After speaking, Qian Duoduo put his hands behind his back, puffed out his chest, and swept his gaze across the stage, lingering for a moment on the Senior Brothers who had previously surrounded Yu Yixiang.
Having fought to this extent, it was impossible to leave them with a good impression.
So, he might as well fight to the end, tear them apart!
Yu Yixiang calmly walked onto the stage and said to Qian Duoduo, “There’s a good saying—the tighter you act, the faster you die.”
As she finished speaking, her silver sword shot out like a bright light, piercing straight towards him. The sword body spun at extreme speed, breaking through the air so quickly that a chill immediately rose in Qian Duoduo's heart.
This woman was still a ruthless person, especially towards Qian Duoduo; she was even more ruthless, as if they had a grudge from a past life.
Qian Duoduo pointed with his right hand, and the Golden Rooster Sword shot out, colliding with the silver sword on the arena, an ear-piercing sound immediately bursting forth.
The two swords separated, and Qian Duoduo stared at Yu Yixiang. Her fox-like eyes revealed a hint of disdain.
“She hasn’t gained any advantage, why does this woman feel so good about herself?” Qian Duoduo thought disdainfully.
Yu Yixiang pushed her palm towards Qian Duoduo, and another silver sword arrived through the air.
After five swords, Qian Duoduo felt something was wrong. Those five silver swords, after piercing the air, were not retrieved by Yu Yixiang, but instead floated in the air, their tips pointing remotely at Qian Duoduo, like five venomous snakes flicking their silver tongues.
Without allowing Qian Duoduo to think further, Yu Yixiang’s swords came one faster than the last, each move aiming for Qian Duoduo’s vital points.
If he couldn't block any one of them, Qian Duoduo would be severely injured, if not dead.
And with each sword she struck, those cheering spectators below would roar—Excellent.
After nine swords, the sense of crisis Qian Duoduo’s Spiritual Awareness detected reached its peak.
The nine silver swords suspended in the air seemed to be connected to each other, humming at a single frequency.
Yu Yixiang, having continuously performed nine heavy sword strikes, was also somewhat fatigued. She gritted her teeth and pointed her left hand at Qian Duoduo, “Kill!”
The nine silver swords spun in the air, slashing towards Qian Duoduo all at once.
Strong, too strong!
A terrifying Sword Intent locked onto Qian Duoduo.
At this moment, Qian Duoduo knew he couldn’t dodge or block this single strike of nine swords combined!
Since he couldn't block it, he wouldn't. Qian Duoduo put all his strength into thrusting his sword towards Yu Yixiang!
At the same time, Qian Duoduo moved towards her at full speed, exposing his entire back.
Yu Yixiang curled her lips, having anticipated his desperate move, and quickly retreated.
As her body moved, Qian Duoduo channeled all his spiritual power, making the Golden Rooster Sword unleash its loudest roar at her.
Yu Yixiang’s blue robe shook violently, clearly hit by the sound wave. Her cheeks puffed out; Qian Duoduo expected her to spit out a mouthful of fresh blood, but surprisingly, her throat moved, and she swallowed it down.
Her hands trembled slightly as she forcefully pointed downwards.
Qian Duoduo’s eyes widened, and he rapidly pushed his spiritual power, sending the Golden Rooster Sword straight for her neck.
Suddenly, a powerful force enveloped the arena, and both Yu Yixiang and Qian Duoduo remained motionless, frozen in their stances.
“Jin Buhuan won,” Tang Honggong’s voice sounded. It seemed he had intervened to stop them from fighting to the death.
Qian Duoduo clearly saw that the Golden Rooster Sword was only half a foot from Yu Yixiang’s throat.
“Clang, clang, clang,” a series of sounds of swords falling to the ground rang out from Qian Duoduo’s body.
Qian Duoduo looked back and saw that Yu Yixiang’s silver swords were only one foot from his back.
Even though they had fallen to the ground, the nine silver swords were perfectly aligned.
“Pfft!” Yu Yixiang spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
Whoosh! On the stands, hundreds of Disciples instantly stood up.
Qian Duoduo believed that if Palace Lord Dajiu and Elder Hu weren't present, they would have torn him apart and eaten him.
…
The commotion of the Outer Sect Minor Competition lingered for a long time—it couldn’t dissipate.
Qian Duoduo’s glorious deed of not showing pity for a woman and ruthlessly injuring Yu Yixiang spread throughout the five Immortal Mountains of Refining Spirit Sect.
Wang Dahei and the others came over to congratulate him, mainly praising Qian Duoduo for being first in the minor competition and how profound his spiritual power was.
