The abandoned cannon fodder girl's path to immortality

Chapter 102 The Eve of the Competition
When Chen Jinshu returned to Momei Garden from his master's residence, he had a bronze chime in his hand.

This bronze chime is the connection to the thing that Master just asked her to help bring back from the cave.

There are a total of sixteen bronze chimes, of varying sizes, arranged in a trapezoidal shape. They are bronze in color and covered with a layer of mottled and fine cracks, with extremely complex patterns. It is obvious at first glance that they are not ordinary objects.

However, even though she had injected spiritual power into the chimes for a long time, the chimes only emitted a burst of music and had no other reaction.

If it wasn't given to her by her master, she would have thought it was an ordinary thing.

"What exactly does Master want me to bring back?"

She judged from her master's tone that this thing was absolutely invaluable to her master, but her master did not say it explicitly, only saying that she could activate the bronze chimes after entering the cave.

Considering her master's current level of cultivation, she quickly thought of something.

"Could this thing be related to Master's breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage?"

Thinking of this, her heart trembled. Her master actually entrusted such an important task to her to complete.

……

That night, Chen Jinshu was playing the Nineteen Falling Notes in the courtyard.

The sword spirit in the backyard spoke again, but Chen Jinshu did not respond. After all, she had to be very focused when playing the piano.

When she finished the song, she opened her eyes and looked towards the backyard with some dissatisfaction.

"Hasn't this guy already got the spirit sword? Is he still not satisfied?"

She quickly stood up and walked towards the backyard, and saw the little blue sword spirit looking at her pitifully.

"Don't stare at me like that. I've already given you the spiritual weapon as you requested. It's not of very good quality, though."

"Man, my essence is recovering so slowly while possessed by this spiritual sword. Even slower than inside the sword case."

Chen Jinshu was surprised when he heard this, but after looking back and forth between the sword box and the spirit sword, he finally understood what was going on.

Although the sword box was not a very suitable spiritual weapon for the sword spirit, its grade was at least second grade, and the spiritual sword she gave to the sword spirit was of mid-grade first grade.

The gap between the two sides is indeed quite large.

"I only have a first-grade, superior spiritual sword in my hand, and I need it for self-defense, so I can't give it to you."

Chen Jinshu glanced at the somewhat dim spiritual sword in the golden shield and said.

"Okay. It seems that I can only continue to possess the sword box. But man, if you have established the foundation, can you exchange a good spiritual sword for me? I will exchange it with you using my sword skills." The sword spirit said, slightly bending the sword body.

Chen Jinshu looked at the sword spirit and felt that it was quite pitiful. It was the first time she encountered a creature more miserable than her.

It was almost contaminated by evil spirits when it was born, but she was not much better off and almost died. She had no right to sympathize with it.

"Alright. But your swordsmanship should be simple enough for me to master in a short time."

Chen Jinshu also took into consideration that playing the piano had some limitations after all. If the piano suddenly lost control or the strings broke, the sword in his hand might be another means of fighting the enemy.

"I have a few sets of simple sword techniques, I'll pass them on to you." The sword spirit swayed in the void for a few times, and then used spiritual power to construct some sword moves.

The golden figures swung their swords quickly in front of her, and each move was particularly obvious.

Seeing this, Chen Jinshu couldn't help but admire in his heart. This sword spirit was really extraordinary. He could even teach sword skills in this way.

She couldn't help but feel sad for her senior sister from Momei Garden. There was a sword spirit with countless sword moves hidden in the courtyard, but she couldn't get it, and her life was wasted in vain.

This is most likely just not destined to happen.

After a while, Chen Jinshu watched it several times and finally constructed a set of simple sword techniques in his mind. It was not difficult to learn, but it would become more proficient with frequent practice.

The sword spirit wanted to come up with another plan, but Chen Jinshu waved his hands repeatedly.

"This set is enough. I don't have much time left. The competition will be held in a few days. This set of swordsmanship is enough for me to practice for a long time."

"Okay." Upon seeing this, the spirit sword quickly returned to the sword case.

"I didn't expect to get a set of simple sword techniques. The name is quite nice. Three Falling Plum Blossom Styles!"

There are only three moves in the Three Falling Plum Blossom Styles, and the names are somewhat similar to the Nineteen Falling Yin Styles. She thinks they may have been created by the same swordsman.

Then she practiced the three falling plum blossom moves in the yard.

She felt that she could use this sword technique to confuse the enemy in the first few duels, so that the opponent would be caught off guard when she used her killing move.

Last time, the senior brothers and sisters mentioned that during the competition, many foundation-building cultivators would collect information about these disciples' methods of fighting the enemies, and then sell the final piece of information to the disciples participating in the competition.

In this way, the moves of most powerful disciples will be leaked, allowing those disciples who want to rush to the front to prepare for defense in advance.

Therefore, most of the disciples in the late stage of Qi training will hide their trump cards in the first few rounds of the game. The purpose is to keep a backup plan so that they won’t be in a hurry if they make a mistake.

Chen Jinshu had an idea and decided to do the same. The opponents she met in the first few rounds were basically not too strong, so she didn't need a killer move like the Nineteen Falling Sounds when fighting.

……

In a blink of an eye, five days passed, and it was the day of the first few rounds of the outer sect competition.

The originally quiet Xuanming suddenly became extremely noisy.

A large number of chains were interspersed between the five main peaks. The mountain range where the library was located directly became the central elders' viewing area. With this as the center, the sect leader set up a wide competition arena, which was divided into five competition areas in total.

This way, it can accommodate all the disciples of the sect and hold multiple competitions at the same time, shortening the time a lot.

Chen Jinshu had learned in advance that the number of participants in this competition was two hundred more than the previous year, totaling more than seven hundred.

Because this year is the time to recruit new disciples, many of the newly recruited disciples already have strong cultivation bases and are able to cultivate to the fourth level of Qi training.

Of course, these disciples are just filling up the numbers for the competition. Even so, the sect cannot discourage their enthusiasm for participating in the competition.

Chen Jinshu got up at 7:00 AM and was then taken to the arena where the competition was held by several senior brothers and sisters.

She was immediately stunned by the spacious arena in the center of the peak.

"Brother and sister, this arena is too big. It should be able to accommodate ten thousand people."

When she looked up, she could already see the Bishui Peak opposite and the Tianyue Peak next door.

Several chains were used to perfectly form an area similar to a five-pointed star between the five peaks, and then the arena magic weapons were placed on this area.

This arrangement is really ingenious.

"This arena was originally proposed by the ancestors of the Xuanming Sect. They said it would help build relationships among the various peaks and provide a place for all outer disciples of the Xuanming Sect to participate in competitions at the same time."

"The inner sect competition will also be held here in half a year." The eldest brother said with a chuckle.

"Alright. Junior sister, go draw lots first. This first fight must start well."

"Okay!" Chen Jinshu responded and immediately walked towards the drawing area in the center of the arena.

(End of this chapter)