Chapter 27: Battle against Lu Xueqi

As soon as I entered the Sword Peak, I saw the senior sisters fighting each other and competing in martial arts. The scene was quite spectacular. Not only did various magical powers appear frequently, but also various sword energies collided and intertwined from time to time.

In particular, there was a woman dressed in white as white as snow and with an extremely beautiful appearance. She was holding a blue sword in her hand and fighting with another senior sister.

Sometimes her figure leaps and flies up and slashes with a sword, and sometimes she moves and changes her body shape in an instant, like a dancing butterfly, but she can use her wings to fan out a terrifying storm. One should not be fooled by her beauty, as her strength and martial arts cannot be underestimated.

And this woman is none other than Master Shuiyue’s beloved disciple Lu Xueqi.

After Lu Xueqi slashed out another sword energy, the other sister could no longer resist and was repeatedly pushed back several meters by the sword energy before she stopped. After she came to her senses, she smiled bitterly and said to Lu Xueqi: “Junior sister, I’m defeated.”

“My junior sister’s clumsy skills are better, please forgive me, senior sister!”

Lu Xueqi, however, was not happy. Instead, she held the sword and bowed respectfully to return the greeting to her senior sister.

Then she walked to Shuiyue who was watching the fight on the side, and bowed respectfully as if waiting for Shuiyue’s teachings.

“Well, your sword skills are already very proficient, but you still need to practice diligently.”

Shuiyue gently brushed Lu Xueqi’s arm and encouraged her, then said to her with a heavy face, “This time, the Seven Sects Martial Competition was influenced by the people of the Demon Sect, so each peak and sect attaches great importance to it and is concentrating on practicing martial arts. I’m afraid it will be more difficult than before, so don’t take it lightly.”

“Disciple, remember this!”

There was a gleam of confidence in Lu Xueqi’s eyes as she spoke solemnly to Shuiyue.

“Master! Senior Sister Lu!”

Just at this moment, Su Changqing walked up to Shuiyue and greeted her.

“Changqing, are you out of isolation?”

Shuiyue also asked Su Changqing in confusion.

“I just came out of retreat, and happened to meet Senior Sister He who told me that you were all at Jianfeng, so I came over to join in the fun.”

Su Changqing told Shuiyue the truth, and then used the art of concealing himself to pretend that he was at the first stage of foundation building in front of Shuiyue.

Previously, when he was in seclusion, he told Shuiyue that he was entering the foundation-building stage after retreating from the ninth stage of Qi refining, so it was perfect for him to show the first stage of foundation-building now.

“Have you already established your foundation? That’s pretty good!”

Fortunately, Shuiyue still trusted Su Changqing, so she didn’t use her spiritual energy to investigate carefully. Otherwise, with her level of cultivation in the Spirit Transformation Realm, she would be able to see Su Changqing’s true level of cultivation at a glance.

Now that she saw that Su Changqing had already established his foundation, she nodded with satisfaction.

Su Changqing was the least promising one back then, but now, he has built a foundation in one year, which is an upper-middle level among all the disciples. This is enough to prove Su Changqing’s efforts and teaching ability.

“Thank you for the compliment, Master!”

Su Changqing smiled in return, and then set his eyes on Lu Xueqi, saying with great appreciation: “However, it is difficult to stop a jewel in the eye. Seeing that Senior Sister Lu is so outstanding, I know that I still need to work harder to catch up with her.”

Being praised by Su Changqing, Lu Xueqi blushed and said to Su Changqing, “You are too kind, Junior Brother!”

Su Changqing smiled and said nothing more.

Lu Xueqi fell into deep thought. She didn’t know why, but she always felt that her junior brother was extremely mysterious and seemed to be hiding many secrets, like a towering mountain with no peak visible when one looked up.

She even had an inexplicable feeling that Su Changqing’s strength was completely comparable to hers. This was the first time she had such a feeling among all the peers in the peak.

Especially after the junior brother’s retreat, this feeling was even more obvious when he stood in front of her. “Junior brother, are you willing to compete with me?”

Lu Xueqi came back to her thoughts. She decided to use this statement to confirm whether her feelings were true, and also to test the level of this junior brother.

“Ok?”

Su Changqing, who was watching his senior sisters fight elsewhere, was startled when he heard Lu Xueqi’s proposal and turned around to look at Lu Xueqi in surprise.

Su Changqing was still reluctant in his heart. He just wanted to be an unknown person. If he had to fight with Lu Xueqi in front of everyone, wouldn’t that attract all the attention?

“Sister, can I practice with you? But I am only at the first stage of the Foundation Establishment Stage. I am afraid I can hardly be your opponent.”

Therefore, Su Changqing immediately declined politely.

“Junior brother, you are too modest. Being able to build a foundation in one year is enough to make you a leader. Besides, Master and we have never seen you take action. Don’t you want to show off your skills in front of us?”

Seeing his refusal, Lu Xueqi became more determined in her thoughts.

No matter what happens today, even if the master forces him, she has to let her junior brother compete with her, otherwise that feeling will linger for a long time and she will just be trapped in it.

In no mood!

Su Changqing shouted loudly in his heart, but reality could not be so rude.

Just when Su Changqing was still thinking about how to refuse, he heard Master Shuiyue speak. He looked at Su Changqing and said, “Changqing, there is no need to refuse. It’s just a matter of practicing with your sister. Your sister Lu will restrain her strength and won’t hurt you.”

“But.”

Su Changqing heard Shuiyue say this, and after thinking about it, he couldn’t think of how to refuse his master’s request, so he gritted his teeth and agreed: “Okay, then Senior Sister, you must show mercy!”

After hearing Su Changqing’s agreement, Lu Xueqi showed a sly smile on her face where no one could see.

Do I have to use my master’s authority to get you, my humble junior brother, to show your abilities?
The two men each carried a long sword on their backs and walked towards the empty training ground. When the senior sisters saw this, they stopped their competition and looked towards the two men curiously.

“Quick! Stop it! Junior Sister Lu wants to fight Junior Brother!”

“Hmm? Junior Brother has already reached the Foundation Establishment Stage in just one year. How come his cultivation speed is so fast? Didn’t everyone say that Junior Brother’s spiritual roots were very poor?”

“Hey! Don’t you think that Junior Sister Lu and Junior Brother are both extremely beautiful? Walking side by side, they look like a pair of golden boy and jade girl.”

“You know what? I feel like they look like a perfect couple. If they can really find a happy marriage in the peak, it will be a great joyous event for our peak!”

Due to the fact that Lu Xueqi and Su Changqing were both unique in the peak, all the senior sisters stopped what they did and gathered around this dojo to join in the fun.

All the senior sisters looked at them with auntie smiles.

Su Changqing was extremely helpless, while Lu Xueqi seemed to have heard too many such jokes. Her face turned slightly red but she did not stop these remarks.

Wait until the two men stand on opposite sides and salute each with a sword!

“Junior brother, please teach me!”

“Senior Sister Lu, please show mercy!”

Even Shuiyue, who was usually aloof and indifferent to worldly affairs, flew over with her sword. She looked at the two of them with a silent smile on her face. Today she wanted to see how far this little disciple could hide.

(End of this chapter)