Wang Murong was mistaken because Qin Yu was actually a Sacred Grade Pill Master. At the very least, his knowledge in pill concoction far surpassed Black Grade.
However, she was also right because based on Qin Yuâs current strength, he was only at the lowest levelâOrdinary Grade Pill Master. This meant that he had no way of refining the Strength Returning Pill, after all, pill concocting was even harder than tool refining.
But even if he couldnât concoct it, he knew how to and at his age, that was already shocking. This kind of abnormality could only be discovered and not sought after. Wang Murong rejoiced at how she managed to run into him. Whatever the case, she had to rope him in no matter what. Even if she had to sacrifice her body, she would not hesitate!
Wang Murong secretly decided this in her heart, while giving Qin Yu an enchanting smile that could turn the whole world upside down. She walked alongside him as she asked probingly, âQin Xiong, with your amazing talent, have you ever thought about joining a bigger power to obtain even higher prospects?â
âThisâŚâ Qin Yu was just about to reply when he suddenly saw another spirit grass and immediately ran off with a *whoosh* without saying anything further.
This place really had a lot of spirit grass ah! Although they were low level, they gave enormous benefits to Origin and Immersion Realm cultivators. Somehow nobody knew about these treasures making it more convenient for him. In fact, the former Qin Yu had also gone through here many times but never cared about it before or recognized them as spirit grass, so they were always overlooked.
Continuing further, Wang Murong wanted to get closer to Qin Yu as the journey progressed. However, he never bothered with her. The entire way there, if it wasnât finding a spirit grass here, it would be finding a spirit fruit there.
Wang Murong was both depressed yet full of admiration towards Qin Yu. It was incredible for him to know about so many different kinds of spirit grasses and fruits at his young age. It was impossible not to admire how he could immediately recount each oneâs name and use perfectly.
But because Qin Yu had taken so many sidetracks, a lot of time was wasted. By the time it was dark, they only made it ten miles into Ten Thousand Beast Mountain.
When Ten Thousand Beast Mountain got dark, it was filled with unknown dangers and its thick fog grew even denser. The fog originally only lingered at the halfway point but at night, the entire mountain range was completely engulfed by the fog. With the darkness of the night, even a cultivator wouldnât dare to walk around carelessly. Those who came here for training didnât dare venture any further, stopping to find a safe place to camp for the night.
Wang Murong followed after Qin Yuâs movements in the dark jungle as she suggested quietly, âQin Xiong, the skyâs already dark. It would be better if we find somewhere to rest first and continue our travels tomorrow.â It really was getting harder to continue moving forward.
Qin Yu also thought that resting for the night was also a good plan. Hurrying on their journey in the morning would be much safer and faster than hurrying at night.
âAlright, letâs find a safe area. Eh? Thereâs a fire and the sound of some people over there.â Qin Yu stood on a hill, looking in that direction.
Wang Murong hurriedly ran up the hill and looked toward that direction. She was delighted as she said, âThereâs definitely some other people who came up here to train. Letâs go. We should also head over there.â
It was a valley in the shape of a gourd. The area in the valley was very spacious, around the size of a football field.
At the bottom of the valley were large and smaller groups surrounding twenty or so bonfires of different sizes. There were several united forces gathered together. 1
A rough estimate of the number of people surrounding the bonfires amounted to about 400 to 500 people. Not everyone appeared to be from Luosang City, as there were also some who came to train for the Martial Exam from surrounding cities. Along with those who came here to train, there were also people who came to escort them, so there was no lack of experts in the crowd.
Ten Thousand Beast Mountain was in the vicinity of three cities. Luosang City was located east of the mountain while Luonan City and Luobei City were located 2 south and north of the mountain, respectively. In Qiongxi Country, these three cities were called the Three Ancient Luo Cities and held a very long standing history.
Due to the proximity of these three cities to the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain, these cities always produced the most talents.
Ten Thousand Beast Mountain not only supplied them with demonic beasts for practical training but also cultivational resources. In fact, a demonic beastâs demon core was one of the most precious cultivational resources.
Because of the natural cultivational resources within the mountain, the three cities were always in neverending strife. As long as any of them met here, it was inevitable that conflict would occur and this time was no exception.
The martial world of cultivators had always been about strength and bravery. Just a small disagreement could result in using force to speak. Besides, all the people who came for practical training were young and vigorous youths.
The three biggest bonfires were placed together in the center of the valley, arranged in a triangular formation. The center of the formation was brightly lit and two figures were fiercely fighting in that area. The groups around the surrounding three bonfires incessantly broke out in cheers and shouts.
âGo Luosang City! Luobei City, go to hell!â
These were the cheers of those from Luosang City.
âLuobei City is the strongest! Exterminate those Luosang City people!â Those from Luobei City retorted.
There were still a bunch of youths at the bonfire who hadnât spoken yet. They stood nearby as they watched the bustling scene. They were the people of Luonan City.
âLetâs end it here! Youâve lost!â Amongst the shouts of the crowd, a tall youth howled from inside the formation as he punched out, creating a booming sound. The other slightly shorter youth released a scream as he was sent flying because of the explosion.
âLuosang City wins! HahahahaâŚ! Luobei City are a bunch of trash!â The people from Luosang Cityâs side howled crazily in deafening laughter. Everyone from Luobei City was gnashing their teeth from anger as they glared at the tall youth furiously.
This tall youth wasnât just some random person, he was Luosang Cityâs number one genius from the Qin Family.
Qin Zhao defeated Luobei Cityâs cultivator with one move and smiled arrogantly as he stood victorious. He accepted the applause and cheers of the Luosang City group.
