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Chapter XIII The First Emergence of the Sharp Edge

Dawn had come, and the sky had not yet turned white. The hidden spirit had already awoken. It wasn't clear if it was worried or afraid of the upcoming Martial Meeting, but it was completely awake at this moment anyway.

He thought that he would be appearing on stage in the morning, so he could not lose too much face. Thus, he held his sword and came to the Heart-Cleansing Stream, prepared to practice his sword technique once more.

It hadn't been half an hour since he started practicing the sword, but at some point, a disciple dressed in plain clothes had appeared behind Hidden Spirit, curiously sizing him up. Concealed Spirits were not very confident in their own swordsmanship. Being stared at by this disciple made them feel even more uncomfortable, and their swordsmanship became even more chaotic.

The spirit stopped the sword in his hand, cupped his fists, and said, "I am the fifth most mysterious spirit. Looking at your attire, I believe you must be a Senior Brother from the Tai Hua Altar."

The disciple pursed his lips into a smile and said, "You don't look that young anymore. Why do you have to call people 'senior brother' when they see you? Do you have to act so young and tender in front of them?"

His words made her feel truly embarrassed. She raised her head to look at this disciple. He was slightly thin, with fair skin, delicate features, and an imposing heroic air. His graceful actions gave him a somewhat noble air.

Hidden Spirit hurriedly explained, "Your Excellency doesn't know. In Taixuan, I am considered young. Usually, Senior Martial Brother is used to calling me Senior Martial Brother, so …"

"Oh, so you're the fifth Hidden Spirit. I've long since heard of it. It should be your turn to go on stage today, right?"

"Yes, that's why I got up early to study, hoping to help Senior Martial Brother and Senior Martial Sister obtain a good ranking."

The silver-haired disciple exclaimed in surprise, "It's already so late, why are you still thinking about others? How awe-inspiring was the Mighty Elephant Stomp at Qing Qiu Mountain? It's always been the Braveheart's Martial Meet. Is there a need for you to help others earn placings?"

"Even so, my cultivation is still shallow, so there's no hope. I might as well prepare the ground for them."

The disciple said anxiously, "How do you know you have no hope? I actually think very highly of you." I heard that there will always be an extremely cold aura in your body. If you can borrow the water qilin's spirit energy to clash with it, it might be able to force the cold aura out of your body! "

When the hidden spirit thought of the pain it had suffered from all these years of cold energy, it sighed, "Even my Master's Origin Swallowing Pill was unable to cure the cold energy in my body, so the water qilin has no hope."

The disciple laughed, "The Blood Light Pearl is much more powerful than the Origin Swallowing Pill. Even the Blood Light Pearl has no effect. Do you still want to rely on the Origin Swallowing Pill?"

The spirit was shocked and thought, "How did he know I used the Blood Light Pearl?" He wanted to ask more about it. But before he could ask, the disciple said, "Alright, it's getting late. I'll be troubling you with your swordsmanship. It looks like you have a good character. You're a talented person."

As he spoke, he quickly left. Then, he turned around and instructed, "That Aquatic Qilin is extremely ferocious. Don't fight it head on. Protecting yourself is more important."

Unknowingly, the time for the Martial Competition had come. Hidden Spirit had arrived at the plaza. Zhao Yuyan and the others had already lined up in a row, waiting for the announcement of their arrival.

Yin Baoyun walked over, a trace of worry flashed across his eyes. He whispered to the hidden spirit, "Be more alert during the Martial Meeting. If you can't beat it, then retreat. Don't hurt your body anymore." Back then when he had decided to participate in the Martial Competition, he had been extremely fond of Su Chen and had chosen him. However, during the Martial Competition, Su Chen had been very worried about Su Li's safety.

The spirit nodded and walked into the third formation. Zhao Yu whispered, "Junior Brother, Senior Brother and I will protect you in a while. Don't worry!"

A warm feeling welled up in her heart. Once again, she felt that she was being cared for and protected by others. This was a friendship that was at the same time more like brotherhood.

Not far away, the hidden spirit once again met the gaze of the silver-haired disciple. They smiled at each other, as if they had been friends for many years.

The time for the Martial Competition had come. The seven of them lightly stepped on the deep waters and began to spread out. However, the lake was abnormally calm, and the Aquatic Qilin did not welcome the battle as it had done two days ago. Everyone was curious and tried to guess when the water qilin would appear.

Unexpectedly, there was a "boom" sound, and that ferocious beast instantly burst out from the abyss without any warning. The seven people's forces had been broken and scattered, and without waiting for everyone to stabilize themselves, the dragon whiskers had already flown over, agilely moving and agilely dodging, but the hidden spirit and Li Bin's movement were a bit slow, so they could only use their swords to block.

With a loud crash, the swords of the two were broken by the dragon whiskers and their bodies were sent flying. The hidden spirit was protected by Zhao Yu's palm strike. Li Bin was hit in the chest and vomited blood as he fell onto the plaza.

There were only six people left at the bottom of the abyss.

