Chapter 65
The ranking competition in the afternoon was more intense than the morning one. The top 50 positions of Su Xuan Sect were extremely valuable and were already in the upper-middle ranks in the world of cultivation.
As Su Jinzhou's ranking moved higher and higher, Jitang's seat also moved from the middle to the front. When Su Jinzhou's ranking reached 20th place, Jitang and several senior sisters were already standing behind the railing to cheer him on.
"Su Jin Zhou!"
"come on!"
"Su Jin Zhou!"
“Charge! Charge ...
The cheering team grew larger and larger, with both men and women among them, but the voices of the female practitioners broke through the deep voices of the male practitioners, attracting fellow disciples farther away to stand up and look.
After resting, the next person Su Jinzhou faced was his senior brother from Luanqi Peak. This senior brother had previously brought Su Jinzhou and Ji Tang out of the sect and sent them to the imperial palace of Sujia Kingdom.
He teased Su Jinzhou, "Junior brother, you are so popular among your fellow disciples. I envy you so much."
Su Jinzhou was completely focused on the battle, "Brother Han, why don't you take the initiative?"
Han Chengzhao looked behind Su Jinzhou and said, "I'm so envious..."
Su Jinzhou said helplessly: "Senior Brother?"
Han Chengzhao: "Junior brother, do you know who is in the team cheering for you?"
Su Jinzhou didn't understand what Han Chengzhao meant, and just said, "There's my junior sister."
Han Chengzhao shook his finger and said, "There is the Quexiafengfenghua that I have been pursuing in vain, your Senior Sister Sun Xiangrong."
The boat was silent for a while.
He didn't have time to think about how old-fashioned the word Fenghua was, because he didn't even dare to say a word after hearing what Senior Brother Han Chengzhao said.
Han Chengzhao: "Junior brother, why are you so quiet?"
Su Jinzhou: "Brother, let's have a competition."
This competition was quite tricky. Senior Brother Han Chengzhao's cultivation level was the same as his, at the late stage of Lingji. In addition, this senior brother was full of resentment. Although he won in the end, he also felt that he was skinned by Han Chengzhao.
After Su Jinzhou finished this match, the next match was scheduled for the afternoon.
When Ji Tang saw Su Jinzhou coming, he and his senior sisters made way for him. He supported himself on a platform that was more than half a person's height and nimbly flipped over the railing.
Low exclamations were heard all around. Normally, it was just a matter of climbing over a railing, and anyone who practiced Taoism could do it. However, the person who climbed over the railing was Su Jinzhou, and the result was different. Su Jinzhou lowered his head because of the exaggerated reactions of those around him.
Ji Tang laughed at him, "Brother, you are shy."
Su Jinzhou pulled her back to her seat quickly, "I just find it too noisy."
Jitang: "Oh..."
Why are your ears red?
Those senior sisters who had shouted louder than anyone else during the Su Jinzhou competition now sat around the two of them one after another. They were quiet and elegant, and for a moment this place became the quietest area.
Han Chengzhao, who arrived later, also climbed over the railing, but everyone was so focused on looking at Su Jinzhou that they didn't notice him. He rubbed his nose, squeezed to Su Jinzhou's right, and put his arm around Su Jinzhou's shoulders.
He whispered, "Brother, whether I can catch Fenghua depends entirely on you."
Jitang leaned forward to look curiously.
Han Chengzhao greeted her with a smile, "Xiao Jitang."
Ji Tang responded obediently: "Hello, Senior Brother Cheng Zhao."
"Be good." Han Chengzhao reached out to touch Jitang's head, but was pulled over unnoticeably by Su Jinzhou who was sitting in the middle.
He lowered his voice and said, "Brother, it's not that I don't want to help you, but I really can't do anything about pursuing Senior Sister."
Jitang looked at the two of them.
Han Chengzhao said anxiously, "You have to help!"
Su Jinzhou: "How can I help?"
"Just act like you're friends with my brother." He patted Su Jinzhou's shoulder with his arm around his. Without waiting for Su Jinzhou to speak, he turned around and said hello to someone behind him, "Xiangrong, come and sit down?"
Ji Tang turned around and found that Sun Xiangrong was the senior sister who had sat next to her and gossiped with her about Su Jinzhou.
Han Chengzhao apologized to the person next to him. The female cultivator glared at him for a few times before reluctantly giving up her seat. Sun Xiangrong then sat next to Han Chengzhao.
Sun Xiangrong moved from the back to the side, and because of Han Chengzhao, it was much more convenient for him to see Su Jinzhou, which was better than looking at the back of his head.
Sun Xiangrong: "Are you familiar with Junior Brother Jinzhou?"
