Chapter 161 Eastern Regions 24 Xie Jiaoyue drew her longsword...
Xie Jiaoyue drew her longsword.
Since feeding her sword with a lot of rare spiritual materials, Xie Jiaoyue's natal sword has already changed its appearance.
It now looks like it's carved from a piece of translucent white jade. Jade is hard but also brittle and easily broken. But Xie Jiaoyue's weapon seems to have rubber added to it; she can even bend it freely with a thought.
It's like a cheap rubber gemstone in some kind of orange software.
As if sensing Xie Jiaoyue's inner complaints, her natal spirit sword began to tremble unhappily.
To appease her natal spirit sword, Xie Jiaoyue didn't hesitate and slashed at it directly.
The sword techniques are simple and unadorned, without any added skills; they are just the simplest slashes, the kind of slashes that every swordsman practices hundreds or thousands of times.
A thin white mark appeared on the purple bamboo in front of Xie Jiaoyue. The force of the impact made Xie Jiaoyue's tiger's mouth ache, and her right hand holding the sword, which had been lowered again, trembled slightly.
Despite the pain in her hand, Xie Jiaoyue felt excited.
Wow, free sparring! No money required! You can even take the cut bamboo with you!
Is there anything more cost-effective than this?
Would bamboo rice taste better if made with purple bamboo?
After an unknown amount of time, the purple bamboo in front of Xie Jiaoyue finally broke.
She sheathed her sword, rubbed her neck and stiff back, and looked around.
They could not see their companions, only hear the occasional clinking of gold and silver.
Xie Jiaoyue listened to the sounds and judged the progress of her two companions.
Hey, she only got half, she still has time to cut off another one.
Wang Min was initially very excited while cutting bamboo, displaying the indomitable spirit unique to cultivators of his age. He used various techniques in different ways, making the bamboo shoots look quite impressive.
But as the fight went on, he became numb, and in the end, even the spiritual energy in his dantian was almost depleted.
At this point, the purple bamboo finally became shaky and on the verge of collapse.
His dantian was depleted, and he couldn't perform any spells. He could only take medicine to recover while taking a tree branch and starting to pry it open from the gap, hoping that the purple bamboo could use its own gravity to clear the last centimeter.
By the grace of heaven, Zizhu managed to solve the last centimeter on her own.
At this moment, Wang Min became excited again. He could hear the sound of hitting coming from not far away. What did this mean? It meant that Xie Jiaoyue was probably not finished yet.
It seems he has defeated the current number one in Jinling City.
Wang Min's back and legs no longer ached, and he didn't put the bamboo into his storage ring. Instead, he carried it on his shoulder and huffed and puffed as he ran back.
Sure enough, Xie Jiaoyue was still chopping bamboo!
But isn't this progress a bit off? It only looks like he's about two-thirds done. Could he really be that much ahead of Xie Jiaoyue?
Moreover, Feng Qianqian was also there. It's one thing for him to be strong, but Feng Qianqian was also much stronger than Xie Jiaoyue.
Excitement overwhelmed Wang Min, and with his hands on his hips, he blurted out before he could think: "Xie Jiaoyue, you're slower than me at chopping!"
Feng Qianqian silently took out a bamboo stick from her storage ring.
Then they took out the second one.
"This belongs to Jiaoyue."
Wang Min: Oh.
It turned out that he had been left far behind.
This must be because Xie Jiaoyue is a sword cultivator to be so fast. Damn sword cultivator.
For Wang Min and Feng Qianqian, the time they spent waiting for Xie Jiaoyue was not wasted. Both of their dantian were depleted, and they now had to take medicine and meditate to recover. Once Xie Jiaoyue finished cutting the second bamboo, everything would be just right.
Wang Min asked with great interest, "Sister Jiaoyue, which way do we go now?"
Xie Jiaoyue gave Zhu Zi a look.
Wang Min knew what to do, so he started climbing right away. To buy time, he jumped down from the top of the bamboo and rolled on the spot, getting covered in dust.
