Seeing that no one seemed inclined to continue towards Ying Shui Lake, Su Qing couldn't help but shake her head inwardly.

The cultivation conditions at the Xuanling Sect are so excellent that the disciples of these sects have become less driven.

In her previous life, when she was cultivating in the Cloud Sword Sect, she had to fight for all resources herself. Her fellow disciples were all competitors, and every day was a life-or-death struggle.

When Su Qing was at the peak of the Qi Refining stage, she could compete with fourth-order demonic beasts. After she reached the Foundation Establishment stage, she even snatched an injured fifth-order demonic beast from another sect.

Look at these cultivators from the Xuanling Sect. Even Gu Fengying, who is already in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, couldn't kill a third-tier demonic beast cleanly and efficiently.

There is far too little real-world experience.

However, Su Qing wouldn't say anything. Right now, she was just a Qi Refining Stage 5 cultivator, which was only at the bottom of this group of cultivators. She had no right to criticize them.

Ye Xinxin's barbecue was ready, and the little green snake was the first to dart out, its tail wrapped around a tree branch, poking its head out to swallow the barbecue on top.

This little green snake is really something; with a flick of its neck, it swallowed a large piece of roasted meat.

Su Qing couldn't help but laugh when she saw how it had made her all greasy.

While eating barbecue and chatting with her fellow disciples, Su Qing was relaxed even while training outside, because she didn't need to be wary of the Xuanling Sect disciples around her.

Meanwhile, Su Ruoshan, who had already joined the Cloud Sword Sect, was not so lucky.

Su Ruoshan's situation can be described as very tragic.

There was no food at the Cloud Sword Sect, so they had to find food in the Gobi Desert.

Su Ruoshan was holding a string of insects and roasting them over a fire.

These days, she has become skilled at catching insects in the Gobi Desert and sticking them on sticks to make insect strings.

This string contains not only sandworms, but also sand scorpions and sand spiders.

Su Ruoshan felt disgusted just looking at it, and she had to half-close her eyes to force herself to swallow it.

Shui Qingrou sat in the corner with a cold smile, watching her. These past few days, Shui Qingrou had seen through Su Ruoshan completely.

In Shui Qingrou's eyes, Su Ruoshan was just a fool pretending to be smart.

She still doesn't know the situation of the Cloud Sword Sect, and of course, she wouldn't be foolish enough to tell Su Ruoshan everything.

She wished Su Ruoshan would be eliminated sooner rather than later.

If someone with better dual spiritual roots than her were to grow up, when would Shui Qingrou ever have a chance to rise to prominence?

Su Ruoshan reluctantly ate the insects. Although she was still not full, she didn't want to eat another bite today.

These days, Su Ruoshan has been diligently cultivating, and has already progressed from the third level of Qi Refining to the fourth level. Su Ruoshan is very satisfied with her cultivation speed.

You should know that in her previous life, when she was in the Xuanling Sect, it took her half a year to cultivate to the fourth level of Qi Refining.

Su Ruoshan was eager to cultivate to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

Reaching the fifth level of Qi Refining means she can now practice swordsmanship.

Once she cultivates the Cloud Sword Technique, she will never eat these desert insects again.

Yes, that's right. She should at least catch a few level one gerbils to roast and eat, or better yet, sand hares. Sand hares should taste better than gerbils, right?

"Junior Sister Su Ruoshan, are you aware of the bottom-ranked elimination system in our Cloud Sword Sect?" A seductive figure walked over.

Su Ruoshan looked up and saw that it was her fourth senior sister.

Fourth Senior Sister Shen Qianqian was wearing a tight robe that excessively revealed her figure. To facilitate movement, the slit in her robe went all the way up to her thighs, revealing her strong thigh muscles.

Shen Qianqian's hair was loose, like black satin, and it cascaded down to her calves.

Don't underestimate this beautiful head of hair; it can be used as a weapon in a critical moment.

Although she was only at the peak of the Qi Refining stage, Su Qing had once seen Shen Qianqian use a single hair to tie up a flying second-tier demon beast, the Sand Goose, into a dumpling.

The sand geese fell from the sky and naturally became a delicious meal for them.

Even though Su Ruoshan was a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the Xuanling Sect in her previous life, she couldn't be as strong as Shen Qianqian.

"What do you mean by 'last place elimination'?" Su Ruoshan asked.

Shen Qianqian glanced at Shui Qingrou, chuckled, and said, "You really didn't tell her."

“I told her that we’ll be competitors from now on,” Shui Qingrou said, glancing at Su Ruoshan with a mocking look in her eyes.

Shen Qianqian raised an eyebrow and said to Su Ruoshan, "In our Cloud Sword Sect, if someone is still ranked last after a year of joining, then their first anniversary is their death day!"

Su Ruoshan froze upon hearing this.

What?

After a year of training, being ranked last means certain death?

What sect would make such a rule?

Did Su Qing go through the same thing in her previous life?

No wonder the Cloud Sword Sect only had so few disciples; they were all killed.

Su Ruoshan froze, and slowly turned her head to look at Shui Qingrou.

Shui Qingrou, ranked seventh among her siblings, has already reached the fifth level of Qi Refining after only three months of training.

If Su Ruoshan's cultivation level cannot surpass Shui Qingrou's, it means that she only has less than a year left to live.

"If you want to save your life, you only have two paths. First, you must cultivate diligently and become stronger than the disciples ranked ahead of you. Second, you must find a new disciple to be your scapegoat."

Shen Qianqian gave Su Ruoshan a meaningful look and said, "In our Cloud Sword Sect, we welcome new disciples to join us."

After saying that, Shen Qianqian swayed her hips and left.

Shui Qingrou raised her eyes and glanced at Su Ruoshan, saying, "I was tricked into coming here by Senior Brother Zhao Qingfan, just like you."

Su Ruoshan was completely stunned.

“But Senior Brother Zhao Qingfan is only at the Foundation Establishment stage,” Su Ruoshan murmured.

Shui Qingrou snorted coldly and said, "Second Senior Brother Si Ting is a master alchemist. The pills he refines can conceal his original cultivation level! Senior Brother Zhao Qingfan is only at the eighth level of Qi Refining. He used pills to cover up his true cultivation level and tricked people into joining the Cloud Sword Sect."

“I’m the first, and you’re the second. You understand his intentions without me having to explain them,” Shui Qingrou said.

"So that I won't be eliminated at the bottom," Su Ruoshan said.

“I’m an orphan, so it’s normal for me to be deceived by Zhao Qingfan. Su Ruoshan, isn’t your Su family a family of cultivators? You’re the eldest daughter, and you have dual spiritual roots, so why were you also deceived?” Shui Qingrou looked at Su Ruoshan with disdain.

Su Ruoshan didn't say anything.

What could she say?

Can we say she was reborn, or can we say that in her previous life she joined the Xuanling Sect, accomplished nothing, and died a tragic death, so she wanted to steal her half-sister's opportunity and insisted on coming to the Yunjian Sect?

Su Ruoshan felt regretful at this moment.

In this second life, she could have just joined the Xuanling Sect and cultivated properly. Why did she have to come to this Gobi Desert to look for some kind of opportunity?

Opportunity? What opportunity is there?

If she doesn't start cultivating soon, she'll only have less than a year left to live.

Yes, she wants to cultivate!

Su Ruoshan thought that she had dual spiritual roots and memories of her past life, and was able to cultivate the cultivation method of the Xuanling Sect. Her cultivation method was many times better than that of the Yunjian Sect.

So, she's not entirely without hope!

She doesn't need to compare herself with her fellow disciples; she only needs to be stronger than Shui Qingrou!