King of Creation
Chapter 588 - 581: Rewards (Part Three)

Chapter 588: Chapter 581: Rewards (Part Three)

Four hours later, the biannual grand competition of Moonlight Hall came to an end.

However, with Ye Zhen’s extraordinarily astonishing performance earlier, the martial artists who followed, no matter how exceptional they were, seemed lackluster, rendering the high-ranking members of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect uninterested in the matches.

Even the martial artists of Moonlight Hall found the subsequent fights dull and uninteresting. In their words, it was all Ye Zhen’s fault.

Ye Zhen’s performance was simply too dazzling.

Even the Second Commander Chen Changxing and the Third Commander Jiao Xi left the venue early due to boredom.

As for the results of the biannual grand competition, they were as expected.

Ye Zhen unsurprisingly emerged as the top contender of Moonlight Hall, taking first place in this biannual grand competition, though the second and third places saw some changes.

This time, Zheng Ling took the second place, while Yanz Jingshu fell to third place.

Mainly because Yanz Jingshu had endured a direct hit from Ye Zhen’s Heavenly Thunder of Fright; even after meditating cross-legged for two hours, he hadn’t fully recovered. When facing Zheng Ling, who was virtually unharmed, he couldn’t bring out his full strength and was defeated.

Technically, this too was Ye Zhen’s doing.

The only pity was that the three martial artists who ranked last in the grand competition were declared defeated on the spot and were dispatched to various branch altars. The scene almost brought the three tough men to tears.

However, with the Punishment Hall Elder Tus De present, nobody could change the outcome, and they could only leave in shame.

Fortunately, in this biannual grand competition, there were no martial artists who had dropped in ranking for three consecutive competitions. Only those three were the martial artists who were eliminated.

In other words, the martial artists within Moonlight Hall were extremely diligent, each striving to surpass the others, with no one relaxing their efforts.

It’s worth mentioning the rewards of Moonlight Hall’s biannual grand competition.

Each time, Moonlight Hall awards the top three contenders of the biannual grand competition.

However, these rewards were not beyond Ye Zhen’s expectations. Held biannually, each time with rewards, these rewards weren’t very extravagant—mostly cultivation resources.

Ye Zhen’s reward for ranking first in this grand competition comprised two jars of Eighteen Spirit Brew, an additional ten days of Cultivation time at the High Grade Spirit Academy, and one Three Treasures Returning Spirit Pill.

The rewards weren’t numerous, but they were very practical. In the past, especially the ten days of Cultivation time at the High Grade Spirit Academy, would have thrilled Ye Zhen. However, now that Ye Zhen had connections with the silver-haired elder Bai Zizai, allowing him to cultivate in the High Grade Spirit Academy for extended periods, he didn’t care as much.

The rewards for the second and third place were the same: one jar of Eighteen Spirit Brew, an additional five days of Cultivation time at the High Grade Spirit Academy, and one Three Treasures Returning Spirit Pill.

Essentially, these were half of what Ye Zhen, the first-place winner, received.

Then, after Ye Zhen’s spectacular start, the biannual grand competition of Moonlight Hall ended uneventfully.

And until the end, Zheng Ling, who had been extremely curious and puzzled, still hadn’t received a definite answer.

Because Ye Zhen’s answer to her was very ambiguous.

"Probably.....," just those three words.

Because even Ye Zhen himself did not know what grade the Shattered Jade Scripture he cultivated was. The only thing Ye Zhen knew was a saying passed down from the ancestors of the Yu Family from Jade Water Lake in the Black Dragon Domain—If the Shattered Jade Scripture is cultivated to its ultimate limit, it is comparable to a Heavenly Rank!

Ye Zhen was highly skeptical of this saying from the ancestors of the Yu Family. Was it just comparable to a Heavenly Rank?

Perhaps, the ancestors of the Yu Family had never cultivated the Shattered Jade Scripture to the Purple Jade Realm.

Ye Zhen felt that the power of the Purple Spirit Power in the Purple Jade Realm was already comparable to a Heavenly Level Technique. What about the Shattered Jade Realm above that?

And yet the records of the Shattered Jade Realm in the Shattered Jade Scripture were something Ye Zhen had not completely understood, let alone cultivated.

"Old Tian, how was the situation I created today? Was it enough to qualify me to participate in the Spirit Returning Assembly?" Ye Zhen asked using Divine Soul Telecommunication as the audience dispersed.

"If this level of intensity isn’t enough, Elder cannot think of any spectacle that would be more astonishing. Perhaps one against a hundred? However, the scale was indeed large enough, but still not sufficient to grant you the qualification to compete directly in the Spirit Returning Assembly.

"However, you do have a shot at competing for that qualification!" Tian Guizhang said.

"Competing?"

"Yes, you still have to compete! What did you think, the Spirit Returning Assembly is easy? It’s not that simple. The Spirit Returning Assembly can influence the Divine Sect’s fortune for at least five years; people aren’t selected casually.

"Moreover, apart from deciding the sole ownership of the Supreme Spirit Vein of Qinglan Martial City, the Spirit Returning Assembly also offers extremely generous rewards to the participating martial artists.

"Even we old fellows in the Vein Forging Realm are envious of those rewards; every elite within the sect wants to participate," Tian Guizhang conveyed through Divine Soul Telecommunication.

"Rewards that even you are envious of? What are they?" Ye Zhen asked curiously.

"I don’t know!"

"You don’t know?"

