The End of the Immortal Path

Chapter 162 Defeat Everyone
After handing the items to Jiang Man, Su Qinya left on her own.

Her mission is to win the other person's heart.

This is a troublesome matter.

It's equivalent to wanting the other person to like you.

This is different from mere physical beauty; it requires him to experience something entirely different.

Women are the cheapest thing.

Within a sect, anyone who cares about their appearance is considered unattractive.

Each has its own characteristics.

Those who can leverage their unique strengths will attract more attention.

But such capture is too superficial; it comes quickly and goes quickly.

A poor but talented person needs more than just beauty; they also need recognition and mutual support.

Constantly taking only leads to depletion; knowing how to give and taking gently is the right choice.

Su Qinya sighed.

"I don't understand why they're in such a hurry to act. Staying up all night has a significant impact. Is it really worth sacrificing me to take him down so early?"

"Perhaps his value will decrease after this competition."

Although she was completing her mission, she still looked down on Jiang Man, who stayed up all night to cultivate.

Of course, she acknowledged the other party's strength.

But the price of power is different.

Some people deplete their spiritual energy, while Jiang Man gambles his future strength on his present power.

They were slightly weaker than the others.

And what such people need most is recognition.

When everyone is questioning her, her agreement will win her favor.

This is one of her methods.

In the subsequent competition, some people will use this to mock Jiang Man's strength, but she will agree with them and firmly stand on their side.

This is how you get closer to the other person and eventually win their heart.

Only through skillful tactics and strategies can one win people's hearts.

No matter how much you secretly give, it's all in vain if the other person can't see or feel it.

Only by winning someone's heart at crucial moments and leaving a lasting impression can one find the path to success.

The others are cumbersome and inefficient.

Of course, nothing should be rushed; everything should be done step by step.

Otherwise, it will backfire, and if the mission fails, you will be the one who suffers the loss.

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At this moment, Jiang Man was looking through the books that Su Qinya had sent him.

The above are the basic rules of the competition, as well as some hidden rules.

Although the rules may change occasionally, they are generally correct.

"Aren't you afraid of falling into her trap?" the old ox asked.

Jiang Man shook his head: "What kind of trap could a book have? It's obviously designed to be used for deception, but the more insignificant it seems, the more troublesome it is, and the harder it is to guard against."

The old ox silently watched Jiang Man.

Then he stopped speaking.

Jiang Man's focus is on the rules.

He discovered that the area occupied by the First, Second, and Third Hospitals was quite vast.

Ordinary movement techniques are simply not enough; one must fly on a sword.

"What a coincidence."

Jiang Man smiled broadly.

He also worried that the sword control technique would be useless.

The First, Second, and Third Hospitals were indeed where he shone brightly.

Aside from this rule, Jiang Man paid no attention to anything else.

For example, you have to fight against people from the three academies first. If you lose too quickly, it's equivalent to being eliminated.

Only by persevering can we start forming teams and officially participating in the competition.

Most of the students in the three academies are in the late Foundation Establishment stage, so there's nothing to worry about.

Having roughly grasped the rules, Jiang Man began his cultivation.

With a little over a month left, Qingyan Zou should be able to cultivate to around level ten.

after one day.

The smoke rose in six layers.

Two days later.

Seventh floor.

Sixteen days later.

The smoke rises in ten layers.

Thirty days later.

The smoke rises in eleven layers.

The smoke left traces, and the higher the level, the smaller the traces.

Apart from a few sword cultivators, almost no one could detect any trace of the thirteenth-level Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The eleventh floor is a bit lacking, but it's still barely enough.

It's hard to spot any traces of them if they're not even in the top fifty.

"There are still seven days left. The ninth gourd of spirit is already full. All that's left is the physical body."

Because the physical body is not a high-grade cultivation method, it cannot be tempered with the Hundred Refinement Stones and can only be cultivated normally, which slows down the progress considerably.

Now you have seven days and six thousand spiritual resources, enough to buy ten Qi-cultivating pills.

The progress shouldn't be increased much.

But we cannot give up.

In addition, one should spend an hour on the last day familiarizing oneself with the sword control technique.

Five days later.

August fifteen.

The Peiyuan Pill has been completely consumed.

Today is the last day of classes in the small courtyard.

Jiang Man continued to cultivate and never left.

Two days later.

August 17th.

Jiang Man breathed a sigh of relief.

Watching the sunrise, I sighed, "Old Huang, I'm not feeling well."

The old ox didn't say a word; it just kept eating grass.

Jiang Manze said, "I don't know what my chances of making it into the top fifty are."

He really couldn't be sure.

Because of the cultivation level of the first fifty years, the physical body and spirit must have been fully cultivated to perfection.

However, his physical body is still lacking.

Under these circumstances, it seems quite difficult to break into the top 50.

We lost six or seven years of their time, and we also lost a lot of their resources.

It's unavoidable that there are some differences now.

If he had obtained a superior cultivation technique earlier, he wouldn't have had any flaws.

