Chapter 38 This is the only spot that is reserved
Sun Huchang continued, "I inquired about the rules of the previous competitions in Quzhou. Basically, an object with spiritual energy is hidden in a sparsely populated area with complex terrain. Whoever finds it first and brings it to the designated location wins."
"But I looked at the first place winners in previous years, and they were all cultivators from other states. Not a single one was from Quzhou! Even if Quzhou is poor, it's impossible that there is not a single cultivator coming out of it."
Song Jinghe said: "Quzhou has the scarcest spiritual energy. It is unfair to allow people from other states to sign up."
Sun Huchang approached and said, looking very knowledgeable: "In fact, people from other states spent a lot of money to buy the quota from the cultivators in Quzhou. The reason why the Cultivation Association turned a blind eye must be because they secretly accepted the money."
Fu Ning stroked his chin, "So you suspect that the quotas every year are taken up by these wealthy people with connections?"
Sun Huchang nodded heavily, fearing that they would not believe him, and added: "I am not making up rumors out of thin air. I just took a look around the Xiuzhen Association and saw a young cultivator secretly counting money."
Actually, what he said makes sense. Unless the local cultivators in Quzhou are extremely talented or rely on elixirs to improve their spiritual power like Fu Ning, it is difficult for them to achieve any results in the path of cultivation. Just look at the cultivators from the cultivation associations she has met. Except for Old Zhou, the cultivation base of others does not exceed the Golden Core Stage, but they are all quite old. They have no intention of practicing seriously, and making money from competitions every year is probably the right thing to do.
But they didn't expect that this person, who they had only met a few times, would tell them such a secret matter. Fu Ning smiled and said, "You trust us quite a lot."
Sun Huchang scratched his head. "It's mainly because you have the same accent as a Quzhou native, and you just had a fight with Master Yu, so you were definitely not bribed by him. So I... I talked a little too much."
Fu Ning looked him up and down. He was dressed quite ordinary, not like someone from a wealthy family. "Then why did you come to Quzhou to participate in the competition?"
Sun Huchang waved his hands and said, "Sister Fu, please don't misunderstand me. Although I am from Chengzhou, my ancestral home is in Quzhou. It is reasonable for me to come here to participate in the competition!"
Song Jinghe sneered, "He just wants to take advantage of the loophole."
Sun Huchang suddenly felt aggrieved, "Brother Jing, you and your wife are so sweet and happy, you don't know the pain in my heart at all."
When Song Jinghe heard the word "wife", he secretly glanced at Fu Ning, only to see that she was looking at Sun Huchang with interest. "What do you mean?"
Sun Huchang used his sleeve to pretend to wipe away his tears. "Ah, it's all because my wife is so amazing! Two years ago, she passed the Chengzhou Cultivation Association's competition and went to study at the Twelve Immortal Mountains, leaving me alone at home. Although I could go with her as a family member, I don't want to embarrass my wife."
"So in order to catch up with my wife, I practiced hard every day, but I couldn't beat those people in Chengzhou, so I thought of coming to Quzhou..."
Fu Ning patted his shoulder and said, "Did you think that the level of our Quzhou cultivators is low and you would definitely stand out? But you didn't expect that this only spot was reserved."
Sun Huchang nodded ashamedly.
Fu Ning comforted him, "It's okay, let's fight again next year."
Sun Huchang immediately shook his round head, "No, I can't give up, my wife is still waiting for me!"
Song Jinghe said expressionlessly: "There are many powerful cultivators in the cultivation world. You can't go to the cultivation world for two years. How can you be sure that your wife is still waiting for you?"
Sun Huchang didn't feel offended or unhappy after hearing this. Instead, he thought about it seriously and said, "I can now say with certainty that my wife and I are the only ones in each other's eyes. But if I can't go to the cultivation world, maybe like you said, my wife will fall in love with other cultivators. I won't stop her. She is so much better than me, so she deserves better. The only thing I can be sure of is that my heart to follow her will not change."
Song Jinghe was a little bit unbelievable, "Even if she is with someone else, you won't stop her?"
Sun Huchang nodded and said without hesitation: "I love her, respect her, and hope she can live the happiest life. If she is happy with someone else, I will certainly bless her."
Song Jinghe looked at Sun Huchang's determined eyes and quietly clenched his fingers. He never knew that loving someone required such a selfless heart.
Sun Huchang blinked his round eyes and asked, "What about you, Brother Jing? I see that Sister Fu is so powerful, she will go to the cultivation world sooner or later. If she doesn't take you with her, will you also try to follow in your wife's footsteps like me?"
No, it's not. For the first time, Song Jinghe was afraid of his decision. When faced with this problem, he actually thought of killing Fu Ning.
Fu Ning looked at Song Jinghe's speechless expression and thought that how could the fake couple like them compare to the real feelings between Sun Huchang and his wife? He quickly patted Sun Huchang on the shoulder and said, "I have already promised Xiao Jing that I will take him to the cultivation world with me. Your assumption is not valid."
Sun Huchang glanced at Song Jinghe's thinner legs than normal people, and reacted, "Oh, I was ignorant."
Then he raised his hand and patted Fu Ning, his round eyes full of fighting spirit, "Sister Fu, although the situation this year is not optimistic, you can't give up, we have to work hard together!"
Fu Ning tilted his head, "When did I say I gave up? This year's spot is mine."
