Chapter 124: Number One of the Heaven Series

Number One of the Heaven Series

Miss Chu Chu's face turned pale, and she bit her lower lip lightly. It was clear she knew she was no match for Ruan Ci, but in the end, she still shook her head and said in a low voice, "I appreciate your kindness, Fellow Daoist Ruan, but my sect has treated me with a kindness as heavy as a mountain. I must repay it with my life. If you have even a shred of pity for me, Fellow Daoist Ruan, then please just tangle with me for a moment longer."

Her starry eyes held a glimmer of hope as she looked up and pleaded with Ruan Ci. Her expression was filled with an indescribable sorrow and reluctance, yet it also contained the relief that comes after making a firm decision. These thousand thoughts transformed into glistening tears in her eyes; even a heart of iron or stone would find it hard to remain unmoved. Ruan Ci stared at her, and how could she not feel a sense of emotion in her heart? She shook her head and sighed, "If you were intentionally arranged to lead the charge, then True Person Fu truly has deep schemes."

She turned her body slightly, raised her Frost Sword, and her expression turned cold. She said softly, "It is not that I am unwilling to fulfill your wish, but unfortunately..."

Within the aura field, Ruan Ci's aura had already locked onto Chu Chu, sealing off every weak point where she could escape. The only gap left was the direction from which the sword tip would come. This could no longer be called a contest; just as Ruan Ci could not currently stand against a Jin Dan Zhenren, the gap in strength was too great. When one side makes a move and the other cannot respond, the battle is no longer a contest of auras, but a one-sided slaughter.

Ruan Ci was not yet able to seal every weak point for escape, but the exit she left for Chu Chu was the strongest point of her sword technique. How was this any different from a dead end? The look of shock had only just appeared on Chu Chu's face when the sky-filling sword light was already before her eyes. Her figure was like paper, and with this single slash, it shattered apart.

The shattering within the aura field, reflected in reality, meant the shattering of her Dao foundation. Her inner landscape was revealed, and Chu Chu fell backward, sinking into the formation, unable to leave behind even a single word. Ruan Ci sheathed her sword, looked at the tattered fragments of clothing she had left on the ground, and sighed, "It is a pity; even if I had the heart to fulfill your wish, killing you only takes one strike."

She turned toward the horizon and said indifferently to the aura that had been spying on this place since a moment ago, "Don't be afraid, it will not be painful for long. It will only be a short while."

Since the Guanfeng Assembly gathered cultivators from all sides, there was naturally no reason to let them all show their magical powers to spy on the movements of the fighting within the arena. Most such assemblies were equipped with mirror or sea-type spells to project the battle situation of each arena in the sky, which also avoided the disturbance of the aura fields by the cultivators' divine senses. At this moment, although Ruan Ci's words were intended for Chu Chu, who had been teleported out of the formation, they sounded as if they were spoken to the many cultivators watching her within the arena. On the high viewing platform with tens of thousands of people, the constant buzzing of voices suddenly choked off, and it was a long while before it slowly recovered. However, the screen Ruan Ci occupied had already been quite large, and now, as everyone's divine senses invested in it one by one, the formation she stood in occupied most of the projection wall, becoming the most conspicuous cultivator in the arena.

According to Ruan Ci's calculations, if this fighting continued for another round, the top one hundred cultivators could be decided. However, the time limit for each round was not the same, and after all, some cultivators' fighting was relatively slow. The rules of the Guanfeng Assembly stated that if a round of cultivators had all finished their matches and there was still a pair that had not determined a winner, then both would be eliminated. Therefore, there was a waiting period between each round, which was a good time for many cultivators to recover their magic power. But for Ruan Ci, she had not encountered any difficulties since entering the formation, and her magic power was still overflowing. Killing Chu Chu just now truly had no twists and turns. However, Ruan Ci also knew that Chu Chu was just the beginning. From now on, the Foundation Establishment disciples of True Person Fu's lineage should come one after another. Moreover, in the arena tournament, one could decide the order of challenges oneself. The higher the cultivation, the later they would be ranked. The disciples sent earlier were just to consume Ruan Ci's magic power and, by the way, probe her true strength.

"I wonder if he has arrived yet." When bored, she occasionally thought of Qu Qu Tan Yue. "He was going to find a way to find the person harming me from behind the scenes, so he should have already planted one or two little bugs inside. I don't know if it's Xiunu, Linu, or if he has raised some other kind of little bug. The Xuanpo Sect really has an endless number of bugs."