When Han Chengzhao heard this name, the corners of his eyes twitched. He hid his sadness with a smile and pressed Su Jinzhou's shoulders even harder.
Su Jinzhou: "..."
Han Chengzhao: "This is my good junior. Are you here to watch my match today?"
Sun Xiangrong secretly thought he was being conceited, but said, "Yeah, you fought well."
He skinned Su Jinzhou raw, and this bastard didn't hold back either, leaving him in a very miserable state. Although he used the body-clearing technique before going up to the stands, the wound on his face was swollen. He knew as soon as he heard what Sun Xiangrong said was just perfunctory.
The more Han Chengzhao thought about it, the angrier he became. The hand on Su Jinzhou's shoulder changed from pressing to grabbing, causing Su Jinzhou's mouth to twitch slightly.
Ji Tang noticed Han Chengzhao's little movements in secret. She couldn't pry Han Chengzhao's hands openly - she had to save face for her senior brother, so she thought of a way. She tilted her head and rested it directly on Su Jinzhou's shoulder.
Han Chengzhao felt the back of his hand feel warm, and then he shrank back.
Ji Tang acted like he realized it later and put his hands together apologetically, "Sorry, Senior Brother, I didn't notice your hand."
Han Chengzhao retracted his hand and clenched it into a fist. Now he could no longer put more pressure on his junior brother.
Su Jinzhou touched Jitang's face.
Ji Tang closed his right eye subconsciously, and felt a slight chill on the side of his face, which quickly dried up, and then he touched Su Jinzhou's warm palm.
She knew that Su Jinzhou had used a small-scale cleansing technique on her, so she couldn't help but lean closer to him and whisper, "Brother, do you have mysophobia?"
Not only himself, but even his junior sister had to wash.
Su Jinzhou said nothing and patted his shoulder.
Ji Tang was stunned.
She had wanted to help her senior brother out, not really wanting to lean on his shoulder. But Su Jinzhou's intention was clear, and she didn't want to refuse—after all, a broad shoulder was really comfortable to rest your head on.
Ji Tang tilted her head on the pillow, it was indeed comfortable, she squinted her eyes with pleasure.
Su Jinzhou's eyes also curved.
The two people closest to them saw everything.
Sun Xiangrong said enviously, "Brothers and sisters who study under the same master have a better relationship. Unfortunately, I am the eldest sister at Quexia Peak, and I only take care of my younger sisters all day long. I don't get to experience the feeling of having someone above me."
Han Chengzhao puffed out his chest and said, "Our two peaks are close to each other, and our master and master have a very good relationship. Just treat me as the eldest senior brother up there!" He imitated Su Jinzhou and patted his shoulder to gesture.
Sun Xiangrong smiled and said, "It's good, but my shoulders are a little narrow, so it's not easy to use as a pillow."
Han Chengzhao: “…” He wanted to cry.
Time passed quickly while they were chatting and laughing. When it was Shen time, Su Jinzhou went to the stadium again.
From the 20th place upwards, the competition venues merged into one, becoming larger, and people sitting in the stands could not see the disciples on the stage clearly.
Because of this, the sect would use image spirit stones placed around the competition field to construct a huge screen in the air. The figures of the disciples in the field would immediately appear on the screen, allowing everyone to see them clearly at once.
Su Jinzhou is now ranked 19th, competing with Senior Brother Wen Luofeng for the 18th place.
Sun Xiangrong sat in Su Jinzhou's seat and spoke to Ji Tang. "Senior Brother Zhang Xiaoxian from Wenluo Peak has already reached the threshold of the Golden Core Stage. Junior Brother Jinzhou will have a tough battle ahead of him."
Jitang shifted his gaze from the huge screen to the center of the field, "Don't get hurt too badly."
Sun Xiangrong shook her head. "It's hard to say."
Han Chengzhao pointed at his face and said, "It's common to get injured in ranking tournaments. You'll get used to it after a while. Junior sister, don't worry."
Upon hearing this, Jitang frowned even deeper.
Sun Xiangrong looked at him blankly, "Is there anyone as comforting as you?"
Han Chengzhao thought, weren't you the one who put pressure on your junior sister first? But since the person in front of him was the one he liked, he wisely chose to keep his mouth shut.
Zhang Xiaoxian seemed to know Su Jinzhou's strength, and used all his strength from the beginning.
Sun Xiangrong raised his eyebrows, "It seems that Senior Brother wants to end this quickly."
Jitang looked nervously back and forth between the screen and the stage.
Before the Jindan stage, cultivators mostly used low-level spells, but because both of them were in the late Lingji stage, one step away from the Jindan stage, their bodies were full of spiritual power, and as long as they learned the hand gestures of intermediate-level spells, they could cast intermediate-level spells.
