497: A Gathering of Powerhouses
The White Tiger was naturally combative, so backing down before a fight even started was certainly unusual.
Those who had thrived in the sect and cultivated to the Fusion stage were certainly not fools. The elders present imdiately had so thoughts about this. Elder Chen, the first to mount the arena and cross hands with Jiang Mo, felt it even more clearly—Jianbing claid she wanted their guidance to break through a bottleneck, but once they began fighting, her every move was aid at winning, and her expression showed a certain urgency.
Elder Chen was a clever person who imdiately saw through this. Moreover, this match didn't really matter, and he wasn't particularly concerned about winning or losing, so after a simple exchange of several dozen moves, he deliberately exposed a weakness and conceded.
His action was intended as a test, and after conceding, he saw Jianbing's face light up with joy as she said to him: "Thank you, Elder, I appreciate your effort."
Everyone present was shrewd, and in an instant, they understood sothing from Jiang Mo's few words. When they exchanged glances with her, a certain unspoken understanding was reached between them... Though none of them understood why Jianbing was insisting on challenging them and winning at this ti. Surely she couldn't be using them to build her reputation—there wasn't a single disciple around the arena!
Half in tacit understanding, half bewildered, but considering they had all been summoned by the Sect Leader's ssage, the elders decided to cooperate. So several people mounted the arena in succession, and regardless of whether their cultivation was higher than Jiang Mo's, they all held back and let her win.
Jiang Mo was overjoyed with everyone's cooperation, her pleasure evident on her face, and words of appreciation flowed from her lips.
The elders were both amused and exasperated. Though still puzzled, they treated this playful challenge as simply indulging a child. With them taking the lead, when elders from other peaks arrived, they continued this approach without much thought. Thus, in the short span of an afternoon, Jiang Mo had cleared more than eighty percent of the high-ranking elders in the Xuanqing Sect.
After the last elder held back, Jiang Mo imdiately jumped down from the arena, profusely thanking everyone, and distributed so of the rare treasures she had collected over the years as tokens of gratitude.
The elders had only thought they were playing along, not expecting to receive benefits afterward. Many declined, saying: "This isn't necessary. It wasn't much effort. Jianbing, you're being too polite, and we feel undeserving."
Hearing this, Jiang Mo imdiately waved her hands: "Not at all. I've troubled you all, and not just today—I'm afraid I'll need to trouble you again tomorrow." Actually, not just tomorrow, but every day for the next month she would need to fleece the sheep, until her level surpassed theirs. But she didn't rush to say this, fearing it might seem provocative.
Sure enough, upon hearing they would need to indulge Jianbing's antics again tomorrow, the elders' expressions slightly changed. Especially the elders from the four peaks other than Mount Tianyang—they were already busy with internal and external affairs, and while they had co once at the Sect Leader's behest, they were hardly willing to return the next day.
Jiang Mo wasn't obtuse at this point and imdiately said: "Tomorrow I'll visit your respective spiritual peaks to seek guidance."
However, this didn't improve the elders' expressions, as this approach seed like challenging their territory. And based on today's events, they would still need to hold back and let Jianbing win in these challenges, which suddenly felt sowhat frustrating.
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Despite the elders' reluctance, with Jianbing's polite and earnest requests, most couldn't refuse outright. The remaining few, seeing this, also found it difficult to decline, so the plan to continue fleecing the sheep tomorrow was agreed upon.
After seeing off the elders, Jiang Mo also breathed a sigh of relief—things had gone more smoothly than she had anticipated, mainly because Elder Chen, the first to mount the arena, was truly perceptive. She hadn't even hinted much, yet he had already understood her intentions and deliberately held back. With his example, everything that followed beca straightforward.
This complication wasn't because she was unwilling to directly ask others to hold back, but because she feared that if her point farming was too obvious, the main system might find clear evidence of her cheating. Now, with everything being the others' initiative, the main system couldn't determine she was cheating!
The thought made Jiang Mo quite happy, and she casually opened her status panel to check her gains:
[Host: Jiang Mo
Race: White Tiger
Profession: Divine Beast
Level: 75
Combat Power: 93,880
Experience: 11,970/300,000
Points: 3,160
Potential: ∞
Skills: Advanced Spirit Energy Utilization, Blood Inheritance Pressure, Sharp tal Force, Way of Transformation...]
Jiang Mo calculated that she had fought a total of 18 elders today, 8 of whom were at the sa level as her, while the rest were one or two levels higher. Compared to her previous data, her experience had increased by 11,000 in one afternoon, and her combat power by 1,100. This wasn't a small amount, but it wasn't enormous either—at least compared to cultivation or monster hunting, this efficiency was already quite high.
