Chapter 565: Chapter 241: Qi Yue, You Lost!

The gleam flashed and disappeared. When the Luoxia Sect disciples noticed it, there was already no trace of it, as if it were an illusion.

Elder Bi Qiushui stared at Luo Cheng, taking a deep breath, her gaze intense:

“In terms of the Sword Dao, this person is absolutely a once-in-a-century genius! Letting Qingshuang engage with him more often was indeed the right decision!”

At this moment, Elder Bi Qiushui finally understood something.

The day before, when Yan Qingshuang’s Sword Intent suddenly advanced to Fifty Percent Sword Intent, she initially thought it was Yan Qingshuang breaking through her own bottleneck. In hindsight, the primary cause was probably Luo Cheng!

Everything happening outside had nothing to do with Luo Cheng.

He was entirely absorbed in his cultivation.

“Hmm, this is…”

Suddenly, Luo Cheng’s brow furrowed.

At the moment his mind sank into his body, he felt a change happening in his physique. Upon closer sensing, his flesh and blood had become more solid and resilient, the density of his bones greatly increased, and even had a faint, concealed sharpness within.

“The strength of my physique has increased by at least ten to twenty percent!”

While pleasantly surprised, Luo Cheng made a conjecture in his mind.

This should be the effect from the outburst of the Sword King’s Will when he was at Zang Mountain.

The Sword King’s Will was so powerful that even a mere trace of its leak was extraordinary. When it swept through his body, it invisibly refined his physique, greatly enhancing its strength.

However, what Luo Cheng couldn’t understand was how his entire skeleton seemed to be imbued with a hint of indistinct Slaughter Sword Intent.

“I don’t know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing…”

No matter how he tried, this trace of aura remained unresponsive, just quietly dormant within his bones.

“Never mind! I’ll study it slowly later.”

Calming his mind, Luo Cheng began to comprehend the Eighty Percent Sword Intent, intending to integrate and fully consolidate it.

Time passed little by little.

After the time it takes to burn four incense sticks, a figure came stepping on the water surface.

“Who?”

Everyone turned to look.

Whish!

The figure flashed, tracing a dazzling trajectory in mid-air, landing steadily on the platform.

“Senior Sister!”

The newcomer was none other than Yu Lanxin, the eldest senior sister of the Luoxia Sect’s Inner Sect!

Yu Lanxin nodded slightly, her skillful eyes glancing around as if searching for something, she asked:

“Has anyone returned?”

The female disciples of the Luoxia Sect looked at one another but no one answered.

The fact that their Inner Sect’s eldest senior sister, Yu Lanxin, had been outdone by a rising star from the Xuanyuan Sect was truly hard to accept.

A female disciple pursed her red lips, nodded, and pointed to a distant corner:

“Senior Sister, he’s over there!”

Yu Lanxin lifted her eyes and looked, seeing Luo Cheng seated cross-legged in cultivation, her gaze slightly shocked.

She had reached the summit of Zang Mountain, confidently obtaining the assessment Token, only to be astonished to find herself in second place!

Yu Lanxin even thought at some point that the Jade Token ranking was mistaken, or wondered if any other Top Ten Seed Disciple had completed the assessment before her.

She had never thought it would be Luo Cheng.

“So that’s it. He had completed the assessment and was descending the mountain, while I thought he was going in the wrong direction…”

Yu Lanxin murmured in a daze, sighing inwardly, as she watched Luo Cheng, her eyes shimmering with a mysterious light.

Not long after, two figures flew in one after another.

“Senior Sister Zhuang Xueqing!”

“Senior Sister Qi Yue!”

Up front was Zhuang Xueqing, ranked second among the Luoxia Sect’s Top Ten Seed Disciples, with Qi Yue following behind.

Whish!

Both landed on the platform one after the other.

Zhuang Xueqing looked at Yu Lanxin with doubt and asked, “Yu Lanxin, other than you, has anyone else returned?”

Yu Lanxin was about to speak when Qi Yue interrupted with a light-hearted laugh:

“Hehe, that Luo Cheng was boasting shamelessly, claiming he would seize one of the top three places in this Mimeng Zang Mountain challenge, dismissing us. When he returns, I want to see if he can still show his face!”

Qi Yue was immensely proud, unaware of who else completed the assessment.

However, with Yu Lanxin, Zhuang Xueqing, and her, that already made three people. It was absolutely impossible for Luo Cheng to break into the top three!

These words left the gathered disciples of the Luoxia Sect looking at each other with strange expressions, even Yu Lanxin, with her mouth half-open, was stunned.

Sensing something amiss, Zhuang Xueqing asked, “What’s wrong?”

Yu Lanxin glanced at Qi Yue with a bitter smile: “Qi Yue, Luo Cheng wasn’t boasting shamelessly.”

Qi Yue furrowed her delicate brows: “He wasn’t boasting shamelessly? Senior Sister, that guy looked down on us, looked down on our Luoxia Sect! How can you side with him?”

“I’m not siding with him.”

Yu Lanxin softly exhaled, “Luo Cheng has already returned, ahead of me; he was the first-place winner of this assessment. Moreover, he completed the Mimeng Zang Mountain challenge in just one and a half incense sticks’ time.”

“Completed the Mimeng Zang Mountain challenge in just one and a half incense sticks’ time!”

Even the composed Zhuang Xueqing was aghast. She knew full well what this accomplishment represented.

“This is impossible!”

Qi Yue was so agitated that she screamed, her dainty, crystal-clear ears flushed with a faint blush from the excitement, shaking her head in denial:

“That guy, the first place winner? Finishing the challenge in just one and a half incense sticks’ time, what a joke! Back then, Senior Sister Yin Li completed the challenge, and it took four incense sticks’ time. How could a Wasted Martial Soul guy surpass Senior Sister Yin Li!”

“This is absolutely impossible!”

No one spoke; this was indeed what most of the Luoxia Sect disciples thought. Even if they saw it with their own eyes, many were unwilling to believe it was true.

At this time, a cold voice rang out.

“Qi Yue, you lost.”

Luo Cheng opened his eyes, stood up tall, his aura restrained, yet his bright eyes carried an indescribable sharpness!

Hearing this, Qi Yue’s gaze shook, her hand unconsciously clenched, as she snorted coldly:

“I lost? Are you trying to say you took first place, finishing the assessment in just one and a half incense sticks’ time? Ridiculous! Show me your ranking Token!”

Jin Yuxi said: “Senior Sister Qi Yue, it’s true, we all saw it. Luo Cheng’s ranking Token was already submitted to the assessment elder.”

“I don’t believe it!”

Qi Yue bit her red lips, looking at Luo Cheng, her eyes icy, “How could you possibly achieve first place, breaking Senior Sister Yin Li’s record! This is impossible! I must see for myself how real your skills are.”

Boom!

With a cold shout, Qi Yue charged directly at Luo Cheng.

In mid-air, her body trembled, releasing a terrifying wave of Essence Energy that enveloped the surroundings, causing ripples on the platform. With the demeanor of a peak Awakening Vein Realm expert, she bore down on Luo Cheng!

She simply didn’t believe Luo Cheng could achieve such a feat, aiming to suppress him with her aura!

If Luo Cheng couldn’t even withstand her aura, how could he endure the terrifying force of Zang Mountain, first place would naturally be out of the question!

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