After transmigrating As The Sickly Junior Sister - Chapter 13

Before Ye Qingruo’s reason was about to snap, she raised her palm and struck hard at the spot between her brows. Her face turned deathly pale as she coughed up a mouthful of blood.

At that moment, Jiang Li seemed to be disturbed and turned over, as if she might wake up at any time.

Ye Qingruo restrained her fluctuating emotions, lowered her brows, and glanced at the sleeping person. Then she quickly turned and left.

Xiao Hu, hidden inside the sword: “…”

This woman could really endure!

However, Ye Qingruo clearly seemed unable to suppress Jiang Li’s gu. Was this woman going to find someone else?

Xiao Hu could not help becoming extremely curious.

And so, a sword quietly chased after Ye Qingruo in the direction she had left.

Ye Qingruo, flying swiftly through the night sky on her sword, had no idea that a long sword was following behind her.

This was not only because a restriction had been placed on the sword to conceal demonic aura, but also because Xiao Hu’s cultivation was already above hers. On top of that, Xiao Hu deliberately concealed her presence, so Ye Qingruo naturally found it difficult to detect her.

The little fox followed at an unhurried pace. Seeing the surrounding scenery grow more and more familiar, she was surprised. She seemed to have guessed where Ye Qingruo was going.

Fanjie Mountain, in a dense forest at the back of the mountain.

Ye Qingruo walked without hesitation into a pool of water emitting cold air.

Xiao Hu watched quietly. She knew it. This woman had indeed come for the cold pond. Unexpectedly, Ye Qingruo was quite bold.

One had to know that Fanjie Mountain was the demon race’s territory. Under normal circumstances, cultivators would not dare come here alone.

After all, the relationship between the demon race and human cultivators was not harmonious. They had always stood in opposition to each other.

However, at the bottom of this cold pond lay a piece of ten-thousand-year cold jade. Ordinary demons could not endure the cold air around this place and rarely came here.

Xiao Hu clicked her tongue. Even demons like them were afraid of this cold pond. For a human, it would likely be even more unbearable. Not freezing into a block of ice would already be good.

This woman was far too ruthless to herself.

In the end, Ah Gu still was not capable enough. Just look at what this person had forced herself into.

The little fox kept muttering inwardly. Soon, she lost the leisure to watch the show, because frost gradually formed over Ye Qingruo’s face as she sat in the cold pond, making her complexion appear even paler.

This woman really did not care about her life. If the cold air was allowed to continue entering her body, even if she did not die, she would be half-dead.

Splash—

A crisp sound of something falling into water rang out. A palm-sized stone rolled into the cold pond, splashing up a spray of water.

Ye Qingruo abruptly opened her eyes and warily looked around.

The mountain forest was silent, as if the stone that had suddenly fallen into the water had merely been an accident.

Ye Qingruo, however, did not let down her guard. She felt that her body was already much better and that she should be able to suppress the love gu now. Not daring to linger, she hurriedly left.

In midair, a sword followed behind her and returned to the competition grounds where the Lower Three Sects had gathered.

As soon as she entered the room, Xiao Hu woke Jiang Li. “Ah Gu, you really aren’t capable. That Ye Qingruo would rather throw away her life than dual cultivate with you.”

At the bottom of that cold pond was ten-thousand-year cold jade. How could ordinary people withstand that cold air? At best, they would suffer frostbite. At worst, they would turn into an ice block and become part of the cold pond. Tsk, tsk. Human cultivators were truly cruel to themselves.

Jiang Li: “?!”

“You woke me up just to say I’m not capable?” With her temper, if not for the fact that her cultivation was lower than the little fox’s, she would absolutely throw this broken sword into a latrine.

Xiao Hu gossiped, “Do you know who came just now? It was Ye Qingruo. Ye Qingruo stared at you for a long time. Luckily, I was protecting you. Otherwise, you would have been sliced by her sword. In order to suppress the love gu in her body, that woman actually broke into Fanjie Mountain alone and jumped into the cold pond to court death. Fortunately, I acted in time and saved her…”

Xiao Hu rambled on and described everything that had just happened.

Jiang Li froze. “Ye Qingruo came? How come I didn’t notice at all?”

“You were sleeping like a pig. It would be strange if you noticed. I really am beautiful and kind-hearted. I saved two people at once. Tonight, my merit is immeasurable.” Xiao Hu complained while sighing in admiration at herself.

The corner of Jiang Li’s mouth twitched slightly. She suspected Ye Qingruo had not come to slice her, and that Ye Qingruo had not gone to the cold pond to seek death either.

Seeing her little companion sinking into self-moved admiration, Jiang Li was too lazy to say more and lay down to continue sleeping.

She had been sleeping soundly just now. If she could beat her, she would definitely hang this dream-disturbing little fox up and whip her. But Ye Qingruo should be all right now, shouldn’t she?

Thinking of Ye Qingruo, Jiang Li felt stifled. This skill of hers was truly useless. Ye Qingruo did not need dual cultivation at all. She could suppress it by jumping into cold water. Damn it.

