Song Cha: “……”
Looking at the disheartened Shao Yumiao, Song Cha didn’t quite know what to say.
This Shao Yumiao, her character setting, has collapsed!
In the original plot, Shao Yumiao was a cold and aloof sword cultivator who loved nothing more than to fight. She would resolve everything through battle.
Even after she got together with Long Aotian, it was only because she saw him as her only worthy opponent and looked at him differently.
Even when reading the book, Song Cha never felt that Shao Yumiao had any love for Long Aotian. She completely ignored the fact that Long Aotian had taken new concubines. The only thing she sought from Long Aotian was battle.
But looking at Shao Yumiao now, she seemed unable to accept not being liked. This state of hers never appeared in the original plot, right?
“Beautiful sister, I didn’t expect you to be so amazing.” Song Cha’s eyes sparkled as she looked at Shao Yumiao: “I didn’t speak just now because I was stunned. Beautiful sister, I admire people with strong fighting abilities the most!”
“Um.” Hearing Song Cha’s words, Shao Yumiao’s gloominess disappeared significantly, “Then, Cha Cha, do you like me?”
“Of course, I do.” Song Cha said without hesitation: “Beautiful sister, you are my best friend!”
“Cha Cha is also my best friend.” Shao Yumiao’s gloominess had completely vanished.
Shao Yumiao’s original gloominess and coldness had completely disappeared, and she became unbelievably gentle.
Seeing Shao Yumiao like this, Song Cha felt secretly happy in her heart.
Shao Yumiao actually cared about her so much.
The Shao Yumiao in the original plot, who only cared about fighting, actually cared about her so much.
Song Cha leaned towards Shao Yumiao: “Beautiful sister, you are so good to me.”
“Being good to Cha Cha is what I should do.” Shao Yumiao said.
The people around: “……”
Seeing Song Cha approach the cold Shao Yumiao, the people around originally thought Song Cha might get frozen by Shao Yumiao’s coldness. When they saw Song Cha walking up to Shao Yumiao and starting a conversation, even more people thought Song Cha might be completely ignored.
To their utter surprise, what they had imagined was completely off the mark.
Shao Yumiao’s treatment towards Song Cha couldn’t be better, even expressing fear that Song Cha might be afraid of her.
Being known as the Asura Sword Cultivator, cold and ruthless, wasn’t it normal for people to fear her?
Yet now, she has such an important friend who could turn hardened steel into soft silk around her finger.
Song Cha didn’t notice the admiring and astonished gazes from the people around her.
Ever since she learned of Shao Yumiao’s true identity, Song Cha felt she could place even more importance on Shao Yumiao.
In this novel, Shao Yumiao is a crucial character.
Shao Yumiao, known as the number one Golden Core cultivator, could challenge and defeat those at the peak of Nascent Soul beyond her level. Such combat power made her invincible. Being so formidable at the Golden Core stage, upon advancing to Nascent Soul, and then to the Transformation stage… her combat power could only be described as explosive.
Because she saw Long Aotian as a rival, she often gave treasures she obtained from secret realms to Long Aotian.
It could even be said that at least half of Long Aotian’s golden fingers were gifts from Shao Yumiao.
Now, it was clear that Shao Yumiao valued her greatly.
If she could continue to get along with Shao Yumiao, making Shao Yumiao’s fondness for her grow, perhaps the treasures Shao Yumiao intended for Long Aotian could be given to her instead.
Thinking of the treasures that might come her way in the future, Song Cha’s gaze towards Shao Yumiao softened even more.
At this moment, Shao Yumiao was in a good mood. She had thought that Song Cha, upon learning her true identity, would feel aversion towards her, but unexpectedly, Song Cha was able to accept her. This made her very happy, and having Song Cha by her side made Shao Yumiao feel as if she had reached the pinnacle of her life.
While Shao Yumiao was in high spirits, she saw Song Cha turn her head to look at her.
