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15.16% Lady Cultivator / Chapter 54: The End

Chapter 54: The End

Editor: Caron_

On the third day, no one emerged from the Transporting Formation.

Like other disciples, Mo Tiange meditated on this mountaintop. Regarding the spiritual aura on this mountaintop, although it couldn't be compared to the spiritual aura in the North Peak of Mount Yunwu, it wasn't inferior to the spiritual aura in the South Peak. Most cultivators were racing against time in their cultivation. They naturally wouldn't waste this time idling around. Even the heads of the three groups and the other Core Formation cultivators who came to this mountain were also meditating without wasting even a second of their time.

During this period of time, Mo Tiange managed to stabilize her eighth layer Aura Refining realm. In addition to that, because she repeatedly participated in fights of magical power, her knowledge and experience in how to use her spiritual aura increased. She needed to carefully apply her skills because after all, some things had to be understood through combat; it wasn't enough to just attend sermons.

Time passed by slowly. On the fourth day, the heads of the three groups as well as the other seniors who were meditating, opened their eyes one by one.

Sect Head Li of Zixia Sect said, "Time's up."

Both Sect Head Fang of Yunwu Sect and School Head Jin of Jindao School nodded in the same dignified manner. The three of them stood up and went to three separate positions around the Transporting Formation. All of them cooperated to target the formation using their spiritual aura, blowing away the Aura Refining disciples who couldn't bear the power they emitted in the process.

One by one, messy looking disciples from the three groups appeared from the Transporting Formation. The Sect and School Heads once again worked together and suddenly, the Transporting Formation disappeared above the mountaintop.

After taking a look at these disciples, Mo Tiange found that the disciples who appeared numbered about fifty or sixty people. Most of them were Zixia Sect's disciples and none were from Jindao School. Including the four people in Senior Martial Brother Zhou's group, there were more than a dozen of them from Yunwu Sect.

Seeing this result made both Heads of Jindao School's and Yunwu Sect's expressions change. The School Head of Jindao School's expression especially darkened to the point that ink was almost dripping out of his face.

A frown also formed on Mo Tiange's face. It seemed that the strength of Zixia Sect surpassed everyone's imaginations. This place was only a corner of the eastern part of the Kunwu Mountain Range. Aside from these three competing medium-sized groups, there weren't any real huge or influential cultivation groups here. These three competing groups stood together and suppressed each other. At the same time, however, they also worked together to resist external opponents. It really wasn't a good thing if one of these groups became overly powerful because the balance would probably be broken.

Sect Head Li of Zixia Sect didn't show any emotion. He only showed a slight smile as he said, "Fellow Daoists, we should start counting the results."

School Head Jin's expression was still dark, but Sect Head Fang managed to hold his emotions back and said, "As brother Li wishes." Sect Head Fang then walked towards Yunwu Sect's disciples and shouted, "Disciples, hand over all opponents' identity tablets you managed to acquire! No cheating!"

After Sect Head Fang finished speaking, the Foundation Building cultivator who had been waiting behind him spoke up: "Line up and bring the identity tablets over! Don't cut in line!"

"Junior Martial Brother Ye, let's go." Qin Xi, sitting beside Mo Tiange, turned towards her as he spoke.

Mo Tiange nodded. She stood up and dusted off her sleeves before following the others to line up.

Sitting still on the ground were the disappointed-looking Aura Refining disciples who had been eliminated right after the competition began. Those who actually managed to seize some identity tablets weren't numerous; there were only about a hundred disciples lining up.

Soon, it was Mo Tiange's turn. A fleeting surprised expression flashed on the face of the Foundation Building cultivator who received Mo Tiange's pouch. After he finished counting her identity tablets, he took another careful look at her then recorded her result, "Ye Xiaotian, eighty-four identity tablets in total."

Mo Tiange gave her thanks and moved away.

"Qin Xi, twenty-two identity tablets in total."

Mo Tiange halted her steps for a moment when she heard this sentence. She had a complicated feeling in her heart. Qin Xi had given her more than twenty identity tablets. She might obtain the reward for being in the top three disciples, not to mention that these identity tablets themselves were also worth about 200 spirit stones. If it wasn't because she was in dire need of spirit stones, she really wouldn't have accepted Qin Xi's help. After all, a debt of gratitude was the hardest to pay.

