238: Chapter 135: Wrote It and Forgot to Upload_Part 6 238: Chapter 135: Wrote It and Forgot to Upload_Part 6 “I stopped right away,” Xiang Ziyu said innocently.
“I stopped the moment you said to stop.”
From a distance, those who had placed their bets on Four Treasures Peak’s higher-ranked individuals also hurriedly shouted, “That’s right, that disciple did stop at the same time.”
“That’s true, I also feel it was at the same time.”
“It always takes time for the word ‘stop’ to reach a disciple’s ears, so it might seem like that disciple was slow, but in fact, he really did stop at the same time.”
“Yeah, that disciple was farther away, so it makes sense that he heard the command a little later.”
“With so many disciples, it’s impossible for them all to stop at once; there’s always one who stops last, and that’s completely normal.”
“Elder Ai, we are not from Four Treasures Peak.
We are simply speaking a word of fairness; that disciple from Four Treasures Peak truly stopped at the same time.”
It was only the first round, and if they allowed Xiang Ziyu to be directly eliminated now, then Four Treasures Peak wouldn’t receive a single Peak Bamboo, and their Spirit Stones would be completely wasted.
No matter what, they couldn’t allow the disciple from Four Treasures Peak to be eliminated just like that.
“Fine, let’s say you did stop at the very last moment, at the same time as my command.
Now tell me, what on earth have you refined here?” Ai Yunqi pointed at the artifact prototype that Xiang Ziyu had forged.
With a smug look, Xiang Ziyu said, “This is a Sword Prototype.”
“Sword Prototype?” Ai Yunqi skeptically picked up the spiral-shaped object that looked like a spear but was obviously much thinner and shorter and taunted, “Without you telling me, I would have thought this is a prototype for some exotic weapon.
Tell me, how does this resemble a Sword Prototype?”
“This,” Xiang Ziyu stubbornly explained, “is a Sword Prototype that I have specifically created.
This sword, I plan to forge into a spiral shape.
Once the precious sword is forged, the Mana channeled through it will naturally form a spiral, increasing its penetrating power…”
As he spoke, he even began to boast, “Elder, look.
When I was forging it, I used an Oscillating Force so that once the prototype is forged, during further forging, the weapon will have greater resilience, the opponent…”
“Enough,” Ai Yunqi interrupted Xiang Ziyu bluntly and discontentedly said, “You, get out, you’re eliminated.”
“Eliminated?
Why?
I’ve already completed fifty forgings,” Xiang Ziyu was stunned.
He was eliminated just like that?
My senior sister and junior sister at least were eliminated at the end.
Being eliminated right off the bat is such an embarrassment.
“Fifty forgings?
Yes, you did complete fifty forgings, but, I asked you to complete them to make the prototype stronger, and I also said it needed to reach sufficient strength.
Do you yourself think this prototype is strong?
Can it possess any strength?
Others’ prototypes can still be forged after fifty times, but yours would break at the slightest touch.
Do you call that ‘complete’?”
Ai Yunqi spoke, then stretched out her hand towards one side and drew in a breath.
Immediately, a disciple’s knife-shaped artifact prototype flew into her hand.
“This disciple’s prototype has been forged only forty-five times but is still stronger than your so-called fifty-forge prototype.”
She held Xiang Ziyu’s forged prototype in one hand and the forty-five-times-forged knife in the other and slammed them together abruptly.
Instantly, a clang of colliding weapons rang out, followed by a clear sound of shattering.
Xiang Ziyu’s forged prototype broke into two pieces from the middle, while the other prototype seemed unscathed, not even a crack appearing on it.
“You tell me, is this a fifty-forge prototype?
Worse than a forty-five-forge prototype?
Now, get out!” Ai Yunqi commanded and, without giving Xiang Ziyu another glance, turned back to the disciple who had forged forty-five times and said, “You too, out.”
No sooner had her words fallen than Xiang Ziyu, who was still standing there, seemingly pondering over how to argue back, turned and walked away.
“As the protagonist, even if I am eliminated, I must be the first to do so; I cannot let someone else take my first place.”
From the high spots all around, everyone who had bet on Four Treasures Peak fetching a high rank was dumbfounded.
“The situation seems a bit off.”
“This Xiang Ziyu is different from his senior sister and junior sister.”
“Is this guy really incompetent?”
“Indeed, we might have overthought it.
Think about it, if the other six arts in Four Treasures Peak were strong enough, would Ling Xi and Yi Sheng have needed to fight so hard to rank first?
They must know the situation at Four Treasures Peak and understand that only they could secure Peak Bamboos.
That’s why they were overly striving for perfection during the competition, insisting on taking first place.”
“Now that you mention it, that does seem reasonable.”
“We should have thought of this earlier.”
“So, our bets are going to fail.”
“Yes, half of the examination for the six arts has passed, and Four Treasures Peak hasn’t secured a single Peak Bamboo.”
“Not necessarily; Four Treasures Peak can still compete in the last challenge of magical combat.
Haven’t you noticed?
In this Hundred Peaks Competition, the Upper Fifty Peaks are even stronger than in previous years, and the Lower Fifty Peaks have hardly secured any Peak Bamboos.”
Cao Zhen, listening to the crowd’s discussion, was already laughing inwardly.
I was wondering how to explain that my eldest and youngest disciples, despite having the strength to rank first, ended up without any Peak Bamboos.
You’ve done a good job, filling in the gaps for me.
I don’t even need to come up with an excuse now, and you’ve even bet your money on Four Treasures Peak, ensuring that the betting houses will have Spirit Stones to pay me later, without going bankrupt.
You really are good folks!
The first day of the Hundred Peaks Competition concluded with just three of the six arts contests completed.
The remaining three of the six arts, Formation, Agriculture, and Beast, were contested on the second day of the Hundred Peaks Competition, and Four Treasures Peak did not send any disciples to participate.
After the six arts contests, the one who took first place was not Flying Immortal Peak, but Five Elements Peak.
Five Elements Peak could be said to be the only peak among the Hundred Peaks that was proficient in all six arts.
And it was due to their mastery over these arts that they maintained their position in the top three of the Hundred Peaks rankings, never once falling from grace.
The one ranked second was the perennial first-ranked among the Hundred Peaks, Flying Immortal Peak.
Spectators weren’t too surprised, after all, although Flying Immortal Peak was strong in the six arts, it wasn’t their strongest point.
Their true strength lay in combat, far surpassing that of other peaks.
On the third day, the real highlights of the Hundred Peaks Competition began with the magical combat, starting on Immortal Gathering Peak.
The site of the combat, the Gathering Immortals Platform, had already been set with ten fighting stages.
All the peaks would participate in the Hundred Peaks Competition.
However, just one stage for bout after bout would be too slow.
Hence, the Hundred Peaks Competition has always concurrently commenced ten bouts at ten stages.