On the stage, Ling Luochen took out a pill and swallowed it. Feeling his spiritual power fully restored, he said to the elder, "Elder, I still have nineteen matches left. Let them all come up together to save time."
"Alright." Since the person himself agreed, the elder had no objections and said, "Those who want to fight Ling Luochen, get on the stage."
However, Ling Luochen's previous move had intimidated them. They had wanted to take advantage of his lack of spiritual power, but instead, Ling Luochen had taken a pill in front of them, recovered, and was now in peak condition.
Therefore, no one stepped onto the stage.
The elder's mouth twitched again. What bad luck he was having, encountering these two siblings.
After waiting for a while, still no one stepped onto the stage. The elder announced helplessly, "Ling Luochen, promoted. Those who did not appear will each receive an additional loss, excluding Ling Luoyi."
Upon hearing that he was promoted, Ling Luochen bowed to the elder and returned to the resting area.
"Congratulations, Big Brother."
As soon as Ling Luochen walked over, he heard Ling Luoyi's teasing voice.
"Luo'er, shouldn't Big Brother congratulate you too?" Ling Luochen teased back.
"Hmph." Ling Luoyi raised her eyebrows proudly and said, "Then, Big Brother, after today's competition, shall we go to Mingyue Tower for dinner together? Do you have a seat, Young Pavilion Master?"
Li Shu had sat down at the Ling family's viewing platform at some point. Hearing Ling Luoyi ask him, he smiled and said, "Miss Ling, no matter when you go, there will always be a seat."
"Thanks."
"Miss Ling, you are too kind. I have something I wish to ask Miss Ling. Do you have time?"
After seeing Ling Luochen's Great Illusionary Weapon, he had a guess that Ling Luoyi might also be...
"Alright," Ling Luoyi said. "Tomorrow's competition is also a hundred into ten. Since I've already advanced, it doesn't matter if I come tomorrow or not."
"Then, at the second hour of the afternoon tomorrow, I will be waiting for Miss Ling at Mingyue Tower."
"Okay."
Since the Ling family disciples had not yet competed, Ling Luoyi was not paying attention to the matches. She sat with Gu Yuncheng in her arms, dozing off, while her spiritual sense clone entered the Fengxi Realm.
Inside the Fengxi Realm, in the small building's room.
Ling Luoyi's spiritual sense clone checked on Xiao Fengxi's condition.
The Hongmeng fruits piled around Xiao Fengxi had halved. It seemed she was recovering well and should wake up in another two days.
Ling Luoyi was relieved and then went to see the other three little ones.
Wei Yu and Guan Yue were playing again, while Chen Sha, unable to defeat them, was forced to watch from the side.
Wei Yu saw Ling Luoyi and ran over excitedly.
"Master, Master!" Wei Yu hugged Ling Luoyi's waist and acted spoiled.
Guan Yue also wanted to run over, but Wei Yu got there first.
Guan Yue rolled her eyes at Wei Yu and said, "Master, is Xiao Fengxi about to wake up?"
Wei Yu was also worried about her and asked anxiously, "Master, Xiao Fengxi is about to wake up? Is it true?"
Ling Luoyi smiled and stroked Wei Yu's head, saying, "Yes, she should be able to wake up in about two more days."
"Then, Master, I want to go prepare a gift for Xiao Fengxi!" Wei Yu said excitedly.
"Go ahead."
Wei Yu ran back to her courtyard to prepare things.
"Master, are you alright?" Seeing that Ling Luoyi's mood was not quite right, Guan Yue was a little worried.
"Guan Yue, I know what you want to say. Don't worry about me."
Guan Yue looked at Ling Luoyi, feeling very uneasy.
She had never considered these things before, but now she was thinking about them more and more.
She didn't know if this was good or bad for her.
Sensing Guan Yue's concern, Ling Luoyi said, "Guan Yue, whether it's good or bad, it's already like this. I don't plan to go back to how I was before."
"Master."
"Alright, don't overthink it. I'm going out now."
Ling Luoyi's spiritual sense clone returned to her main body. Ling Luoyi did not open her eyes but dozed off.