âZhao, youâre amazing!â At this moment, a slender and elegant young lady rushed out from the cheering crowd and sweetly shouted as she ran in front of Qin Zhao. She took out a fragrant handkerchief and under everybodyâs eyes, gently wiped the sweat off Qin Zhaoâs face.
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The young girl was Lu Wushuang and was known as Luosang Cityâs flower. She was from the Lu Family, another great power in Luosang City. She was also one of the chosen candidates of the Martial Exam.
The Qin and Lu Family had always had a tradition of mutual marriage. The Qin Familyâs original arranged marriage candidate was supposed to be the former genius Qin Yu, but after he was turned into a cripple, he was replaced by Qin Zhao. Everyone scorned cripples and Lu Wushuang also wouldnât marry a cripple.
Qin Zhao was her best choice. Right now, Qin Zhao was bursting with radiance and his glory was her glory. Thatâs why she immediately rushed out in front of everyone and basked in the crowdâs applause and flowers, as well as the envy of other women.
Not to mention, there were indeed many girls who stared at Lu Wushuang who stood at the center with envy. They also wished they could stand there, accepting everybodyâs flowers and applause and becoming the center of attention.
âHaha! Qin Biao, my old pal, my familyâs Shuangâer and your familyâs Zhaoâer really deserve to be called a match made in heaven! Theyâre really well suited for each other! A talented man and a beautiful woman; a hero and a beauty. HahaâŚ!â
In front of the Luosang City crowd, two men were standing shoulder to shoulder. One of them was Lu Jing, Lu Wushuangâs father who was a man in his fifties, as well as the Lu Family Master. The other man who was slightly younger was Qin Zhaoâs father, Qin Biao.
The one who just spoke was Lu Jing. He stroked the black beard on his chin as he stared at the young male and female in the middle of the crowd. His eyes were filled with satisfaction.
âHaha, what the Lu Family Master said is right ah! My familyâs Zhaoâerâs strength is growing stronger and stronger, becoming more and more outstanding! Only a woman with Shuangâerâs talent is a match for my son. Hahaha!â Qin Biao laughed with even more joy as his eyes and nose scrunched together because of the huge smile on his face.
Lu Jing nodded with satisfaction. âEn! Zhaoâer really matured quickly. Now his strength is already at the same level as Qin Yu previously was.â
âHaha!â Qin Biao laughed disdainfully. âQin Yu is just a cripple! Right now he isnât even worthy enough to carry Zhaoâerâs shoes!â
Just as he was about to finish speaking, Qin Biao suddenly felt a chill from behind him. He was scared him stiff as he quickly turned to look around. Behind him, he could only see a fire illuminating the field of shouting and screaming youths. ă
âRight ah! Now Qin Yu really isnât fit to even be mentioned along with Zhaoâer. Itâs lucky that Shuangâer didnât get engaged to him at the beginning, otherwise, our Lu Family would really be humiliated ah! Hey, Qin Biao, what happened?â Halfway through his speech, Lu Jing noticed something was wrong with Qin Biao and hastily turned his head to look at him and ask.
Qin Biao hurriedly turned his head back and laughed. âItâs nothing! Nothing at all!â
âNothing?â Lu Jing glanced behind him doubtfully and saw there really was nothing before he decided to leave it be.
Toward the back, Qin Yu and Wang Murong had long since quietly entered the valley and stood amongst the crowd. They just so happened to see Qin Zhao and Lu Wushuangâs intimate scene before hearing Qin Biao and Lu Jingâs conversation.
Just now, it was Qin Yu who had released a bout of cold air toward Qin Biao.
Beside him, Wang Murong could sense Qin Yuâs aura change and hurriedly pulled him from the crowd.
âQin Xiong, thereâs nothing good here. Letâs go find somewhere to camp.â
She was worried that Qin Yu would feel unwell after seeing Qin Zhao and Lu Wushuangâs intimacy. She had researched all the geniuses of each city to a certain extent, which was why she had some knowledge regarding Qin Yu and Lu Wushuangâs past relationship.
Qin Yu didnât actually care about Lu Wushuang at all. Lu Wushuang was merely the flower of the small Luosang City. Any woman he had before was more beautiful than her. Even if he didnât mention the past, right now, the girl right beside him was a hundred times better in both temperament and beauty.
What he was furious about were Qin Biaoâs words. He wasnât even worthy to hold Qin Zhaoâs shoes? What was Qin Zhao even worth? He used such despicable methods to become number one in the Qin Family by plotting against Qin Yu and turning him into a cripple that everyone disdained. Qin Yu didnât believe that it had been Qin Zhao alone that plotted against him. After all, Qin Zhao was merely a 19-year-old boy, so would he really have the guts and capabilites? Thatâs why the real culprit behind everything must have been Qin Biao, that old bastard.
âWhat are you so arrogant about? Is defeating somebody who had only just broken through to the peak of Origin Realm really worth showing off so much?â
At this moment, a young and cold voice rang out from the crowd. Who was it? Engulfed by curiosity, Qin Yu didnât accept Wang Murongâs suggestion to camp. Instead, he turned around to enter the crowd again as he said, âLetâs go see who it is.â
The fire burned in the middle of the encampments as a young woman stepped forward, confronting Qin Zhao. Lu Wushuang had already returned to the crowd.
It was a young girl dressed completely in black with a beautiful long and slender build. She stood there with her beautiful hair dancing freely in the wind, making her seem even more graceful and otherworldly. She looked just like a cold and elegant fairy that descended from the Heavens.
1.Editor Note: âForcesâ as in different groups of people.
2.TL Note: âLuonan Cityâ and âLuobei Cityâ literally mean âSouth Luo Cityâ and âNorth Luo Cityâ respectively.