Chapter 47: Beast valley tournament

Time passed like a flowing river, and before long, it had already been two weeks since Ting Ting was accepted into the Bloody Rose sect and began training on Gu Chen’s mountain peak.

As for her spot as a core disciple of the Bloody Rose sect, nothing changed, as she still needed to use that identity while going out.

Within the past two weeks, both Feng Shuran and Ting Ting had been training diligently inside the cultivation room. Ting Ting didn’t have any special techniques to train or magical treasure weapons to practice, so she was able to fully commit to the cultivation room.

As for Feng Shuran, she still had to spend some time practising the Formless Needle technique as well as trying to manifest her Nascent Soul into an avatar.

Matters regarding the Bloody Rose sect were all being handled well by Quin Xuxu, so Feng Shuran wasn’t disturbed and could improve herself in peace.

As for Gu Chen, he was living a peaceful and quiet life on his mountain peak. With nothing much to do, he usually sat beside the lake and enjoyed the silence.

Occasionally, Feng Shuran or Ting Ting would come to look for him to ask questions regarding their training, and he would happily guide them.

These two weeks were nothing short of normal in Gu Chen’s opinion.

Of course, that was only his own view. Others didn’t think the same. Feng Shuran and Ting Ting were still mesmerised by the effect of the cultivation room as their strength increased by leaps and bounds.

Feng Shuran could already feel that she was getting closer to the 5th stage of the Nascent Soul Realm after just two weeks of training inside the cultivation room. Not only was her cultivation increasing, but it was also influencing her Formless Needle technique, making it much easier for her to understand.

Ting Ting could also feel that her breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm was getting closer and closer. In the end, Gu Chen hadn’t fed her the talent-enhancing pill that he had gotten from recruiting her.

After using Admin Eyes on Ting Ting, he found out that her talent was just as monstrous as Feng Shuran’s. Although she fell a bit short, Feng Shuran had a darkness spirit root at 100%.

Ting Ting had spirit roots of four elements, and all of them were above 50%! Her strongest spirit root was the lightning element spirit root, and it was at 80%!

It was simply unreasonable.

With her being so talented, Gu Chen decided to not feed her the pill and keep it instead as it would be of better use to anyone else besides these two monsters.

Giving either Feng Shuran or Ting Ting would just be like pouring a bucket of water into a pond. While it would increase the quantity of the pond’s content, it was equally unnecessary.

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More people had also come to join the Bloody Rose sect during the past two weeks. Now that the sect was functioning as a normal sect should, Feng Shuran no longer attended to newcomers, and certain requirements had been created to screen people who wanted to join.

These tests could allow even ordinary people who couldn’t absorb qi yet to enter the sect and become outer disciples! Of course, it was extremely difficult, and only those at the Body Tempering Realm and QI Gathering Realm would have an easier time passing them.

Aside from that, the entire Oghara was in a heated period of preparation.

Apparently, there was a tournament involving all the powers in Oghara that was held every year. It was called the Beast Valley Tournament!

There was a dangerous forest outside Oghara, and inside it were several beasts and even some spirit beasts that were as powerful as Core Formation Realm cultivators.

During a certain period every year, these spirit beasts would withdraw deeper into the beast valley for unknown reasons, leaving only a few great beasts and countless ordinary beasts within the outer regions of the valley.

The forces of Oghara took this chance to hunt down the great beasts and ordinary beasts while the spirit beasts were away. This would allow them to gain corpses of great beasts and even eggs that could be hatched, as well as beast cores that were like spirit stones and could be sold for a high price.

Another reason for this tournament was for each power to show off the talent of their disciples.

Over time, powers from outside Oghara were attracted and would usually come to spectate in hopes of finding rare talents to recruit. This would help the sects within Oghara to form connections with stronger forces from other regions.

Sadly, such an opportunity had not appeared in recent years, as the representatives from outside Oghara didn’t find any of the juniors strong enough.

After all, cultivators from Oghara were weak, and even Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators could become elders.

Due to this, the forces of Oghara were only able to trade their gains from the tournament for magical treasures and other resources from those representatives.

And now, the Beast Valley Tournament is just a few months away!

Many people in Oghara couldn’t help but look forward to the performance of the Bloody Rose Sect, which was now the number one power in Oghara.

Would they be able to produce a talent that would catch the eyes of the representatives from outside Oghara?

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Rumble!

The sky above Gu Chen’s mountain suddenly roared with lightning. Causing Gu Chen, who was sitting on his wooden chair beside the lake, to open his eyes.

He stared at the sky with indifference; the clouds were quickly turning dark, and it was obvious that a vortex was about to form.

Someone was about to break through!

Gu Chen didn’t need to guess, as he already knew who was very close to achieving a breakthrough on his mountain.

"Uncle Chen!" A young female voice sounded from a distance.

’Speak of the devil,’ Gu Chen thought to himself as a slight smile formed on his face.

He sat up and looked in the direction of the voice. Ting Ting was rushing over with a nervous look on her face; behind her was Feng Shuran.

Today, Feng Shuran wore a green dress with a golden waist sash. A silver hairpin with a sword handle design held her hair into a single bundle.

She looked very graceful as she walked slowly yet easily caught up with Ting Ting, who was obviously in a hurry.

Looking at Feng Shuran, Gu Chen couldn’t help recalling what had happened last night.

Actually, she was the reason he was sitting beside the lake so early in the morning.

He was trying to recover his energy after she drained him last night, after leaving Ting Ting inside the cultivation room.

Staring back at Gu Chen, a warm smile formed on Feng Shuran’s face as her gaze softened. She even licked her lips while still holding eye contact.

Gu Chen "..."

He suddenly felt threatened; she wouldn’t request to do it again this morning, right?

"Uncle Chen, Uncle Chen, I’m about to break through!" Ting Ting cried out as she reached Gu Chen; panic was written all over her face.

She could already feel the pressure from the incoming lightning tribulation. It felt like a ball of flame was constantly hovering above her head!

Gu Chen pulled his gaze away from Feng Shuran and looked at Ting Ting instead.

"I know," he said softly. He didn’t need her to tell him, as the darkening sky was enough proof.

"Uncle Chen, what should I do?" Ting Ting asked. Her eyes were shaking, and her hands were holding each other.

Gu Chen looked at the panicking girl and shook his head with a small smile.

"Don’t worry, it can’t harm you." He said, then looked at Feng Shuran. "Take her somewhere else to transcend the tribulation." He ordered.

He couldn’t have Ting Ting face the lightning tribulation here; his forcefield would block the lightning strikes, and it would be considered as an interference, which would then increase the strength of the lightning tribulation.

His forcefield was at the Spirit Transformation Realm; the strength of the lightning tribulation would soar past it the moment it sensed it. At that point, Gu Chen wouldn’t be able to protect Ting Ting or his mountain from the lightning strikes!

Even his own life would be at risk.

However, he wasn’t just sending Ting Ting away because he was scared. He had prepared for Ting Ting’s breakthrough. Unlike Feng Shuran’s sudden breakthrough that had taken him by surprise, Gu Chen had enough time to prepare items to help Ting Ting overcome her tribulation easily.

Feng Shuran bowed after receiving the order and looked at Ting Ting.

"Come," she said.

Ting Ting instantly teared up. Was Uncle Chen sending her away?

She had heard that the lightning tribulation was very scary and powerful and could annihilate a cultivator. How was she supposed to survive if she was sent out?

"U-Uncle Chen," Ting Ting said weakly, tears running down her small face.

Gu Chen and Feng Shuran were left speechless.

Why was the kid crying?