Chu Lanqiu: I Want Qin Chuan as My Son-in-Law
Yun Yao, the master, flew into a brief rage, but his disciple Jiang Lin refused to be laughed at like this. He gritted his teeth and shouted, "Qin Chuan, my surname is Jiang!"
"Mm, I know your surname is Jiang, Martial Nephew Bai." Qin Chuan was very obedient, responding to whatever Jiang Lin said, but every answer still included "Martial Nephew Bai." Another burst of laughter rose from below.
"Aaaaah!!! Qin Chuan, I'm going to kill you!!!" Jiang Lin went completely mad and began activating the formation.
"I told you to call me Martial Uncle Qin. How rude of you, Martial Nephew Bai. I'll teach you a proper lesson on Senior Brother Yun's behalf and show you what it means to respect your teachers and honor their teachings." Seeing that he had enraged Jiang Lin, Qin Chuan stopped holding back.
He had a purpose in provoking Jiang Lin. The soul of a person in a rage was easier to bewitch, and he had incorporated a Mind-Bewitching Formation into his formation, intending to control Jiang Lin's mind.
He wanted to see whether he could leave the male supporting character to play himself to death without making a move himself.
I wonder if the Heavenly Dao will intervene this time. Qin Chuan shot a provocative glance at the sky.
On the raised platform, Chu Lanqiu sprang to her feet and stared intently at Qin Chuan on the competition stage, towering waves surging through her heart.
A Mind-Bewitching Formation! She, a seventh-grade formation master, had failed to see that Qin Chuan had also set up a Mind-Bewitching Formation!!!
Qin Chuan truly possessed unparalleled talent for formations, just as her father had said. He definitely had the potential to become a grandmaster of formations.
Inside the formation, Jiang Lin soon realized something was wrong too, but it was already too late. He had fallen under the Mind-Bewitching Formation's spell. Now he saw Gu Xiran and his enemy Qin Chuan, and he frantically directed his formation to attack Qin Chuan. In truth, he was attacking himself.
"What demonic trick did Qin Chuan use?! Why is Jiang Lin attacking himself?!"
"Could Jiang Lin have been driven stupid by anger?!"
"Maybe he doesn't want to live after becoming Junior Brother Bai?"
"No, no, it's Qin Chuan's formation, a Mind-Bewitching Formation." Finally, a disciple who understood formations recognized it.
"What's a Mind-Bewitching Formation?" someone asked.
"A formation that can bewitch the mind and make people see illusions. It's like a heart demon, I suppose."
Yun Yao abruptly stood up, intending to intervene. As usual, the Grand Elder moved to stop him. "Sect Master Yun, this is an inner sect competition. Are you trying to intervene again? Don't forget, you're not only Jiang Lin's master, but also the sect master of the Pure Void Sect."
"I know. I only wanted to ask Elder Chu whether Qin Chuan's actions count as cheating," Yun Yao said, trying to cover for himself.
"No, they don't. A Mind-Bewitching Formation is still a formation." Right now, Chu Lanqiu had eyes only for Qin Chuan, full of admiration.
Although the Mind-Bewitching Formation was a fourth-grade formation, even a fifth-grade formation master might not be able to set one up.
She now believed what her father had said. Qin Chuan truly was a one-of-a-kind genius at formations.
No, such a genius could not be left undiscovered. She had to go to the Glazed Glass Immortal Venerable and ask for Qin Chuan. With such talent for formations, he ought to stay at Formation Peak and receive proper instruction from her and her father.
But the formation competition was still underway, so she sat back down and gently instructed Chu Ling'er, "Ling'er, Qin Chuan has extraordinary talent for formations. You should spend more time with him."
"Mother, my talent for formations isn't bad either. Grandfather even praised me and said that as long as I worked hard, I'd definitely become a formation master in the future." Chu Ling'er pouted.
But her eyes drifted toward Qin Chuan of their own accord. She wondered if he really was so strong that even her mother praised him.
"Do as you're told." There was a note of command in Chu Lanqiu's voice.
Chu Ling'er knew that acting spoiled would do no good, so she obediently lowered her head and agreed. "Mother, I understand."
