Chapter 84 You are a demon cultivator, then who is he?
With the ability of that demon cultivator, he would not necessarily lose no matter who he met, but he was different from Ruan Xing. In every fight, he had to restrain his instinct and not use his magic power. Instead, he used formations to solve the problem, which was more troublesome.
Ruan Xing would rather let him fight a few more games to consume his energy and trump cards.
It's a pity that the sky didn't go as planned.
Ruan Xing returned to his residence in a sad and angry mood, planning to vent his anger tonight.
The real-life simulation started, and Ruan Xing lay in bed and had a good sleep. The next day, when he heard voices coming from the square, he got up and cast a dust-collecting spell on himself.
She and the physical cultivator were competing in the third round on Arena No. 1. It was not their turn yet, but both of them had already appeared around the arena, watching the competition of others while waiting.
Ruan Xing's heart moved, and he moved over and took the initiative to talk to him, "Good morning, Senior Brother Xiong."
The tall man heard someone telling him to look left and right, and only lowered his head when Ruan Xing patted his strong thighs, and said in a very dull voice: "Sorry, Junior Sister, I didn't see you just now."
Ruan Xing was a little speechless, but she could tell that the other party didn't mean it... Never mind, she shook her head and said, "It's okay, Senior Brother Xiong, I'm your opponent in the next round. You see, my small body probably can't withstand a few punches from you, so please go easy on me later!"
It was just a humble and complimenting joke, but Xiong Dacheng said seriously, "No, Junior Sister, I have to break your bones. You should buy some healing pills first."
Ruan Xing:?
She was full of questions. What was he talking about?
How come you, a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, are so arrogant that you say such harsh words before the fight even starts?
But thinking back to yesterday, Xiong Dacheng clearly grabbed the female cultivator and threw her to the ground, and she couldn't stand up. Why did he have to go to the trouble of breaking the female cultivator's arm?
Ruan Xing asked, "Why?"
"Because people should keep their promises, I have promised Brother Xu that I must do it."
Senior Brother Xu? Who is that? Ruan Xing felt her mind getting even more confused, and quickly pulled Xiong Dacheng's collar: "Come on, Senior Brother, can you lend me a hand to talk?"
After trying a few times without success, Ruan Xing felt like she was pulling a mountain. She raised her eyebrows and gave the other person a look. Xiong Dacheng scratched his head in confusion, and actually followed Ruan Xing's footsteps to the side.
Looking around, he saw no one nearby. Everyone's attention was focused on the monks competing on the ring. Ruan Xing couldn't wait to ask, "What did Senior Brother Xiong mean just now? Did Senior Brother Xu tell you that you must break the bones of everyone competing with you?"
"Yes." Xiong Dacheng nodded.
"But why?" Ruan Xing bit her lip and thought.
Xiong Dacheng thought he was being asked, so he said, "Senior Brother Xu said that this would help sell healing pills."
So that's why. No wonder there are only about ninety cultivators in total, but the second-grade healing pills are in such short supply. The injuries in the first round are so serious. The other cultivators must have a sense of crisis. Even if they don't encounter such a ruthless person in the first round, they still have to buy pills to prepare.
Presumably, Senior Brother Xu has arranged more than one medicine-selling shill like Xiong Dacheng, just to get fellow disciples with broken bones to buy his healing pills... and so on.
Ruan Xing looked at him in shock, "You're telling me now?"
Xiong Dacheng seemed even more shocked than she was. "Didn't Senior Brother Xu tell me not to tell anyone?"
Ah this... Ruan Xing held his forehead with his hand, "Okay, then what benefits did Senior Brother Xu give you?"
"Benefits?" Xiong Dacheng was at a loss, "Master said that we must listen to Senior Brother."
"So they let you work without giving you any benefits?" Ruan Xing was a little confused, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, "Wait a minute, you have a master, and you are his direct disciple? Who is your master?"
Maybe his muscles were too developed and his brain had no room to grow. Xiong Dacheng said honestly, "I am a direct disciple. The master is sitting on the stage. My senior brother said that the master is always watching me. If the master thinks that I am doing something wrong, he will definitely come down to stop me."
Ruan Xing's thoughts became a little clearer.
So the person who monopolized the healing pill industry was Senior Brother Xu. He instructed other junior brothers and sisters to seriously injure people in competitions, and then sell the healing pills at high prices. However, he did this with the tacit approval of Elder Xu. The relationship between the two of them can also be seen from their surnames. Senior Brother Xu is a relative of Elder Xu.
This... indeed there is no need to avoid people too much. It is estimated that many cultivators know about it privately, and the competitions in previous years were also conducted in this way. This is a rule of the Golden Platform Discussion that is not made public but is better than being public.
So the three competitions in her first test were also the result of Senior Brother Xu's secret manipulation to teach her a lesson for stealing her business?
