Male Inferiority and Female Supremacy in the World of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 96 - . Have the opportunity to talk by candlelight through the night
Chapter 96: 96. Have the opportunity to talk by candlelight through the night
Seeing Xia Wenqiu and Ji Congfeng drenched in sweat, Fang Zhou realized he had made a mistake.
These two Heavenly Prides are at Qi Refining Realm Perfection, even if one third of their attributes are reduced, they should be much stronger than other trialists. How could they be exhausted just from climbing a section of the Heavenly Ladder?
Their attributes must have been reduced by more than one third, likely all of it. The strength nourished by Spiritual Energy has been stripped away, reducing their bodies back to ordinary strength, which is why they’re so weary.
One third of Fang Zhou’s physical strength is enhanced by Spiritual Energy nourishment, while the remaining two thirds are augmented by the system, equivalent to his original body strength, which is why he is not suppressed by the Heavenly Ladder.
Xia Wenqiu and Ji Congfeng both looked at Fang Zhou in astonishment, wondering how this man doesn’t have a drop of sweat on him. How did he do it?
While the three of them exchanged wordless glances, inside the Heavenly Sword Sect’s Yuxu Palace, the three True Masters were also a bit stunned.
Wasn’t it said that aside from Xia and Ji, the rest are trash this year? How come there’s another one popping up, and it’s a man at that.
After all, being in charge of one lineage, they quickly realized that having another outstanding seed was good news. At least the three lineages didn’t need to fight fiercely anymore.
“This man, why not let him join your Sword Control lineage, Elder Sister?”
“Seconded!”
“Let’s wait and see, let’s wait and see.”
The three True Masters exchanged glances and burst into laughter, filling the Yuxu Palace with a cheerful atmosphere.
Yu Qing whispered to Xuan Ling, “Junior Sister, you have good judgement.”
Xuan Ling’s mouth curled up in a smile: “You flatter me, Elder Sister.”
But inside, she felt quite smug. Isn’t that obvious? Though she was also surprised by Fang Zhou’s performance.
On the Heavenly Ladder, the awkward atmosphere continued to spread.
Xia Wenqiu and Ji Congfeng stopped moving and took the opportunity to rest while also keeping an eye on Fang Zhou, which made his scalp tingle as their gazes were akin to observing some rare animal.
They had thought only each other were their competitors among these people, the rest being nothing more than chickens and dogs. Unexpectedly, another formidable rival appeared.
Finally, it was Xia Wenqiu who broke the silence. She cupped her hands towards Fang Zhou and smiled, “I am Xia Wenqiu. May I know your name?”
Fang Zhou thought for a moment, then replied, “My name is Li Yunlong.”
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“So, you are Mister Yunlong.”
Xia Wenqiu appeared to be well-mannered, her smile warm like a spring breeze: “Mister Yunlong, aren’t you tired?”
Ji Congfeng also intently watched Fang Zhou.
“Tired indeed!”
Fang Zhou lay straight down on the ground: “I’m exhausted to death, if I walk any further, I’ll pass out.”
Xia Wenqiu’s smile stiffened, while Ji Congfeng’s forehead started to throb with veins.
We have no grudge against you, why are you treating us like fools?
Who would believe you’re so exhausted you could pass out, without a single drop of sweat on your forehead?
Faced with their intense gazes, Fang Zhou shamelessly refused to get up. He was helpless, who could have foreseen this situation?
Pretending to be a trialist should be no issue, as long as he didn’t go overboard. But if he ended up taking first place in the trial and the Heavenly Sword Sect found out it was a fraud, that would be a serious problem.
This would be making a mockery of the Heavenly Sword Sect’s reputation, potentially pushing their anger to the brink.
So no matter what, he must not surpass these two Heavenly Prides.
“Ha ha ha ha!”
Inside the Yuxu Palace, True Master Xuan Jian burst out laughing: “This lad’s skin is indeed thick, quite similar to you, Elder Sister. Are you sure you don’t want to take him into your Sword Control lineage?”
True Master Yu Jian smiled genially: “Let’s wait and see, let’s wait and see.”
