Chapter 67: Life Reshuffling Device

After the second trial ended, he sent a reward to every participant.

The vast majority were like Xiao Fan — a method suited to their current condition.

But there were also some, like Yu Ming and Xiao Ming, whose damaged foundations and bodies were repaired.

Perhaps they were only this small reward away from merging with the Dao? "Three hundred and twenty-seven people…"

Out of five hundred, only three hundred and twenty-seven advanced to the third trial by completing their objectives and defeating their opponents; the rest had failed their objectives but held out longer.

And among those three hundred and twenty-seven who passed, the overwhelming majority were disciples of the Qitaxian Sect and disciples of the Xiang Jianzong's main branch.

"Passable, barely."

Then, with a flick of his finger, Xu Xing sent a streak of red light shooting into the earth.

Boom boom boom! The entire Secret Realm suddenly began to tremble violently.

The chains wrapped around Sword Peak quivered ceaselessly, clanking and ringing.

"Wh-wh-wh-what's happening?!"

Chi Jiuyu was startled awake. Looking down, she couldn't help but widen her eyes.

The vast, boundless Secret Realm was turned upside down; the flat grasslands seemed to be torn apart by countless giant hands with brute force, then squeezed and pieced back together.

Gale winds whipped up, dark-red dust filled the sky, and dozens of tornadoes over a hundred meters tall ravaged the Secret Realm.

Is this the end of the world? No, wait — isn't this Uncle-Master's Secret Realm?

This Secret Realm's stability is extremely high!

"I'm restructuring the Secret Realm. Carry on."

Oh, so that's what it was.

Chi Jiuyu stared for a while longer before closing her eyes again.

By now, the red mist around her had grown very faint, and as time went on, it was thinning further still.

Before long, the sword resting across her thighs finally swallowed the last wisp of red mist.

With a clear, soaring sword-cry, the longsword leapt into the high sky, like a vigorous azure dragon roaming in all directions, trailing long ribbons of light.

Suddenly, ripples began to spread in rings around the red moon hanging high in the sky.

The sword, which had been roaming about, froze mid-flight; the spiritual light on its blade vanished, and like a startled puppy it darted straight back into Chi Jiuyu's arms.

"…"

The person hasn't even done anything and you're already chickening out.

So damn embarrassing.

The sword's spirit immediately sent over an emotion, roughly meaning…

'You do it then, if you're so tough!'

Chi Jiuyu glanced up at the red moon.

She saw the ripples around the red moon spreading outward in rings, like the very pulse of the Secret Realm.

Emm…

Standing up, she chose to follow her spiritual intuition and her heart.

"Uncle-Master, when can we leave?" Chi Jiuyu shouted.

"We can go now."

A weight landed on her shoulder — Xu Xing suddenly appeared beside her, and the spiritual intuition she was so proud of was utterly useless at this moment…

As if! I'm the goddamn best!

"From here on, we just wait for it to evolve on its own."

As his words fell, Chi Jiuyu's vision blurred, and a hubbub of noise reached her ears.

She saw people streaming past on all sides — the two of them had appeared right in the middle of a bustling market.

Xuanjian City's night market hadn't gone quiet because of the sudden trial; on the contrary, it was livelier than ever.

Perhaps because quite a few enchantress cultivators from the Hehuan Sect had come? "Uncle-Master, aren't we heading straight back?" She hurriedly sheathed her sword.

It was already so late.

"We'll be back at the sect soon. Let's use this last bit of time to look around a little more."

There probably won't be another chance to come here in the future; after all, this was the first city she'd encountered after leaving seclusion.

Back at the sect?

Chi Jiuyu's heart tightened. "Isn't there still the third trial?"

"That won't take long either."

He had already stayed in Xuanjian City long enough.

"What is it?" Xu Xing looked at her, a half-smile playing on his lips. "Scared now?"

"Of course not!"…………

Several dozen minutes later.

Chi Jiuyu, a handful of grilled skewers in one hand, was animatedly telling Xu Xing about her brilliant performance at the Xian Sect Grand Competition.

Basically how utterly awesome she was, how she'd taken down her opponents in just a few moves.

Biting off the last piece of roasted meat, she tossed the bamboo skewers upward; all the skewers lined up neatly, traced a graceful arc across the entire street, and flew one by one into the trash can at the end of the road.

What an impressive Object-Control technique!

Most of the onlookers were at Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment, with barely a Jin Dan among them, and they couldn't help but sigh in admiration at the sight.

Xu Xing looked at the trash can right beside the two of them, then at Chi Jiuyu's smug face.

This disciple of Ye Shijie's really could whip up some fun at any given moment.

With a surge of magic power, the grease on her hands and around her lips vanished in an instant.

"Martial Uncle."

"Hmm?"

"Which of the senior brothers and sisters have you ever strolled around with like this?"

"... Why do you suddenly ask that?"

"Just curious!"

"No one."

"What?!" Chi Jiuyu was both surprised and delighted. "You mean I'm the first!"

"Not exactly."

"I know, I know! People of your own generation don't count." She quickly added.

"Then yes, you are indeed the first."

Chi Jiuyu's eyes lit up.

Then, Xu Xing watched her take out her phone, fiddle with it for a bit, and send a message.

The recipient's nickname was 'Ye Shijie Who Didn't Give Me a Book'.

A few minutes after the message was sent—

Ding! Ding! Ding! Chi Jiuyu's phone went haywire, the sound of incoming messages ringing nonstop—clearly showing how anxious the person on the other end was.

She calmly chose to power it off, then tossed the phone into her storage ring.

"Satisfying!"

"..." Xu Xing was silent for a moment. "Aren't you afraid she'll deal with you?"

"The troop rotation period is coming up soon. She has to go guard the western starfield—she'll be swamped. By the time we get back to the sect, she'll already be gone. No time to deal with me!"

You really are a little genius.

"Then aren't you afraid I'll deal with you?"

"Huh?" Chi Jiuyu looked at Xu Xing in great surprise. "Don't joke around, Martial Uncle. How close are we, you and I!"

Hmm? How close exactly are we?............

In the end, Xu Xing didn't deal with her.

The two continued walking forward. After leaving the night market's range, the surroundings became much quieter.

They passed through an old-looking district.

At this hour, some people were still working. Two workers wearing hard hats, their realm at Foundation Establishment, were carrying a bucket of red paint and writing a single character on the buildings—"Demolish!"

A planned highway had to pass through here, so all these buildings had to be torn down.

"Tsk, tsk! The people here probably won't be able to sleep from excitement." Chi Jiuyu sighed.

"Is the Xiang Jianzong's demolition compensation high these days?"

In his previous life, Xu Xing didn't have that fate, so he'd never looked into such matters. And in this life, before his closed-door cultivation, there hadn't been any of this either.

"Of course it's high. Our Xiang Jianzong's demolition compensation is calculated based on the market price of the demolished house, the building materials and techniques used in construction, and the materials consumed when inscribing formations..."

Chi Jiuyu spoke at length, words pouring out in an unbroken stream.

From the appraisal method to the compensation plan, she explained everything in exhaustive detail.

In short, based on what she described, the compensation the residents here would receive was equivalent to each of them scoring a 'Life Reshaper'.

Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, Foundation Establishment to Jin Dan, Jin Dan to Nascent Soul, Nascent Soul to Soul Transformation... that last one, forget it.

"You even understand all this?" Xu Xing's expression turned a bit odd.

This doesn't fit your character, does it? "Of course! I'm going to become the Xiang Jianzong's Zong Sect!"

If I don't even know these things, how can I become a qualified Zong Sect!

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