Chapter 114 – Meeting Old Friends
Chapter 114 – Old Friends
According to the sect’s regulations, the disciples who entered the top ten of the grand competition were able to obtain a precious Foundation Establishment Pill, a reward of an extremely high-grade spiritual weapon, and the qualification to enter the Little Ze Realm.
The Little Ze Realm was one of the secret realms of the Easy Sect, in which many heavenly treasures grew, and only disciples below the Foundation Establishment Stage could enter.
As for the remaining forty people, for encouragement, the sect would issue them a reward of a top-grade spirit weapon, and a bottle of top-grade Yuan Qi Dan.
Just compared to the Foundation Establishment Pill, the top grade spirit weapon and the qualification to enter the Little Zephyr Realm, these rewards were obviously very average.
Xu Chuniang sat on the bleachers, today was already the eighth day of this grand competition.
More than five thousand disciples had fought in a row until today, and only one hundred remained.
After today, these 100 people would be halved again, and the remaining 50 people would be qualified to participate in tomorrow’s finals for the final competition.
The competition at the moment was much more exciting than when the Grand Competition had just begun.
Those who were able to come this far from the thousands of outer disciples were all not people with excessive strength.
The battles between them were mesmerizing and yearning.
There were even some reputable outer disciples who easily crushed their opponents along the way, their performances were stunning and all eyes were on them.
“Senior Brother Murong has won consecutively all the way, against every opponent, he won very easily, I really want to see his true strength.”
“Senior Sister Xiao Frost and Senior Brother Gu Feng are also the same, they are the top group of fighting strength among the entire outer disciples, and they don’t have to put out their full strength at all until the final.”
“I heard that Senior Sister Xiao Frost had once refused the solicitation of three inner disciples on the occasion of being a new disciple, preferring to be alone in the outer door and cultivate hard.”
“Senior Brother Gu Feng had also refused the solicitation of two inner disciples, and at that time, many people didn’t think highly of him at all, thinking that he would definitely regret it in the future. Who knew that he would find another way to cultivate both physical and legal disciplines, making him hard to beat in the Outer Sect.”
“Outer Sect Celestial Pride like Senior Sister Xiao Frost and Senior Brother Gu Feng will always have a day to rise to prominence even if they refuse the solicitation of the Inner Sect disciples. Unfortunately, we don’t have as good of talent and enlightenment as they do.”
Hearing the surrounding disciples’ comments and envy, Xu Chuniang realized that among the top ten, the three disciples with the highest calling in this Grand Competition, two of them had rejected the solicitation of the inner sect disciples.
However, the two had relied on their own efforts to crush their way to this point, and it was highly likely that they would become the top ten of this Grand Competition, thus obtaining the Foundation Establishment Pill to successfully build their foundations and enter the Inner Sect.
Xu Chuniang’s eyes revealed a bright color, what these two were able to do, she would definitely be able to do!
Today’s competition only had fifty matches, with ten matches taking place at the same time each time. However, at lunchtime, the fifty matches were quickly finished and there were results.
Unsurprisingly, that Murong, Xiao Frost, and Gu Feng were among the remaining fifty people.
Xu Chuniang got up, ready to go back.
Watching eight consecutive days of high-intensity bouts made her cognizant of the strength of the entire Easy Sect’s outer disciples, understanding what kind of strength it took to become a top ten in the Outer Sect Competition.
For the next finals, Xu Chuniang did not intend to watch any more.
She had already watched enough bouts and wasn’t interested in who would be able to make it through the competition and become the final winner.
“Fellow Daoist Xu?”
A voice came from behind, causing Xu Chuniang to take a step in her footsteps.
She turned her head with some confusion, and after recognizing the person in front of her, a smile appeared on her face, “So it’s Fellow Daoist Su.”
The one who called out to Xu Chuniang was no one else but the outer disciple who had had a brief encounter, Su Chen.
Su Chen had a faint smile on his face, “I was a little worried that I recognized the wrong person just now. Five years have passed, I didn’t expect that we would bump into each other here, is Fellow Daoist Xu also here to watch the Outer Sect Competition?”
