Chapter 23: Starfall Forest Xu Hui planned to go to Quinine Cave Mansion to...

Xu Hui plans to go to the Quining Cave Mansion. If she can snatch the substitute puppets from the male protagonist Lei Hong and the girl who traveled through the book, Wan Moxiao, it means that this world is not so restrictive towards cannon fodder, and she has a great chance to change her fate!

Wei Mubai didn't raise her thoughts, but only asked, "You seem to care about them particularly?"

Xu Hui thought for a moment and replied, "I think they stand out from the crowd. They are different from other cultivators. Lei Hong, on the other hand, seems to have exceptional luck."

Wei Mubai paused, staring into her eyes and said seriously, "You don't need to envy other people's opportunities. You have your own advantages. Tell me what you lack. There is no need to compete with others. Gains and losses must be determined by fate. Forcing it will only lead to obsession."

Cultivation can indeed change one's destiny, but it does not mean forcing things. Sometimes letting things take their course is also a kind of fate.

What's more, there are many immortals in this world, so for geniuses like them, it's not a bad idea to go with the flow.

Xu Hui was stunned. "So you don't care about Lei Hong taking away the Bu Tian Zhi?"

Wei Mubai patted her head and said, "You are no longer a useless person with five spiritual roots who has no one to rely on. Your talent is unmatched." So why belittle yourself? Just walk your own way, don't force it, don't compare yourself with others. Isn't that a smooth road?

Xu Hui lowered her head and thought about it. This was the truth, and it was also in line with her personality and code of conduct.

However, she looked up and said seriously, "I have an idea that needs to be verified. Perhaps that will solve my problem."

She doesn't care whether she can snatch other people's opportunities, but the identity of cannon fodder has always been a knot in her heart.

While my cultivation level is still low, if I can solve it, it won’t affect my future practice.

Otherwise, she worried that it would develop into a mental demon over time.

Wei Mubai was stunned, looked at her carefully, and then laughed dumbly, "You are not very old, but you have a lot of thoughts."

Xu Hui pursed her lips, feeling embarrassed to say that she was eighteen years old, so just pretend that she was the original owner of number twelve.

But the original owner's experience was not much easier than hers. On the contrary, she had been treated coldly and suppressed since childhood. As an orphan, it was normal for her to have mental problems, right?

"I'll go with you," Wei Mubai made the decision. Since she felt that this might develop into a mental illness, it would be better to resolve it in advance.

Xu Hui was stunned, "But the Tianjiao Competition is in two days."

She had never thought of asking Wei Mubai to accompany her. After all, the Tianjiao Competition was of great significance, and Wei Mubai had to represent the Wei family in the competition. The significance of this was not only related to his own honor, but also the status of the Wei family among the aristocratic families, the distribution of interests, and the attraction to foreign cultivators.

It is human nature to admire the strong. Following a stronger person will also lead to a greater future.

Therefore, those who are capable will only join the strongest person, the one who can lead them all the way to the sky.

If a noble family wants to be strong, it cannot rely solely on family members and affiliated family members. The world of cultivation is so vast, there are countless cultivators, many opportunities, and talented people emerge in an endless stream.

Therefore, recruiting independent cultivators from outside the aristocratic families is also one of the ways to supplement the family's strength.

Only when there are more and more strong people will the family become better and better.

But this is also a two-way selection process. The aristocratic families choose the independent cultivators, and the independent cultivators naturally have to evaluate the aristocratic families they join and the people they pledge allegiance to, to see if they have the ability to lead them further.

The Tianjiao Competition is not only a chance to show the strength and future of the aristocratic families, but also an opportunity to recruit strong people. Every aristocratic family will participate.

The last time the Wei family had Wei Muheng, he directly won the first place.

This time it was Wei Mubai's turn, and he had to participate. As the young master of the Wei family's direct lineage, he had an obligation to fulfill as he enjoyed the resources provided by the Wei family.

Wei Mubai smiled slightly, "The ones ahead are all small families, I just need to participate in the final top 100 competition."