Alas, I still couldn’t escape…
Ruan Xing sighed, "Thank you, Senior Brother Xiong."
Xiong Dacheng didn't understand why Ruan Xing wanted to thank him, and he opened his mouth and said "Ah?"
Although Xiong Dacheng has no scheming mind, he did not do these immoral things on his own accord. He did not even gain any benefit from them. He just did it because his master and fellow brothers told him to. He actually does not have any values of his own and just follows the people close to him.
But Ruan Xing herself was not a good person. She did not intend to be a saint who saved others. She smiled and said without explaining anything, "It seems that our competition is about to start. Let's go back quickly."
"Oh, good."
When they returned, the second match had just ended. The loser jumped off the stage in disgrace, while the winner proudly accepted the cheers from the crowd. The referee waved his hand and restored the stage to its original state. "For the third match, Ruan Xing and Xiong Dacheng, please come on stage."
The two men went on stage and saluted each other. The protective shield slowly rose, and before it was completely isolated, Ruan Xing could still hear the voices of people in the audience.
"Isn't this the one who gave up in the first game yesterday?"
"Yeah, it's so unlucky to meet this physical cultivator. I guess the child will be beaten to tears."
"That's not certain. What if he admits defeat again?"
"Haha, you gave up after three games? Then why did you sign up? Come up and play?"
"If he admits defeat again, the male cultivator from yesterday will be cleared of his grievances. He really didn't use the art of seduction!"
Ruan Xing would certainly not let Xie Huai clear his name, and she had no intention of losing this battle.
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"Thank you, Senior Brother Xu, for your help." Xie Huai held a gentle smile on his face and presented a jade box with both hands, "This is a thank you gift."
He had a bye today, so instead of going to the square he came to Elder Peak.
When he saw his name next to Ruan Xing on the water curtain list of the preliminary examination, he was already confused. After listening to Ruan Xing's words, he began to investigate. From Ruan Xing's not-so-secret behavior of selling pills, he found out the person behind it, Elder Xu's nephew and his direct disciple, Xu Sixi.
"No big deal." Xu Sixi waved his hand casually, took the jade box, opened it and saw a mask-like magic weapon lying quietly inside. "Is this magic weapon really as you said, able to change my appearance?" "Of course, you can ask Elder Xu to try it. There will be no flaws in front of him." Xie Huai was very confident in what he presented.
"Okay, don't worry. If it really works, you will definitely get a spot in the Jintai Secret Realm." Xu Sixi laughed heartily and touched the mask, reluctant to let it go.
A dark trace flashed across Xie Huai's eyes, he bowed his head and saluted, smiling gently: "Then thank you, Senior Brother Xu."
Coming out of the Elder Peak, Xie Huai looked at the Sect Leader Peak in the distance. The crystal chair and transparent water curtain hanging high in the sky formed a small light blue spot in his sight.
He was indeed a little worried. He had only started learning formations half a year before he planned to infiltrate the Xuanbing Sect. With his not-so-advanced formations, he was not sure of entering the Jintai Secret Realm, so it was better to take a shortcut if possible.
He laughed at himself, thinking that as a demon cultivator, he would use any means necessary.
Xu Sixi's affairs were no secret among the inner sect. Forty years ago, he came to the Xuanbing Sect of Nanzhou with Elder Xu. At that time, he had just established his foundation and was full of energy and vigor. He happened to catch up with the Jintai Secret Realm. He could not take up the quota of Zhongzhou disciples, so he set his sights on discussing Taoism on the Jintai. Unfortunately, his skills were not as good as others, and he was not on the list.
For forty years, even though he has now reached the late stage of foundation building, this matter is still an unsolvable knot in his heart.
In order to maintain superficial fairness and blatantly violate the rule that each cultivator can only participate in the Golden Platform Discussion once, Elder Xu would not do this for him. Therefore, he could only vent his anger by causing trouble for the cultivators participating in the Golden Platform Discussion in other ways, and he could also earn some spirit stones. Elder Xu turned a blind eye to this, and he became bolder and bolder, and even dared to manipulate the competition list.
It was at this point that Xie Huai handed him the magical weapon that could change his appearance.
It's not that he hasn't looked for similar magical instruments before, but they were not perfect enough. Either they lasted for too short a time, or they were ineffective against people with higher realms than him. What he needed most was one that was perfect, able to maintain its appearance all the time and not be noticed by Elder Xu and the head of the sect.
Xie Huai guessed that he could change the competition list, so he used this magic weapon to exchange for a condition.
Xu Sixi was naturally willing to open this back door for him, so Xie Huai got a bye, and in the next round or even in the re-examination, he would not encounter opponents above the initial stage of foundation building.
When Xie Huai first proposed this exchange, Xu Sixi was very surprised. "This magical weapon with no flaws is only for a place in the Jintai Secret Realm. You are at a disadvantage, right?"
