Sister, I don't want to be a furnace anymore. I'm about to become an immortal.

Chapter 15: Surprise

In the boudoir of the small courtyard, Yun Mei lay unconscious on the bed with a pale face. The old man beside her frowned and slowly transported spiritual energy into her body to stabilize her injuries. Xiao Yichen and Liu Qingqing stood on the other side. No one dared to make a sound for fear of disturbing the old man's treatment. This old woman was an elder of the Meiyu Sect, ranked fifth, and was respected as the Fifth Elder by the disciples. Moreover, she was the master of Yun Mei and Zhang Qingyue. Both of them were her pride. They were already the best of the younger generation at a young age. She would be heartbroken if any of them were injured.

An hour later, the fifth elder slowly stopped what he was doing, stood up and led the two people out of the room.

As soon as she walked out of the room, Liu Qingqing anxiously asked, "Fifth Elder, how is Senior Sister? Is she serious?"

Hearing this, the fifth elder sighed softly and said with some disappointment: "It's a bit troublesome. The origin of the body has been damaged. In addition, the last time, when she was out, she met the disciples of Qingfeng Pavilion and was chased and seriously injured. She has only recovered for a short time and her body needs rest. She forced a breakthrough in this competition and was counterattacked after failure. Now, Yunmei has no chance of becoming a saint. Alas... I don't know what she was thinking. Even if Qingyue breaks through to the Jindan stage ahead of time this time, according to her talent, she will be able to break through smoothly in no time. Why rush now, alas..." Having said that, the fifth elder looked at Yunmei lying on the bed in the room with disappointment.

"Then is there any way to make Senior Sister get better quickly?" Xiao Yichen suddenly asked.

Upon hearing this, the Fifth Elder looked at him with a slightly darker expression, his eyes revealing deep contempt. He said, "Of course there is. Just go find a thousand-year-old water cloud fungus. I guarantee it will restore her to her original state, and even allow her to break through to the Jindan stage directly."

Hearing this, Xiao Yichen was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "Fifth Elder, where can we find this Shui Yunzhi?"

Before he could finish his words, Liu Qingqing beside him quietly tugged at his sleeve. When the Fifth Elder heard him ask this, his face turned very ugly. He said to Xiao Yichen with a hint of anger, "Have you ever taken the sect's rules seriously? The sect has expressly forbidden any form of helping injured disciples heal. They have to rely on themselves for everything. Don't think I don't know. Last time, it was you who asked Qingqing for the healing medicine, and you caused her to be punished. The sect didn't hold you accountable because you had just joined the sect. What, are you going to do it again?"

After saying that, the Fifth Elder no longer paid any attention to the two of them. He waved his long sleeves vigorously and flew away. After she was far away, Xiao Yichen looked at Liu Qingqing apologetically, as if he knew what she was going to say. Liu Qingqing quickly waved her hand and said, "Brother, don't apologize to me. It's just half a year's resources. It's not a big deal. Now you should think about Senior Sister's matter."

Seeing the other party's nonchalant look, he felt guilty. He turned to look at Yunmei in the room with a frown.

"Does Senior Sister really have to rely on herself to slowly recover? But if it goes on like this, the opportunity will be wasted."

He just heard that the last time Yunmei was injured was because she was chased by disciples of Qingfeng Pavilion. This made him guess that the other party was injured because of him. After all, he had participated in the entrance examination of Qingfeng Pavilion before, and was later kidnapped by Yunmei and Zhang Qingyue. This kind of kidnapping of disciples is strictly prohibited no matter where it happens.

He turned his head to Liu Qingqing and wanted to ask something, but when the words came to his lips, he forced himself to hold them back.

"No, I can't involve Qingqing this time. I have to find a way to get the Shui Yunzhi myself."

The two stayed here for another half a moment. Seeing that Yun Mei's condition had stabilized, he took Liu Qingqing back to the arena. After all, Liu Qingqing had won the previous competition and needed to continue to participate in the next round.

After about another hour, the female disciples' competition was finally over. Liu Qingqing won the 27th place, and the first place was naturally Zhang Qingyue. At this moment, she slowly walked down the stage amid the cheers of the crowd. Seeing Xiao Yichen in the crowd, she looked at him and then turned her head away with disdain. Seeing this, Xiao Yichen didn't pay too much attention. Since he had already offended him, it was impossible for him to flatter the other party.

The competition between male disciples was about to begin. Liu Qingqing came to his side, but was called back by him. After all, Yunmei still needed someone to take care of her. Liu Qingqing did not insist. She was also thinking about Yunmei in her heart and left the arena happily.

After a few more rounds of competition, it was his turn. However, when he stepped onto the stage, he sensed the cultivation level of his senior brother opposite him, which was only at the mid-Mortal Realm. This left him somewhat bewildered. It was understandable that younger disciples like Yun Mei and Zhang Qingyue couldn't see through his cultivation level, but couldn't the elders of the sect see through it either? Why would they assign him an opponent at the mid-Mortal Realm?

"Could it be? Is it because of the energy in the body?" He quickly closed his eyes, carefully felt himself, and then he was pleasantly surprised to find that before he took action, his physical fitness was really that of a mid-stage mortal. When he exerted a little effort, the energy in his body instantly spread out around his body and merged into the eight extraordinary meridians in his body. His physical fitness could immediately reach the initial stage of body tempering. After feeling the change, he immediately stopped the movement in his body, fearing that the secret would be discovered by the people around him. He secretly tried a few more times, and this situation was actually still controllable. He could control his cultivation level wherever he wanted.

I vaguely remembered it, and thought to myself, "Great! Doesn't this mean that I can hide my cultivation level if I want to in the future?"

He had never noticed this before. After all, he had been in the stage of recovery since he was struck by lightning and woke up. After he recovered, he simply tried out his new strength and returned to the sect on the same day. In front of Yunmei, he did not show his strength and did not pay attention to his physical condition. After all, he did not have any special hobbies. He could not just open his collar to look at his eight-pack abs. Wouldn't that be completely abnormal?

Now that he discovered this, he was really a little excited, especially since he had just decided to continue staying with Yunmei. This allowed him to continue hiding his true cultivation level, and who knows when he might be able to use it as a trump card in the future.

Coming back to his senses, he nodded to the referee, and the competition officially began. When the senior brother on the opposite side attacked, he lightly dodged to the side. The opponent's movements seemed to him like slow motion. Although his physical fitness was now in the middle stage of the mortal realm, the others were all genuine body tempering realm. It was actually very simple to win, but in order to hide his cultivation, he still pretended to be struggling.

The two men were fighting on the stage, which made the disciples below bored. Finally, Xiao Yichen saw that the time was almost right and deliberately retreated to the edge. When his opponent thought he could not hold on any longer, he revealed a slight flaw and was knocked out of the arena by a punch from his senior brother.

"Tsk..." Zhang Qingyue in the audience was very disdainful when she saw him being knocked away by a punch. Then she stood up and walked away. Xiao Yichen slowly walked off the stage amid the sighs of the people around him. He was not embarrassed. There was no reward in this competition. If he won, he would have to participate in the next round. It was a waste of time. He had other important things to do now and didn't have the time to delay here any longer.

After leaving the arena, he walked straight towards the alchemy room, where there must be books recording the growth location of water cloud fungus.