"Waiter, can we have their rooms?" Feng Wuya eagerly approached the waiter and quickly booked the rooms for Sun Mingyu's group.
Sun Mingyu was generous, booking three rooms, which were just enough for Bai Shengyi and the others to squeeze into.
Sun Mingyu watched as Bai Shengyi sat in the seat he had just vacated, eating a piping hot meal and occupying his room. Enraged, he threw his head back, spat out blood, and fainted.
"County Princess!"
"Yu'er!"
Qin Zhao and Sun Mingyu's guards cried out in alarm, quickly escorting Sun Mingyu to find an alchemist and a medic in the city.
"Shengyi, isn't this a bit much? What if they retaliate against the Bai family?" Bai Murong gritted her teeth and hesitated before speaking.
Bai Shengyi said, "Oh," and then, "Then you go find them. Later, Daoist Li, I, and Feihua can share a room, Chu Tianle and Chen Qiyang can share another, and Zhu Wu and Feng Wuya can share a third. How does that sound?"
"No problem!" Luo Feihua and Feng Wuya quickly agreed.
The others also nodded.
Thus, everyone quickly finished their meal and went to rest.
Bai Murong was once again ignored, her heart aching with hatred. Yet, she had to yield and say, "Shengyi, I..."
But Bai Shengyi had already gone upstairs.
Bai Murong burst into tears, "Sister Li, what should I do? Shengyi has offended them so badly, how can I dare to go find them? Why can't she think of the Bai family? And why is everyone targeting me? What have I done wrong!"
Li Shiqing said with difficulty, "Murong, those two already had a feud with Fellow Daoist Bai. It was already very restrained that Fellow Daoist Bai didn't make a direct move."
"Sister Li, I'm just worried about the Bai family," Bai Murong sobbed aggrievedly. "Forget it, I know you all like Bai Shengyi, I..."
"What are you saying? I treat you like my own sister, and even when you and Fellow Daoist Bai had a conflict last time, I sided with you," Li Shiqing interrupted Bai Murong.
When Bai Murong mentioned the first time, Li Shiqing could understand it as her worrying that she would abandon her. When she mentioned the second time, Li Shiqing could also understand. But for the third time, Li Shiqing became a little angry.
Along the way, she, Li Shiqing, had never wronged her.
"Murong, your words are too hurtful. I think your Dao heart has a problem. Think about it yourself." Li Shiqing's face fell, and she got up to leave.
Bai Murong sat alone at the table, feeling as if all the cultivators in the hall were looking at her like they were looking at Sun Mingyu and Qin Zhao's jokes.
"Bai Shengyi! It's all your fault! Why didn't you die at Xiangsi Cliff!" she whispered hatefully and left the Chongya Inn alone.
As night fell, Qianlian City finally quieted down.
Bai Shengyi had rested for half a day and had recovered. She opened her eyes to see that Luo Feihua had also finished resting and was playing with her contracted beast. Li Shiqing was not there.
"I didn't get a good look at it at sea, is this an Armored Lizard?" It was bald and looked a bit ugly.
Luo Feihua smiled, "Yes. It likes water, and it's clamoring to go play in Qianlian Sea again. However, I was thinking about that Thousand Soul Insect Silk and didn't dare let it go alone."
Bai Shengyi asked with some doubt, "Wasn't there Thousand Soul Insect Silk in Qianlian Sea before?"
"No," Luo Feihua frowned slightly. "Shengyi, you might not know this, but my Luo family often organizes junior disciples to train in the surrounding areas. I've been here three times and am quite familiar with Qianlian Sea. It used to be a dead sea with nothing in it. Oh, by the way, Chu Tianle woke up. I just asked him, and he did absorb a piece of Yingjin in the seabed."
Seeing Bai Shengyi's confusion, she explained, "Due to the Chu family's cultivation method, Chu Tianle can refine his metal spiritual root by absorbing various metals."
"I see," Bai Shengyi understood. "I noticed that besides the cultivators participating in the assessment, there are also other people training in the city. This fourth trial might have something to do with them."
"I think so too," Luo Feihua said. "It's probably about to start. I just don't know if the cultivators from Jinque Kingdom and Qizhou Kingdom will be involved."
As soon as Luo Feihua finished speaking, Bai Shengyi heard a familiar voice in her ear.
"Everyone, the total number of participants in this assessment is eighteen thousand three hundred and twenty. The fourth round of assessment will begin at dawn. The assessment rules have been issued to your recommendation posts."
Bai Shengyi quickly opened her recommendation post and saw a new line of text added.
"A group of demonic cultivators has infiltrated Qianlian City. Your task is to find and subdue these demonic cultivators. Qi Refining demonic cultivators are worth 1 point, Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators are worth 2 points, Golden Core demonic cultivators are worth 3 points... and so on. This assessment will select the top five hundred cultivators. The duration is three days."
"Eighteen thousand... the other two countries should be here too. Only five hundred will be selected. This is just the fourth round, it's too difficult this year."
Chu Tianle, Feng Wuya, and the others came over. Everyone compared the information on their respective recommendation posts and found it to be identical.
"The key now is that the rules don't prohibit assessment participants from snatching or fighting each other, nor do they specify whether the demonic cultivators are among the city's inhabitants or among the assessment participants."
Whether in the 23rd century or the Federation, Bai Shengyi had participated in many top-one-out-of-ten-thousand exams, so she didn't find it too harsh and remained calm. She quickly identified the loopholes in the rules.
Zhu Wu also whispered, "Also, what does it mean to subdue?"
"I think the demonic cultivators should be played by the cultivators in the city. If the assessment participants are playing, with so many of us, it's impossible for the content on everyone's recommendation post to be exactly the same, right?" Chu Tianle guessed.
Feng Wuya: "What if it's just a coincidence?"
"Impossible," Chu Tianle took out his wine gourd.
Feng Wuya frowned, "Chu Tianle, if you dare to drink it, I'll beat you up." It stinks!
Seeing that the two were about to argue again, Bai Shengyi quickly said, "When it's dawn, we'll go out and find a way to verify it. By the way, does anyone know where Daoist Li went?"
Everyone shook their heads.
Chen Qiyang guessed, "Could she have gone to find Fellow Daoist Bai Murong?"
"We'll worry about that later," Feng Wuya snorted lightly. He didn't have a good impression of Bai Murong.
"Sister Li's strength is not low, so she'll be fine. Let's conserve our energy and participate in the assessment tomorrow."
Chu Tianle was a little worried, "But it's late at night..."
"The assessment doesn't start until tomorrow. At this time, there are no conflicts of interest among the assessment participants. Moreover, the academy allows other high-level cultivators to enter Qianlian City to protect us low-strength assessment participants. They must have restraints on these cultivators, so as long as she doesn't cause trouble, Sister Li will be safe."
After Luo Feihua's analysis, she added, "After Sister Li returns, I think we need to have a chat with her about Bai Murong's issue."
She also didn't like Bai Murong, comparing her to the concubines in her father's backyard.
Seeing this, Chu Tianle had no choice but to give up.
Time passed quickly, and as dawn approached, everyone prepared to tidy up and head downstairs.
As soon as they stepped out, they heard a scream from the lobby.
"Murder!"
Bai Shengyi and the others rushed out.