Chapter 56: Wu Che’s Arena: This kid is pretending!
Not only the people from Yunxiao Peak, but also the bootlickers who had just surrounded Luo Qingyao had gloomy eyes and faces.
Originally, I had made full preparations. Junior Sister definitely didn't need to challenge the arena right away. It was just a good opportunity to send the four losers from Ci Jian Peak up there as cushions, to make them look bad and give Junior Sister a chance to vent her anger.
I didn't expect that the buried filamentous lightworms would be discovered like this.
"Li Yunqing and the others are so useless!" Zhao Guang said angrily in a low voice.
Others agreed that even a simple act of cheating could be discovered, thanks to his usual arrogant demeanor.
Seeing Luo Qingyao struggling to fight against the sword shadow, a group of people were filled with rage.
"Why would the Great Elder suddenly come up with this idea and use this method to select the disciples to defend the ring?"
Senior Brother Sheng Tianyun coughed lightly, reminding his junior brother to be more careful with his words. He said, "The Great Elder has his reasons for what he does. Ci Jian Peak was lucky this time; they managed to escape."
After being reminded by Sheng Tianyun, everyone's anger was immediately directed towards Cijian Peak.
The Great Elder and the others couldn't afford to offend him, but who was Cijian Peak? Why wouldn't they just go to the ring? It wasn't like they were going to die!
Now they have implicated Junior Sister and have to deal with such things.
"Wow! That look is so fierce!" Hua Shengqing saw the situation in Yunxiao Peak through the telescope. After noticing that a sword shadow was actually looking for Luo Qingyao, she felt gloating but also couldn't take her eyes off it.
Everyone at Cijian Peak picked up their telescopes and looked over. Sure enough, they saw Luo Qingyao fighting with a sword shadow of the Great Elder. The people around her had dispersed, leaving a small area for her.
Her senior brothers and the bootlickers all gathered around, watching with some worry and anxiety.
Seeing those people dare to glare at Ci Jianfeng, Hua Shengqing felt furious and couldn't help but curse: "How dare you glare at us? Be careful or I'll dig your eyes out!"
Liang Xiao wanted to dissuade her: "Seventh Junior Sister..."
Yuan Qing'an pressed him with the jade flute: "Let her be."
"Second Brother?" Liang Xiao was a little puzzled.
Yuan Qing'an said calmly, "Master taught us to treat fellow disciples with kindness, but that doesn't mean we should give in without restraint. If Master were here, he would surely approve of Seventh Junior Sister's fighting spirit."
Liang Xiao felt a little aggrieved and asked in confusion, "Senior Sister always told us to keep a low profile and not cause trouble."
Yuan Qing'an smiled and said, "The past is the past. Back then, we at Cijian Peak had no one to rely on and faced many problems, so we could only avoid the spotlight and keep a low profile. Now that Junior Sister is so prominent, if we remain as cautious as before, only thinking about avoiding trouble, we will only attract the covetous hearts of villains. Deterrence is the secret to victory without fighting."
Liang Xiao pondered Yuan Qing'an's words silently.
Yuan Qing'an turned his gaze to the ring and saw Luo Qingyao walking towards the ring amid the crowd's farewell.
Hua Shengqing was very excited when she saw Luo Qingyao had to go up to the arena. She immediately took out her jade slip and said, "I have to tell my junior sister this good news. I want her to know that Luo Qingyao, that bastard, ended up losing more than he gained. Hehe..."
Everyone at Cijian Peak was sweating slightly. The Seventh Junior Sister/Seventh Senior Sister was smiling so evilly, like a villain.
In front, people stood on the fifty rings one by one, and the ring Wu Che was guarding was number 36.
Wu Che stood on the ring and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Luo Qingyao's ring was quite far away from him.
He really didn't want to see Luo Qingyao, so he tried to avoid her if possible.
After the fifty Qi Refining disciples came on stage, the Great Elder used his spiritual power to drive the bell, and the bell began to ring with an ancient and uplifting sound that could penetrate the entire Canglan Sect. Even those who were not at the scene of the competition would have their hearts skip a beat when they heard it, knowing that the competition was about to begin.
Wu Che closed his eyes nervously, tried to regulate his breathing, and muttered to himself, "I can do it, I can do it."
The disciples watching him couldn't help but burst into laughter when they saw him like this:
"No. 36 is so timid!"
"It felt like he was about to pee his pants!"
"That guy seems to be the weakest. Whoever goes up to hit him first should get him down quickly. Don't embarrass our Canglan Sect by standing there!"
"Are they from Cijian Peak? No wonder they are so bad."
"Ci Jianfeng really doesn't have any special abilities. Even his direct disciples are only at this level..."
Wu Che tried hard to clear his mind of distracting thoughts and find peace of mind.
As soon as the free challenge arena began, the first person immediately jumped onto the arena and without saying a word, slashed at Wu Che with a sword.
At this time, Wu Che was already sweating profusely and looked like he was terrified.
The first challenger who came on stage was delighted, thinking that he was about to hit the target with one strike. Even the audience around him thought so too. However, he saw a flash before his eyes. Wu Che, who was trembling on the spot just now, suddenly disappeared. Then a sword light came at the side and directly knocked his sword away.