An hour later, Ling Luoyi opened her eyes because a collateral disciple of the Ling family was about to compete, and his opponent was the third young master of the Wei family, Wei Chuhong.
Although killing was prohibited in the competition, it was only stipulated that no lives should be taken on the stage.
Wei Chuhong was a first-tier spiritual practitioner, and the Ling family disciple was also a first-tier spiritual practitioner. Both had contracted beasts, which they had released.
The two contracted beasts began to fight, and after a period of probing, Wei Chuhong stopped attacking.
"Third Young Master Wei, you won't be able to defeat me with just this," the Ling family disciple said truthfully, without arrogance.
However, in Wei Chuhong's eyes, this was mockery. Wei Chuhong became enraged and said sternly, "You underestimate me too much! I am the third young master of the Wei family! Come out, Shadow Leopard Cat!"
A leopard cat appeared on the stage, drawing gasps from the crowd.
"What?!"
"Third Young Master Wei has two contracted beasts!"
...
Listening to the gasps from the audience, Wei Wensong, who had returned to the viewing platform, couldn't help but smile. These two contracted beasts were Hong'er's trump cards. Hong'er was indeed his most favored son and the heir of the Wei family.
Generally, a person could only have one contracted beast. Only after the contracted beast died could one contract the next, and it was impossible to contract multiple at the same time, as this would lead to mental breakdown and render one a cripple.
Yet, his Hong'er could contract two at the same time.
Unexpected, wasn't it, Miss Ling?
Wei Wensong looked at Ling Luoyi, expecting to see a surprised expression on her face, but unfortunately, he was disappointed.
Ling Luoyi looked at the other ninth-tier demonic beast that appeared on the stage, her expression unchanged.
As early as the first day when she tested her talent, she had noticed it, so how could she be surprised?
The reason she hadn't told the other disciples was to see if they could utilize the resources they had.
After all, with her here, they wouldn't die.
On the stage, Wei Chuhong and the Shadow Leopard Cat attacked the Ling family disciple together.
The Ling family disciple was gradually unable to resist, retreating closer and closer to the edge of the stage.
Seeing himself at a disadvantage, the Ling family disciple began to panic.
He didn't want to lose.
"Still not admitting defeat?" Wei Chuhong said. "Then you die!"
Wei Chuhong's attacks intensified. The Ling family disciple, unable to recover his spiritual power in time, was being beaten by Wei Chuhong.
"Miss, what should we do? If this continues, Luojia will be beaten to death!"
"Luo'er!"
Seeing Ling Luojia being beaten to the brink of death, Ling Luoyi clenched her fists, her eyes fixed on Ling Luojia.
"Elder, we concede this match," Ling Luoyi stepped forward and said to the elder.
The elder looked at the stage and said, "Miss Ling, according to the rules, only the person themselves can concede."
The other members of the Ling family looked at the stage and shouted, "Luojia! Concede!"
Ling Luojia shook his head. How could he concede to the Wei family?
Wei Chuhong lifted Ling Luojia and said, "I'm sorry, but who asked your young master to injure my brother? Blame him if you must!" With that, he threw Ling Luojia off the stage.
The moment Ling Luojia was thrown off the stage, Ling Luoyi flew forward to catch him. She injected spiritual power with the life attribute into Ling Luojia's back with her left hand. With Gu Yuncheng helping her to shield the action, no one noticed her movements, not even the Heavenly Dao; with her right hand, she took out a pill and gave it to him.
Ling Luoyi's movements were so fast that the medicinal fragrance hadn't even dissipated before the pill was fed into Ling Luojia's mouth.
The other members of the Ling family also rushed over. Seeing his breathing gradually stabilize and his complexion slowly return to normal, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing that it was almost time, Ling Luoyi stopped her actions and let Ling Luochen carry him back to the resting area.
Not long after, Ling Luojia woke up.
Seeing that he had woken up, Ling Luochen said to the Second Elder, "Second Elder, rest assured, Luojia is fine now."
"Really?!"
"Yes, Luojia has woken up, but his injuries are still quite severe."
The Second Elder breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the person was fine, the injuries would heal in a few days.
He was a grown man, after all. Who hadn't been injured before?