Chapter 386: Loss - 386
Lu Wei looked at the core formation cultivator in the number 10 spot. He was the last remaining core formation cultivators.
Since he was not too confident in beating the nascent soul realm cultivators, he decided to challenge a core formation cultivator.
Although he was only in spot number 10, there would be one more round after this one.
The core formation cultivator walked onto a stage when Lu Wei officially challenged him. At the start of the fight, he shot forward and let loose a volley of fire arrows. Lu Wei created a screen of water that blocked them, before attacking the cultivator with a water whip.
The core formation cultivator managed to dodge, but Lu Wei turned the water that had splashed onto the ground below the cultivator into ice, causing him to temporarily lose his balance.
Taking advantage of that, Lu Wei hit him with a water bullet, sending him flying out of the stage.
As Lu Wei took the number 10 spot, he was not challenged again. Soon, the round ended, and the final round began.
"This signifies the start of the final round. The cultivator in spot 1 will challenge the cultivator in spot 3. The cultivator in spot 2 will challenge the cultivator in spot 4. Spot 5 will fight spot 7, spot 6 will fight spot 8, and spot 9 and 10 will fight." The host said.
The ground below turned flat, before a single, larger stage appeared.
The nascent soul realm cultivators in spot 1 and 3 walked up to the stage.
The battles continued on, with spot 1, 2, 7, and 6 winning their battles. The final fight was between Lu Wei and a nascent soul realm cultivator from the platinum fist sect.
Lu Wei was not very confident. As soon as the battle started, his opponent jumped up and punched towards him. A platinum fist formed and shot like a bullet towards Lu Wei.
Lu Wei barely managed to dodge, only to see 3 more fists coming towards him. He put his hand in his pocket and rolled his dice as he managed to dodge the first two fists. The 3rd one hit his left shoulder and cracked the bone there.
Lu Wei clenched his teeth as the dice finally landed on a 2. At the same time, 5 fists were sent hurling towards him.
Lu Wei took a step and his figure blurred. Although only his strength had increased by 2 times, he was faster as a result.
He easily dodged the platinum fists and punched at his opponent. His opponent punched back at Lu Wei, his fist coated with platinum Qi.
It was at this time that Lu Wei regretted not focusing on more body cultivation. Although he was twice as strong as usual, his was forced to take 3 steps back.
His opponent did not let up, stepping forward and punching at Lu Wei. Although Lu Wei could roll his dice 3 times a day, each attempt took half of his Qi.
As he had been fighting and spent half of his Qi rolling his dice, he had less than half of his Qi remaining.
After barely surviving for 2 more minutes, Lu Wei was eliminated from the tournament. His only fault was perhaps not training in the right thing. It could also be blamed on his sect.
He had barely used the blue flower sects techniques the entire fight since they were lacking so much. The dead sect master had been the first soul formation cultivator in the sect's history, and she was not alive long enough to create any good techniques.
Lu Wei sullenly went and sat with his father and Zhou Fan.
"There's no need to be down. It was a good result for you to get within the top 10." The old man comforted.
"I know. I just feel that I could do better." Lu Wei said.
"You will do better in the future." The old man said before whispering into Lu Wei's ear.
"The blue flower sect cannot help you. You must seek a greater sect. Any sect should be absolutely willing to let you join them." The old man whispered.
"But could I really abandon the blue flower sect like that?" Lu Wei whispered back.
"Don't think of it like that. When you reach greater heights, you can repay them in any way. With your potential, I'm sure it won't be difficult." The old man whispered.
Zhou Fan agreed. It would benefit both Lu Wei and the blue flower sect for Lu Wei to join another sect.
If Lu Wei were to stay, he may end up resenting the blue flower sect for limiting him, but if he joined a greater sect, he would be grateful to them for helping him start his journey.
How the blue flower sect felt was another thing, but it was not something to be concerned with.
They watched the rest of the tournament, and to nobody's surprise, a cultivator from the earth mountain sect won.
The next day, Lu Wei returned with the old man and Zhou Fan to the library.
After a week, he once again returned to the blue flower sect. He had decided to wait until entering the soul formation realm to leave the blue flower sect. With his potential, it would not be very long before he did so.
Once he surpassed both the soul formation realm and the void traversing realm, he would very likely join the cosmic sect.
Zhou Fan wondered what his reaction would be when he saw the statue of the origin god. That would be an interesting day, though it was far in the future.
The peaceful and mundane life returned to the library, and before he even realized it, 10 more years had passed. At this point, even if Zhou Fan did not sense the old man's cultivation, he would know that he was a cultivator.
The old man's suspicions were also confirmed as Zhou Fan did not age.