Yu Qing patted Xuan Ling on the shoulder to console her, saying, “Junior Sister need not be nervous, Aunt Master must be joking.”
Xuan Ling irritably slapped her hand away.
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“Mr. Yunlong, get up.”
Xia Wenqiu urged, ‘stop pretending, do you really take us for fools?’
“No way, my waist is sore, my back hurts, my legs are cramping, my head is dizzy, my eyes are blurry, and my head hurts, just leave me be and hurry up.”
Fang Zhou decided not to get up, I’m just going to lie here, no one will make me stand up again.
Powerless to do anything, Xia Wenqiu had seen men who were either gently compliant or lively and quick-witted, but had never seen such shamelessness and could only turn her head to look at Ji Congfeng.
Ji Congfeng let out a cold snort and continued walking upwards. Xia Wenqiu gave a smile and followed along.
They couldn’t possibly stay here and waste time with Fang Zhou; they would deal with this hurdle first.
As for the debt of Li Yunlong insulting their intelligence, they could settle it with him slowly afterward.
After the two Heavenly Prides had walked far away, Fang Zhou then got up and sighed towards the sky.
To avoid offending people, is it easy for me? I even had to resort to lying on the ground.
It’s all Ling Xiaoyue’s damn fault.
After waiting a bit, Fang Zhou continued walking upwards, this time slowing his pace to avoid catching up with those two again.
However, there wasn’t much left of the Heavenly Ladder, and it wasn’t long before Fang Zhou could see the end.
When he stepped onto the end of the Heavenly Ladder, he found a high platform built of giant rocks, and near the ladder there was a stone cauldron with an incense stick halfway burned.
Fang Zhou’s heart sank a bit; the incense was probably a timer, and if it finished burning before climbing the ladder, you would probably be eliminated.
The Heavenly Sword Sect didn’t clarify the standards at the beginning, merely saying to climb as high as you can, the higher the better, which gave some trialists a glimmer of hope, making them more likely to give up halfway.
Fang Zhou spared half a second worrying about Chu Yunfei and Li Yunlong, hoping they could hold on and make it up.
Atop the high platform stood two Exotic Beast statues, and next to them was a sign saying to proceed inward.
Xia Wenqiu and Ji Congfeng were standing before the two Exotic Beast statues.
Fang Zhou stepped onto the high platform and noticed that the space between the two Exotic Beast statues was slightly distorted, resembling a door.
Upon seeing Fang Zhou arrive, Xia Wenqiu greeted him with clasped hands, “Mr. Yunlong, Wenqiu once thought that only Sister Ji was worthy of attention, and that others were insignificant, but I didn’t expect there would be Mr. Yunlong, such a noble gentleman who regards false reputation as dung. It was Wenqiu who was arrogantly ignorant, please forgive me.”
Xia Wenqiu seemed to be apologizing with quite a sincere tone, but Fang Zhou had a feeling she was mocking him for pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger.
What an injustice, if I really were pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger, I would have flipped you two little girls over by now, why would I have to humbly talk to you like this.
Fang Zhou’s gaze fell on Xia Wenqiu’s upright chest and he immediately said seriously, “No, you’re so big, how can you be overly arrogant? It’s clearly too big, perhaps we can have an opportunity to talk deep into the night by candlelight.”
Xia Wenqiu frowned, Fang Zhou’s words were so disconnected that she really couldn’t understand what he meant by “too big.”
Ji Congfeng had been studying the invisible door between the two Exotic Beasts since earlier and now ignored the two, stepping straight through and disappearing instantly.
“Hehe, this trial from the Heavenly Sword Sect is truly interesting. The first two challenges are about courage and perseverance, so this third one must be about character.”
Xia Wenqiu smiled at Fang Zhou, “Mr. Yunlong, Wenqiu will go ahead first, we’ll meet again at the fourth challenge.”
With that, Xia Wenqiu also stepped through and vanished instantly.
Fang Zhou looked at the high platform, wondering if Ling Xiaoyue would come to fetch him if he waited here.
But he was genuinely curious about the next few challenges, it would be itchy not to see them for himself.
After half a second of consideration, Fang Zhou followed through as well.