If Qu Qu Tan Yue had come, he would naturally know that the one driving a wedge between her and Li Pingyan was this True Person Fu. Although all this had not been explicitly stated, it was almost the same as being laid out on the table. Not a single one of True Person Fu's Foundation Establishment disciples had been left out; they had all participated in the Guanfeng Assembly. Such a strange event was naturally widely spread among the Jin Bo Sect's Foundation Establishment disciples. What else could Li Pingyan and Ruan Ci not know? This could be considered the Jin Bo Sect's final response to Ruan Ci's statement of "If it doesn't work, I'll have my Master kill True Person Pang."

If Ruan Ci had the ability to kill all of True Person Fu's disciples, this score would be settled more than thoroughly enough. In a game of chess, True Person Fu had only placed one piece, and Ruan Ci had overturned the chessboard, smashed every single chess piece, and was even going to kill the chess player. If, after this matter, she still held a grudge against the Jin Bo Sect, then she would truly no longer be in the right. As for True Person Fu, Ruan Ci had only been on the path of Dao for forty years. If his hundreds of Foundation Establishment disciples could not kill such a Foundation Establishment cultivator, then how could he deal with the other disciples of the Zixu Heaven? And how would he dare to oppose True Person Wang?

The Jin Bo Sect giving him such a chance to settle the matter was already doing their utmost. If this round could not kill Ruan Ci, then in the future, when Qu Qu Tan Yue came to kill, he would only be killing True Person Fu, not the Jin Bo Sect's True Person Fu. The Jin Bo Sect would play deaf and dumb, and there would be no more dissent within the sect.

And if Ruan Ci were exhausted to death by True Person Fu's disciples in a wheel battle, the Zixu Heaven would have nothing to say. A bet is a bet, and one must accept the loss. Ruan Ci had been injured for the sake of the low-tier spirit pet she had newly taken in, and she even wanted to kill a Grotto-Heaven Zhenren. With such an arrogant temperament, what was strange about falling halfway?

True Person Pang acting in this way could finally be considered an explanation to all parties. Whether it was the Zixu Heaven, the Chunyang Heaven, or the Yushou Heaven, they would not come to cause trouble again. It could be said that she had taken great pains. A small sect maneuvering between the factions of large sects, even a Grotto-Heaven Zhenren appeared extremely embarrassed. Ruan Ci thought to herself for a moment, "If I hadn't asked him to come, I wonder if True Person Pang would have been even tougher. Hmph, perhaps she isn't afraid of Master, Senior Uncle, and Grandmaster, these three. Even if True Person Qiu were added, there are forces within the sect that could rival them. But he has already promised to kill the chess player behind the scenes for me. When he makes a move, if True Person Pang wants to stop him, that would be going against the Great Master of the Xuanpo Sect. It would be one thing for True Person Pang to offend Master, as the Shangqing Sect has many factions, and her backer is already Master's opponent. But to offend another Great Master of a Sheng Sect, I guess she definitely wouldn't dare. Who knows if the Xuanpo Sect would take this opportunity to kill her, let the Jin Bo Sect vanish into smoke, fall into a lower sect, and take the opportunity to bargain with our Zixu Heaven to exchange for some other benefits."

Qu Qu Tan Yue was the Young Master of the Xuanpo Sect, and he naturally had Grotto-Heaven protection within the sect. Ruan Ci asking him to make a move, compared to asking Lu Huangning to make a move, naturally carried a different weight. She mocked the Jin Bo Sect for being stingy and petty right in True Person Pang's ear, and True Person Pang could only swallow her anger and specially open a Guanfeng Assembly to let her vent her anger. If she thought this way, Ruan Ci should be feeling self-satisfied right now, but she was not happy. Although she told Qu Qu Tan Yue that bullying the weak and fearing the strong was not the way of a hero, and that if one wanted to kill, one should kill the chess player, she had no desire to kill the chess player's disciples and grand-disciples. Watching Chu Chu being driven in like a sheep, even if she knew this might just be a deliberate show of weakness and a psychological tactic, she still felt that Chu Chu was indeed very pitiful.

As for the malice True Person Pang hid behind this arrangement, Ruan Ci was not unable to taste it, but she was not affected by it. She only occasionally thought of the disciples the Zixu Heaven had lost in the past and thought to herself, "In three thousand years, if it weren't for the matter of Sister Xie betraying the sect, I don't know how many disciples and grand-disciples Master would have taken in. Now, there is only me, Senior Brother Ning, and Senior Brother Su, Fengyu, and Pure Langjun, whom I have never met. As for the other disciples, Master killed some personal disciples. As for the rest, are they like that Chu Chu just now, knowing they would surely die, yet still gripping the sword hilt in front of the enemy?"

