I have a high-risk profession in the cultivation world.

Today, Luo Suichen won both of his matches, and Tian Yige won one.

Su Chengdian... After discovering that three of his four opponents in his group were in the late Foundation Establishment stage, he only fought against another senior brother in the mid Foundation Establishment stage. He lasted for half an hour but still lost. After that, he said that he conceded defeat and surrendered to everyone.

Seeing his senior sister and junior brother receive praise from their master after each victory, he expressed a bit of envy.

Hmph, I should have known better than to rush to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

I'm so sad. (╥╯^╰╥)

The quarterfinals were determined on the second day. Luo Suichen advanced as the top seed in his group, and Tian Yige advanced as the second seed. After a day of rest, the final quarterfinals began on the fourth day.

Tian Yige was facing a senior brother who had already advanced to the late Foundation Establishment stage and was much stronger than her. After seeing the draw results, she knew that she would definitely stop here this time, but she still went all out. After all, being able to spar with a strong person would greatly benefit her strength improvement.

After persisting for three-quarters of an hour, Tian Yige's spiritual energy became insufficient, and her opponent seized the opportunity to knock her off the stage.

But she was not discouraged. She knew that she was still young and that her family had invested heavily in her upbringing since she was a child, so she had endless potential.

Chu Chenmu, fearing she would be upset, offered a few words of comfort and praised her for being the youngest among the top eight, expressing his pride. Although his words were brief and somewhat dry, Tian Yige was clearly happier than before.

Luo Suichen listened to every word without saying a word, his head bowed, and no one knew what he was thinking.

On the other hand, let's look at Luo Suichen's side.

Luo Suichen had fought a match in the morning and won in a long time. It wasn't that he was lacking in the depth of his spiritual power. His strength at the eighth level of Qi Refining was already considered outstanding among this year's freshmen. His weakness was in his techniques and spells. After all, he had no foundation before entering the Wuji Sect, unlike Su Chengdian, who had been practicing in his family since childhood and had mastered many more techniques than Luo Suichen.

Although he still has memories of his past life, he has only been reborn for a short time. It would be suspicious if he suddenly mastered some high-level technique.

He diligently practiced the basic sword techniques used by new disciples to spar with his opponent, taking the opportunity to improve his mastery of his current body. When he felt he had mastered the techniques, he found an opening and won against his opponent.

He also went down to the stage and, like Tian Yige, reported back to Chu Chenmu.

He received similar praise as Tian Yige, and smiled just as brightly as Tian Yige.

After sitting down and watching other people's matches, he noticed the smile on his face and was slightly taken aback.

Having been a child for so long, he can even be happy to win such childish competitions.

In any case, they didn't mention the Master's praise at all.

He has another match this afternoon. As the competition progresses to the final four, apart from Luo Suichen, the remaining three are all at the ninth level of Qi Refining. He was lucky enough to draw a junior disciple who was selected in the same year as him and had only reached the ninth level of Qi Refining a few months ago, so the gap between the two was not significant.

Luo Suichen was also practicing the moves he had mastered while fighting. He knew that he would definitely not have an advantage in a contest of spiritual power, but he observed that the disciple opposite him had the arrogance of a young man and was making wide and sweeping moves, taking the approach of quick battle and decisive action. He knew that he would not be able to last long. He only needed to withstand the fierce attack in the first part and then strike back.

He found it increasingly easy to counter Chu Chenmu's moves, and he could even get distracted by thinking about what kind of rhetoric Chu Chenmu would use after he stepped down from the stage. He had said in the morning that Chu Chenmu could make it to the finals, and now he might say that Chu Chenmu could win the championship.

He knocked his opponent off the stage, he won, and the referee declared him the winner.

Everything unfolded as he had predicted, until he felt he could no longer suppress the surging spiritual energy within him.

Luo Suichen broke through; he reached the ninth level of Qi Refining.

When he could no longer suppress his cultivation level and could only sit cross-legged on the arena to break through, Luo Suichen's mind was filled with thoughts of not being able to win first place in this competition.

Even though his senior sister only made it to the semifinals, she still received such praise from that man. If he were to win, he would surely…

But then he realized that it was strange that he had such a thought out of nowhere, that he was even considering whether Chu Chenmu would be happy.

He then found a suitable reason for himself: if he is happy now because of me, he will surely suffer even more when he is tormented by me in the future.

He knew full well that he was only doing this to better take revenge on Chu Chenmu.

Chu Chenmu marveled at the power of the plot. He was thinking that if Luo Suichen had directly entered the finals in this life, or even won first place, how could he possibly make him fight the winner again after the competition?

Seeing him sitting cross-legged and beginning his breakthrough, Chu Chenmu finally felt relieved.

Luo Suichen's breakthrough took four days, and he missed the final competition. Actually, they could have waited for him, since these were internal sect competitions. As an elder's personal disciple, it would have been reasonable to wait for him for two days. However, when the managing elder mentioned this to Chu Chenmu, Chu Chenmu refused.

On the surface, it was for the sake of fairness and impartiality in the competition and his reputation as the selfless Elder Po Jun, but in reality, it was just to follow the plot and save his own life.

Four days later, Luo Suichen broke through to the ninth level of Qi Refining and opened his eyes.

Su Chengdian stayed by his side. When Luo Suichen woke up, he told him the results of the competition and that his master wanted him to participate in the sparring and exchange after the grand competition.

Chu Chenmu saw the two of them approach him and Tian Yi and then said, "The three of you should each choose a suitable opponent later. Although this kind of friendly competition can't compare to the pressure of a life-or-death battle, it can still improve your overall strength better than just training."

He then spoke privately to Luo Suichen, "Go find your Senior Brother Sun later. He was the champion of the competition. You just advanced to the ninth level of Qi Refining, so it's a good opportunity to spar with him and familiarize yourself with your cultivation as soon as possible."

Thanks to Luo Suichen's timely breakthrough, he not only helped him advance the plot but also found a suitable reason to order him to participate in this sparring match.

Luo Suichen didn't doubt whether Chu Chenmu had ulterior motives. He thought so too, and perhaps Chu Chenmu was genuinely doing this for his own good.

When the sparring session began, he went to the platform where Senior Brother Sun was, greeted him briefly, and then started fighting.

Luo Suichen found it very difficult to fight against him. Senior Brother Sun deliberately suppressed his cultivation in order to win the freshman competition.

But he felt a strange resentment simmering inside him. He felt that breaking through to the ninth level of Qi Refining was far less important to Chu Chenmu than winning a match, especially since he hadn't received any praise from Chu Chenmu just now.

It was this body that influenced Luo Suichen's soul, causing his emotions and thoughts to differ from those of his previous life; otherwise, he would never have noticed this in his previous life.

Whether Chu Chenmu praised him or not, in his previous life he would have just killed him outright.

This intense desire drove Luo Suichen to win the sparring match, causing him to become overly aggressive. Sensing this, Senior Brother Sun also joined in, and the two engaged in a sparring session that became even more intense than a regular competition.