Water Chestnut
Three days later, a medium-sized mountain peak on the northwest side of Qing Shan Lake.
A vast flat land carved out from a steep cliff is the site of the 50th hermitage.
On this day at dawn, thousands of Qing Shan Hu's small family monks and scattered monks almost rushed to occupy the advantageous viewing position before it was bright, and almost all the places where people could stand around the 50th hut were filled.
A sea of people in black, murmuring softly, discussing the odds of victory for both sides of the challenge, waiting only for the dawn, when the moment of challenge will arrive.
Actually, the challenge after the 30th Luoshu is usually difficult to attract so many cultivators to come and watch. However, this challenge has some special significance, which makes many loose cultivators eager to come and cheer.
The master of the 50th hut, Chen Rongyuan, closed his eyes and sat quietly, waiting for Ye Chen to come and take over the hut.
On the horizon, a glimmer of dawn appears, and the light gradually brightens.
"He's here!"
"It's Ye Chen!"
The crowd looked up at the mountain road stone steps and suddenly became noisy.
Ye Chen arrived as scheduled, with one hand on the waist of Huo Lingdao, and climbed up the winding stone steps to the top of the mountain.
Behind him, dozens of feet away, followed by Zhu Dahao, Qian Shanli, Feng Yan and many other low- to mid-level Qi-refining cultivators, numbering over a hundred.
In just three days, Zhu Dahao visited all the loose cultivators of Qing Shan Lake and pulled together a group of loose cultivator troops with his extensive connections to fully support Ye Chen's seizure of power.
Although this loose cultivator is somewhat scattered, it has already formed a trend.
To know any one of the immortal forces, it is impossible without a leader.
Once Ye Chen successfully seized the 50th Hut, becoming the prestigious leader of this small scattered repair force, this small force can stabilize and become a force to be reckoned with in the Qing Shan Lake scattered repair forces.
Not even a group of followers behind Wang Yan himself.
Chen Rongyuan opened his eyes and gazed at Ye Chen who was walking up the stone steps from the foot of the mountain, his eyes fixed on him, and he stood up involuntarily.
On the eve of a battle, Chen Rongyuan's mind was elsewhere.
The Chen family is a small clan in Xiancheng, with few people and little power.
The entire Chen family's financial resources were concentrated on supporting him, the only son of the family. There was no second backup candidate in the family. Unlike large immortal families, even if one core disciple died, there would still be backup candidates to take their place.
In other words, he alone is directly related to the rise and fall of the Chen family. If he doesn't work out, the Chen family will decline into a small and insignificant immortal cultivation family after dozens of years, or even be removed from the list of small immortal cultivation families.
"If I can keep the 50th hut, two months later, I will be almost certain to enter the Jiudian Xianmen and become one of the 90 disciples."
"If it falls to a hundredth of a hut, the hope of entering the immortal gate will greatly decrease. I'm afraid that less than half of the hope is left."
"This battle directly affects whether I can become a disciple of the Jiudian Sect, and even more so, it affects the rise and fall of my Chen family! No matter what, I must win!"
Chen Rongyuan gritted his teeth secretly.
Of course, there was also a group of monks who followed Chen Rongyuan with great tension.
Chen Rongyuan's success or failure will also be linked to their personal interests. The monks who stand on Chen Rongyuan's side cannot help but feel anxious.
On the field, thousands of Qi-refining cultivators in the early and middle stages stood silently, watching Chen Rongyuan and Ye Chen, the two masters. Waiting for a duel to come.
"The hundredth hut owner Ye Chen has arrived today to challenge Brother Chen Rongyuan!"
Ye Chen arrived at one side of the flat ground, cupped his hands and spoke in a serious tone.
"Ye Chen, why did you choose to challenge my 50th hut? Why not the 51st behind or the 49th in front?... Are you targeting me, or is it because of my family, the Chen family, that you've come to fight me? Or was it instigated by another family?"
Chen Rongyuan knew it was useless to ask now, but he couldn't help asking one more question, wanting to understand what was going on so that he wouldn't be taken advantage of by others without even realizing it.
"I plan to directly exchange for a much better Lingquan, fifty is just half of one hundred. So... I hope Brother Chen won't mind. Is Brother Chen ready?"
Ye Chen thought for a moment and replied with a faint smile.
"Oh!"
Chen Rongyuan's face turned somewhat dark, and his heart felt even more depressed.
No grudges!
Nor is it against him and Chen's family!
The reason why Ye Chen came to seize the hut was only one, that is, to exchange for a spiritual spring with better effect. In other words, he was just unlucky and had bad luck, so he was chosen by Ye Chen. If Ye Chen had any other ideas, then the one who should have been chosen would be another hut owner.
Good luck! But even with good luck, sometimes you can still choke on cold water.
Chen Rongyuan had good reason to feel depressed.
"Let the challenge begin!"
Chen Rongyuan drew out a Water Spirit Sword from his waist and with a sudden stomp, he charged towards Ye Chen twenty zhang away. His hand shook, and the sword tip shot out a nearly one-zhang long pale blue water mane.
He won't learn from Liu Qing's politeness and courtesy. Defeating Ye Chen is what matters most.
Ye Chen almost simultaneously pulled out the waist knife, he wanted to see how much difference there was between his and Chen Rongyuan's strength. In this battle with Chen Rongyuan, he wanted to roughly estimate his true ranking among the 126 masters of Qing Shan Lake.
"Tiger Leaps and Cuts!"
Ye Chen took a sudden step forward, let out a loud shout, and swung his sword in a straight slash. The blade emitted a fierce flame-like aura that directly clashed with Chen Rongyuan's pale blue water aura. Both of them were at the fourth layer of the Refining Qi stage, so even if it was a one-on-one fight, they had no fear whatsoever.
