Chapter 307 – Second Layer of the Spirit Turtle (1/2)

The news of the battle between the primary disciple of the school of Novels, Li Qingshan, and the person in possession of the Five Elements constitution, had spread throughout the academy.

Now, the news of Li Qingshan and Xiao An entering seclusion kicked up another wave.

Hua Chenglu clenched her fist. “What an idiot.”

Yu Zijian grumbled, “What’d I do this time?”

“I’m not talking about you.”

There were many disciples seated on the cushions in the surroundings. They all turned their heads over.

“The two of you, please be quiet.” The professor who was currently teaching them alchemy at the front of the daoist temple warned them.

Hua Chenglu stuck out her tongue. Just what was wrong with Li Qingshan? So much for reminding him. However, she soon remembered how that man’s stubbornness was something else. Otherwise, why would he have given up on the opportunity to play up to the Hua family back then, leaving so eagerly?

After class, Yu Zijian took Hua Chenglu around Wuwei1 island for a stroll.

Yu Zijian said, “Big brother Li definitely won’t lose. Isn’t he in secluded cultivation right now?” She had witnessed just how haughty Chu Tian had been that day, so she could not help but stand on Li Qingshan’s side.

Hua Chenglu said, “What would you know? How can his cultivation speed rival…” She stifled her voice. “The Reincarnated Celestial, Chu Tian? The only person who can do that is the deviant, Xiao An.”

Even if they were not Heavenly Meridians prodigies, Reincarnated Celestials still cultivated at speeds beyond what regular cultivators could achieve. The reason for this was said to be because the comprehensions from their past lives lingered, remaining in their minds, which was why they could often deal with bottlenecks and difficulties that stumped regular cultivators with a “flash of inspiration”.

“The brat is going to embarrass himself this time. If he chose to fight Chu Tian immediately, he might still have a chance at victory, but seclusion?” Wang Pushi sneered.

Hua Chengzan said, “You can’t just treat him like a regular person. Since he’s bold enough to agree to it, he’s confident that he can emerge victoriously.”

“Since when did you have such a high opinion of him?” Wang Pushi was surprised.

Hua Chengzan said, “Old Wang, you just have prejudice towards him, which is why you can’t see his merits. Just think about it. How long did it take for him to go from the pine tree outside Qingyang city to the Academy of the Hundred Schools? And how many difficulties had he faced during the process? Had he ever been defeated?”

Wang Pushi fell silent. “Alright. I’ll place a bet on him when the time comes then.”

“Seclusion? Hah, if seclusion was effective, what would the point of geniuses existing?” When he heard the news, Chu Tian laughed aloud to the two girls beside him.

“Big brother Tian us the best. Big brother Tian would never lose to that ruffian.”

Over two months passed in the blink of an eye. There were still two hours until the battle, but a lot of cultivators had already stopped what they were doing and ventured to the Main Martial Arts stadium to watch.

There were even a few school masters who hid themselves in the rooms for the distinguished guests.

It was impossible for Liu Zhangqing and Liu Chuanfeng to not be here. The slovenly daoist priest was fuming, wanting to see how Li Qingshan made a fool of himself, while in Wang Pushi’s eyes, Li Qingshan was still a member of the Hawkwolf Guard at the end of the day.

The other school leaders who had nothing to do with this also wanted to see just how much the so-called Reincarnated Celestial could grow. Li Qingshan was obviously just playing the role of the yardstick.

However, from the beginning till the end, Li Qingshan never appeared. The door to the cultivation dwelling below Contention island remained shut.

In the end, Han Anjun declared Chu Tian’s victory and handed four thousand spiritual stones to him.

Chu Tian tilted his head back and laughed. “Now that’s clever of him, or it’ll be even more humiliating for him! I will definitely take back what I’ve lost!”

“You’re so powerful, big brother Tian!” “You’ve defeated the enemy without even fighting!”

Liu Zhangqing glanced at the pale-white Liu Chuanfeng with a sneer.

Wang Pushi cursed aloud. All he said was there was something wrong with his own head to have placed bets on Li Qingshan. If it were not for the fact that the cultivation dwellings could not be opened without special reasons, he was tempted to rush in and drag Li Qingshan out. He was not afraid that Li Qingshan would lose. It was just a few inferior spiritual stones at most. However, he could not lose like this.

Hua Chengzan frowned. “Is Qingshan at an important juncture for cultivation, which is why he can’t pause for the moment?”

“It’s just practising some shitty qi, so why can’t he pause for a moment. I think he’s just scared.”

“Scared?”

The Main Martial Arts stadium became noisy. Those who had lost spiritual stones would definitely curse aloud, while those who had won could not help but sneer a little.

The novelists had become the laughing stock of the academy once again.

The slovenly daoist priest rubbed his chin. The kid definitely did not seem like someone who would run away from a battle. Did he become influenced by that coward, Liu Chuanfeng?

On Contention island in the underground cultivation dwelling, Li Qingshan did in fact forget about the battle.

Xiao An remembered it, but she did not remind him, as even if she did, he would never emerge right now.