chapter 31
Chapter 31: I Have a Good Reason to Participate in the Competition
At this moment, He Youzhou, who was being missed by his two disciples, was standing in front of a stall.
The owner of the stall was a cultivator with a mustache.
He looked like an uncle in his fifties, wearing a Taoist crown and robe, with many yellow papers pasted around him.
This stall was set up not far from the registration area.
Because the registration attracted disciples from larger sects, this stall was hard to notice.
“What is this?” He Youzhou asked, looking at the books on the table.
His eyes fell on a book titled “Sword Cultivation Technique,” wondering when his uncle’s technique ended up outside.
“Fellow Daoist, isn’t it obvious? These are all cultivation techniques.” The stall owner looked at He Youzhou meaningfully.
“…” He Youzhou reached out and picked up the “Sword Cultivation Technique.”
“Wait a minute, you have to buy it to read it.” The stall owner also reached out and pressed down on He Youzhou’s hand.
“But if I don’t read it, how do I know if I want to buy it?” He Youzhou retorted.
“Well, you can only read the first ten pages.” The stall owner compromised.
He Youzhou thought that reading the first ten pages was enough, so he nodded, “Only ten pages.”
Then he found that the first six pages of the technique were all prefaces, full of nonsense.
However, when he reached the sixth page, he was slightly surprised because the opening concept was not just similar to his master’s, it was exactly the same.
This made He Youzhou suspect that his uncle had leaked the technique.
Although it was not a big deal if the technique was leaked, the fact that his uncles hid it from him, the sect leader, made him very angry.
“Where did you get this technique?” He Youzhou asked.
The only thing he could think of was his senior brother’s group of traitors.
“Of course, it was excavated from ancient ruins, an immortal’s technique.” The stall owner stroked his mustache and lowered his voice, as if it were a great secret.
“Ancient ruins?” He Youzhou was stunned, “Really?”
“Of course it’s true. I risked my life to find these techniques from the collapsed ruins.” The stall owner said, closing his eyes, “Thinking back to that experience still makes me feel scared.”
“…” He Youzhou flipped through a few more pages and found that the cultivation content was a bit strange, indeed different from his uncle’s.
It seemed that it was not the technique his uncle casually gave him, but a technique with the same name.
However, this made He Youzhou want to buy the technique.
“Zhishi…” He Youzhou just opened his mouth and found that Zhishi was gone.
“Hey, how did Chisato get lost with Yulan?” He sighed helplessly.
It was just a moment of not watching them, and they performed a disappearing act on him.
“Are you interested in buying, fellow cultivator?” The cultivator squinted his eyes, “Since we are fated to meet, I’ll give you a fifty percent discount.”
“Although I want to buy it, but…” He Youzhou’s current problem was that he had no money; all the money was with Chisato.
“No buts, this is a technique that can help you reach the pinnacle of the Dao!” The cultivator grabbed He Youzhou’s shoulder tightly and said.
“Let go! You swindler!” Suddenly, an unsheathed sword struck the cultivator’s fingers.
“Ow! What are you doing!” The cultivator cried out in pain and let go.
Lin Qingxue stood in front of the stall, glaring at the cultivator, “It was you the day before yesterday, and it was you last week. You swindler have been caught so many times, yet you still haven’t changed your ways!”
This guy selling techniques had been caught by Lin Qingxue many times, but he would always be back to swindling soon after.
“How can you slander me like this!” The cultivator’s eyes became evasive, but he still tried to argue.
“Someone practiced your technique and went mad!” Lin Qingxue gritted her teeth and said, “Another person practiced it and exploded.”
Lin Qingxue couldn’t understand why this swindler was still at large.
If this wasn’t within the city of Baicheng, she would definitely teach this swindler a lesson.
“Last time, I just gave you a technique that wasn’t suitable for you. Why are you being so aggressive!” The fake technique-selling cultivator became anxious and tried to pack up his things to escape.
He secretly rolled up the stall, but Lin Qingxue stepped on the mat, preventing him from leaving.
“You still dare to mention that ‘Jade Maiden Heart Sutra’!?” Lin Qingxue was furious upon hearing this.
“b*stard, like a mad dog!” The cultivator took out a thunder bomb from his clothes and threw it on the ground.
The bomb exploded on the ground, releasing a large amount of gray smoke.
“A cultivator using such lowly tricks!” Lin Qingxue covered her eyes and nose, having no good way to deal with the smoke.
In the smoke, not only were her senses dulled, but even her ability to detect auras was weakened.
When the smoke cleared, she could only see the cultivator fleeing with a bunch of things.
Although his back looked pathetic, he had already run far away by the time the smoke cleared, making it impossible to catch up.
“He got away…” Lin Qingxue was furious. If she were stronger, how could she let such a swindler roam free?
He had used such a lowly trick to stop her; she was indeed still too weak.
“Are you okay? That guy often sells fake goods; the techniques are all made up by him. Don’t believe him.” Lin Qingxue patted the dust off her clothes and turned to look at He Youzhou.
When she saw He Youzhou’s face, she froze, unable to move.
Previously, hearing the voice from behind, she just felt it was familiar and didn’t think much of it.
But now she recognized who this guy was.
Lin Qingxue spoke with a trembling voice, “It’s you! The demon from Tianyan Sect!”
After speaking, she looked around in horror, “Where is that demoness!?”
“Chisato? She got lost.” He Youzhou sighed and said.
“Got lost…?” Lin Qingxue was stunned, then she breathed a sigh of relief, “So she’s not here.”
“Quickly, tell me why you are here!” She pointed her unsheathed sword at He Youzhou and asked.
Knowing that Chisato was not here, Lin Qingxue found herself speaking with full confidence.
“Me? I’m here to participate in your rookie competition.” He Youzhou glanced at the heroine and said.
“Rookie competition? You?” Lin Qingxue frowned, feeling something was off.
He Youzhou asked in confusion, “I’m in the Foundation Establishment stage just like you, is there a problem with me participating?”
“No… problem.” She twitched the corner of her mouth and replied.