Chapter 85 I was cheated for the nth time
After calming down for a while, Ruan Xing finally realized the strange thing.
The 'Wang Zhi' who killed her in the simulation just now used spiritual power, but he was not the Wang Zhi who openly exposed his magic power in the Black Water Lake.
This face was definitely not Xu Sixi himself. According to what she had learned about Xu Sixi's personality, he was a very arrogant person. When he had just come out of the Hanshan Secret Realm, he would never have been the type to swallow his anger when Zhao Fengchun didn't recognize him.
But Wang Zhi from the Elder Peak wanted to kill her as soon as they met, which meant that he was still related to the demon cultivators...
So why do they both use the same face?
Ruan Xing thought hard, but his mind became more and more confused.
That's not right. Xu Sixi has Elder Xu as his backer in the Xuanbing Sect of Nanzhou, and he has a bunch of fellow disciples around him. What reason does he have to collude with the evil cultivators and betray the sect?
Unless... he didn't know Xie Huai was a demon cultivator and was just deceived by him.
If this is the case, it is impossible for Xu Sixi to master the art of shapeshifting so quickly.
Could it be that she was deceived by Xie Huai again? Wasn't his ability to change his appearance based on the illusion technique?
Damn Xie Huai, who on earth was it that only discovered he was deceived half a year later? It was Ruan Xing himself!
Ruan Xing was so angry that her liver hurt, but there was nothing she could do, because the one who taught her the art of shapeshifting was Xie Huai in the simulation, and the real Xie Huai had no idea about this matter...
I can only swallow this loss by myself.
She also didn't plan to go to Xu Sixi to give gifts again, because she didn't know when Xu Sixi had hooked up with Xie Huai. Even if she went to please Xu Sixi, it would be difficult to succeed with Xie Huai around.
The most important thing at the moment is to pass the preliminary exam first.
Ruan Xing found some mulberry ropes and wrapped them around the hilt of the sword, making a thick layer. Although it affected the feel a little, he got used to it after practicing a few times. He brushed a few layers of tung oil on the soles of his shoes and used spiritual power to dry them. He then took out a flower hairband and tied all his hair behind his head.
After taking care of these small details, Ruan Xing fell asleep peacefully, waiting for the competition the next day.
The next day, Ruan Xing did not go to talk to Xiong Dacheng. It was only when the referee announced that it was their turn to play that their eyes met for the first time.
Ruan Xing secretly sighed and said, "Please."
As soon as he finished speaking, the protective shield rose, Ruan Xing leaped up with the sword in hand, and launched a preemptive attack. With a light normal attack, he left a white mark on Xiong Dacheng's bronze skin.
Xiong Dacheng did not dodge. Instead, he followed the force of Ruan Xing's sword and moved sideways to try to grab her.
With yesterday's experience, Ruan Xing of course knew that Xiong Dacheng's spiritual power was hidden in his flesh and bones. He did not use any magic weapon because his own body was the best magic weapon. At the same level, it was almost impossible to break his defense.
Similarly, he spent all his time and energy on physical training and was not so proficient in magic. If he met Xie Huai, he might be fooled by Xie Huai's formation.
Ruan Xing kicked Xiong Dacheng's sturdy calf, and took advantage of the reaction force to quickly retreat backwards, pinching his fingers and saying, "Five Directions, Water!"
A long whip made of clear water wrapped around Xiong Dacheng's body like a water snake. Within a few breaths, it quickly moved throughout his body, gathered at his neck, and turned into a large round bubble on his head, covering his mouth, nose and eyes.
Although the foundation-building cultivators have evolved away from eating and sleeping, they still need to breathe. However, the cultivators' breath is long-lasting, so they can stay in the bubble for an hour without any problem. This doesn't seem to have much of an impact.
The only impact may be that due to the refraction of water, Xiong Dacheng's vision is no longer accurate, but it doesn't matter, he has spiritual consciousness.
"This seems to be of no use?" A disciple in the audience asked in confusion.
But Ruan Xing couldn't hear it, because all her attention was on Xiong Dacheng at the moment.
As if feeling some trouble, Xiong Dacheng clenched his palm into a fist and swung it just in front of his nose. The strong wind from his fist shattered the bubbles. A large bubble of water splashed all over his body, soaking him like a drowned chicken. However, he did not waste his spiritual power on drying the water. Instead, he shook his head to let the water droplets on his face and hair fall naturally. He took off his shirt, which had no sense of presence in the first place, and threw it aside, revealing his sturdy upper body.
The huge inverted triangle body seemed inconsistent with his small head.
The two of them fought back and forth. Xiong Dacheng's goal was very clear. Since he was sure that Ruan Xing's magic sword could not hurt him, he did not dodge or evade Ruan Xing's attacks. He just wanted to catch her sword and use the same trick again. Ruan Xing had more things to consider. On the one hand, she kept using the Five Directions Water Movement Technique to hinder Xiong Dacheng, and on the other hand, she was always careful to keep a distance so that the opponent could not catch her. Even when she used the Lianyun Sword Technique to attack the opponent, she would take back the sword in time to prevent Xiong Dacheng from catching her.
