Spoiled By the Young Master After Reborn In the 80s
Chapter 974: Nine hundred seventy-two, Competition (5)

Chapter 974: Nine hundred seventy-two, Competition (5)

The three-day competition did not have breaks in between, and at night, cultivators were still competing on the stage.

After Luo Shu defeated a Mid-Stage Absolute Immortal Cultivator, she checked the scores on the Formation Display Screen. She now had six hundred and seventy points. After waiting a while, she stepped down from the Competition Stage. She wasn’t sure if this score would get her into the top one thousand, but now no cultivator was challenging her anymore, so it was pointless to stay on the stage.

As she stepped down, Luo Shu looked around and, not seeing Feng Huaqing, approached the stage where Lu Hanmo was competing.

Lu Hanmo’s moves were swift and decisive, and after a fierce collision with his opponent, the latter was directly defeated.

Following the defeat and withdrawal of the Mid-Late Stage Absolute Immortal Cultivator on the stage, there was no one left to challenge Lu Hanmo. His score had also reached five hundred and ninety points, almost the same as Luo Shu’s.

Lu Hanmo stepped off the stage and walked over to Luo Shu, taking her hand and heading towards the resting area of the Liangyi Sect.

"I really didn’t expect these two powerful cultivators to be Immortal Companions." A cultivator said in surprise, watching Luo Shu and Lu Hanmo’s departing figures.

"With two dark horses, it seems like the Liangyi Sect is going to break into the finals."

"That’s not certain, the disciples of the Top Ten Sects didn’t really compete today."

"Great Mahayana Island’s Feng Jianyou, Sky Water Sect’s Ling Xiyu, Sacred Heavenly Gate’s Leng Yihan, Magpie Mountain Sect’s Lan Xueyi, and Nine Stars Observatory’s Han Shuixuan are all like geniuses, and none of them showed up today."

"It’s hard to say who will be more formidable, the talented disciples from the Top Ten Sects or these two from the Liangyi Sect."

On the first day, disciples from sects, clans, and academies generally just observe the situation on the Competition Stage and see if there are any powerful Loose Cultivators. On the second day, these disciples will take the stage to challenge the Loose Cultivators who scored highly, saving a lot of time.

By the third day, it becomes a competition for ranking. Each sect, clan, and academy hopes that their disciples make it into the top three, as securing a top three rank not only rewards quotas, but also brings many benefits to their respective powers.

Seeing Luo Shu and Lu Hanmo entering the rest area, Xun Haotian also stood up and walked towards the rest area. Without Luo Shu and Lu Hanmo on stage, there was no point in watching the competition any further.

"Junior Brother Lu, Junior Sister Luo, you’ve worked hard! Please sit down and have some tea."

"You both are truly amazing; you have us all fired up, making us wish we could also go up there and fight."

"Everyone is really looking up to you now; you have become the dark horses of this selection competition." The disciples of the Liangyi Sect looked at Luo Shu and Lu Hanmo with enthusiasm and admiration; this was the first time their sect had been so prominent.

As footsteps approached from the doorway, everyone turned to look, seeing Sect Master Xun Haotian, Deputy Sect Master Ouyang Hai, and a group of elders walking in.

"Sect Master! Deputy Sect Master! Elders!" The disciples hastily greeted Xun Haotian and his entourage respectfully.

Xun Haotian smiled and waved his hand, looking at Luo Shu and Lu Hanmo, "Both of you have performed very well today!" In the past, whether participating in major sect competitions or other events, he was always an unnoticed presence. Today, he finally tasted what it felt like to be the center of attention, and it felt really good!

"Thank you, Sect Master, for your praise!" Luo Shu and Lu Hanmo expressed their gratitude.

Xun Haotian shook his head smilingly, "It is I who should thank you. If it wasn’t for your outstanding performance today, no one would have paid attention to our Liangyi Sect. It has been a long time since our sect has had such prominence."

Liangyi Sect was considered a major sect in the past, but due to limited resources and the lack of standout disciples like other sects, it always ranked at the bottom in major sect competitions, and gradually, Liangyi Sect began to decline, becoming an obscure and small sect. Not only the Liangyi Sect of the Sea Realm, but also those in the Earth Realm and Heaven Realm faced similar situations.

Although Liangyi Sect possesses Yin Yang Stones for disciples’ cultivation, compared to the cultivation secret realms of the Top Ten Sects, the Yin Yang Stones were insufficient. Places like the Cold Frost Forest of the Sky Water Sect, the Five Spirits Spring of Great Mahayana Island, and the Star Cleansing Pool of Sacred Heavenly Gate, one day of cultivation there could match a month on the Yin Yang Stones.

The Yin Yang Stone relies entirely on the Immortal Spirit Vein under the Yin and Yang Fish Eyes, whereas the secret realms of the Top Ten Sects often contain the power of enlightenment, which is crucial for a cultivator’s mental state improvement. Once cultivators experience enlightenment, their state of mind elevates, which is crucial since it prevents instability, stagnation in cultivation progress, or the risk of deviating into madness.

Xun Haotian took out a jade slip from his Storage Ring and handed it to Luo Shu, "This contains information about the outstanding disciples of the Top Ten Sects, take a look. In the next two days, you will definitely encounter them."

"Yes!" Luo Shu nodded and took the jade slip.

"I have arranged rooms for you at Green Cloud Inn, here are your room plaques, have a good rest tonight." Ouyang Hai stepped forward and handed a room plaque to Luo Shu. Such treatment was reserved only for the talented disciples of the sect.

"Thank you, Deputy Sect Master!" Luo Shu reached out and accepted the room plaque.

Green Cloud Inn is located next to Green Cloud Square, and all its rooms were occupied by outstanding disciples from various sects.

Luo Shu and Lu Hanmo entered the Green Cloud Inn and handed the room plaque to the inn’s clerk.

"Please follow me!" The clerk looked at the room plaque and warmly led Luo Shu and Lu Hanmo upstairs.

As they ascended the stairs, two young men and women in blue robes descended from above, passing by Luo Shu and Lu Hanmo.

The young woman glanced at Luo Shu and Lu Hanmo, a sneer curling at the corners of her mouth. In her view, the achievements of Luo Shu and Lu Hanmo today were nothing impressive. They had only defeated some insignificant loose cultivators; if they had faced these talented disciples from the Top Ten Sects, they wouldn’t have won a single match.

"Junior Sister Lhan, don’t underestimate them!" The young man beside her spoke up.

Mo Lhan turned to look at the young man and said with a smile, "Brother Yihan, I am not underestimating them. In my eyes, they don’t even qualify as enemies. They appeared glorious today only because they haven’t met you. Otherwise, they would have been defeated early."

Leng Yihan shook his head, "They are not simple!" Being able to defeat so many Mid-Late Stage Absolute Immortal, and even Late Stage cultivators with just a Primary Stage of Absolute Immortal cultivation, how could they be simple?

"Brother Yihan, you are overestimating them. Tomorrow I will challenge them and show you how far behind us, the disciples of the Top Ten Sects, they are," Mo Lhan said defiantly. In her eyes, only the talented disciples of the Major Sects were truly formidable, and those loose cultivators and minor sects couldn’t compare to them at all.