Luo Jianqing raised his eyebrows and said nothing more. The junior disciple stared at him with admiration and respect. When he left Luo Jianqing's room, he turned back several times and said that he would come to invite Luo Jianqing to preside over the peak competition in three days.
Luo Jianqing agreed to all of these, but after his junior brother left, the smile on his lips suddenly disappeared.
After sighing heavily, Luo Jianqing stood up and left Yuxiao Peak. He came back half a day later with something extra in his hand.
Three days later, the competitions among the various peaks started on time.
Twenty-four newly initiated disciples stood beneath the arena, looking around with curious eyes. Of these twenty-four disciples, only eight were girls, and among them, Liu Xiaoxiao was the most delicate and eye-catching. However, Liu Xiaoxiao was constantly talking to the young man beside her, oblivious to the others' gazes.
It would be fine if this young man was very outstanding, but Li Xiuchen had average physique and an ordinary appearance.
Because of this incident, many people paid attention to him, wanting to see where this guy got such good luck that a new female disciple with a third-grade root bone level liked him so much.
"Brother Chen, have you finished practicing your boxing skills? I don't think I've mastered it well enough. Will anything happen today?"
Li Xiuchen nodded nonchalantly: "Yeah."
Seeing the other party's perfunctory attitude, Liu Xiaoxiao frowned sadly: "Brother Chen, didn't you say that as long as we enter Taihua Mountain, we can become immortals, and after becoming immortals, my parents can live a good life? But that senior brother said yesterday that we can't just go home."
Li Xiuchen said unhappily, "You can go home sooner or later."
Li Xiuchen didn't even spare Liu Xiaoxiao a glance when he spoke, which made the little girl, who was less than ten years old, feel very aggrieved.
Liu Xiaoxiao didn't know what had happened to her brother Chen. Before Lei Ting Road, he had always taken special care of her, constantly caring for her and loving her for the past three years. But now, Li Xiuchen always seemed to ignore her. She had followed Li Xiuchen here to make her parents' lives better, and she didn't know anyone here.
Suddenly, a wave of bitter emotions washed over her. After all, she was only eight or nine years old. Liu Xiaoxiao blinked, tears on the verge of falling. But when she looked up and suddenly saw the graceful beauty in white, her eyes widened in surprise and she cried out, "Big Sister! Brother Chen, look! It's the big sister who saved us!"
Liu Xiaoxiao's voice was not small. Most of the disciples present were at the Qi Refining stage or above, and had excellent hearing, so they heard her words clearly at once.
"Big...Big sister? This little girl said that Senior Brother Luo is the big sister?"
"Hahahaha, that's right. Our Senior Brother Luo is so handsome and graceful. He is the dream lover of countless girls in the Thirty-Six States."
"On my first day at Mount Taihua, I also thought Senior Brother Luo was some senior sister who liked to wear men's clothing. She's so beautiful..."
Upon hearing this, Luo Jianqing was also stunned. He looked down at the little girl in the audience in surprise, only to see that the latter was hugging her brother Chen's arm tightly and waving at him happily.
Only a little over one meter tall, skinny, this little bean sprout-like girl actually called him "Big Sister"?!
The young man in black beside him chuckled and whispered into Luo Jianqing's ear, "Brother, this little girl has good taste."
Luo Jianqing glanced down at him, and the young man in black immediately spread his hands innocently and fell silent. Luo Jianqing then calmly scanned the room, and the whispering junior brothers and sisters quickly shut up.
But there were also people who were whispering to each other and still discussing quietly. Luo Jianqing could guess this kind of thing with his eyes closed, so he smiled slightly, raised the corners of his lips, walked to the middle of the platform, and took out a white crystal from the ring.
Under the bright and brilliant sunshine, a tall and handsome young man, clad in a white robe trimmed with silver thread, gazed tenderly at his fellow apprentices below. His exquisitely graceful face, as if caressed by a spring breeze, was so beautiful it was impossible to look away. Yet, his powerful, oppressive aura made it impossible to dare to act rashly, and they could only gaze up in silent admiration.
Luo Jianqing gently shook the white crystal in his hand and said, "The inter-peak competition is a major event for the six peaks of Taihua Mountain to recruit disciples. At such an important moment, you must avoid any small actions in private. If this sound transmission stone is lit, don't blame me for being ruthless with my sword. I will send you to see your most gentle Senior Sister Wei."
The disciples suddenly shut up: "..."
Wei Qiongyin, who was lying on the cliff of regret and had been shot, said: "..."
The young man in black said, "Haha, Senior Brother, you're really abusing your position. You can't even send a message? And you're talking about the gentlest Senior Sister Wei? If Senior Sister Wei is gentle, then I'd be the most infatuated man in the world."
Luo Jianqing turned to look at his junior brother and said seriously, "Fourth Junior Brother, I will pass this on to Third Junior Sister for you."
Xie Zizhuo was horrified: "Senior Brother Luo, you are bullying me!!!"
Luo Jianqing just smiled and said nothing.
These were just small episodes. A moment later, with Luo Jianqing's announcement, the competition among the various peaks officially began.
The twenty-four new disciples took turns competing on stage, following the order of their drawn lots, to showcase their cultivation achievements over the past ten days to their senior brothers and sisters from the six peaks of Mount Taihua. The winner would advance to the next round, and if they showed exceptional talent, they might even be accepted directly as a closed disciple by the elders.
Taihua Mountain accepted disciples without any prior cultivation skills. Even young masters and young ladies from prominent families could only learn a few self-defense techniques, and were not allowed to possess any spiritual power. Therefore, this peak competition was essentially based on each disciple's talent and their efforts over the past ten days, making it a very fair competition.
However, after all, these disciples have no cultivation, so such a fight is not very interesting.
Most of the female disciples quietly turned their gazes towards the platform, towards the distinguished senior brother in white. Luo Jianqing, on the other hand, remained remarkably calm. He fiddled with the sound transmission stone in his hand, a smile on his lips as he calmly observed the situation in the arena.
After a long while, it was finally the turn of Li Xiuchen, the mediocre and lucky Li Xiuchen, to take the stage. Luo Jianqing suddenly stopped what he was doing. Jie Zizhuo, standing beside him, keenly noticed his anomaly. He glanced at Li Xiuchen and chuckled softly, "Seems like Senior Brother is also interested in this guy with the worst physical condition in the room?"
Luo Jianqing raised an eyebrow: "Do you think he can win?"
Xie Zizhuo laughed heartily: "If he can win, I will go into seclusion for a year!"
Luo Jianqing waved his hand: "No need to be so miserable, just go to the Cliff of Repentance and accompany your Senior Sister Wei."
Xie Zizhuo opened his eyes wide: "Senior Brother Luo, you are bullying me!!!"
Luo Jianqing smiled softly, seemingly at ease. However, even Jie Zizhuo didn't notice that Luo Jianqing's gaze was fixed on Li Xiuchen, watching this ordinary boy walk onto the stage with a gloomy face, gazing at his opponent with a complicated expression.
Luo Jianqing slowly restrained his smile, and a dark light flashed in his clear and bright eyes.
"...Without that thing, Li Xiuchen, what are you going to do?"
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