Chapter 105

Chapter 105

Debate Platform, known as the arena for debating the Dao.

But it's not free to use, at least not for non-members of the Dao Sword Sect.

When non-members participate in the Debate Platform, they have to pay a fee. If they win, the deposit goes to the Dao Sword Sect as a cost for maintaining the platform; if they lose, the deposit goes to the disciples of the Dao Sword Sect as a reward.

Unfair?

Indeed, it's unfair.

This is their territory, so why should they treat an outsider fairly?

Apart from non-members of the Dao Sword Sect participating in the Debate Platform, there is another way to engage with it, and that is through challenge matches.

It is a policy implemented by the Dao Sword Sect to encourage its disciples to be brave in combat. The specific rules don't need to be explained in detail, but in simple terms, it involves lower-level practitioners challenging higher-level ones. If the challenger wins, they are rewarded, and if they achieve consecutive victories, the rewards become greater.

This is what Li Shiyin and Long Qiqi have learned in the past few days and what they are currently engaged in.

"So, you've been provoking and causing trouble here every day for the past few days, and then getting into fights everywhere, tarnishing... Dan Peak, right?!" Qin Ran said.

"It's not really provoking. Actually, only the first one was lured onto the platform by my little trick, but the rest were voluntary, either for the sake of face or reputation. It has nothing to do with us..."

As Long Qiqi spoke, she suddenly remembered something important. "Oh no, I forgot to collect the spirit stones this time! The prize money for winning eight consecutive matches! It's worth over a thousand spirit stones!"

"Collect... collect what?!" Qin Ran scolded. "Is Dan Peak so poor? Is it necessary for you to degrade yourselves like this? Are you saying that without these one thousand spirit stones, you won't be able to survive?!"

"Alright..." Long Qiqi had no choice but to put the matter aside.

"Is there nothing left at home?" Qin Ran walked up to a rice shop and asked Long Qiqi.

"We still have rice and flour, but I don't like eating them, and Shiyin doesn't like them either," Long Qiqi replied.

Qin Ran glanced at her and asked, "Then what do you like?"

"Meat!"

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"Don't mention that, we're still friends..."

"Give us two pounds of Zhishen spirit rice," Qin Ran said to the shop owner.

"Oh, it's you, fellow Daoist..." The owner smiled and greeted him.

Few cultivators indulged in worldly desires such as food, so there weren't many people buying rice, flour, and meat. Qin Ran was one of the few, and he had become familiar with the shop owner over time.

The owner asked, "Just Zhishen spirit rice?"

"What if she really is in seclusion?"

He wondered, and in the end, he didn't push it open.

If Li Shiyin was truly in seclusion, pushing the door open would disturb her. If her spiritual energy went astray or she fell into madness as a result, what would they do?

Although the possibility was small, it wasn't nonexistent. Qin Ran didn't dare to gamble.

He clenched his fist and turned away.

In fact, Li Shiyin, inside the chamber, leaned against the door. She listened to the sounds outside, her heart beating like a drum...

Qin Ran had specially set up the Star Soul Chamber so that the outside couldn't perceive what was happening inside, but it was easy to sense the external environment from within. This setting was to guard against surprise attacks during seclusion.

So Li Shiyin knew that Qin Ran was right outside.

This scene reminded her of when she was a child, when she made a mistake and hid with Li Shiwen, fearing that their father would find them.

"Master is so scary!" she murmured.

Feeling that the master had gone far away, she turned and walked to the chair indoors, picking up a manual to read.

The manual was called "Star Shadow Sword Technique," a martial art that taught how to utilize the power of stars in battle. Its style leaned towards elegance and agility, with references to shadows and spirits. It was purchased by the master and seemed to be a technique created during the Nascent Soul stage.

Li Shiyin didn't particularly like this style of sword technique, but after all, it was a high-level technique of a cultivator. It wouldn't hurt to take a look and learn a bit.

Although...

As she kept reading, she started feeling sleepy.

She didn't know how much time had passed, but Li Shiyin, holding the book, had already completely closed her eyes and nodded off while sitting on the chair.

At that moment, the master's voice suddenly came from outside:

"Shiyin, it's time to eat! Today we have braised trotters and lean meatballs. They are so delicious!!"

Time to eat?

Li Shiyin jolted awake as if she could already smell the aroma of the food. Her mouth watered, and with a slurp, she tossed the book onto the table. Before the book even landed on the table, she was already outside.

She arrived outside and glanced around. There was a square table on the grass, with four or five dishes exuding a delightful fragrance. On the other side, Long Qiqi was holding a pot of steaming hot rice above her head, walking out from the living room, and...

Standing by the table, her master looked at her with a serious expression.

"It's over!"

Li Shiyin lowered her head, feeling pitiful and helpless.