Chapter 179: Chapter 179: An Unlucky Mont
Lin Caixuan looked at the green Token at her waist.
She had already earned forty-five points. With half the ti remaining, it was possible for her to earn another forty-five.
If she could get ninety points, she would basically be guaranteed first place.
She had learned from an Elder that in the history of the four-sect trial, it was exceptionally rare for the first-place winner to exceed ninety points.
Most winners were concentrated in the seventy to eighty point range.
"I might even be able to get a hundred points, as long as I run into enough high-level energy bodies," Lin Caixuan murmured after refining the pure Spiritual Qi.
Of her forty-five points, twenty had co from high-level energy bodies.
To win first place in the four-sect trial, the number of high-level energy bodies killed was crucial.
With her strength, dealing with high-level energy bodies only took a little effort. The mid-level energy body from just now, for instance, had been very easy to handle.
...
"Two days have passed. It’s ti for
to get started."
After dealing with a low-level energy body, Xiao Lefan took out his Compass.
Next, his plan was to defeat the weaker Cultivators from other sects and take half of their points.
His primary targets were Cultivators at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining—with the exception of that Fang Yun from the Celestial Cloud Sect.
Fighting an ordinary Qi Refining Tenth Layer cultivator would be troubleso, and there was a chance they could escape from him.
The risk with the Ninth Layer cultivators was smaller. Although the points gained would be fewer, he had his Compass.
Without the Compass’s help, he would have to attack any ordinary Qi Refining Tenth Layer opponent he encountered from another sect.
’Forty-one points... I need at least eighty points this ti to have a chance at first place. Ninety points would be a safer bet...’
Soon, Xiao Lefan began manipulating the Compass to search for disciples from other sects.
His luck was rather poor.
Although Xiao Lefan quickly found a Sect Disciple, it was a disciple from his own Vast Sea Sect.
"Senior Brother Xiao."
"Ah, it’s Junior Sister Qian."
"Senior Brother Xiao, do you need any help?"
She rembered that the reward for first place in this four-sect trial was very important to Xiao Lefan. He doted on his younger sister; while his own Spirit Root was good, his sister’s was poor.
"Thank you for the kind offer, Junior Sister Qian, but no."
After shaking his head, Xiao Lefan vanished into the dense forest.
From now on, he would mainly be dealing with other Sect Disciples, not energy bodies.
When he defeated a disciple from another sect and sent them out of the Secret Realm, if there was a disciple from his own sect within a one-li radius, those points might be collected by them instead.
This would only be beneficial for the sect’s overall score, not for an individual’s point ranking.
The better rewards were tied to the individual point rankings.
Xiao Lefan manipulated the Compass in his hand.
After a quick search, he finally found a disciple from another sect.
It was a disciple from the Celestial Cloud Sect with a Cultivation at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining. His right arm was an unnatural, dark purple-black.
If he hadn’t clearly detected that the person was using Spiritual Power, and that they were in the Trial Secret Realm of the four-sect trial, Xiao Lefan might have thought he had encountered a Cultivator from one of the Evil Sects.
"Junior Brother from the Celestial Cloud Sect, will you leave the Secret Realm on your own, or must I defeat you?" Xiao Lefan said.
If the other party was willing to withdraw voluntarily, he could save so ti.
Lu Zefeng said nothing, but the Spiritual Power he released made his choice clear.
If he withdrew from the Secret Realm, half of his points would go to this senior brother from the Vast Sea Sect, a prospect he was extrely unwilling to accept.
’What if giving points to a disciple from another sect ends up affecting Senior Brother Fang?’
"Alright, I understand."
Since the other party was unwilling to withdraw voluntarily, he would just have to defeat him.
But the mont they clashed, Xiao Lefan sensed sothing was wrong.
The other guy didn’t seem to have the ntality of a trial competitor; he was fighting as if his life depended on it.
’Is this how the Celestial Cloud Sect screens its disciples?’
An overly fanatical disciple participating in the four-sect trial could easily pose a mortal threat to disciples from other sects.
A swipe from the purple-black arm blackened the trunks of the trees it grazed.
"Junior Brother from the Celestial Cloud Sect, are you crazy?! This is just a trial!" Xiao Lefan’s expression changed.
The guy was fighting with the intent to kill him.
"Senior Brother from the Vast Sea Sect, my apologies. This four-sect trial is very important to , and I absolutely cannot give you my points. Even if you get poisoned, the Elders outside can quickly cure you."
Lu Zefeng added an explanation to avoid any misunderstanding.
"Besides, Senior Brother, I know I’m no match for you, which is all the more reason I can’t hold back!"
"Stop!"
After Lu Zefeng’s explanation, Xiao Lefan’s expression softened slightly.
Faced with this situation, he could only curse his bad luck.
Although the four-sect trial encouraged competition, it placed more emphasis on killing energy bodies for points, because the energy bodies were the Secret Realm’s resources.
"I’m not fighting you."
With that, Xiao Lefan turned and left without a second glance.
He had thought that by targeting disciples at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, he could avoid entanglent and end fights quickly. But his first attempt had been a failure, running into a situation like this.
’Co on, let my luck turn for the better...’
Xiao Lefan prayed inwardly. If his bad luck continued, first place would slip further and further away.
Watching Xiao Lefan depart, Lu Zefeng let out a sigh of relief.
Fighting a Cultivator at the Peak of Qi Refining put him under imnse pressure. If he hadn’t adopted a do-or-die attitude, he would have lost long ago.
"I wonder how many points Senior Brother Fang is aiming for?"
Lu Zefeng muttered to himself before finding a spot to start recovering his Spiritual Power.
...
"Ten points, received."
As the Yellow Iron Sword flew back into his Storage Pouch, a surge of energy entered Fang Yun’s body.
The pure Spiritual Qi from a high-level energy body was the most satisfying to refine and absorb.
A high-level energy body was worth ten tis the points of a low-level one, but it contained more than ten tis the pure Spiritual Qi.
As he absorbed this pure Spiritual Qi, Fang Yun could clearly feel his Cultivation rising.
"Onward!"
After refining and absorbing the pure Spiritual Qi, Fang Yun resud his hunt for energy bodies.
From the mont he entered the Trial Secret Realm until now, he had only used a single Yellow Iron Sword in battle.
He had prepared three special Yellow Iron Swords specifically to deal with the high-level energy bodies in the Secret Realm, but they turned out to be much weaker than he had expected.
Or perhaps, the combination of his three-star Combat Talent and the special Upper Grade Magical Artifact was just too powerful!
As Fang Yun ran, the Red Token fluttering at his waist showed that his points had already reached one hundred and twenty-two.
Theoretically, with the points he now possessed, first place in the four-sect trial was already secured.
But when it ca to points, the more the better. Besides, these energy bodies were a real treasure for him.
He now had a chance to reach the peak of the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining before January of next year. If he pushed himself a little harder, it might even be possible to reach it before the end of this year.
Fang Yun was currently full of vigor.
「Half a quarter hour later.」
’Huh? Sounds of a fight up ahead.’
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