Chapter 82 - Heaven's Chosen of the South Bank
The North bank, in the past thousand years, always stood above the South Bank, more than half of the top ten of every War of the Heaven’s Chosen had always been consisted of disciples from the North Bank. First place was, of course, always claimed by the North bank as well. This brought great shame to the South Bank.
The fact that the North Bank had four peaks, whereas the South Bank only had three peaks, could be considered as the main factor. Yet, a thousand years before, the South Bank, with just three peaks, was completely different from what it was now. From spirit refinement to medicinal refinement, they were the pillars of the sect. No one dared to cross their path, and the sword refining Green Peak Mountain of the South Bank even had the title of Spirit River Sect’s strongest mountain.
Things were different now, due to certain reasons, the tides were completely overturned. The North Bank had grown strong. After each victory, they always gained a massive amount of resources that continued to tilt the favors to their side, increasing their power level as a whole as time went by. In addition to the vast differences between the South Bank’s and the North Bank’s cultivation methods, the North Bank made many external sects and cultivator clans regard the North Bank as Spirit River Sect’s strongest, which made them the ultimate leader of the Spirit River Sect.
The Spirit River Sect’s South Bank was good at manipulating object, while the North Bank was good at controlling beasts!
Disciples who had just entered the sect in the South Bank would learn the Purple Cauldron Qi Manipulation Technique, just like when Bai Xiaochun first entered. On the North Bank, however, newly admitted disciples would study the Tong Tian Shape Manipulation Technique!
That was why the Ten Thousand Herbs Pavilion not only had the five volumes of herbology, but also had the five volumes of spirit beasts!
During the battles the last thousand of years, the South Bank had managed to lose every single one of them! The one thirty years past, in particular, had only one representative from the South Bank that was able to reach the top ten, infuriating the ancestors and elders of the peaks in the South Bank so much, that they made up their mind to personally go out, a reason why three new Heaven’s Chosen from the South Bank had appeared.
Shangguan Tianyou, Lu Tianlei and Zhou Xinqi were the ultimate participants prepared by the South Bank this time around. They had been taken in by various ancestors of different mountains as disciples, and were nurtured with with utmost care, pushing them to the eight level of Qi Condensation. In terms of battle prowess, they had already surpassed many of those in the inner sect.
Shangguan Tianyou was particularly even more shocking. He was an expert in the technique of void and was regarded as the South Bank’s number one outer sect Heaven’s Chosen.
Lu Tianlei, a lightning specialist, on the other hand, had shockingly strong lightning array skills, winning praise from even Elder Xu Meixiang, essentially qualifying him as someone sure to make the top ten.
There was also Zhou Xinqi. She did have her interest focused on medicine at most times, but in actuality, her array formation skills were personally taught by Li Qinghou himself, making reach an extremely high level.
After learning all of this from Xu Baocai, Bai Xiaochun was displeased, feeling that the North Bank was bullying them.
“Just wait until I achieve the Foundation Establishment, I’ll slaughter the lot at the North Bank and show them who’s the better outer sect disciple!” Bai Xiaochun proudly placed this thought at the bottom of his heart. As for the qualification battles of the North Bank and South Bank, and even the war of the Heaven’s Chosen after that, he had no interest at all.
Battles and war just weren’t his thing, he felt that it didn’t fit his status. He was an Honor Disciple, the junior disciple of the Sect Head, and after all, he placed himself on a different level from his peers. Bai Xiaochun thought that he shouldn’t involve himself with the younger generation.
“What if I fail to beat them, though? Wouldn’t that shame senior brother Sect Head. Oh well, I guess it’s better to stay out of this.” Clearing his throat, Bai Xiaochun felt that such a sacrifice for the sect and the sect head was something worth talking to his master with an incense stick.
Or so he thought. Two months after that little thought, he completely forgot all about it. Zhang Fatso One had been visiting him to refine more stuff, then using his Turtle-shell pot when Zhang Fatso One wasn’t looking, everytime he unveiled the result, Zhang Fatso One would always respond with excitement and joy.
What was originally disbelief coming from Zhang Fatso One gradually became surprise, and then it turned to glee. Now it was but a daily occurrence, thoroughly convincing him that he was truly a genius of spirit refinement.
And under that radiant confidence, his refinement skills grew stronger along with his willpower.
As time slipped by, a month passed. Three days before the qualification battles, Bai Xiaochun received a notice that any disciple at the eight level of Qi Condensation was required to participate, without any exceptions.
After scanning through the contents of the jade scroll, he sighed, not thinking too much of it as he continued refining.
It wasn’t until three days later at dawn did he walk out nonchalantly along with a mass of other disciples, their expressions solemn, dead serious. Seeing this, he snapped out of his carefreeness and left the mountain as the bells of the South Bank rang.
It wasn’t long before they reached a valley behind the three mountains of the South Bank. It was a cavernous space, with roads made of white jade. The valley was similar to a grand square, and many dragon pillars were raised towards the sky.
Between every two pillars, there was a sculpture. They were sculptures of vicious beasts, exquisitely carved into a vivid likeliness, causing their primal and brutal intentions to be emitted in all directions and it made the entire valley square exist within a state of silent murderous intentions.
On the mountain walls surrounding them, there was an elevated platform where tens of seats were positioned for the ancestors of the three peaks such as Li Qinghou and Xu Meixiang. Even the sect head of the Spirit River Sect himself, Zheng Yuandong, had already made an appearance.
The qualification battles of the two banks were held separately, the battles of the North Bank were scheduled to come after the South Bank’s. As the head of the sect, Zheng Yuandong was required to be present in both parts of the battle and not allowed to pick sides.
Li Qinghou and the others were beside Zheng Yuandong, chatting merrily.
Behind them were the elders of the three mountains, Elder Zhou included. They were either talking with each other in low voices or resting with closed eyes. Some gazed down to see the approaching mass of disciples.
In the crowd, Bai Xiaochun had a lazy gaze as he reached the square, moving to the side. Curious, he looked around to find that it was somewhere he hadn't been before. The sculptures in particular caught his eye, pulling him over to investigate it in detail.
“These beasts seem so alive. Interesting.” Bai Xiaochun even noticed some of the fur on the beasts swaying with the wind, finding it unbelievably impressive.
Sounds started coming from the crowd suddenly.
“Senior sister Zhou is here!”
“Senior sister Zhou’s cultivation had already reached the eight level of Qi Condensation long ago. Without a doubt, she will definitely enter the top ten. With her identity, it's safe to say that she'd reach even the top three!”
A blue streak of light came into sight as it travelled from the distant clouds, changing into the form of Zhou Xinqi in a blink of an eye. With her hand curled into a fist, she made a greeting to the platform at the top, before making her way to the side, closing her eyes to rest. Seemingly calm, Zhou Xinqi, deep inside her heart, still felt a certain panic. She could not lose, her years of training would be for naught if that ever happened.
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