But looking at the 300,000 experience needed to level up, this efficiency seed sowhat inadequate—her goal was to gain at least 10 levels in this month, at most 15. At this rate for a month, she might only gain 1 level.
Jiang Mo's good mood imdiately deflated; this was far from her expectations.
Perhaps due to her extre disappointnt, Jiang Mo couldn't help but complain to the system: "System, this tid mission doesn't seem effective. At this rate, I can hardly beco much stronger in a month." After complaining, she asked: "Do you have any other missions?"
The system was speechless hearing this complaint. Although the host hadn't explicitly cheated, those elders had held back so much it was like an ocean—anyone with eyes could see she was cheating to farm points!
Just like this, in less than an afternoon, she had gained 11,000 experience and 1,100 combat power. What more could she be dissatisfied with?
But despite its inner complaints, the system still favored its host, so it genuinely searched through various missions it could issue. However, these missions had various rewards, but none could make the host stronger in a short ti.
Finally, without other options, the system suggested: "Host, challenging opponents, above your level, doubles rewards."
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The reward doubling the system ntioned was actually written in the mission terms. For challenged opponents with levels higher than Jiang Mo's, each additional level increased the reward by 33.3%, so 3 levels ant 100%—in other words, with Jiang Mo's mid-Fusion stage cultivation, if she successfully challenged soone at the late Fusion stage, she would receive double rewards. And this level-exceeding bonus only applied to minor realms.
Jiang Mo silently calculated and questioned the system further, learning that if she exceeded two minor realms, the reward would double again, equaling four tis the reward, and subsequently increasing to eight tis, sixteen tis, and so on, with no upper limit.
Her heart imdiately stirred, and a bold idea erged...
The little tiger narrowed her eyes, glancing toward a distant spiritual peak, her heart itching with anticipation. But ultimately, she had reservations, and after a long while, she suppressed that impulse.
Then she turned back, looking toward the peak, where a corner of Lingyun Hall's flying eaves was faintly visible under the dim sky.
Calculating the ti, Jiang Mo had already spent an entire afternoon at the mid-mountain arena. The group previously summoned to Lingyun Hall by Sect Leader Qingxiao for discussion, discussing who knows what, seed to still be there.
Jiang Mo thought for a mont, took out the jade token for contacting her Senior Sister, and sent a ssage inquiring about her situation.
Before long, she received Yun Qingyue's response, confirming they indeed hadn't left Lingyun Hall. She then sent another ssage, suggesting that if Jiang Mo had finished what she wanted to do, she could co to Lingyun Hall to find her, and they could leave together.
After reading this, Jiang Mo put away the jade token. Even without her Senior Sister's invitation, she was planning to visit Lingyun Hall. After all, that's where the true upper echelon of the Xuanqing Sect was gathered—from the Sect Leader to the Peak Masters, plus certain allies, all with notable cultivation and high levels. Although Jiang Mo hadn't gone to Lingyun Hall, she could guess who was there, and surely her Senior Sister had the lowest cultivation among all those present.
Thinking about the wave of experience points waiting at the peak, the little tiger imdiately rubbed her hands together and headed toward Lingyun Hall.
As expected, a barrier sealed Lingyun Hall from outside, but after Jiang Mo sent a ssage, she entered smoothly. Stepping through the hall doors, a single glance confird that all four Peak Masters were indeed present. Besides them, there was also the Buddha Sect Abbot, Sect Leader Zhu, and allies like Fei Yuan from the Harmony Sect. However, the leaders of so smaller sects didn't qualify to appear here.
Everyone was in discussion, so Jiang Mo's appearance, apart from alerting Sect Leader Qingxiao who controlled the barrier, didn't disturb anyone. Jiang Mo also had no intention of drawing attention for the mont; she swept her gaze around, located her Senior Sister, and walked directly toward her.
But as she walked, Jiang Mo opened battle mode, then surveyed everyone again. This ti, everyone's levels were clearly displayed above their heads—unexpectedly yet sowhat predictably, the highest-level person present was Sect Leader Zhu, at a full 86, solidly at the mid-Great Achievent stage. Next were Qingxiao, Qingyu, and Fei Yuan, all at the early Great Achievent stage.
This certainly didn't an the Crimson Blood Sect was more powerful than the Xuanqing Sect, as the Crimson Blood Sect Leader was the strongest in her sect, while the Xuanqing Sect still had several Supre Elders who weren't present.
After looking at the highest, she checked the lowest. As expected, it was her Senior Sister, just at level 74, one step away from mid-Fusion stage.
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