When Luo Jianqing confirmed that all matters had been arranged, it was already the eve of the sect competition.
As the sect competition was about to begin, Zuo Yunmo still hadn't broken through. He could only smile helplessly at Luo Jianqing and say, "What a pity, Senior Brother. I'm just a little bit away from breaking through to the middle stage of the Golden Core. Then I should be able to fight you. That would be really exciting."
Luo Jianqing chuckled when he heard this: "Junior brother, even if you have reached the middle stage of the Golden Core, don't even think about challenging my authority."
Zuo Yunmo raised his eyebrows: "I don't know who it was that always liked to sit on my shoulders when I was a kid, every day..."
"Junior brother!"
Zuo Yunmo smiled slightly, put his index finger between his lips and made a "hush" gesture.
Luo Jianqing had completely lost his temper and could only think: Tomorrow, I must let this disrespectful Second Junior Brother know on the fighting stage how to write the word "Big Brother"!
That evening, Luo Jianqing explained the next day's affairs to Xuan Lingzi. After confirming that Xuan Lingzi would not be attending the competition, he felt a little disappointed, but also felt it was natural. The sect competition was just a battle between disciples. Even his battle with Zuo Yunmo was only at the level of Jindan stage cultivators. How could he possibly catch Xuan Lingzi's eye?
However, before Luo Jianqing left, Xuan Lingzi said calmly, "Don't bring shame to Yuxiao Peak."
Luo Jianqing responded and left.
Night falls and the bright moon rises in the east.
The entire Taihua Mountain was shrouded in the silent night, so quiet that one could hear the roars of monsters in the mountains and forests.
The next day was the sect competition, and many disciples had been up all night. Some meditated, trying to stabilize their cultivation; some trained their spirit beasts to ensure they were foolproof; and still others sparred with familiar brothers to improve their combat abilities.
In the pitch-black night, a black shadow flashed across Yuxiao Peak, passed through numerous restrictions, and left Yuxiao Peak.
Luo Jianqing was flying quickly between the mountains. He was wearing a black nightgown. In addition to covering his face with a black cloth, he also took a second-grade face-covering pill. No cultivator below the out-of-body stage could detect his true appearance.
Luo Jianqing wasn't worried about Xuan Lingzi suspecting his whereabouts. When he was a child, he often sneaked out to play in the middle of the night with the other six of the Taihua Seven Sons. At first, Xuan Lingzi punished him with self-reflection, but one time, the punishment was too harsh. Luo Jianqing knelt at the gate of the reprimand and refused to admit his fault. He even fainted. Xuan Lingzi then stopped caring about it.
Having lived in Taihua Mountain since childhood, Luo Jianqing already knew the place like the back of his hand. After he took a shortcut to Haoming Peak, he did not go to the residence of the inner disciples, but instead went to the residence of the outer disciples.
At this moment, there were many people training secretly inside. Luo Jianqing did not pay attention to them. After searching for a while, he found the person he was looking for.
Even though the sect competition was supposed to begin the next day, and even though he clearly wasn't strong enough to make it past the first round, Li Xiuchen still sat in the courtyard with a stern face. He wasn't practicing, nor was he sparring. He just kept gesturing with a dagger, looking strange, and it was unclear what he was thinking.
In his previous life, after Li Xiuchen entered Taihua Mountain, he received careful guidance from Xuan Lingzi.
Although Li Xiuchen lacked a natural aptitude, Xuan Lingzi managed to help him reach the sixth level of Qi Refining within a year. Of the twenty-four new disciples, only two had reached the sixth level, and one of them possessed a first-grade aptitude.
Luo Jianqing was very jealous of that person's meticulousness and seriousness. In his previous life, Liuyan Valley was opened early. The disciples in the Qi Refining Stage were divided into three groups: early, middle and late stages. They competed in different groups, and the final three champions could go to Liuyan Valley.
There is no difference in this life, the only change is: Li Xiuchen is only at the fourth level of Qi Refining.
In fact, the fourth level of Qi Refining is also very exaggerated. Li Xiuchen has not received much training at all, and does not have a good master like Xuan Lingzi, but he can still reach the fourth level of Qi Refining. In the words of Jie Zizhuo, that is: There is definitely something fishy about that kid Li Xiuchen!
Luo Jianqing had no idea how Li Xiuchen was cultivating. After all, Xie Zizhuo had been sending people to monitor Li Xiuchen, but they hadn't found any signs of him diligently cultivating. However, Luo Jianqing didn't care about this matter. In fact, he hadn't come here tonight to spy on Li Xiuchen.
Thinking of this, Luo Jianqing hid his figure and restrained his breath.
After a cup of tea, Li Xiuchen put the dagger back to his waist. As soon as he turned around, he suddenly saw a masked man in black standing in front of him.
Li Xiuchen opened his eyes wide in horror and was about to speak when his voice was silenced by the other party.
A hoarse voice rang out in the courtyard: "You look quite pleasing, boy. I like you very much, so I bestow upon you this magical weapon to help you pass the sect competition at Mount Taihua tomorrow. You don't need to thank me. When we meet again in the future, you will naturally know who I am."
After a long moment, Li Xiuchen collapsed, exhausted, and found a long knife on the ground. He was still immersed in the terrifying atmosphere of the moment. Even if the man hadn't covered his face, Li Xiuchen wouldn't have been able to see his face clearly at night.
After his body finally stopped trembling, Li Xiuchen crawled to the long knife and picked it up.
"God helps me! This is God helping me! I really am the protagonist! Hahahaha!!!"
Outside the courtyard, Luo Jianqing tore off the black cloth on his face, sneered, and then flew away.
The next day, the Taihua Mountain Sect Competition, which is held every seven years, started on time.
Taihua Mountain currently has hundreds of Qi Refining disciples, over a hundred Foundation Establishment disciples, and ten Golden Core disciples. Among them, the Seven Taihua disciples are all at the Golden Core stage, and three of their fellow apprentices have also diligently cultivated and reached the Golden Core stage.
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