Shao Yumiao also turned her head to look at Song Cha, and then she noticed that Song Cha’s gaze was incredibly gentle and soft, as if she was looking at the most important person to her.
Shao Yumiao’s mood improved even more.
Song Cha, Cha Cha.
……
After watching Shao Yumiao for a while, Song Cha shifted her attention back to the arena.
Although Shao Yumiao was important, the competition in the arena was also crucial.
Watching the matches in the arena and learning more about combat could help improve one’s own fighting strength. Moreover, competing in the arena could lead to better results.
“Pretty sister, I’m going to watch the match,” Song Cha told Shao Yumiao.
“Okay.” Watching matches to learn about combat was important, so naturally, Shao Yumiao had no reason to refuse.
The competition in the arena was fierce.
Since it was the second round, there were only about twenty people in this match. After Shao Yumiao went on stage, there were only a few matches left in the second round.
Song Cha only watched for a while before the second round was completely over.
Next, it was time to draw lots for the third round of competition.
There were only about ten participants in the third round.
Each match would eliminate half of the participants.
Unlike modern competitions that progress from ten to eight, six to four, and so on, in the cultivation world, it was a one-on-one elimination.
Cultivators believe in luck, considering it a form of strength. If one encounters a strong opponent from the start, it can only be attributed to insufficient luck, and no one else can be blamed.
This time, Song Cha and Shao Yumiao drew lots together.
Song Cha drew number two, while Shao Yumiao drew number five.
After drawing lots, Song Cha sat down again.
Because she was going to compete next, Song Cha watched the matches in the arena even more seriously.
The disparity in the current match on stage was quite large, with a Golden Core mid-stage facing off against a Golden Core peak-stage. The Golden Core peak-stage easily defeated the Golden Core mid-stage.
After the referee announced the completion of the match, it was Song Cha’s turn to compete in the next round.
Upon taking the stage, Song Cha found that her opponent was a middle-aged man with a beard, in the mid-stage of Golden Core.
For someone who had just broken through to Golden Core to fight against someone in the mid-stage of Golden Core, it was indeed a difficult match.
Therefore, from the beginning, Song Cha went all out, wielding her fan to unleash a highly aggressive spell.
Unfortunately, her powerful move was blocked by her opponent, who then countered with a sword technique.
Song Cha narrowly dodged it.
After several exchanges, Song Cha realized something.
Her opponent’s attacks were somewhat rigid.
What followed was a war of attrition. Song Cha was able to dodge most of the middle-aged cultivator’s attacks, and he could do the same.
The two of them were like two chickens, dodging each other’s attacks and starting to peck at each other over time.
Towards the end, Song Cha felt that the spiritual energy inside her was almost completely depleted.
Just when Song Cha thought she was going to lose, she noticed that her opponent could no longer launch attacks.
Song Cha then unleashed a whirlwind technique, attacking the middle-aged cultivator.
It seemed that the middle-aged cultivator truly had exhausted his spiritual energy and was swept off the stage by Song Cha’s whirlwind technique.
This round was won by Song Cha.
The referee walked up from below the stage and announced the result of the match: “This match, Song Cha wins!”
Upon hearing this, many of Song Cha’s admirers below the stage became excited and started shouting Song Cha’s name.
“Immortal Song Cha!”
“Immortal Song Cha, with unparalleled talent!”
“Immortal Song Cha!”
Basking in the adoring gazes from the audience below, Song Cha revealed a smile.
Song Cha didn’t stay on stage for too long and quickly descended.
A breeze came by, blowing through Song Cha’s hair and white dress.
Her hair and dress fluttered, creating an illusion as if she was a fairy from the Moon Palace with her movements.
Moon Palace fairy Song Cha stepped down from the stage, intending to walk towards Shao Yumiao.
However, before she could reach Shao Yumiao, she noticed Long Aotian waiting for her below the stage.
