Chapter 32: Cultivation p2
The top thirty had already been decided. The Hehuan Sect had sent ten people, and four of them had entered the top thirty. The Immortal Sword Sect had the most, with a total of 9 people. They alone accounted for nearly one-third of the spots.
Among them, the Medicine King Valley had 1 person, the Baihua Sect had 3 people, the Tianyin Sect had 3 people, the Shura Sect had 2 people, the Qianren Sect had 2 people, the Zong family had 3 people, and the Changsun family had 3 people. The Beast Taming Sect and the Qianji Sect had no one in the top thirty, and their faces immediately turned dark.
Seeing this situation, Ji Zhu was quite happy. She didn’t care much about the Qianji Sect, but she was very happy that the people of the Beast Taming Sect did not have the qualification to enter the mystic realm!
For these scumbags and degenerates, letting them in would be a waste of resources!
But the funniest thing was the Qianren Sect’s side. They had originally been quite happy to have drawn a match with the Hehuan Sect, wanting to give the people of the Hehuan Sect a piece of their mind in the competition. But who knew that the other party’s strength was not only on par with theirs, but their actual combat experience was even richer. They were completely suppressed by the other party, and in the end, they directly lost a spot that could have entered the mystic realm.
Because of the loss of this spot, the people of the Qianren Sect hated the people of the Hehuan Sect even more, thinking that the reason why they could have such high cultivation at such a young age was because they had taken the crooked path.
Faced with these rumors that they were spreading outside, the people of the Hehuan Sect almost rolled their eyes at each other. If they couldn’t win, they would spread rumors and slander. They were best at these things. If they had spent the time they used to spread rumors about others on cultivation, their strength might have improved a lot.
This day was the competition for the top three. According to the usual practice, the top three would all receive rewards. This time was no exception. The third prize was a Pei Ying Pill, a pill that helped a Golden Core to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. It was a great attraction for those who had been stuck at the Golden Core stage for a long time.
The second prize was a heaven-grade mid-quality spiritual weapon. The first prize was not only a heaven-grade high-quality spiritual weapon, but also an unknown iron token. It was brought back from a mystic realm by the headmaster of the Immortal Sword Sect, but no one could see what it was used for, so they just took it out as a prize for the grand competition.
Ji Zhu looked at the enchantress with pleading eyes, her gaze on the prizes for the first place.
You must get the first place. The spiritual weapon doesn’t matter. The most important thing is that iron token! It must not fall into Xiao Ge’s hands!
Jiang Bai glanced at the heaven-grade high-quality spiritual weapon on the stage, thinking that Ji Zhu wanted this thing. If Ji Zhu could cultivate in the future, she would naturally need a spiritual weapon to protect herself.
She patted Ji Zhu’s little head and comforted her, “It’s fine. I will definitely win that spiritual weapon and give it to you.”
Ji Zhu’s gaze fell on the longsword that looked like it was made of jade, with a warm and lustrous white light. Did this enchantress misunderstand her meaning?
But…
It’s fine if she misunderstood! Anyway, it’s all in the first place’s prizes. If the enchantress really wants to give this sword to me, I certainly won’t refuse!
Ji Zhu flicked her tail twice and chuckled twice.
This sword is good, both beautiful and cool!
Jiang Bai glanced at this little thing that was showing its joy.
So easy to satisfy.
Ji Zhu didn’t know what the enchantress was thinking in her heart. Instead, she began to mutter in her heart.
The enchantress, Changsun Qiyu, Xiao Ge, and Zong Cao had all entered the top four. The next match was between the enchantress and Xiao Ge, and Changsun Qiyu and Zong Cao. The winners would then fight again to decide the final winner.
Among these four people, the one who had left the biggest impression was definitely Xiao Ge. After all, at first, he was just an outer disciple with mediocre strength. But with each match, his strength had improved. Although it looked like he was about to lose every time, in the end, he could always burst out with amazing power.
Before the enchantress went on stage, she handed Ji Zhu to Qiong Yin. The first match was between Jiang Bai and Xiao Ge.