The Aquatic Qilin continued waving its dragon whiskers and opened its bloody mouth. Suddenly, countless sharp icicles shot out from its mouth, as if the entire sky had been covered by them. The six people slashed and slashed with their swords, the icicles flying in all directions. Without waiting for everyone to catch their breath, the water qilin let out a loud roar, waved its dragon head and dove down. A deafening loud sound thundered through the air. The spectators on the square were all horrified. In the three days of the Beastslayer Martial Arts Competition, it had never been so intense and so breathtaking. The scene was breathtakingly magnificent.

In just a few moments, Ke Yunhao and Sun Wuquan were injured by the icicles and defeated.

Only the fifth Hidden Spirit, Zhao Yuyi, Kong Zhili, and the four from Qin Yue City remained on the deep sea surface. The worried expression on Yin Bao Scroll's face, who was sitting upright, finally relaxed.

The spectating disciples didn't have time to discuss this, because no one wanted to miss out on this magnificent Martial Meeting.

At this moment, Zhao Yu flew out, thrusting his sword towards the water qilin's throat. Everyone was astonished. These few days, the disciples of the Martial Competition had always been mainly defensive and never took the initiative to attack, fearing that they might anger the fierce beasts.

At the same time, the remaining three people hacked towards the dragon whiskers. As it turned out, the four of them were just cooperating together. They wanted to let the water qilin face the enemy on both sides, so there was no time for them to spare. This move worked. The Aquatic Qilin only cared about facing Zhao Yuyi, and the three of them chopped down at the dragon whiskers.

When the broken sword of the hidden spirit was stabbed into the dragon's whisker, he could only feel his hand stiffen as the cold Qi approached his head.

The Aquatic Kirin Dragon Whisker had been chopped into two. It was extremely furious, and the other dragon whisker quickly rushed over, sweeping past Kong Zhiyi and Qin Yue City with a force that could topple mountains and overturn the seas. The two were flung several hundred feet away and could not move at all.

Suddenly, a ball of ice shot out of the water qilin's mouth and struck Zhao Yu. That momentum was almost enough to smash Zhao Yu into smithereens. Zhao Yuyan gathered all the energy in his body to block the attack, but the ball seemed to have a lot of energy. Zhao Yu was sent flying and fell to the ground, both his body and sword were drenched in blood.

Seeing that both Senior Brothers and Senior Sister were heavily injured, and recalling the care and care of Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters over the past few days, anger rose in his heart. With courage unknown, he once again chopped at the injured Dragon Tooth with his broken sword.

The dragon whisker chopped down once more, and with a flash of green light, the dragon whisker and the hidden spirit fell into the depths of the abyss.

The water qilin's entire body slowly sank into the abyss. Everyone panicked and lost their voices. When they looked at the surface of the abyss, there was no one there. They all held their breaths. He could only see the figure of the hidden spirit being thrown high up into the air. The hidden spirit only felt pain all over its body, the blood and Qi in its body violently vibrated everywhere in its meridians, as if it was about to burst out from its body. It was extremely painful.

Yin Mo Chen leaped high into the air and steadily caught the body of the uncontrollable spirit and slowly landed on the plaza. Moments later, the originally noisy plaza turned silent. The scorching sunlight above the plaza turned black, and the clouds in the sky suddenly began to churn endlessly as the entire Green Hill Village turned into a scene of slaughter.

Suddenly, thunderous applause sounded from the crowd.

However, Yin Tianming seemed to be deep in thought, and his face was covered in dark clouds.

At this point, the Beastslayer Martial Meeting in the Qing Qiu Mountain had finished. Because most of the participants were injured and needed to temporarily rest, after discussion, the seventeen evaluators would announce the final winner of the Martial Competition after all the participants had recovered.

In fact, after watching the fight, the disciples could roughly guess who would win. However, the performance of the fifth Hidden Spirit surprised everyone. His cultivation was originally the lowest among the twenty-one contestants, but from the third battle, his performance didn't lose out in the slightest. Even though he had the protection of Zhao Yuyi and Kong Zhili, he managed to persevere to the very end and cut through the dragon whiskers. This was something that none of the other twenty had done.

Several days after the Martial Meeting ended, the disciples of the 12 Altar and 4 cities gradually left. Before Mu Rong Kongming left, he had also come to say goodbye to Yin Bao Yun.

"Elder, I have been troubling you for the past few days. Thank you for your kind treatment." Mu Rong Kongming cupped his hands in a salute.

Yin Mo Chen said in a clear voice, "City Lord Murong, there's no need to be so polite. We were originally family, and we didn't want to disturb you. It's just that we're too simple and crude. After all, we're not as prosperous as Jade Wall City, and we've wronged the City Lord."

Although the "Jade Wall Annihilation" Heavenly Calamity had only happened eighteen years ago, and the painful blow from that year had left Mu Rong Kongming unable to recover, in the end, he was still able to pull himself together and lead the survivors to rebuild Jade Wall City. Ten years of the winter and summer festivals had passed in the blink of an eye, and now, the newly built Jade Wall City had regained its former glory, overflowing with splendor and prosperity.

Mu Rong Kong Ming, who had experienced such hardships, was calm, collected, determined, and determined. He was even more indestructible.

