The elder in charge of law enforcement paced back and forth in front of Ning Yue's courtyard, wanting to push the door open but then reaching his hand back in.

I've made the trip about three or four times.

Ning Yue looked at his master strangely from inside the window.

What are you doing?

She went out immediately.

"Is there something you need from me, Master?"

The law enforcement elder was preoccupied with his own affairs when Ning Yue suddenly appeared, startling him.

Stumbling and staggering—

"It's nothing. You've been in the sect for so long, and your master still hasn't taught you swordsmanship. When are you coming to your master's place?"

Ordinary disciples choose only one path to cultivate diligently, and usually have only one master.

But Ning Yue is proficient in almost everything, and the Law Enforcement Elder is only Ning Yue's nominal master.

Ning Yue decides what she wants to learn each day based on her own preferences.

Only after the elder of law enforcement mentioned it today did Ning Yue remember—

She's visited almost all the other factions these past few days, but hasn't gone to her own master's place yet.

So he immediately summoned Sheng Hua and Huan Ming: "I'm ready, Master. When shall we learn the moves?"

The law enforcement elder looked at Ning Yue with delight.

He spent the whole morning wishing he could teach Ning Yue everything he knew.

From the moment Ning Yue joined the sect, he knew that the child had an extraordinary learning ability.

We can't let her learn simple things; we have to teach her something challenging.

Then came the events of the Azure Valley and the Demon Cave.

He became even more convinced of the elder's idea—Ning Yue was better suited to figure things out on his own.

So he only briefly explained the sword techniques and prerequisites.

He then tossed a few sword manuals to Ning Yue.

Ning Yue, holding several books, tilted his head to look at the Enforcement Elder: "...Master?"

The elder in charge of law enforcement stroked his beard and said, "This is the highest-level sword technique within the Fusang Sect. How much you learn is entirely up to you to comprehend."

"Your master can't teach you anything, but you can come to your master with any problems you encounter along the way."

"Alright, Master, I'll be going now."

Ning Yue was very interested in these sword techniques. After saying goodbye to the law enforcement elder, he wanted to return to his own courtyard.

"Hey, what's the rush..." The law enforcement elder stopped her.

"Do you remember the top ten on the Heavenly Ranking? The sect competition starts in a month, time to get ready?"

The sect competition is a sparring match between young disciples from different sects.

The competition is divided into individual and team events.

The individual competition includes trials for sword cultivators, alchemists, talisman cultivators, weapon cultivators, array cultivators, sound cultivators, and beast tamers.

They not only compared themselves to disciples from other sects, but also to disciples from their own sect.

The team competition is organized by sect, with each of the above factions sending one person to form a team to compete between sects.

"Xiao Yue, although your master knows that you are doing very well in the other subjects."

But you still have to participate in the sword cultivator trial, so study hard these next few days.

So Ning Yue spent the entire month studying swordsmanship, and with the help of the little flowers and grass, he made rapid progress.

In the days leading up to the sect competition, Ning Yue had nothing left to practice.

I have thoroughly studied the sword techniques my master gave me.

Feeling really bored, she decided to scout out the venue for the sect competition.

Ning Yue used the teleportation array to go to Shi Yinghan's place first.

Shi Yinghan was practicing her sword intently, so much so that she didn't even notice Ning Yue approaching. She seemed to be very focused.

Ning Yue turned around and went to Lu Qingyan's place.

Lu Qingyan was sitting among the branches of a tall, lush tree, a wooden flute held to her lips, and the hem of her clothes swaying in the wind at her feet.

Ning Yue turned her head again.

This time I went to Jiang Yishen's place.

Although Jiang Yishen was quite talented in alchemy, his cultivation level did not improve much.

Ning Yue sensed the slight fluctuations of spiritual energy in the air; he was cultivating.

So he sighed, turned around, and left.

Why are you all so busy?

Suddenly, someone patted my shoulder from behind.

