Chapter 100: The Elders Gather

  Li Ruo Knife stood there, panting heavily, and waved his hand repeatedly: "Senior brother, Li Ruo Knife has also used all his strength to win you. Just now in the battle, I was afraid that if I lost my concentration for a moment, I would be injured and withdraw from the fight. Senior brother's Wind Sword has indeed broadened Li Ruo Knife's horizons, and Li Ruo Knife admires it."

  Xiao Tingfeng covered his mouth with force, panting and staring at Li Ranno with a scowl. Suddenly, his eyes sparkled again as he smiled softly and said: "Younger brother, I'd like you to say something fair. Although my Wind Sword may not be as good as yours, tell me, aren't our sword techniques still more beautiful than yours?"

  Li Rendao's expression on his face suddenly froze, and after a brief pause, he suddenly broke into a smile. This senior brother's personality was so quirky, but as a person, he was very laid-back. Even though he had lost to a junior who hadn't even made progress yet, he could recover his mood so quickly, and Li Rendao couldn't help but secretly admire him.

  Li Ran Dao nodded vigorously: "That's natural!"

  The people below were both shocked and amused, and burst out laughing with a loud roar.

  Xiao Tingfeng glanced at Li Ruoze with a satisfied expression, stretched out one finger and gently waved it forward: "Still, my junior brother understands me the most, knowing that the beauty of the world is nothing more than a gentle breeze. Junior brother, this time I lost to you, but don't be proud, maybe next time I'll have another breakthrough and we'll fight again!"

  Twisting her waist, she gave a sideways glance and flew down from the stage, walking away through the crowd.

  Fang Ziyin was overjoyed and leaped onto the stage, loudly declaring: "Li Ranno has challenged Xiao Tingfeng to a duel and emerged victorious! He has earned the qualification for the 50th place on the Golden Sword Ranking. All disciples ranked below 50 will automatically drop back one rank, effective immediately."

  The people under the stage applauded loudly at the same time.

  Li Ruo's sudden appearance with his sword, his majestic and awe-inspiring demeanor has indeed conquered everyone.

  Shan Zhi looked at the stage with a bitter smile, and also felt a chill down his spine. He had killed 299 spiritual beasts in the fourth layer of the Phantom Cave, suddenly rising to 79th place, but Li Ruo Dao inserted himself in between, causing Shan Zhi to drop back to 80th place again.

  Yamato wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and sighed silently: "Close call, close call, almost fell off the charts again." As for Li Ruo's reverse growth, Yamato felt a sense of powerlessness.

  Li Ranno stood on the stage looking out at the cheering crowd below, and heaved a sigh of relief in his heart.

  In the past month, I have been practicing swordsmanship under the waterfall and have finally made some progress with the Heavy Tide Sword. I can now fully wield my four-and-a-half sword intents. Additionally, just before the battle, I broke through to the ninth level of the Jingyuan Realm, which is why I was able to achieve this narrow victory today.

  In his own plan, Li Ruo took another step forward with force.

  Getting a higher ranking in the Golden Sword List may attract the attention of Dan Sheng, with the hope of promoting the plan to become his apprentice earlier. After challenging the strong players in the Golden Sword List, the rich points reward is also what Li Ruo Dao must get.

  Winning the Xiao Tingfeng, Li Ranno can get 2500 points. With the Jin Jian disciple's 20% off privilege, Li Ranno is equivalent to having more than 3000 points again, which can be used to buy another Lingli metal like Yufei in the Treasure Pavilion, allowing Xiaojian to evolve again and achieve a breakthrough of 50% sword intent at once.

  Fang Ziyin heard the cheers from below, and with a smile all over his face, he leaned in close to Li Ruo's side and said in a low voice: "Ruo, you look so calm and collected about everything, people who don't know you would think you're carefree and without any schemes, but you, ah, you've got everything calculated and under your control."

  Li Ruo Nan heard Fang Zi Yan say this and quickly turned his head: "Shixiong, I..."

  "Fang Ziyuan chuckled and said in a low voice, 'Feng Knife, this is good news. In such a cultivation world, if you don't have any tricks up your sleeve, how can you stay safe? However, I'm sure you've calculated many things, but there's one thing that will surprise you greatly that's about to happen.'"