Ji Zhu immediately perked up. That Xiao Ge was a pervert. Although he looked much weaker than others, his ability to challenge those of a higher level was very strong. She was really afraid that even the enchantress, a Nascent Soul, would be defeated. Then that would mean that the male lead’s golden finger was completely online, and it would be even more difficult for her to do anything later.
“Miss Jiang, please enlighten me,” Xiao Ge said with a salute to Jiang Bai as soon as he got on the stage.
Jiang Bai looked at the young man in front of her, a rare seriousness in her eyes. This person’s talent was not inferior to hers at all. And she had also seen from the previous matches that this person became stronger when he met a strong opponent. His strength was not as simple as just entering the Golden Core stage.
She nodded slightly, a cold light flashing in her eyes. She wanted to see what this person was hiding!
With a “start,” Jiang Bai took the initiative to attack. With every step she took, a red pentagram appeared on the ground, and in the end, it connected to form a huge star array that enveloped Xiao Ge, weaving a net that covered the sky and the earth.
Xiao Ge’s face became much more serious when he saw that she had set up a formation with just simple footwork. The heavy black sword in his hand suddenly smashed at Jiang Bai!
The corners of Jiang Bai’s lips curled up slightly. With a light and casual grip of her fingertips, a line of fire was derived from each corner of the pentagram, completely sealing Xiao Ge’s forward path. Xiao Ge hurriedly dodged, but a corner of his clothes was directly cut in half the moment it touched the line of fire.
Xiao Ge’s pupils shrank slightly. His whole person nimbly shuttled through the gaps in the lines of fire. The heavy sword in his hand danced, and the domineering sword qi cut off the surrounding lines of fire. But before he could take a breath, a flexible fire whip directly bound him and smashed him from east to west. The gray-green floor tiles shattered, revealing the earth-yellow ground below.
This person’s strength was too strong, stronger than all the opponents he had met before!
Faced with this situation, Jiang Bai frowned slightly, not very satisfied. The strength of this Xiao Ge that she had observed before was far more than this. His performance this time was too inferior.
Ji Zhu’s eyes lit up when she saw this situation. Rubbing the male lead on the ground, as expected of an enchantress!
Xiao Ge on the stage suddenly erupted, and his whole aura soared. The fire whip that was originally bound to him was instantly shattered. His speed increased dramatically, and the heavy sword in his hand was thrown out at Jiang Bai with the force of a thunderbolt. At the same time, he followed closely behind, sealing Jiang Bai’s retreat.
Only then did Jiang Bai show a hint of interest. Although it looked like her figure hadn’t moved, in the next second, she had directly appeared behind Xiao Ge and kicked him, sending him flying forward!
It was only then that the crowd saw clearly that what she had left in place just now was just an afterimage. Her speed was so fast that there was not even time for people to react, and Xiao Ge had already been kicked off the stage and lost the match.
From beginning to end, she had not even drawn her sword!
The people on the high platform all looked at Su Xin from the Hehuan Sect with complicated gazes, annoyed that a disciple with such talent had been taken by the Hehuan Sect.
Even at the moment he lost the match, Xiao Ge still hadn’t reacted. His qi and blood surged, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. He looked at the nonchalant Jiang Bai on the stage in shock. He had a premonition that this person had not even used her full strength!
A Nascent Soul?
Xiao Ge had already found out. This was Jiang Bai’s first time participating in the Centennial Grand Competition, and she was not even a hundred years old!
Why had he never heard of such a talented person before?
Jiang Bai’s expression was calm as she got off the stage. She calmly accepted Ji Zhu’s sparkling and admiring little gaze and snorted lightly through her nose.
She should let her see her own strength, so that she wouldn’t just look at others all day.
Changsun Qiyu and Zong Cao, who hadn’t competed yet, both looked at Jiang Bai, but in their hearts, they already had a candidate for the first place in the grand competition.
They admitted that they couldn’t have dodged Jiang Bai’s move just now. The person’s speed was too fast, and at the same time, her attack power had not fallen. This was not the strength that a Golden Core stage could display.