Ning Yue turned around—

"Senior Brother Yang?"

Yang Fei raised an eyebrow at Ning Yue: "What have you been busy with all this time?"

Ning Yue immediately said, "Senior brother! Let's go scout out the Grand Competition training grounds! I've never been before, and I'd like to go and have some fun for a couple of days."

Yang Fei only thought about it briefly before readily agreeing.

"Okay, I'll go tell Master. Wait for me."

Ning Yue also sent a communication with the law enforcement elder.

Yang Fei made a hand seal and summoned blue flames.

Blue Flame's beautiful tail feathers drooped gently to the ground as it obediently crouched down.

"Junior Sister! Let's go ride the Blue Flame!"

Ning Yue: "...Isn't this a bit too flashy?"

Yang Fei didn't seem to mind: "It's alright, we'll use our swords when we're almost there. It's so cold up there, we'll be warm nestled in the blue flame's feathers!"

Ning Yue was tempted.

This is great! We won't need to use swords to travel to faraway places anymore.

Without saying a word, she climbed directly onto Lan Yan.

Suddenly I remembered that Yang Fei had given me a blue flame egg before!

"Senior brother!" Ning Yue asked, "When will my egg hatch into a baby bird?"

"Egg?" Yang Fei was puzzled for a moment, then looked at the blue flame before he remembered.

"Oh... the one I gave you last time, right? That one was actually for decoration; it won't hatch."

Ning Yue: "..."

For viewing purposes.

Looking at the blue flames beneath him, Ning Yue felt a strong urge to seduce them.

She definitely needs to find a spirit beast to raise.

The blue flame is very fast.

Ning Yue and Yang Fei felt extremely comfortable nestled in the feathers, as if they had their own built-in temperature control system.

I was very reluctant to leave when I finally had to.

The two of them first went to a nearby place and booked two rooms.

Ning Yue had assumed that the competition would be held in a remote mountain forest.

Upon arrival, I discovered that the place was quite bustling.

The area is full of inns and taverns, as well as shops selling talismans and elixirs.

I took a quick look, and they are all very basic types.

There's nothing she needs.

Yang Fei led her to the inn where they were staying.

——Same Month Inn.

Ning Yue raised an eyebrow. This store is a chain?

Yang Fei readily took out a bag of mid-grade spirit stones from his Qiankun bag.

"—Two superior rooms."

With the competition approaching, the rooms here are almost full, but fortunately there are only two rooms left.

Yang Fei and Ning Yue happened to snatch it.

Suddenly, a cry of surprise came from not far away.

Ning Yue looked over in that direction—

Outside the inn, a magnificent, fiery red bird with beautiful, ornate wings was seen pulling a shimmering, colorful carriage behind it.

The carriage landed slowly from mid-air, and a large area of ​​land automatically cleared around it, allowing people to look on in amazement.

Ning Yue tucked the house number into his pocket and dragged Yang Fei to watch the excitement.

The curtain of the carriage slowly opened, and a pretty young girl stepped out.

Dressed in fine silks and satins, glittering with gold.

With an arrogant expression, he walked into the inn with his chin held high.

Ning Yue asked Yang Fei curiously, "Senior brother, who is this?"

Even Yang Fei, a local resident, was somewhat baffled.

"Although I consider myself to have many friends, I actually don't know her."

The girl's servants pushed open the inn's door and stepped aside to make way for her.

As she moved, a fragrant aroma wafted over.

"A superior room."

The innkeeper said somewhat awkwardly, "Unfortunately, all the main rooms have already been rented out."

"Miss, would you please go to another inn? If you don't mind, we have a servant's room available."

The girl's brows furrowed slightly.

Tongyue Inn was the best inn, and she really didn't want to go anywhere else.

if--

Her beautifully curved eyes darted around the hall, suddenly catching sight of Ning Yue and Yang Fei.

……

Unfortunately, they were the only two people in the hall at that moment.