Oh, Xu Hui remembered that the ten major families did not have to participate in the previous qualifying rounds and wait for the top 1,000 to be selected. Together with the disciples participating from the ten major families, a total of 1,010 people would participate in the competition together to determine the top 100.

There is still more than a month left before the top 100 competition, so he really doesn't need to rush.

It’s just, “Don’t you need to observe your opponent?”

Isn’t it true that there are always dark horses emerging in every competition among geniuses?

The top 100 competition is a melee, where all contestants are thrown into a secret realm to determine the final winner.

So Wei Mubai’s opponent is not just one person, but everyone!

"It's okay, I know what I'm doing," Wei Mubai was not arrogant, but he had already made arrangements and there was no need to cram at the last minute.

The Kuining Cave is outside Quxian City, on the outskirts of the Xingluo Forest, inside the Xinghe Tower.

On every full-moon night in the Starfall Forest, one can see the magnificent spectacle of countless falling stars, so some monks built an observatory tower here.

It is said that a certain senior was observing the stars here and succeeded in gaining enlightenment. He created a martial art called "The Movement of Stars" which used the power of the stars. It was full of mysteries and eventually he ascended to become an immortal.

The vast stars contain powerful power. Even without practicing, comprehending the laws of the universe can be beneficial to oneself.

Therefore, the Galaxy Tower was expanded again and again, from the original one to 1,969 towers, corresponding to the stars in the sky.

Some of these observatory towers are only used for stargazing, while others have been developed into caves for monks to live in and practice.

Some were transformed into medicine gardens, weapon refining rooms, alchemy rooms and other places, and rented out to independent practitioners.

There are tens of thousands of independent cultivators gathered here. If Quxian City is the reserved area of ​​the ten major families, then Xingluo Forest is one of the strongholds of the independent cultivator alliance.

Of course, they could not occupy all the Galaxy Towers, they only developed a few of them, and most of the towers were still ownerless.

There are also various caves opened up in some towers, which are left by the predecessors in the world of cultivation. For example, the Quinine Cave is a trial site specially modified by the predecessor Quinine before he ascended to heaven.

There are many caves like this in the Starfall Forest, with different functions.

Because it is the legacy of the predecessors, it has not been occupied by any big forces. Just like the forest and the secret realm, anyone can come.

But there will not be particularly abundant resources and opportunities. It only provides a place for low-level cultivators to train. Otherwise, it would have been divided up by major forces long ago.

The Starfall Forest is very lively, with people coming in and out constantly day and night, especially since the Tianjiao Competition has recently begun.

The Quxian City is overcrowded, and the cultivators who can't squeeze in are all living in the caves opened up in the Galaxy Tower. They also set up stalls nearby or communicate with cultivators they know or don't know.

Compared with the relatively formal stalls in the city, everything is sold here, and of course there are also many scammers.

Along the way, the words I heard most were 'this is a treasure from an ancient cave, you can't lose out by buying it with a low-grade spirit stone, and if you're lucky, you can even get a bargain' and so on.

Logically speaking, no one should believe such a scam with no technical content.

But there are always some people who are unwilling to give up and want to test their own luck.

This is because there are indeed people with great luck in the world of cultivation, and they can really buy unimaginable good things at such an ordinary stall.

Moreover, stories like this happen from time to time, and many monks have seen or heard them. As a result, they have been told so many times that they inevitably develop a sense of luck.

Xu Hui knew that she was cannon fodder and would never have such good luck, but she couldn't help but think that it was like buying a lottery ticket. She didn't have to win, she just bought one when she saw it. It was cheap anyway, so she just bought a good mood and expectation.

Even if you don't buy anything, you can still see a lot of strange and unique things by walking around and strolling around.

Sometimes you have to admire the human brain circuit, for example, a stall sells wild grass, which are the wild grass that can be found everywhere in the Starfall Forest.

There are even such weeds around the stall, and it is hard not to suspect that the stall owner just picked them casually.

