Chapter 127 - Li Changshou’s Gift of Farewell (1/2)

After leaving Little Qiong Peak and rus.h.i.+ng back to partic.i.p.ate in the sect compet.i.tion, Li Changshou specially went to the Hundred Mortal Hall to offer three “long” incense sticks to the portrait of the Sect Leader of Ren School.

The three incense sticks seemed to be of some use today…

When Li Changshou returned to the corner of the slope to maintain the Wind Speech Incantation, he heard that there was very little discussion about him.

The old immortals on the jade platform and the disciples in the valley were all watching the contest for the top thirty-six places… Li Changshou gripped the white jade flute and began to refine it slowly.

He took a few glances at Ling’e, who was waiting for her turn to fight, and noticed that she was in a good state. Since she had Aunt-Master Jiu Jiu to accompany her, he did not bother about her anymore.

Jiu Wu had already given the three hundred years’ worth of monthly allowance to Li Changshou, which were all precious materials for refining array formations.

With that “small windfall”, about… 0.3% of the plan to improve Little Qiong Peak’s overall array formation could be completed in advance…

However, Uncle-Master Jiu Wu’s promise to consider Li Changshou the winner had not been fulfilled. In a while, Li Changshou was going to make up for it by taking part in the battle.

Looking down at the white jade flute in his hand, Li Changshou could not help but wonder, How many treasures can I exchange this thing for?

Just kidding. If I really sold the Numinous treasure that Qin Wan had given me, I would be deemed as intentionally humiliating the Qi Refinement cultivators of Golden Ao Island. I would probably be hung up and beaten up.

The array formations are for self-defense, just like the poisonous pills. With the numinous treasure that will protect me, I can also increase my ability to protect myself…

Furthermore, ever since I ascended, I never had any treasures that could unleash my full abilities.

Once I’m done refining the white jade flute, I can add spiritual beast fur to the tip and use it as an Immortal Brush to exhibit my mystical ability in writing sutras.

When Li Changshou thought of that, the white jade flute in his hand shook twice, giving off a faint resistance. He quickly dispelled that wonderful idea and continued to use his mind to appease the jade flute’s spirituality.

I shall “tame” it before talking about the matter regarding the Immortal Brush.

The so-called Numinous Treasure referred to the treasure that produced spirituality and had the most basic spirituality.

However, due to the restrictions of the Heavenly Dao, a Postnatal numinous treasure could not transform into a living being, nor could it bear the Great Dao. Its power was far inferior to that of a Connate numinous treasure.

Connate Numinous treasures and Connate lifeforms mostly appeared in ancient times.

At that time, the Heavenly Dao had yet to be perfected. The treasures and living creatures born from the Connate Dao could directly come into contact with the Great Dao.

Lifeforms could cultivate and become stronger without restraint. The treasures also had the power of the Great Dao.

That was an era where one could pick up Numinous treasures during a casual stroll.

That was a time when even a random mountain could be an immortal residence.

However, it was also an era that was even more dangerous and dark.

The big shots were all ignorant and did not have any sense of shame. When they saw good treasures, they would say that they were fated with them. When they saw an immortal residence, they would say that they were destined…

If the other party did not agree to it, they would fight and the winner would call the shots.

Now, the best force to inherit that ancient legacy should be the Western Sect of the two Western Saints. If they were to say “I think you’re fated with the Western Sect.”, people would have to give in…

Li Changshou continued to refine the white jade flute.

Not long after, Ling’e floated over dejectedly from afar. She sat down beside him and sighed softly.

She had lost to an immortal seedling who was at the first stage of the Dao Requital realm and had lost her opportunity to make it to the top thirty-six places. “Senior Brother…” Ling’e cried out pitifully. “It’s good to save some pride for the disciples of the other peaks.”

Li Changshou said via voice transmission, “How many years have you been cultivating? You’re the youngest here. You’ve already made many senior brothers and senior sisters feel ashamed.”

It was probably a unique feature of the Little Qiong Peak.

Ling’e blinked and her eyes lit up. “Senior Brother, are you comforting me?”

“Let’s agree on three rules.”

“Okay!” Ling’e smiled gleefully and sat cross-legged on her meditation cus.h.i.+on. She wanted to slowly move closer to her senior brother.

The gra.s.s on the ground was almost bald…

Li Changshou transmitted his voice helplessly, “Now, you already have to copy the sutra 4050 times.”

Ling’e stopped in her tracks. Her large eyes were filled with a pitiful gaze.

She raised her hands and whispered, “Senior Brother, can you really bear to see your little junior sister’s hands… become crippled just like that?”

“I can bear to.”

“Pfft, I’ll just copy then.” Ling’e immediately turned to look into the distance.

Li Changshou smiled calmly and waited for his opportunity to go on the arena…

Another day later, it was time for the exciting compet.i.tion for the number of Heavenly Dipper places in the internal sect compet.i.tion. It was also the end of the internal sect compet.i.tion.

All the attention in the venue was attracted by Youqin Xuanya and the top ten immortal seedlings.

The guests and elders on the jade platform were also observing with interest, wondering if there could be any “experts” below?

Although Youqin Xuanya had outstanding potential, there were still too many uncertainties regarding her future growth.

No one knew if she could reach the Heaven Immortal realm.

Fighting for a while may not bring much glory but pursuing the pinnacle would be heroic.

Right from the start of the battle for getting into the top thirty-six places, which was the number of Heavenly Dippers, Li Changshou had been having a little hard time because the cultivation level he exhibited was at the first stage of the Dao Requital realm.

He relied on the Earth Escape to win three rounds. However, in the fourth round, he encountered Youqin Xuanya.

However, Li Changshou did not give anyone the chance to imagine the battle between the Spiked Mace of Little Qiong Peak and the Head Disciple.

The jade slip vibrated…

“I admit defeat!”

Youqin Xuanya, who was standing at the side of the stage, was stunned. Then, she cast a guilty look at Li Changshou.

Li Changshou was rendered speechless. Why did she feel guilty?

Forget it. I cannot understand the toxic Junior Sister’s thoughts.

Hence, Li Changshou stopped when he was in 18th place. His ranking was similar to what he had planned.

One of the disciples of the Little Qiong Peak was in 18th place, while the other was in the 39th place. The old Daoist Qi Yuan was probably going to offer incense to the few grandmasters of Little Qiong Peak whose demise had been confirmed, and pay respects to them.

The fights in the later stages were more intense than the previous ones. There were also more “highlights” of the internal sect compet.i.tion. However, the scene of the Spiked Mace appearing abruptly had always been the pinnacle that the ones who showed up later would never pa.s.s…

In the end, Youqin Xuanya pa.s.sed the obstacles and clinched the first place.

After Li Changshou finished watching the last battle, he immediately sneaked away using the excuse of bidding farewell to Ao Yi.

As expected… While Youqin Xuanya was making her victory speech, she said seriously,

“I can’t help but feel a little regretful about the internal sect compet.i.tion this time. I couldn’t be in the arena with my senior brother whom I want to spar with the most.”