Soon, the entire arena was like a rainstorm from a clear sky. The entire floor became wet, and water marks condensed into one piece on the ground. As the two men chased each other, the sound of stepping on water was heard.
If it weren't for the protective cover, the water would probably have flowed off the stage.
The time had come, Ruan Xing no longer focused on dodging, but instead stabbed Xiong Dacheng with his sword. The latter did not dodge at all, but directly grabbed the sword with his big hands like a palm leaf fan, and wrestled with Ruan Xing.
This was the situation Ruan Xing had been avoiding before. Her strength was not as great as Xiong Dacheng's. If she was caught by him, she would either have to abandon her sword or be pulled over by him.
Ruan Xing did not let go, but smiled slightly. The moment he was pulled over by Xiong Dacheng, he stuck a talisman that he had prepared in his other hand on the sword and activated it with his spiritual power.
Xiong Dacheng roared in pain, quickly let go and stepped back, looking down at his palms. From the palms to the wrists and forearms, there were almost all traces of burns from lightning and fire. The skin and flesh were charred and turned inside out, and there was a burnt smell.
The people in the audience were suddenly shocked.
"what is that!?"
"Third-grade Thunder and Fire Talisman!"
"A talisman that costs several hundred spirit stones is used in the preliminary examination, right?"
The mulberry rope on Ruan Xing's sword handle was an insulator. Although she felt her hand holding the sword was slightly hot, she was not harmed by the burning of lightning and fire.
Although Xiong Dacheng retreated, the effect of the thunder and fire talisman on Ruan Xingjian's body had not yet been fully exerted. She turned the sword over and stabbed it towards the ground. Although it did not damage the floor tiles of the arena, the water marks on the ground caused ripples. The lightning and thunder flowed along the water and reached Xiong Dacheng without any hindrance. He was twitching all over from the electric shock. Although it was not as serious as the direct contact with the thunder and fire talisman just now, his bronze skin began to have small chapped wounds.
The tung oil on the soles of Ruan Xing's shoes is waterproof and protects against damage from lightning.
Since Xiong Dacheng's copper skin had been broken by her, she naturally had to take advantage of the victory and pursue him. Ruan Xing pinched her fingers with one hand and swung her sword with the other. A large ball of water fell on Xiong Dacheng's body. He finally couldn't hold on and fell to the ground. Ruan Xing's sword also pierced his shoulder blade.
The protective shield was removed, and the referee stepped forward and waved his hand to clean up the water stains on the ring. "Ruan Xing wins."
"This physical cultivator actually lost. Am I seeing things right?"
"Indeed, he was defeated. Although he relied on the power of the third-grade thunder and fire talisman, he was able to use water to attract lightning and thunder, and he doesn't seem like a coward." "It seems that the male cultivator's methods were indeed dirty yesterday. If I were to compete with him tomorrow, I would definitely not be fooled by him!"
The discussions from the audience reached Ruan Xing's ears. She jumped off the stage and Xiong Dacheng was also carried down.
Because Ruan Xing was thinking about protecting himself, Xiong Dacheng's injury was not as serious as in the simulation, but he would probably only be able to perform at 50% of his strength in tomorrow's competition. The damage to his shoulder blade meant that he had lost one arm, and it would definitely take him a long time to recover in one day.
Because of Xiong Dacheng's miserable condition today, many monks were afraid of meeting Ruan Xing tomorrow, so after returning, they quietly changed into rubber shoes brushed with tung oil, or prepared waterproof and fireproof magic tools and talismans.
It’s a pity that Ruan Xing only prepared this one thunder and fire talisman, and the one she will face tomorrow is a swordsman, so others will not be able to enjoy it.
After the competition, Ruan Xing returned to his residence and turned on the real-life simulation to see how to deal with the swordsman, but he was unexpectedly confused.
Why did you change people?
In Ruan Xing's third match, he was actually facing a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building. The cultivator's strength was average, but he was able to easily win just by relying on the Lianyun Sword Technique and his cultivation suppression.
After finishing the simulation, she frowned and wondered why the opponent was changed in the third game?
It is known that her three opponents at the beginning were specially arranged for her because they stole Xu Sixi's business by selling elixirs.
The change of opponent was naturally because Xu Sixi changed her mind. There were two variables compared to the first text simulation. One was that she mocked Xie Huai in front of the water curtain and directly admitted defeat in the first game, embarrassing Xie Huai; the other was that she defeated Xiong Dacheng in the second game and seriously injured him.