Chapter 387: Wandering Cultivators - 387
In the middle of spring, a large caravan entered the city. Along with foreign goods and unknown items, they brought a rather big piece of news that excited the entire city.
It seemed that a traveling group of cultivators had been wandering around the world, teaching people, and they were headed towards this city.
It had to be made clear that in order for it to be said that the group was wandering around the world, it meant that they were at least void traversing cultivators, if not higher.
No void traversing cultivator had ever set foot in the city. In fact, as far as everyone knew, not even a soul formation cultivator had entered. Throughout the city's entire history, only a few nascent soul realm cultivators had entered.
The caravan said that the group of wandering cultivators would make three more stops before arriving at the city. They would arrive at the end of the spring.
Zhou Fan heard all of this from the old man. According to him, Lu Wei would also be returning to the city at that time in order to learn from the cultivators.
Time passed, and the end of spring soon came.
Every day and night, people would expectantly wait for news, until finally, a large carriage pulled by a bull entered the city. The carriage was rather ordinary with no gold or jewels adorning it. It was almost entirely wooden.
Nobody in the city even noticed that the bull pulling it was a nascent soul realm creature.
The carriage wandered around and stopped right in front of the city park. 3 ordinary looking people walked out of the carriage and walked towards a tree.
On the way, they passed by a person in the park and asked if he wanted to learn about cultivation.
A few hours later, the entire city learned of the cultivators' arrival. They sat underneath a tree and held lectures every few hours. After the lectures, they would answer any personal questions.
On the third day after their arrival, Lu Wei, the old man, and Zhou Fan left the library early in order to go and see the cultivators.
As they reached the park, they noticed that it was filled to the brim with people. All of the people were completely quiet and had sat down with their legs crossed.
Zhou Fan could tell that the 3 cultivators were buddhists at a glance, despite them having hair. It made sense now that he thought about it. Who else would go around teaching people for free.
Lu Wei, Zhou Fan, and the old man sat down at the edge of the park and listened in. Lu Wei paid the most attention, while the old man and Zhou Fan casually listened. This level of lecture could not help them that much as it was for lower level cultivators.
Although the old man could not see through the 3 cultivators' cultivations, Zhou Fan could. He was surprised. One space shattering realm cultivator, the one who was speaking, and two peak void traversing realm cultivators.
Soon, the current lecture ended. As it finished, the space shattering realm cultivator surveyed the crowd. Upon seeing Lu Wei and the old man, he spoke out.
"It seems we have some honored cultivators with us. Why don't you guys come up here." He said.
The people at the front of the group turned around. Zhou Fan saw 3 soul formation cultivators and 6 nascent soul realm cultivators.
Although nobody else could see through the old man's disguise, the space shattering cultivator could. Surprisingly, the other void traversing cultivators could not.
Lu Wei, the old man, and Zhou Fan walked past the crowd and sat near the front row. The cultivators at the front nodded and focused on asking questions.
Lu Wei, the old man, and Zhou Fan stayed silent.
Before long, the space shattering realm cultivator spoke out loud again.
"Since we have many powerful cultivators here, the next lecture will only help those at or above the nascent soul realm." He said.
Most of the people in the park got up, but around a quarter stayed anyway.
The lecture soon started, and even the old man began to focus on it. Zhou Fan was the only one not paying attention, but since he was seen as a mortal, it was not unexpected.
The lecture finished after 30 minutes, and all of the cultivators seemed to make a gain. This time, Lu Wei asked questions, while the old man stayed silent. He had only come for the sake of Lu Wei.
They stayed for a few more lectures before finally returning to the library. Lu Wei felt as if he had made a great gain, as he understood many things he had not before, and even the old man felt a bit enlightened.
The library remained closed all day and Zhou Fan sat in his room reading. From what he had heard in the lecture, everyone seemed to be over complicating cultivation.
Perhaps they were trying to help them on their path as they lacked talent, but as far as Zhou Fan knew, the only thing necessary was simply to cultivate.
Unfortunately, it seemed that others needed much more aid in the course of cultivation. This caused Zhou Fan to think a bit. He was always considering how to change cultivation, ever since he created the river of cultivation.
The lecture could be considered a way to help people understand the mortal dao, but it was also very different from that. As he had said, it was as if the cultivators were trying to alter their path in order to make it easier and faster.
Perhaps if there was another buddha, he would be able to truly help cultivators while still maintaining the original path.
Unfortunately, Zhou Fan had never seen another person like the buddha. He had even searched all of the living beings in the universe occasionally, but there was never another. Zhou Fan wondered if the buddha had a divine physique or had an innate gift.
Perhaps so, but perhaps not. Zhou Fan would just await the day that he could see through time, and maybe he would find out then.
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