The incident with Zuo Zheng was just a minor episode. The competition continued as scheduled without any disruption. Cui Shixu and the other six also impressed many disciples with their strength on the stage.
Although none of them achieved a top-three finish in the inner sect group, their strength impressed many people, considering their relatively short training period.
It is said that in just one year, they were able to fight on equal terms with disciples in the late stage of the inner sect's Golden Core realm. This made many people finally take them seriously and stop regarding them as appendages of the sect leader.
However, once they face the truth, it will easily attract jealousy. Many people think that they were able to achieve such results because the sect leader gave them good resources behind the scenes. But this time, no one will be so foolish as to show it on the surface.
The sect competition lasted for about ten days in a grand and intense manner.
Those who remained were all newly joined disciples of the Tianyi Sect, originally belonging to the Wanjian Pavilion and the Tiangang Sect, and were beloved disciples of various elders of the sect.
This is the final moment of the competition.
Behind Fang Ruotang stood a circle of elders, all of them radiant with pride. Apart from Fang Ruotang, none of her disciples had made it to the final stage, including Qin Bao'er and Lu Ling.
Both of them were only at the early stage of the Golden Core realm. With their steady progress and the various magical treasures given to them by Fang Ruotang, they might have a fighting chance against someone at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm. Even if they couldn't kill them, they could still escape from their clutches.
But compared to Elder Jiang's disciples, they are quite impressive.
For example, Elder Jiang's chief disciple, Lin Huai, was already in the late Nascent Soul stage. After asking around, I learned that this elegant young man was already five hundred years old.
Elder Jiang couldn't remember his exact age, but it was around five hundred years old.
Fang Ruotang counted on her fingers. Five hundred years ago, their Fang family's ancestor, the progenitor, had not even been born yet, but Linhuai was already famous.
Tsk tsk!
How terrifying.
Fang Ruotang shook her head, not daring to continue calculating.
After all, the old monsters standing around her were all thousands of years old. A thousand years is enough time for the place where she lived to experience several dynastic changes.
The person currently fighting Lin Huai to a standstill is Qin Hongyan's second disciple, named Shang Xuanqing. His icy demeanor is exactly like his name.
Shang Xuanqing was excellent, but he made a mistake and lost the battle.
Qin Hongyan remained expressionless, while Lu Jiangting slumped his shoulders in disappointment, yet still looked somewhat defiant.
"If Zhou Qing and the others were still here..."
"A-Ting!"
Qin Hongyan spoke coldly, giving Lu Jiangting a warning look.
Lu Jiangting had already shut his mouth, swallowing all his resentment.
【Who is Zhou Qing?】 Fang Ruotang looked at Qin Hongyan's expression and was a little curious, but she also subconsciously knew that she couldn't ask him this question. Fortunately, she had a small mirror.
Zhou Qing was Qin Hongyan's eldest disciple and the senior brother of Shang Xuanqing's generation. He died in battle protecting the sect. He was already at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage, just one step away from reaching the Divine Transformation stage. In fact, many disciples of the Tiangang Sect were no weaker than Lin Huai in the past, but unfortunately they all died in that battle defending the sect, including Lu Jiangting's disciples.
Fang Ruotang now understood why Lu Jiangting felt it was a pity: the eldest disciple should fight against the eldest disciple.
Shang Xuanqing is two hundred years younger than Lin Huai. His efforts over these two hundred years are no joke. Although Shang Xuanqing is already very outstanding, reaching the Nascent Soul realm at just over three hundred years old, it's not so easy for an early-stage cultivator to defeat a late-stage one.
【Zhou Qing, alas! Such a beautiful name, it's such a pity you're dead.】
【Then why don't you revive him?】
Fang Ruotang had only thought about it casually in her mind when Xiao Jingzi cheerfully chimed in.
"Can I bring someone back to life? Didn't you say I can't save someone who's already dead?"
[His body can't be saved, but his soul can be retrieved! He died in battle, not captured and had his soul devoured by evil cultivators. At most, he's just gone to the underworld, waiting to be reincarnated.]
Fang Ruotang was stunned and asked further questions, drawing inferences from the incident.
"So, you're saying I can bring people back even in this situation? Then... what about the elders and disciples of the Tiangang Sect who died in battle?"
"Sure! If you're willing, but even the underworld has its rules. They definitely won't let you bring back so many souls at once, and once you enter the underworld, you'll be judged."
Fang Ruotang stole a glance at Qin Hongyan.
Qin Hongyan immediately sensed it, looked at her, and asked with his eyes what was wrong.
Fang Ruotang thought about it and decided that it would be good to bring such a capable person back, as she would then have another employee.
The real problem is deciding who to bring back.
Fang Ruotang rolled her eyes, too lazy to find out who the Tiangang Sect members who died for the sect were, or what their character was like. She simply left the matter to Qin Hongyan and Lu Jiangting to decide for themselves.
“Well… actually I can bring someone back from the underworld. Whether it’s someone like Yin Yue who can rebuild their physical body or someone like Xinghe who can directly follow the path of evil, it’s fine. It’s just that so many people from the Tiangang Sect died in battle. It’s hard to decide who to bring and who not to bring.”
"However, I actually have a way to find out where people who can't be brought back were reincarnated. If they have the potential, I can bring them back to the sect to cultivate again."
Fang Ruotang also voiced another opinion that Xiao Jingzi had mentioned.
Qin Hongyan and Lu Jiangting looked at Fang Ruotang in disbelief; neither of them could believe it.
Seeing that they didn't react, Fang Ruotang simply stopped using telepathy and waved her hand in front of them, whispering, "Discuss it yourselves, and let me know when you have a result."
"Is this really true?" Lu Jiangting asked anxiously.
"Nonsense, I'm not going to joke about this with you guys."
Why didn't you mention it before?
Fang Ruotang blinked innocently; she had no idea her daughter had this ability before!
Honestly, she thought she was quite capable, but she didn't know exactly in what ways she was capable. It wasn't until the little mirror told her about it that she realized she was able to handle the matter.
Fang Ruotang didn't recognize any of the people who died in the Tiangang Sect. She had never thought about it before, let alone mentioned it. Xiao Jingzi hadn't told her about it either.
"If I told you that I only just found out I had the ability to accomplish this, would you believe me?" Fang Ruotang helplessly spread her hands.
Qin Hongyan and Lu Jiangting nodded simultaneously and spoke up.
"letter!"
There's nothing to disbelieve about it.
How could an old fox who has lived for thousands of years not see through a young girl's thoughts?
Moreover, this little girl's thoughts are almost always written on her face.
"Alright! You guys discuss it and let me know when you have someone in mind. I'll go back and talk to the people in the underworld to see if we can put in a good word and bring a few more people back. But don't get your hopes up."
“…Okay!” Qin Hongyan and Lu Jiangting looked at Fang Ruotang, saying they had no hope, but it was really hard to do.
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