So... Xie Huai hooked up with Xu Sixi during the period around the first competition. After Xie Huai's instigation and Xiong Dacheng's injury, Xu Sixi changed her mind and replaced her opponent to allow her to enter the re-examination or enter the secret realm.
If you want her to enter the re-examination and then have someone else beat her up, it should be unlikely, because the elders are watching. You will be beaten in both the first and re-examination, and you can't kill people.
As for the latter... Xie Huai wanted to kill two birds with one stone and lure her into the secret realm as well to capture her in one fell swoop?
There were not many points left, so Ruan Xing quickly recharged another 100 spirit stones and started the text simulation to see the results.
As expected, after she chose memory, she hardly encountered any tough opponents afterwards. She made it into the top 30 and successfully obtained the qualification to enter the secret realm. However, on the second day after entering the secret realm, she was blocked by "Wang Zhi" and several monks and was killed.
Tsk...Xu Sixi wants to kill her.
He himself was in the late foundation building stage, and he was accompanied by one late foundation building stage and two middle foundation building stage lackeys. It was easy for him to kill someone in the secret realm.
We have to think of a way to deal with it.
The third day of the competition went on as usual.
Some disciples who were seriously injured in the previous two days spent a lot of money to buy Brother Xu's second-grade healing pills. After a rest, they were barely able to participate in the third day's competition. However, the viewing experience was not as high as the previous two days. Sometimes two injured disciples who were arranged in the same game could not help but sympathize with each other, looking like old, weak, sick and powerless.
Some people also approached Ruan Xing privately to buy healing pills, but she really didn't have much this time, so she couldn't help. If she used the simulator to get second-grade healing pills, it would be more trouble than it was worth. She had to use her spirit stone points sparingly.
In Ruan Xing's first round of competition, she easily won the victory and walked down the stage to the water curtain.
She didn't know the name of the swordsman and just wanted to take a look. But when she did, she found something different.
The number of people participating in the competition is an odd number. In the first two days, one person was given a bye every day, but for today's water curtain, no one was given a bye.
Did someone withdraw from the competition due to serious injuries? I haven't heard of that.
She was somewhat glad that she had watched the water curtain during the real-life simulations over the past few days. She closed her eyes and searched the simulated memories in her mind. After several comparisons, she finally confirmed that it was not that someone had withdrawn from the competition, but that there was one more name on the water curtain.
Xuxi.
Is this person Xu Sixi?
Ruan Xing was thinking about it when he saw Xie Huai from the corner of his eye, and there was another person traveling with him.
When these two people appeared together at the same time, Ruan Xing almost had a brain crash.
Fortunately, she had already known in the simulation that Xu Sixi used Wang Zhi's face, so she was mentally prepared. She was stunned for a moment before she calmed down and did not show any shock or surprise.
When Xie Huai saw her, he came over with a smile on his face and took the initiative to say hello, then introduced: "This fellow disciple is called Xu Xi, and he is in the middle stage of foundation building. We hit it off as soon as we met yesterday and had a great conversation. So we came here together today."
Okay, you came here to scare her on purpose, right?
"Hello, Senior Brother Xu." Ruan Xing bowed obediently, blinking her eyes. "This is our first meeting. Do you have any gift for me, Senior Brother?"
Xu Xi was startled when he heard this, and the expression on his face seemed to crack for a moment, "Gift for meeting?"
"Yes, Junior Brother Xie is very generous. When he first met me in the outer sect, he gave me a gift of 100 spirit stones. I thought all Junior Brother Xie's friends were the same as him. It doesn't matter if they don't have any. I won't blame you." Ruan Xing's tone was disappointed but firm.
Xie Huai now felt a little regretful for letting Xu Xi and Ruan Xing meet.
He quickly tried to smooth things over, "It's just that Senior Sister Ruan helped me a little, and I'm giving her a small gift as a thank you... Senior Brother Xu, let's go over quickly, it's our turn next."
Xu Xi looked at him strangely, said nothing, nodded, and left with Xie Huai.
Xie Huai's opponent in the third match was Xu Xi.
Ruan Xing looked at the two people on the stage from afar. It seemed that they were fighting with all their might and were evenly matched. In fact, their acting skills were superb. After a quarter of an hour, they still had plenty of energy and no flesh was hurt. After half an hour, the winner was finally decided. Xie Huai lost, and the two of them went off the stage in harmony, talking and laughing.
"Oh." Ruan Xing sighed dejectedly.
Xie Huai alone is already difficult to deal with, and now there’s Xu Sixi.
The two elders were still sitting on the crystal chairs in mid-air, seemingly watching the competitions on the arenas intently.
Or, report it?
But how could she explain the source of the information... If she tricked Xie Huai, he would definitely find something to hold against her.
Shit, why are they the only ones who can kill her?
When she becomes powerful enough, she will kill you all!
Thanks to Qiu Shui Ji Na Jia for the monthly ticket~
(End of this chapter)
