Junior Sister is too competitive, she drastically alters the Joyful Union Sect.

Chapter 243 Double First
The Bodhi tree that suddenly stood up and started walking left countless people dumbfounded.

No, how can a tree walk?
No, no, if this tree already has sentience, why would it let Jiang Chenying pick its leaves and even emerge from the ground on its own?
The people outside the water mirror were so curious about this situation that they were practically scratching their heads in bewilderment.

Jiang Chenying looked at the palm-sized Bodhi tree in Shen Youqing's hand and belatedly realized, "Does this tree have a spirit?"

Shen Youqing nodded, then took out a flowerpot and temporarily planted the Bodhi tree in it.

There was no soil in the flowerpot; instead, large amounts of spirit stones were used as soil, followed by the pouring of spiritually rich spring water.

A camellia tree on one side cautiously peeked out a root system.

With a "snap," the roots of the camellia tree were knocked open by the roots of the bodhi tree.

The camellia tree moved aggrievedly in front of Shen Youqing, holding up its roots that had been knocked open as if to complain.

"You're a good boy... huh?!" The array that suddenly lit up under his feet left Shen Youqing stunned.

Seeing that its master had been forcibly bound by the Bodhi tree, the camellia tree split open its heart and took a bite.

A branch of the Bodhi tree sprouted out.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Shen Youqing hurriedly separated the two spiritual plants.

Jiang Chenying stood aside and watched Shen Youqing try to mediate the fight.

After finally separating the two spiritual plants, Shen Youqing wiped away non-existent sweat from his forehead.

"Congratulations," Jiang Chenying said.

Shen Youqing waved his hand, "I'll try to break up fights when I'm free."

Camellia trees are known for their domineering and assertive nature, and the Bodhi tree is no pushover either; one can easily imagine what their future life will be like.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chenying couldn't help but think of the years he spent breaking up fights. Looking at Shen Youqing's distressed face, he couldn't help but reveal a hint of schadenfreude.

……

"Is this the contract? Or did the Bodhi tree initiate the contract?"

"I've always heard that the affinity of the wood spirit root is far greater than that of other spirit roots, but isn't this a bit too outrageous?"

"I don't know about others, but the senior sister of Lingxiao Sect also has a top-grade wood spirit root, so why doesn't she have such high affinity?"

If we're talking about approachability, Chu Jianyan's appearance is even more approachable than Shen Youqing's!

The fact that the Bodhi Tree had taken the initiative to form a contract with Shen Youqing was not only whispered among the cultivators below, but also discussed among the Venerables on the high platform.

“This Bodhi tree is quite fitting for her identity as a healer,” Yue Hehua said calmly.

The leaves of the Bodhi tree have a natural purifying effect, but it's not as effective as a healing array. However, if the two are combined... we'll have to wait and see to find out.

Yue Xunzhu sat to one side, sipping tea. When he noticed his father looking over, his elegant and dignified voice rang out unhurriedly, "Father, are you going to find me a Bodhi tree?"

"..." Yue Hehua withdrew her gaze, pretending that she had not heard anything.

Yue Shihao couldn't help but glance at her nephew. Seeing his questioning look, she said coldly, "Xunzhu, you've been corrupted by Jinjin."

Yue Xunzhu's eyebrows curved slightly. "Auntie, what are you saying? This Bodhi tree is indeed a good thing."

Yue Shihao shook her head slightly.

Even the best thing is not as good as the evergreen tree in the forbidden area. Xunzhu's life contract is a branch of the evergreen tree.

"Go find it yourself." Yue Hehua said this and went to chat with the elder next to her.

Yue Xunzhu lowered her eyes and continued drinking her tea.

It's unclear which identity Jinjin will take when the aristocratic families compete.

……

Inside the secret realm, because he was bound by the Bodhi Tree, Shen Youqing outwardly stored the Bodhi Tree in his spiritual plant space, but in reality, he placed it in the Green Branch Entwined Flower Bracelet.