Logically speaking, no one would be fooled by something like this, right?

But the stall owner was a real con man. He was eloquent and eloquent. "This is a spiritual herb that is often bathed in the power of the stars. Who knows if it has mutated? Anyway, one spirit stone is worth a large bundle. Don't you really want to try your luck? We cultivators all value opportunity, but opportunity is not static. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad. It's all normal. I see that fellow Daoist is planning to go to the Kuining Cave Mansion for training. It's indeed a good place. Most people who come out can improve their cultivation to some extent, but some people improve quickly and get good rewards, while others get injured and the rewards are mediocre. We are all the same cultivators, so why do some people gain more than others? It all depends on luck."

"But what does this have to do with buying you weed?"

"Look, my fellow Daoist, not all of my spiritual herbs are exactly alike. Take this bundle for example. There's a first-grade spiritual plant in it, worth a full ten spiritual stones. If you buy it, not only can you make ten times the money back, but it also proves that you're lucky today and are suitable for training. Isn't that right?"

"Who knows how high your probability is? If none of the ones I chose come up, wouldn't I be at a huge loss?" the man said with a sneer.

"That's it. I only have about twenty bundles of spiritual herbs on my stall. I wouldn't say half, but at least a quarter of them contain spiritual plants. But you don't even have a quarter of that luck. This means it's not a good day to go out, let alone practice. Otherwise, the loss will be even greater!"

After the stall owner finished speaking, the monk suddenly realized, "Indeed, I'll buy a bundle then."

The stall owner, beaming, waited for him to make his selection. After he finished, he unwrapped and examined the bundles, then announced loudly, "Look, fellow Daoist, you're incredibly lucky today. You picked one with a spiritual plant on your first try. Would you like to try your luck by picking a few more bundles, or go for the trial now? I say, this spiritual plant will earn you nine spiritual stones anyway, so if you buy three or four more bundles, you'll still be making a profit, and you can even further confirm just how good your luck is today. Do you want to continue?"

After hearing this, the man took out his spirit stones and selected four more bundles. In the end, it turned out that his luck had run out at the beginning, and the remaining four bundles were all weeds.

So the question is, do we still need to go through the training?

"My suggestion," the stall owner said as he tied up the weeds again, knowing the monk wouldn't want them anyway, "is to go to a simpler trial field and quit while you're ahead. Your luck starts out good, but it will slowly decline. It's better to take advantage and leave immediately."

The monk nodded as if he had received instruction, and continued with the trial as planned. He was full of confidence, believing that as long as he grasped the right balance, he would only have good luck.

Xu Hui watched the whole process and felt that it was a very vicious business war.

Others sell spiritual plants, and that's all they are. These low-level spiritual plants are not easy to sell and are all in the forest, so you need to pick them yourself.

When sold in stores, the price is pitifully low; a level one costs only two or three spirit stones.

Of course, the price sold in the store is much more expensive. □□ spirit stones are the norm, and there are also more than ten spirit stones of good quality.

The stall owner said that the spiritual plant was worth ten spirit stones, which was no problem, but he really couldn't afford such a price when he wanted to sell it.

What's more, spiritual plants are divided into categories and functions, and not every cultivator needs them.

In fact, the cultivator had no use for the Fire-Pattern Grass just now, and normally he would never buy it.

However, by doing this, the stall owner not only sold the spiritual plants and earned two more spiritual stones, but also made the monk very happy.

The cultivator did not feel that he had suffered a loss. After all, the spiritual plant was indeed worth ten spirit stones, and he also verified his luck for the day. What a good thing!

How should I put it? Anyone who can thrive in the world of cultivation must be a smart person, right?

Little people also have their own efforts and ways of survival, but such efforts do seem powerless in front of some people.

The stall owner earned five low-grade spirit stones, and smiled happily. He stopped passers-by and continued to deceive them.

However, this time, when he mentioned the iron plate, the person he called was the male protagonist Lei Hong!

Xu Hui's eyes lit up, there was going to be a good show to watch.