Chapter 54: It’s all because the Junior Sister’s plan failed
Everyone stopped talking and turned to look, only to find that it was a disciple whose robe had a green edge and herbal patterns embroidered on the chest and cuffs.
With this kind of attire, you can tell at first glance that he is from Yaofeng.
The disciple's eyes gleamed as he gazed at the telescopes held by the people at Cijian Peak. Even facing so many inquiring gazes from Cijian Peak, he remained quite calm. He even bowed and said, "I am Yuanming, a disciple from Yao Peak. Please forgive me for disturbing all the brothers and sisters at Cijian Peak."
Yuan Qing'an thought about it and handed over his telescope.
Yuan Ming happily took it with both hands, and then imitated what they had just done and put the telescope in front of his eyes.
After a while, he took a breath and said, "Hiss—"
Before anyone from Cijian Peak could ask, Yuan Ming exclaimed in surprise, "This is so clear! I can even see the mole on my master's face! Ah... The Great Elder is really angry, his expression is so grim! Hey! I can see my brothers and sisters!"
Everyone at Cijian Peak: ...
This junior fellow from Yaofeng is very lively and courageous.
Yuan Ming looked around with the telescope, then reluctantly put it down and let the Yaofeng disciple who followed him try it as well.
Yuan Ming asked, "Senior Brother, are you selling this? I can give you fifty high-grade spirit stones!"
These words made everyone at Cijian Peak look at each other in surprise. Junior Brother Yuanming truly had a lot of money! They remembered that Junior Sister had done this in a short time, it seemed like a simple task, and yet Junior Brother Yuanming was actually willing to offer fifty high-grade spirit stones?!
Not only was Wu Che's eyes wide open, but Li Yunqi couldn't help but start calculating. If the junior sister could take the time to make some of these telescopes and sell one a month, it would cover Cijian Peak's daily expenses! It was so tempting!
Seeing the confused glances exchanged between the people at Cijian Peak, Yuan Ming thought he hadn't contributed enough spirit stones, so he hurriedly said, "If it's not enough, I can add more!"
Yuan Qingan shook his head and said, "We won't sell this because our junior sister made this for us. I'm sorry, Junior Brother Yuan."
Yuan Ming was immediately visibly disappointed: "Is that so..."
When the telescope returned to Yuan Qing'an's hands, Yuan Ming's eyes seemed difficult to peel off from it, which made people feel a little sympathetic towards him.
Zhou Lixing coughed lightly and said, "Our junior sister is in seclusion these days. When she comes out, we can ask her if she can still make this and if she's willing to sell it to you."
Yuan Ming's eyes suddenly brightened up again: "Really? Thank you so much, Senior Brother!"
Zhou Lixing nodded a little reservedly.
After Yuan Ming left with his junior brother, Wu Che said unhappily, "Third Senior Brother, why did you let my junior sister do this for others? What if she gets tired?"
Zhou Lixing said in a muffled voice: "Junior Sister likes Spirit Stones, the more the better. If there is a job that can earn Spirit Stones, she is usually very happy to do it."
The junior sister liked it, and this reason left Wu Che speechless.
Thinking that the telescope made by his junior sister for him was no longer unique to his sect, Wu Che felt unhappy again.
This is something that Junior Sister specially prepared for everyone!
Yuan Qing'an added, "Third Junior Brother is right. Furthermore, the value of this thing lies in the good idea. It's actually not difficult to make. If someone were to discover the secret, the opportunity to earn spirit stones would be lost to someone else. I'm afraid Junior Sister would be unhappy."
This telescope is Nan Sining's practice work in refining tools. It is simple to make, but it is crucial that he could think of this thing.
In any era, plagiarism is easy but innovation is difficult, and the people at Cijian Peak don't want their junior sister's idea to be stolen.
Wu Che finally calmed down a little and changed his mind.
Forget it, if Junior Sister wants to sell it, then just sell it. At least it’s given to me as a gift, while others can only buy it with spirit stones. It’s still different.
Soon everyone's attention returned to the main stage.
The Great Elder had already pulled out a light strip that looked like a hair from the stream of light.
"Hey! This looks like a filamentous lightworm?" Someone recognized it immediately.
"Silkworm?" The Medicine King's eyebrows twitched slightly. Having been immersed in the art of alchemy for hundreds of years, he was very familiar with the spiritual plants, insects, and beasts of this continent.
"Aren't silkworms mostly used to refine magical instruments for lighting? They're rarely used in alchemy, so why are they appearing in the stream of light used to select disciples?"
The biggest feature of the filamentous light insect is that it can glow. It is not obvious in bright places, but in the dark, it is an excellent light source.
Most cultivators are not rich, unlike some people who have the support of large sects and families, who have abundant family wealth and can easily take out night-shining pearls for lighting, so they will choose to buy magic tools made from silk-thread light insects.
The Great Elder had a gloomy face. After observing for a while, he took out a glass bottle and put the refined silkworm into it.
Now, even Qin Xueyang became curious and asked Medicine King in a low voice, "Master, why did the person behind this choose the silkworm as their method?"
This idea is really unexpected. If Junior Sister Nan hadn't come today, the four people from Cijian Peak would have been selected.