“Long Aotian.” Song Cha looked at Long Aotian and smiled.
“Fairy Song Cha.” Long Aotian smiled back, his bright eyes intensely fixed on Song Cha: “I watched your competition just now on stage, it was really amazing!”
“Thank you, Long Aotian.” Song Cha’s face blushed slightly, showing a bit of shyness.
Seeing Song Cha’s shyness, Long Aotian felt even happier, “I won’t disturb you any longer, the competition is important. Remember to find me after it’s over.”
“Okay.” Song Cha nodded in agreement.
Long Aotian didn’t stay much longer, after giving Song Cha a few more glances, he finally turned and left.
Song Cha finally returned to her seat.
Before she could sit down, she saw Shao Yumiao with a frown, seemingly in a bad mood.
“What’s wrong, beautiful sister?” Song Cha asked.
“It’s nothing.” Shao Yumiao saw Song Cha coming, her frown slightly relaxed, but she didn’t tell Song Cha what was bothering her.
Song Cha didn’t ask any further.
After two more matches, it was Shao Yumiao’s turn again.
Shao Yumiao’s opponent was in the late Golden Core stage, and her match proceeded just like her previous one. She didn’t even draw her sword, just a hint of sword intent was enough to knock her opponent off the stage.
Soon, the third round of the competition was over, and it was time for the fourth round.
By the fourth round, there were only five competitors left.
This also meant that among these five, one would have the chance to advance directly without competing.
Song Cha hoped she would be that person.
With hope, Song Cha began to draw lots.
Then, to her surprise, she was given a free pass again in this round.
What did this mean? It meant that Song Cha was guaranteed to be among the top three in the competition.
In the Golden Core stage competition, the fourth and fifth place winners would receive a thousand high-grade spirit stones each, the third place would receive two thousand high-grade spirit stones and two top-grade spirit stones, the second place would receive three thousand high-grade spirit stones and three top-grade spirit stones, and the first place would receive five thousand high-grade spirit stones and ten top-grade spirit stones.
As long as Song Cha continued to compete, she would receive two thousand high-grade spirit stones and two top-grade spirit stones.
Ever since using a top-grade spirit stone for a breakthrough once, Song Cha had been somewhat obsessed with them. Using top-grade spirit stones for cultivation would definitely be a delightful experience.
Song Cha watched from below the stage in a good mood.
This time, Shao Yumiao was the first to go up for the battle.
She easily defeated her opponent, who was at the peak of the Golden Core stage.
After Shao Yumiao’s match was over, the second match also concluded quickly.
Now, there were only three competitors left in the Golden Core stage.
Now… do we still have to draw lots for the match?
Song Cha wondered.
Just as Song Cha was pondering, the referee standing on the stage spoke: “Now, the three contestants can challenge one of the others at random, and the loser will be defeated.”
Upon hearing this, another Golden Core stage contestant immediately became excited.
Originally, this contestant was afraid that he would have to face Shao Yumiao in his first match and lose directly, but now it seems he can first challenge Song Cha.
Song Cha was able to reach the finals because she never encountered a strong opponent from the beginning to the end, which is why she was able to make it all the way to the finals.
So, if he challenges Song Cha first, then he could secure second place. Second place, whether in terms of reputation or rewards, is much better.
Getting second place was already very satisfying for a Golden Core peak cultivator.
First place is something he didn’t even dare to dream of. After all, with the formidable prowess of the Asura Sword, how could he possibly win? No, it should be said, how could he possibly contend with her? The Asura Sword doesn’t even need to be drawn.
So…
The Golden Core peak cultivator revealed a smile: “I choose to challenge…”
Unfortunately, before he could finish his sentence, Shao Yumiao was already standing on the stage: “I challenge Lei Zhenzi.”
The smile on the face of the Golden Core peak cultivator, also known as Lei Zhenzi, froze instantly.
He lost because… he thought too much.
