As soon as the two female disciples stepped onto the fighting platform, an elder arrived and introduced them.
"On the right side, we have Zhang Mei from the Dual Cultivation department," announced the elder. Zhang Mei smiled gracefully at the crowd.
"And on the left side, we have Min Lin from the non-Dual Cultivation department," the elder continued, sparking a lively discussion among the girls.
"Hmm, I didn’t expect the first match to be between the Dual Cultivation and non-Dual Cultivation departments," Xue Jiaxin remarked with a hint of surprise as she observed the two contestants.
"Girls, who do you think will win?" Tang Jingling asked.
"Even though I hate to admit it, it should be the non-Dual Cultivation department. They have more combat experience, and I’m sure this match will be quite easy for that girl," Ren Xi commented while glancing at Min Lin.
"Huh? Do you know something about this girl?" Xue Jiaxin asked, frowning.
"First, her cultivation is at the Peak Core Formation Realm. Moreover, don’t you find her surname, ’Min,’ familiar?" Ren Xi replied. Her words caused the others’ eyes to widen in realization.
"Heavens! Is she from the Min Clan in the imperial capital, one of the top eight families of the Black Bamboo Kingdom?" Lin Xue exclaimed.
"If that’s the case, and she indeed belongs to that family, she will win easily," Xue Jiaxin concluded. However, in the next moment, her eyes bulged out in shock.
"What?!" they all exclaimed.
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"Hmm, I feel something is off. Could it be...?" Min Li was suspicious. She was at the Peak Core Formation Realm, and her opponent appeared to be at the Foundation Realm. However, her opponent showed no signs of nervousness, which only heightened Min Li’s unease.
Suddenly, her eyes constricted as she saw her opponent abruptly appear in front of her, aiming a punch at her face. Min Li blocked it just in time, taking a few steps back. She reevaluated her opponent’s cultivation and was shocked to sense that it was now at the Peak Core Formation Realm—equal to her own.
"Hmm, I don’t know about Min Li, but the other girl... I know her. She had Foundation Realm cultivation, along with a few others," she said.
"What? Impossible! How did her cultivation increase so much?" said the other female urgently.
"I heard they dual-cultivated with a disciple named Wang Ming, and many of their cultivations have reached the Core Formation Realm. I was outside the sect on a mission and learned that he cultivated with almost every single female of the Outer Sect," said the female, also having trouble believing it. When she heard about it, she wanted to go, but found out Wang Ming was outside.
"Seriously???" the other female disciples asked, to which she nodded. Deciding it was true, she thought that if it was, she would also go to cultivate with Wang Ming. She had just returned from closed cultivation and didn’t expect so much to have happened while she was in seclusion.
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Finally, after a few more minutes had passed, Min Li narrowly achieved victory over her opponent.
The girls watching from the stands were silent the entire time of the fight, their eyes bulging in disbelief.
"Xue Jiaxin, didn’t you say Min Li would win easily?" Lin Xue said.
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"This..." Xue Jiaxin was left speechless.
"Why does it seem like she was about to lose?" Tang Jingling asked.
"This..." Again, Xue Jiaxin could not find any words to reply. She felt that after meeting Wang Ming, she had been left shocked and speechless more times than in her entire life.
"I guess the male disciples were speaking the truth, huh?" Lin Xue said.
"Let’s not be hasty; there are more matches left, but I’m starting to believe," Ren Xi said.