Mu Rong Kongming said with a face full of smiles, "They are all solemn and serene, ethereal and lofty, a holy land of the mortal world. It makes one's mind at ease. How can the noise of Jade Wall City be comparable?!"

Yin Bao Yun shook his hand and said, "City Lord is modest. If that's the case, then I won't ask you to stay. I believe that the city is very busy and big or small matters cannot be avoided by you."

Mu Rong Kongming cupped his hands together and said, "Thank you elder. This is the wedding day for my daughter, Lin Lang. I hope that elder will show me some appreciation when I get there."

Yin Bao Yun laughed, "Oh, Linlang is already so big. I, Taixuan, will definitely congratulate you on such a major event!"

As he watched Mu Rong Kongming's powerful steps gradually grow further away, Yin Bao Yun was filled with emotions. Back then, when he suffered the "extermination of the jade wall", Mu Rong Kongming was on the verge of collapse.

The sound of disciples practicing their sword skills faintly came from outside the window. The fifth hidden spirit slowly opened his eyes. This was the first time he had woken up since he had fainted during the Martial Competition.

"Master, I …" The hidden spirit's voice was weak as it struggled to get up.

Yin Bao Yun lightly pressed down on his shoulder and said softly, "You're finally awake. Don't be in such a hurry to get up. Are you feeling better?" The concern in his heart was palpable.

The spirit gradually regained its strength and nodded.

Amongst those that participated in the Martial Meeting, the hidden cultivation of the spirit was the lowest. Naturally, it took the longest time for them to recover. After another four days, the hidden spirit gradually recovered. It then came to the Dark Profound and bowed to Yin Bao Scroll.

Yin Baoyun's expression was solemn as he said, "Has the cold energy in my body flared up in the past few days?"

The moment he said this, the hidden spirit also felt surprised. Surprised, it said, "Master, I really haven't had any attacks during this period of time. I only feel that my body is more full and more at ease than before."

Yin Bao Yun stood up and said sternly, "It seems like this is all thanks to the Blood Light Pearl. You're quite daring, to actually dare to go against the rules of the sect and cultivate a foreign technique!"

It turned out that Wu Dang's extraordinary performance had aroused Yan Baoyun's suspicions. While he had been unconscious, Yan Baoguo had discovered the Blood Light Bead on his body.

The spirit panicked and knelt on the ground with a thump. It hurriedly explained, "Master is mistaken. I don't have the power to cultivate a foreign world. That Blood Light Pearl was also bestowed by a senior expert."

Yin Bao Yun felt a bit surprised, and asked: "What expert? Is there anyone else in the Primal Chaos Realm? "

Seeing that he was unable to hide the matter from Yin Bao Scroll, he decided to reveal the matter of the Blood Radiance Pearl that day.

After hearing his description, Yin Bao Scroll thought for a while before muttering: "This Servant Mo Zun is really kind, he even ran off to the Supreme Xuan to give me treasures!"

He looked at the hidden spirit and thought, "You can't blame the hidden spirit." He didn't know Servant Qi's identity, nor did he know what this Blood Light Pearl was.

Yin Bao Scroll said, "Stand up, do you know that the one who gave the Blood Light Pearl to you is Servant Mo Zun? That Blood Light Pearl is one of the top medicinal pills in the demon realm and its power is unparalleled.

Yin Bao rolled up his eyes and said, "Recently, I have been healing your wounds. I discovered that the cold energy in your body has weakened a lot, and the meridians and blood vessels in your body have become a lot more stable than before."

The spirit was secretly grateful, and his eyes were a little blurry. He did not expect that during the days he was unconscious, it was his Master who did not hesitate to channel inner energy to help him recover.

Looking at the hidden spirit and thinking back to the strange life that had befallen the hidden spirit and the pain that his parents had suffered over the years, he could not help but feel pity for them. He paused and said in a clear voice, "Our Supreme Mystery is a righteous clan of the mortal world, and it is forbidden for us to go against the laws of the foreign world. If there are any more offenses in the future, it will be reborn! "

Before he even had the chance to enjoy the joy of obtaining victory in the Martial Competition, he was already being punished. However, he had not thanked Senior Martial Sister Zhao, Senior Martial Brother Kong, and the others for protecting him during the Martial Meeting, nor did he have the time to congratulate Senior Martial Brother Ning on his victory.

After hearing about the matter of seclusion and contemplation, Kong Zhili said in a loud voice, "Like I said, normally, hidden spirits have the lowest cultivation base. How could they perform so well on that day? They actually have the help of the demon realm."

Zhou Hanle wasn't able to participate. He also added in a sour tone: "That's right! If I had the help of that Blood Light Pearl, I could perform even better!"

When Zhao Yu saw everyone gloating, he said angrily, "The Spirit of Concealment is weak, and the Blood Light Pearl is not his intent. How can you say that about him?"

"That's right, Little Brother Ghost was punished right after he recovered, and I don't know how sad he feels." Besides, he was in seclusion, so we can't go visit him. "

Yu Duyan continued: "There was a martial law on the Heart Washing Stream yesterday. It must have been hard on you, junior brother Hidden Spirit for the past three months."