章 59: A Soaring Fairy

*Things like sexism and racism are purely for worldbuilding and to make it more realistic. Thank you for your understanding.*

"Lady Fei Mumu challenged Fairy Chu Hua?!"

"So many people have already challenged her and now it's Lady Mumu!"

"Let's head to the arena right now! We can't miss this!"

A ruckus was overwhelming the outer ring of the Freedom Alliance as disciples rushed towards the arena under the blazing sun. Hundreds of bodies could be seen moving whilst chattering loudly and wondering about the events.

"Fairy Chu Hua has already beaten all of the other fairies in the sect! She has only been here a week but is tearing up the competition!"

"I know, but this time it's Lady Mumu! I heard she is the granddaughter of Elder Lan Pi Xing! Fairy Chu Hua simply cannot win this time!"

Words like these echoed all over the streets as people could only see Chu Hua losing to Fei Mumu. After all, she had only joined the Freedom Alliance a week ago and just began her tutelage! There was no way she could win to the granddaughter of an Elder than had been nurtured ever since she awakened!

The bustling voice eventually broke away from the streets of the disciple abodes and appeared on a large elevated square arena in the middle of a huge courtyard! All of the outer ring disciples, which consisted of Stage 1 and Stage 2 cultivators, seemed to be present as there were hundreds crowding the place.

And in the middle of the arena two astounding beauties stared at each other. Though one had a deep scowl and the other had a plain smile.

"Chu Hua, you bitch! My grandfather already dotes on you and now you try to get me kicked out of his pagoda?! You have gone too far! I don't care what grandfather says, I will beat you!" The scowling beauty had flowing brown hair that had blue streaks through it, making her look exotic. Coupled with her dark skin and hazel eyes, she was a heavenly beauty.

"I have no idea what you're talking about, Mumu. It was you who came to challenge me." Chu Hua replied with a smile of subtle superiority. She looked down on this Mumu as she was but a sheltered flower that relied on her grandfather and was stealing the resources that she should be getting.

"Argh! You bitch!" Mumu screamed in frustration seeing the cool demeanour of Chu Hua. Her grandfather had come to her this morning and told her that he was having doubts about her development! He wanted her to challenge Chu Hua and win so she could stay in his pagoda!

All signs pointed to Chu Hua and her crafty manipulation. She was likely warming the bed of her grandfather and made him do this!

'Just you wait, you won't look like that when your face is bloodied!' Mumu smiled mysteriously as a shadow cast her eyes. She readied herself to tear the woman before her in half!

"Come."

Chu Hua said with a smile as she opened her arms to welcome the assault.

'Bitch!' Mumu frowned even more intensely! Who did she think she was?! They were both higher Stage 2 so how could she be so arrogant?!

Mumu didn't bother to think anymore as she burst from her spot and started to encircle Chu Hua as a rain of water bullets fell upon her figure!

However, Chu Hua just stood there and let the bullets fall onto a water shield that she had erected around herself. Her figure was shimmering through the flowing water and made her look like a beautiful nature spirit, which made the men cheer!

The bullets caused ripples on the shield but nothing more! Even as Mumu increased the firepower to a dozen bullets per second, the shield didn't budge!

'Impossible!' Mumu thought as her eyes widened! They were both of the same cultivation so she shouldn't be able to stop an attack like this with so little effort! Right?!

She didn't have time to think further, though, as Chu Hua smiled eerily before swiping her hand to the side and moving the water barrier into a wave that enlarged in Mumu's vision!

Mumu started to retreat and even moved to the side, but the wave followed her wherever she went! She released a torrent of water as thick as her waist but the wave seemed to engulf it and grow stronger!

Mumu's pupils shrank to pin-size as the whitewater from the rough waves came right before her and fell down with immense force! Her body was washed away to the other corner of the arena and she was under the thrashing waves for half a minute!

When the water finally receded, Mumu was a wet mess! Her beautiful hair was plastered to her head and her clothes hung heavily on her body. Even her makeup washed away! The women in the crowd giggled behind their hands as they laughed at her, making Mumu almost cry.

However, a figure blocked the sun. She looked up to see Chu Hua standing over her with a wide grin unbefitting her dainty character.

But what shocked Mumu was Chu Hua's Law fragments!

"P-peak Stage 2! When did you break through?!" Mumu shouted herself hoarse as she looked at the cultivation which could be said to be the peak of the outer ring. When one broke through to Stage 3, they would join the inner ring of the Freedom Alliance.

"Your grandfather gave me a helping hand." Chu Hua said with a mocking smile as she looked down at the soaking wet Mumu.

Mumu wanted to puff her cheeks and retort, however, she couldn't as a spear of water was thrust right into her thigh!

"Aaaaa!" Her pupils shrank as she screamed at the sight of her blood spurting from the wound. However, the scream abruptly stopped when she was knocked out cold from an elbow to the chin.

