[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-my-master-knows-it-all":3,"chapter-my-master-knows-it-all-my-master-knows-it-all-chapter-230":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","My Master Knows It All",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1339005,1784,"Chapter 230 - 230 134 Never Had _2","my-master-knows-it-all-chapter-230",230,"\u003Cp>230: Chapter 134 Never Had _2 230: Chapter 134 Never Had _2 Although generally speaking, anyone who could refine a talisman, even a level one talisman, to level forty-one must have considerable skill in talisman making; otherwise, they wouldn’t be fit to bear the title of a king.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no one could guarantee that the opponent wouldn’t be able to create a talisman of the same grade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, to take first place, one had to pursue not only the grade of the talisman but also its level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone wanted Ling Xi to take first place, but they were genuinely afraid, for Ling Xi had already failed twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if she failed a third time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd started persuading her once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“However, Peak Master Cao, there is no need to chase perfection too far, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly, your disciple is the Talisman King; it’s impossible for her to lose.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just let her continue refining and don’t pursue perfection too much.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Zhen shook his head resolutely and said, “No, in order to take first place, we must pursue perfection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We have waited too long for this day; Four Treasures Peak does not wish to remain in last place any longer!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Peak Master Cao, even if you don’t want to stay in last place, you must ensure that you can obtain the Peak Bamboo.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s right, Peak Master Cao, this time, the ranking of Four Treasures Peak will surely rise quite a bit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Zhen continued vigorously, “Merely rising is far from enough; our goal for Four Treasures Peak is the Upper Fifty Peaks!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Upper Fifty Peaks!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around them, many people were shaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Zhen’s goal was indeed to reach the Upper Fifty Peaks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had heard rumors before, that Chief Tu from Vermilion Bird Peak had told Cao Zhen to propel Four Treasures Peak into the top fifty, and they had laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the gap between the lower fifty peaks and the upper fifty was enormous; even a peak ranked fifty-one would have a significant disparity compared to one ranked fiftieth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the last three Hundred Peaks Competitions of the Hundred Peaks Sect, not a single peak from the lower fifty had made it into the top fifty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the last five Hundred Peaks Competitions, only one peak moved from the lower fifty to the upper fifty, and that was from rank fifty-one to fifty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And among them, very few had bet that Four Treasures Peak could break into the Upper Fifty Peaks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, if Ling Xi really did take first place this time, Four Treasures Peak might genuinely have a chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Six Arts competition, those who entered the top three hundred would each receive Peak Bamboo, with the three hundredth rank receiving one, the two hundred and ninety-ninth rank receiving two, and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the top three places were different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third place could take three hundred and ten pieces of Peak Bamboo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second place, three hundred and forty pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first place could take an entire four hundred pieces of Peak Bamboo!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gap between the first and second place was a whopping sixty pieces of Peak Bamboo; this was no ordinary disparity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They understood Ling Xi’s determination to reach first place all too well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ling Xi only had one chance left; what if something went wrong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Peak Master Cao, we mean no offense, but reaching the Upper Fifty Peaks is extremely difficult.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Peak Master Cao, your peak will surely rise a lot this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, you can recruit more disciples and wait for the next Hundred Peaks Competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That will be the best chance for Four Treasures Peak to break into the top fifty.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right, Peak Master Cao, you can always aim for it next time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd tried to persuade him once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Next time?” Cao Zhen shook his head vehemently, “Next time is too far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For us at Four Treasures Peak, we strive for immediate results!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his words fell, as if responding to him, the talisman that had been taking shape before Ling Xi suddenly exploded with a bang, scattering bits of paper all around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ling Xi looked at the scattered talisman papers with a face full of regret, deep in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was so close, just so close to success—she could have taken one more step, tested that last part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, having failed before reaching that last step, she could only go back to Four Treasures Peak and use the resources there to conduct her trials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she pondered, she lamented, “The last step, just the last step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next time, I will definitely succeed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around her, one by one, those who had bet on a higher ranking for Four Treasures Peak felt the world turn bleak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She failed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She failed again!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She, she actually failed again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A Talisman King, failing three times consecutively in talisman making during the competition, not winning a single piece of Peak Bamboo!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I always said, she needed to be more stable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pursued perfection too much!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look at how regretful she is, sigh, she’s still too young.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We advised her for so long, but she didn’t listen at all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She says next time will be fine, but what’s the use if there is no next time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She only had three chances, and now she has none left.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If she had been more cautious, she wouldn’t have ended up without a single piece of Peak Bamboo.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s all over, completely over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she had just been a bit more stable, she could have gotten at least three hundred pieces of Peak Bamboo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, she’s got none.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the remaining arts competitions, Four Treasures Peak probably won’t stand a chance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s finished, my Spirit Stones are all gone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wouldn’t it have been better to just secure a place in the top three steadily?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She is the Talisman King; as long as she stabilized, there wouldn’t have been any problem for her to reach the top three.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people acted as though they were part of Four Treasures Peak, each more upset than the last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a distance, quite a few individuals showed a hint of joy on their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank goodness, thankfully Ling Xi failed at her last attempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She really scared me just now; I felt like she was about to succeed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, thank goodness, she failed in the end.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It feels like now, our bets on rank eighty or so are secure.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even ranks in the seventies are possible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the crowd in an elevated spot stood only five people, set apart from the densely gathered crowd elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>",1098,"2026-06-05T20:16:53.192Z",1,"novelbin.me","05c55d1ee589e1e50b762becd03d41ddcbb84b5dd006538677339c53a86a3bad","my-master-knows-it-all-chapter-231","my-master-knows-it-all-chapter-229",2520,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-master-knows-it-all-cover.jpg"]