A golden beam of light shone from the circular platform where the golden plate had been placed, indicating that the vessel cast by Hao Xin met the standards. Wuya Peak erupted in cheers, and even Huaining, who had a long-standing grudge against Hao Xin, was excited.
The word "two" appeared in the middle of the jade ring hanging above the Wuya Peak stand, rising to a higher position than the other four peaks.
"The next one is the eldest brother, and he will definitely win!" said Si Rong.
Shen Qingmang's gaze shifted from Yuhuan to the arena, and met Gu Suihan's gaze who was staring at her from afar. She waved to him, and the other seemed to smile and waved back at her.
After the field was cleared, a new round of competition began. The other contestants quickly grabbed the gold nugget, while Gu Suihan raised his hand and hovered over it. The nugget disintegrated bit by bit, transforming into golden spiritual energy that hovered beneath his palm.
"Senior Brother is so elegant! It's like he's painting!" Si Rong stared at Gu Sui Han's gently turning wrist with admiration on his face.
Hao Xin happened to be walking back to the stands at this time. After hearing her words, he turned around to look at the competition field and said, "Big Brother is slower than me."
"That's still better looking than you...Where's the senior brother?" Si Rong tilted his head and glared at Hao Xin, then turned around and found that Gu Sui Han was no longer there.
"The end... the end." Hao Xin stretched out his finger, his lips trembling slightly.
Shen Qingmang stood up and took a deep breath.
She really never expected that Gu Sui Han could teleport directly to the finish line.
Shi Mingli came over and said to her in a low voice, "I told you that there's a loophole in the rules here."
Shen Qingmang wrote the sports meeting plan by herself, but when it came to the specific project rules, she was worried that she was too shortsighted, so she asked her senior brother Shi Mingli to help her define the details, and Shi Mingli provided her with a lot of additional information.
When formulating the detailed rules for "Melting Gold to Cast Instruments", Shi Mingli believed that it should be stipulated that no magic should be performed during the transportation of spiritual energy, but this was rejected by Shen Qingmang.
"Senior Brother, but I also told you..." Shen Qingmang frowned.
Shi Mingli continued, "How to properly preserve golden spiritual energy is a science. If they can use magic to better prevent it from escaping, it would be considered ingenious. Accumulating relevant experience would be beneficial to their cultivation."
Shen Qingmang was surprised that the other party could remember her words word for word, and nodded blankly. "Yes."
"But your apprentice didn't use magic to conserve his spiritual energy. Instead, he used it to speed up his running. This was just to carry more gold nuggets. I'm afraid he might be taking shortcuts."
"Big Brother, it's probably premature to draw such a conclusion." Shen Qingmang, hands behind his back, gazed toward the arena. Shi Mingli pursed his lips and also looked over in silence. Gu Suihan was now pouring golden spiritual energy into a container, his hands moving over it with the same carefree ease as if playing a zither. Golden spiritual energy leaked from his fingers, gradually condensing into a round golden disk.
As the beam of light on the circular platform lit up, Shi Mingli's usually calm voice wavered. "Using Wind Speed while locking the golden spiritual energy? And not a single drop of it?"
The corners of Shen Qingmang's lips curled up slightly. "My disciple is extremely talented."
"But he's still in the Foundation Establishment stage, and even in the early stages." Shi Mingli's brows furrowed into a frown. "While Wind-Speeding Technique isn't as difficult as Mind-Speeding Technique, it's still difficult to successfully perform below the Golden Core stage. Furthermore, teleportation spells consume a significant amount of spiritual energy and affect the surrounding spiritual energy fluctuations. How is he storing all this golden spiritual energy? Is he sealing it within his body?"
Shen Qingmang looked at Shi Mingli's expression of doubt about life, and heard the increasingly loud discussions around him, and his heart sank.
"No," Shi Mingli shook his head. "Before the competition, I confirmed that there were no issues with the arena formation. The contestants were unable to convert their spiritual energy into Five Elements Spiritual Qi and release it, nor were they able to seal it."
"Yes. Our original intention was to test their ability to utilize natural spiritual energy. If they mobilized the energy in their bodies, it would be considered cheating." Shen Qingmang said.
"So he really did transport the golden spiritual energy formed from the molten gold nuggets... Your disciple's ability to control spiritual energy is so precise and terrifying. You might not even have such strength during your Foundation Establishment stage."
Shen Qingmang had initially assumed Gu Suihan's prowess was merely exceptional among his peers, but she hadn't expected him to be truly unprecedented. She had immediately become an Out-of-Body Stage expert, so she naturally had no idea of Qiongju's previous strength. Seeing the reactions of Shi Mingli and several of the elders from Wendao Peak, she realized something was amiss.
However, when she looked at Gu Suihan in the center of the field, her heart ached.
When the beam of light just appeared, the young man's face was full of joy after winning. However, the discussions around him because of his extraordinary strength and a few suspicious looks made him a little at a loss. At this moment, he was looking at her with some confusion.
Shen Qingmang's eyes grew firm. "No matter what, he did win, didn't he?"
"Yeah." Shi Mingli nodded.
"Congratulations, Senior Brother," she shouted to the crowd at Wuya Peak. Everyone cheered jubilantly. Gu Suihan's expression relaxed as he walked towards the stands, running the last few steps.
He rushed directly to Shen Qingmang and hugged his master's waist. "I won, I won, right, Master?"
Shen Qingmang gently stroked his black hair. "Indeed. You are outstanding."
"So...what happened just now?" Gu Suihan's voice trembled slightly. "Why is Master Uncle looking at me like that?"
Shi Mingli was stunned for a moment and looked at Shen Qingmang. "I didn't..."
Shen Qingmang leaned slightly to protect Gu Suihan and said to Shi Mingli, "If you have any doubts, you can check the photo ball and the stadium. Don't let the child down without any evidence."
Shi Mingli looked at Gu Suihan deeply, said okay, and left.
Maybe it’s because of the heart of heaven and earth... Shen Qingmang thought so and patted Gu Suihan on the back.
How could such a well-behaved child cheat?
Next was the Jindan stage competition. The disciples sent by Wuya Peak were the disciples of her senior brothers and sisters, and neither of them won.
"For the seventh match, let's welcome the teachers from each peak to bring us a performance match." As soon as the disciple from Wuyin Peak finished speaking, the stands erupted in excitement. A group of children looked at Shen Qingmang.
"Master, do you want to participate?"
"Yes." Shen Qingmang smiled at them, jumped down and came to the arena.
The exhibition match was the result of their third meeting. Aside from Elder Yinchu, who wanted to compete for a prize, the other elders showed little interest in the competition and expressed their reluctance to participate. Shen Qingmang, sensing their fear of losing face, proposed holding only one exhibition match for those above the Nascent Soul stage, with each peak sending one person. The goal wasn't victory, but rather to deliver the most spectacular performance.
It was very easy to show off one's skills in front of low-level disciples. After all, there was a huge chasm between the Golden Core and the Nascent Soul. Those elders who had cultivated to the Nascent Soul and above could fool the younger generation no matter how poor their level was. They were more interested in such things that would neither lose face nor gain admiration, and they readily approved her proposal.
Shen Qingmang stood on the field, looking up at the stands, feeling like a seal about to head the ball in the zoo's ocean-themed theater.
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