Junior sister took first place again

The maid led Ning Jiasheng and the other two to the place where the Cui family's children usually practiced martial arts. Halfway there, Wen Xingzhou said:

"You don't have to take us to the training ground. Just point to an empty spot by the lake."

The maid guessed that the Immortal King didn't want the Xuanling Sect's swordsmanship to be spread to outsiders, so she respectfully took them to an open space by the lake below.

There are some common flowers and trees growing here, so it wouldn't be a big problem even if they were destroyed.

After sending the maid away, Ning Jiasheng asked curiously, "Brother, you're not going to make me swing my sword here ten thousand times, are you? I don't think they'll say anything even if I just say I want to leave without making an excuse."

The most basic training for beginners at Lingxiao Peak is to swing the sword ten thousand times a day, but Ning Jiasheng hasn't practiced it for a long time.

Although Wen Xingzhou asked her to practice, she felt that swinging the sword ten thousand times would be too stupid.

Wen Xingzhou shook his head. "Every place has its own way of doing things. We're still guests at the Cui residence. If things get awkward, who knows what they'll do impulsively."

He stopped there and took a branch from the air. "Swinging your sword ten thousand times won't mean much to you now. Fight me."

Ning Jiasheng's eyes lit up, and Chi Yan suddenly appeared in her hand.

Seeing that his junior sister was ready, Wen Xingzhou smiled and said:

"I will only use my early Jindan stage cultivation to fight you. I will stop today if I can cut off a leaf, but—"

Ning Jiasheng leaned forward slightly and asked impatiently, "But what?"

"Junior sister, you must control your spiritual power well. It's best not to destroy the surrounding vegetation. Just use pure sword skills to fight."

Wen Xingzhou said with a smile.

Ning Jiasheng nodded repeatedly. Apart from the battle with Nie Yushu, she had never fought with other cultivators.

When fighting against monks and demons, the fighting styles of the two are very different.

Because the demon race has high defense, they often use powerful and fast-acting moves to break through their defense.

It is more inclined to pure strength competition. After all, no matter how flexible your moves are, if you can't break the defense, everything is useless.

The duel between monks is completely different. On the premise that their realms are similar, what they compete in is moves, spiritual power and physical skills.

If you can control your spiritual power to the extreme, all the spiritual power will be poured into your opponent when you attack, which means you can use less spiritual power to deal more damage.

There is little overflow of spiritual power, and fluctuations in spiritual pressure will not be too obvious, which is conducive to hiding oneself. In a fair battle with cultivators, any one of these points may be the key to victory.

Understanding what Senior Brother meant, Ning Jiasheng smiled and said:

"Okay! Then—"

Before he could finish his words, Ning Jiasheng suddenly appeared in front of Wen Xingzhou, with the tip of his sword pointing straight at his heart.

"Brother, be careful!"

Wen Xingzhou stood still, and with a seemingly casual swing of his sword, full of power and grace, he easily blocked the sword, and a pleasant metallic collision sound was heard in the air.

When the attack failed, Ning Jiasheng stretched out his left hand and slapped Wen Xingzhou, but he still blocked it easily.

The two palms collided, Ning Jiasheng took a few steps back and stood up, then did a backflip and appeared beside Wen Xingzhou, attacking his waist.

It seems like a simple move, but it contains many mysteries.

Ning Jiasheng pinched his fingers together and created a strange aura around him, blocking all of Wen Xingzhou's escape routes. At the same time, he poured his spiritual power into the sword and stabbed it towards Wen Xingzhou quickly.

Wen Xingzhou remained standing without dodging, the branch in his hand emitting a faint red light, and it collided directly with the tip of the sword attacking from the side.

Ding!

There was another sound of clashing swords.

Then there were dozens of clashing sounds, and the long sword and tree branches crossed each other dozens of times. Every attack by Ning Jiasheng was blocked by the branches.

Ning Jiasheng took a few steps back again, formed a sword gesture with one hand, and used the spiritual sword to control Chi Yan and Wen Xingzhou to fight against each other. Then he flew up and quickly got close to Wen Xingzhou to fight him in hand-to-hand combat.

She swung a heavy punch at Wen Xingzhou's face with her left hand. Wen Xingzhou still gracefully held the branch to fight with Chi Yan, and raised his other hand lightly to hold the oncoming punch.

Ning Jiasheng did not retreat. He turned his wrist and wrapped his entire arm around Wen Xingzhou's arm as soft as boneless. His legs were not idle either, and he hit out a series of afterimages swiftly and fiercely.

Wen Xingzhou raised his eyebrows and used his spiritual energy to fight against the spiritual power that was pouring out of her arm, but he kept dodging with his feet and did not fight back.

The two fought like this for a few minutes, and Ning Jiasheng suddenly separated.

She called back Chi Yan, leaped high into the air, flipped over, and turned into a stream of light, flying towards Wen Xingzhou.

Wen Xingzhou raised his hand to block, and a gust of air erupted where the two sides clashed, rustling the surrounding leaves.

Eighteen stood aside, staring at Ning Jiasheng and cheering her on in his heart.

After Ning Jiasheng's attack, he poured a large amount of spiritual power into the sword and swung the sword at the leaves on the tree branch several times like lightning, but still failed to cut off a single leaf.

Wen Xingzhou was just on the defensive the whole time, teaching his junior sister his moves with a warm smile.

In the chaotic and dazzling sword shadows, Wen Xingzhou moved suddenly, avoiding the sword energy that quietly attacked from the ground, while continuing to fight with his hands.

