I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 133 You Dare to Laugh at Us? (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Qin Yunyan's eyes burned with fighting spirit as she fixed her gaze on the bamboo sword stuck diagonally in the ground. She sneered, reached out and grasped the hilt, and pulled it out suddenly.

Zheng!
The moment the bamboo sword left the ground, the air seemed to freeze.

The next instant, the bamboo swordsman who had stood still like a withered tree moved, his body transforming into a blur that tore through the line of sight.

The bamboo sword in his hand fell like lightning. Before the blade even arrived, the sharp sword energy had already torn through the air, emitting a piercing shriek.

Qin Yunyan had no time to react, not even time to raise her wrist to block. Her chest felt as if it had been struck by a mountain. The bamboo sword flew out of her hand, and she was sent flying backward, crashing heavily into the surrounding green and gold jade bamboo. She spat out a mouthful of blood.

The bamboo sword, which had been knocked away, drew an arc in the air, its tip pointing downwards, and it plunged back into the original pit with perfect accuracy, even to the same depth as before.

The sword trembled slightly, as if mocking her overestimation of her abilities.

Apart from Jiang Yi, the bamboo forest and the few people around her were deathly silent.

This is an absolute crushing defeat. Even without any spiritual energy fluctuations or true essence power, the Bamboo Swordsman is ridiculously strong.

When Qin Yunze and the others looked up, the Bamboo Swordsman had already returned to his original position, as if he had never moved. The sword strike just now was just an illusion for everyone.

Qin Yunyan struggled to sit up, then coughed up another mouthful of blood. Her hands were split open, her arms were trembling, and her eyes were filled with horror.

She couldn't even withstand a single move?
A simple sword move was enough to make her, a cultivator in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, cough up blood.

Is this reasonable?

No wonder sword cultivators are hated!
Jiang Yi could only shake his head and sigh. An amateur is an amateur. Anyone who has studied swordsmanship knows that this move can be blocked with just one basic move, "Returning Strike and Kneeling Block". After that, it depends on who strikes faster and who will take the initiative.

Moreover, as a sword cultivator, the moment one prepares to grasp the sword, one must be fully prepared to give it one's all.

"I'll try!"

Zhang Jinling flexed her wrists and stepped into the arena, while Zhang Jincheng twisted his neck, eager to try, only Qin Yunze silently retreated.

Jiang Yi sighed again. This wasn't a mandatory level, so why did she have to embarrass herself here? She'd get beaten up by the Bamboo Swordsman later, and he'd take it out on her!
Zhang Jinling stood beside the bamboo sword, took a deep breath, and stared sharply at the bamboo swordsman.

Having learned from Qin Yunyan's experience, she dared not be careless at all. The moment she drew her sword, she raised it to parry, her whole body tense.

The bamboo swordsman's figure once again became a blur, his bamboo sword slashing down with the force of a thousand pounds.

Zheng!
With a crisp sound, Zhang Jinling barely managed to catch the first sword strike, her tiger's mouth numb from the impact.

However, before she could adjust her stance, the bamboo swordsman's second move arrived.

The angle of this sword strike was extremely tricky; the blade, like a serpent, bypassed her block and struck her wrist directly.

Zhang Jinling's pupils contracted sharply. Before she could change her move, the bamboo sword struck her wrist hard.

In excruciating pain, her sword flew out of her hand, and she was thrown over by a tremendous force, crashing heavily into the azure jade bamboo behind her, leaving half of her body numb and unable to move.

The sidelines fell silent again. The bamboo swordsman flicked the sword lightly, and it fell back to its original position.

Qin Yunyan's eyes widened. "Isn't this a bit too tricky?"

Jiang Yi chuckled inwardly. This was just a basic move, nothing tricky. It was just using internal force to strike acupoints, something she often did herself.

Seeing this, Zhang Jincheng's fighting spirit intensified, and he strode forward, declaring, "My turn!"

Once ready, Zhang Jincheng drew his sword and immediately defended and blocked, while simultaneously preparing a countermeasure for the second move.

When the first sword strike came, Zhang Jincheng lowered his waist and steadied his wrist. When the second sword strike came, he turned to the side to avoid its edge and successfully dodged it.

Jiang Yi sighed silently, already seeing defeat ahead.

As expected, the Bamboo Swordsman's third sword strike came up without warning, aiming straight for Zhang Jincheng's throat.

Zhang Jincheng stared in astonishment, then hastily leaned back, but it was too late.

However, the bamboo swordsman did not want to take a life. He suddenly twisted his wrist, and the sword tip became the blade, striking Zhang Jincheng in the throat.

Zhang Jincheng staggered back several steps, finally kneeling on one knee, the tip of his sword deeply embedded in the ground to steady himself. Looking up, he saw a thin line of blood at his throat. The Bamboo Swordsman had already returned to his position, as if nothing had happened.

