amaotonovel Chapter 166 Competition among Sects
Chapter 166 Competition among Sects
After returning to the sect, Yun Yao and Chu Mochen were like two bright new stars. Their heroic performance in the mysterious ruins was like a dazzling light, illuminating the eyes of every disciple in the sect. Whether it was the wisdom and strength they showed in breaking the ruins' protective formation, or their bravery and tenacity in facing the mysterious power, they all became hot topics among the disciples in the sect. However, just as bright stars always attract dark clouds to cover them, their outstanding performance also attracted the jealousy of some of their peers.
In the daily resource allocation of the sect, troubles began to quietly grow. The seemingly fair distribution process in the past has now become undercurrents. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen found that they always encountered various inexplicable obstacles when obtaining cultivation resources. For example, the high-quality spiritual herbs that were supposed to be theirs were always told at the last minute that the quantity was insufficient or that other disciples had taken them first. There were also problems in borrowing the secret manuals of martial arts. The deacon disciples of the library always seemed to make additional demands on them, either saying that they needed to complete some tedious tasks before borrowing, or delaying time with various reasons, while other disciples were not treated in this way.
What's worse, some of their fellow disciples began to deliberately make things difficult for them at the training ground. Whenever Yun Yao and Chu Mochen came to the training ground to prepare for training, there would always be a few disciples occupying the high-quality training positions they often used, and arrogantly refused to give up. These disciples would also deliberately make loud noises during the training process to interfere with their training state of mind. Once, when Yun Yao was trying to break through the bottleneck of the Qi training realm, several disciples next to her suddenly started arguing loudly. The content of the argument was unbearable to the ears. The noisy voices were like sharp thorns, constantly impacting Yun Yao's mind, causing her to almost go crazy. Fortunately, she stabilized her mind in time, but she also suffered serious internal injuries.
Chu Mochen was not spared. During a spell-practice session with other disciples, several jealous disciples deliberately deviated from the direction of their spells and released powerful spiritual power fluctuations towards Chu Mochen's location. Although Chu Mochen barely managed to resist the sudden attack with his high level of cultivation, his face turned very ugly. He looked at those disciples coldly, and the cold light in his eyes made them shudder unconsciously, but they still pretended to be calm and looked back at Chu Mochen provocatively.
Facing the difficulties of these fellow disciples, Yun Yao was a little angry, but she chose not to care. She knew very well that these little actions were just the bored behavior of those jealous people, and she should not be influenced by them and deviate from the right path of cultivation. She put all her thoughts on the new water-based skills. Every morning, when the first ray of sunlight shone on the sect's practice pavilion, Yun Yao was already sitting in her practice room, carefully studying every word and every pattern of the skills. She tried to guide the spiritual power in her body to circulate according to the method recorded in the skills, feeling the unique softness and agility of the water-based spiritual power.
During the practice, Yun Yao encountered many difficulties. Water-based exercises require practitioners to control their spiritual power to an extremely fine degree, just like threading a needle with a silk thread. Any deviation will result in all previous efforts being wasted. Yun Yao often failed in her practice because she could not accurately control her spiritual power. There were even several times when her spiritual power backfired, causing her unbearable pain. But she did not give up. After each failure, she would carefully analyze the reasons and adjust her practice methods. She would also use the help of the system, which would point out the links where problems occurred during the operation of spiritual power and provide some suggestions for improvement. In such repeated practice and exploration, Yun Yao gradually mastered the essentials of the water-based exercises. She could feel that the connection between herself and the water-based spiritual power was getting closer and closer, just like establishing a deeper tacit understanding with a close friend.
Chu Mochen responded to those provocations with his cold attitude. He was like an iceberg. No matter how violent the storm around him was, he could not be shaken. Whenever a disciple deliberately made trouble, he just glanced at them with his cold eyes, as if he was looking at a group of clowns. His attitude made some disciples dare not provoke him easily. They knew Chu Mochen's strength and were afraid that their provocation would bring more serious consequences. But there were still some disciples who were ignorant of life and death, and were overwhelmed by jealousy and continued to try to challenge Chu Mochen's bottom line.
Once, in the martial arts arena of the sect, a disciple named Lin Xiao challenged Chu Mochen in public. Lin Xiao was a well-known aggressive person in the sect. He was jealous of Chu Mochen's reputation after the exploration of the ruins. He thought that his strength was not worse than Chu Mochen's, and wanted to take this opportunity to suppress Chu Mochen and make himself famous. He held a sword emitting cold light, and spiritual power surged on the sword body. It was obviously a magic weapon of extraordinary quality. He shouted to Chu Mochen: "Chu Mochen, don't think that you are great just because you have a little luck in the ruins. Today I will let you know who is the real strong man in the sect!"
Chu Mochen frowned slightly. He looked at Lin Xiao's arrogant look with some disdain in his heart. He didn't say much, but slowly drew out his sword. A faint halo appeared on the sword, which was a manifestation of his powerful spiritual power. The atmosphere in the martial arts arena became tense in an instant, and the surrounding disciples gathered around. They all wanted to see this exciting duel.
At the beginning of the battle, Lin Xiao launched a fierce attack. He used a set of sharp sword techniques, with heavy sword shadows, and each sword carried a powerful spiritual power, sweeping towards Chu Mochen. Chu Mochen was not in a hurry. He flashed and shuttled freely among the sword shadows like a ghost. He easily avoided Lin Xiao's attack and looked for the opponent's flaws. Seeing that his attack had no effect, Lin Xiao felt a little impatient. He increased the output of spiritual power and his sword technique became more crazy.
However, Chu Mochen was waiting for this opportunity. He saw the flaws that Lin Xiao revealed during his crazy attack and suddenly launched a counterattack. His sword was like a dragon out of the sea, instantly breaking through Lin Xiao's sword shadow defense, and the tip of the sword pointed directly at Lin Xiao's throat. Lin Xiao was horrified and wanted to dodge, but it was too late. Just as the tip of the sword was about to touch Lin Xiao's throat, Chu Mochen put away the sword and said coldly: "You are not worthy of being my enemy. Don't do such stupid things again in the future." After that, he put away his sword, turned around and left the martial arts field, leaving Lin Xiao with a horrified face and the stunned disciples around him.
This battle made Chu Mochen's reputation in the sect even more resounding, and made more disciples respect him. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen always maintained their original intentions when facing the competition and difficulties in these sects. They were not affected by these negative factors, but became more and more determined on the path of cultivation.
The author says:
Dear readers, this chapter shows the new challenges that Yun Yao and Chu Mochen face in their sect - the jealousy and difficulties of their fellow disciples. In life, we often encounter similar situations. When we achieve some results, we may attract the jealousy and obstacles of others. But just like Yun Yao and Chu Mochen, we must maintain a firm belief, not be disturbed by these external factors, and focus on our goals. At the same time, this is also a further portrayal of their personalities. Yun Yao's tenacity and concentration, as well as Chu Mochen's coldness and strength, hope that you will like these two characters even more. Thank you for your continued support, and see you in the next chapter!