Chapter 152 Continuing the Challenge
"Your name is Han Wei, right? Let's play another round sometime." Hongye took out his big gourd of wine again and said to Han Wei while drinking.
Han Wei smiled and said, "Okay."
“Fellow Daoist Han, you must be exhausted after playing so many rounds. If you want to challenge the seventy-fourth peak, you can rest for a few days before you go,” Luo Xuan said from the side.
Han Wei looked at Luo Xuan.
Luo Xuan smiled and said, "If you want to rest, I can arrange a cave for you to rest in."
Hongye glanced at Luo Xuan, then at Han Wei, seemingly understanding something, and began winking and making faces at Luo Xuan. Luo Xuan pretended not to notice.
Han Wei glanced at Xu Lingyue, who smiled back at her. Han Wei wasn't actually tired. While it was true that she had cheated to win, which required mental effort, she was using her secondary brain. However, considering how much she had won, she figured it was good to take a good look at everything and rest.
So she said to Luo Xuan, "Thank you very much, Senior Luo."
"Come with me!"
Luo Xuan made an inviting gesture.
Han Wei waved to Xu Lingyue, who smiled and walked over. Then the two of them followed Luo Xuan away. Seeing this, the other spectators could only disperse. However, they had no intention of leaving Panlong Mountain; having finally witnessed a master who could reach the seventy-third peak, they were determined to see him to the very end.
So the others found places to meditate in various parts of Panlong Mountain, and some even started challenging the first peak to pass the time.
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Inside the cave dwelling that Luo Xuan arranged for Han Wei.
Before the elegant screen, Han Wei took out her prizes from storage bags one by one. The treasures floated in mid-air, their multicolored glow dazzling to the eye. Xu Lingyue was mesmerized by the sight of so many rare treasures.
"The Chess Saint Palace is so rich! They're so generous, giving out so many rewards so casually!" Xu Lingyue exclaimed.
“Perhaps these things are quite common in the Upper Realm. The master of the Chess Saint Palace must be a prominent figure in the Upper Realm. The cultivation levels of Senior Luo and Senior Hongye, who played against me before, are unfathomable. They must both be immortals,” Han Wei said, crossing her arms.
"Immortals? I thought they were in the Tribulation Transcending stage," Xu Lingyue said in shock.
Han Wei shook her head: "No, they are immortals, or at least true immortals."
Xu Lingyue sat down next to Han Wei, and said absentmindedly, "Immortal, no wonder, such a grand gesture." Suddenly, she grabbed Han Wei and said with a smile, "You are too amazing, you have defeated two immortals in a row."
Han Wei smiled sheepishly. She had won against Luo Xuan on her own merits, but she really couldn't have won against Hong Ye without the Divine Wisdom Dao Fruit.
"You have to win a hundred games to enter the Chess Saint Palace and meet the master of the Chess Saint Palace. I wonder what kind of person the master of the Chess Saint Palace is?" Xu Lingyue asked curiously, resting her chin on her hands.
Han Wei was also eager to know who the master of the Chess Saint Palace really was.
"With the Divine Wisdom Dao Fruit, winning a hundred games shouldn't be a problem," Han Wei thought. She turned to look at Xu Lingyue and said with a smile, "Are there any of these things you like? You can pick a few."
Xu Lingyue stared at her in shock:
"No, no, no, this is what you won. You even gave me some immortal jade before, so I can't take this anymore."
To be honest, Han Wei was already incredibly shocked when she saw so many treasures. They had only just met; wasn't she afraid that Han Wei might have malicious intentions? Han Wei's attitude towards her also made her feel flattered. They had only just met, so why was Han Wei being so kind to her?
Han Wei guessed what she was thinking, and she looked at Xu Lingyue and said:
"How about this? You help me refine pills, and as payment, you can choose a few items. Is that alright?"
After hearing the suggestion, Xu Lingyue thought for a moment and said, "Okay."
The fact that she wasn't getting something for nothing made her feel more at ease, and besides, she was quite skilled at alchemy.
"What kind of pills are you going to refine? These materials are all good stuff; you can refine quite a few high-level pills," Xu Lingyue said.
Han Wei took out a jade slip and used her divine sense to imprint the pills she needed onto it before handing it to Xu Lingyue. Han Wei said, "That's all."
After Xu Lingyue finished reading, seeing that it was all things she knew how to do, she smiled brightly and said, "No problem, I'll go and refine it for you right now."
"There's no need to be in such a hurry," Han Wei said.
"I have nothing to do right now, so I'll refine the simplest Spirit-Replenishing Mystic Pill for you. You still have challenges to continue, so I'll give you a boost of your brainpower," Xu Lingyue said with a smile.
Xu Lingyue stood up, waved her hand to take away the medicinal herbs floating in the air, and then went to the alchemy room.
Han Wei smiled as she looked at her impatient nature.
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Several days later.
Xu Lingyue handed the pills she had refined to Han Wei. Han Wei picked up the bottle and started pouring the pills into her mouth one by one, which made Xu Lingyue immediately snatch the bottle away.
"You're eating so much at once, aren't you afraid of bursting from the medicine?" Xu Lingyue said, her eyes wide.
After swallowing the pills in her mouth, Han Wei smiled and said, "Don't worry, I've been taking pills like this since I was a kid, and I've never had any problems." As she spoke, she snatched the bottle back from Xu Lingyue's hand and then poured it all into her own mouth.
"Why?!"
Xu Lingyue tried to take it back, but Han Wei had already eaten it all.
Xu Lingyue sat to the side watching Han Wei's reaction, while Han Wei looked at her with a grin. Xu Lingyue stared at her for a while but saw nothing unusual, and was amazed: "This is really strange, how come you're still fine after all this? What kind of constitution do you have?"
Han Wei stood up with a smile: "Alright, I've replenished my brainpower. Let's go! Let's go to the Seventy-Four Peaks and continue the challenge, see what other rewards we can get."
Seeing her walk out, Xu Lingyue followed her.
After leaving the cave and arriving above the sea of clouds, they saw several long streaks of light flying towards Han Wei and Xu Lingyue. A woman dressed in yellow called out from afar, "Fellow Daoist Han."
Han Wei and Xu Lingyue stopped, and the woman in yellow flew closer, followed by a man in a green robe, a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar, and a beautiful woman in palace attire. These people had all previously witnessed the entire game between Han Wei and the disciples of the Chess Saint Palace, and had already exchanged names with Han Wei and Xu Lingyue.
"Greetings, fellow Daoists!" Han Wei said with a smile.
"Is Fellow Daoist Han going to challenge the Seventy-Four Peaks?" the woman in yellow asked.
Han Wei nodded: "After resting for so many days, I've almost recovered."
In fact, she didn't need to rest at all. She won by cheating. Besides, she cultivated the "Myriad Manifestations of the Forest" and had already evolved from a Wood Spirit Body to a Wood King Body. Her recovery ability was monstrous.
"That's wonderful! We're just waiting to see Fellow Daoist Han dominate the battlefield once again," the beautiful woman in palace attire said with a smile.
Han Wei smiled and said, "Then let's go together."
"please!"
"please!"
So everyone flew towards the Seventy-Four Peaks. Along the way, they encountered other people who, upon seeing Han Wei, knew she was going to continue her challenge and all followed her.
And so, the group arrived at the seventy-fourth peak together.
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