Chapter 19 (1/2)

Chapter 19: Mei Jiejie

Su Tingyun’s ability to play dead had improved once again.

She felt that she shouldn't be acting in such a stupid manner and, instead, look at the situation more clearly. She was living in a place where people were eaten to the point where not even their bones remained, so why was she still making things worse for herself by shooting her mouth off and saying dumb things? In the future, she wouldn't talk unless she had to. She would reduce her presence and aim to be a simple and low-key old woman.

“Practice properly by yourself. You'll have h.e.l.l to pay if you haven't broken through to the Spirit Condensation Stage in three day's time..” Liu Feizhou flung his sleeves back and left after delivering his command. Su Tingyun groaned and pulled herself up, then opened the bottle and smelled it. The faint fragrance of the medicine filled her nose. It seemed to seep into her heart, and the medicine's aroma made her feel carefree and relaxed, to the point where she felt extremely comfortable.

Eat it?

For the time being let’s not worry about the potential side effects. Rather, would he use poison to control her? ?

Don’t eat it?

Not eating it meant that she definitely wouldn't be able to reach the Spirit Condensation Stage, and when the time came she'd be done for. The people outside were all afraid of these alchemists and their methods were surely ruthless and vicious. After sniffing the medicine, Su Tingyun gathered up her courage and poured a pill into her mouth. In less than a quarter of a minute, she felt a strong energy pouring into her body that shoved through her meridians.

Great amounts of spirit energy flooded into her body, making it hard for her originally small meridians to bear. However, the Spirit Opening Pill continuously healed her broken meridians as spiritual energy forced them open and damaged them This caused Su Tingyun’s body to toss and turn due to the pain. After suffering for G.o.d knows how long, the Spirit Opening Pill’s effect finally disappeared and she achieved the Third Stage of Qi Condensation.

Eating one pill caused her cultivation to increase by two stages and also made her sweat profusely as she tasted the pain of being one step away from death.

This meant that she'd have to suffer at least four more times if she wanted to reach the Spiritual Condensation Stage. This was practically h.e.l.l's torment!

During these days when Su Tingyun was using pills to breakthrough, Wuliang sect’s new disciples arrived after undergoing a rigorous examination. At the end, one hundred and eight disciples were accepted. After they pa.s.sed, next was deciding which hall in Wuliang sect they would enter. It was important, as it affected the progress of their future cultivation.

Xu Wei’s talent wasn't bad. Young as he was, he had figured out some insights on his own in the way of the sword and he could already exude murderous aura when he drew his sword. He stood in the first row wearing the cyan colored clothing of a disciple. His face showed no emotion as he purposefully tried to look calm, but his slightly raised chin betrayed how he truly felt. He was third out of all the new disciples.

His former companion Zhang Zhizi had also managed to successfully enter Wuliang Shan, but unexpectedly, Li Xinmei didn’t appear. She probably hadn't been able to sc.r.a.pe together enough to pay for the registration. Xu Wei creased his brows as he thought about Li Xinmei. But at this time, the girl next to him used her elbow and lightly b.u.mped him. “Senior Brother Xu, say, who do you think will choose us? It'd be great if we were under the same master.”

Girls at the age of fourteen and fifteen years start to grow and sprout. Her face was as beautiful as a peach blossom and her skin was as white as a gemstone. Even the cyan disciple's clothing couldn’t cover her developing curves. The two lumps of flesh around her chest caused his heart to itch and the hot breath that came from her whisper made Xu Wei’s eyes darken, causing the image of the girl in his memories to become vague.

He once liked Li Xinmei. That girl had a sharp mouth but a soft heart. Although she looked to be more indifferent than anyone else, after getting to know her, he realized she was kinder than anyone else. Li Xinmei truly was quite young, but she was tall and her figure was also quite fair. So, it wasn't much different when compared to him. Of course, he'd definitely grow taller and larger in the future.

Kind people have no way of continuing to walk on this dangerous path of cultivation and now, she had already been weeded out. As things stand, the distance between them would only continue to grow. As such, he should give up on her. Xu Wei still wore a  cold look on his face as his eyes faced forward. The girl wasn’t discouraged, and she once again used her elbow to nudge him twice. Since she was leaning her body to the side, her chest brushed against Xu Wei’s arm.

“Senior Brother Xu, You're ignoring me again.”

Only then did Xu Wei respond, “Perhaps.”

“If we end up under the same master, Senior Brother Xu has to look after me.”

“En.” (Sound of affirmation)

One didn't need to worry about a lack of women as long as they had power. Xu Wei raised his head towards at the waterfall above him and coldly smiled.

Not long after, the sect leader and the hall elders appeared, each of them here to pick new disciples for their halls.

“There aren't any amazing talents this time around.” The first one to speak was the Weapon Hall Elder, Zhu Rong. As soon as he said this, all the disciples feel like a basin of cold water had been poured on them. This also caused many people who couldn't accept what he said to glower and tighten their fists in frustration, wanting to prove themselves.

“What, you guys can't accept it?” Zhu Rong laughed. “Previously, there was someone whose body was covered with an unusual flame. The time before that, there was someone with a top quality inborn celestial bones. Are all of you anything at all when compared to them?” A pitch-black rod appeared in his hand. The rod spun around once in his hand and directly swept at the three disciples standing in the front of him.

the body goes through changes as you cultivate, and celestial bones hold more power than the bones of the average person. Some people are born w/ innate talent that some of their bones are already more celestial-like than average

The three disciples couldn’t dodge his strike and fell to a kneel on the ground.

Both of Xu Wei’s legs burned with pain. He clenched his jaw and stood up. Both his legs were still shaking when he stubborn stood up and blood was still seeping out from his pants. The girl next to bit her lip but didn't dare to help. She could only look on with a pair of watery eyes. She was placed fourth. Originally, she felt wronged because she was unable to obtain the top three positions. Now, she was glad that she didn’t.

”Last time, there was someone who was able to splendidly received this suppressed attack of mine. There's no one here I'm interested in. Sect Leader, I'll be leaving first.” The Weapon Hall was the strongest amongst the six halls. Zhu Rong really didn't accept anyone this time around and left after he finished speaking. This caused the disciples’ hopes to turn cold.