Xie Huai just smiled and said, "The magic weapon is useless to me, but the Golden Terrace Secret Realm is useful to me. I feel it would be a disgrace to exchange it for spirit stones, so I might as well give it to my senior brother."
Xie Huai lowered his eyes. Anyway, when he arrived at the Jintai Secret Realm, he would have to return his things.
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"call--"
Ruan Xing was panting, her clothes were so torn that they could not be recognized from their original appearance. Her opponent, Xiong Dacheng, was lying on the ground, his body charred and twitching constantly.
The referee announced calmly: "Ruan Xing wins."
The protective shield was removed and the referee went over to check on Xiong Dacheng's condition. Seeing that he was still conscious, he asked him to take the healing pill himself and helped him off the stage.
With this injury, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to participate in the third game tomorrow.
After Ruan Xing stepped down, she endured the piercing pain and tore the dagger from her hand. The flesh on the palm of her hand was already stuck to the hilt, and when it was torn off, a piece of bloody flesh was torn off, and she gasped in pain.
During the competition just now, she tried out almost all the new abilities she had acquired in the simulation the day before. Although she won in the end, it was a miserable victory. She herself was not much better off. She hurt the enemy a thousand times and also hurt herself eight hundred times. Now her whole body was in pain as if it was corroded by fire.
She had to find ways to fill in the gaps and solve the problems she encountered in this simulation.
But she couldn't end the simulation now. Ruan Xing took a healing pill, used the Dust-Collecting Technique on herself, and changed her clothes.
Although his injuries have not healed yet, he looks much more energetic than before.
Ruan Xing asked about the Senior Brother Xu mentioned by Xiong Dacheng and confirmed his identity: Xu Sixi, the direct disciple of Elder Xu from Elder Peak.
After all, she was the one who snatched other people's business without saying hello first, which was rude. At this critical moment in the Jintai Secret Realm, it is best not to offend anyone. After all, Elder Xu is in charge of the Jintai Discussion, so it is easy for Xu Sixi to do anything.
It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge, even after ten years. No matter what grudge or grievance you have, it will not be too late to wait until she comes out of the Jintai Secret Realm.
After Ruan Xing inquired about Xu Sixi's residence, he went to Changlao Peak.
Now most of the disciples are watching the competition in the square. The elders are also here. There shouldn't be many people at the Elder Peak. When it comes to gift-giving, the key is to conceal one's tracks and act in secret.
Ruan Xing randomly found a box in her storage bag and put two hundred low-grade spirit stones in it. Just as she was thinking about whether she should knock on the door when visiting someone, she saw a scene that made her unbelievable and stunned.
In the courtyard of Xu Sixi's residence, a familiar figure stood there, seemingly admiring himself in front of the landscape tank in the courtyard.
All the blood in Ruan Xing's body seemed to be frozen, and his feet were rooted to the spot.
Is that... Wang Zhi?
That familiar face was clearly Wang Zhi. Ruan Xing had seen him too many times in simulations and would never make a mistake.
But why was Wang Zhi in Xu Sixi's yard? He was swaggering like a master.
She didn't know what Xu Sixi looked like, or rather, a bold guess emerged in her mind.
Wang Zhi is Xu Sixi, the elder’s direct disciple is a demon cultivator, and the elder is also a demon cultivator. The entire Nanzhou Xuanbing Sect is a demon cave!
Oh my god! What a loss!
No, no, Wang Zhi is Xu Sixi, then who is Xie Huai? When she first tested Xie Huai, Xie Huai almost agreed.
And if Xuanbing Sect is the base camp of the demonic cultivators, why would Xie Huai be afraid of exposing his identity?
This was so strange. The information she got today almost overturned all her previous thoughts.
She was so upset that her mind was in a mess. She no longer had the energy to go to Xu Sixi to give her gifts. That was just asking for death!
Just when she was about to leave, she was discovered by Wang Zhi in the yard.
Wang Zhi was startled, then frowned. He seemed to be too happy and his vigilance dropped, but he would never let anyone ruin his good deeds. This girl could not be kept no matter who she was. He attacked brazenly, and the spiritual power of the late foundation building period was contained in one move.
Ruan Xing had just competed and his spiritual power was almost exhausted. He was unable to resist, and he was also injured. He managed to maintain a thin spiritual power shield in front of his body, but it lasted less than a second before it was shattered by Wang Zhi, destroying his heart meridian.
Her limp body fell backwards and she stopped breathing.
The simulation ends.
Ruan Xing suddenly sat up from the bed, breathing heavily. Although death in real-life simulations was rare, it still happened.
Thanks to Dorothy Chen for the monthly ticket~
Thanks to high school girl Zhou Yingting for the monthly ticket~
Thanks to Qing Chengzi for the monthly ticket~
Thanks for the monthly ticket of Xiaokushenshui~
(End of this chapter)