Although Ning Yue had already stuffed the house number into his pocket, Yang Fei still held the number in his hand, stunned.

The girl narrowed her eyes slightly as she looked at Yang Fei's sign.

Ning Yue had a bad feeling.

...I hope we're not going to trigger that old cliché scenario of fighting over rooms again.

Sure enough, the girl said, "Could you please give me the room number?"

Ning Yue: "..."

Yang Fei: "..."

They're quite polite...?

Yang Fei said with difficulty, "It's not very convenient, Miss. Why don't you go find someone else to change rooms?"

The girl pouted at Ning Yue: "Can't you and your sister share a room?"

Yang Fei declined: "Sorry, it's not convenient."

The girl's eyes held a hint of anger, and her face flushed red, as if she hadn't expected her request to be rejected.

Zhang Chun glanced at Yang Fei and then at Ning Yue.

Finally, he pursed his lips and said nothing.

On the contrary, it was her servant beside her who, upon seeing Yang Fei's decisive refusal,

He tilted his head back and threw out a brocade bag.

The brocade bag was bulging, and you could tell at a glance that it was full of money.

The servant said indifferently, "One hundred mid-grade spirit stones in exchange for a room for you."

He was very arrogant, and first looked Ning Yue and Yang Fei up and down.

He then exhaled through his nostrils and frowned slightly.

Ning Yue and Yang Fei went out alone, dressed as simply as possible, and upon closer inspection, they were very plain.

They don't seem like direct disciples of a proper sect at all.

In short, it gives people only one feeling—

That is—being easy to bully...

The servant glanced at the brocade pouch out of the corner of his eye, tilted his head back, and frowned slightly, seemingly feeling that giving them so much money was a waste.

Yang Fei: ?

Ning Yue: ...

Such blatant disdain and contempt?

...Were you looked down upon?

Yang Fei and Ning Yue exchanged a glance.

Seeing Ning Yue and Yang Fei standing there motionless, the servants assumed they had never seen so much money before and were simply stunned.

His disgust intensified: "Aren't you going to take it away?"

It was like such a huge act of charity.

Yang Fei found it hard to believe; this bag of mid-grade spirit stones wasn't even enough for Lan Yan's most ordinary meal.

Ning Yue then took off his Qiankun bag and idly weighed it in his hand a couple of times.

Her Qiankun bag contained a mountain of top-grade spirit stones.

Finding it funny, I glanced around and saw the little girl next to me—

"What's your name?"

The little girl regained her haughty expression, her chin slightly raised.

The slight embarrassment on her face had disappeared.

They seem to think that once they pay, there won't be any problems.

"The Third Princess of Tianqi Kingdom—Ying Zi."

Ning Yue turned to look at Yang Fei: "...Princess?"

Yang Fei looked at Ying Zi with a sudden realization and explained to Ning Yue.

"They are royalty from the lower realms."

The innkeeper understood immediately, glanced at Yingzi and her servants, but his expression remained unchanged.

"So it's Her Highness the Third Princess."

I simply greeted them in a very ordinary way.

There was no hierarchy or bowing required when meeting someone, as Ning Yue had imagined.

It seems that the royal family is not important in the eyes of these cultivators.

The servant frowned when he saw that Yang Fei didn't seem inclined to give him the room number.

"Now that you know who my young lady is, why don't you hurry up and take the money and leave?"

Even if they are royalty from the lower realms, they cannot act recklessly in front of cultivators of higher realms.

But these two were clearly ordinary rogue cultivators, probably not even close to being part of a small sect.

It's easy to bully someone like that.

Ning Yue could tell from his expression what he was thinking.

She quietly leaned closer to Yang Fei: "Senior brother, is it because our demeanor is too ordinary that they can't see our strength?"

Yang Fei was also puzzled: "I don't know, maybe."

When the servants saw that they were still whispering to each other as if nothing was wrong, their anger flared up instantly!

How dare a mere rogue cultivator ignore him!

