Volume 3 Chapter 116 (1/2)
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Chapter 116: The Last Person to Walk Out
Zhang Yi looked at the blood on the ground, filled with sorrow, unconsciously, went forward. Subconsciously, he wanted to ask those Min Mountain Sword Sect cultivators in green robes if Xu Heshan was in fatal danger.
Ding Ning frowned slightly. He thought back to every detail of the previous scene and then looked up at Zhang Yi, shaking his head. He said, ”Do not go there, Xu Heshan will not die.”
Zhang Yi, who had always trusted his words, stopped walking.
”If this is too serious a wound, then Min Mountain Sword Sect should have healed him a long time ago and not allowed him to walk out. He was able to pa.s.s despite suffering such a serious injury… he is to be proud of, you are also to be proud of,” Xu Lianhua narrowed his eyes and said slowly.
Nangong Caishu looked down. She felt that Xu Lianhua spoke the truth but when such a thing was happening to her good friend, she still felt very cold all over.
Xie Rou also felt very cold.
Numerous Min Mountain Sword Sect cultivators had entered this valley. If Xu Heshan was really the last to pa.s.s, this meant that Shen Yi and Xie Changsheng had fallen in the sea of brambles and would not appear here.
The whole valley returned to silence.
A Min Mountain Sword Sect cultivator dressed in green robes walked out from the mountain path as well. Under the s.h.i.+ning sunlight, his shadow was drawn long behind him, making it appear like a door was about to close the mountain path.
Suddenly, all the students in the valley felt something different and lifted their heads.
The figures of many cultivators appeared on the paths on the cliffs.
Through the different robes those cultivators wore, it was easy for the students to distinguish the teachers from various cultivation places and court officials.
These teachers and court officials were all going to enter the valley.
While the students did not know why these teachers and court officials were allowed into the valley to spectate at close distances, all these signs shocked the students.
The last event had truly finished… Xu Heshan became the last student to pa.s.s through the sea of brambles. Where had Lie Yinghong, the top ranked in the Book of Talents, gone?
At this moment, a young woman appeared on the cliff. Accompanied by a gust of wind, she stepped off the cliff as though she did not even think. Her green clothes swayed gently like lotus leaves, and her body pa.s.sed over the cultivation teachers walking on the paths to float down into the valley.
Seeing this young woman with childlike features but great confidence and authority, most students felt great pressure, and the last thread of uncertainty in their minds disappeared.
Even in Min Mountain Sword Sect, only one young woman, among the direct disciples of Min Mountain Sword Sect, dared to ignore the feelings of other people and almost rudely pa.s.sed over the teachers of other cultivation places. She had such a presence in front all these Min Mountain Sword Sect cultivators who were older than her.
She could only be Jin Liuli.
Even Jin Liuli had appeared. The previous event must have finished.
Other than Ding Ning and a rare few, the other students had not seen this legendary young woman before. These students, when they saw Jin Liuli appear in front of them, evinced admiration, reverence, jealousy… Many different emotions appeared deep in their eyes.
Jin Liuli's gaze was calm, and maintained a lofty pride even as she landed.
She had the qualifications to be proud. At least, in terms of entering Min Mountain Sword Sect to study, all the people in the valley were chasing in her footsteps for many years now.
”It is done.”
There was no opening statement, not even an introduction of herself. Jin Liuli's gaze swept across all the students present.
She did not rouse any objections. After saying the two words, she continued without any pause.
”What will occur next is the last sword compet.i.tion. In fifteen minutes, you will have a lottery and compete based on the result. During this time, you are not allowed to accept outside healing. Before the compet.i.tion starts, you are not allowed to talk with anyone watching.”
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Jin Liuli described the rules of the last sword compet.i.tion simply. Having said her piece, she walked towards the simple hut separating the two camps.
In the incoming twilight, her figure appeared even more ethereal, and seemed to exude an indescribable magic. Many people felt her walk towards the hut had a deeper meaning.
Xu Lianhua's gaze pa.s.sed over Jin Liuli towards the teachers entering the valley.
As these cultivators with their different cultivation methods and sword manuals entered, the primal energies of the universe in the valley seemed to grow mixed, and made him feel troubled.
His brows furrowed and he asked coldly, ”What does she mean? She only said three sentences about the rules, and did not even mention a word about the one-on-one duels. But in these three sentences, the most important is the last one.”