Sun Huchang paused for a few seconds and gave a thumbs up, "Sister Fu, your confidence is really worth learning from."
Fu Ning glanced at him and changed the subject, "By the way, do you know where to make weapons? My sword was cut off by that man just now."
She took out the half-broken sword from her scabbard and sighed, "Less than a week before the competition, and I've lost my weapon."
Sun Huchang smiled shyly when he heard this, "Sister Fu, I actually know a little bit about refining weapons. If you trust me, you can just buy a sword and I'll help you modify it a little bit."
Fu Ning was pleasantly surprised and said, "Great, I didn't expect you to have this ability. Thank you so much."
"Hehe." Sun Huchang scratched his head. "I'm nothing. My wife is the truly amazing weapon refiner. When she was in Chengzhou, someone offered one thousand taels of silver to buy the weapons she refined."
He talks about his wife every time he speaks. He is really a wife slave. Fu Ning looked at his happy appearance and asked, "What's your wife's name? I will go to the cultivation world and make friends with her."
Sun Huchang was proud, "My wife's name is Yin Huayue. As long as you mention my name, she will definitely be your good friend."
"Okay." Fu Ning nodded with a smile and kept it in mind.
The system, which had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "Boss, Yin Huayue is a character in the novel. She is indeed a very talented weapon refiner. We can go find her later."
Fu Ning was puzzled. "What about Sun Huchang? Why haven't I heard you report your favorability?"
The system paused for a few seconds, then checked the resource library and confirmed, "Sun Huchang does not appear in the novel."
"How is that possible?" Fu Ning's heart tightened as he looked at Sun Huchang, whose eyes were full of longing after he mentioned his wife. "Could it be that he never made it to the cultivation world? Or is it that the novel didn't mention it?"
She hoped it was the latter.
The system was silent for a long time, so long that Fu Ning thought he would not get a reply from it, and then he heard it say, "Sorry, sir, I was negligent. Sun Huchang actually appeared."
Fu Ning breathed a sigh of relief. "What's wrong with your little system? How could it go wrong? When did he appear?"
System: "Actually... he himself did not appear, and was only mentioned by Yin Huayue's colleagues."
Fu Ning suddenly had a bad feeling.
"'Junior Sister Huayue has gone home to mourn her late husband.' Yin Huayue's colleagues tried to explain to her, but they saw that Master still looked unhappy, so they did not dare to say anything."
The system finished reading and said, "There is only this sentence in the book. Because it is so hidden, I missed it when I searched just now."
Fu Ning was stunned. "So Sun Huchang died in the novel? When did it happen?"
System: "The book doesn't mention the exact time, but this one sentence appeared when the Immortal Lord's Secret Realm was discovered and Yin Huayue followed her fellow disciples to the human world but left the team and returned to Chengzhou."
Fu Ning looked at Sun Huchang's silly smiling face again and felt upset. This man who said firmly that he would follow his wife, ended up never seeing his wife again. How did he end up with only such a sloppy sentence?
Perhaps because there was no trace of either her or Sun Huchang in the novel, Fu Ning felt a sense of sympathy.
She clenched her fists. This time she was determined to let Sun Huchang and Yin Huayue meet.
They chatted for a long time and it was almost time for dinner. Fu Ning had digested the bowl of beef noodles he had eaten long ago because of the previous fights and felt hungry again.
She asked, "Brother Tiger, do you want to go out and buy some food?"
Sun Huchang was flattered by Fu Ning's address. "Great, I can go to the street to buy a weapon. Time is running out now."
Song Jinghe, who had been silent for a long time, said, "Xiao Shuang, I want to go too."
Fu Ning patted her forehead, almost forgetting about him. She walked to Song Jinghe and squatted down, "Come up, let's eat together."
Sun Huchang couldn't bear to watch this, so he pulled Fu Ning over and said, "Hey, Sister Fu, you have skinny arms and legs. Let me carry you, I'm stronger."
This sentence made Song Jinghe's eyes dim a lot.
Fu Ning was happy to have some free time and quickly gave up his seat.
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Originally, Sun Huchang was supposed to gather information, but he was too busy improving Fu Ning's iron sword to spare the time, so Fu Ning went to the Cultivation Association and found Mr. Zhou.
She asked tentatively, "I heard yesterday that the winners in previous years were from other states. What's going on?"
Elder Zhou did not answer her question, but said: "Xiao Fu, you can learn alchemy from me for a year first. What I have here may not be available in the cultivation world."
Fu Ning understood and realized that the candidate had already been chosen.
She then asked, "Mr. Zhou, are most of the contestants really bribed?"
Elder Zhou stroked his beard and sighed, "Go compete in other states in the future. Even though we have few cultivators in Quzhou, it is actually the most difficult to stand out."
Fu Ning nodded without surprise, "I understand."
A week later, Fu Ning, Sun Huchang and other contestants came to Jinshan, 20 miles away from Pingzheng County.
Jinshan is the highest mountain in Quzhou, and it is shrouded in clouds and mist from halfway up the mountain.
Fu Ning wore the iron sword improved for her by Sun Huchang around her waist and looked up at the top of the mountain.
They will decide here the only person to go to the Twelve Immortal Mountains.
Limited to three days.
【Author has something to say】
The first lesson of Teacher Sun’s class: To love someone is not to possess her, but to wish her happiness. Students, have you learned it?
Brother Jing: I’ve failed at learning.
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