Xu Chuniang nodded, “Isn’t Fellow Daoist Su also?”
The two of them looked at each other and silently smiled.
Although the two of them, Xu Chuniang and Su Chen, did not interact deeply, the friendship between the two of them was rather like a gentleman’s friendship as light as water. Su Chen looked around at the coming and going hustle and bustle of the disciples and proposed, “It’s been a long time, why don’t we change places and have a good chat?”
Xu Chuniang thought about it, around today is already noon, and met a few years have not seen friends, that is, delayed for a short while, may not matter, so nodded to agree.
Su dust in the front to lead the way, the two walked towards a deserted mountain, and soon arrived at the rare place.
Su Chen stopped his footsteps and took a look around, “This is the place, you, Fellow Daoist Xu, won’t mind the barrenness of this place, right?”
Xu Chuniang shook her head and leisurely sat on a rock.
Seeing this, Su Chuan smiled and followed Xu Chuniang’s example, finding a rock to sit down next to her.
“This goodbye with Fellow Daoist Xu is more than five years of not seeing each other, what has Fellow Daoist Xu been busy with all these years?”
Xu Chuniang thought for a moment, “Farming and practicing.”
Su Chen was dumbfounded, then lost his smile, “I had forgotten that Fellow Daoist Xu was originally studying spiritual plants.”
“But it’s just to earn contribution points. What about Fellow Daoist Su, have you made any progress in the art of seal scripts over the years? I remember that five years ago, you were able to draw a mid-grade defense talisman.”
Su Chen was very frank, “Right now, I can already refine top-grade talisman seals, and occasionally, if I’m lucky, I can even become an extreme-grade talisman seal.”
Hearing this, Xu Chuniang revealed a look of envy and yearning.
She had been learning the art of talismanic seals for three years, but she had only mastered a few types of medium-grade talismanic seals, and she didn’t know when she would be able to refine top-grade talismanic seals, or even extreme-grade talismanic seals.
“I’ve also started making talismans in recent years, but I’m not as good as Fellow Daoist Su, I can only make medium-grade talismans.”
A trace of surprise flashed across Su Chen’s face, “To be able to refine mid-grade talisman seals in just a few years, Fellow Daoist Xu’s talent is already quite good.”
For many people with average talent, the time it took to take the step from lower-grade talisman seals to mid-grade would take years, let alone starting from scratch.
Xu Chuniang shook her head and smiled, she was a member of her own family who knew her own family’s business, she couldn’t be considered to be much talented, she could only say that practice makes perfect.
The two were obviously not familiar with each other, but like old friends who had known each other for many years, they talked happily.
From the art of seal scripts to cultivation, to the hundred arts of Immortal Cultivation, each of them exchanged their views.
Su Chuan spoke eloquently, “In fact, there is no difference between high and low cultivation, take the puppet way that has long since disappeared as an example, there was once a YuanYing powerhouse who was proficient in the ancient puppet art, and was able to create puppets comparable to the late Jindan cultivation level.”
Xu Chuniang nodded in agreement, the spirit plant she had learned looked very average, but the gains were actually not low anymore.
It was just that many disciples simply didn’t look at it favoring the auxiliary type of spirit plant, and refused to get down to learning it, which was also the reason why spirit plants were relatively cold.
Su Chen sighed lightly, “Like alchemy, it’s been popular since ancient times, but how many people have dipped their whole lives into it, and when they die, they’re still just an understudy medicine boy.”
Xu Chuniang thought deeply.
The resources needed to cultivate an alchemist or an artifact refiner were enormous.
Most outer disciples without backgrounds were already doing well if they could successfully become a grade one alchemist.
In addition to completing the tasks entrusted by the sect, outer disciples also had to earn spirit stones to take care of their own cultivation, making it difficult for them to go far on the path of alchemy.
As the sun shifted to the west, the two of them said their goodbyes.
Before leaving, Su Chen put forward an invitation, “Your cultivation is already at the sixth level of Qi cultivation, in a couple of days, I’m going to go to the Black Moon Demon Cave to practice, do you want to come along?”
(End of chapter)