Chu Zhi was wearing a red Purgatory Sect disciple's robe, a color that made her face appear very pale.

His gaze was half-lowered, and he wasn't looking at anyone, surrounded by his disciples.

Her previously serene and innocent face now looks somewhat haggard, and she has completely lost her former charm.

Ning Yue pointed over there and asked, "Is that Chu Zhi? What competition is she participating in? Why is she in the team competition?"

"Chu Zhi?" Shi Yinghan repeated the name, clearly not quite understanding.

Following the direction Ning Yue was pointing, a few memories of this person surfaced.

Although she remembered this person, Shi Yinghan didn't know what competition she had participated in, and was about to turn around to ask someone.

"Sound cultivation, she participated in the Sound Cultivation Competition." Lu Qingyan spoke up from the side, "You were traveling in the lower realm during the competition, so you didn't know."

"This person..." Lu Qingyan said, her voice suddenly becoming somewhat complicated, "...is very strange."

"What's so strange about it?" Ning Yue asked sharply.

"The moves are strange; they're not purely based on sound manipulation, but rather like someone who knows a little bit of everything. In that respect, it seems very much like..."

Lu Qingyan hesitated for a moment, then looked at Ning Yue and said, word by word.

"You look just like me, junior sister."

"Like me?" Ning Yue looked at Chu Zhi and raised an eyebrow.

She remembered that when they first met in the Azure Valley Secret Realm, Chu Zhi's performance was mediocre and unremarkable.

Ning Yue helped her when she was in danger.

She didn't resemble Ning Yue at all back then, so how come her senior sister suddenly said she did?

Ning Yue looked at Chu Zhi's pale face and thought for a moment.

It's unclear whether Chu Zhi, who was not far away, noticed Ning Yue's gaze or was also secretly searching for Ning Yue's figure.

The two looked at each other across the crowd in between.

Ning Yue looked at her calmly, his expression unchanged.

Chu Zhi, on the other hand, immediately revealed a sinister and cold look in her eyes the moment she saw Ning Yue.

Ning Yue: ?

Ning Yue put down the hand he had wanted to use to greet her and tease her.

What happened?

Ning Yue clearly remembered that she threw Chu Zhi out of the cave, which could be considered as saving her.

She was almost certain that Chu Zhi's emotions at the time were very complex, but definitely not hostile.

Even if it were true, their hostility would not have caused Chu Zhi to show the expression she has now.

Afterwards, taking advantage of his senior brothers and sisters' eagerness to save him, Qi Xucheng took Chu Zhi away.

The next time they met was at the giant rat's place.

There's also the story of Chu Zhisheng swallowing a beast core but not advancing in his cultivation level.

What happened that she doesn't know about?

Ning Yue found it amusing, raised an eyebrow, and continued to look at Chu Zhi with a calm expression.

The resentment in Chu Zhi's eyes was almost overflowing, making it hard for the senior brothers and sisters around her not to notice.

Yang Fei frowned and looked over.

"Isn't that so-and-so, the one who ate raw beast cores?"

"Chu Zhi..." Ning Yue announced Chu Zhi's name from the side.

"Right, right, her name is Chu Zhi!" Yang Fei said. "Why is she looking at you like that?"

"Who knows?" Ning Yue clicked his tongue and shook his head. "The last time I saw her was the one before last. I don't know what I did to her in between."

The lineup for the Fusō Shrine team competition.

Sword cultivator Shi Yinghan, alchemist Jiang Yishen, array cultivator Duan Huailin, talisman cultivator Song Yishi, sound cultivator Lu Qingyan, beast tamer Yang Fei, and—

Sword, pill, beast, weapon, four roaming Ningyue.

The lineup is simply too amazing.

Yang Fei did not participate in the individual beast taming trial, so he should not be able to participate in the team competition.

However, Ning Yue participated in both the beast taming and weapon refining individual trials of the Fusang Sect.

