Chapter 527 - Cultivation Obstacle (2/2)

“Morning, Chu Qi.” Xiao Chen walked over and greeted her.

“Mm.” Chu Qi nodded slightly, without even looking back.

Xiao Chen smiled bitterly. Even though they had known each other for such a long time and were now living in the same courtyard, it seemed that the two of them did not have much to say to each other. If he had known earlier, he would have asked Ziyun’er to come with him. At least, the days would be more cheery.

When they were about to go out, there was a sudden rush of footsteps coming from outside. A man dressed in white, came running in hurriedly, with several bags of medicine in his hand.

“Morning, Junior Brother Xiao.” The man greeted him with a smile.

“Senior Brother… What is the matter?” As he spoke, Xiao Chen glanced at the bags filled with herbs in his hand, out of the corner of his eye.

“Oh, here’s the thing.” The man smiled and said, “Yesterday, the Third Grandmaster saw you picking herbs on the island. Those herbs are not mature yet. The Third Grandmaster asked me to give these to you.”

“If that is the case, thank you very much.” Xiao Chen smiled and took the man’s medicine bag. The man smiled and said, “Then I will not disturb you anymore, Junior Brother. Farewell.”

After the man left, Xiao Chen looked at the medicine bag in his hand and handed it to Chu Qi with a smile. “Put it in my room.”

Next, the two of them went to the newcomer area in the back mountain. There was a short delay as the courtyard on Xiao Chen’s side was some distance away from the living area of the others. Qin Tianyu and the other youths had already gone to the training area.

Strictly speaking, today was the first day for the freshmen to formally start their cultivation. Yesterday, all the old disciples had already left. Xiao Chen went to the island of the fourth zone and saw the worried faces of the boys and girls. He asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Brother Xiao Chen, you are here. See for yourself…” Xu Ling’er said, with a sad face.

Xiao Chen immediately felt that the Spiritual Qi here was not as abundant as yesterday. He frowned and saw that the faint white mist around the island was slowly drifting over to the other three islands. Obviously, some of the Spiritual Qi here, had been absorbed by the other three districts.

Qin Tianyu said, “I have asked the other Senior Brothers. They said that because the Spirit Qi Gathering Spiritual Formation on the other three islands is relatively strong, as long as they use a little of spirit energy, it will end up like this. There is nothing they can do about it…”

Xiao Chen clenched his fists and said, “Okay, I know. You can calm down and cultivate first.”

In the morning, Xiao Chen searched every corner of the island, but failed to find the location of the Spirit Qi-gathering Formation. It was useless, even if he was proficient in formations. The reason why the four islands had different effects was because the strength of the formations varied.

A few days later, because the other three districts continuously plundered the Spiritual Qi, the Spiritual Qi in the fourth district became thinner and thinner. The hundreds of freshmen of Wind-heeding Pavilion were worried all day long. If this continued, they could not keep up with the other three districts’ freshmen at all. It was undoubtedly more difficult for them to rush into the Mystic Sky Rankings.

And these days, many people in the second and third districts would go to the first district to cultivate every day. As long as they addressed Beigong Qin as Senior Brother, they could cultivate for 2-4 hours in the first district. Some people even exchanged a Mystic Stone for one day’s cultivation time. These days, Beigong Qin earned a lot of Mystic Stones because of this.

On the side of Wind-heeding Pavilion, some people wanted to go to the first district to cultivate. However, this would undoubtedly be the greatest embarrassment for Xiao Chen, so they held back. However, a dozen Nascent Soul Realm cultivators would secretly go there, once a day.

Xiao Chen was equally worried about this. If he wanted to lead everyone to the first district to train, he would have to at least be ranked higher than Beigong Qin on the Earth Ranking, if he wanted to get rid of Beigong Qin and his people. However, he only had 18 Mystic Stones now. It was very likely that he would lose more than he gained, if he used the Wisdom-forsaking Technique rashly.

“Brother Chen, why don’t you enter the Human Ranking first? Otherwise, you will only be able to obtain ten Mystic Stones next month,” Qin Tianyu said with a frown.

Xiao Chen frowned. Indeed, he had been pushed down on the Earth Ranking. There would not be any Mystic Stones for him to obtain every day. However, with his strength, it would not be difficult for him to enter the top three Human Ranking, but it was inevitable for others to look at him with disdain.

The current situation was that Beigong Qin was earning Mystic Stones every day, but he was badly in need of them. His biggest obstacle now was the Mystic Stone.

“No! I need to think of a way to earn Mystic Stones!” Xiao Chen clenched his fists. As long as the Mystic Stones were given to him, he was confident that he could use the Wisdom-forsaking Technique and get into the Earth Ranking by the end of the month. As long as he surpassed Beigong Qin, he would be able to lead everyone to cultivate in the first area, next month.

At dusk, the freshmen left the training area, one after another. Because the Cloud Mist Academy, like other sects, had to maintain the Spirit Gathering Spiritual Formation at night, the training area was not open at night.

Along the way, Beigong Qin was talking and laughing with the others. In order to please him, many people addressed him as Senior Brother all the time. Xiao Chen was very annoyed. He quickened his pace and arrived at the mountain. When he reached the mountain, he saw Bai Ling, whom he had not seen for a long time, coming toward him.

However, the expression on her face today seemed a little strange. It was very strange indeed.

Xiao Chen thought about how she was afraid of hurting herself that day, but had ended up being tricked by him instead. It was quite interesting. He walked up to her and grinned cheekily, saying, “Bai Ling… Senior…”

“Oh!” Suddenly, everyone in the surrounding area cried out in surprise.