensory abilities. After exchanging fifty blows, none of the people managed to land any attack on the other person, and they backed off.

    The Terran did not take much time to react, and he vanished in a blink. Long Yang was still thinking about what he could do to attack Shi Lang. He was caught off-guard, Shi Lang moved in and his fists were covered with lightning as they flew through the void.

    The wind made a howling sound. It was something that none of the people expected. However, the next moment, Shi Lang was shocked, his fist landed on Long Yang''s ribcage. The blow emitted a clanging sound.

    TANG!

    Shi Lang stepped back and he stood with his eyes wide open. He retreated quickly but this time Long Yang followed him, and his fists were covered with a silver glow.

    ...

    The two of them were fighting inside the ring, and the people discussed this with fervor.

    Long Yang was even worse, if his punches were akin to hammer banging against Shi Lang''s body. Shi Lang''s punch was absorbing a lot of vibration, but Long Yang was akin to a metal sheet and Shi Lang was like a sledgehammer. His body was strong but he was obsolete compared to the Terran.

    ...

    After half an hour, Yao took a deep breath and yelled, "Stop, have you two people lost your minds? Do you wish to suffer a critical injury? Or do you wish to cripple your arms? Stop the fight this instant!"

    Shi Lang and Long Yang did not look anything like their usual elegant self. Their hair were unkempt, clothes were torn. They were bleeding from various places on their body, and their faces were covered with bruises. They both looked like a couple of kids who were caught by their mother while fighting over candy.

    Yao said, "You both, get your wounds tended and then get to your own work, You are not allowed to fight or spar with each other."

    ...

    The next period of time Shi Lang dedicated himself to learning Alchemy and improving his Dao Branch. He used alchemy to improve his understanding of Dao Laws. Practicing alchemy enabled him to understand the laws of Fire through the refining process.

    The pill tribulations helped him comprehend the Dao Laws of Lightning. The dao of indifference came to him with ease, it was his second nature now. In his free time, he would spar with disciples from the Inner Court. In the outer court the upper dragon listers came to challenge him once a month. The people knew they could not win the match at all, but it was still a chance worth trying.

    Shi Lang also did not back down, firstly it was against the rules. Warring disciples could not refuse to the challenge. However, he was still using these people to increase his capabilities. His battle prowess was increasing and in these battles he would only use the spear skills to fight.

    After three months, Shi Lang was called over by the Hall master Yang Bingshan. The Terran was confused but the old man greeted him with a smile and said, "Xiao Lang, come in."

    After exchanging the greeting, Shi Lang sat down on the chair as Yang Bingshan said, "The reason I called you over is a secret realm."

    The Terran asked, "Elder, why me?"

    Yang Bingshan smiled and said, "You would not be alone. A group of disciples will enter there with you. The sect has asked you to go there because you have a profound skill in alchemy. Also, your fighting skill is not bad either.

    Other than that, you are the disciple of the holy elder. As a warring disciples venturing in the unknown is necessary for you."

    Shi Lang thought for a bit and said, "Can I talk to my master about this?"

    Yang Bingshan nodded and said, "You can but I would suggest that you go there. You can find many opportunities there and those are somethings that you need in order to break through."