Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 252 - 44 All members participate [Seeking monthly tickets!]_1

Chapter 252: Chapter 44 All members participate [Seeking monthly tickets!]_1

The top three of the Mountain God’s Festival were announced.

Although the official announcement from the school will have to wait until the opening of Shu Mountain Peak Conference in a few days, the word quickly spread around in Shu Mountain about who got the White Jade glazed cup.

The first place went to Chu Liang of Silver Sword Peak, which surprised many people.

Previously, Chu Liang had been the first to sell three clues, and it seemed he was not at all interested in competing for the first place, his primary focus being amassing wealth.

Firstly, he had to be faster than everyone else to sell the answers to make people buy them. Secondly, the speed at which he solved the next clue had to be faster than the speed he sold the answers, only then could he confidently maintain his lead.

In other words, if all the disciples of Shu Mountain were on the first tier, he was the only one on the third tier.

This was terrifying!

Before this, he was just a minor figure on Red Cotton Peak, selling tea and fruits and enjoying slight popularity. But after the Mountain God’s Festival, his cunning wisdom has made him a well-known figure throughout the Shu Mountain.

The second place went to Jiang Yuebai of Biluo Peak.

This was not too unexpected.

Before the Mountain God’s Festival started, everyone initially estimated that Xu Ziyang and Jiang Yuebai would compete for the first and second places, with slightly more favor on Xu Ziyang’s side.

But if Xu Ziyang had been in the first place, it wouldn’t be hard to accept Jiang Yuebai being second. Now that a cunning merchant took the first place and surpassed Jiang, it was quite infuriating.

The third place was taken by Zhao Zhizhu of Tianhe Peak.

Many people had not heard this name, which was not surprising.

The reason he became known was that he bid 2200 Sword Coins at the auction and got the third clue auctioned by Chu Liang.

Chu Liang even generously gifted him a high-quality Green Pill and exchanged it for the White Jade glazed cup.

The ownership of all three White Jade glazed cups was thus decided.

However, the attention he received was lesser than what Jade Sword Peak received.

The most surprising thing was that Xu Ziyang didn’t even place this time, his team didn’t even make it to the top three!

Of course, this was not unrelated to Chu Liang’s schemes.

Because of Xu Ziyang’s pride, he did not buy any clues from Chu Liang throughout. Even when all of Shu Mountain had simultaneously moved ahead with the clues, he was still lost in his own thoughts.

By the time the competition of the Mountain God’s Festival ended, he was still analyzing the Jade Wall Map in the cave of Pagoda Peak.

You can’t say his speed was slow, but he was indeed left far behind by Chu Liang. Xu Ziyang had no choice but to accept the defeat.

It would be fine if he could win at the Shu Mountain Peak Conference.

Some disciples began to suspect that Chu Liang might have stolen the test since even Xu Ziyang and Jiang Yuebai couldn’t solve the problem so quickly. After all, he was Empress Feng’s disciple, and it wouldn’t be surprising if he did something shameless.

The suspicion of him stealing the test was quickly dismissed as the Shu Mountain upper echelon would not permit such an incident. Then people postulated that Chu Liang might have a backer among the Shu Mountain high-rankings, getting special consideration behind the scenes.

Did those heaps of Sword Coins he sold also bring dividends to the upper echelon? Especially the Pill Furnace Hall, their last-minute intervention was extremely suspicious. Could they have done it to secure victory for Chu Liang?

At these dark speculations, some disciples from the Pill Furnace Hall spewed vulgarities.

Amidst the tumultuous rumours, only the small investigator, Xu Ziqing, with her bright wisdom, saw the essence of the matter.

Although her brother and their team did not achieve any results, which saddened her a bit. But seeing Chu Liang and Jiang Yuebai ranking first and second, she smiled slightly.

Only I in all of Shu Mountain know why this happened.

But I won’t tell.

Hehe.

...

On Silver Sword Peak.

Empress Feng had erected a board in the main hall to motivate everyone for the war ahead.

"The once-in-a-decade Shu Mountain Peak Conference is our rare opportunity. Winning the entertainment events can earn you about 3000 Sword Coins, not to mention the importance of the main competition. The Chief Disciple will receive countless resources! We must pay close attention to this," she said.

She picked up a bamboo stick and pointed at the name "Chu Liang" on the board.

"Firstly, in the main competition of Shu Mountain Peak Conference, you are the only one who can participate, so I won’t put pressure on you. I have humble expectations for you. You only need to defeat Xu Ziyang and Jiang Yuebai in this session," said Empress Feng casually.

Chu Liang responded with a warm and innocent smile.

Ha, ha.

"Besides the main competition, would you like to participate in a few other events?" Empress Feng asked again.

"Disciple wholeheartedly responds to master’s call! Summoned, I shall come, and once here, I can fight!" Chu Liang said, "I plan to sign up for the Flying Sword Speed Race and the Mahjong Tournament as well!"

"Very good, your enthusiastic spirit is worth commendation." Empress Feng looked at Liu Xiaoyu on the side, "It is quite worthwhile for the other members to learn from."

