Ch 33: The Match Concludes!
Knock Knock Knock—
As the finishing gongs and drums sounded, a voice echoed throughout the Ask Dao Sect,
“Now, the highly anticipated Martial Arts Grand Competition has concluded. Finally, let us congratulate the talents of the Southern Territory!
Tenth, Wind and Rain Pavilion’s Bai Yizhong,
Ninth, Lucky Peak’s Mo Mo,
Eighth, Lucky Peak’s Li Le,
Seventh, Body Tempering Peak’s Wang You,
Sixth, Lucky Peak’s Duan Shahe,
Fifth, Blade Peak’s Zhao Tiankuo,
Fourth Jian Peak’s Jiang Manyue,
Third, Liu Jing Forest’s Jing Su,
Second, Liu Jing Forest’s Liu Xixi,
First, Lucky Peak’s Jun Liuhe!!!”
The Lucky Peak disciples sat around Xia Jiuyuan, admiring the spectacular sunset, awaiting the final curtain.
As for the competition rewards, they had already been received; they were all items that Lucky Peak did not value.
After all, whatever Lucky Peak desired, Xia Jiuyuan could directly ask the Sect Master for, so the grand competition rewards were indeed just so-so.
From this perspective, Wang Ji’s accusations held some truth.
As the grand competition’s announcement faded, the System’s voice echoed in Xia Jiuyuan’s mind,
Congratulations to Host for completing the mission 『Hidden Dragon Emerges』, and for obtaining the reward “Primal Stone Tablet”.
What is this?
Xia Jiuyuan casually glanced at its description,
[A thin stone tablet made from material not belonging to this world, it will automatically and simply record the experiences of its owner.
Forgetting is betrayal! Now, carve words onto stone!]
This is… a diary?
Xia Jiuyuan was questioning his life a little,
Who writes diaries as a normal person!
With a thought, he took out the stone tablet from the System and carefully opened it, discovering that it already contained some text.
For instance,
The scene from last night where he teased Jun Liuhe and was forced into a “sage mode.”
The scene of Mo Mo’s displeasure due to “sage mode.”
And the scene where he wondered why modern technology and cultivation couldn’t be combined…
“Hmm? Older Brother has this kind of hobby?”
Mo Mo peeked, Mo Mo frowned, Mo Mo was shocked!
“No!”
Xia Jiuyuan’s hand trembled, and the stone tablet instantly returned to the System Space. He quickly covered Mo Mo’s mouth and whispered in her ear,
“I really don’t have a diary-writing peculiarity, that thing just now was an accident!”
“Woo—”
“Don’t mention this again, or else, hmph…”
“Mmph—”
Mo Mo blinked her dark, large eyes and nodded. However, the commotion here eventually attracted the attention of others.
Duan Shahe saw this and leaned over, asking,
“Mo Mo, did you discover some unspeakable secret of Senior Brother?”
“What nonsense are you talking about? I am open and honest with you all, what unspeakable secrets could I possibly have? You tell her, Mo Mo?”
Xia Jiuyuan felt exasperated; if this diary were ever leaked, he would be utterly finished.
“Yes, Senior Brother was actually praising me for performing better than all of you today. Considering your feelings, he was whispering to me to reveal it.”
The cunning Mo Mo once again stirred up trouble for Xia Jiuyuan, but she did not reveal the matter of the diary,
This was not only to comply with Xia Jiuyuan’s wishes but also to add a secret that belonged exclusively to her and Xia Jiuyuan.
“I don’t have any objections, but Junior Martial Sister Jun might…”
Duan Shahe smiled like he was watching a play and shifted the focus to Jun Liuhe,
“I don’t have any objections, but perhaps we should ask Liu Xixi. Maybe she has an opinion.”
Faced with the deflected fire, Jun Liuhe calmly passed it on to Liu Xixi, who was still sleeping in bed.
Now it was Mo Mo’s turn to be unhappy. She had always cared about the relationships Xia Jiuyuan had with other women. Just as she was about to lash out, Li Le suddenly spoke,
“Alas, indeed… I disgraced the Lucky Peak group…”
Li Le, who couldn’t read the atmosphere, truly began to self-reflect, “Only I lost…”
“If your eighth place is considered a disgrace, then what do you call my fifteenth place?”
