Chapter 14

The next day.

Hanqiu opened her eyes in a daze. Beside her were the Su sisters.

“What happened to me?”

Seeing that she was awake, Su Xiaoxiao explained everything from beginning to end.

Hanqiu tightened her grip on the quilt beneath her.

“I want to go find Second Mi… Li Xilian.”

She had almost said the wrong thing again.

“You want to find Sister Lian? She’ll come today. After she passes the assessment, you’ll be able to see her every day. We’ll all be in the same sect anyway.”

Hearing Su Xiaoxiao say that, Hanqiu felt that she ought to pull herself together.

Li Xilian would not like someone who only cried all the time.

She was free now.

There would still be chances.

Off to the side, Su Qinghe watched her with a thoughtful expression, no one knew what she was thinking.

“Lianlian, good luck. This assessment will be combat. Sister believes you can do it.”

Li Ruoyao encouraged her younger sister, trying to ease her pressure.

Li Xilian looked helplessly at Li Ruoyao, who seemed even more nervous than she was.

“Sister, do I look nervous to you?”

“Sister knows Lianlian is grown up now, but does that mean Sister isn’t allowed to dote on Lianlian anymore?”

Li Xilian simply could not withstand that aggrieved look.

“All right, all right. You’re allowed.”

…

“Next, the final assessment of Tianrui Sect—the martial competition. It will be one-on-one combat. The top nine will become disciples of Tianrui Sect. The first-place winner will receive a generous reward: three Ice Spirit Pills.”

Elder Yuzhu released spiritual energy, instantly forming ten arenas.

“Everyone, draw lots to determine your opponent.”

“Sister, do you want them? Ice Spirit Pills. I remember you have an ice attribute. I’ll win them for you.”

“Although Ice Spirit Pills are very useful to me, I don’t want you to risk your life for them.”

Li Ruoyao sighed and shook her head.

“Sister, is this because you don’t believe in me? Then how about I prove it to you?”

Li Xilian smiled faintly.

There was nothing wrong with taking first place for her sister.

After ending her conversation with Li Ruoyao, Li Xilian stepped forward and drew a number.

“Number one?”

That was rather time-saving…

Number one against number nineteen.

Her opponent was a tall, thin man.

Li Xilian used Heavenstride and arrived in front of him, then kicked him straight off the arena.

So troublesome…

In the matches that followed, almost no one could beat Li Xilian. They were either kicked off the platform or thrown down with spiritual energy.

Not a single person lasted more than three seconds.

In the final match, Li Xilian suddenly realized that the person opposite her had actually cultivated before.

“I have long heard of your name, Miss Li. I am the daughter of the city lord. My name is Nangong Liuli.”

“So it is Miss Nangong. A pleasure.”

Li Xilian also returned the greeting.

Seeing Nangong Liuli take her stance, Li Xilian waited for her to attack.

Nangong Liuli unleashed a burst of spiritual energy. Blazing red firelight rushed straight toward her.

Li Xilian calmly let the spiritual energy around her body block the flames.

Nangong Liuli had not expected Li Xilian to be so composed.

“Phoenix Fire Cage.”

A cage of flames appeared and directly trapped Li Xilian inside.

“Miss Li, this fire of mine is no ordinary flame. Be careful.”

Li Xilian was indeed a little surprised.

She had not expected Nangong Liuli to have a third-grade technique.

As expected of a third-grade technique. Judging by its power, Nangong Liuli probably had a single fire-attribute spiritual root.

This fire…

Hiss—

Fearlessly, Li Xilian reached out and touched it. It actually injured her.

“009, what’s going on? Where did Nangong Liuli come from? I never saw her in the story at all.”

“Host, this is purely an accident. This fire seems to be… Liuli Pure Fire. It is unique to the Nangong family,” 009 explained innocently.

“Tsk.”

Li Xilian cursed under her breath.

She really had no way to deal with this fire.

But first place had to be hers.

The Ice Spirit Pills had to be hers too.

How did I forget about that?

“Miss Li, admit defeat. Then I can let you out,” Nangong Liuli could not help advising.

Li Xilian did not answer. Spiritual energy surged in her hand.

Gradually, the spiritual energy transformed into a sword of thunder.

Thunderclap March Slash.

First Slash—Sever Heaven.

Second Slash—Sever the Underworld.

Third Slash—Sever Space!

A massive pressure began to churn as lightning coiled around her. With one slash, Li Xilian cut through the space around the Phoenix Fire Cage and tore it to pieces.

The huge spiritual energy consumption nearly left her drained, but she still held herself up.

“Oh? See? I’m out.”

The corners of Li Xilian’s lips curved.

“Would you like to try again?”

This was the power of lightning. It could even tear through space. If mastered properly, it could control the power of time and space itself.

It was terrifyingly powerful.

“I surrender. I surrender, Miss Li. I admit defeat. There’s no way to fight that.”

Miss Nangong looked like she was about to cry.

“Thank you for yielding.”

Li Xilian turned to look at Li Ruoyao and smiled.

“I hereby announce that the first-place winner of this Tianrui Sect assessment is Li Xilian of the Li Residence!”

Elder Yuzhu held the competition reward and handed it to her.

“Sister.”

Li Xilian immediately passed over the item she had just received to her sister.

“How was that? Was I amazing?”

“My Lianlian is the most amazing.”

Li Ruoyao praised her sincerely.

“But I hope even more that you stay safe and well.”

“All right. I promise you, Sister.”