"Palace Master, you won't leave again now that you're back, right? This year's competition will be held in Xuan Palace. I hope you can personally take charge."
Xiao Qingran thought about it, and after considering some reasons, he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll stay."
The news of Xiao Qingran's return quickly spread throughout the three palaces, four gates, and twelve sects. Since her return, people have been coming to see her every day.
It would be more accurate to say that he came to inquire about my strength rather than to pay a visit.
After all, a year had passed, and the major sects had been secretly improving their strength. Since Xiao Qingran became the Palace Master of the Xuan Palace, he had spent most of the year in the secular world. As everyone knows, the spiritual energy in the secular world is very thin, and even less conducive to cultivation. The major sects were speculating whether Xiao Qingran's strength might have declined.
But the people from the sect who came to visit found that Xiao Qingran was even more unfathomable. After just a few minutes of contact, they felt a sense of awe.
However, Xiao Qingran had decided not to participate this year, and had Zhou Wu find ten disciples from the Xuan Palace to participate. With the skills she had brought back from the Tianyan Continent, and the aid of elixirs, over thirty disciples successfully advanced to the Grandmaster level in just two weeks.
This was a level of cultivation that no one had dared to imagine before, not to mention that these disciples were all around 25 years old. Even Zhou Wu and He Fei were only at the Grandmaster level now.
Zhou Wu was so excited that he shamelessly asked Xiao Qingran to help him advance.
He Fei followed behind Zhou Wu, a little afraid to look at Zhou Wu's shameless look. But in fact, he also wanted to advance.
They were all old and had thought they would remain at the Grandmaster level for the rest of their lives, but now they saw hope for advancement.
"Have you got all the herbs I asked you to find a few days ago?"
Since they are family, how could Xiao Qingran be stingy?
Zhou Wu nodded quickly: "It was sent back to the warehouse last night. If the Palace Master wants it now, I can take you there to get it."
Now, except for those who had been in Xuan Palace for less than six months, everyone else had a space ring. Although the size of the space rings varied, everyone had one, which made other sects envious and eager to betray their master and join Xuan Palace.
But Xuan Palace is very strict in selecting disciples. No matter how high their fighting ability is, those without any talent will not be accepted.
"I will refine a furnace of elixirs to regulate your body and improve your innate talents. Breaking the shackles will not only elevate your cultivation to a higher level, but also speed up your practice."
Zhou Wu and He Fei didn't expect that there was such a medicine. They were shocked in their hearts, but a look of joy appeared on their faces.
"Palace Master, this is great. With this kind of elixir, wouldn't our Xuan Palace be...?"
Zhou Wu was so excited that he couldn't say anything else.
He was afraid that he would feel proud after speaking it out.
He knew that after Xiao Qingran became the Palace Master, the Xuan Palace would flourish and regain its former glory. However, Xiao Qingran could also take the Xuan Palace even further. This was something that no previous Xuan Palace Master had been able to achieve. How could he not be excited?
It seemed that ever since Xiao Qingran came to Xuan Palace, his silent heart would beat violently every time.
Soon it was the day of the annual martial arts competition of the Three Palaces, Four Gates and Twelve Sects.
The Sword Sect was the first to arrive, followed by the Soul Devouring Sect.
The Soul Devouring Sect was led by Xiao Jiyuan, and his three cousins also rushed back from Tianyu Island.
All three of his cousins had already reached Grandmaster status, and the seven other disciples they brought with them were all at the peak of Qi Zong. Such cultivation was considered top-tier among the Three Palaces, Four Gates, and Twelve Sects.
The competition officially began. Xiao Qingran had originally expected another challenging sect like last year. This year, for some reason, everyone was just following the rules. Xiao Qingran, hoping to see something interesting, suddenly found it dull. He sat on the podium, feeling drowsy.
The results of the competition will come out soon.
The Soul Devouring Sect was promoted directly from the bottom of the four sects to the top three palaces, successfully replacing the Star Moon Palace. It was renamed the Ancient Soul Palace. The Sword Sect also moved from the bottom of the twelve sects to the top three.
Xuan Gong is still far ahead.
After the competition, Xuan Gong, in accordance with previous rules, invited everyone from the three palaces, four gates, and thirteen sects to a meal. At the banquet, everyone once again witnessed Xiao Qingran's methods. The people from several sects who had been secretly preparing to make moves also quietly stopped, no longer daring to have any thoughts about Xuan Gong.
When Luo Shinian and Luo Shisui were one year old, Xiao Qingran and Luo Jiuyan returned to the secular world and personally took the two children to the ancient martial arts world.
The second week after returning home, the two attended Huang Yawei's one-month celebration. Huang Yawei gave birth to a big fat boy, and Jiang Mingwei's family's attitude towards Huang Yawei took a 180-degree turn.
A family of four came back from a banquet. Because there was a traffic jam on the road, they went shopping at a nearby shopping mall.
Unexpectedly, I met Ning Man.
This was the first time Xiao Qingran had seen her since leaving the Xiao family. Although Ning Man hadn't remarried Xiao Mai, she frequently visited the Xiao family villa. Now she was managing her own company and dressed like a strong woman.
Ning Man's eyes became a little moist when she suddenly saw Xiao Qingran's family of four.
Xiao Qingran could tell she had a thousand words to say to her, but she remained silent. She just smiled wryly, nodded at Xiao Qingran and Luo Jiuyan, and then passed by the four of them as if nothing had happened.
But at the moment of their missed encounter, Ning Man burst into tears.
She has been deliberately avoiding meeting Xiao Qingran.
After so many things happened, she was filled with guilt towards Xiao Qingran. She always told Xiao Mai that not disturbing each other was the greatest blessing for each other. She had always done so, but when she saw him for real one day, she couldn't help but break down.
She had raised Xiao Qingran since she was a child, and she had invested more feelings in Xiao Qingran than anyone else. What happened later was something even she couldn't control.
One is her adopted daughter who she raised without any blood relationship with her, and the other is her own flesh and blood who grew up away from home.
At that time, Xiao Yuruo had just returned, and she was happy. At first, she wanted to compensate this daughter who had suffered so much outside. She still treated Xiao Qingran as her own daughter. But she didn't know when everything changed. Before she could react, her adopted daughter had become notorious. Her husband also began to dislike the adopted daughter and often defended his biological daughter in front of her. Even though she found that many things were not the adopted daughter's fault, her husband just sided with his biological daughter. She talked to her husband, but her husband said, who wouldn't protect their own children. They are not her own blood, and she will not be on their side in the future. She was very disappointed and didn't know what to do. Maybe because her husband said too much, she also subconsciously believed that biological children are good. She slowly began to indulge her biological daughter in bullying her adopted daughter, until...
Thinking of the past, Ning Man became even sadder.
Maybe what's happening now is retribution!
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