Chapter 28 - This World Is So Terrifying

Chapter 28 This World Is So Terrifying

She had no choice.

At the edge of Yun Luo Peak Square, Bai Lian raised her head and looked at the blue sky expressionlessly.

With her personality, if it weren’t for the sect master’s personal order, she definitely wouldn’t show her face in such a grand scene.

Reputation?

She didn’t need that at all!

If the heavens gave her a chance to choose again, she would rather be a passerby shouting “Senior Sister Bai is awesome” in the square.

That’s right.

Bai Lian heard everything the purple-robed female disciple said.

Who knew why a huge snake with a Foundation Establishment cultivation level would be exaggerated to the point it became a dragon with a Golden Core cultivation level?

There was clearly no disciple from the Immortal Du Sect nearby at that time, but this unreliable rumor was actually added in without permission.

However, it wasn’t like Bai Lian didn’t gain anything at all. This was the first time she had heard that Gong Juren wanted to challenge her.

That day, Jade Rabbit had just finished sparring with Xiao Jinse. Bai Lian brought it down the mountain to go for a stroll. Just as she was sunbathing on the lawn, Gong Juren walked over with a serious expression.

With the intention of not moving if the enemy didn’t move, Bai Lian didn’t say a word.

She looked at Gong Juren calmly for a long time. Then, this “Junior Brother Gong” sighed as if he had suffered a huge blow and left with a hunched back.

Bai Lian thought that he wanted to confess to her but didn’t have the courage.

She never expected this.

Bai Lian looked down at Jade Rabbit that was spinning around her ears like a helicopter.

She understood!

If she had chosen the second mission, (Chase away Jade Rabbit), at that time, without the terrifying aura emitted by Jade Rabbit, even if she had obtained that high-grade Dharma artifact, the Tiger Head Golden Seal, she would definitely not be Gong Juren’s match.

After all, Gong Juren’s cultivation was at the peak of the Golden Core realm. Even if Bai Lian took out all her trump cards, it was impossible for her to withstand a single move from Gong Juren.

She only had two paths to take.

One, she would accept the challenge.

“Nascent Soul” versus “Golden Core” cultivator, but the “Nascent Soul” cultivator would be insta-killed.

The other party would be disappointed.

Soon, Bai Lian would lose her reputation and become the laughing stock of the entire East God Continent. When she thought of that hopeless future, she felt guilty.

Her second choice was to chase Gong Juren away with a cold face.

According to the system reward, Gong Juren would most likely hate her because of this.

In the first place, there were people in the Immortal Du Sect who couldn’t stand her. There were already two tigers that secretly wanted to harm her, and with the promising Gong Juren, how could she live?

This world was so terrifying!

The mission with the reward of a high-grade magic weapon was already so dangerous. When she thought of the reward given by the system when it tempted her to push Xiao Jinse down, Bai Lian was almost stunned.

If Xiao Jinse became evil, wouldn’t she become a true heaven-defying Asura?!

Bai Lian couldn’t take it.

On the other hand, Xiao Jinse, who was following beside her, was excited.

“Senior Sister, Senior Sister, there are so many people in the square!”

However, Xiao Jinse’s confidence was also slightly lacking… “Senior Sister, can I really do it?”

After hearing what the rumor team said…

“Senior Sister, you’re so impressive!”

Bai Lian put on an expressionless face and said, “It’s just an empty title.”

The light in Xiao Jinse’s eyes lit up.

As expected of the perfect Senior Sister Bai!

She looked at Bai Lian’s back that wasn’t too tall and felt her heart surge.

Perhaps because she was going to attend a grand event, Senior Bai changed her clothes today. The Li Yue Daoist Robe was said to be a high-grade Dharma artifact.

Just as she heard this, Xiao Jinse was so frightened that she hurriedly moved her hand away from Bai Lian’s wide white sleeve, afraid that she would dirty her clothes.

It had to be said that Senior Sister Bai looked very good in this set of clothes. She was as beautiful as a peach in three springs, and as pure as a chrysanthemum in nine autumns. As she walked, it was as if a layer of moonlight was draped over her, reflecting the star-shaped mark at the corners of her eyes and the starlight flowing on the blue earring.