Yun Yao was in no mood to play matchmaker for Jiang Lin now. Jiang Lin was attacking himself with his own formation, and in just a short while he was covered in wounds. If this continued, he would surely die. Yun Yao stared intently at the stage below, ready to intervene and rescue him at any moment.
Jiang Lin had fallen completely into the illusion, and the scene changed again. Now demonic beasts were attacking Gu Xiran. Jiang Lin desperately attacked the beasts, trying to save her, but in truth, he was attacking himself.
More than ten breaths later, Jiang Lin still had not made it through the illusion on his own. The wounds on his body continued to multiply, and one of his arms had been broken.
Yun Yao could bear it no longer and tried to rescue Jiang Lin. The Grand Elder spoke up to remind him, "Sect Master, if you intervene, you'll be admitting defeat on Jiang Lin's behalf, correct?"
Yun Yao hesitated for an instant. In that very instant, Jiang Lin unleashed the full power of the Five Thunders Crown Formation, and a powerful bolt of lightning struck toward him. Even if Yun Yao wanted to stop it, he was too late.
"Third Senior Brother!!!" Gu Xiran let out another marmot scream.
Even if Yun Yao wanted to intervene now, it was too late. He could only watch helplessly as the formation's attack struck toward Jiang Lin. But at the last moment, Jiang Lin came to his senses and took control of the formation, redirecting the lightning toward Qin Chuan.
"Jiang Lin woke up. How lucky."
"Hey, hey, look! Qin Chuan's formation can actually block Jiang Lin's attack. Wasn't spiritual power forbidden in the formation competition?"
"I don't know. Maybe Jiang Lin was just injured and can't control his formation properly yet."
The others didn't know what was going on, but Qin Chuan knew perfectly well. The Heavenly Dao had intervened again; it was the Heavenly Dao that had awakened Jiang Lin. The faint, barely perceptible trace of the Will of the Heavenly Dao in his hand was proof.
Besides Qin Chuan, Shen Qingyuan had also noticed the Heavenly Dao's intervention. The moment it acted, she flew up into the sky. If the Heavenly Dao dared to intervene against Qin Chuan again, she would make it pay, even if both sides ended up badly injured.
The Heavenly Dao seemed to sense Shen Qingyuan's resolve, and with Jiang Lin no longer in danger, it chose to retreat, unwilling to clash head-on with her for the time being.
Holding the Tianxuan Sword, Shen Qingyuan stood guard above Qin Chuan. No one would be allowed to disturb his competition. She wanted to watch her Chuan'er take first place in the formation competition.
Meanwhile, seeing that Jiang Lin had come to his senses, Yun Yao relaxed and once again had the inclination to play matchmaker for him. He turned to Chu Lanqiu and said, "My unworthy disciple isn't too bad. Even after being plotted against, he managed to come to his senses in time. What do you think, Elder Chu?"
Chu Lanqiu had no mind to answer Yun Yao. When Qin Chuan's formation collided with Jiang Lin's, she had finally seen it clearly: Qin Chuan's formation was not the defensive Five Elements Mutual Generation Formation, but the Five Elements Life-Extinguishing Formation.
Only one word differed, but the difference was as vast as heaven and earth.
The Five Elements Mutual Generation Formation was a fourth-grade defensive formation, whereas the Five Elements Life-Extinguishing Formation was a fifth-grade offensive formation. Unlike Jiang Lin's Five Thunders Crown Formation, which barely qualified as a fifth-grade formation, it was a true fifth-grade formation, one of the finest of its grade, comparable to a sixth-grade formation.
She remembered that Qin Chuan was the same age as Chu Ling'er, and a little younger than Jiang Lin. He had taken first place in the martial competition not long ago, and was about to take first place in the formation competition as well.
The more she looked at Qin Chuan, the more pleasing he seemed. She glanced again at Chu Ling'er, who kept stealing looks at him, and was already thinking about snatching him away to Formation Peak and making him her son-in-law.
The proud little firecracker Chu Ling'er said Qin Chuan wasn't impressive, but a faint trace of admiration for him had begun to stir in her heart. She muttered to herself, He's clearly the same age as me, yet he's so good. Hmph, I'll definitely surpass him!