My Master Disconnected Yet Again (Part 4)

Chapter 668: Straight to the Finals

At last, Tian Yi did not change Lonemoon's name to Zuo Shuming's. It was not that he was unwilling. But the peak that Lonemoon and the others were staying in was already an independent mountain in the eyes of the disciples of Gui Yi Sect. So Yi Qing, the one whom everyone silently acknowledged as the master of that mountain, could also send one person to the competition. Zuo Shuming was unquestioningly the one who was sent into the competition on behalf of Nameless Mountain.

That's right – this mountain of theirs had remained nameless for too long. Now, everyone was referring to it as Nameless Mountain.

But there was only place for one name. Apart from Tian Yi, who thought highly of Lonemoon, no one seemed to take much notice of him. In fact, if anything, people only saw him as Zuo Shuming's lackey. Naturally, Tian Yi thought that Lonemoon was being cast aside.

The facts proved that friendship could be borne out of cheating. Supremacy Tian Yi wanted so much to take care of Lonemoon that he submitted Lonemoon's name. Lonemoon was thus to compete on behalf of Tian Yi's very own mountain.

Thus, Lonemoon was promised advancement to the finals in the competition. There was no turning back!

Lonemoon: "..." Son of a b*tch!

The sect's competition was set to begin in three days. Yu Luan specially came to inform Chef of this and reminded him to turn up on the day itself. No matter how he put it, it was clear to the three of them that Yu Luan was putting Chef in a spot. He wanted the latter to recruit several disciples into the Nameless Mountain on the day itself.

Although nobody in Gui Yi Sect really wanted to learn sword cultivation, they could still recruit disciples. In the last few years, other sects had begun to recruit more sword cultivators as well. Afterall, there was a Soul Formation sword cultivator in the sect – why would people not want to sign up? Especially since the fiendish cultivator Zhong Yi died, Gui Yi Sect's reputation had significantly improved. Even Tai Yan Sect sent disciples to ask after Yi Qing several times. Now, Gui Yi Sect was not the same as before – it was no longer just known for selling good medicines.

In sum, they were to nurture those who had the talents into sword cultivators. Even those without talents had to be nurtured into sword cultivators. After all, this was a sect of pill cultivators. They had loads of money to support all these people!

Lonemoon was very clear on what Yu Luan was after. In fact, he knew this day would come, eventually. Thus, he set up a sword array in advance and threw Zuo Two Bucks in. After all, no matter how many disciples they accepted into the mountain, the responsibilities would all fall on his head. Chef could be put in charge of the meals, but he could not be trusted with training disciples. As for Shen Ying... Heh heh!

Lonemoon spent the time during the first few rounds of the competition training Zuo Two Bucks. It was the kind of training that practically threw Zuo Shuming close to death. Finally, the day before the finals, Zuo Two Bucks passed the first level of the sword array. It was then that Lonemoon allowed Zuo Two Bucks to compete.

There were many disciples in Gui Yi Sect, thus the sect competition took an entire month. The entire competition was split into two events – the pill refinement event and the technique event. There were clear winners and losers in the latter, but the former was a bit more complicated. The Foundation Establishment and Qi Refinement groups were good – they did not know how to refine many pills, so one cauldron of pills did not take more than three days. The Golden Core groups and above were a different story altogether. Golden Core cultivators could refine third-grade pills and above. The time it took to refine such pills was at least ten days.

Thus, the sect competition of Gui Yi Sect was not like others – it could not be concluded within three to four days. 20 days later, the list of winners were announced.