For a moment, she thought again, "When Master killed her disciples, she must have been very painful in her heart. The blood feud between her and Sister Xie can never be washed away in this lifetime. If Sister Xie returns in the future, she will probably already have Grotto-Heaven cultivation, and regaining the Donghua Sword will be like adding wings to a tiger. If she wants to kill Master, what should be done? Without the Donghua Sword, I won't be able to intervene at all..."

She had been on the path of Dao for decades and naturally knew deeply how important the Donghua Sword was to her and to this Langhuan Zhou Tian. But even so, when Ruan Ci dreamed back at midnight and occasionally thought of Xie Xie Yan Huan, she had never for a moment thought of keeping the sword and not returning it. Since she had already made a promise, she would definitely fulfill it. At this moment, thinking of True Person Wang, it was the first time she had a trace of hesitation. "If Sister Xie takes back the Donghua Sword and wants to make a move against Master, what should I do? If Master forces me to make a move against Sister Xie, what, what should I do..."

Thinking back and forth, she did not know how she would choose when the time came. A young girl's thoughts were drifting like smoke and catkins, and she could not even clearly understand many of her own worries. Ruan Ci pondered for a moment and then cast it aside. She had one advantage: if she could not figure something out, she would not get stuck in a dead end. In any case, when the time came, she would act according to her heart. She rarely regretted things she had done.

Not long after she regained her focus, the illusion formation rotated, and another Jin Bo Sect disciple walked in. Ruan Ci cupped her hands and said, "Ruan of Shangqing, who are you?"

That disciple had just been in the illusion formation and should not have known that Ruan Ci had just killed someone. He smiled and bowed, "Liu of the Jin Bo Sect, please give me your guidance, Senior Sister."

As he spoke, he opened up his formation, looking like a standard student asking for advice. Ruan Ci glanced at him and asked, "What is your relationship with True Person Fu?"

That disciple was stunned and said, "Is Senior Sister Ruan talking about True Person Fu of the Xiyu Tower?"

Looking at his appearance, she knew that the two had no relationship at all. This disciple was mostly just someone who had heard that there was a small assembly in the sect and had come specifically to gain experience. If it were according to Ruan Ci's temperament, she would be too lazy to say more. Since it wasn't him, she would just kick him out. This disciple's aura was weak; how could he be her opponent? But her heart stirred, and she was not reckless. Instead, she smiled and said, "That's right, it is True Person Fu of the Xiyu Tower. What is he to you?"

That disciple's face gradually turned bitter. He let out a long sigh and bowed to the ground to show his apology to Ruan Ci, "He is my Grandmaster."

Ruan Ci also knew that he was playing a trick, hoping to fool her and escape with his life, to be defeated but not die. She nodded and sighed, "If you never acknowledge this Grandmaster again from now on, then admit defeat, and I can spare your life."

Cultivator Liu's face changed several times. He bowed pleadingly again, as if begging Ruan Ci to spare him, neither killing him nor forcing him to sever the kindness between master and disciple. Ruan Ci's expression turned cold. She bent one finger and said, "One."

If she had counted from a large number to a small one, that would have been fine. Starting from one, who knew when she would lose patience? Cultivator Liu's face changed drastically. He picked up his jade pendant and was about to throw it down, but before the jade pendant could hit the ground, Ruan Ci's Frost Sword had already plunged into his dantian. With a burst of magic power, she shattered his Dao foundation, then withdrew her sword and pushed Cultivator Liu, letting him fall backward and sink into the formation's power.

"You are not as good as Chu Chu," she said to the place where Cultivator Liu had disappeared. "But it doesn't matter, I didn't torture you—don't be too afraid, it won't hurt for long."

She shook the spirit beads off her sword tip, looked at the spying aura again, and not knowing what she thought of, a trace of cold laughter appeared on her beautiful face. She turned around, sheathed her sword, and walked gracefully toward a newly opened passage in the illusion formation. Her walk was like a weak willow, slender and graceful, which formed a sharp contrast with the ruthlessness when she wielded her sword.

Behind her, the illusion formation flashed and disappeared, and a circular arena gradually took shape. On the projection wall, an arena slowly lit up; it was exactly Number One of the Heaven Series. Ruan Ci was the cultivator among everyone who had finished all rounds the fastest. She had killed two people, using only two breaths and only two sword strikes!

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Updated. Sorry for the long wait, everyone. These few chapters were all written on my small computer. I usually use a 27-inch computer, the font is relatively large, and the mechanical keyboard has a better feel. Writing on a laptop feels like my thoughts are not flowing, not happy: (

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Thank you all very much for your support, I will continue to work hard! ===== CHAPTER 125 =====