Grandpa, times have changed.

Uncle's!
He just wanted to come to this 'Ascension Tournament' to gather some information and see if he could meet other contestants and get some points.

How did I end up running into Chi Jiuyu!
Although he was reluctant to admit it, Chi Jiuyu was indeed much more capable than him now, and he had little chance of winning if they faced each other head-on.

Zhao Ruoming cursed inwardly and quickly walked against the flow of people, his pace quickening.

But the next second.

"Are you in such a hurry to leave?"

The sudden sound made him freeze. He saw a blur before his eyes, and Chi Jiuyu, who had just been standing under a tree in the distance, was now in front of him.

He held the cyan-gold longsword in his right hand, with the other hand behind his back. His expression was calm, and his eyes shone with a faint golden light.

He exudes the aura of a cold and aloof swordsman, radiating coolness!

Since she didn't know whether her brother had enabled the hidden features, she naturally had to maintain her image as a cool and aloof expert!

"Or are you saying you don't even have the courage to attack me anymore?"

"..." Zhao Ruoming fell silent upon hearing this.

Although it was obvious that Chi Jiuyu said this to show off, I myself...

Do you really not even have the courage to make a move against her?

He asked himself the same question.

He recalled his first encounter with Chi Jiuyu, and how she gradually widened the gap between them.

As the son of a true immortal, he gradually lost the courage to even throw a punch at a strong person as his life became more and more comfortable.

Zhao Ruoming, when did you become so timid?

The more he thought about it, the more ashamed he felt.

Hongsheng is right.

The most important thing in life is to understand yourself, but you must not forget your original aspirations in the process.

A thought flashes through one's mind in an instant.

"Whoo~"

With a soft exhale, Zhao Ruoming, who had calmed down, looked at Chi Jiuyu, who was not far ahead.

A fighting spirit surged within him once more.

Even in the relatively risk-free Immortal Sect Grand Competition, he didn't dare to fight her, so how could he talk about catching up with and surpassing her?

"Chi Jiu..."

'Hey dog, did you turn on the hidden features?'

Suddenly, a voice transmission sounded in my ear.

Zhao Ruoming's burning fighting spirit paused.

What hidden features?

'It's a hidden feature that blocks your personal perspective and only turns off automatically when a battle breaks out.'

Blocking out one's own personal perspective...

Zhao Ruoming was somewhat bewildered.

'I don't have this feature...'

"Oh, that must be another instance of special consideration for your Supreme Daoist Sect."

It's no secret that the Supreme Taoist Sect gives special treatment to its members.

As far as Chi Jiuyu knew, several ascension envoys from the Supreme Dao Sect who were tasked with ascension missions were given a punishment called 'Presence Aura' because of their low mission completion rate.

She was so envious...

wrong!

After hearing about it, she also felt that the Sword Sect needed such punishment to spur itself on, so she specially asked Yu Yi to help write a 10,000-word letter of opinion and send it to the sect leader's mailbox.

After waiting for over a month, that foolish sect leader...

Cough!

In short, there was no reply.

When she becomes the sect leader someday, she must add this effect to the sect leader's token!
"Alright, buddy, since we've met by chance, let's exchange some information."

Zhao Ruoming was still caught off guard by the 'special treatment' and was stunned when he heard this.

'Aren't you going to fight?'

"No, no, I won't play anymore. Eliminating you so quickly would be such a disservice to Xiao Zhao."

'...'

Even if you eliminate me, I won't care at all.

"Are you going to change it or not?" Chi Jiuyu urged. "If not, I'm leaving."

Xiao Zhao's pride was secondary; his main concern was keeping Gou Xiong around so that it would be beneficial for future arrangements.

Not long ago, when she obtained her fourth point, she also received information about the situation in the Mu Wujie realm. One piece of information was that the higher-ups in this world's cultivation circles already knew their identities as 'outsiders'. Furthermore, they had already dispatched many Nascent Soul cultivators at the peak of their cultivation and Void Returning stages to conduct investigations in various planes.

Reaching the peak of the Nascent Soul stage is fine, but returning to the Void stage...

To be honest, she's no match for him right now.

Let's keep Brother Dog for now. If we really get targeted by the Void Returner, having him around will make it easier to escape.

Those who run slowly should be in the front row.

In this Immortal Sect Grand Competition, she will be a cunning and tactical fisherman!

'Okay, let me tell you what I know first...'

After this interruption, the fighting spirit that had been burning in Zhao Ruoming's heart dissipated.

Chi Jiuyu's attitude was somewhat unexpected.

But it would be best to avoid conflict with her at this stage, since Chi Jiuyu didn't even want to fight him, right?

Soon, Zhao Ruoming finished recounting everything he knew about Mu Wujie.

However, since he only got one point, he didn't know much.

'Okay, then I'll tell you what I know...'

Although the information available to the two parties was not equal, Chi Jiuyu still told Zhao Ruoming everything she knew.

Her main principle as the Nine Fishermen Ancestor is benevolence and righteousness!
'By the way, I have some news for you: Little Ye is quite popular.'

Zhao Ruoming was taken aback.

"what?!"

This time, I didn't even have time to upload audio.

"As you know, Little Ye is beautiful, and she's also my senior sister's apprentice, so naturally she has many suitors."

Zhao Ruoming wanted to ask something more, but then his vision blurred and Chi Jiuyu had vanished.

What the hell!

You just left halfway through your sentence and ran off?!

Why be so sneaky!

……

……

Not long after, another entrance to the Zhengxu Dao Palace appeared.

At the foot of the mountain, there is a semi-circular archway that is more than four meters high and filled with colorful light inside.

The chosen immortals and cultivators were divided into two separate lines and entered the archway in turn.

Several cultivators with cold and sharp auras hovered high above, their cultivation levels ranging from the lowest to the Golden Core stage, with the leader reaching the Nascent Soul stage.

On both sides of the archway, the colorful spring water meanders down the mountain and converges into a pool that steams with rosy light, in which some unique plants that are as clear as crystal grow.

The fruits hanging from the branches resembled jewels, attracting the frequent glances of those immortal beings who had never been exposed to cultivation.

Even the chosen cultivators couldn't help but feel a burning desire when they saw the spiritual fruits in the pool.

There is a severe shortage of spiritual objects.

Since the spiritual energy of the Azure Sky Plane has been controlled by the Righteous Void Dao Palace, it has become very difficult for outsiders to see high-level spiritual objects.

Everything was done in the name of the war against the superhumans.

Crack!

Beside the Spirit Pool.

Chi Jiuyu swung her legs and took a bite of the jewel-like spiritual fruit.

Being a riddle solver is really fun; no wonder my uncle often does it.

Brother Dog must be completely numb!

Hey!

She deliberately went around to the other side and separated a sword intent spirit body to observe more closely.

This is still out of concern that a sudden return to weakness might occur!

Otherwise, she would come in person.

After all, the most powerful cultivator here is that pretentious guy behind the Cloud Heaven Palace complex who turns his eyes into the sun and the moon.

The middle stage of transformation.

Ok.

The worst of the worst.

If she doesn't cut him to a pulp with one sword, she'll change her name to something else! (End of Chapter)