This time, Ning Yue participated in the team competition as a weapon cultivator in order to replace Gong Zhi. Since there was no one left to control the beasts, Yang Fei was sent out again.

As soon as their team came out, the crowd below had basically already decided which team would be number one.

Putting everything else aside, just considering the top spots in each faction, the Fusang Sect alone accounts for five.

The top-ranked sword cultivator in the competition was Shi Yinghan, and the second-ranked was Ning Yue.

Fu Xiu ranked first in Song Yishi.

Lu Qingyan topped the sound editing charts.

The top cultivators in alchemy and beast taming are Ning Yue, who appears as a weapon cultivator.

Ning Yue, Ning Yue, Ning Yue—basically, Ning Yue has a hand in everything.

There's nothing we can do about it; Ning Yue is practically a cheat code in the team.

Ning Yue didn't know many people from other sects.

I only recognized a few familiar faces from the Purgatory Sect.

The sword cultivators are, unsurprisingly, Qi Xucheng, the sound cultivator is Chu Zhi, and Meng Liufei, who I heard whittled a large piece of stone at the entrance yesterday.

Meng Liufei looked very thin, but his expression was arrogant, probably because the title of top of the list made him a little proud.

He was looking up at the entrance to the secret realm, waiting to enter.

The other sects also recognized Liu Tianqiu, but they really didn't recognize anyone else.

They were all wearing the disciple robes representing their sect, in red, yellow, blue, and green, which looked very festive.

Among them, the Fusang Sect is definitely the most extravagant and luxurious.

The group stood confidently at the very front of the entrance to the secret realm, leisurely waiting for it to open.

The sect leader and elders are watching from elsewhere; they are not here.

A large mirror stone was placed on each of the four sides of the site.

A 360-degree, all-around view of the disciples' performance in the secret realm.

In addition, there is a tracker inside that can monitor each disciple in real time, making it convenient for off-site viewers to watch the disciples they are interested in.

It's like a live broadcast.

With a loud "boom and crack," the secret realm was opened.

Ning Yue tiptoed and leaped lightly upwards, her clothes swaying gracefully as she sat sideways on the whistling bird.

A gust of sword wind swept around him, and sword light flashed. Ning Yue smiled brightly, raised his hand to grab the Sheng Hua, and flicked several sword lights in mid-air.

A beautiful, unrestrained sword light flashed, and countless pink petals drifted down leisurely.

"Ning Yue! Ning Yue! Ning Yue!"

From below came the excited and cheerful voice of a little fan: "Yuebao is amazing!"

"Lead the Fusang Sect to victory! Go, Junior Sister!"

Below were excited disciples from various sects. Regardless of which sect they belonged to, they couldn't help but feel excited for Ning Yue at that moment.

Several direct descendants of the Fusang Sect stood in a row, each leaning over their longswords.

In an instant, it transformed into several sword lights of different colors, yet exceptionally bright, and flew towards the secret realm.

Team competition trial content.

Survive for seven days in a perilous secret realm without being killed by others, and acquire five treasures.

They correspond to the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, but the specific five treasures are still unknown.

The disciples must explore on their own, and the sect with the most treasures will win after seven days.

This shows that it is possible to find treasure using one's own abilities, and it is also possible to steal treasure from others using one's own abilities.

Each disciple is equipped with a uniform jade pendant at their waist, which they can crush to exit the secret realm if they encounter mortal danger.

To prevent others from taking advantage of the loophole, the jade tablet contains the disciple's spiritual power information, and it only counts if the disciple crushes it himself.

To prevent disciples from maliciously crushing the jade tokens of other participating disciples.

Shi Yinghan was explaining the precautions to Ning Yue.

Ning Yue suddenly clicked his tongue in regret.

She was just about to crush Qi Xucheng's small jade pendant as soon as she went in.

Unexpectedly, the late emperor passed away before his great undertaking was even halfway done, and his small ideas were crushed in the cradle.

Ning Yue sighed and continued listening to Shi Yinghan explain the precautions for the secret realm.

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