Chapter 7: I Said You Can't Escape
A few days later, when Xiao Mo's stipend was issued, Jiang Qingyi clung to it tightly, unwilling to return it to her Master.
Although she was happy that her Master supported her, winning the championship was truly too difficult.
She couldn't let her Master waste any more money.
As for the money her Master invested, Jiang Qingyihad made up her mind.
In this New Blood Tournament, as long as she had a breath left, she would go all out and do her best to recover the money her Master invested!
Soon.
The day of the New Blood Tournament arrived.
That morning, Xiao Mo took Jiang Qingyi down the mountain to the competition grounds for the New Blood Tournament.
The New Blood Tournament was held on a small plain.
The small plain was divided into areas by various formations.
Each formation was a combat stage.
Jiang Qingyi drew lots and was assigned to Group A.
Jiang Qingyi's first opponent was an Inner Sect Disciple from Nine Swords Peak, whose Realm was at Qi Condensation sixth layer.
Jiang Qingyi, at Qi Condensation seventh layer, dealt with her quite easily.
And that was indeed the case.
In the first round of the competition, Jiang Qingyi won easily.
Xiao Mo was not surprised by Jiang Qingyi passing the first round of the competition.
Although any newly inducted Disciple could participate in the New Blood Tournament, most people truly just 'participated'.
The first round was to filter out Cultivators whose Realm was below Qi Condensation fifth layer.
So, in the first round, it was basically those with higher Realms fighting those with lower Realms, and most people won easily.
The second round was the real test.
This year, there were three hundred Disciples in the second round of the New Blood Tournament.
In the second round, Jiang Qingyi faced an Inner Sect Disciple from the Sword Array Hall, whose Realmwas the same as hers, both at Qi Condensation seventh layer.
Disciples of the Sword Array Hall, as the name suggests, were skilled in using sword arrays.
A single long sword cannot form a sword array, so they usually carried large sword cases with several swords inside.
This match was not easy for Jiang Qingyi.
In the end, Jiang Qingyi narrowly defeated her opponent but also sustained some injuries.
Some Cultivators from the Medical Hall were standing by, treating Jiang Qingyi's injuries immediately.
The New Blood Tournament lasted for four days.
On the second day, the New Blood Tournamentadopted a three-person group competition format.
All three people were opponents; two were eliminated, and one advanced.
At the end of the second day's competition, Jiang Qingyi entered the top one hundred of the New Blood Tournament.
But during today's competition, Xiao Mo looked at Qingyi's struggling appearance and felt that Qingyicould at most win one more round.
Tomorrow there would be one-on-one draws, as well as arena battles, three-person battles, and so on.
The schedule was very tight, aiming to select the top sixteen.
The Disciples who could make it to the third day were not easy to deal with.
Xiao Mo was already thinking about how to comfort Qingyi.
"Don't worry, Qingyi, you've done great. Being in the top one hundred of the New Blood Tournament is already very good."
During dinner, Xiao Mo comforted Jiang Qingyi.
"No, Master!" Jiang Qingyi hugged her small hands in front of her, "Master, you bet so many Spirit Stones. Qingyi must work hard, otherwise, all those Spirit Stones Master bet will be wasted."
"..."
Xiao Mo wanted to say something else.
But looking at his Disciple's determined eyes, Xiao Mojust smiled faintly and rubbed Jiang Qingyi's small head: "It's not wasted, isn't this supporting you?"
"Master... you really are..." Jiang Qingyi sighed.
Although the girl outwardly lamented her Master's profligacy, her heart still felt warm.
In the first match of the third day, Jiang Qingyi faced an Inner Sect Disciple at Qi Condensation eighth layer.
In everyone's eyes, Jiang Qingyi was bound to lose.
At first, Jiang Qingyi was indeed suppressed by that Disciple, basically seeing no hope of winning.
Xiao Mo, standing outside the arena, was even planning to raise a white flag for Jiang Qingyi to surrender.
But unexpectedly, at the last moment, Jiang Qingyiactually had a Breakthrough to Qi Condensation eighth layer on the spot.
In the instant the opponent was stunned, Jiang Qingyiseized an opportunity and used the Burning Grass Form of Caocijian Jue!
The long sword in the girl's hand cut through with a wave of fire, turning defeat into victory.
But Jiang Qingyi had no time to be happy.
She immediately had to participate in the next round of competition.
To Xiao Mo's surprise, after all the matches on the third day ended, Jiang Qingyi made it into the top sixteen!
"Master, I'm in the top sixteen!" Jiang Qingyi ran to her Master's side and said happily.
The girl's toes tapped lightly, and she raised her fair chin, looking forward to her Master's praise.
"Very impressive, truly worthy of being my Disciple." Xiao Mo reached out and gently wiped the blood from the corner of the girl's mouth, "But Qingyi, let's forfeit."
"Eh?" Jiang Qingyi looked at her Master blankly.
"You barely won several matches today, and your injuries are too severe." Xiao Mo patted the girl's head, "You've already proven yourself, Master is very satisfied."
In Xiao Mo's opinion, Qingyi had basically reached her limit.
Although the other people in the top sixteen were also injured, Qingyi's injuries were more severe compared to theirs.
Moreover, tomorrow's intensity would increase by a notch.
It would be bad if anything happened to Qingyi.
Jiang Qingyi lowered her head, her small hands tightly clutching her skirt, looking very conflicted.
But in the end, the girl looked up, her eyes firmly fixed on Xiao Mo: "Master! This Disciple is not afraid! This Disciple wants to continue competing!"
Ten Thousand Laws World, Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
The maidservant Qiu Ye walked into the courtyard of the Sect Leader of Ten Thousand Swords Sect: "Sect Master, this is the list for the second round of the New Blood Tournament, please take a look."
The Sect Leader of Ten Thousand Swords Sectglanced at Qiu Ye indifferently: "No need, I trust your work."
"Yes, Sect Master." Qiu Ye put away the list, "Sect Master, a Disciple from Tianji City just delivered a letter. That Disciple asked me to tell you that 'the City Lord has done her best, she can only calculate this far'."
As soon as Qiu Ye finished speaking, the Sect Leader of Ten Thousand Swords Sect suddenly turned her head and looked directly at Qiu Ye.
Under the Sect Master's gaze, Qiu Ye's throat bobbed, sweat broke out on her forehead, and she felt as if a great mountain was pressing down on her.
"The letter." The Sect Leader of Ten Thousand Swords Sect uttered a single word.
"It's... it's here..." Qiu Ye quickly took out a letter from her bosom.
Qiu Ye had never seen the Sect Master like this before.
The Sect Leader of Ten Thousand Swords Secthooked her finger, and the letter flew into her hand.
"Zhou Kingdom, Imperial Capital."
Half an incense stick later, the Sect Leader of Ten Thousand Swords Sect's eyes flickered, and she let out a deep breath, gently tossing the letter paper upwards. The white paper instantly turned into countless fragments, scattering with the wind.
"Finally, I'm going to find you."
The Sect Leader of Ten Thousand Swords Sectlooked at the myriad stars, a faint smile gracing her lips. This was the first time the woman had smiled in three thousand years.
"I said you can't escape."
"Master."