  Li Ran Jian was stunned again, unsure what this Fang Shixiong meant.

  Many familiar people jumped up to congratulate Li Ruo Dao, Tu Shun was excited like a rabbit, hopping and running over, with a happy face looking at Li Ruo Dao again and again. Suddenly he leaned in close to Li Ruo Dao's ear and asked in a low voice: "Ruo Dao, I really don't know how you cultivated, your progress is so fast it's terrifying. Tell the truth, are you practicing some kind of dual cultivation technique? Otherwise, how could this be possible?"

  Qin Fengchuan and Gu Lieyang stood aside, both of them sneering with ill intentions.

  Li Ran Dao sneered and scolded: "Don't talk nonsense." Tu Shun laughed loudly, shaking his head vigorously: "Look at you, look at you, even if I guessed it right, there's no need to be so agitated."

  Fang Ziyuan led Li Ruo Dao back into the Golden Sword Hall, formally solidifying his 50th place identity as a Golden Swordsman. On the spot, he awarded him the 2500 points reward, and from then on, Li Ruo Dao became suddenly wealthy. Adding to the remaining points from selling Ling Dan, he now had 3000 points on him.

  The crowd dispersed, and Li Ruo Dao's name spread throughout the thirty-three peaks of Xuanji Mountain. In the Cang Zhen Pavilion, female disciple Xie Wen Mei heard about Li Ruo Dao's great battle with Xiao Ting Feng, taking the 50th place on the Golden Sword Ranking. She was stunned, remembering how she had teased this senior brother who possessed the Golden Sword. A smile involuntarily appeared on Xie Wen Mei's face.

  "Alas, I dare not speak to him like that again."

  The crowd of thirteen peaks returned together on the transmission array, and the light of the transmission array flashed by. The crowd walked out of the ancient cave, looking at several stone paths down the mountain. Tu Shun smiled and turned his head to look at Li Ruo Dao and asked loudly:

  "Ran Jian, where are you going? It's definitely not back to Xuan Huo Cave."

  Everyone looked at Li Ruo Dao, Li Ruo Dao smiled and nodded: "Right, I think I'll go to Cang Zhen Pavilion first."

  Tu Shun's face revealed a sly smile, and he took a step closer, whispering: "How about it? I guessed it right, didn't I? The most are from Cang Zhen Pavilion. Tell me, which sister is your dual cultivation partner?"

  Fang Ziyuan walked over from the side, smiling and waving his hand: "Tushun, don't talk nonsense."

  Tu Shun stuck out his tongue, not thinking that these words were all heard by Fang Shi Xiong, who walked to the side with a smile. Fang Zi Yan looked at Li Reng Dao: "Reng Dao, don't go anywhere for now, follow me."

  Everyone was stunned, and Li Ran hurriedly asked: "Master brother, where should I go?" Suddenly remembering the surprise that Fang Ziyuan had just mentioned, he suddenly thought of something, his heart pounding.

  Fang Ziyuan smiled and shook his head: "Ran Jian, you forgot. I just told you that there's an unexpected surprise waiting for you. Xiao Changlao just sent a message, telling me to take you to see him as soon as we get back."

  "Really?"

  Li Rendao was both surprised and delighted, just as he had expected. Others who heard this were envious and jealous, and when Li Rendao achieved another impressive feat, the Thirteenth Elder summoned him by name, and everyone knew it must be a tremendous honor.

  Li Ran bid farewell to everyone and followed Fang Ziyi's senior brother towards the forbidden secret realm of the Thirteenth Heaven's Tongfeng.

  Turning over the winding stone path, the mountain trend becomes mysterious and dangerous again. In the thin fog, the mountains and rivers are layered with peaks, making people feel like they are in a fairyland. Li Ruo knew that he was about to arrive at Dan Sheng's cave mansion, and his calm mood also involuntarily rippled.

  Having been a human being for two lifetimes, Li Farn usually looked at many things with a rather indifferent attitude except for the goal of rescuing his relatives that had always been on his mind. However, this moment was about to see Dan Sheng Shang Xian, and the plan in his heart was one step closer. How could Li Farn not be excited?

  Isn't all this effort made after entering Xuanji Mountain just to win the attention and favor of that immortal, so as to be able to make a request in the future?