But this was also a good thing…

The next day, seeing Ye Qingruo looking as usual, Jiang Li completely relaxed.

The rules of the competition were very simple, almost like a battle royale. The disciples of each sect would form teams. In the end, whichever sect’s people remained on the stage would be the winner.

In previous years, Qingxi Sect and Jiaoyue Sect had always tacitly joined hands to knock Shenzhu Sect’s disciples off the stage first, then took turns being the victor. Now that the white moonlight had broken off the engagement with the male lead, although it had not been openly stated, their cooperation existed in name only.

On the stage, the three sides formed their own camps.

The other four disciples of Qingxi Sect were all at late Qi Refining. They consciously protected Jiang Li behind them. In front of outsiders, everyone understood that their own people had to stay united, lest others laugh at them.

Among them, the most nervous were the Shenzhu Sect disciples. In the past, Qingxi Sect and Jiaoyue Sect had always joined hands against Shenzhu Sect. This year would probably be no exception.

In reality, the disciples of Qingxi Sect and Jiaoyue Sect were even more nervous. Their seniors had said that before setting out, the elders would come and give instructions, telling the two sects to work together.

But this year, the elders had not come to give such instructions. They had even told them to rely on themselves.

Clearly, the two sides had fallen out.

For a time, none of the three camps acted rashly, strangely maintaining peace.

Seeing this, Shenzhu Sect’s elder immediately guessed that Qingxi Sect and Jiaoyue Sect were not as harmonious as they appeared. He gave his disciples a look.

The Shenzhu Sect disciples understood and attacked Qingxi Sect together.

After all, everyone else had five late Qi Refining disciples, while Qingxi Sect seemed lacking in manpower, with one early Qi Refining disciple mixed in. Of course, when picking persimmons, one picked the soft ones.

Seeing this, Jiaoyue Sect also kicked them while they were down, closely following the Shenzhu Sect disciples in attacking them. They might as well knock one side down first.

And so, the Qingxi Sect disciples who were under siege were instantly eliminated, leaving only one lone seedling who had luckily escaped.

The lone seedling, Jiang Li, knew she was no match for them. Under the pincer attack from both sides, she simply flew up on her sword and avoided the battlefield.

With that, the stage became Shenzhu Sect and Jiaoyue Sect’s main battlefield.

Every Qingxi Sect disciple looked dejected, as if their defeat was already certain, until Shenzhu Sect knocked all of Jiaoyue Sect’s disciples off the stage. They themselves were also left with only one disciple.

One on one. And it was one early Qi Refining disciple against one late Qi Refining disciple.

Yet that Shenzhu Sect disciple chased until he was panting, unable to even touch the corner of Jiang Li’s clothes.

Relying on the cheat that was Xiao Hu, Jiang Li dodged left and right around the competition platform as if she were playing, not anxious at all.

The Qingxi Sect disciples were directly stunned. This scene was so familiar. It seemed they still had a chance of winning…

A new round of pursuit began. The people in the viewing stands also noticed that something was wrong.

Logically speaking, an early Qi Refining disciple should not have lasted until now. Several divine senses quietly fell on Jiang Li and discovered that she actually had a single spiritual root!

After understanding this, the disciples of the Upper Three Sects were no longer surprised. But the elders of Shenzhu Sect and Jiaoyue Sect could no longer remain calm. Their sects had not recruited a single-spiritual-root disciple in many years. Qingxi Sect had truly hit great fortune.

Previously, they had not heard that there was a single-spiritual-root disciple among Qingxi Sect’s new recruits.

Of course they had not heard. Originally, Qingxi Sect had been proud of recruiting a single-spiritual-root disciple, but before they could show her off, they discovered that Jiang Li was a sickly waste who could not even draw qi into her body. Later, Elder Ye exposed that her spiritual root was damaged. A single spiritual root like that was not enough to show off. It would only make others laugh, so they might as well not brag about it.

No one had expected that Jiang Li would become Qingxi Sect’s final hope.

Qingxi Sect disciples: So this is a single spiritual root. Even with a piece missing, it is still stronger than us. How infuriating—ah, no, she is one of our own. We should say we are envious.

On the stage, Jiang Li used the same trick again, exhausting the Shenzhu Sect disciple’s spiritual power and turning defeat into victory.

Shenzhu Sect accepted it quite well. In any case, they lost every year.

Elder Gu of Jiaoyue Sect’s face turned completely dark. Last year, Qingxi Sect had also won. If the cooperation between the two sects had still existed, and if Qingxi Sect had not broken off the engagement, then this year should have been Jiaoyue Sect’s turn. Truly unlucky.

Once the result was decided, Senior Brother Mei of Tianjian Sect consciously stood and said, “The winning new disciple of Qingxi Sect, follow me to Tianjian Sect to cultivate for half a year.”

His expression was arrogant, as though he were bestowing a favor.

Jiang Li swept a glance at Ye Qingruo, then lowered her hands and said, “According to the rules, the disciple chooses which sect to study in. I wish to go to Yao Sect.”