At the end of the day, twenty-four new disciples took turns to compete on stage, and none of them had any spiritual power foundation. Such a competition was meaningless. Most of the formal disciples watched in boredom. Even when Li Xiuchen came on stage, many people didn't even look at him.
Only Luo Jianqing's eyes were fixed on this ordinary-looking boy.
In his previous life, Luo Jianqing had never understood how such a young man with ordinary roots could defeat all the other disciples in the peak competition and take second place. Even though the other disciples had no spiritual power, there were many new disciples born into families who had learned some martial arts techniques since childhood and their strength far exceeded that of ordinary people.
However, Luo Jianqing was the only one who reached the Qi Refining Stage within ten days!
In the Thirty-Six Provinces, human cultivation is divided into nine realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Out-of-Body, Fusion, Tribulation Crossing, Mahayana, and Spirit Transformation. Each major realm is further divided into three minor realms: Early, Middle, and Late. Only the Qi Refining stage is directly divided into nine stages, from the first to the ninth level of Qi Refining.
In his previous life, out of a total of twenty-three disciples (excluding the deceased Liu Xiaoxiao), only Li Xiuchen, the least gifted, had reached the Qi Refining Stage! Furthermore, Li Xiuchen was born into poverty, lacking the privileged training environment enjoyed by other family members from an early age. This was simply unbelievable.
Now, after reading "Seeking Immortality", Luo Jianqing finally understood the reason.
What did I say before? Li Xiuchen is actually the Son of the Planes!
Look up to see the elixir, look down to encounter the spiritual beast - this is him.
Li Xiuchen and the other new disciples were temporarily assigned to the outer sect of Mount Taihua for ten days of training. According to the story in "Seeking Immortality," after the tragic death of his childhood sweetheart, Li Xiuchen resolved to strive for strength and practice diligently every day. However, his talent was far too low, and his eight days of training were worse than others' one day. So, the night before the inter-peak competition, he went to the back mountains to relax and…stepped on a medicinal pill!
Rongling Pill.
This is considered the most common elixir. I don’t know which alchemist on Mount Taihua accidentally left it behind, but it was actually seen by Li Xiuchen.
The Rongling Pill was a common, first-grade elixir. Luo Jianqing wouldn't even take a second look at ten thousand of these. But nothing could compare to the glittering aura of the protagonist! It was the Rongling Pill, yes, but it was a Heavenly-grade one! After consuming it, Li Xiuchen, in just one night, completely cleansed his essence and marrow, officially entering the first level of Qi Refining!
Luo Jianqing, who had read to this point in the book, said: "..."
Heavenly Grade Soul-Relieving Pill!
In the entire Taihua Mountain, only the Qinglan Peak Master, Venerable Yuqingzi, could refine it. But how could a master alchemist capable of refining Heaven-grade elixirs possibly refine a first-grade Rongling Pill? And was she just taking a stroll in the outer disciples' back hillside, sprinkling some Heaven-grade elixirs along the way?
Where's the logic? Where's the reason? This doesn't make any sense!
So three days ago, Luo Jianqing left Yuxiao Peak silently and went to the back mountain where the outer disciples were to search.
Li Xiuchen stumbled upon the heavenly-grade elixir with one foot, but Luo Jianqing searched the entire back mountain for an entire night before finally finding the glittering golden elixir. This is unequal treatment. The heart of Heaven is so biased that it can't even see its true face!
Using his spiritual sense to examine the Heavenly Grade Melting Spirit Pill in his storage ring, Luo Jianqing's thin lips curled slightly, a faint, ethereal smile blooming. His brows, like distant black ink, gently stretched, and his phoenix eyes curved slightly like crescent moons. Many female disciples in the arena were attracted by him, but Luo Jianqing remained fixed on the scene on the arena, not distracted for a moment.
So, without the Rongling Pill, how can you, as a mortal, defeat your opponent?
Luo Jianqing's slender jade-like fingers tapped lightly on the black iron table, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a deep smile appeared on his face.
On the stage, Li Xiuchen was so depressed and restless that he almost wanted to go back and watch the movie "Seeking Immortality" again.
"Seeking Immortality" is a famously rigged story. Li Xiuchen read it a full ten times in his previous life, rereading every detail so thoroughly he practically memorized it. He clearly remembered that on his ninth day at Mount Taihua, he took a stroll in the back hills and stumbled upon a Heavenly Grade Rongling Pill, instantly achieving Qi Refining. But yesterday, he spent an entire night wandering the back hills of the outer disciples' quarters, and didn't even see a single Heavenly Grade Pill!
Don’t you think this is depressing? Don’t you think this is frustrating?
Without the Heaven Grade Rongling Pill, what could he use to compete with these disciples from the Born Family?
He doesn't have any good roots at all!
"The tenth round of the Taihua Mountain new disciples' competition among the various peaks. Xu Hua from Changzhou has a fourth-grade root bone; Li Xiuchen from Yuzhou has no root bone."
As soon as the words fell, the referee stepped back, giving the newcomers more space to fight. Looking at the burly Xu Hua across from him, Li Xiuchen's face twitched: "He's not even as thick as his arm! What's the point of fighting? He's definitely asking for a beating!"
On the high platform, looking at the huge gap between the two people, Xie Zizhuo, dressed in black, chuckled and leaned close to Luo Jianqing's ear, whispering, "Senior Brother, I'm not saying anything, but do you think he can win? That Xu Hua has a fourth-grade root bone, and is almost at the first level of Qi Refining, but this Li Xiuchen has no root bone at all, and is also short in stature. If he can win, isn't this heavenly law too unfair?"
Luo Jianqing turned to look at Jie Zizhuo, his handsome features curved in a slight smile as he looked at this carefree junior fellow with a half-smile: "Do you really think he's going to lose?"
Xie Zizhuo said as a matter of course: "That's inevitable. If I can win this, I will go to the Cliff of Repentance tomorrow to accompany Senior Sister Wei!"
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