On the viewing platform, an elder of the Thousand Leaf Sect sighed. “This Six Sect Martial Tournament is shaping up to be a fierce struggle between dragons and tigers!”
An elder of the Wind Snow Sect cursed, “That Bright Moon Sword Sect has no shame, meddling in the Six Sect Martial Tournament like this.”
A beautiful woman from the Flower Bloom Sect looked at Xu Qing and teased, “Was it because of this that the Purple Cloud Sect made an exception and accepted male disciples?”
“Sect Master Ning hid this disciple for so many years. Truly a well-intentioned effort.”
“Perhaps.” Xu Qing offered a faint smile and didn’t explain.
She knew very well in her heart that this Martial Nephew’s strength far exceeded this level.
What they had seen was merely the tip of the iceberg!
On the viewing platform, only the elder of the Snow Garment Sect wore a dark expression and said nothing.
They hadn’t expected that Lin Heng, who had already grasped half-step Sword Intent, would still be no match for that person from the Purple Cloud Sect.
But no matter. Compared to Lin Heng, Tang Feng’s strength was the truly terrifying one.
And down in the Training Field, after the turmoil just now, the disciples of the other sects looked at that youth from the Purple Cloud Sect with some wariness.
Compared to the half-baked Sword Intent of that Junior Brother Lin earlier, the other party’s was truly complete Sword Intent.
Before this, they’d only heard that the Purple Cloud Sect’s overall strength had soared after cooperating with the Spirit Treasure Pavilion.
They hadn’t expected that, aside from that, the other side also had such a talented disciple who had cultivated Sword Intent.
Of course, besides the Purple Cloud Sect, that Tang Feng of the Snow Garment Sect was also a formidable opponent.
Because Tang Feng was originally a True Disciple of the Bright Moon Sword Sect, a Sword Cultivator who had also cultivated Sword Intent on the Sword Dao.
The Dao debate continued. A disciple spoke: “Everyone, regarding the Dao of Alchemy, how does one improve the pill-forming rate?”
“That depends on the alchemist’s disposition and their attainment in the Dao of Flora.”
“As everyone knows, treating all things as flora, the transformation of flora is the key to the pill-forming rate…”
During the debate, many disciples showed expressions of sudden realization, carefully noting down the key alchemy points in their minds.
It must be understood that no matter which path one cultivated—the Pill Dao, the Sword Dao, the Martial Dao—isolated study was a taboo.
The Dao debates of the first four days of the Six Sect Martial Tournament were established for exactly this purpose.
Anyone could propose any topic.
You could question it, and you could verify your own understanding.
“Speaking of attainment in flora, shouldn’t the Purple Cloud Sect, situated in the Hundred Flowers Valley, be more proficient?”
“Why don’t we have a Dao debate using flora attainment as the measure?”
Just then, a True Disciple from the Snow Garment Sect’s side stood up and looked toward the Purple Cloud Sect.
Deng Tianyu had some recollection of this Snow Garment Sect True Disciple who was deliberately provoking them.
Her name was Murong Yan, the Snow Garment Sect’s top alchemy genius.
But in the field of the Pill Dao, he wasn’t proficient at all. He could only watch and see how his junior sisters performed.
Suddenly, a pleasing voice rang out. Li Shishi, dressed in a light yellow long dress, stood up and said coldly, “How do you wish to debate?”
Compared to her usual self, she appeared extremely aloof at this moment.
Seeing this, Deng Tianyu’s expression became strange.
What surprised him wasn’t Li Shishi playing the aloof fairy, but that she stood up at all.
The Purple Cloud Sect had many disciples who could refine pills, and many junior sisters with excellent talent.
But Li Shishi was not among them.
He knew very well that Li Shishi was already half-heartedly lazy about cultivation itself.
If it weren’t for him and her Shizun sometimes playing good cop, bad cop, how could she have reached the Divine Ability Stage so fast?
So how would Li Shishi possibly put in the effort to study the Pill Dao?
That’s what he thought, but Deng Tianyu knew that Li Shishi wouldn’t have stood up unless she was confident.
As for where her confidence came from, he’d have to ask her!
Seeing someone stand up, Murong Yan was surprised.
What surprised her was that this aloof and exceptionally beautiful woman didn’t appear to be one of the Purple Cloud Sect’s few disciples with attainments in alchemy.
Though somewhat surprised, Murong Yan still spoke: “It’s simple. You and I each take two Snow Spirit Flower seeds. We will each use our flora attainment to catalyze them.”
“Within one incense stick’s time, whoever grows the most spirit flowers wins. What do you think?”
Li Shishi perfectly embodied the aloof fairy, answering with only a faint, “Fine!”
As far as she was concerned, there was no type of spirit flower or grass whose cultivation she couldn’t master.
Of course, that was because Mu Wanzhi had recovered her memories.
In Li Shishi’s view, she needed to let her senior brother see more of her merits. This would be helpful for the next step in her plan.
“Then let’s begin!” Murong Yan said nothing more and tossed over a Snow Spirit Flower seed.
Immediately, disciples from both sects brought an incense burner and lit a stick of incense.
In the next instant, both Murong Yan and Li Shishi each channeled their True Essence and applied their flora attainment, beginning the catalysis.
Murong Yan closed her eyes. An emerald-green light shimmered around her, dense with vitality, pouring continuously into the spirit flower seed.
On Li Shishi’s side, she shimmered with the color of a red lotus, and an extraordinarily unique, delicate fragrance spread outward.
Very quickly, Murong Yan’s side showed results.
The flower seed, bathed in the emerald-green light, soon began to grow. In no time, it was over a foot tall. Then it began producing snow-white spirit flowers.
One!
Two!
Three…
In less than half a breath, it had reached seven blooms, and they gave off a faint medicinal fragrance.
“Heavens! Has Senior Sister Murong’s flora attainment broken through again?”
“Are you blind? Isn’t it obvious?”
“Before, it was usually around six blooms. Now she’s reached seven.”
“With Senior Sister Murong’s current attainment, even the sect elders can’t compare!”
Watching the scene before them, the Snow Garment Sect disciples all wore pleased expressions, some even looking smug.
They had indeed lost terribly in the Sword Dao debate earlier.
But in this contest of flora attainment, it was almost certain—there was no suspense!
If they won this flora attainment debate, they would have pulled back a match for the Snow Garment Sect.
Seeing this, a somewhat pale Murong Yan revealed a smile.
Normally, six blooms were her limit. She hadn’t expected to surpass herself and produce an extra one.
Thinking this, Murong Yan, brimming with confidence, looked toward her opponent.
The moment she looked, that smile froze on her face.
On Li Shishi’s side, the flower seed also began to rapidly grow taller, reaching over two feet. Then it, too, started producing spirit flowers, one after another.
Two!
Four!
Eight…
In less than half a breath, it had astonishingly produced twelve spirit flowers.
And most crucially, the Snow Spirit Flowers, which should have been snow-white, had turned a pale blue.
The medicinal fragrance and spiritual energy they emitted were far richer.
In that instant, everyone in the field who understood flora attainment stared wide-eyed, expressions as if seeing a ghost.
A cultivator from the Flower Bloom Sect was confused. “Senior Sister, why did her Snow Spirit Flowers turn a pale blue?”
The latter took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in her heart, and slowly explained, “She didn’t just catalyze the Snow Spirit Flower seed to its extreme limit… she also caused it to undergo a transformation…”