The challenger was stunned looking at his empty wrist, and the audience around him were also stunned.
The most infuriating thing was that Wu Che was also stunned. After a while, he suddenly came to his senses: "I beat you, hahaha... I won! You are so weak! Haha..."
The opponent came back to his senses from his daze, and immediately became angry and rushed directly towards Wu Che: "Uh...ah——"
Wu Che was startled. He didn't expect this person to react so strongly. After dodging a few times, he seemed to remember that he still had a sword in his hand, so he used the sword to drive the other person off the stage.
Before even a cup of tea had passed, Wu Che had already defeated the first challenger, much to everyone's surprise:
"What's wrong with this kid?"
"It seems like it didn't take many moves, and you just drove him down like that?"
"He was just pretending, wasn't he? He's clearly quite capable, but he's pretending to be scared?!"
"I can see that his fear is genuine. The sweat on his body and the look of fear he can fake, but from the look in his eyes just now, he really didn't dare to look at anyone, and he didn't even dare to raise his head, as if he was guilty of a crime. Later, when he picked up the other person's sword, he looked like he couldn't believe it himself."
"But...but if he's so powerful, why are you still afraid?"
"I don't know about that."
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Several people squeezed in the crowd secretly exchanged a few glances, and then used the jade slips in their hands to tell Sheng Tianyun and others behind them about this matter.
Sheng Tianyun was worried about his junior sister at the moment and didn't care about the news.
Since no instructions were conveyed from here, the people guarding below did not act rashly.
After defeating the first person, Wu Che felt the discussions and attention of the people around him. He suddenly panicked and quickly retreated without even having time to be happy.
When there was no one around, everyone was paying attention to him, which made Wu Che feel uneasy.
Some people saw that he was so cowardly again and thought that it was because the person just now was not strong enough, so someone else immediately came on stage to challenge him.
As a result, as soon as Wu Che entered the fighting state, he became a little different. When his attention was only focused on the person in front of him, he would subconsciously ignore the sight of other onlookers, and that uncomfortable feeling would disappear.
After watching Wu Che knock several challengers off the stage, everyone finally understood that this guy wasn't feigning fear, but neither was his strength. He simply had this devilish nature, switching between the two states with ease.
On the other side, Sheng Tianyun finally noticed the situation on Wu Che's side from the jade slip.
He stared at Wu Che's Arena No. 36 for a long time with a serious look, anger mixed with surprise. He thought that most of the people on Cijian Peak were useless, but he didn't expect that this one who could only hide on the peak also had some skills.
"Go up and try his skills!" Sheng Tianyun instructed.
The people in the crowd received Sheng Tianyun's message and immediately acted according to the plan.
At this time, Wu Che had defeated several disciples in the Qi Refining stage and found that the sword skills he had learned and the moves he had practiced were all very useful, and the big stone in his heart fell to the ground.
Just when he felt a little relieved, another ordinary-looking disciple came up to the ring. This person actually followed some rules and did not attack right away. Instead, he announced his name and said, "Sixth Senior Brother from Cijian Peak, please teach me."
When Wu Che heard him say this, he suddenly felt uncomfortable, as if this person was deliberately trying to emphasize his identity.
However, it was the time of the competition, and Wu Che did not have the energy to think about what was wrong, so he quickly started fighting with the opponent.
After two moves, Wu Che's expression became much more serious. He said, "Your foundation is so solid, and your cultivation seems very methodical. You shouldn't be an ordinary outer disciple, but an inner disciple, right?"
The other party did not respond and soon entered a new round of fighting.
This time, Wu Che felt like he was evenly matched with his opponent, and was much more difficult to deal with than the previous few people.
This made Wu Che feel a little frightened. The people in front of him were all at the sixth or seventh level of Qi Refining, but this person was at the seventh level of Qi Refining. Why was the gap so big?
Thinking of this, Wu Che rolled back and avoided the opponent's attack.
He remembered what his second senior brother had said, that defense should be the main focus. This person had obviously just observed his swordsmanship, so his response was very methodical.
There is no way to knock him down at once for the time being, so let's use defensive techniques to wear him down first.
After making this decision, Wu Che fought and retreated, leading the opponent around the field.
Hua Shengqing, who was in the stands, sighed repeatedly as he watched: "Oh, what a good opportunity! I can just strike his right arm with a sword and interrupt the spiritual energy flowing in his right arm. I can use this opportunity to hit him!"
"Why is he hiding again? Oh, I've practiced this move with him!"
"Swing the sword! Swing the sword! Chop! Hey hey! Right—bullshit, your strength is too weak, the damage isn't great enough, and he still has enough energy to fight back!"
Everyone was annoyed by Hua Shengqing's noise, so Yuan Qing'an simply took out a Mo Yan Talisman and flicked it on Hua Shengqing's back, and the atmosphere immediately became a little quieter.
Hua Shengqing turned around and was about to lose her temper when Yuan Qing'an said, "Seventh Junior Sister, when Sixth Junior Brother comes back, you have to continue to supervise his training. This sword technique needs more polishing."
Hua Shengqing's anger suddenly turned into joy. She opened her mouth to agree, but found that she couldn't speak, so she could only turn around in frustration.
Second Brother must have done it on purpose!
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