Once she returned to her original place, Xu Jingzhi said with an extremely envious expression, "Junior Martial Brother Ye, I really never expected… This time, you definitely have a chance of being in the top three disciples." When he overheard the cultivator recording the numbers, he was completely astonished. He never expected she could get that many. Those numbers really meant a lot of money!

Qin Xi, who just joined them, said, "We won't keep Junior Martial Brother Xu in the dark. In fact, to get that reward, the two of us decided to shift those tablets to one person. By doing this, no one would have a bigger chance of getting that reward than us."

Xu Jingzhi finally understood. "I see… However, the two of you are still very skillful! You actually got more than a hundred identity tablets together!"

Mo Tiange answered, "We were able to fish in troubled waters because Senior Martial Brother Liu was there. Otherwise, if it was just the two of us, we might've been besieged and eliminated by others a long time ago."

Xu Jingzhi nodded. "You're right, Senior Martial Brother Liu's techniques are indeed very suitable to be used in fights of magical powers in Miwu Valley."

Having succeeded in diverting Xu Jingzhi's attention, the two people smiled towards each other. Surprisingly, they were incredibly well coordinated in deceiving other people.

"Right! Where's Senior Martial Brother Liu? This time, he's really made a huge profit! The reward from persisting until the end of the competition is two bottles of Aura-Converging Pills, and there are still other rewards he'll get… Alas, he can get a lot of spirit stones if he sells them later." Thinking about the luckiest Liu Yidao, Xu Jingzhi became even more envious.

Liu Yidao's hearty laughter appeared behind them. "Junior Martial Brothers, what I achieved is thanks to you guys."

The three people turned and saw Liu Yidao, looking very happy yet exhausted, walking towards them. All of them called out, "Senior Martial Brother Liu!"

Once they greeted each other, Liu Yidao turned towards Mo Tiange and Qin Xi to express his thanks. "I haven't thanked Junior Martial Brothers properly. If it wasn't because you risked your lives to take those people down, we wouldn't have won."

Mo Tiange smiled and said, "Senior Martial Brother Liu is being too serious. Back then, I really couldn't hold on much longer, so I thought I might as well take them out with me. Truthfully, I even compromised Senior Martial Brother Qin."

Qin Xi shook his head. "It was just an accident. I only wanted to help and accidentally got eliminated together with you. Junior Martial Brother Ye doesn't have to worry too much about it. Senior Martial Brother Liu also shouldn't let it become a burden on your mind."

Because they were talking about that fight, Xu Jingzhi enviously said, "You three are really inconsiderate! You can talk after you go back. Talking about this now, in front of me, aren't you trying to infuriate me?"

Liu Yidao burst out laughing and patted Xu Jingzhi's shoulder. "Junior Martial Brother Xu also made a contribution. Fortunately, the ones who met those five disciples of Jindao Sect were you and Junior Martial Brother Jiang. Otherwise, I would've been a goner."

Xu Jingzhi rolled his eyes. "Senior Martial Brother Liu, haven't you had enough trying to irritate me!?"

Liu Yidao burst into another hearty laugh. Mo Tiange couldn't help but shake her head as she smiled. I could be considered lucky, right? With this identity as Ye Xiaotian, I got to know these few friends. No matter what happens in the future, I should cherish today's situation.

After the three groups finished taking records of the identity tablets, all Sect and School Heads gathered in one place. School Head Jin of Jindao School still had the same gloomy expression while Sect Head Li of Zixia Sect had a smile on his face. As for Sect Head Fang of their Yunwu Sect, his expression wasn't as calm as before. They just finished tallying and although not many disciples of Yunwu Sect managed to persist until the end of the competition, the identity tablets they obtained were numerous. He could finally recover Yunwu Sect's dignity.

The disciples couldn't hear what the three of them were discussing, but before long, they separated and went to call their respective disciples. All of them took their disciples onto their flying magic weapons and left the mountain.

Several hours later, when they finally arrived at Yunwu Sect's sect square, the Sect Head announced, "Disciples, the performance of my Yunwu Sect in Miwu Valley's competition this time was quite satisfactory! However, you absolutely cannot be complacent. Just so you know, we're still far behind Zixia Sect. We have to continue to put in our maximum efforts! Alright, the Miwu Valley's competition is over. Now, I'm going to announce the names of the victorious and the top three disciples."

