Chapter 88

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Chapter 88: A Roadblock Robbery

After reaching the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage, Yi Qianmo’s level finally stabilized, but the transformation of the sword energy in his body did not stop. With the energy provided by the dragon turtle egg, the sword energy transformed from the Sword Pill continually refined his body.

After about half an hour, the refining finally stopped. The Sword Pill no longer transformed sword energy, and the dragon turtle egg in front of him had turned to dust.

Yi Qianmo slowly stood up. At that moment, his skin was as translucent as jade, his injuries, nourished by the dragon turtle egg, had healed, and his spiritual power filled his dantian, flowing freely through his meridians.

The effect of the dragon turtle egg was much better than he had imagined. In fact, a large part of its energy had been absorbed by the Sword Pill, with less than thirty percent taken by Yi Qianmo.

"Apart from the two characters ‘Qian’ and ‘Kun’ in the sword technique, I should be able to perform the first layer of the remaining six-character sword technique!"

Yi Qianmo thought to himself.

In the eight-character sword technique, the two characters ‘Qian’ and ‘Kun’ represent heaven and earth and are the hardest to perform. After enhancing his sword body and reaching the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage, he could perform the first layer of the other six-character sword techniques.

Before, the symbols of wind and thunder had shown their terrible power.

However, the reason he could defeat the monkey king, besides his own strength, was that the monkey king had just returned to his true form and had not yet stabilized.

If the monkey king had fully adapted to his body, he would have had true third-grade strength. Even if Yi Qianmo tried his hardest, he would not be able to defeat him.

He walked out of the cave and realized it was already morning.

Guan Shanqing had been watching at the cave entrance. When he saw Yi Qianmo come out, Guan Shanqing looked a bit surprised and asked, "Brother Su, how is your injury?"

"It’s getting better."

Because he had concealed his energy, Guan Shanqing did not see his true level.

But Guan Shanqing did not believe that Yi Qianmo’s injury had healed so quickly. After all, he had been so weak before; how could he get better in just a month or two?

He thought Yi Qianmo was just being polite, so he sat down on the ground and said, "Brother Su, let’s go."

Yi Qianmo thought for a moment and then jumped onto his back. He couldn’t tell Guan Shanqing that he had fully recovered and had advanced from the third level of the Qi Refining Stage to the sixth level, as it would be hard to explain.

Guan Shanqing carried Yi Qianmo quickly, getting closer to the gathering spot. It was already the third day, and the big exam was almost over. All the examinees would gather at the meeting point to return to the Cloud Boat.

This meeting point was in a basin in the Yan Mountains, surrounded by mountains on all sides. There was only one road leading to the basin, and if they wanted to take a detour, they had to leave early.

Guan Shanqing reached the canyon leading to the basin around noon but stopped from a distance. He saw a group of cultivators lined up at the entrance of the canyon.

At the front of the line, seven or eight cultivators had set up a checkpoint, and everyone passing through had to hand over their hunted prey.

"What’s going on? Didn’t the examiner say to return to the Cloud Boat to count the prey and rank the scores?"

Guan Shanqing put Yi Qianmo down and prepared to take out his prey.

"These people are not examiners!"

Yi Qianmo said, his face serious.

Guan Shanqing was surprised for a moment. When he looked closely, he realized that the leading people looked very familiar. "What is happening here?"

"Just ask, and you will know," Yi Qianmo said with a smile.

The two quickly rushed to the entrance of the canyon. Guan Shanqing asked a cultivator about the situation. The cultivator glanced at them and told them the truth.

The people in front, blocking the way, were not the examiners but the candidates for the big exam. They were some of the strongest, at the eighth level of the Qi Refining Stage and nine levels.

They joined together to block the way to collect taxes. Anyone passing through here has to give up thirty percent of their catch to get through.

Otherwise, they could either go around or fight and defeat them.

"Aren’t they afraid that the examiners will find out and cancel their exam qualifications?!"

Guan Shanqing said unhappily, "Moreover, they are so powerful. Can’t they catch their prey themselves? What kind of ability is it to rob us?"

The cultivator glanced at him and sighed, "You are right. They are openly robbing us. As for the examiners? Ha! Didn’t you hear clearly on the cloud boat? The rules for this big exam are that there are no rules. They are teaming up; we just have to accept our fate!"

"If we can’t provoke them, can we really avoid them?"

Guan Shanqing also felt helpless.

Among the eight cultivators present, six were at the eighth level of the Qi Refining Stage, and two were at the ninth level of the Qi Refining Stage; this was already the strongest group for this major exam.

Even if all these cultivators joined forces, they might not be able to defeat them, not to mention that most of the candidates were relying on luck.

"If we take a detour now, we won’t make it to the gathering point in time; we would be disqualified from the exam."

This cultivator smiled wryly and said, "Most of the candidates chose to return on the third day; they have already arrived here because they didn’t hunt spirit beasts."

Guan Shanqing said angrily, "Does that mean they have searched through all the cultivators? If so, won’t they easily enter Tianyuan Academy?"

"Yes, but what can we do when we are not as strong as they are?"

The cultivator said helplessly.

"What should we do?"

Guan Shanqing looked at Yi Qianmo.

"You have a storage bag; just take out some of the prey," Yi Qianmo said.

He had made great progress in his training; although he wasn’t afraid of these eight cultivators, he also didn’t want to reveal his strength too soon.

Guan Shanqing immediately understood his meaning; a storage bag was very rare, and an ordinary Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator might not even have one, let alone this group of Qi Refining Stage cultivators.

"Brother Su, why don’t you put your prey on me?"

Guan Shanqing suggested.

Yi Qianmo knew he meant well, but he shook his head and said, "I have my own way; just take out your prey to pass through."

Guan Shanqing did not insist, and both of them joined the line. After about half an hour, it was finally their turn.

Guan Shanqing took out the tokens of four spirit beasts. When the cultivator saw Guan Shanqing, he seemed to think of something and took only one of the tokens, saying, "You can go now."

This made the people around feel envious, and the reason this cultivator only took one was naturally because Guan Shanqing had previously demonstrated golden spiritual light.

However, just as Guan Shanqing was collecting the tokens and preparing to leave, a voice suddenly came from behind him, "He has a storage bag; don’t be fooled by him!"

"Hmm!"

The eight cultivators who set the trap all looked at Guan Shanqing, frowning.

Yi Qianmo turned around and saw two familiar faces standing behind them: it was the cultivator from Lianshan Sect whom he had let go, standing beside Xu Zhou.

"I can also prove that he has a storage bag. The cultivator behind Guan Shanqing is quite strong, and their prey should all be in Guan Shanqing’s storage bag."

Xu Zhou said next.

He had a cold smirk on his face, watching the excitement.