Bang!
A fiery flame and a pale blue water halo collided in mid-air, dispersing into nothingness.
Chen Rongyuan was taken aback, originally thinking that Ye Chen would rely on the Boar Spirit Beast and dance around him, but instead he directly countered with the Fire Spirit Knife.
"Alright, I'll use my Water Sword Style and fight you!"
Chen Rongyuan's wrist shook, and in almost the blink of an eye, the Water Spirit Sword stabbed out several water-based sword auras, enveloping Ye Chen's entire body.
Hmph!
A streak of water mang, pierced through Ye Chen's knife method, stabbed into Ye Chen's chest, the green silk robe, almost cutting out a mouthful of this initial stage law clothes.
Ye Chen was shocked and immediately launched an Arc Moon Slash, swiftly slashing towards the semicircular area in front of him, forcing Chen Rongyuan to retreat.
"Hu Yue's knife is ferocious, but lacks agility! In this open space, compared to Dou Jian Fa and sword moves, I'm afraid it will be defeated in a moment. Yu Feng Shu!"
Ye Chen whispered to himself and added a small wind system spell on himself.
Ye Chen's physical speed doubled, and his agility greatly increased.
Under Chen Rongyuan's Water Spirit Sword attack, he barely maintained an undefeated situation.
This was just a small test of each other's strength, neither of them had used their full power.
Ye Chen wanted to force out Chen Rongyuan's strength, and Chen Rongyuan also wanted to probe Ye Chen for more information, seeking an opportunity to win.
"Water Arrow!"
"Fireball!"
Boom!
Water and fire two systems magic collide, boom destruction!
The two men's attacking speed became faster and faster, apart from their knife skills and sword techniques, they also used water and fire spells, almost turning into two residual shadows, rapidly attacking on the flat ground of several dozen zhang.
"Entwined!"
Ye Chen increased the pressure again, waving his hand to strike out a ball of green air, Wood Binding Spell.
Chen Rongyuan swung his sword, and with a "whooshing" sound, several water blades shot out, directly tearing apart the incoming green gas, not allowing it to get any closer. Once hit by the green gas, being bound by the entwining technique would almost certainly result in defeat, even if only for an instant.
"Your magic spells probably won't have much effect on me!"
Chen Rongyuan sneered. As the master of Hut No. 50, he wouldn't fall for something as simple as Entwining Technique.
The surrounding monks were almost all staring at the two people's swords and spells, afraid to miss any details.
"Chen brother's swordsmanship is quite good! Just this one move of his has completely blocked my entire magical assault!"
Ye Chen dodged a water spear that came stabbing at him, suddenly slashing out several knives to force back Chen Rongyuan, and landed ten zhang away, saying with admiration.
"My Water Spirit Sword Technique is also somewhat famous in the Immortal City. It's several times stronger than your knife technique."
Chen Rongyuan held the Water Spirit Sword and stopped, saying in a cold voice, "Your three small spells are not bad, you should have finished practicing the three small spell seals? With just your Wind Control Technique, Fireball Technique, and Entwining Technique, you're already considered a good hand! However, with just these, you're still far from challenging me... ... Your two divine senses, why don't you bring them out? And what about the Hao Zhu Ling Beast? You're not bringing it out, others will think you're letting me win! Bring out all your strength, otherwise, my victory won't be glorious!"
Ye Chen wants to seize his hut, and he also wants to borrow from Ye Chen's fighting method to establish his prestige, letting all the cultivators of Qing Shan Lake know that his strength is enough to dominate this 50th hut.
"Good!"
Ye Chen lightly shouted, and with a flick of his wrist, he threw the spiritual beast pouch at his waist forward. The three small spells were unable to force out Chen Rongyuan's true strength, so he could only let Xiao Haotun come out to assist him.
A first-class superior strength hedgehog spirit beast drilled out.
The little hedgehog hummed and its back glowed with a yellow light, signaling that it was about to release the Earth Arrow spell!
"Water Concealment Technique!"
Chen Rongyuan didn't hesitate, and cast a small water-based spell. A sphere of water-like bubbles appeared in his palm. This faintly transparent water bubble shield quickly enveloped his entire body, and then he... vanished into thin air.
"Water leak!"
"Brother Chen's Water Concealment Technique is getting more and more impressive!"
"The 'Water Concealment Technique' is also a beginner's secret book, but it belongs to the rare and scarce category. A copy of this technique costs at least over 100 spirit stones in the Immortal City, and it's hard to find one. This price is ten times that of the 'Fireball Technique', almost equivalent to my annual salary from working in the Immortal City."
Among the thousands of Foundation Building cultivators who were besieging him, a soft gasp suddenly rose up.
It's gone!
Bang!
The little hedgehog shot a mud arrow, shooting at the place where Chen Rongyuan disappeared. However, it did not hit, and directly pierced into the hard stone ground, leaving a mark, Chen Rongyuan was no longer in his original position.
The little hedgehog stopped humming, its big eyes staring blankly, and turned to look at Ye Chen. The despicable enemy didn't know where it went, where should it shoot the mud arrow?!
Ye Chen's expression turned serious, his right hand tightly grasping the Huo Ling knife, on guard against his surroundings.
His divine consciousness swept across the entire tens of feet of flat ground in an instant, and neither his eyes nor his divine consciousness could find Chen Rongyuan's figure.
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It takes 2-3 hours to write 2000 words and 4 hours to write 3000 words.
Previously, each chapter was 2,000 words and could be finished quickly, but now it takes much longer. My typing speed is slow, so I can't write 3,000 words in the time it used to take me to write 2,000 words.
Now each chapter has more words, so the update is a bit slower, sorry about that!
