Ch 29: Cultivation Hinders Scientific Progress
The red and blue flames surged and churned, and a powerful shockwave sent Liu Xixi into the sky. Her gaze was sharp as she stared down at Jing Su, flapping her wings and diving down again.
Jing Su clearly couldn’t withstand such fierce attacks. The killer move “Sky Strike” he prepared for Liu Xixi was meant to trade injury for victory, but he never expected her to suddenly grow wings and escape, leaving him in his current disadvantage.
He flapped his wings with all his might, flying and dodging, while Liu Xixi closely followed, constantly attacking. However, she ultimately had no flying experience and was helpless against Jing Su.
Liu Xixi furrowed her delicate brows. His wings were innate, and flying consumed almost no spiritual energy for him. If this continued, the situation might reverse again.
She glared angrily at the dodging figure in front of her, gritting her silver teeth.
At this moment, she had to use the killer move reserved for Elder Sister Jun.
With a slight movement of her fingers, Jing Su, flying rapidly, was like a mosquito caught in a spiderweb, suddenly bound in mid-air.
He felt the threads of thunder and lightning entwining his body and couldn’t help but gasp.
Having been focused on evading the attacks from behind, he had completely overlooked the trap ahead.
And why could Liu Xixi use the power of thunder in her Vermillion Bird state?
Could she use two intents simultaneously?
“Thunder Spear!”
The Vermillion Bird Wings behind Liu Xixi flapped continuously, and she raised the spear of thunder high in her hand, thrusting it towards Jing Su’s heart.
Ding—
“Liu Xixi wins!”
The Referee intervened, blocking the thunder spear, and announced the birth of the champion to the crowd.
Seeing that the outcome was decided, Liu Xixi turned in the air and flew down from the arena, crashing into Xia Jiuyuan’s embrace.
“Oh wow, thanks to you, Brother, otherwise it would have been much more dangerous this time!”
Xia Jiuyuan felt the piercing gazes around him but didn’t restrain himself. Instead, he hugged Liu Xixi snugly and patted her little head.
“This is your effort.”
“No, no, Brother, please don’t be so humble.”
Xia Jiuyuan didn’t dwell on the topic. He pulled Liu Xixi away and asked Jun Liuhe beside him,
“It’s just the two of you left.”
“Yes, are you thinking of…”
Jun Liuhe’s emerald green eyes looked at Xia Jiuyuan, as if she knew his thoughts.
“Yes, I also want to get on the stage and try.”
Xia Jiuyuan originally didn’t want to get involved in this competition, but after last night’s events, he changed his mind.
No matter how outstanding he was elsewhere, in the eyes of many, he was still not focusing on his proper business.
Xia Jiuyuan could ignore such an evaluation, but he was a disciple of the Master!
Since the Mistress thought he was disgracing the Master, he could no longer keep a low profile, otherwise it would be great disrespect.
“Don’t rush to decide the winner yet, leave some spotlight for me.”
“Mm.”
Jun Liuhe clearly understood Xia Jiuyuan’s intention, and although Liu Xixi didn’t understand anything, she unconditionally supported her Xia Gege.
“Wow, I’m cheering for Brother!”
“With your status cheering for me, that’s really…”
“Hee hee~”
After saying that, Xia Jiuyuan first went to get a box, and then the three of them strolled to the side of Arena No. 45. Under the terrified gaze of the Arena No. 45 master, Xia Jiuyuan issued a challenge.
“Xia Jiuyuan of Lucky Peak, challenging No. 45!”
“…I…”
No. 45 glanced at Xia Jiuyuan, then swept his gaze over the two women behind him.
This isn’t right?
Is this a normal challenge? Why bring two “followers” for a normal challenge?
This guy with the strongest connections is bringing two supreme geniuses to use him as a stepping stone for his ranking, right?
At this moment, Jun Liuhe’s indifference in his eyes was a warning, and Liu Xixi’s smiling face seemed to tell him,
Don’t you understand yet, little brother?
“Oh oh… Okay, okay.”
No. 45, without changing his expression, invited Xia Jiuyuan onto the arena, thinking to himself,
I understand, little brother,
I’m going to lose on purpose. Cultivation isn’t about fighting, it’s about human affairs!
He was ready to play along with Xia Jiuyuan and eventually lose by a slight margin.
“Ten, nine…”
Listening to the Referee’s countdown, Xia Jiuyuan opened the box he was holding and took out a strange-looking object.
He suppressed the joy in his heart and pointed the item in his hand at his opponent’s head.
“What is Brother holding?”
