Chapter 422: Persuade Her to Give Up

Ten days later, the flying Magic Tool of the Eight Extremes Sect arrived at Tian’yuan City.

In the past, flying wasn’t allowed in Tian’yuan City, but seeing that the Six Major Sects were going to gather for a Grand Competition, and the Tian’yuan Auction was about to be held, so there would be many strong Sword Saint powerhouses coming, the City Lord’s Mansion temporarily lifted the flight ban.

Tian’yuan City was the most prosperous trading city on the entire Tian’ling Continent.
There were stations for all the Six Major Sects, so Headmaster Feng directly controlled the flying Magic Tool and flew it to a courtyard belonging to the Eight Extremes Sect in the city.

After getting off the flying Magic Tool, they saw a group of pupils who had been waiting for a long time come greet them.

“Pupil pays respects to Headmaster Huo, Headmaster Feng.”

Headmaster Feng waved his hand and said: “No need.”

“Two Headmasters and several Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters must be tired.
I have already arranged the accommodations.
Please come with me.” A Sword Venerable Steward Elder of Tian’yuan City said with a smile.

Headmaster Feng nodded and asked as he walked: “Have the other Sects arrived?”

“Except for the Heavenly Secret Palace, the other four Major Sects have arrived in Tian’yuan City one after the other yesterday.” The Steward Elder replied respectfully.

“How are the cultivation bases of the pupils of the various Sects that are participating in the Grand Competition this time?” Headmaster Feng continued to ask.

The Steward Elder had a serious expression, “The overall strength could be considered stronger than the previous two sessions.”

Hearing the words of the Steward Elder, the expressions of the two Headmasters and the pupils present changed.
They were stronger than the last two sessions, then didn’t their Eight Extremes Sect have no chance again?

“The Grand Competition of the Six Major Sects this time is related to the number of places to enter the Land of Inheritance.
It’s normal for each Sect to mobilise all the genius Elite Pupils who they had hidden and secretly cultivated to participate.
After all, everyone wants to obtain a few more places.” Huo Ling Long quickly calmed down.

“What Headmaster Huo said is right.
I have observed many days and also discovered that all the Sects attached great importance to this Grand Competiiton.
In recent days, the business of the Pill Tower and the Smithing Pavilion in this city has been booming, and most of them are patronized by pupils of the several Sects.” The Steward Elder said.

Headmaster Feng sighed inwardly, but he revealed a confidence on his face, “My Sect’s pupils aren’t bad either.
I believe they will achieve good results in this competition.”

He didn’t know if he was comforting himself or the pupils that followed.

“Compared to the other pupils of the four Sects, the pupils of us Eight Extremes Sect participating in the Grand Competition this time aren’t too far behind them in terms of overall cultivation strength.” The Steward Elder hurriedly agreed.

When it came to cultivation base, many pupils present surreptitiously glanced at Lou Mu Yan.

Among the pupils of the entire Sect who participated in the Grand Competition this time, she was the only one who had yet to break through to Sword Venerable, which was truly worrying and humiliating.

Lou Mu Yan also felt the complicated gazes and she didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Ever since she rid her Terminal Meridians Constitution, it seemed that her cultivation base was always at the bottom of any competition she participated in.

But she didn’t take it to heart.
Her current cultivation base was the result of her suppression.
If she wanted to break through to Sword Venerable, she could totally just take a Grade 5 pill to advance, but she didn’t want to do that.

After breaking through to Sword Venerable, she would also reach the consummation of the Core Formation Stage.
Right now, deliberately suppressing her Spiritual Energy and cultivation base was also to better break through to the Nascent Soul Stage in the future.

Once she succeeded in forming a Nascent Soul, her strength would reach a completely new stage.
By then, even if there was a Sword Venerable with many means and power, she could also easily resolve them.

After the Steward Elder took all the pupils to a courtyard for resettlement, he led the two Headmasters to a separate courtyard to rest.

After the two Headmasters left, a few unkind gazes were cast on Lou Mu Yan even more intensely.

“Junior Sister Lou, one should know oneself well.
Although you’re talented, but your cultivation base and experience are limited.
You should give the opportunity to pupils who are more likely to be able to compete for a good ranking.” A ‘Hope’ pupil of the Alchemy School walked to Lou Mu Yan and persuaded earnestly.

Before Lou Mu Yan could speak, Jian Yang beside her spoke first: “Luo Cheng, what do you mean? Are you questioning the judgement of the Sect Leader and the several Headmasters?”

Ever since Lou Mu Yan revealed her means in refining talismans that day, Jian Yang and Han Xin had completely changed their views on her.
Now, as people of the same School, they naturally had to defend her.

“Of course I don’t dare to question the judgement of the Sect Leader and the Headmasters of the various Schools.
I just want to persuade Junior Sister Lou.”

Luo Cheng was surprised when Jian Yang stood up to speak for Lou Mu Yan, then said with a smile: “I also believe that Junior Sister Lou is quite talented, but for the benefit of the Sect, we’re more optimistic about the other pupils from our Schools to participate in this competition.”

Although Luo Cheng’s words were very tactful, but he indeed looked down on Lou Mu Yan.

“Sure!” Lou Mu Yan smiled as she folded her hands.

Zi Che Shi and such looked at her in surprise.
Based on what they knew about her, she didn’t seem like someone who would easily compromise.

“So Junior Sister Lou is willing to give up your place in the competition?” Luo Cheng’s face revealed slight joy.

There was a Grade 4 Alchemist in their Alchemy School who wasn’t selected this time.
In their opinion, that person was definitely more likely to be able to compete for the top ten in rankings instead of Lou Mu Yan.

“Go find the two Headmasters yourself or go directly to the superiors of the Sect to apply together.
If the Sect Leader or the Headmasters want me to give up my places, then I will leave immediately without saying a second word.”

Lou Mu Yan raised an eyebrow and continued, “I’m more interested in the rewards of the competition, so it’s impossible for me to take the initiative to give up my places.”

If it weren’t for how attractive the joint rewards of the Six Major Sects and the individual rewards of the Eight Extremes Sect were, she’d be too lazy to do such thankless things.

What’s more, it wasn’t even her who asked to participate in the six competitions, but the superiors of the Eight Extremes Sect that already decided.
If she really gave up because of their words, then how could she continue to walk around in the Sect in the future?

“You—You sure talk big!” Luo Cheng’s face sank, “Do you really think you can obtain the rewards from the Sects? Junior Sister, stop indulging in the wildest fantasies.
It’s good for people to have dreams, but excessive indulging in dreams isn’t a good thing.”

“Junior Sister Lou, it’s not us attacking you either.
Do you see any among the participating pupils of the Six Major Sects who still has a Sword Sovereign cultivation base? Let’s not mention the specialisations, even if you want to win a ranking in the battle competition, it would be as hard as rising to Heaven.” A pupil of the Smithing School said.

A pupil of the Array School said: “You have the ability to skip-stage battle, but who among the pupils present doesn’t have a few trump cards? Don’t underestimate the pupils of the other Sects, they can all skip-stage battle, you should consider it carefully.”

“…” Many other pupils followed suit in persuading.

Jian Yang’s expression darkened instantly, “Enough, none of you have any right to question the pupil of our Talisman School.
If you have any questions, you can go directly to our Headmaster to discuss it.
What sort of ability is it to use coercion on your Junior Sister?”

Everyone couldn’t help but twitch the corners of their lips when they heard him say to go look for their Headmaster—if they really dared to go find Headmaster Huo to speak reason, they would definitely be beaten and tossed out…