Cultivating In Secret Beside A Demoness

Chapter 1023: Why Is Senior Brother One Step Ahead Than Me?

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

On the second day, Jiang Hao returned to the arena.

Today was different from yesterday. There were two rounds of competition today.

He had made it to the top eight.

At that moment, Jiang Hao arrived at the arena for the first round. He was the first to fight yesterday. Today, it was the same.

His opponent was a Senior Sister.

She was carrying a huge sword on her back similar to a senior he knew from the Flowing Waterfall.

The referee was Mu Qi.

It seemed he was not participating in the competition.

With his strength, he could have fought for a place, but he had his reasons.

Miao Tinglian was also not participating. She was at the peak of the Golden Core Realm.

“Greetings, Senior Sister.” Jiang Hao bowed to his opponent.

“You can call me ‘Senior Sister’ after I win. If I lose, just call me ‘Junior Sister,’” said the woman with the greatsword.

Jiang Hao nodded.

“Begin!” Mu Qi said.

Whoosh!

Jiang Hao felt the wind of the greatsword near him. She was already in front of him.

She was so fast.

Her decisiveness and speed were commendable.

Her aura was violent.

It was truly impressive.

Clang!

His Half-Moon Blade clashed with the greatsword.

The greatsword was so heavy that the impact almost knocked his sword out of his hand.

Using his sword as a pivot, he deflected the greatsword.

Jiang Hao then launched a counterattack.

He used the Demonic Sound Slash.

There was a rumble. His opponent did not hesitate.

The two of them were a blur of speed. The clash and clang of metal resounded.

When the arena began to crack, they stopped.

Jiang Hao was sent flying to the edge of the arena. The Senior Sister with the greatsword remained in the center.

The two of them looked at each other. A small streak of blood appeared on the woman’s neck.

“Thank you for showing me mercy, Senior Brother.” She touched her neck and bowed.

“Thank you to you too, Junior Sister,” said Jiang Hao and bowed.

After that, he turned around and left.

“Junior Brother Jiang, take a break. We will begin the second round soon,” said Mu Qi with a smile.

Before Jiang Hao walked away, Mu Qi said, “Oh, right! I forgot to tell you that Junior Sister Ming Yi came to us last time while you were gone. She was in a really bad condition… like Miao Tinglian was.”

Jiang Hao thought that was strange. Why would Senior Brother Mu Qi suddenly mention Senior Sister Ming Yi?

Then, he realized that Ming Yi was also a Saintess of the Heavenly Saint Sect like Miao Tinglian.

He then understood that the one who had triggered the Mountain Sea Seal might not have been Miao Tinglian but Ming Yi.

Perhaps the Holy Master had targeted her because she could hold his divine soul. If that was true, he had to seek her out and place a seal on her too.

He might have a use for another divine soul in the future.

The amount of spirit stones needed was a problem. Perhaps he can save up to slowly absorb another divine soul.

At noon, Jiang Hao was matched with another Senior Brother.

They were evenly matched in their power and strength, but Jiang Hao defeated him.

However, his opponent was furious and tried to attack Jiang Hao even after his defeat.

Senior Brother Mu Qi had to subdue him.

“You are a mere cultivator of the Blood Wish Path! What right do you have to compete with us?!” He roared.

Jiang Hao did not care. There were all kinds of people in the sect. He could not let every single one affect him with their words.

Some of them courteously accepted their defeat, while others raged. It was natural for these things to happen.

However, he had to try to change his strategy.

Some people defeated their opponents so quickly. Others prolonged the fight.

The third round was in the evening.

After Jiang Hao deduced the opponent’s personality, he suppressed it with a thunderous force, and his blade surged like fire.

Soon, he defeated his opponent.

He felt that he was desperate. If he did not get more resources, his lifeforce would come to an end.

Jiang Hao did not mind.

There were three more rounds tomorrow.

There were only eight people left at the peak of the Golden Core Realm.

The next day, the selected people would be competing with the disciples from other branches.

The selection list was announced very quickly.

Lu Yuan checked who his opponents were.

“He’s still here?” He looked at the person in the top eight categories.

He did not think highly of Jiang Hao, and he surely did not expect him to make it to the top eight.

“It seems that you do have some talent. Unfortunately, you only have some competition here.”

In his opinion, Senior Brother Jiu Wu was the only worthy opponent.

It was a good thing that they did not meet in the first two rounds.

He prepared some counterattacks. There was a chance he could win.

When he walked away, he saw a sword intent from the corner of his eye.

It was Junior Brother Han Ming.

“He is truly impressive.”

The aura on his body was not any weaker than his.

After that, Lu Yuan turned around and left.

Han Ming walked to the selection list. He wanted to see when he would be able to face Senior Brother Jiang.

When he looked at it, he frowned.

There were eight names on the list, but Jiang Hao’s name was not there.

‘Did Senior Brother Jiang lose?’

He found that hard to believe.

His strength was decent. Although he did not go out much, he was still powerful. He should not have been defeated so soon.

He did not believe that Jiang Hao did not participate.

He had asked around. Jiang Hao seemed to have participated in the other rounds.

“Junior Brother Han, are you looking at your opponents?” Mu Qi walked over to him.

“Senior Brother Mu Qi, greetings.” Han Ming looked at him. “Did Senior Brother Jiang lose?”

“Jiang Hao? No, he didn’t lose. He is supposed to fight again tomorrow,” said Mu Qi.

“Then, why isn’t his name on the list?” Han Ming pointed at the selection list.

Mu Qi was surprised. Then, he understood what had happened.

“That list is for people at the late stage of the Golden Core Realm. Junior Brother Jiang is at the peak of the Golden Core Realm,” said Mu Qi.

Han Ming was speechless.

How did Senior Brother Jiang advance so fast?

At the Hundred Flowers Lake, the flowers swayed in the lake on the surface of the lake.

A woman in a red and white dress sat in the pavilion. She looked regal. She was in the middle of painting something.

She held a teacup to her lips and looked at the fish in the lake.

At this moment, a white figure landed by the lake.

“Sect Master.” Baizhi bowed.

Hong Yuye put down the teacup and looked at Baizhi.

“What is it?”

“There’s news about Feng Hua,” said Baizhi.

“We tried to look for Yan Shang from the Sunset Immortal Sect and found that she might be related to Feng Hua. After her disappearance, we found her. She seems to be looking for an alchemist to get some special pills. This pill requires a special spirit herb that we seem to have. In addition, some scars and scabs have appeared on the face of the woman we brought back before. We can’t find out the cause for now. She said that if we can cure her, she’ll tell us everything she knows. I’m still trying to reason with her. I need some more time. Secondly, the people of the Great Thousand God Sect contacted us about the lantern bearer. We haven’t gotten any useful information from him yet. But it seems like he wants Jiang Hao to interrogate him. I don’t understand why, but they seem to address each other as fellow disciples. We investigated it. The lantern bearer might be pretending to be someone from that sect. Jiang Hao addresses him as ‘Senior.’ There are too many suspicions regarding Jiang Hao at the moment.”

“What has he been doing recently?” Hong Yuye asked.