“I don’t know.”
“Three, two…”
No. 45 looked at the dark opening pointed at him, and the hairs on his body stood on end.
Damn it, he was going to die. He had never felt such a strong premonition of death!
“One!”
The Referee’s countdown ended, the competition began, and the Referee disappeared.
Pop, very quickly.
The Referee reappeared on the stage, the competition ended.
He rubbed his head, looking at the bullet he held in his hand, questioning his life.
The onlookers also showed confusion.
The Peak Master of Lucky Peak took out a strange object, made a sound, and emitted some smoke. Why did the Referee suddenly come on stage to stop the match?
The Referee looked at the stunned No. 45 and said:
“You explain to the audience, otherwise they’ll think it’s a black curtain.”
“Ahem, I… without the Referee stopping me, I was indeed about to die.”
No. 45 looked at the gun in Xia Jiuyuan’s hand in surprise and couldn’t help but ask:
“But is using this kind of magical artifact compliant?”
According to the competition rules, one cannot use a disposable spiritual item that surpasses their own rank.
This rule was established to prevent competitions from turning into pay-to-win contests, but in reality, it was unnecessary.
Ask Dao Sect was already the largest stage in the entire Southern Territory. A high ranking wouldn’t lead to instant success. Using external forces to achieve a ranking would only attract contempt, and the arena match format was never a one-round decider.
The Referee squeezed the bullet in his hand and replied:
“This thing doesn’t seem to count as a disposable treasure, or rather, this thing doesn’t count as a treasure at all.
It has no spirituality, do you understand what I mean?”
No. 45’s eyes widened. What did this mean?
An ordinary item?!
Doesn’t that mean anyone who gets it can kill him without any side effects!
But how, why?
“Um… and at this moment, I think the Sect Master should know. He didn’t come to stop it, which proves it’s compliant.”
No. 45’s jaw dropped. Is this a matter of whether the competition is compliant or not?
If such a thing exists, doesn’t it mean that the status of all cultivators below Fourth Rank is the same as mortals?
Xia Jiuyuan scanned the chaotic crowd in the grandstand and explained loudly:
“This is the Spiritless Method, the Spiritless Method that you all look down upon!
But rest assured, Divine Secrets Peak has confirmed it, it’s just a toy.”
Xia Jiuyuan sighed. Guns ultimately could not dominate in this world.
It could even be said that modern science was not effective here.
In this world, there was actually a group of people researching modern science; they called themselves the Seekers’ Academy.
Their achievements were not small. Before Xia Jiuyuan joined, they had already invented the light bulb.
But their technology tree was very skewed, they didn’t even have the most basic gunpowder guns.
It’s actually understandable. Without demand, there are no results.
After Xia Jiuyuan joined, he introduced many concepts, leading to rapid scientific progress. Radios, cameras, and gunpowder technology emerged.
However, the world did not change because of this.
Radio? It’s not even a fraction as good as a Transmission Talisman. To replace Transmission Talismans, you have to see if the people of Talisman Peak are willing.
Camera? It’s not even a fraction as good as a Shadow Stone; it’s black and white, blurry, and distorted.
Rifled guns? This is actually true. Against anyone below Non-Human, it’s an instant kill. But it’s unnecessary. In a High Martial World, even if you equipped all ordinary people on the continent with a rifled gun, they still couldn’t defeat a Heavenly Disaster.
Spiritual Energy hindered the development of science and technology. Modern science is called the Spiritless Method here. The people of the Seekers’ Academy are truly driven purely by interest.
Without demand, there is no development.
Xia Jiuyuan remembered that after he requested Le Yunzhe to create firearms, Le Yunzhe merely marveled at Xia Jiuyuan’s intelligence and lost interest in them after playing with them as toys for a while.
In his words, firearms were powerful, but they were spiritless. Spiritless meant that a cultivator’s Spiritual Sense could predict their attacks.
For example, the opponent could dodge your attack before you even fired. No matter how fast your bullet was, you couldn’t hit them!
The reason No. 45 didn’t dodge was because he was only Third Rank and was being careless. The mental energy of a Third Rank cultivator was too weak, and their spiritual sense was also weak.
Once they reached Fourth Rank, firearms would not only be useless, but they would also expose your position first!
This discovery practically sealed the future of firearms in their coffin!
Facing firearms that were only effective against Third Rank, Le Yunzhe did not support their widespread adoption.
If an ordinary person had a gun and killed a Third Rank genius, wouldn’t that be a huge loss?
How could the life of an ordinary person compare to that of a genius!
This was a bloody fact!
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