Martial research master

Li Meng walked out of his master's adobe just to find a group of people waiting for him. They wore the uniform of inner sect disciples and carried their respective weapons with them. When the group located Li Meng to have come out, they immediately rushed in and confronted him.

"So you are Li Meng," the group leader said.

"That I am. Would I be fortunate enough to know your kind name?" Li Meng didn't take a hostile front from the beginning since he wanted to see what these idiots had planned for him.

"You don't need to know our name for now. Just know that an admirer of yours has sent us here to test out your strength and qualification as the disciple of the grand elder." One of the people spoke up.

"What is his cultivation realm?" Li Meng asked the keeper.

"The boy is in the ninth level of Qi King." The Keeper said.

"A fucking ninth-level Qi king is capable enough of threatening me now. What should I do?"

"You already have a plan in your mind and wouldn't change it even if I insisted otherwise. So why ask me?"

"That is true." Li Meng turned towards the guy and said. "Please do speak your mind."

"We would like to challenge you for a duel." The man said." Honestly speaking your cultivation level is lower than ours, but you are the disciple of the grand elder, which means your resources are far above us in quantity and quality. Hence we don't think it is unfair for you to duel with us. It would be a great opportunity for us to learn from you."

"When you say duel with you, do you mean one against the whole group?" Li Meng said in a funny tone.

"We are not trying to cause unnecessary trouble. We truly want to learn from you. Although all of us are enthusiastic about what you have to teach us, we would like to go one by one. We are not bullies." The man tried to take a moral vantage point.

"It would be fine either way. Do pick a venue and notify me." Li Meng said and left for his home. The entire group stayed there in surprise to see that Li Meng accepted their challenge and even wanted to fight them all together. Something didn't feel right, but Li Meng's attitude towards them pissed the whole group. How could a junior act like this towards them?

The news about Li Meng accepting duels against the group of people spread like wildfire. All of the disciples had heard about the new genius disciple of the grand elder who had connected with three Heavenly laws, but they never saw him in a real fight. Excitement was brimming in all regions.

.........…

"is it ok to let him do it?" Ren Wang asked.

"Why do you feel the urge to ask this question?" The old man said.

"If I am clear about his character, he will cripple each one of those people at the very least. If his general direction of actions is considered, none of them will be alive after the fight. He will blame it on his inability while controlling the energy." Ren Wang said.

"I guess we will lose one or two students in the fight then." The old man said.

"I suppose master didn't hear me earlier. All of them will be crippled at the very least. You have no idea how cruel and cunning Li Meng truly is. He wouldn't let them have an opportunity to escape. He will somehow lure them to attack together and we will see the same horrifying scene like that on the outskirts of the city." Ren Wang said.

"Are you sure about that?" the old man said.

"I am. They are going to get purged out of the sect." 

"I guess it is their bad luck then. We weren't the ones who suggested they confront this monstrous character. They did it on their own accord to impress Thunder Child. They will have to pay for the consequences." The old man said in a calm tone. "You need to remember that the world runs in terms of power. If you have enough, anything you do is right."

Ren Wang was shocked at the bloodthirsty attitude of his master.

"He truly is the White Dragon Monarch." Ren Wang murmured to himself.

...................

"The fish has taken the bait." Thunder Child said.

"How do you expect to take care of that guy?" His master asked.

"I am asking them to have a prolonged line-up and beat the guy by exhausting him out of strength. They would even provoke him so that he flaunts his false bravado and ask them to come one after the other. As you know, weapons have no eyes. Anything can happen on stage. Who knows whether or not the disciple of the grand elder will return in one piece?" Thunder child said.

"Well done" the master appreciated his disciple's cunningness while handling a situation.

......…..

The day of the fight-

The group had already prepared a judge and a stage for the fight. Many students had gathered in the stadium to see the fight between the two sides. One side had a good number of advanced Qi kings, while the other side consisted of Li Meng alone.

Hours passed and the audience was about to leave when Li Meng suddenly arrived.

"I am sorry for coming late. I sort of forgot about this fight." Li Meng said while scratching his head. There was naked humiliation to the group. The members of the confronting group were extremely irritated and angry but decided to reign in their feelings. They would get their revenge on stage.

The judge came forward and began to explain the rule. The rule was the same as all the previous ones he had attempted before.

"I am Sifu Cheng, an inner court disciple with a cultivation base of the ninth realm of Qi king. I would like to ask brother Li Meng for some teachings."

"Are you sure about it?" Li Meng asked.

"I am. I just hope my brother remembers that weapons have no eyes."

"Do you agree with the statement too?" Li Meng asked the judge. The judge was one of the members who sided with Thunder Child. He nodded almost immediately. 

"Very well then." Li Meng said. Sifu Cheng took his sword out, but Li Meng stood in his position, immobile.

"Take your weapon out," Sifu Cheng said.

"I don't require one to fight with you." Li Meng humiliated him. Veins popped in his face as he clenched the hilt of his sword and prepared to attack.

"The match began." The guy rushed in, waving his sword at Li Meng, but to his surprise, Li Meng vanished. The next moment, he was directly below the guy, raising his fist to attack the lower abdomen with so much force, that he spilled out blood while flying upwards. Li Meng didn't hold anything back. He then prepared his leg, and as the injured body was falling, he directly attacked the Qi Center of the individual with such brutal force that a loud crack was heard.

The entire audience knew in a split second that Sifu Cheng was completely crippled and maybe even dead this second. They could see his body being blasted outside the stage, banging against the stadium wall, and falling. Sifu Cheng was already unconscious, and blood was gushing out of his mouth like a fountain. His entire cultivation base was crippled by Li Meng in a split second and his life was not guaranteed.

The spectators remained immobile for a moment before the judge rose and rushed towards Sifu Cheng, before checking on his condition and calling the medics. He looked at Li Meng with incredible shock and hatred in his eyes.

"Weapons have no eyes right." No one expected Li Meng to be this cruel in his attacks. He mercilessly crippled an opponent and it happened so fast, that the spectators couldn't even grasp the fight properly.

"Who is next?" Li Meng asked in a funny tone. The group members looked towards each other in dismay. They knew that they had kicked a steel plate today. No one wanted to face this monster that would cripple them for sure. Everyone just kept looking at each other with concern and fear in their eyes.

"This is what happens when a master doesn't teach his dogs properly." Li Meng's words were like naked humiliation of them and Thunder child who orchestrated the whole situation. The group members were furious but too scared to speak up.

"I will give you a better alternative. Just come at me together." Li Meng said. "We need to finish this matter soon so that I can get back to my training sessions."

Li Meng's words were like rays of hope for the entire group. Every single member was thinking about how self-centered and egoistic he was to underestimate their overall prowess. They were scared to face him alone, but in a group, they would beat him into pulp for sure. Little did they know that their time in the academy was soon going to end.