Zhang Xiaoxian came up and used the middle-level spell - Earth-breaking Spike.
There was a rumbling sound under Su Jinzhou's feet. Before he could run out of the cracked ground, earth spikes quickly pierced out of the ground. The earth spikes were cone-shaped, as wide as three people standing side by side at the bottom, but extremely sharp at the top. If they pierced people, they could directly string them together. The force was very strong.
Jitang stood up suddenly.
No one behind her said she was blocking the view because the people behind her also stood up.
Su Jinzhou rolled on the ground to avoid the earth spikes under his feet. While rolling, he made hand gestures and cast a mid-level wood spell - Thorns Pierce.
A large number of thorns drilled into the soil, rotated upwards along the soil, and emerged from the tips of the thorns. The soil was no longer tight due to the thorns, and cracks extended from the inside to the surface, peeling off like cracked wall paint.
Everyone exclaimed in surprise.
Sun Xiangrong covered her mouth in surprise, "Junior brother can also cast intermediate spells?!"
Han Chengzhao was distraught. "So, Junior Brother didn't use his true abilities just now? Although I can use intermediate-level spells, I can't perform hand seals like Junior Brother did when dodging earth spikes. That requires not only extreme mastery of hand seals, but also the ability to quickly draw on one's own spiritual energy and control the power of the soul. It also requires a very high level of control."
Ji Tang replied: "He was very serious when he was fighting with you, Senior Brother Cheng Zhao just now."
Han Chengzhao looked at her and found that she was still paying close attention to the scene.
When the thorns destroyed all the earth spikes around Su Jinzhou, she turned around, her eyes bright. "He is very powerful and resilient. Even if his opponent is a cultivator who has just reached the Golden Core stage, he will fight with all his might. He is not timid, he does not doubt, he only looks forward, until his sword is broken and his arrows are exhausted."
Han Chengzhao laughed and teased her deliberately, "Aren't you going all out until the last moment?"
Ji Tang also laughed, "Senior Brother Cheng Zhao, this is a sect ranking competition, not a life-or-death match. What's the last moment? Pah, pah, pah, that's unlucky." She looked at the field, "Senior Brother respects his opponents, in every match."
Han Chengzhao smiled and shook his head, "I don't know if you are comforting me or praising your senior brother."
The battle was in full swing on the field. Zhang Xiaoxian's expression went from cold at the beginning to more cheerful now, which showed that they were enjoying themselves.
Ji Tang was originally worried about Su Jinzhou's increasing number of injuries, but when she turned her eyes, she saw a smile on his face. She sighed dejectedly, "Okay, it's good to have fun fighting. At worst, you'll end up with two pig heads."
Sun Xiangrong covered her mouth and laughed softly.
One of them was made of earth and the other of wood, and it was hard to tell who was better. It was more of a satisfying exchange than a competition.
Seeing that Su Jinzhou had broken his wood-based spell, Zhang Xiaoxian used his sword as a medium for casting spells, replacing the earth-based spell with a water-based spell.
The long sword contained infinite water power and attacked Su Jinzhou. The intermediate water spell Water Snake followed the trail and moistened the mud around Su Jinzhou. The mud suddenly surged up and formed the shape of a human hand, which grabbed Su Jinzhou's body in an instant.
Sun Xiangrong was dumbfounded. "I didn't expect that Senior Brother could even use intermediate water-based spells! As for Junior Brother, Wood-based spells can't restrain Water-based spells."
Ji Tang's eyes revealed confidence, as if he was even more confident than Su Jinzhou. "If the Wood element doesn't work, then let's use the Earth element!"
The muddy hands that were clenching Su Jinzhou's fists in the field had already exploded while they were talking, but Su Jinzhou's moon-white clothes were not stained with a single speck of mud.
Sun Xiangrong looked at it carefully and couldn't help but sigh, "You're still thinking of covering yourself with spiritual power at this time? I'm impressed."
Su Jinzhou knelt on one knee, pressed his hands on the muddy soil, turned his hands over, and released the intermediate earth spell - the Falling Technique. At the same time, the position where Zhang Xiaoxian was located instantly sank, and Zhang Xiaoxian also fell half of his body.
Exclamations and cheers rang out one after another.
Han Chengzhao's expression was about to crack. "What do you mean? So you can all use some intermediate spells from various departments?"
When he fought against Su Jinzhou, he used mid-level fire spells, but he only used fire spells - because he only knew a few mid-level fire spells. But he never expected that this junior brother would even use earth spells.
Han Chengzhao asked Jitang with a hope, "Does he know anything else?"
Jitang nodded, "Yes."
Han Chengzhao was devastated.
Ji Tang was very proud of it. These were the results of Su Jinzhou's day and night practice, and they were finally shown today.
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