Tang Nong stomped her foot, frowned, and scolded, "A bunch of unlucky bastards!"
After she finished speaking, she turned to look at the three people beside her. Without her saying anything, the three of them turned their heads away in unison, avoiding her gaze.
Before she could speak, Shi Xuan said, "Now that we're back, let's all go back and rest."
She had only uttered the word "go back" when the three of them turned and went back to their respective places, leaving Tang Nong alone, bewildered, and putting the spiritual food she had taken out back once again.
She prepared them all with great care; there's no way she'd throw them away.
This time should have been the time for the Six Sects' Grand Alchemy Competition, but too many things happened this year. The Silver Frost Secret Realm disappeared, and the Divine Cauldron Sect was also on the guard of other sects because of its entanglement with the Demonic Path.
This led to the postponement of the Six Sects Alchemy Competition.
Shi Xuan returned to the long-lost courtyard. Zhao Cai flew out happily and played with Lian Feng Jian and Hong Mao in the courtyard. More and more friends joined him, and the courtyard became more and more lively.
Having been alone for a long time, she would drift along wherever she went, but now, returning to the courtyard, she felt like she was "coming home," and for the first time, she felt a sense of belonging to this place.
She had only been back in the courtyard for a quarter of an hour when someone came to visit.
It was her master, Lin Daozi.
When Shi Xuan left, he went out, but I didn't expect him to come back so soon.
Shi Xuan stood up in surprise and said with a smile, "Master!"
With no outsiders present, Lu Shenzhi also appeared and greeted Lin Daozi.
Lin Daozi looked a little tired, but he was in good spirits. He walked into the courtyard with a hearty laugh and said, "I've come to ask for a drink. I've run out of wine these past two days, and I've been craving a sip for a long time."
As he spoke, he took out the empty gourd and waved it in front of Shi Xuan.
"I prepared it for you a long time ago!" Shi Xuan said, taking out a storage bag and handing it to Lin Daozi. Inside was the wine he had recently brewed for him.
Lin Daozi laughed with satisfaction: "This disciple was a great find."
He took out a jar, opened it, and took a big gulp of the wine into his mouth, not even having the patience to pour it into his wine gourd.
"Good wine!" After taking a sip, Lin Daozi showed a satisfied expression, squinted his eyes, and put away the rest.
After taking a few more sips, he finally remembered his business.
“Xuan’er, Shenzhi, the reason I went out these days is because I received some news about the Soul Gathering Stone,” he said, taking out a Soul Gathering Stone and placing it on Shi Xuan’s table. “Keep this safe for now. I will continue to investigate other information and try to awaken Shenzhi as soon as possible.”
Lu Shenzhi was deeply moved, as his master had given him everything he had.
"I've troubled Master," Lu Shenzhi said with a guilty conscience. He had made Shi Xuan worry for too long, and now he had troubled Master to help him find the Soul Gathering Stone. He was such a poor disciple!
Seeing that the two were about to start wallowing in sentimentality, Shi Xuan quickly interrupted, "Great! Now we only need the last Soul Gathering Stone. I heard that the top player in each level of the Outer Realm Arena has a reward they can choose from. Surely they won't be without a Soul Gathering Stone there."
Seeing that Shi Xuan no longer had the same imposing manner as before, Lu Shenzhi muttered under his breath, "Then you still have to get first place."
"I can get first place in the Six Sects Tournament, so why can't I get first place in the Outer Domain Arena?" Shi Xuan said.
Lu Shenzhi still dared not raise his voice. Facing his creditor, he showed the necessary patience and explained, "The Outer Domain Arena is different from the Six Sects Grand Competition. The Six Sects Grand Competition is a contest between the six sects of our Qian Yuan Western Region, while the Outer Domain Arena is for the pride of other continents. The competition is extremely fierce, and it is much more difficult to win."
"Other continents? I do know about that, but we'll meet force with force and water with water. For the resurrection of my senior brother, I will fight with all my might!"
"Excellent, excellent, excellent!" Lin Daozi clapped his hands and cheered, "It is only right that we, as fellow disciples, are like this! Our sect is harmonious, and our disciples are all devoted to the Dao. This is truly a blessing for me!"
Lin Daozi was puzzled, but he felt that Shi Xuan and Lu Shenzhi must have a very good relationship, since they spent all day together and must be closer than the other fellow disciples.
Little did he know that his poor eldest disciple was now heavily in debt, calculating in his mind how many centuries it would take to pay it off.
After Lin Daozi left, Shi Xuan immediately abandoned his obedient demeanor, carefully put away the Soul Gathering Stone left by his master on the table, and said to Lu Shenzhi with a grin, "Senior Brother, consider this one a little less in spirit stones, after all, it was obtained by Master."
Lu Shenzhi was already numb. He asked hesitantly, "Why do you charge me for the Soul Gathering Stone that Master found for me?"
Shi Xuan said matter-of-factly, "Storage fee! Besides, if I hadn't brought you out, would you have been able to see your master? If you hadn't seen your master, would you have been able to recognize him? If you hadn't recognized him, would your master have been able to find the stone for you? In the end, it's all thanks to me!"
The tone of his voice was very much like Lu Wenxing's, the kind of tone that implied that he was responsible for everything, a true inheritance from his second senior brother.
"One who stays near ink gets stained black." Lu Shenzhi muttered to himself, adding another brick to his already high debt pile.
On the third day, the disciples who were going to the outer realms gathered together and were sent to the teleportation point by the sect.
Lu Wenxing clamored to go along, but failed. The minimum cultivation level required to enter the Outer Domain Arena was the seventh level of the Golden Core stage, while Lu Wenxing was only at the sixth level.
But rules are rules, and no matter how much you throw a tantrum, you can't go against them.
Only two senior sisters from Baicao Peak accompanied Shi Xuan this year: Chang Qing and Chen Danfeng, who had previously participated in the Six Sects Grand Competition together. Many disciples from other peaks also went last year, so there was no one this year.
The teleportation point wasn't far from the Lianfeng Sword Sect; the spirit boat arrived in less than a day. Several disciples from other sects were already waiting there.
Shi Xuan looked around and saw that there were quite a few familiar faces.
Mi Sui of Yuxing Sect, Zhang Yingxin of Fuyuan Sect, and Chen Qi and Sun Shaoxing of Luoyin Sect—these core disciples from other sects whom I met a few days ago during the Six Sects Grand Competition—were prominently featured.
Shi Xuan greeted everyone politely, but when it came to Chen Qishi, he had a bad feeling, and his intuition proved to be true. Shi Xuan waved and said, "Hey, Chen Yaoqiang, long time no see."
The others present immediately burst into laughter.
If you ask how to bring a high-ranking core disciple down from his pedestal, Shi Xuan has provided the answer: all you need is a down-to-earth name!
Some people jokingly called her "Shi Dayi," which Shi Xuan gladly accepted without taking offense.
The elders of each family standing in front of the teleportation array took the opportunity to give their disciples a final reminder before the array opened, emphasizing various precautions and what they could and could not do in the outer realm.
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