231: Chapter 134 Never Before_3 231: Chapter 134 Never Before_3 Five Evils of Hundred Peaks!
Inside the Hundred Peaks Sect, some people simply looked down on these five individuals, staying far away from them, while others didn’t dare to approach because of their notoriety.
This directly resulted in them being the only five people in the area.
Beichen Ying, watching Ling Xi who had already failed, sighed softly, and whispered in a volume only the five of them could hear, “Thank goodness, Ling Xi lost.
She really scared me earlier; I was genuinely afraid she’d become reckless and actually try to take first place.”
Li Lingwei sneered, “What’s the use of taking first place?
Can first place earn us fifty times the Spirit Stones?
No matter how many first places Four Treasures Peak gets, they won’t reach first in the Hundred Peaks rankings.
Without being first, there’s no fifty-fold odds, so what’s the point of taking first place!”
“Although that’s true, the sacrifice Ling Xi made is really huge.
Which young disciple doesn’t want to make a name for themselves?
She, a Talisman King, had three chances in the end and didn’t produce a single Talisman.
If word gets out, it would be quite embarrassing.”
As Beichen Ying spoke, he glanced at Wu Jinhuan beside him and said, “Third brother, Ling Xi is Little Sixth Son’s disciple, so she would also call us ‘Uncle Master’.
Seeing her make such a large sacrifice…”
“Old Five, when did you start beating around the bush when talking to me?” Wu Jinhuan looked toward Four Treasures Peak and said, “That Talisman isn’t of much use to me anyway.
As long as we make some Spirit Stones this time, you don’t need to say anything; I’ll give that Talisman to her myself.”
From the direction of Vermilion Bird Peak, Li Ke admired Ling Xi’s retreating figure, nothing but admiration.
She respected Cao Zhen just as much as she respected Li Ke.
Even though Li Ke was already so powerful, already a Talisman King, Cao Zhen, for the sake of earning Spirit Stones, actually had Li Ke intentionally avoid taking even a single Peak Bamboo.
Ruthless—Cao Zhen was truly ruthless!
And there was Ling Xi, a great Talisman King, not afraid of losing face, truly failing all three attempts, and what’s more impressive was that she didn’t let anyone see a problem.
Everyone thought she failed because she pursued perfection too much; nobody suspected, not for a moment, that it was deliberate.
Tu Zhuque, watching Ling Xi not wait for the results and already leaving the Gathering Immortals Platform with a look of disappointment on her face, had her smile completely freeze over.
Ling Xi actually failed to make a Talisman all three times!
These days, some of her disciples had told her that Ling Xi was very skilled in Talisman Making, and even many disciples in her peak had received Ling Xi’s guidance.
Especially today, after learning that Ling Xi was a Talisman King, she truly believed that Ling Xi could take first place.
She never imagined that, out of the three Talisman Making opportunities, Ling Xi would fail all of them.
That Cao Zhen, his disciple is young and knows no better, but as a Peak Master, how can he still be so naive?
Three chances, and he had his disciple make one Talisman first, at least ensuring a fairly high ranking and then pursue perfection afterward.
At least then, they could have secured some Peak Bamboo; now, they couldn’t get even a single one.
With a sigh, she inadvertently turned her head, only to see, not far away, Chen Qingluan also happen to look over with a slight, mocking sneer in her eyes—as if to say without words, ‘This is the partner you’ve chosen for your disciple?
Look at his disciple; can’t even get a single Peak Bamboo.
Let’s see how far Four Treasures Peak can go.’
“What are you laughing at!” Tu Zhuque glared hatefully at Chen Qingluan.
Chen Qingluan immediately laughed mockingly, “What am I laughing at?
I’m happy to see my disciple still making Talismans, of course.
Besides, how does my laughter have anything to do with your Vermilion Bird Peak?”
“You’re happy too early,” Tu Zhuque sneered, “after the Pill appraisal is over, I hope you can still laugh.”
“Ha…” Chen Qingluan scoffed disdainfully, “What, just because someone from Four Treasures Peak taught you some Alchemy techniques, you delude yourself into thinking that your Vermilion Bird Peak can catch up with our Azure Pheasant Peak?
A person from the Top Ten Peaks, being taught Alchemy by the last-ranked disciple, you’re not embarrassed?”
“Chen Qingluan!
You better clarify what you meant by that.
When has your Azure Pheasant Peak ever surpassed our Vermilion Bird Peak in Alchemy?”
“When have we not surpassed you?”
In the midst of their argument, the first event of the Six Arts competition, the [Talisman] event, finally concluded.
The Enforcer Elder started to announce the final rankings.
“Three hundredth place, Seven Star Peak…”
Deng Qixing smiled, his wrinkled face splitting into a grin that seemed to stretch to his ears.
“Two, there are actually two from Seven Star Peak in the top three hundred, totaling five Peak Bamboos!
Ancestors, do you see this?
Our Seven Star Peak is about to shake off the ninety-ninth rank soon…”
Tu Zhuque also smiled, laughing while provocatively looking towards Chen Qingluan, “Why aren’t you laughing now?
Weren’t you happy?
I told you, my Vermilion Bird Peak is better than your Azure Pheasant Peak in everything, which of course includes Talisman Making.”
Chen Qingluan’s face was already a mask of frost.
It would be acceptable for Qing Luanfeng to lose to anyone, except Vermilion Bird Peak, yet this time in the first item of the Six Arts competition, the [Talisman] event, Vermilion Bird Peak got exactly one more Peak Bamboo than Azure Pheasant Peak, not one more, not one less!
The Talisman Making level of her Azure Pheasant Peak had always been mediocre, but the Talisman heritage of Vermilion Bird Peak was worse.
For a long time, Azure Pheasant had suppressed Vermilion Bird Peak in the field of Talismans.
This time, Azure Pheasant Peak was actually suppressed by Vermilion Bird Peak!
Thinking back to the earlier rumors, and the fact that Ling Xi was now a Talisman King, obviously, it was because of Ling Xi that Vermilion Bird Peak’s Talisman Making level had suddenly increased significantly.