The space inside the artifact was quite large, and it wasn't exactly desolate. After all, Shen Youqing would throw in some spiritual plant seeds whenever he had time, or plant all the spiritual plants he had obtained inside.

The Bodhi tree, which had been transferred into the artifact, was stunned for a moment before finding a sufficiently empty spot to take root and return to its original size.

Shen Youqing observed the situation inside the artifact and, seeing that the Bodhi tree was adapting well, withdrew her divine sense.

"Here you go." Jiang Chenying gave half of the Bodhi leaf to Shen Youqing.

Shen Youqing took it and then picked up the ghost infant. Without Shen Youqing needing to speak, the ghost infant released the cultivators from the domain.

Looking at the group of people whose faces were pale as if they were in great shock, Shen Youqing glanced at Jiang Chenying.

As soon as Jiang Chenying walked over, a group of people quickly handed over their tokens and rare treasures.

After seeing off this group of cultivators, Jiang Chenying did some preliminary calculations.

"If nothing unexpected happens, there are still four-fifths of the people left." Jiang Chenying walked to the edge of the pit and habitually looked down into the bottomless pit.

"What's wrong? Is there anything else down there?" Shen Youqing asked curiously as she leaned closer.

The next second, the two were pulled down by a huge suction force, and the camellia tree and the snow crystal purple-eyed cat on the side followed them down without thinking.

The two of them quickly disappeared into the water mirror.

Eight days later.

At the very last moment before the secret realm ended, the two figures flashed across the water mirror and then appeared in the plaza.

Seeing that Shen Youqing and Jiang Chenying were only disheveled and not injured, Hua Yuan and Zhang Youli both breathed a sigh of relief.

"Junior Sister!" Lin Youran walked towards Shen Youqing and, seeing the girl with messy hair and a dirty face who looked like she had just returned from a famine, pulled her over to check her over.

After Lin Youran finished her examination, Lin Jinyao reached out to pull her over, but the man next to her was one step ahead of her.

"Are you hurt anywhere?" The deep, clear voice was filled with deep concern.

Shen Youqing shook her head. "It's nothing, I'm fine."

Xiao Ke cast a dust-removing spell on Shen Youqing, and the girl was instantly clean. She was indeed unharmed, only somewhat tired from the intense battle.

Jiang Chenying was also surrounded by several junior brothers.

Seeing this, Shen Qiuluo wanted to go over and check on them, but was stopped by the elder of the Punishment Hall.

"The scores are in!"

"My God! The first place is actually Shen Youqing and Jiang Chenying?! Wait! How come their scores are so high?!"

"They've only been in the secret realm for ten days, and they've each gotten 70,000 points?!"

"The second place only has 30,000 points!"

"What happened to them after they disappeared on the water mirror?! How could they get such a high score?"

……

Lin Youran and the others all looked over, and then their eyes widened in surprise.

Junior Sister and Jiang Chenying's scores are simply unmatched!

The combined scores of the second and third place winners are still less than the scores of one person alone!

Under the proud yet curious gazes of his fellow disciples, Jiang Chenying spoke up, "This time it was my fault. I shouldn't have been curious."

Jiang Chenying's seemingly random remark only fueled the curiosity of the other four.

Shen Youqing suddenly poked her head out and interjected, "It's good that you know!"

At this moment, Liang Shimu and his group of five also became curious.

Shen Youqing pulled Xiao Ke's hand away, "I'll tell you when we get back."

Xiao Ke responded, his fingers sliding down to gently hook her hand. "Qingqing, I came in third."

Shen Youqing looked up at the list not far away.

First is her and Jiang Chenying, second is Wei Ningguang, third is Xiao Ke, fourth is Chu Jianyan, and fifth is Shen Xingzhi...

Apart from her and Jiang Chenying's scores being rather outrageous, the scores of the rest were very close.

The list spanned several pages, densely packed, but the top ten were all direct disciples of the five lineages.

There are 27 direct disciples from the five lineages, and all 27 of them are in the top 50.

The number of participants was at least ten thousand, which shows how skilled the five direct disciples were.

(End of this chapter)