Reading the names reported by the Foundation Building disciples, Sect Head Fang frowned but didn't say anything. He loudly announced, "Now I'm going to call out the names of the thirteen victorious disciples: Zhou Jinan, Liu Yidao, Li Rongsheng, Murong Zi, Wang Qianyi, Shen Bing… The three disciples who obtained the most identity tablets: Zhou Jinan, ninety-two tablets; Ye Xiaotian, eighty-four tablets; Li Rongsheng, seventy-six tablets. I hope other disciples can follow their example and cultivate diligently to strengthen my Yunwu Sect! That's all. You've suffered these past three days, so go back and rest. The rewards from obtaining identity tablets will be given out tomorrow. As for the victorious and top three disciples, you may go to the steward's hall to collect your rewards."

Having obtained the result she wanted, Mo Tiange finally heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she accepted Qin Xi's identity tablets, otherwise, she wouldn't have gotten this reward. She immediately notified Qin Xi and Xu Jingzhi and went with Liu Yidao towards the steward's hall.

Liu Yidao patted her shoulder and said with a smile, "You and Junior Martial Brother Qin are really smart! This reward isn't too different from the reward for winning."

Liu Yidao was a full head taller than her. He was very strong, so these pats of his made Mo Tiange grimace in pain. "Senior Martial Brother Liu, this junior martial brother of yours is weak and thin; please don't use too much strength."

Liu Yidao promptly kept his hands to himself when he saw her expression. He asked in utter confusion, "Junior Martial Brother Ye… you seem to be around eighteen years old. Why are you so small like this? Even your waist is small, just like a girl's…"

Mo Tiange hastily said, "I can't do anything about my small stature! Maybe I'll still grow tall in the future!" Small waist? Fine! When I go back, I'll wrap it a few more times to thicken it…


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Chapter 55: There Isn't Much Time

Editor: Caron_

Having received their rewards in the steward's hall, Mo Tiange and Liu Yidao went back to their residence, chatting and laughing along the way.

Senior Martial Brother Zhou returned ahead of them and was currently attending to the spiritual plants, which had been neglected for several days, growing beside his house. When he saw them, he smiled and nodded towards them.

Senior Martial Brother Zhou's name was Zhou Jinan. He ranked first in this time's competition and thus obtained two kinds of rewards, causing everyone to be extremely envious of him. Because they had traveled together in Miwu Valley, albeit only for a short while, his attitude towards them was different from how it was in the past.

After hastily returning his greetings, Mo Tiange and Liu Yidao returned to their house.

Qin Xi and Xu Jingzhi had been waiting for them in the sitting room. As for Jiang Shanghang, they could already sense his breath in his room. Presumably, he had already returned and was cultivating. Although losing must've been a very heavy blow for him, they weren't close with him and really had nothing much to say to him.

The four of them split up after chatting for a while. Seeing that everyone had returned to their respective rooms, Mo Tiange hesitated for a moment but still decided to knock on the door of the room beside hers.

The door opened and Qin Xi appeared behind it. "Junior Martial Brother Ye, can I help you?"

Mo Tiange raised her eyebrows to see him holding onto the door. "Senior Martial Brother Qin, you're not going to ask me to come in?"

Qin Xi gave a faint smile. He moved aside and turned around to walk back into his room.

This room… was different from everyone else's. She hadn't seen Jiang Shanghang's room, but she'd seen Liu Yidao's and Xu Jingzhi's. Xu Jingzhi's room was similar to hers—the bedding and praying mats were provided by the sect while things like teacups and pots were taken from their own homes. Liu Yidao, on the other hand, didn't add too many things to his room. There was nothing else aside from things required for cultivating in his room.

This room really wasn't the same as theirs. The praying mat wasn't the one provided by the sect and she could sense that it wasn't just any ordinary object. There was a green jade tea set that contained pure translucent spiritual aura on the table; it was clearly another extraordinary thing. In addition to this, a furnace was in the middle of the room. Apparently, it was a furnace used to concoct medicinal pills. Equipment to lay a formation was also spread all over the room. Praying mat, tea set, concoction furnace, formations—these kinds of things were the additions to this room and not one of them was ordinary!