The crowd was silenced at the ruthlessness of Chu Hua. This was just a friendly challenge, right? After all, they were both under the same master.

Chu Hua ignored the crowd as she stepped over the wet mess that was Fei Mumu and jumped off the arena. The crowd parted for her and she walked past mesmerizingly, enchanting many young men that stood before her.

Chu Hua saw some of her male "acquaintances" in the crowd and blew them a kiss and winked, enraging all the females around her as they scowled. Some were even the dao companions of the men who Chu Hua looked at, instantly bursting into a rage and making the other males pity the sorry soul.

Chu Hua left the crowd, however, many stared after her as she walked to the inner ring of the Freedom Alliance. For normal disciples, they would be refused entry, however, Chu Hua could enter and exit at will as her master's pagoda rested in the core ring!

As she was walking through the inner ring and between houses and pagodas that were much bigger than the ones in the outer ring, Chu Hua suddenly shifted her gaze onto a young man that was walking by.

Her eyes brightened as she instantly rushed over towards him, making sure to flutter her eyelashes and accentuate her bouncing bosom as she moved.

"Senior Wei! Senior Wei!" She called out in a lovely voice that attracted the gazes of everyone around her. The Senior Wei in question turned his head and immediately smiled warmly as he saw Chu Hua bouncing over. His eyes were especially glued to her chest.

"Ah, Fairy Chu Hua. You were just on my mind." Senior Wei said with a charming voice as his eyes stared her up and down, making her blush violently.

"Stop it, Senior Wei! We are in public!" Chu Hua slapped his chest weakly as she took the opportunity to move in closer and blush even harder.

"Ow! Ow! Haha. Sorry, I just can't help it! You are so beautiful you carve yourself in my memory." Senior Wei said with the class as he made eye contact with the woman so close to his chest he could smell her loveliness.

"Mhmm~ Maybe I will carve some more tonight~" Chu Hua said erotically as she stood on her tiptoes to lick Senior Wei's earlobe. Her hands were placed gently on his chest as she stared straight into his soul after her words echoed in his mind.

"Look at you now! Do I have you use your words against you?" Senior Wei said with a laugh that said he wanted to snatch her up and take her to his abode right now, which made Chu Hua fiery.

"Awww. I'm sowwy, Senior Brother~" Chu Hua said in a childish voice as she pressed her perky breasts into Senior Wan's chest. She could feel his rod stiffen and gave it a light tickle through his robes but no more, making steam come out of his ears.

Senior Wan blushed hard as he pushed Chu Hua away and tried to stifle his awakening dragon discreetly. He laughed seeing her mischievous look and grabbed something from his pocket and threw it at her.

"Come and see me tonight, Fairy." He said this before hurrying away. That woman just tempted him so and even played on his child fetish. He couldn't resist her.

Chu Hua caught the pill from the air and looked at it.

'A profound Calming Mind pill. I really got him fired up this time! This will help me in my breakthrough to Stage 3!' Chu Hua clutched the pill tightly before stowing it away deep in her robes.

A Calming Mind pill immersed one in the cultivation mindset and increased their cultivation speed! Calming Mind was the first of three tiers of similar pills and had the weakest effect, however, it was more than enough for a Stage 2 cultivator.

Each pill that was concocted by Pill Masters generally has three tiers for increasing effectiveness. And within those tiers, there are basic, excellent and profound pills! A profound Calming Mind pill would be effective beneath Stage 4. And a basic pill of the next tier of Calming Mind would be effective beneath Stage 5! This gave each pill nine tiers of effectiveness that corresponded to cultivation Stages.

The next tier of a Calming Mind pill was a Tranquil Serenity pill and there was another tier after that! A basic Tranquil Serenity pill corresponded to Stage 4 while an excellent Tranquil Serenity pill was equivalent to Stage 5, and so on.

What Chu Hua had corresponded to Stage 3, which was more than enough for her!

Besides that, Chu Hua often had "gifts" from her Senior Brothers in the inner ring. It was one of her larger sources of income and was also a fun night for her, she thought.

Chu Hua almost instantly threw the image of Senior Wei to the back of her mind as she carried on walking with a still expression. She approached the boundary for the core ring of the Freedom Alliance, which is where the Elders and esteemed leader, Zheng Li, stayed.

There were two guards there who stood in battle robes and had steely expressions. Their cultivation was at the peak of Stage 4, however, when Chu Hua looked at them she only imagined herself even stronger in the future!

They let her pass as they had seen her leave only tens of minutes ago when Chu Hua went to deal with Fei Mumu. That good-for-nothing granddaughter of her master, Elder Lan, took most of the resources that he allowed to his disciples; under the premise that she was his granddaughter.

So, Chu Hua went and expressed her concerns to the stone-faced elder. Initially, he was unmoving, but when Chu Hua spoke on behalf of the other disciples and also mentioned Mumu's lack of talent and pill-supplemented cultivation, he began to sway.