However, Wang Meiruo’s praise for Qian Duoduo was a bit strange.
“My Bu Huan Brother’s willpower is the best in Mengyuan Mountain.”
Her small expression was as high-flying as a little hen that had just laid an egg.
“Senior Sister Yu Yixiang is actually a very nice person. It’s just that she’s too old…”
After speaking, Wang Meiruo puffed out her chest and put her hands on her hips, looking even more like a hen about to lay an egg.
Considering she was his patron, Qian Duoduo refrained from spewing icy words.
For those Outer Sect Disciples, and even some Inner Sect Disciples, in Mengyuan Mountain who admired Yu Yixiang, Jin Buhuan was an unforgivable blockhead.
Having hurt their goddess, Qian Duoduo was naturally a devil.
Outside Qian Duoduo’s small courtyard at number 1972, there were often unfamiliar Disciples.
They were sensible enough to know that Buhuan Estate had a personal inscription from the Palace Lord and dared not act recklessly.
There was no need to go to the training ground either; fighting Qian Duoduo one-on-one didn't offer a high chance of winning.
So, they could only wander around in front of Qian Duoduo’s small courtyard, hoping to find an opportunity to annoy him.
These people, with fierce eyes, circled the small courtyard front, back, left, and right, scaring Huang Guiren. He was afraid that these people might accidentally set Qian Duoduo’s house on fire. He first ran to the Estate to tell him not to go back. Then he went to the mountain gate and found Wu Binghuo. When Wu Binghuo heard it, his head also swelled up, but then he came up with a plan. He hung a sign on Qian Duoduo’s courtyard gate that read “Sect Property, Tenfold Compensation for Damage.”
Although the hidden danger of burning the house was eliminated, those seeking revenge still hadn’t disappeared.
It’s not the thief that steals you fear, but the thief that obsesses. Qian Duoduo thought this was not a long-term solution, so he called Huang Guiren over.
“Don’t we have rotten eggs that can’t hatch chickens? You take them to the front of my courtyard and set up a small stall.”
“Rotten eggs? Junior Brother, what are you going to do?”
“Those people just want to vent. We’ll give them a chance…”
In the following days, Huang Guiren sold thousands of rotten eggs. Of course, the inside and outside of Qian Duoduo’s small courtyard were covered with rotten eggs.
Qian Duoduo didn’t live in the small courtyard anyway, so they could throw them if they wanted to.
However, Huang Guiren’s rotten eggs were not cheap, ten gold coins per egg.
The rotten eggs were almost as expensive as golden eggs.
Later, some Disciples who knew Huang Guiren realized he was Qian Duoduo’s close friend, and the rotten egg scam was exposed.
Qian Duoduo’s nickname “Jin Quan Hwan” was changed by them to “Jin Chou Hwan” (Golden Stinky Hwan).
However, those people had vented their anger and spent their unjust money, and indeed, they no longer bothered Qian Duoduo, nor did they give Huang Guiren a chance to sell anything else.
During this period, Qian Duoduo hid in the Estate, focusing on studying the third volume of the “Encyclopedia of Weapon Refining.”
The Spirit Birds volume specifically discussed winged creatures. The large ones were various Phoenixes, and the small ones were various mosquitoes. The materials from Spirit Birds had the strongest flight attributes. And strong flight attributes meant high speed. And high speed meant more chances of winning.
For example, the match where he defeated Yu Yixiang…
A month later, Liu Boli acted as the examiner and tested Qian Duoduo three times on the Spirit Birds volume. He felt there were no problems, so he secretly went to Wanjin Pavilion in the middle of the night and took another column head.
As Qian Duoduo took this column head, Liu Boli began to ponder when to start letting him refine artifacts. This start had to be initiated by Qian Duoduo himself. Otherwise, it could cause resistance.
Early the next morning, Huang Guiren rushed over in a hurry, barging into the thatched shed Qian Duoduo had set up in the Estate, and mysteriously said, “Something big has happened!”
“Are people circling my small courtyard again?”
“You’re not hot anymore. What’s hottest now is that a Fire Phoenix was ‘taken care of’ three times.”
Qian Duoduo, who was half-lying down, immediately jumped to his feet upon hearing this.
“Rumor, it must be a rumor!” Huang Guiren’s words made people imagine too much. Realizing he was losing his composure, Qian Duoduo immediately controlled his gossipy emotions.
“Not a bit false. Everyone saw it,” Huang Guiren said with a look of truth.
“You saw it too?”
Huang Guiren nodded, “Mm.”
Qian Duoduo paced in a circle on the ground, “This is truly a big deal. Do the Elders and Palace Lords know?”