Xiao Jinse saw the lively square fall into silence after Senior Sister Bai appeared. She also saw many people’s mouths open so wide that they could stuff a quail egg in.

This was the respect Senior Sister Bai commanded!

Xiao Jinse secretly encouraged herself. She definitely couldn’t embarrass Senior Sister Bai.

“Senior Sister Bai!”

On the temporary stage on the square, a few Immortal Du Sect disciples bowed respectfully to Bai Lian.

Bai Lian nodded calmly and replied, “Go ahead and do your own things.”

She led Xiao Jinse to the viewing area assigned by Qiong Ming Peak. There were only the two of them in a large area, and it looked especially empty.

Bai Lian said to Xiao Jinse earnestly, “Junior Sister, the Newcomer Competition this year is different from the previous years…”

Perhaps this was the “setting”. In feel-good novels, there would always be some “situation” in any competition that the protagonist participated in.

“Battle of the Gods” was naturally no exception.

In two months, it would be the joint sect trial organized by the Myriad Immortal Alliance. This was a good opportunity for the various sects to show off.

Not far from the Immortal Du Sect was the Azure Sect. Its strength was about the same as the Immortal Du Sect. There was no deep hatred between the two sects, but they could not help but compare themselves to each other.

Now, the Holy Maiden of the Azure Sect had brought the new disciple of the Azure Sect to “cause trouble”!

This was the first key plot in the game, so Bai Lian remembered it very clearly. At that time, the game even specially included a CG scene with a top-down view point.

If not for Xiao Jinse’s sudden appearance, that disciple of the Azure Sect with the mutated spiritual root would have swept through the newbies of the Immortal Du Sect.

However, it was also because the Azure Sect came to cause trouble that the rewards of this competition were several times more precious than normal.

“Junior Sister, look at the clouds in the sky.” Bai Lian pointed. “The Holy Maiden of the Azure Sect and Elder Gao of the Cultivation Pavilion are watching from above.”

Xiao Jinse nodded, not fully understanding. She kept feeling the pressure on her increase.

Bai Lian saw through her junior sister’s thoughts. She smiled and said, “Believe in yourself!”

The outcome had long been decided. How could Bai Lian not be relieved?

Although the finals in the game were difficult to determine, considering that Xiao Jinse’s cultivation level was even higher than her peers in the game after her “training”, Bai Lian was very confident!

Xiao Jinse’s heart calmed down a little.

She recalled what Senior Sister Bai had said to her. “Cultivation is about the heart!”

She closed her eyes and focused.

For a moment, the fragmented conversation in the square entered her ears.

“That’s Senior Sister Bai’s junior sister? I’m so envious!”

“What’s there to be envious about? You don’t know, right? She has a low-grade fire spiritual root. If it weren’t for Senior Sister Bai pitying her, she wouldn’t be qualified to join the Immortal Du Sect at all.”

“Ah, low-grade fire spiritual root. Doesn’t that mean that it’s very difficult for her to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm?”

“Senior Sister Bai is really kind!”

“I also want to be pitied by Senior Sister Bai.”

Xiao Jinse was not affected.

Now that she had a sword in her hand, she was completely capable of not letting Senior Sister Bai down!

Clang! Her sheath moved!

…

On the cloud.

When Bai Lian raised her finger to point at the floating cloud, the Holy Maiden of the Azure Sect in a gorgeous dress immediately frowned.

What she was stepping on was not an ordinary cloud, but a top-notch Dharma artifact refined by a senior from the Azure Sect.

There were several array formations used to disguise this artifact. According to that senior, even if a Soul Formation cultivator came, if he wasn’t proficient in array formations, it would be very difficult for him to see through the illusion of this cloud.

However, Bai Lian actually easily saw through the disguise array on the cloud!

The Holy Maiden’s heart trembled.

She originally thought that she knew Bai Lian very well, but after looking at her up close, she knew…

This woman was too mysterious and unfathomable!

“Where exactly did the Immortal Du Sect find her?”

The Holy Maiden of the Azure Sect gritted her teeth. Fortunately, she wasn’t going to fight Bai Lian this time.

Clang.

Clang.

Clang.

After three rings, the Newcomer Competition officially began.