However, he still gave Mumu one more chance and tasked her to beat Chu Hua in a battle, even though she was one minor realm higher in cultivation. In Chu Hua's eyes, this was a fair thing to do as she, more than anyone, treasured family while they were there. However, Mumu was a pretty face and nothing more.

That, as well as the fact that she got on Chu Hua's nerves, of course. The entitled child would strut around the other disciples, even the Stage 4s like she was better than them. It wasn't so much that Chu Hua hated her character or had a personal grudge. She just hated the lack of respect for strength, or better said, the lack of recognition of higher strength.

Chu Hua couldn't understand how someone would be oblivious to the road to immortality that was right before them, and truly real.

But then again... Chu Hua's eyes shifted as she thought. She was once like Fei Mumu, and it wasn't too long ago. If she wanted to speak of her moment of enlightenment, it would be when she met...him.

Even after her lovely days with Jin, and her advances in the Freedom Alliance, he always came to her in the middle of the night. His face and his words plagued her nightmares and she couldn't stop them or just throw the thoughts away. His words of "looking out for oneself" resounded with the current her more than when she heard them.

But... Chu Hua's eyes drifted away. The horrible night that led her to be taken in by Jin. The monster, the roars, the waves of power. It was still fresh in her mind and was the exact hellscape she saw at night. She had even gone so far as to take the paints and canvases in her abode and painted his image.

Amidst darkness and wavy spectres, two shining red eyes and a hulking outline in the darkness. After all, that was all she had seen of him.

Chu Hua laughed at herself for attaching so much importance to something she considered the past. That horrible night was something she sought growth from, instead of fear. But, she guessed she sought solace from the paintings she did, as horrifying as they were.

Chu Hua walked through the amazing scenery of the core ring. She walked upon a pavement that was between two great gardens that had pagodas in the distance. Since this was the home of the Elders and Alliance Leader, it was extremely spacious as well as luxurious.

And after a short while, she appeared at her master's pagoda. It was near the centre as her master, Elder Lan Pi Xing, was a strong higher Stage 5 cultivator! Considering that beneath Stage 6 was considered the peak of normal cultivators' hopes, Elder Lan could be considered to be one minor realm away from the peak.

Chu Hua entered the huge pagoda that was surrounded by a huge green. Inside was delicately furnished by relatively empty as the other disciples would be undertaking tasks of their own. Elder Lan had seven disciples in total, two of which were Stage 4. Three were Stage 3 and two were Stage 2. However, now that Mumu was cast out, that made six total disciples.

Chu Hua was the weakest disciple and wouldn't normally be taken under the Elder's wing. However, her unique circumstances led her to this opportunity that she happily capitalised on.

Chu Hua walked up the stairs and past the third floor, which is where her abode resided. She headed all the way up to the fifteenth floor, the top floor, where Elder Lan resided. She had to tell him the results of her and Mumu's duel.

Entering the top floor, it was a cosy abode with multiple rooms and furniture in the corners. There were large rugs that filled the room and made it seem full, and small tables with little board games strewn atop them.

A blue-robed man sat within a small, but comfortable-looking, chair as he seemingly dozed off. However, his eyes cracked a minute amount as he looked at Chu Hua entering.

As soon as she entered, Chu Hua knelt solemnly on the carpet with her head lowered before she was addressed. Despite what Fei Mumu thought, Chu Hua would never make advances on her master for the risk of being executed if it went the wrong way.

"Well?" The voice of Elder Lan came. From the look of his pagoda, he seemed to have given up on cultivating and was more focused on siring disciples. However, he was always cultivating instead of sleeping. It was just that he was reaching the limit of his bodily talent and his Law fragment absorption and Dao Body building were slowing.

"Fei Mumu lost, master. I tried to inflict some physical damage as you instructed. Though, I believe she won't have learned a lesson from this..." Chu Hua spoke carefully as her black hair fell on either side of her neck

"Alright. You may leave." Elder Lan's voice came, though, he didn't seem to be there.

Chu Hua nodded and left quickly, retiring to her room. There, a mass of cultivation treasures seemed to be located. It was mostly pills but also Water path treasures that could let her cultivate for a year on end without emerging.

Chu Hua took the profound Calming Mind pill as well as a profound Boundary Breaking pill.

The latter was a pill that would push the Dao Body to experience the tribulation at a faster pace! It was naturally the first tier of its type and was effective on Stage 3 cultivators, which is what Chu Hua was hoping to become!

In just a little over a week, Chu Hua broke through to peak Stage 2 and now hoped to face the second tribulation and breakthrough to Stage 3! However, it was all due to the cultivation treasures and pills that she had taken from the Freedom Alliance treasury.

However, Chu Hua didn't care that she was rushing her cultivation with pills. She wanted strength!

And so, she sat down and hoped to experience the tribulation within a week.

*3,035/3,000 words*