Chapter 179
Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/PazjBDkTmW
You can buy coins here to unlock advanced chapters: https://gravitytales.com/coins-purchase-page/
Xu Taiping was a little caught off guard by the look, but he still seriously recalled it. Then he nodded and gestured with his hand and said, “Probably this much.”
“You remember correctly. It is indeed this much.”
Lin Buyu nodded when she heard this and then continued to lower her head and read her storybook.
The way the two of them communicated made Xu Ziyan and Zhao Linglong beside them couldn’t help but laugh.
“Senior Brother Qingxiao, Senior Sister Linglong, what is the competition about today？”
Although he didn’t know what the two of them were laughing at, Xu Taiping still decided to bring the topic back to the Seven Peaks Competition.
“Today’s competition is called Seven Dragons Seizing the Pearl. There will be spiritual birds dropping clam pearls above the Five Elders’ Pool, and the disciples of the Sword Sect will fight for them with their flying swords. Five clam pearls will fall each time. After obtaining a clam pearl, if you can get rid of the interception of the disciples from other peaks and place that clam pearl in the hands of the Five Elders’ statue, you can get one pearl.”
Xu Ziyan explained the rules of this competition to Xu Taiping.
So this time, what is being. the competition is the speed of flying with the sword and the fine control power over the flying sword.
Zhao Linglong added a sentence.
Xu Taiping nodded slightly upon hearing this.
“Sister Ziyan, aren’t you going to participate in this competition？”
He looked at Xu Ziyan curiously.
“In this competition, only three people can participate from each peak. Our three senior brothers from the Sixth Peak have been practicing for three years for this, and there is no need for me to play.”
Xu Ziyan smiled.
“Our Seventh Peak is all relying on Senior Sister and Senior Brother Qingxiao. Although the Third Senior Brother can also control objects to fly, his magic weapon is a scale. He flies quite steadily, but the speed is still too slow.”
Zhao Linglong sighed.
Because of the good example set by the Peak Master Zhao Qian of the Seventh Peak, most of the disciples don’t practice swordsmanship much. Senior Sister Jiang Zhi and Second Senior Brother Du Gu Qingxiao are considered the two solitary seedlings of the Seventh Peak.
“There is no way. Sword cultivation has extremely high requirements for the cultivator’s qualifications. Our Sixth Peak has only barely managed to gather three people.”
Xu Ziyan comforted.
Although her words were very euphemistic, Xu Taiping still heard the deep meaning in them.
Because the Seventh Peak has always ranked at the bottom of the various peaks every year, most of the disciples available for their selection have ordinary qualifications, and most of these disciples with only ordinary qualifications cannot become sword cultivators.
”Blessed by the Fifth Ancestor, this time I don’t ask to win, I just ask to win one bead, so that those who want to watch the joke can shut up.”
Zhao Linglong put her hands together and prayed humbly.
Xu Ziyan on the side immediately put her arms around her shoulders and smiled and said：
”Don’t be so pessimistic. Your eldest senior sister and Qing Xiao’s cultivation bases are both outstanding among their peers. It is definitely no problem to win one or two clam pearls.”
Xu Taiping on the side silently watched this scene.
He secretly made up his mind that he must practice sword well in the future and strive to be able to help his senior brothers and sisters when the next Seven Peaks Competition comes.
”It is indeed time to hurry up and practice. For cultivators, six years is not long.”
Xu Taiping secretly said in his heart.
”Rumble！”
At this moment, a burst of thunder suddenly sounded in the sky. Immediately following the dark clouds rolled in from the horizon, and a black dragon roared and fell from the clouds directly landing on the sword flat in the center of the Five Elders Pool.
The visitor was none other than Elder Black Dragon.
“Today is the first round of the Seven Peaks Competition, Seven Dragons Playing with the Pearl. Please ask the disciples of each peak to take their seats.”
The Black Dragon Elder, who had the body of a dragon and the head of a human and was extremely tall, Youdaoplaceholder0 in a very dignified tone.
As soon as the words fell, the sound of “whoosh whoosh whoosh” breaking through the air began to ring continuously over the Wulao Pool.
In the blink of an eye, One by one fierce sounds came breaking through the air with swords and other objects from all directions.
“Senior Sister, Second Senior Brother！”
At this time, Zhao Linglong found Senior Sister Jiang Zhi and Second Senior Brother Dugu Qingxiao in the crowd below and waved vigorously at them.
And Xu Ziyan beside her also saw the three senior brothers of the Sixth Peak.
“Junior Sister Buyu！”
Among the three senior brothers of the Sixth Peak, a round-faced young man seemed to have discovered Xu Ziyan and Lin Buyu and happily waved at the two of them.
“Buyu, Seventh Junior Brother is calling you.”
Xu Ziyan stuck her head out and smiled at Lin Buyu beside Xu Taiping.
Lin Buyu heard this, looked down, and then nodded and said：
“Hmm.”
Then she continued to read the storybook in her hand.
It seemed that in her eyes, this competition was far less interesting than the storybook in her hand.
Although he had long heard of Lin Buyu’s strange personality, upon seeing it today, Xu Taiping couldn’t help but look at her with admiration and thought in his heart, ‘This girl really doesn’t seem to care about other people’s gazes.’
As if sensing Xu Taiping’s gaze, Lin Buyu immediately looked up at him and said,
’Are you looking at me？’
Xu Taiping was stunned by Lin Buyu’s straightforward question.
After a long while, he then said with a hint of apology,
’Sorry for my rudeness.’
Although he didn’t have any other thoughts, staring at someone like this was impolite.
’It’s okay, you can continue looking.’
Lin Buyu shook her head and then lowered her head to look at the script in her hand again.
Xu Taiping was a little confused by these words and thought in his heart, ‘What does it mean that I can continue looking？’
However, of course he wouldn’t do such a rude thing again. He immediately sat up straight and turned his gaze back to the sword flat below.
And at this time on the sword flat, Elder Heilong had also used his voice like thunder to announce the rules of this competition to the disciples on the field and in the cloud building.
Xu Taiping listened carefully and found that the content was roughly the same as what Ziyan had said.
’Everyone, please stand beside the flag of each peak. The competition will begin immediately.’
After announcing the rules, Heilong closed the book in his hand and then looked around at the disciples of the seven peaks on the field.
Immediately, the disciples of the seven peaks retreated to the sides of their respective banners at the edge of the Sword Flat.
It was the first time Xu Taiping had seen the banners of each peak.
He found that each of them was very characteristic. For example, the First Peak was a door, the Fifth Peak was a mass of auspicious clouds, and the Sixth Peak was a orchid grass.
And their Seventh Peak, Haoran Peak, was a lazy cat lying on the ground.
“Sister, why is there a cat embroidered on the flag of our Haoran Peak？”
Xu Taiping asked Zhao Linglong with some confusion.
At this time, Zhao Linglong was nervously watching the situation below, so she didn’t turn around either. She just casually replied, “Legend has it that this is the spiritual pet of the first-generation peak master of our Seventh Peak, but it has been missing for hundreds of years.”
Xu Taiping nodded suddenly.
And just as the two were talking, a crane’s cry sounded over the Sword Flat, and then a huge crane with outstretched wings glided over the Sword Flat.
On the pair of claws of this crane, several huge silver-white clam pearls could be clearly seen.
“All peaks take note, the clam pearls are about to fall to the ground.”
Elder Black Dragon folded his arms across his chest and loudly reminded everyone.
