Everyone's all smiles on the surface but secretly cunning, but the junior sister only wants to

What's truly baffling is that the lightning seemed to have eyes, striking directly at Su Luoluo, and she was the only one to suffer this calamity. At the time, Su Luoluo was standing in the crowd, while those standing next to her were completely unharmed.

Meanwhile, Jiang Shiliu, who was not far away, witnessed this scene and couldn't help but feel secretly delighted. However, she dared not show it too obviously and had to suppress her laughter, almost causing herself internal injury. Song Shiyue was also present. He saw Su Luoluo's disheveled appearance after being struck by lightning, and the smile on his lips became even more unrestrained, as if he could hardly contain his joy.

The others stared in disbelief, their faces filled with astonishment. They simply couldn't comprehend how a lightning-summoning talisman written by an ordinary cultivator could summon such astonishing heavenly lightning without even being used. Normally, summoning heavenly lightning is no easy feat; it requires an extraordinary affinity for elemental forces to achieve such a feat!

At this moment, Jiang Shiliu was still in a state of confusion. She stared wide-eyed at the examiner and cautiously asked, "Um... senior, how should I judge this? Perhaps I could rewrite a lightning-summoning talisman?" The examiner smiled and slowly replied, "There's no need for such trouble. The lightning-summoning talisman you drew is already a top-grade spiritual talisman. It not only triggers extraordinary phenomena in the world but also demonstrates your exceptional talent and skill in talisman making. According to the rules of this competition, you have undoubtedly won the honor of advancing. Here, let us extend our warmest congratulations to Jiang Shiliu, a cultivator from the Xuan Tian Sword Sect, for winning first place in the preliminary stage of the talisman-making competition and successfully passing the initial test!"

"You can skip directly to the final competition, which will officially begin this afternoon! As for the others, they need to continue with the remaining competition procedures. Now, you can leave this place first, but remember to be on time for the afternoon competition, and don't be late." The senior looked at Jiang Shiliu with a smile and earnestly advised her.

"Oh, okay, thank you for reminding me, senior." Jiang Shiliu quickly nodded respectfully and then turned to walk towards the exam room exit. She still looked completely bewildered, as if she found everything that had just happened hard to believe.

Just then, Jiang Moqi, who had been waiting outside, spotted Jiang Shiliu. He rushed forward and came to her side.

"Little Shi Liu, why do you look like you've lost your soul? This is only the first part of your sect's competition, and you're already this dazed? Could it be that you didn't have time for breakfast this morning, so you're so hungry that your brain can't function properly and you've become silly? Come on, come on, come with me to my residence to enjoy a delicious breakfast, otherwise you'll really starve!" As he spoke, Jiang Moqi stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Jiang Shi Liu's eyes, as if trying to pull her wandering thoughts back.

Hearing this, Jiang Shiliu instantly snapped out of her daze and glared at Jiang Moqi, annoyed. "Hmph, you're the one who's stupid! I just felt that today's competition was going too smoothly, and what was with that sudden lightning strike?! All the other contestants wrote similar incantations, so why did the lightning only come at me? I had just finished writing mine, and it was about to strike! Although the lightning didn't hit me." Jiang Shiliu became more and more speechless as she spoke.

Jiang Moqi's expression remained calm as he slowly spoke, "In my opinion, it must be because of your extraordinary affability and exceptional talent! But why are you so bothered by this? Don't think so much! Come, come, come with me to enjoy some delicious food. I specially asked Baiweizhai to send some exquisite tea and snacks here."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shiliu couldn't help but purse her lips and begin to complain: "You, as the boss, are really good at budgeting! You even insist on choosing homemade food, tsk tsk tsk..." As she spoke, she gently shook her head, indicating some helplessness.

Seeing this, Jiang Moqi smiled slightly, then reached out and gently placed his hand on Jiang Shiliu's head, stroking it tenderly, before asking, "Alright, enough nagging. I'll just ask you one question: are you going to eat or not?"

Jiang Shiliu answered without hesitation, "Eat! Of course we'll eat! Let's go!" As soon as she finished speaking, the two walked side by side toward the place where the tea and snacks were placed.

That said, why didn't Jiang Shiliu's other senior brothers and sisters come to watch her match? The reason is quite simple. First, they had complete confidence in their adorable junior sister, firmly believing that she could handle the situation with ease. Second, this was their home turf; who would dare to act recklessly or bully Shiliu here? Moreover, Senior Uncle Yun Yu was personally overseeing the match! Therefore, they had absolutely no need to worry.

Meanwhile, the senior students continued their daily training as usual. After all, each of them faced their own competition tasks, and Jiang Shiliu had previously made a bold statement, declaring that she would definitely break into the top ten this year! Therefore, no one dared to slack off in the slightest, and they all buried themselves in hard training, hoping to achieve excellent results on the field.

Jiang Shiliu, long before the sect competition even began, made a bold statement: if any sect disciple participating in the competition failed to make it into the top thirty, then the entire sect would have to once again enjoy a "love meal" personally cooked by her. This certainly made everyone's hearts tighten.

It's important to understand that the reason the sect disciples performed poorly in the previous competitions and failed to fully demonstrate their abilities was due to their unhealthy diets. Jiang Shiliu's announcement that she would take charge of cooking again was actually an attempt to use this opportunity to cleanse everyone of the accumulated toxins in their bodies. However, for the people in the sect, this was nothing short of a nightmare.

The news, once it spread, was like a boulder thrown into water, instantly creating ripples and causing an uproar throughout the sect. The disciples exchanged bewildered glances, their faces filled with terror, as if they could already foresee the horrific scene that awaited them—the agonizing experience of three consecutive days of diarrhea was still vivid in their minds, something they truly dreaded to recall! Therefore, everyone secretly vowed to give their all in the upcoming sect competition, striving with all their might to achieve a good ranking. Not for anything else, but simply to escape the clutches of Jiang Shiliu's dreadful "love meals" and never again suffer the torment of that terrifying diarrhea.

"Why does Tianyan Peak have to be in the top ten?! Isn't Junior Sister being too demanding and strict with us?!" Mo Yuchen complained with a face full of resentment.

Hearing this, Qingyan, who was standing to the side, rolled her eyes and replied helplessly, "Junior Brother Mo, what good will it do to keep complaining and grumbling here? It's all for nothing. If you really think you're that capable, then go and argue with Xiaoshiliu!"

Upon hearing that they were looking for his junior sister, Mo Yuchen shook his head and waved his hands repeatedly like a startled rabbit, muttering, "I'm not going! Haven't you noticed? This junior sister seems to have taken some kind of poison lately. Ever since she went into seclusion, she's been practicing swordsmanship like a madwoman. That murderous aura of hers is almost solidified into a tangible form, sending chills down your spine. I absolutely dare not provoke her!"

At this moment, Song Shiyue, who had been silent all along, suddenly interjected: "Second Senior Brother, the reason why Junior Sister is so strict with us is simply because she can't stand our self-indulgence and lack of ambition. Why don't you think back carefully to how we performed in the previous sect competitions?"

Mo Yuchen curled his lip and said dismissively, "Hmph, what else can we do? Besides always being at the bottom of the class, all we do is slack off!"

Song Shiyue sighed softly and continued earnestly, "It is precisely because of this that the reputation of our Xuantian Sword Sect has plummeted and been completely ruined. People outside are hesitant to join our sect because of our poor performance in the sect competition, to the point that we can't even recruit new disciples. If we don't pull ourselves together, I'm afraid the Xuantian Sword Sect will only decline further in the future..."