Chapter 542 - Enter the First District (2/2)
The next morning, more than 200 new disciples of the Wind-heeding Pavilion got up early. They were very excited and chatted with each other, just like a group of noisy birds in the woods. Today, they could go to the first district for cultivation!
Led by Xiao Chen, these naughty, noisy, and undisciplined disciples went to the training area behind the main peak. There was no doubt that they were still the last to go. The other three groups of newcomers had already lined up neatly.
Seeing that, the Elder in charge of distributing the training areas frowned and wanted to reprimand them. But in the end, he only said with a gentle face, “Come here, quickly.”
“Oh!” The new disciples of the Wind-heeding Pavilion lined up in a hurry, like a swarm of bees, but they still stood in a mess again. The Elder still didn’t say anything. After all, Xiao Chen had gotten No. 3 on the Earth Ranking.
“Okay! Be quiet!” The Elder frowned and said, “Listen carefully to the new arrangement about the training areas! According to the updated Mystic Sky Rankings, all disciples of the Wind-heeding Pavilion have been arranged to cultivate in the first district…”
“Wow!” Before the Elder finished his words, the disciples of the Wind-heeding Pavilion immediately began to cheer and bounce around. The Elder coughed to ask for silence. “Be quiet! Be quiet!” Then he continued, “All disciples of the Purple Thunder Pavilion will go to the second district, the Moon-watch Hall will go to the third district, and the Pavilion of Swords will go to the fourth district. All right, now you can go to your training areas!”
“Oh! Let’s go to the first district! Someone is being kicked down!” The cheering youths of the Wind-heeding Pavilion rushed toward the teleportation formation in the first district.
Beigong Qin clenched his fists so hard that his knuckles cracked. He glared at Xiao Chen, who walked past him. “I swear I’ll take back what I lost! You! I’ll kick you down myself! I’ll make sure you’ll never be able to turn back!”
Xiao Chen walked with his hands clasped behind his back and smiled gently. “Let‘s talk about this when you have kicked me off from the rankings. What’s the point of talking so much now?” He ignored Beigong Qin and headed for the teleportation formation.
“Xiao Chen, I’ll definitely make you pay a heavy price for this…” Beigong Qin was infuriated by the scorn in his voice. Then, he focused his eyes on Qin Tianyu, Xu Ling’er, and the others. A fierce glint flashed in his eyes.
“Brother Xiao Chen! Hurry up! Hehe!” Xu Ling’er took Xiao Chen’s left hand while Qin Tianyu took Xiao Chen’s right hand. The three people quickly ran toward the teleportation formation.
“Haha, don’t run too fast!”
“Wow!” Almost all the disciples couldn’t help exclaiming once they arrived at the first district covered with vegetation.
Since last month Beigong Qin took the liberty of using the Spiritual Array to plunder the Spiritual Qi in the other three areas, the Spiritual Qi in the first district was more abundant than before. Many girls stretched out their fingers and gently touched the droplets of Spiritual Qi floating in the air. Those droplets did not disperse, instead, they slowly floated to other places.
Xiao Chen also felt that the Spiritual Qi here was really different from that in the fourth district, and was even several times more abundant than in the Flower Valley where Xiao Chen and Su Lianyue were once trapped. For a time, he was reluctant to leave here.
The time passed so quickly. In the afternoon, the new disciples went to the Mystic Sky Pavilion to get their last month’s Mystic Stones. Because Xiao Chen was listed in 3rd place on the Earth Ranking, he received nearly 700 Mystic Stones at a time. It was as if he had made a fortune. In short, the youths were having a good time on this day. They almost could not help going down the mountain to celebrate.
At night, a crescent moon gradually hung overhead, like a sharp blade, cold and silent. Chu Qi knocked on Xiao Chen’s door and whispered, “Yang Qing just sent me another message. Lord, are you going back in person tomorrow?”
“Well, I’m going to prepare some things. We’ll leave tomorrow. You should go to bed early tonight.”
In the room, Xiao Chen was sitting on the floor, making some seal talismans and jade notes, which were prepared for Qin Tianyu and the other disciples of the Wind-heeding Pavilion. In the beginning, he only intended to draw them over to his side, but after getting along with them for a month, he had built close relationships with them. Thus, Xiao Chen didn’t want those led by Beigong Qin to find trouble with Qin Tianyu and the other disciples of the Wind-heeding Pavilion again after Xiao Chen left.
The next morning, accompanied by Chu Qi, Xiao Chen went to the training area behind the main peak as usual. But today, he saw many disciples gathered at the fork in the road, where newcomers and senior disciples would go their separate ways to different training areas. Some senior disciples stopped the newcomers to ask for the Mystic Stones they had received yesterday.
“Six Mystic Stones? Why is it twice as much as last month?”
At this moment, many newcomers showed dissatisfaction and complained. Except for those who got a high place on the Mystic Sky Rankings, most newcomers could only collect about 10 Mystic Stones a month. There would not be many left if they handed over six Mystic Stones.
A senior disciple with a cyan badge said, “I am only conveying the message from our Senior Brothers. All right, guys who have handed over the Mystic Stones can pass, but if you haven’t, then stay here.”
Another senior disciple impatiently added, “This is the rule here. In the first three years, the only thing you need to do is learn. The Mystic Stones are useless for you. In the future, if you get more Mystic Stones, you should hand over more respectively. All right, hurry up.”
Beigong Qin frowned and said to the crowd behind him, “Hand them over.”
“Forget it, forget it! We’ll hand the Mystic Stones over!” The disciples of the Purple Thunder Pavilion had been already extremely vexed. They reluctantly handed over the Mystic Stones one after another and headed toward their training area. They avoid these senior disciples like the plague and didn’t want to see them again.
The disciples of the other two districts had handed over their Mystic Stones. Only those of the Wind-heeding Pavilion seemed to be a bit reluctant to do that. Qin Tianyu shouted loudly, “Wait! Why should we give our own things to them every month? They’re just stealing! Last month, we suffered all kinds of humiliation. Do they care about our lives? Brother Xiao led us up here. This month, we won’t hand over our Mystic Stones!”
Bai Ling, the leader of those senior disciples, stood with her hands behind her back, showing no emotion. She said calmly, “This the rule here. If you don’t want to follow it, you should survive my sword first.”
As her voice fell, she heard loud and clear laughter behind her. “Senior Sister Bai Ling, do I have the opportunity to challenge you again?”