"Yes, each session’s rewards in the Spirit Returning Assembly differ, and we don’t know what the rewards are until the assembly begins. But every session’s rewards are very tempting!"

"Alright, don’t think too much. Just wait for the good news from Elder!" After saying this, Tian Guizhang drifted away.

After the competition, Ye Zhen didn’t return to his own Spirit Academy, instead, he went to Qingyue Feng’s courtyard.

"I thought you weren’t coming!" Seeing Ye Zhen appear, a smile suddenly blossomed on Feng Qingyue’s pretty face!

"When someone invites me for a drink, how could I not come? Let me tell you, I’ve just got two jars of Eighteen Spirit Brew today, and I’m out of wine after that!" Ye Zhen said laughing.

"Don’t worry, I still have dozens of jars! By the way, didn’t you buy a hundred jars of Eighteen Spirit Brew at the auction recently? Have you already finished them? You don’t seem like a heavy drinker, do you?" Feng Qingyue asked with a smile.

This question somewhat troubled Ye Zhen. He didn’t want to lie to Feng Qingyue, but he couldn’t reveal this secret.

"Everyone has secrets, I understand," Feng Qingyue said with a generous smile.

"It’s not just that..."

"Mainly, it involves the secret of my cultivation. You know, Elder Bai Zizai, who guards the Bamboo Sea Spirit Institute, hmm, he really likes to drink, especially the Eighteen Spirit Brew. All my Eighteen Spirit Brew, including the ones I bought later, were given to him!" Ye Zhen explained.

"All given to Grandpa Bai?" Feng Qingyue was a bit shocked, her eyes suddenly lighting up, "You mean...."

"There, you’ve guessed it!" Ye Zhen said, spreading his hands helplessly.

"No wonder, no wonder in just four short months your cultivation leaped from the First Stage of the Soul Sea Realm to the Third Stage. It turns out you’ve been cultivating all this time at the Bamboo Sea Spirit Institute! I was wondering, but now I see the reason!"

"It’s also luck...."

"It’s not luck!" Feng Qingyue’s expression was somewhat determined.

"In the Divine Sect, after so many years, no one has seen anyone win Grandpa Bai’s favor, able to cultivate for a long time in the Bamboo Sea Spirit Institute. Yet, you could, there must be a reason for that!"

"Indeed, Grandpa Bai, because his cultivation became hopeless, has endured being despised and bullied over the years while guarding the Bamboo Sea Spirit Institute.

Few from the Divine Sect even respect Grandpa Bai, let alone stand up for him. With such good fortune as yours, how could it just be luck?" Feng Qingyue said.

"Grandpa Bai?" At the mention, Ye Zhen became interested in Feng Qingyue’s reference.

"Yes, Grandpa Bai’s tenure has been very long, and I remember since I was very little, he was already guarding the Bamboo Sea Spirit Institute, with his white hair!

And I remember my mother mentioned that he was already there when she arrived. Quite a mysterious old man, he must have been in the Divine Sect for almost a hundred years!

He’s been stuck in his cultivation, always guarding the Bamboo Sea Spirit Institute, yet after so many years, he still looks the same!" Feng Qingyue said.

"A hundred years..."

In Ye Zhen’s mind, the image of Bai Zizai flashed, especially the unchanging smile on his face when he was insulted by Yua Huaisong, which always seemed quite awe-inspiring to Ye Zhen.

"This Bai Zizai, what else do you know about him?" Ye Zhen asked.

"Are you interested in him?"

"A bit, Yua Huaisong’s death was very peculiar, which really puzzled me!" Ye Zhen said.

Not to mention this, but once Ye Zhen did, Feng Qingyue’s expression changed, "Oh, I just remembered something! About twenty years ago, when I was eight years old, a big incident also occurred in the sect!"

"What happened?"

"A Sect Leader from another place had come to the Main Temple to report up after having managed a Branch Altar successfully. The Main Temple rewarded him with two months of cultivation time at the High Grade Spirit Institute.

However, within a few days, he died mysteriously, just like Yua Huaisong, his death completely baffling, and it caused a huge uproar within the Divine Sect. Nearly everyone was investigated, but in the end, since there was no result, it was left unresolved," Feng Qingyue said.

"How did that link to Bai Zizai?"

"Quite a coincidence, right? I was eight years old then, quite wild, and often ran around within the Divine Sect. That day, I happened to see that Sect Leader who came to report having a violent argument with Grandpa Bai, and even hitting him. I even stepped forward and scolded that man at the time."

"Back then, I was young and hadn’t thought much about it. But now that you mention it, I realize it remarkably resembles Yua Huaisong’s death. Both died mysteriously after hitting Grandpa Bai!"

Ye Zhen’s gaze suddenly sharpened, "Both died mysteriously due to one cause, are you saying Bai Zizai killed them?"

"But his cultivation is known, how could he possibly....."

"Might he be some reclusive master, secretly cultivating here?" Ye Zhen suddenly wondered aloud.

Hearing this, Feng Qingyue burst out laughing, "How could that be? Have you ever seen any reclusive masters hide for a hundred years and still tolerate being insulted by others?

True masters have their pride, absolutely not allowing anyone to trample upon it!"

"That’s also true!"

"Come, let’s drink!"

"Let’s drink!"

"Old rules, no using Spiritual Power! Let’s see who is tougher!"

"Fine, old rules!"

Laughing, Feng Qingyue had already opened a clay-sealed jar. As she broke the seal, the Purple and Blue Double Rings on her right wrist jingled, radiating brilliant colors!

"Cheers!"(To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to qidian.com to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)