Undoubtedly, Li Le unintentionally helped Xia Jiuyuan out of a difficult situation again. Xia Jiuyuan seized the opportunity to continue,
“That Wang You, being a Third Rank and able to inflict mental damage, is indeed rare.”
“Senior Brother doesn’t want to pursue the rankings further, but I cannot. There is still a big difference between us.”
Li Le sighed, “I couldn’t understand Mo Mo’s techniques. Senior Brother Duan is even more formidable; he directly made a bet with Bai Yizhong to stay at tenth place and not challenge further. Otherwise, my ranking would have likely dropped another spot.”
At this, Duan Shahe explained,
“Mo Mo was in realization, and you had just gone through a great battle. That’s why I didn’t want Bai Yizhong to disturb you… Speaking of which, his actions do match his name.”
After Jun Liuhe defeated Liu Xixi, the latter dropped to tenth place.
Jing Su, who was originally second, was proud and unwilling to take advantage of the situation to gain a higher ranking. Instead, he voluntarily challenged Liu Xixi, who was not on the arena, and immediately conceded, ceding the second position.
Following that, he challenged Zhao Tiankuo, who was ranked third. Zhao Tiankuo offered no resistance and surrendered directly.
However, he did not fight Jiang Manyue, who was fourth, but instead challenged Bai Yizhong, who was fifth.
Bai Yizhong was no match and, after being defeated, challenged Duan Shahe, who was sixth.
Duan Shahe then pulled Bai Yizhong aside for a bet: whoever lost would stay in tenth place.
Bai Yizhong did not verbally agree, but after losing, he indeed did not continue to challenge those ranked seventh, eighth, or ninth.
Therefore, looking at the entire competition, Li Le’s belief that he disgraced Lucky Peak was not entirely unreasonable.
However, only he cared about these things. Duan Shahe and Xia Jiuyuan comforted him until a figure approached,
“Hey!”
Li Le looked up, towards the source of the familiar voice.
In Li Le’s sight, Wang You’s silhouette blocked the setting sun in front of him. She waved her fist and asked with anticipation,
“Why so dejected? Come and fight!”
The Lucky Peak disciples looked at the brightly laughing Wang You, then at the stunned Li Le,
These two…
“Huh? Haven’t you rested enough?”
Wang You frowned. Li Le reacted and looked at Xia Jiuyuan.
“What are you looking at me for? If you want to go, then go!”
Li Le nodded, stood up, and shouted at Wang You, full of battle intent,
“Come and fight!”
Watching the two depart, Duan Shahe stroked his chin and teased, “Won’t our junior disciple be snatched away?”
Xia Jiuyuan’s mouth twitched, “Perhaps the proud daughter of the Body Tempering Peak will be snatched away by our junior disciple.”
“That’s true, inheriting the fine tradition of the Eldest Martial Brother.”
“Get out, get out!”
Xia Jiuyuan gave Duan Shahe a look. He realized that more than half of his Shura Field situations were caused by this Junior Brother Duan!
“Hmm… you guys go back first, I need to go see Uncle Li.”
“Oh… I thought Senior Brother was going to visit that Beastman girl.”
After saying this, Duan Shahe, knowing he was in the wrong, instantly disappeared before Xia Jiuyuan’s eyes, leaving Xia Jiuyuan staring blankly.
“Mo Mo…”
With no other option, Xia Jiuyuan looked at Mo Mo. Mo Mo glanced at Jun Liuhe and found her still completely unfazed, appearing indifferent to the matter. She could only suppress her dissatisfaction and respond,
“Senior Brother is the worst, I’m going back to paint.”
Watching the two girls depart, Xia Jiuyuan gave a wry smile. He truly needed to see Uncle Li.
However, after Duan Shahe mentioned it, he thought about it and realized he really should visit Liu Xixi.
For both reasons of sentiment and propriety, he should visit…
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