He picked up the brocade bag on the table and poured all the mid-grade spirit stones from it onto the ground.

The spirit stones scattered on the ground with a clattering sound.

The servant suppressed his anger with a half-smile.

"You're not going to take it if it's just sitting on the table? In that case, just crawl on the floor and pick it up."

……

Ning Yue slowly turned around: "..."

Yang Fei glanced at the spirit stones scattered on the ground: "..."

Yingzi seemed to want to stop it, and her arrogant expression was starting to crumble.

Ning Yue raised an eyebrow with a half-smile, then ground the spirit stones on the ground with his toe, kicking one of them high into the air.

Are you insulting me?

The servant glanced down at Ning Yue and sneered.

Does this mean it's not obvious enough?

Ying Zi frowned and said coldly, "Ah Liang!"

Ah Liang immediately lowered his head, and out of the corner of his eye, he could see some dissatisfaction with Ying Zi.

—Looks like he's just a bully pretending to be powerful.

Ning Yue sighed, then stomped on one of the spirit stones, crushing it to pieces.

Ah Liang squinted at Ning Yue, clearly displeased with her behavior, and immediately reprimanded her.

"Do you know what you've crushed? You probably couldn't afford to pay for this one spirit stone even with all your possessions."

Ning Yue still looked at him with a half-smile, her eyes filled with contempt and disgust.

Seeing her expression, Ah Liang became furious and threw something shiny at Ning Yue.

Ning Yue squinted.

—Those were clusters of fine needles, densely packed and gleaming with a cold light, rushing towards Ning Yue.

It was very fast, but in Ning Yue's eyes it was no different from slow motion.

Ying Zi was really angry this time. She slapped A Liang hard on the back of the head and then hurriedly looked at Ning Yue.

Ning Yue stood motionless, seemingly unaware of the danger at all.

Just as the fine needle was about to pierce Ning Yue's body.

A golden shield suddenly unfolded in front of Ning Yue, instantly deflecting the swarm of needles.

There was a strange fluctuation of spiritual energy in the air, and the thin needle changed direction and suddenly stabbed towards Ah Liang.

Its speed was far beyond what Ah Liang could achieve with a casual throw.

Ah Liang didn't even see anything before he was instantly covered in thorns.

The intense pain caused Ah Liang to collapse to his knees.

"ah--!"

Ah Liang's face contorted instantly, and a layer of cold sweat instantly covered his face.

He looked at Ning Yue with suspicion and disbelief, enduring immense pain as he stared at Ning Yue, and said with resentment.

"—What did you do!"

Yingzi seemed to have not expected things to develop this way.

She had just been worried that Ning Yue might be in trouble after receiving the needle.

Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, Ah Liang beside me collapsed to the ground.

Ning Yue casually put away the shield, looking at A Liang kneeling on the ground, his disgust was indescribable.

"Is this level of attack insulting?"

Ning Yue's eyes were cold, and his aura of power was fully unleashed.

Peak of the Golden Core stage!

Ah Liang no longer cared about the pain in his body. If he could move his body, he would have stood up in fear by now.

Although he was a mortal who could not cultivate, the pressure emanating from Ning Yue was truly dangerous and terrifying.

It felt like a giant boulder weighing millions of pounds was pressing down on my body, causing excruciating pain that felt like it was crushing my bones. Even breathing became extremely difficult!

Ah Liang's expression grew even more terrified—

The terrifying aura emanating from Ning Yue was even stronger than that of any high-level cultivator he had ever encountered!

He was now lying on the ground with difficulty, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

Ning Yue slowly walked forward, step by step.

With each step, a spirit stone beneath Ning Yue's feet would shatter into dust, scattering around him.

She narrowed her eyes dangerously, the shattered dust gleaming faintly in the air.

—Fear, danger, every cell in Ah Liang's body was screaming to run away.

Forget about standing up and running away, he can't even stand up right now!

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