Chapter 32: The Spirit Master is furious, and the dragon snake appears
“Brother Jingyu, you have already reached the fourth stage of foundation building. Do you have the confidence that you can rank among the top few in the sect and win glory for our Longshou Peak?”

A disciple looked at Lin Jingyu with envy and asked.

In a year, every peak and every sect has recruited countless disciples, and many unfamiliar faces have been added. Lin Jingyu, who was once called junior brother, has been called senior brother by the new disciples.

“I don’t dare to have extravagant hopes. There are so many geniuses in the sect, and I don’t know how many fellow disciples are hiding their talents. I don’t know what rank I can get. I can only try my best to fight for a good ranking and not bring shame to the peak.”

Although Lin Jingyu spoke modestly, the confidence in his eyes was noticed by everyone.

“Junior Brother Jingyu is too modest. With your current strength at the third stage of foundation building, you can definitely be in the top eight. If you are luckier, you may be able to fight for the top four or even the top two with Senior Brother Qi.”

“Junior Brother Jingyu, all of our fellow disciples from Longshou Peak are waiting to cheer you on!”

The bright moon is fluorescent, and Lin Jingyu now looks like the bright moon surrounded by stars.

However, the strength of the fourth stage of foundation building is indeed enough to make him a leader among the new generation of the sect.

Su Changqing was about to leave when he heard Zhang Xiaofan’s voice behind him.

“Evergreen!”

“Xiaofan!”

Su Changqing turned around and saw Zhang Xiaofan standing behind him and greeted him.

“Changqing, how are you doing lately?”

Zhang Xiaofan asked Su Changqing in a simple and honest manner.

“good!”

Su Changqing replied with a slight smile, secretly sizing up Zhang Xiaofan, and immediately realized that this silly boy was already at the second stage of foundation building, and even had the strength of the third stage of foundation building.

After a few pleasantries, the topic turned to the Seven Clans Martial Arts Competition.

“By the way, Changqing, are you going to participate in the Seven Clans Martial Competition?”

Zhang Xiaofan asked Su Changqing.

“I am only at the first stage of foundation building. I don’t have the strength to participate in this martial arts competition, but Master asked me to go and gain some experience, so he gave me a place.”

Su Changqing replied to Zhang Xiaofan.

“Foundation Building Stage 1?”

When Zhang Xiaofan heard Su Changqing say that he was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, there was some surprise in his eyes, which then turned into worry.

Su Changqing naturally understood what he was thinking. He probably couldn’t believe that someone’s cultivation speed was slower than his, and he was worried that Su Changqing would get injured in the competition.

“Ok!”

Su Changqing did not give detailed explanation.

Then Zhang Xiaofan’s gaze fell on Lin Jingyu again. Seeing him being surrounded and flattered by everyone, several different emotions rose in his eyes, like joy, envy, and even a bit of jealousy.

“Do you want to go say hello?”

Su Changqing sighed helplessly and made a suggestion.

“Forget it. Jingyu has friends to keep him company. I won’t go over and disturb them.”

Zhang Xiaofan shook his head silently, with a hint of inferiority in his words.

This silly boy probably doesn’t know that this Seven Clans Martial Arts Competition will be the starting point of his fame, and now his mind has been affected by the Bloodthirsty Pearl.

“Shall we go for a walk then?”

Su Changqing invited him to stroll around together, and most of the time they chatted about family matters, which gradually helped him eliminate some of the negative effects brought by the Bloodthirsty Pearl.

As a bell rang, the sound was like thunder!

Thousands of disciples in the square fell silent in an instant. A red light flew up into the sky, and an elder with a red sword emitting immortal energy appeared. He spoke loudly to the disciples standing in the square. “My disciples, the master has ordered that all disciples participating in the Seven Veins Martial Arts Competition should go to Yuqing Hall to speak.”

In an instant, many disciples came out one after another and walked towards the front of the square.

After saying goodbye, Su Changqing and Zhang Xiaofan each found their own peak’s team. After all the teams gathered, they each walked across the Rainbow Bridge towards the Yuqing Palace.

After crossing the rainbow bridge, they arrived at the clear water pond guarded by the Qingyun Sect’s guardian beast, the ‘Water Qilin’. Su Changqing still had some impression of it. A huge ancient beast, respected as the ‘Spirit Lord’ by everyone in the Qingyun Sect, was now lying obediently in the clear water pond to rest.

Out of respect for him, all disciples must salute the “Spiritual Master” when passing by here, and Su Changqing, a disciple of the sect, is no exception.

But when more than a dozen people passed by, the Water Qilin did not move when it saluted them, and continued to lie on the ground and sleep. But when Su Changqing came forward and saluted respectfully, the small dragon snake coiled on Su Changqing’s arm poked out its ink-black head.

The water qilin seemed to be guided by something and jumped up from the ground, staring at the little dragon snake with a pair of exquisite big eyes.

The dragon snake and the Qilin stared at each other for a few seconds. Suddenly, the water Qilin knelt down on its front hooves and lowered its big head respectfully, just like a human saluting.

This sudden scene shocked everyone instantly.

“What’s going on? The Spiritual Master is actually bowing!”

Even Su Changqing was puzzled as to what was going on. Why did this ‘Spirit Lord’ kneel down in front of him? However, he also understood that the Spirit Lord was definitely not kneeling for him, but for the little dragon snake on his arm.

“Quick! Xiao Mo, make it stand up.”

Although he had no idea why, Su Changqing knew that the person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it, so he quickly spoke to the little snake.

“Fizz!”

The little dragon snake was stunned for a moment, then spoke something in a hissing sound to the water qilin that it could not understand.

Sure enough, after receiving the guidance from the little dragon snake, the water qilin immediately stood up again, but his eyes were still looking at the little dragon snake respectfully, as if he saw a being of more noble status among the monsters.

Before everyone could get agitated, Su Changqing hurriedly took the little snake away.

After this commotion, Su Changqing became even more curious about the identity of the little dragon snake. What was its origin that could make an ancient beast revered by everyone pay tribute to it?

Not long after Su Changqing left, there was another unusual movement behind him. This time, Su Changqing knew without much thought that it was most likely that the evil energy on Zhang Xiaofan’s bloodthirsty bead was detected by the water qilin, and it was now rioting.

“Can you calm it down?”

Su Changqing frowned and asked the little dragon snake.

“Fizz!”

The little dragon snake confirmed this answer.

“Spiritual Master, calm down!”

Just at this time, the leader of Qingyun Sect came calling.

But the Water Qilin had no intention of giving him face, and continued to use his magical powers to splash the water in the green pond high up, transforming it into clusters of water blades, as agile as a dragon, crystal clear, spinning and trembling in the air, looking extremely sharp, which made people feel scared.

“what happened?”

Daoxuan also frowned slightly at this moment. He didn’t understand why the ‘Spiritual Master’ who had been resting peacefully would be so angry, as if he wanted to completely wipe out something.

But there was no time to think about it, Daoxuan hurriedly pinched the magic spell to try to stop the water blades from hurting people.

“Fizz!”

Following Su Changqing’s orders, the little dragon snake hissed at the water qilin, but Daoxuan hadn’t even finished his spell when the water qilin suddenly retracted its magical power with a palm strike, recovered from its frenzy, and looked at the little dragon snake obediently.

Everything happened in an instant, and Daoxuan was even more confused.

How come the Spirit Lord, who was just so manic, suddenly recovered?

Following the water qilin’s gaze, he saw Su Changqing standing there with an inky black dragon snake wrapped around his arm.

(End of this chapter)