Even favored sons of heaven like them couldn’t help but feel a little frustrated when facing Jiang Bai.
However, the people of the Qianren Sect were about to explode with anger. They all looked at Jiang Bai with fierce gazes.
They had finally reacted. If Jiang Bai had such strength, then it was not impossible for her to sneak into their rooms in the middle of the night to attack them!
However, that matter had already been settled by Wu Xiu, and it was not good for them to pursue it anymore. In addition, Jiang Bai’s strength was there, and they were no match for her. They could only swallow their anger. For a time, their resentful appearance even made the people of the other sects around them stay a little further away from them.
“A-Bai, this!” Qiong Yin smiled and gave Jiang Bai a thumbs up, feeling that this trip was quite worth it.
A faint smile was always on Jiang Bai’s lips. She didn’t hold Ji Zhu back, but just gently rubbed her head and looked up at the somewhat dejected Xiao Ge in the distance, a trace of coldness in the depths of her eyes.
From the previous probing, she had vaguely seen that this Xiao Ge did not seem to be using all his own power. In his spiritual energy, there was a part of power that did not seem to be so harmonious with him.
Is this the key to his strength improvement?
The next competition went very smoothly. After a long hour of competition between Changsun Qiyu and Zong Cao, Changsun Qiyu won by a slight margin. But her own spiritual energy was also consumed too much, and in the end, the competition with Jiang Bai was postponed to the afternoon.
Although Changsun Qiyu knew that she was no match for Jiang Bai, she still went all out in the competition. Even though she was defeated by Jiang Bai in the end, her expression was still calm. She was not unwilling to be defeated by someone younger than her, and she accepted this ending very calmly.
Jiang Bai received the first prize amidst the sighs of the Immortal Sword Sect’s headmaster about the promising younger generation. Looking at the sword in her hand, Jiang Bai raised her eyebrows. After she returned, she let Ji Zhu rub against it, and then put it into the space ring hanging from her own neck.
Ji Zhu shook her neck, feeling the existence of the golden ingot and the space ring on her neck, so happy that she was almost lost. She hadn’t even started cultivating, yet she already had a heaven-grade high-quality spiritual weapon that so many people were chasing after. She was simply a little rich woman!
As expected, there’s meat to eat when you follow the enchantress!
While Ji Zhu was still happy, Jiang Bai suddenly stuffed a green pill into her mouth. It had a faint fruity fragrance, and as soon as it entered her mouth, it turned into a ball of pure yet extremely gentle spiritual energy that flowed towards Ji Zhu’s four limbs and hundred bones.
Ji Zhu’s whole body trembled, and her whole body was suddenly refreshed. Even her body felt much lighter.
Ji Zhu looked at the enchantress in a daze.
The enchantress gently flicked her ear and said lazily, “The candy beans were not eaten for nothing. You can finally withstand these spiritual energies.”
Candy… beans?
Ji Zhu was bewildered. So the candy beans were not real candy beans? They were something that helped her warm and nourish her meridians?
So the enchantress had been so good to her from the very beginning!
Ji Zhu’s eyes sparkled. She pounced on her and gave her several muamuas, just short of sticking her tongue out to lick her!
The enchantress took a deep breath and bit her lip slightly as she pushed the furry head in front of her away. She really wished she could just strangle her!
Ji Zhu did not feel her desire to strangle her at all. After being pushed away, she just twisted in her arms like a pretzel. She could feel the changes in her body, and she would probably be able to cultivate in the near future!
Seeing this little thing’s happy appearance, Jiang Bai sighed lightly and was too lazy to correct her. This little thing seemed to not understand human language, or her brain was too small to remember too many things. The things she had repeatedly told her, she would always forget when she was excited.
The enchantress was so good to her, and Ji Zhu became even more clingy to her. When she was bathing, she also wanted to be by her side.
Ji Zhu’s upper body was lying on the edge of the bathtub, her two paws in the water, soaking with the enchantress.
Jiang Bai looked at her paws, which would occasionally bloom in the water.
“…”