Even though she didn't understand the three other objects, she had some knowledge about the formation laid in this room. This was a fusion formation; an amalgam of defending, spiritual aura gathering, restriction of divine sense, and blocking spiritual aura from leaking. Inside this formation, the density of spiritual aura was comparable to the density of spiritual aura in the North Peak!

Mo Tiange thought about the formation. With her and Second Uncle's skills in formation-building, they definitely couldn't make this kind of formation. This formation must've been created by a cultivator in the Core Formation realm or higher and was put on the market. Its worth was definitely more than several thousand spirit stones.

She turned around and saw that Qin Xi was staring at her with a faint smile on his face. Realizing that she had forgotten herself, she directly said, "Senior Martial Brother Qin, since I received the reward, we should divide it up now."

Once she finished speaking, she took out a pouch from her Qiankun Bag and said, "There are 700 spirit stones here. 200 of them were obtained from the identity tablets you gave me before. As for the other rewards, I'm in dire need of Aura-Converging Pills and since Senior Martial Brother's cultivation level has reached the tenth layer, I presume you don't really need them. Therefore, I think you can have the spirit stones and I'll take the Aura-Converging Pills."

Qin Xi only swept a quick glance over her before answering: "Since I said I was going to compensate you, I won't fight with you for the rewards now. Just keep them for yourself."

"Although Senior Martial Brother doesn't want them, I still think it's better for us to divide them fairly. After all, I also didn't want to be too conspicuous and chose to get out of the competition early; it wasn't entirely because of you."

After muttering to himself for a while, Qin Xi took the pouch and grasped a handful of spirit stones from it before throwing the pouch back at her.

Mo Tiange was bewildered. "This…"

"I've taken about 200 spirit stones. Just treat it like you've returned my identity tablets. As for the rest of the rewards, you received those items because you took some risk—I don't want them. Besides, do I look like I'm lacking in spirit stones?"

This… Mo Tiange could only show a bitter smile. Based on the things in this room, this Senior Martial Brother Qin presumably didn't care about several hundred spirit stones. Hence, she had no choice but to say, "Alright, today I'll accept Senior Martial Brother's kindness."

Qin Xi nodded then asked her another question, "Junior Martial Brother, is there another problem?"

"No…" Mo Tiange froze for an instant then helplessly said, "This being the case, I'll take my leave first."

Qin Xi showed another faint smile, obviously very satisfied over her tactfulness. "As you wish, Junior Martial Brother Ye."

He said as you wish, but in fact, he was ushering me to go, right? Mo Tiange's helplessness increased, but since she also didn't want to stay any longer, she obeyed his wishes and left.

Upon returning to her own room, she cleaned herself then lay on the bed, lost in her own thoughts.

This time, her harvest was considerably abundant. 1,000 spirit stones and a bottle of Aura-Converging Pills. Including the one bottle of Aura-Converging Pills she already had, they would be sufficient for her not to worry about spirit stones for two years. She could concentrate fully on cultivating until she reached the tenth layer of the Aura Refining realm.

Nevertheless, when she thought about Qin Xi, she couldn't help but feel perplexed. Truth be told, she just said a few things to try to probe him, not to find out about his secret, yet this person seemed like he was completely unafraid of her knowing that he had a hidden goal. It was as if he was certain she wouldn't tell others what she knew. She wondered why he was so certain about her.

As she pondered the matter, she suddenly got goosebumps. Could he perhaps have found out about her secret and was so certain she wouldn't leak things about him? In retrospect, the way this Senior Martial Brother Qin treated her was indeed slightly different from how he treated other people, yet she couldn't tell what the difference was.

After thinking for a long time and still being unable to understand the reason, she finally shook her head and decided to sleep. Tomorrow, she'd go down the mountain and ask her Second Uncle. Second Uncle had a lot of experience—he definitely could tell her what to do.