However, the moment he moved, Ning Jiasheng's left hand quickly gathered energy into a blade and successfully cut off a leaf.

After leaving the branch that Wen Xingzhou had infused with spiritual power, the leaf was burned by Ning Jiasheng's spiritual power before it even fell to the ground, leaving no ash.

Eighteen was jumping around happily on the ground.

Ning Jiasheng also stopped and jumped for joy.

Wen Xingzhou nodded approvingly, walked over and touched her head, saying, "Junior sister, you did a great job."

"Brother, that's very kind, but it would be even better if we could force him to take action."

"Brother, you are so good at both sword and weapon training. I only practice sword, so I need to work harder."

"Perhaps it wouldn't hurt to agree to practice with the Cui family. The way of fighting humans is really much different from fighting monsters."

Ning Jiasheng grabbed his hand, pulled his sleeve and chattered.

Wen Xingzhou smiled helplessly, knowing that his junior sister was just talking, so he kept silent.

But speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived and saw the Cui brothers and sisters reappear from afar, walking towards them.

After all, this is someone else's territory. Seeing that the two of them had finished practicing, they immediately came over again.

After the four of them exchanged greetings, Cui Ying softly invited, "Junior Sister Ning, today is the Lantern Festival in the mortal world. There will be a lantern festival in the city tonight, which will be very lively. I've come to invite you two to watch it."

Ning Jiasheng thought subtly in his heart that this was a roundabout way to save the country from her perspective. She was just being implicated in the previous conversation.

I guess I got some advice from that old fox.

It would be impossible to escape from them if he stayed in this mansion all the time, and it would be very boring. Ning Jiasheng nodded happily and agreed.

Anyway, as long as I have my senior brother here, it doesn’t matter where I go.

She picked up the rabbit on the ground and followed the Cui brothers and sisters out of the house for a walk. On the way, she joined the people at the banquet, and the group walked towards the street in a mighty manner.

On the way, this group of people, including Cui Ying, seemed to be under a spell and surrounded Ning Jiasheng, asking her about her well-being and praising her to the skies. Ning Jiasheng suddenly felt a little regretful.

I simply stopped pretending and watched their performance with a lack of interest, touching the rabbit.

Seeing that she showed no interest in anything, Cui Ying changed the subject and said, "Junior Sister Ning likes demon pets? Why don't we go to the store first to look at other categories and pick out a few rare and beautiful ones."

Does this mean that you dislike his ugliness? Eighteen bared his teeth at Cui Ying.

Cui Ying exclaimed, pointing to the rabbit in her arms and praising it, "He can actually understand what I'm saying. Junior Sister Ning's pets are truly extraordinary."

“It looks ordinary, but it’s actually quite spiritual.”

Ning Jiasheng twitched his lips and said, "Why don't you watch what you are saying? It's not uncommon for a demon pet to understand what you say."

Ning Jiasheng hummed twice perfunctorily, but Cui Ying continued, "In that case, how about picking two more to keep him company? Those rare and beautiful beasts are very popular."

The strange beasts that Cui Ying mentioned were not the weird monsters among the demon race, but various demon pets specially bred in the world of cultivation.

For example, a cat with wings, or a snake with legs.

These demon pets have no attack power and are usually raised by female cultivators and children for fun because of their cuteness and beauty. They are the result of hybridization between cultivators and other monsters of this type.

Naturally born monsters are different. They are born with all kinds of strange abilities. If nothing unexpected happens, they will often grow into big monsters. They will not be easily manipulated by monks, let alone be pets of monks.

Ning Jiasheng didn't want to raise these beautiful and fragile pets, but she wanted to see what kind of strange things they were, so she agreed.

So he followed Cui Ying into a pet shop in the cultivation world.

The owner knew the Cui family and greeted them warmly as they approached the door.

Cui Ying said proudly, "Take out all the latest treasures from your shop. As long as they satisfy our distinguished guests, we will put them all on Cui's account."

The shop owner's eyes lit up and he repeatedly told the waiter to bring out the new varieties.

Wen Xingzhou, however, refused, saying calmly, "Master Cui is very polite, but this is not necessary. If Junior Sister likes it, I will pay for it."

Cui Ying didn't argue with him, but just agreed with a smile, and then went to surround Ning Jiasheng with the other brothers and sisters.

The shop owner was very efficient. As soon as Ning Jiasheng entered, he saw all kinds of demon pets, some locked in cages, some tied with special ropes and standing directly on the stage.

There are transparent colorful snakes, black cats with golden eagle wings, and puppies with deer antlers on their heads.

There is also a flying fish with a dreamy pink and purple color scheme, and a pair of colorful transparent butterfly wings on its back.

Seeing her stop and look at it carefully, the shop owner chattered on and on:

"Fairy, you have good taste. This crystal dragon fish is a new arrival in our store. It takes a lot of effort to get such a rare color."

"Don't think it's inconvenient because it's a fish. This species no longer needs to stay in the water all the time. Just release it every now and then. It can live for at least 70 or 80 years..."

Barabara...

"You're really lucky today. If you had put it on display a little later, it would have been sold by then."

Ning Jiasheng listened without hesitation, occasionally agreeing with him, but he had no intention of buying anything.

Cui Jingyou said earnestly, "If Junior Sister Ning likes this fish, I'll give it to her as a gift."

As he was about to wave his hand to buy it, Ning Jiasheng immediately shook his head and walked away.

"I don't like it. Let's take another look."

When he turned around, he met a pair of crystal clear blue eyes.