The Medicine King also whispered, "Think about what your master taught you. When choosing which spirit to implant into the furnace in a pill recipe, what should you base your choice on?"
Qin Xueyang immediately recalled this very basic answer: "Of course it's the efficacy, the difficulty of refining, and the availability. In this case, the filamentous light insects can help the person behind the scenes achieve their goals, are relatively easy to refine, and are very common and easy to obtain."
The Medicine King wasn't surprised at all that his disciple understood so quickly. "Yes, and if this person wants to use tricks behind the scenes, he has to hide himself. If he hides in the light, he won't be easily discovered. If he is discovered, it will be difficult to trace the source."
After Qin Xueyang understood, he said with some disgust: "If you have such a meticulous mind, why don't you do something serious instead of resorting to such despicable means?"
Luo Qingyao sat in the disciple area. Yunxiao Peak's seat was naturally the best. It was not close to the main seat, but she could see clearly.
When she saw the Great Elder retract the wandering stream of light and pull out the silk-like light insects inside, she felt panic for a moment, but soon calmed down.
This matter was done in secret. Even if the Great Elder investigated, he would find out that it was his own disciple. He had nothing to do with this matter, so he didn't need to worry.
It’s a pity that Nan Si Ning turned out to be a coward and didn’t come here today, otherwise no one from Cijian Peak would have been able to escape.
They thought that the stream of light was just a ray of light insect added, but that was too simple!
Thinking of this, Luo Qingyao smiled slightly, and she became more patient with the lickspittles around her.
The Great Elder in front of him, who had been in charge of the Discipline Hall for many years and had seen many such shady tactics, immediately understood the reasons. He calmly put away the glass bottle and said, "I will investigate this matter later and give an explanation to my fellow apprentices at Cijian Peak."
Qin Sangyue bowed like a disciple and said, "Thank you, Great Elder. What about the result of this draw..."
The Great Elder snorted heavily, and everyone within a few meters could feel the heavy low pressure and displeasure coming from him.
The Great Elder took a step forward and threw out the spherical magic weapon again. After activating the magic weapon, the streams of light that had already flown into the hands of the disciples flew back one after another.
This series of actions caused the disciples to discuss even more. What was the Great Elder going to do?
But this is the way the Great Elder does things. He has always been disdainful of explaining his actions and intentions to others, especially to his disciples.
When Zhao Shiquan saw this scene, he felt more and more headache. Wouldn't the matter of explanation fall on him again?
Why did he always have to clean up other people's messes? Zhao Shiquan felt so aggrieved.
Li Yunqi, Wu Che and Cong Chen only felt their bodies loosen up, and the flowing light that was originally wrapped around their bodies broke away from them and flew towards the main seat.
"Second Brother, this is..." Wu Che asked in surprise.
Yuan Qing'an put down the telescope and said, "The Great Elder discovered the filamentous lightworms and confirmed that someone was cheating against our Cijian Peak. Therefore, he withdrew the result of Liuguang's selection of the defender. We may have to draw again."
Wu Che was immediately delighted: "Really? That's great! If I were to do it again, I wouldn't be picked again, right?"
Yuan Qing'an looked puzzled and did not respond to this sentence.
Cong Chen only felt that he felt a little relieved after Liu Guang left him, but for some reason, his emotions became unstable again.
He took two deep breaths and didn't say what he felt.
Now that the competition is at a critical juncture, he should not cause more trouble.
Luo Qingyao's face suddenly changed when she noticed the light flying back to the main stage. What did the Great Elder mean by this? Just because he discovered the filamentous lightworms, he was going to cancel the entire lottery result?!
After seeing the Great Elder casually grab the three streams of light that were about to fly back to the magic weapon, and crushed the streams of light in an extremely brutal and rough manner, revealing the three silk-like light insects inside, Luo Qingyao felt that her worries had come true.
"How could this happen?" Luo Qingyao couldn't help but mutter to herself.
Hua Shengqing also asked the same question: "The Great Elder looks very fierce, but what he did can be considered as protecting our Cijian Peak, right? Why did he do this?"
In everyone's mind, the Great Elder has always been a serious and unreasonable person. His actions today were really beyond everyone's expectations.
Yuan Qingan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Perhaps it's all because of Junior Sister! Junior Sister's three longevity pills not only earned her many gifts of gratitude, but most importantly, they won the heart of the Great Elder over to our side."
The effect of the longevity pill completely convinced the stubborn cultivator, the Great Elder. In the past, he would usually prioritize the sect's affairs and the competition, but today he chose to help Cijian Peak, a huge change in his attitude.
"She is worthy of being our junior sister!" Hua Shengqing said happily.
Wu Che agreed very much: "Yes, Junior Sister is not here, but she saved our brothers and sisters again. She is really our little lucky star!"
Li Yunqi couldn't help but say, "Thanks to Junior Sister."
While everyone was discussing, the Great Elder put the three silk-like light insects back into the glass bottle.
Then, he announced the new method of drawing lots: "All Qi Refining disciples, listen up: I will attack you with sword moves, please accept it!"
As he spoke, he summoned his natal sword, and fifty sword shadows appeared in the air, which then flew in all directions.
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