"This match..."
"Lu Xueqi of Little Bamboo Peak versus Fang Chao of Dragon Head Peak!"
After the Heaven-Reaching Peak elder on the arena announced the match...
The next moment,
the entire crowd erupted into an uproar.
"Senior Sister Lu is up?"
"It's finally Senior Sister Lu's turn!"
The Seven Peaks Disciples cheered excitedly.
Lu Xueqi was already famous throughout the entire Qingyun Sect.
Her popularity was extraordinary.
After the Heavenly Curtain revealed her,
her name had even spread throughout the Divine Continent.
"Xueqi."
On the high platform, Shuiyue turned to the Cold and Aloof Girl beside her and nodded with a smile. "Go ahead."
"Yes, Master."
Lu Xueqi gave a slight bow.
Then,
she walked down from the high platform.
At the same time, her clear, cool eyes swept over the crowd. She quickly found the person she could never forget.
"Hm?!"
Lu Xueqi froze for a moment.
She saw... Ye Changfeng fooling around with Tian Ling'er. He had even reached out with both hands to pinch her cheeks.
Seeing this,
Lu Xueqi felt a sudden, inexplicable pang in her heart.
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Although she knew Ye Changfeng only saw Tian Ling'er as a little sister, still... what if Tian Ling'er didn't see Ye Changfeng as an ordinary junior brother?
Lu Xueqi pressed her lips together slightly.
She was rather cool and reserved by nature, so when she faced a situation like this, no matter how bad she felt, she could never say it aloud...
She could only keep it all to herself and sulk in silence.
The Cold and Aloof Girl turned her gaze away.
Carrying the Tianya Divine Sword, she approached the arena.
By now, the arena was already surrounded by so many Seven Peaks Disciples that not even a drop of water could get through.
She knitted her brows slightly.
In the end, she simply tapped the ground with her toes.
She transformed into a graceful figure in midair and drifted lightly into the arena.
Seeing this,
the surrounding disciples immediately erupted in cheers.
A Dragon Head Peak disciple dressed in blue robes stepped onto the arena. He looked excitedly at the Cold and Aloof Girl before him and said,
"Fang Chao of Dragon Head Peak greets you, Junior Sister Lu!"
"To be able to compete alongside you, Junior Sister, is a blessing I could only hope for in three lifetimes..."
At these words,
the Seven Peaks Disciples below the arena immediately voiced their displeasure.
Who the hell are you?
A blessing in three lifetimes? Pah!
In the crowd,
Zeng Shushu looked at Fang Chao, that scruffy-looking oaf, dressed in blue robes. It made his eyes hurt, and he couldn't help saying,
"Hey!"
"Are you going to fight or not?"
"If not, hurry up and get off the arena!"
These days,
most Qingyun Sect disciples wore blue robes, but that didn't mean everyone looked good in them. Someone like Fang Chao, that scruffy-looking oaf...
looked downright ridiculous dressed in blue.
An eyesore.
On the arena,
Lu Xueqi's pretty face turned slightly cold.
She looked at Fang Chao indifferently and didn't respond at all. Her gaze fell on the blue robes he wore, and she felt a surge of disgust...
Blue robes?
You don't deserve them!
Fang Chao didn't notice the disgust in Lu Xueqi's eyes, nor did he pay any attention to the disciples cursing around him. In his view...
they were all just jealous!
"Junior Sister Lu."
"Be careful."
Fang Chao summoned a pale, icy-white immortal sword.
He gave Lu Xueqi what seemed to be a gallant warning, as though he couldn't bear to see her hurt.
But...
He had no idea that this would only make Lu Xueqi despise him even more.
Why?
Because Lu Xueqi was stubborn and fiercely competitive by nature!
Telling her to be careful with that false concern? Wasn't that looking down on her?
She'd much rather someone come at her with all their strength from the start!
Then she might at least think better of them.
"Whoosh!"
Fang Chao stylishly summoned his immortal sword.
Then, with an elegant flourish, he attacked Lu Xueqi.
To everyone else, his pose made him look like a complete idiot.
Lu Xueqi's pretty face was cold with fury.
She calmly watched Fang Chao charge at her. She didn't utter a single word from beginning to end, only gripping the Tianya Divine Sword in her hand with quiet indifference...
"Whoosh!"
In an instant, Tianya left its sheath.
A streak of azure sword light shot into the sky.
In the blink of an eye—
Brilliant sword light covered the entire arena. The overwhelming Sword Qi made the surrounding Seven Peaks Disciples instinctively take a step back. They didn't dare face the edge of the Nine Heavens Divine Weapon, and hurriedly shut their eyes.
"Clang!"
Everyone heard a crisp sword chime.
The next moment,
the sword light on the arena vanished.
Everyone hurriedly looked up.
Fang Chao, who had just been so elegant, was sprawled on the ground like a dead dog. The icy-white immortal sword in his hand had been snapped into several pieces.
"Hiss—"
Everyone was stunned at the sight.
"You..."
Fang Chao struggled to look up at Lu Xueqi.
He hadn't expected her to strike so ruthlessly.
At that moment,
Lu Xueqi looked at Fang Chao indifferently.
Her cool, clear gaze flicked over him, and a hint of disdain glimmered in her eyes.
As if to say—
You in blue? You don't deserve it.
"Pfft!"
Fang Chao seemed to understand the look in Lu Xueqi's eyes.
He immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.
Then he fainted.
Lu Xueqi turned and left without changing her expression.
However,
just then,
her footsteps paused slightly.
Among the crowd outside the arena,
a young man in white seemed to have been watching for quite some time.
"Whoosh!"
Their gazes met.
Ye Changfeng's eyes, the kind that looked at even dogs with tenderness, made no attempt to hide their affection.
Seeing this,
Lu Xueqi's heart began to pound wildly.
Like a startled fawn, she hurriedly looked away and pretended to descend from the arena casually, though inside she was already terribly flustered.
At the same time,
the Heaven-Reaching Peak elder on the arena finally came to his senses.
He calmly announced the outcome of the match: "Lu Xueqi of Little Bamboo Peak—wins!"
"Bang!"
On the high platform,
Daoist Cangsong angrily shot to his feet.
Looking at Fang Chao crawling on the arena like a dead dog, he turned toward Shuiyue in annoyance and said,
"Junior Sister Shuiyue, your disciple went too far!"
"Relying on a divine weapon!"
"She forcibly destroyed someone else's Magic Treasure!"
At this,
Shuiyue replied nonchalantly, "Senior Brother Cangsong, that's not quite right. The divine weapon is certainly powerful, but Xueqi's cultivation is strong too. Otherwise..."
"During the assassination attempt over a month ago..."
"She wouldn't have survived."
On the night of the assassination,
Lu Xueqi had indeed been saved by 'him'.
But if she hadn't held out for so long, she wouldn't have lasted until help arrived...
The corner of Daoist Cangsong's mouth twitched slightly.
"All right, all right."
True Lord Daoxuan waved his hand helplessly.
Lu Xueqi had an unusual status now.
She was both the future Sect Leader's Wife and a pillar of the Righteous Path to come. After all, her cultivation at the Peak of Supreme Purity had already been revealed by the Heavenly Curtain...
A disciple like her naturally had to be cherished like a treasure.
Who would dare scold her?
"Hmph!"
Daoist Cangsong snorted coldly.
Shuiyue couldn't be bothered to pay him any attention. She hadn't even confronted him about what he'd done yet...
"Sigh."
True Lord Daoxuan sighed helplessly.
His gaze swept over the several junior brothers and sisters beside him. He looked resigned, but his eyes were deep and inscrutable.
Could it be...
That it really was Cangsong?
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