Chapter 41.2

What Is She Betting On? (2)

The fur of the Profound Frost Beast was smooth, and when Ji Qingzhou climbed up, she almost fell again. This accident made the cultivators on the disc express disdain.

“It’s already a miracle that this Profound Frost Beast listens to her, and even lowered her body, yet she can’t climb up.”

“Such a good spirit beast is in vain hands. If I were in her shoes, I would have never disappointed the beast.”

“However, it’s really strange how she successfully made this Profound Frost Beast so obedient.”

The cultivators on the disc exchanged views. In the corner, someone crossed her arms and snorted disdainfully, “She is just lucky.”

Qiu Mingxue was now very concerned about Ji Qingzhou’s performance. She faintly felt a sense of crisis. Ji Qingzhou might threaten her position as part of the top three in the sect’s examination, so she brought Ying Xiu and came here to watch the battle. Nevertheless, she just hated the spirit beasts that the cultivators led here, so she sat in the corner, making Ji Qingzhou unable to notice her.

Fortunately, the disc was flying high enough, and Ji Qingzhou didn’t notice the stare from there. She fell and got up again, and then slowly climbed onto Bingshuang’s back.

Bingshuang was feisty and felt a bit anxious when she saw the other Profound Frost Beasts flying about with their masters, while she remained in place.

As soon as Ji Qingzhou sat firmly, she spread her wings and flew forward. Her wings as wide as 30 feet whipped up a gust and quickly caught up with the beasts ahead. Of course, at the forefront, there was another person and a beast that left the others far behind.

Meng Yaolan instructed her Profound Frost Beast to fly fast. Her robe fluttered and her silky hair danced, painting a beautiful scenery in the spring garden.

The test in the Peach Garden was actually very simple. The flying ability of the Profound Frost Beasts was excellent, so the main test here was the speed of the cultivators in controlling their beast. Of course, they couldn’t go for speed blindly.

In the intricate flying area of ​​the Peach Garden, there were many green peaches hidden. They all grew in tricky corners or on extremely high cliffs, and the cultivators needed to direct the Profound Frost Beasts to find these green peaches.

To pick the green peaches and be lightning fast at the same time would test the tacit understanding and ability of the cultivators and their spirit beasts.

Ji Qingzhou and Bingshuang quickly left the other groups behind except  for Meng Yaolan. She lowered her body so that she could stick to Bingshuang’s broad back as much as possible.

The way she rode on the Profound Frost Beast was quite clever. The skin of Profound Frost Beasts was special, and the surface was covered with a layer of cool ice film, which was as slippery as frozen ice and snow. In the case of high-speed flight, it was all too easy for cultivators to be thrown out.

That being the case, Ji Qingzhou could not only reduce the resistance of the oncoming wind, but also allow herself to hug Bingshuang tightly and not be thrown off. Of course, the angle she positioned herself was also calculated, striking a perfect balance with Bingshuang’s body.

In fact, many cultivators missed this little detail. Riding on a Profound Frost Beast with a wide field of vision was a very powerful advantage. Who would be willing to take the initiative to lower their body to match the Profound Frost Beast?

During the flight, Ji Qingzhou, who was clumsy at first, unexpectedly left the other cultivators behind. This situation could not be explained by luck.

“How did she strike a balance so perfectly? A Profound Frost Beast is so fast that ordinary people can’t control them.”

“The way Miss Meng harnesses her Profound Frost Beast is actually similar to hers…”

“But if we must talk about balance and cooperation between man and beast, that Miss Ji is much better.”

Ji Qingzhou actually fell short, and was weaker. Moreover, she couldn’t recklessly spend magic power to cast spells to block the wind.

After she and Bingshuang flew into the right track, she also had no desire to overtake Meng Yaolan in front of her. She and Bingshuang had now come between the criss-crossing trellis, and this spot was pretty much where the green peaches were hidden.

She cast a search spell to sense the aura of the green peaches. Her magic power was limited, and there was no way for her to replenish every thread she used, so she had to save it. Every time she sensed the location of a green peach, she had to go to pick it up no matter how tricky the place was. She had no chance for trial and error.

Soon, she sensed the smell of a green peach in front of her. It was at the end of the flower rack hundreds of feet from her. There was a dead corner. She had to go through the dead corner and reach inside to get the green peach out.

The flight routes in the Peach Garden were fixed. Once you moved forward, you could no longer turn back, so Ji Qingzhou only had one chance.

Moreover, there was another problem posing in front of her. Bingshuang’s tall figure was originally an advantage, but when it came to the narrow trellis corridor, it became a disadvantage. Her broad wings nearly hit a flower tree on the side every time she flapped, startling the purple vines that twined around the trellis and causing them to fall down.

Ji Qingzhou hugged Bingshuang’s neck tightly. She gave her directions with hand gestures, her instructions concise and clear. If Bingshuang had looked down on Ji Qingzhou’s ability before and thought she was cute and funny, then it was only now that she suddenly realized that she might be a strict master after she resolutely gave her such orders.

Bingshuang didn’t treat Ji Qingzhou lightly. Her wings bent at angles in the air, turned around the sharp bend in front and flew in the direction of the green peach that Ji Qingzhou indicated.

But less than a hundred feet ahead, Meng Yaolan and her Profound Frost Beast also turned in the same direction at the same time. Her target was the same as Ji Qingzhou. It seemed that she had also detected the nearest green peach.