"Sister Jiaoyue, why are you showing me these?"
It's very simple. Xie Jiaoyue can now sense the direction of the underground purple bamboo root system, but if they have to compete with others for it, it will undoubtedly waste time. They need to find a place with lots of bamboo but few people.
Xie Jiaoyue didn't explain, she just led the two away.
It wasn't until they moved to the third location and were completely undisturbed that Wang Min finally realized what was happening.
"Sister Jiaoyue, you chose this location on purpose, huh?"
On their journey, they also saw a cultivator who had been stripped naked, clearly having experienced a horrific past.
But right now, apart from being a little tired, they have no problems at all.
But the number of purple bamboos in front of them was increasing.
There are many bamboo trees and few people. What a touching scene this is.
He even received guidance from Feng Qianqian as he chopped the bamboo, from the perspective of casting spells to the ratio between the spiritual energy consumption of each spell and the damage it caused to the bamboo. He chopped the bamboo with great precision.
Feng Qianqian said, "You don't understand. This is called scientific cultivation. It was Jiaoyue who taught me. Without data and research, you can only become the dumbest cultivator."
Scientific cultivation of immortality—what a wonderful phrase.
The group doubled their speed, and a day and a night passed peacefully, marking the end of the first bamboo-cutting activity.
All the disciples gathered once again in the original square, and lined up one by one to hand over the bamboo.
Feng Qianqian and Wang Min each had ten roots, which is considered above average. If we don't consider the disciples of Buzhou Immortal Domain, they would definitely be considered above average.
The disciples of Buzhou Immortal Realm are very familiar with the Purple Bamboo, which naturally gives them an advantage.
Xie Jiaoyue only recognizes one of the top ten people so far, Gong Shichuo, who ranks fourth. The others above Gong Shichuo seem to be disciples of the four great celestial families.
There are four Heavenly-level aristocratic families, but only three of them are ranked ahead of Gongshi Chuo.
That's normal. According to the gossip provided by Xie Lingliu, no one from the fourth Heavenly-level family even knows their surname, so even if they came, no one would recognize them.
The person ranked fifth was wearing a mask.
Feng Qianqian leaned close to Xie Jiaoyue and whispered, "Jiaoyue, who is that? Why is he wearing a mask?"
Xie Jiaoyue knew, but couldn't answer.
The only man with such a physique who could be seen beside Gong Shichuo is Chu Xingjin.
Why is this person wearing a mask? Is he afraid of being recognized?
Could it be Feng Qianqian...?
Finally, it was Xie Jiaoyue's turn to hand over the bamboo.
The top ten were standing nearby, and Gong Shichuo and Chu Xingjin's eyes were both focused on Xie Jiaoyue.
The two did not speak, but communicated with their eyes.
Gong Shichuo, as always, did not take Xie Jiaoyue seriously, but Chu Xingjin was very nervous. He knew best that Xie Jiaoyue would always suddenly perform amazingly when others did not expect it.
He wasn't surprised to lose to Gong Shichuo and the other disciples from top-tier families. What resources did they have, and what resources did he have? If he had just a little more time, he was sure he could surpass them.
However, Xie Jiaoyue and he received roughly the same amount of resources.
He saw Xie Jiaoyue put up fifteen bamboo poles, which were right at the very end of the top ten.
Chu Xingjin breathed a sigh of relief.
Gong Shichuo clicked his tongue softly.
Feng Qianqian pouted unhappily not far away. Jiaoyue had clearly cut twenty bamboos, which would have put her in first place, so why did she only take out fifteen?
Wang Min understood Xie Jiaoyue's actions; this person wanted to steal the bamboo...
Rankings are not as important as greed for bamboo, what a genius.
Isn't the Xie family very wealthy? What's wrong with this guy?!
Xie Jiaoyue on stage had her eyes shining. Chu Xingjin! She and Chu Xingjin were so close now!
Besides being greedy for bamboo, does she also have a chance to embezzle some of the system's resources?
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