Only the three men's pale faces proved that this crushing confrontation had truly occurred.

Zhang Jinling suddenly turned around and looked at Jiang Yi. Jiang Yi quickly suppressed her upturned lips and stared blankly into the distance.

The red glass on her shoulder also hurriedly lowered her head and covered her eyes.

"You dare laugh at us?!" Zhang Jinling gritted her teeth.

Zhang Jincheng and Qin Yunyan looked grim. They had actually lost face in front of a junior Qi Refining cultivator, and she was blatantly standing by and laughing.

Jiang Yi remained expressionless. "I wasn't laughing. I was very serious and sad."

Hongli's body tensed and trembled, her tail curling up tightly as she endured the pain.

“Look, my little one is crying because he’s scared.”

Zhang Jincheng said with a dark face, "Go in and fight him!"

Jiang Yi scoffed inwardly. These people were treating her like a dog, ordering her around. Did having low cultivation levels mean she had no human rights?
Seeing that Jiang Yi didn't move, Zhang Jinling helped her brother, saying, "Jiang Heying, if you can withstand five moves from that bamboo swordsman when you go in, I'll give you something good."

As she spoke, Zhang Jinling took out a bottle of pills and waved it in front of Jiang Yi like she was teasing a dog.

"This is a 'Purple Gold Foundation Strengthening Pill,' which I didn't have time to use when I was establishing my foundation. This pill, when used in conjunction with the Foundation Establishment Pill, can increase the success rate of foundation establishment by 30% to 50%, and it is especially effective for cultivators with mixed spiritual roots."

Zhang Jinling's eyes were haughty and contemptuous, as if she had decided that Jiang Yi was just a nobody with only four or five spiritual roots.

"Besides that, its most important ability is to reduce the risk of true essence dissipation during foundation building, harmonize various spiritual energies in the body, and stabilize the dantian foundation. Simply put, if you could only build a low-grade dantian foundation originally, after consuming it, you will have the opportunity to build a mid-grade dantian foundation. Do you understand the difference between these two?"

Jiang Yi wanted to roll her eyes. She had taken a better 'Purple Mansion Returning to Truth Pill' than this last time she was building her foundation. She earned it by doing bounty missions and directly built a high-grade foundation, almost reaching the top-grade foundation.

However, such pills are indeed very rare. Even highly skilled alchemists cannot guarantee success every time. They are pills that can only be made by luck.

If it appears at an auction house, it will definitely be fought over by people.

After all, the quality of one's foundation-building determines the success rate of forming the Golden Core in the future. If the foundation is not solid, every step in the future will be extremely difficult.

During this Foundation Establishment process, she also planned to look for such pills, since her situation was special and she was indeed worried about problems during the Foundation Establishment. However, she didn't have time to look for them before following these idiots here.

Qin Yunyan chimed in, "It's only five moves. The three of them have already tested three of them. You just need to take two more moves, and it'll be like giving you a free opportunity, little sister."

The group was quite certain that Jiang Yi, a mere Qi Refining cultivator, would not be able to withstand even one move.

That swordsman's internal and external strength was astonishing; even a Foundation Establishment cultivator couldn't withstand it. With her fragile Qi Refining body, a single contact would break her bones and rupture her internal organs.

Jiang Yi didn't want to show off, but they forced her to pretend to be something she'd never seen before.

This isn't some kind of treasure hunt; this is the birth of an actor!
Jiang Yi feigned greed and nervousness, glancing at the pill bottle in Zhang Jinling's hand, then at the bamboo swordsman in the arena, and even at Qin Yunze, who was silently wiping the Surging Wave Ruler with a handkerchief beside him.

Qin Yunze didn't even bother to glance at her. Ever since his argument with Qin Yunyan, he had been unusually silent, like the calm before a storm, as if he were brewing something.

Finally, under the watchful eyes of Zhang Jinling and the other two, Jiang Yi tentatively asked, "If you take five moves, you'll give me the Purple Gold Foundation Strengthening Pill? You won't renege on your promise?"

Seeing that Jiang Yi had taken the bait, Zhang Jinling beamed, "Of course!"

"What if I take on more? What if I get a reward from the Bamboo Swordsman?" Jiang Yi asked again.

Jiang Yi's words almost made the three of them burst out laughing. Even the usually stern Zhang Jincheng chuckled mockingly, "You? You're like a little quail."

Qin Yunyan continued to play the role of a caring older sister, "Don't be afraid, we're not the kind of people who are easily swayed. If you really have the ability to get the reward, then take it. We won't steal it from you, and we won't even ask you a question."

Jiang Yi nodded, "Okay, I'll give it a try."

Jiang Yi walked into the center of the field. Qin Yunyan secretly raised an eyebrow at Zhang Jinling, while Zhang Jincheng crossed his arms, ready to see Jiang Yi's miserable state.

(End of this chapter)