Then Jiang Man began to control his sword, drawing upon the cleaned spirit sword, and gently landed on the blade.

Then they rode on their swords.

At first, he only practiced the sword control technique little by little, and after getting used to it, he began to speed up.

Amidst howling winds, Jiang Man unleashed his full power in his sword control technique, eager to see just how fast a ninth-level sword control technique could achieve.

Jiang Man felt that the spirit sword could not withstand the force of the attack after flying only a short distance.

It stopped immediately.

After inspecting the spirit sword, they discovered a slight crack inside.

Jiang Man: "."

After asking the old ox, a conclusion was reached.

Such an ordinary spirit sword can only withstand three levels of sword control techniques; it will easily break if it goes any higher.

Jiang Man fell silent.

Overload?

Therefore, to fly fast on a sword, one not only needs a high level of swordsmanship, but also a good enough spiritual sword.

Old Huang gave an affirmative answer.

Moreover, when one's cultivation level is high, one must suppress one's spiritual energy; otherwise, the sheer volume of spiritual energy could directly break a spiritual sword.

Only then did Jiang Man realize just how ordinary an ordinary spirit sword truly was.

They also understood how enormous the spiritual energy required for sword cultivation was.

This sword is not something an ordinary person can possess.

Judging from this, Zhuo Bufan and Zhao Yaoyao are the wealthiest people in the courtyard, as they are both sword cultivators.

"I wonder when forging technology will advance so that we can increase the production of spirit swords," Jiang Man sighed.

He remembered someone telling him this.

Perhaps not many years remain.

Once mass production is scaled up.

A spirit sword worth over ten thousand might only be worth five thousand.

In a few more years, it will only be worth three thousand.

If you support trade-in, then it will cost two thousand.

He can afford two thousand.

At that time, everyone will be flying on swords.

noon.

Gao Rong and Su Qinya came looking for them.

"It's almost time, we should set off," Su Qinya reminded him. Jiang Man nodded and said, "We can leave now."

"Do you have a spirit sword?" Su Qinya paused for a moment, then said, "If not, you can go with Junior Brother Gao."

Jiang Man shook his head.

He had been waiting to fly on a sword for a long time, so naturally he couldn't miss the chance to fly on a sword himself.

"Then please follow me. The competition venue is quite far from here. If you're late, you'll be disqualified," Su Qinya reminded them.

She then took flight on her sword.

The same goes for Gao Rong.

Jiang Man glanced at their spirit swords.

Su Qinya is an ordinary spirit sword, similar to his.

Gao Rong is much better now.

They are too wealthy.

After that, they headed towards the mountains behind them.

Besides them, many other people also traveled there on their swords.

Thousands of flying swords streaked through the air.

It was exceptionally spectacular.

but
Jiang Man saw that Gao Rong and the others were like a gentle breeze, their clothes swaying lightly.

A fierce wind is blowing right here.

Seeing Jiang Man like this, Su Qinya came to his side, and a force enveloped him.

Then came the other party's pleasant and melodious voice: "The Wind Concealing Technique is also one of the techniques that one needs to learn to control a sword. It is similar to the Greatsword Technique, but it is only a mid-grade technique and has a defensive function."

Jiang Man: "."

Why pair it with so many things when it's just flying on a sword?

A mid-grade Wind Concealing Technique requires an unknown amount of spiritual energy.

Jiang Man looked closely and found that many people, like him, did not have the Wind Concealment Technique.

Afterwards, he broke away from Su Qinya and said, "Thank you, Senior Sister, but I don't need the Wind Concealment Technique."

Su Qinya herself simply nodded slightly, without any change in emotion.

Gao Rong, however, was quite curious: "Is it easy to affect your condition if you don't use the Wind Concealing Technique, or is it okay if your cultivation level is high?"

Jiang Man looked at Gao Rong and smiled, "That's not it."

"What is that?" Gao Rong asked.

Jiang Man truthfully replied, "Because I already have a Daoist partner, it's not appropriate for me to get too close to a strange woman."

Gao Rong was taken aback.

I didn't expect this answer.

Some people have been offended.

A prodigy truly doesn't need to worry about what others think.

Out of curiosity, he glanced at Su Qinya, whose expression remained unchanged.

Geniuses truly do not show their emotions.

In fact, Su Qinya really didn't have any emotions.

She just thought the other person was immature.

What if you have a spiritual partner?
Isn't it easier to get hooked?
She just needs to follow the plan.

They set off with the First, Second and Third Hospitals.

In the winery of Chishui Peak, Zhuo Qingcheng sighed, "In the end, even Zhuo Ling is unwilling to bow her head?"

"Yes," the shopkeeper nodded.

Zhuo Qingcheng remained silent.

The shopkeeper asked curiously, "Does Miss think Jiang Man is worthy of Miss Zhuo Ling bowing down? His current performance is indeed good, but no one can say for sure what will happen later."

"If it were Young Master Zhuo Bufan, then we could bow our heads and cooperate."

"But Miss Zhuo Ling is only one step away from the Golden Core stage."

