Chapter 69 Another Encounter with the Secret Realm
Chapter 69 Another Encounter with the Secret Realm
Long Mingyue plans to use her rest time to recuperate in preparation for the next two matches.
At this moment, Senior Brother Liu came to pull her to another arena.
"Senior brother, who are we here to see?"
"Oh, you'll see when you get there." Senior Brother Liu led her through the crowd and stood at the front.
Ha, it's Jiang Kuan fighting someone else, but isn't that the senior brother?
"Senior Brother Liu, if I'm not mistaken, isn't that the person opposite Jiang Kuan our senior brother?" Long Mingyue was secretly shocked.
"That's right, this kid is lucky. He actually ran into Senior Brother during the battle." Senior Brother Liu said with an envious expression.
Jiang Kuan on the stage looked rather grim. He hadn't expected that his challenge to the senior brother, which he had only said was for show, would actually come true. He had already been told about the senior brother's reputation by others.
He prayed silently that he wouldn't lose too badly later.
"She's here, junior sister. Keep your eyes wide open!"
Jiang Kuan was the first to draw his sword and swing it at his senior brother. After a flash of sword energy, Jiang Kuan fell off the arena and lay on the ground.
"Jianfeng, Ji Yunshen wins!"
No, it's over just like that?
"Sigh, Jiang Kuan is no good. Senior Brother hasn't even drawn his sword yet!" Senior Brother Liu was still sighing.
"The sword wasn't drawn? Then what was that sword energy just now?"
"Junior sister, you don't know this, do you? Senior brother is born with a sword physique. He can conjure sword energy with just a small twig. That sword energy just now was nothing more than Senior Brother drawing it with his sword sheath. It's a pity that Jiang Kuan is useless!"
Senior Brother Liu spoke halfway through, clicking his tongue in regret.
After hearing this explanation, Long Mingyue was stunned. This was truly a prodigy in the cultivation world! What had she been so proud of before, looking down on Jiang Kuan?
In the eyes of these privileged individuals, she was probably no different from Jiang Kuan.
"Senior brother, I'm going back to recuperate."
"What? Feeling discouraged? That's normal. Otherwise, why do you think Ji Yun Shen deserves to be called Senior Brother at such a young age? But these kinds of prodigies are rare; there are plenty of ordinary people like us in the world. Remember, nothing is impossible for a willing heart. Keep going, Junior Sister, we believe in you!"
Senior Brother Liu seemed to notice Long Mingyue's disappointment and patted her on the shoulder to encourage her.
"I understand, senior brother. I will try my best!" Long Mingyue composed herself. Her senior brother was right. She couldn't give up. Even if she was an ordinary person, she would be the most extraordinary among ordinary people.
Back in the arena, Long Mingyue was filled with unwavering courage.
In the next two matches, she fought with all her might, facing even stronger opponents, but she was just as good and ultimately won the matches, advancing to the team battle.
The team battles began on the second day.
This team battle requires them to form a team of five and go to the hidden secret realm of Wuji Sect, Yinyun Valley.
This is a small remnant of an ancient secret realm. It is less dangerous and suitable for sects to use for training newcomers.
Their mission this time was to search for spiritual herbs or treasures in Hidden Cloud Valley. Of course, the chances of finding treasures were very slim, as Hidden Cloud Valley had already been thoroughly cleaned by the sect members. However, it was still the valley with the most spiritual herbs and plants.
Unfortunately, but also fortunately, Long Mingyue's team this time included not only Jiang Kuan, but also the eldest brother and Liu, as well as Zhao, who was protecting Jiang Kuan.
Senior Brother Zhao was overjoyed. He was actually able to team up with Senior Brother this time. This game was in the bag.
"Long Mingyue, you..." Jiang Kuan was about to utter a word when his senior brother glanced at him, and he shut up.
Long Mingyue was incredibly grateful to this aloof senior brother. With him around, Jiang Kuan was completely speechless—it was so satisfying.
"Well, now that everyone's here, let's hurry up and enter the secret realm," Senior Brother Liu said, trying to smooth things over.
The group had no objections and entered the secret realm with the others. Of course, Long Mingyue and the others also received envious glances from the others.
After entering the secret realm, everyone scattered to search for medicinal herbs.
Long Mingyue and her group decided not to split up and to act together. Although Jiang Kuan was unhappy, he did not object to the decision and silently followed behind them with Senior Brother Zhao.
Along the way, they discovered many rare herbs, but also encountered attacks from some wild beasts.
In the battle against the ferocious beasts, Long Mingyue displayed amazing combat skills, which made everyone look at her with new respect.
When they arrived at a valley, they discovered a magical herb that emitted a strange light.
Just as Jiang Kuan was about to pick the herb, an unexpected event occurred: the ground beneath the herb cracked open, as if a mouth were swallowing Jiang Kuan.
Long Mingyue had been keeping a close eye on Jiang Kuan, fearing he might do something bad. When she saw Jiang Kuan being pulled down, she grabbed his clothes without thinking and jumped down with him.
At this moment, Senior Brother Liu and the others also realized what was happening and quickly jumped down with Long Mingyue, followed closely by Senior Brother Zhao and Senior Brother Liu.
With a thud, Long Mingyue crashed into Jiang Kuan, followed by Senior Brother Liu and Senior Brother Zhao, giving Jiang Kuan a triple blow.
As for the eldest brother, he had already turned around and stood firmly before landing.
Long Mingyue got up from the ground and observed her surroundings. To her surprise, it seemed they had arrived at a fighting arena.
"Aren't we in a secret realm? Right, where's the Moon Spirit Grass?" Jiang Kuan looked around and started looking for the Moon Spirit Grass he had caught.
"What are you still looking for? It seems we're stuck on the arena and can't get out!" Long Mingyue was speechless at Jiang Kuan. Didn't he know what was important? Didn't he see that all the senior brothers were trying to find a way out? At a time like this, he was still thinking about a piece of broken grass.
Jiang Kuan then realized that there was a barrier around the arena. "Get out of the way!"
At this moment, the eldest brother drew his sword and slashed at the barrier, but the barrier did not budge.
Long Mingyue and the others realized that things were in serious trouble. Even their senior brother's sword couldn't break through the barrier, so how were they supposed to get out?
Jiang Kuan was still muttering to himself, "This level isn't that great either; he can't even break through a barrier."
Now it's not just Long Mingyue who wants to beat him up; even Senior Brother Liu and Senior Brother Zhao are speechless. Shouldn't you take a look at what you're doing? How can you have the nerve to say that others are putting in the effort?
However, after Jiang Kuan finished speaking, five puppet figures appeared on the arena. Strangely, these five puppet figures looked exactly like the five of them.
"Are we going to defeat ourselves?" Jiang Kuan asked this time, and everyone fell silent, as they all thought the same thing.
Soon, the eldest brother took his sword and slashed at his puppet. Unexpectedly, the puppet used the same move as him, and it was accompanied by sword energy.
"Damn, he can even copy Senior Brother's sword energy!"
The others swallowed hard, not daring to imagine what level their puppets were at.
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