She fell asleep soon after she closed her eyes, but her sleep was filled with dreams. First, she dreamed about her childhood. Her mother was still healthy and was cooking in the kitchen while she herself was still about three or four years old, sitting on a small wooden bench watching her mother. She also dreamed about Li Yushan. When she was a child, she didn't know what a Human Furnace was, but now she knew and it made her even more frightened. She then dreamed about Ye Jingwen, she and Second Uncle were taken to Xuanqing School and were treated arbitrarily. After that, she dreamed about Yunwu Sect. Her secret was discovered and she was in the main temple, kneeling before the Sect Head awaiting her punishment.

Mo Tiange woke up drenched with sweat and felt very tired. She patted her forehead. It seemed that she was really scared yesterday. Now that she was awake, she stepped out of her room to fetch some water to clean herself and prepared to go down the mountain.

After going to the sect's shop to pick up the spirit stones she gained from selling the formations at the shop and buying some healing medicinal pills, she went to the little courtyard where she lived with Second Uncle before.

Having opened the formation covering the courtyard, she walked inside. Nevertheless, she didn't have the chance to knock on the door because she already heard her Second Uncle's voice. "Xiaotian?"

Mo Tiange opened the door. "Second Uncle, it's me."

A smile appeared on Ye Jiang's aging face, but Mo Tiange was quite stunned. Having not seen him for a month, the tiredness on Second Uncle's face was even more apparent; his complexion looked dull and old. He unexpectedly got a lot older in just a month! She realized that during her ignorance, Second Uncle actually turned out like this. With Second Uncle's cultivation level, although he had no hopes of reaching the Core Formation realm, he could still look for a little cultivation group where he could peacefully spend his remaining years. However, for the past eight years, Second Uncle had been taking her all over the place to avoid Xuanqing School and racking his brain to earn some spirit stones to the point of being injured.

"Second Uncle…" Tears welled up in her eyes as she whispered, "Did your wounds worsen? Why didn't you tell me?"

Ye Jiang stared at her and showed a faint smile. "Xiaotian… Tiange, I think my lifespan is running out… Even though as cultivators our lifespans are longer than mortals, we still have to face death at the end. You don't need to be sad—this day was always going to come."

"But…"

Ye Jiang waved his hand to stop her. "I can sense that I have two more years at most. Even if my wounds are healed, this won't change. Nowadays, your cultivation level has reached the eighth layer of the Aura Refining realm. I hope I can see you advancing into the Foundation Building realm before I die. At that time, even if I am to die, I'll die smiling."

Tears had been involuntarily falling from Mo Tiange's eyes, but after hearing this comment, she hastily wiped them away. She took out her Qiankun Bag, poured all the spirit stones and medicinal pills out, smiled at Ye Jiang and said, "Second Uncle, take a look! I defeated a lot of people in Miwu Valley and got these as a reward. They'll be sufficient for me to cultivate until the tenth layer."

Ye Jiang smiled. "Second Uncle always believed you could do it. Rest assured, Second Uncle will persist until the last moment, so you have to cultivate diligently, understand!?"

Although Mo Tiange nodded, her heart was aching. She knew this inevitable day would come. Ever since Second Uncle got injured, he always reminded her that his lifespan was limited. Cultivators naturally had to be stoic when it came to life and death. While Mo Tiange's heart understood this, she still couldn't help but feel sorrowful.

When she was ten years old, her mother abandoned her and now, it was Second Uncle who would do the same. The most important people in her life always left her behind.

"That will do. Let's talk about your trip in Miwu Valley. Second Uncle might be able to give you a few pointers."

Once she calmed down, Mo Tiange recounted everything that happened in Miwu Valley and finally mentioned Qin Xi.

Ye Jiang was silent for a long time before saying, "This person's origin definitely isn't ordinary. From what you told me, his experience in fights of magical power is abundant and he possesses an ample amount of valuable objects… Indeed, he doesn't resemble an Aura Refining cultivator. Unless he isn't really an individual cultivator, he might either have high-level cultivators as elders or he has gone through some adventures and obtained a lot. You don't need to be too worried about him. From his previous deeds, he obviously doesn't have any malicious intentions towards you. Decreasing your interactions with him in the future will suffice."

Mo Tiange felt slightly relieved. "I know, I shouldn't pay too much attention to what he does and I just need to treat him like I did before."

"Correct! Now you should go back and continue your cultivation; Second Uncle doesn't have much time and has to make the most of it."

Mo Tiange was silent, yet in the end, she listened to him. "I know, Second Uncle."


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