"We should be able to enter the inner sect this year."

Zhuo Qingcheng remained silent for a moment.

She recalled the realm of the evil gods.

She understood that staying up late wouldn't affect Jiang Man, but she couldn't be sure what the future held.

All we can do is remind the relevant people.

She tried to persuade Zhuo Ling, but unfortunately, Zhuo Ling did not approve of Jiang Man's habit of staying up all night.

Various examples were presented to her, and the most dazzling example of staying up all night to cultivate should be the Foundation Establishment stage.

The Golden Core was unable to radiate light from the very beginning.

Not to mention what happened afterward.

No matter how talented someone is, they will eventually become just another ordinary person.

“Zhuo Ling isn’t wrong,” Zhuo Qingcheng said with a sigh. “Everyone has preconceived notions, and if it were me, I probably would have made the same choice.”

After that, Zhuo Qingcheng left, no longer intending to concern herself with the affairs of the outer sect.

With Zhuo Bufan still around, it's not a complete loss.

It can only be said that they failed to go any further.

The impact is not great.

After all, Zhuo Ling might not succeed.

Even the spirited Zhuo Ling might not be able to get along well with Jiang Man.

Perhaps not forming a team is a good thing.

The shopkeeper became more and more confused. What exactly did Jiang Man do to attract Miss Qingcheng's attention so much?

He was already paying attention to the other person, and now it seems he needs to pay even more attention.

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Before the mountain range and canyon, a group of people stood on their swords.

Jiang Man discovered that many people had the most ordinary spirit swords, which meant that no one was willing to spend too much money on spirit swords.

At this moment, a stone tablet in front of the canyon lights up.

Then the people from the hospital rushed in on their swords.

The competition rules are that the first academy is advanced, and then the second academy is advanced.

The Third Academy is located on the outermost perimeter; if you can break in, you can compete with the people inside.

Jiang Man, on the other hand, needs to fight against the people from the Third Academy on the outside.

Soon the second stone tablet lit up.

Su Qinya said, "I'll wait for you inside."

Then she flew inside on her sword.

Then we entered the Third Hospital.

"I'll go in first." Gao Rong also flew in on his sword.

Jiang Man was not alone.

There are five other people.

He is a genius from the Fourth and Fifth Academies.

Three of them have reached the Foundation Establishment stage, and two are in the late Foundation Establishment stage.

“No one from the Sixth Hospital came this year either,” a burly man said, looking at the crowd.

However, he quickly turned his attention to Jiang Man: "It's quite rare that one from the Seventh Academy has come."

Five people, three men and two women.

They were all looking at Jiang Man.

They had already heard about the people from the Seventh Hospital coming.

But I have never actually met Jiang Man.

"Have you been here before?" Jiang Man asked curiously.

“I have been here before,” the burly man replied.

"So what should we do next?" Jiang Man asked.

"Go in, just fight your way in, and keep fighting your way in," the burly man said with a smile. "The good stuff is all within the hospital grounds."

"The things in the Third Hospital are the most ordinary."

"Moreover, the rankings in the competition between the first, second, and third hospitals determine the other rewards."

"There are corresponding spiritual sources for those between fifty and one hundred."

"The first fifty include some techniques and methods."

"They also occasionally give away spirit swords."

As he spoke, he looked at the spirit sword at Jiang Man's feet and said, "Of course it's not an ordinary spirit sword like the one at your feet. It will break after only a few uses, and you won't be able to fully utilize the sword control technique."

The stone tablet lit up again at this moment.

"It's our turn to go in," a woman said.

After that, the six of them flew inside on their swords.

Since it was Jiang Man's first time there, he could only follow behind them.

As soon as they entered, they spotted three people at the edge of the canyon. Their eyes were filled with provocation, as if they were ready to attack at any moment.

"See those? Those are people from the Third Academy. Defeating them will earn you a corresponding evaluation, and the higher the evaluation, the higher your ranking." The burly man pondered for a moment and said, "Simply put, the more people you defeat, the closer you are to the top of the rankings."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Who of you will give it a try? After all, half of us are here for the first time. If we can't even handle the kind of hunting that our senior brothers and sisters from the three academies are doing, then we're probably just here for show."

His gaze fell directly on Jiang Man: "Junior brother, why don't you give it a try? You must really need a ranking."

Jiang Man pondered for a moment and said, "If I defeat everyone from the Three Academies and then everyone from the Two Academies, can I rank in the top fifty?"

Upon hearing Jiang Man's words, the burly man who had been joking around was stunned for a moment.

It seems he didn't hear what Jiang Man said.

Are you kidding me?
Then a red sun rose.

The light shone on the three of them.

Before everyone could react.

boom!
The light swept across.

A powerful force exploded outwards.

The three powerful experts from the Three Academies who were originally meant to hunt them were sent flying backwards and crashed heavily to the ground, spitting out blood.

"Just once? Looks like I'm too strong." Jiang Man's voice rang out.

(End of this chapter)