Liu Xiaoyu blinked her eyes, filled with confusion.

"Achem." Seeing that she remained unmoved by her words, Empress Feng coughed lightly again, "Little Fish, aren’t you planning on participating in any events?"

"Can I?" Liu Xiaoyu asked.

Technically speaking, although she wasn’t a disciple of Shu Mountain or a Spirit Pet, Shu Mountain was not strict about participating in entertaining events. As a humanoid Demon Beast, she could participate in anything other than the main competition.

"You can naturally participate, all you need to do is to choose the event," Chu Liang explained to her, "The Wine God Competition involves competing with people like my master in drinking... The Spirit Pet Fight involves fighting against Demon Beasts like the Golden Fur Beast... The Flying Sword Speed Race is a competition against people like me in sword flying..."

Liu Xiaoyu made her decision immediately, "Then, I’ll participate in the Mahjong Tournament."

"Do you know how to play mahjong?" Chu Liang asked with suspicion.

Ever since she came to Shu Mountain, she had never been seen going out to play. Did she learn it from the river before?

The little girl answered frankly, "I don’t."

Chu Liang: "..."

It goes without saying that the Golden Fur Beast was going to participate in the Spirit Pet Fight. Its big head was dozing off outside the attic, completely unaware that it had been entrusted with such a heavy responsibility.

At the mobilization meeting, the Peak Master Empress Feng established the competition goals of "compete with style, compete with splendor, compete for Sword Coins", and gave warm encouragement to every member of Silver Sword Peak.

...

After the mobilization meeting, Chu Liang returned to his cottage.

Not long after, someone came looking for him again.

Upon seeing who it was, he was genuinely surprised.

"Pill Furnace Elder?" He hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Although his previous two encounters with this Elder hadn’t been very pleasant, he was after all one of the four Zhenshan Elders, so all due etiquette had to be observed.

Zhenshan Elder nodded slightly, uttering an "Mm".

Then, he looked at Chu Liang with a set of bright eyes for a moment, making Chu Liang a little apprehensive, before he finally asked, "Was that bottle of top-grade Green Pills all refined by you?"

So he came to ask about this?

"Yes." Chu Liang lightly nodded, laughing, "Actually, those top-grade Green Pills in the bottle were all for practice and each has more or less flaws. Only the last few can be considered perfect."

"Pills only need to have the desired effects, what does it matter if they have insignificant flaws?" The Pill Furnace Elder shook his head, then asked, "Did you have any prior foundation in alchemy?"

"No." Chu Liang also shook his head, "I was just a little interested, so I have to thank this Mountain God Festival for providing me with the determination to practice alchemy."

"So from never having touched the alchemy practice to refining your first top-grade Green Pill, it just took a little over a month?" The Pill Furnace Elder asked casually.

"Approximately so." Chu Liang nodded.

The actual time was even shorter.

"I came here to ask you..." the Pill Furnace Elder suddenly said, "Would you like to come to the Pill Furnace Hall and become my personal disciple? And I mean, my closed-door disciple."

Spurt.

The Law-enforcement Elder’s sudden recruitment last time took Chu Liang by surprise, but it wasn’t shocking. But this time, the offer from the Pill Furnace Elder was truly surprising.

After all, there were previous disputes between the two sides.

From looking at his reaction, the Pill Furnace Elder guessed what he was thinking and softly said, "There might have been some friction between my Pill Furnace Hall and your Silver Sword Peak, and perhaps you have some grudges in your heart. But you have to know that occasional friction between fellow disciples is inevitable. In the face of truly important matters, all that is insignificant."

"I saw the Green Pills you refined, your talent in alchemy can be said to be rare in my lifetime. If you do not get the best training, it would simply be a waste. I have confidence that I can train you to be the best alchemist of Shu Mountain... and maybe even in the entire Mortal Realm."

"My lifespan is running out, I hope to leave behind an alchemist who can handle important responsibilities for Shu Mountain before I go. But none of my current disciples are sufficient to reach that level... so I have been looking for a closed-door disciple for years, and didn’t expect it would be you. If you agree, all past incidents will vanish. I am willing to lead the entire Pill Furnace Hall to apologize to you."

His words were earnest and sincere.

For a moment, Chu Liang could tell that this old man seemed to truly want to take him as a closed-door disciple.

Compared with leaving behind a top alchemist for Shu Mountain, all past conflicts indeed seemed insignificant.

"Thank you, Elder, for your faith in me, I am truly humbled," Chu Liang replied, "If Shu Mountain needs it, then I’m willing to study more about alchemy... but there’s no need for me to stay at Pill Furnace Hall as a personal disciple, is there? Couldn’t I just stay at Silver Sword Peak and serve at Pill Furnace Hall?"

"You don’t want to change masters?" Pill Furnace Elder furrowed his brows. Although this idea didn’t sound strange, he seemed a bit surprised.

"Your master is Empress Feng, isn’t she?"