Yangzi shouted, "Why aren't you coming in and explaining things to Tingting? If you don't, don't blame me for showing all those things to your grandfather!"

As she spoke, Lu Jiajia pursed her lips and walked in from outside.

He said somewhat apologetically to Dongfang Ting, "I'm sorry, Tingting. Well, I deliberately misled you before, making you think that Yangzi liked me in the game. I also deliberately sent you a lot of photos of Yangzi with young girls. Of course, you can't entirely blame me. Yangzi himself doesn't know his place and goes over to chat with young girls whenever he sees them. Otherwise, he wouldn't have given me this opportunity."

Yangzi was so angry she wanted to curse: "The store was too busy, so I went over to help attract customers. Besides, there was a distance between us, and you deliberately used the visual difference. Also, we weren't talking about anything random, just games! If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll go find Commander Lu to settle this with."

Lu Jiajia protested, "Go ahead, go if you dare! Waaah, I'm already heartbroken, and you're still being so mean to me!"

Nan Qu and Su Ruoyan, who had been standing to the side for a while, knew that the matter was basically over when they saw this scene: "If there's nothing else, can we start eating now?"

Then, a large group of people who should have been in a well-insulated room on the second floor suddenly appeared from the stairs: "Let's eat! We've been smelling this for ages and we're so hungry!"

"That's right, oh dear, I was enjoying the melon I was eating just now, but I'm still hungry."

"You're satisfied psychologically, but not physically."

The large group of people coming down made Yangzi and her two companions blush with embarrassment.

Everyone helped to set up the table and bring the prepared food to the table.

Lu Jiajia was pulled to her side by Nan Qu, who stuffed a piece of meat into her mouth, which was crying pitifully, and then she quieted down completely.

Nan Qu never expected that a single meal would turn Yang Zi, who had previously looked down on her with disdain, into a fawning person.

Lu Jiajia even said that she had to eat and take things away to make up for her wounded little heart.

Overall, the craftsmanship of Nanqu Opera once again received praise from everyone.

The busiest days of the year have passed just like that.

After the New Year, Su Ruoyan was about to leave, so the family said goodbye to the Su family in advance and drove their RV back to their long-missed home.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Su Ruoyan received a phone call, said goodbye to Nan Qu and the two children, and left home.

Everything returned to normal.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, after the Lantern Festival, Su Ruisheng and Lin Yaqing also came here. They said they would continue to help take care of the children, and told Nanqu to go and do whatever work she had on her mind.

The two children were very understanding and didn't insist that their mother stay with them. They simply asked their mother to take them home when she wasn't busy.

Nan Qu was very happy that her two children were so sensible. But she did have something to do.

"Xiao Kong, if you were even more powerful and could grasp the timeline of the cultivation world, I wouldn't have to go through all this trouble."

Time-Space Beast: "Heh, you're dreaming! You'd better go cultivate. If nothing happens after fifteen days of seclusion, people will definitely become suspicious."

Nan Qu sighed, resigned herself to her fate, and came to the world of cultivation to begin her practice.

Before the competition, she needs to cultivate to at least the sixth level of the Qi Refining stage. At the very least, it will make it appear as if she has been working hard.

Finally, on the day of the competition, Nan Qu arrived at the arena with a cultivation level of the sixth level of Qi Refining.

Unlike before when it was just a simple competition venue, now there is a martial arts hall on the left side of the arena, where the list of finalists and their scores are displayed high up.

Meanwhile, Nan Qu had already dropped from first place to tenth. This makes sense, since Nan Qu eliminated people with only ten points each, without any extra points. But these other people had earned their points through actual competition; some had high scores, but were eliminated by someone else, so their combined scores naturally surpassed hers.

The final round involves selecting the top ten from fifty people. Then, the top ten are ranked.

Making it into the top ten grants entry into the Judicial Office, making one one of the ten top disciples of the Xuanjian Sect, and a core disciple of the sect. This is an even more prestigious position than that of an inner disciple.

Therefore, as long as you make it into the top ten disciples, that's fine. As for the ranking of the top ten disciples, apart from the first place, the other rankings are not important.

This competition was conducted by drawing lots.

To ensure fairness, the names of those ranked last are contained within countless wooden balls. The head referee tosses these balls directly into the air, and those ranked in even numbers try to grab them. Whoever has a ball in their hand plays against that person.

Taking advantage of the chaos, no one can act out of favoritism or corruption.

Nanqu was in tenth place, so naturally she had to go for the ball.

You should know that nowadays, among the first fifty meters, apart from her being the only one in the Qi Refining stage, the others are all in the late Foundation Establishment stage or the late Great Perfection stage, and the youngest is fifteen or sixteen years old.

With Nan Qu's current body size of only seven years old, she really looks like an ant inside.

However, no one would underestimate this little girl who single-handedly eliminated the entire arena.

With the referee's action, twenty-five balls were thrown into the air.

These people all soared into the air, each displaying their unique abilities, as if the person who snatched the first ball was the most powerful.

Seeing this, Nan Qu's lips twitched, and she took a step back.

I'm very worried about being infected by someone with such low intelligence.

Soon, everyone caught a ball in mid-air. As they landed safely, one of the balls shattered upon impact with a "thud."

Nanqu ran over and picked up the note.

Everyone fell silent for a moment, seemingly for no apparent reason, upon witnessing this scene.

Someone in the audience chuckled, and everyone around laughed.

"Speaking of which, it seems like everyone tries to grab the ball like this during every competition. Why doesn't anyone wait for the ball to fall?"

"No, I don't know, I guess I've gotten used to it."

"If we wait until the ball falls and breaks, wouldn't we be able to see the names of the people inside?"

"But now it seems like the person who stole the ball was really stupid."

Despite being glared at fiercely, Nan Qu didn't care and cheerfully took the slip of paper to the referee supervisor to register.

After registration, the intense competition began.

Unlike previous free-for-all matches, this time it's a single, sequential game.

The arena was divided into twenty-five smaller arenas; simply enter them in order of rank.

Once everyone was ready, Nan Qu saw her opponent, a sixteen-year-old girl.

The young girl frowned upon seeing Nan Qu: "I know you. Even though you're so young and your cultivation is low, I won't show any mercy. I'm determined to be one of the top ten disciples!"

Nan Qu glanced at the little girl and then chuckled.