Stop pretending, the seemingly useless junior sister is the real boss.

Staring at Hua Buyu's alluring eyes, Bai Xiaobai felt as if her body was floating on air, and her vision was filled with pink bubbles.

nice!

Absolutely stunning!

This is way too beautiful!

Just as she was staring at Hua Buyu with adoring eyes and grinning foolishly, Shen Ji pressed her head back into his arms.

"Sect Leader Hua, now is not the time for reminiscing. The sect competition is about to begin. Please take a seat."

Hearing his master's tone, which was noticeably colder than usual, Bai Xiaobai shook his head, puzzled.

So I just got infected?

Is this the bewitching technique of the Hehuan Sect?

Damn it, how could she be bewitched by a woman who covets her master? This is too shameful.

Seeing Shen Ji's cold expression, Hua Buyu smiled charmingly.

"Oh dear, I was just testing this little one's willpower. Why are you being so stingy? This sect leader isn't going to eat her."

Bai Xiaobai, whose head had been forced back into place by his own master, finally couldn't take it anymore.

"Sister, I admit you're very beautiful, a stunning beauty, and have an amazing figure. But give up, my master is indifferent to women and has no interest in any of them. You can't seduce him."

Upon hearing this, Hua Buyu not only didn't get angry, but her smile widened even more.

"Sister? Little one, you're the first one to call me 'sister,' and I really like that title. Alright, your master is easily teased. Since you're so sweet-talking, I won't block him anymore."

"I feel a connection with you. If you ever encounter any trouble in the future, feel free to come to me."

After saying that, she reached out and pinched Bai Xiaobai's chubby little face before swaying her hips and leaving.

Shen Ji was surprised that Bai Xiaobai had managed to get rid of the troublesome Hua Buyu with just a few simple words.

His face regained its usual gentle smile, and he gently flicked Bai Xiaobai's little head.

"What do you mean your master is celibate? Uninterested in all women? And you only needed two sentences to make that woman's heart flutter. Did you learn this skill of making women happy from your third senior brother?"

Bai Xiaobai chuckled and explained in a serious tone.

"Master, if I didn't say that, how could she let you off the hook? Every woman likes to be praised for her youth and beauty. Besides, this Sect Master Hua is already over three thousand years old. If I call her 'sister,' she'll be overjoyed. So, I'm just playing to her tastes."

But she would never admit that she had sent another message to Hua Buyu besides what she said.

She said, "Beautiful sister, it's easy for a woman to pursue a man, but you can't be too pushy. My master is a slow burner and a bit of a hypocrite, so you have to proceed gradually."

Seeing the cunning glint in her large eyes, Shen Ji silently smiled but didn't expose her.

Seeing that Shen Ji had finally gotten rid of Hua Buyu's entanglement, Li Qingshan breathed a long sigh of relief.

Bai Xiaobai was already mentally prepared, knowing that Li Qingshan was about to launch into another long and rambling speech.

In the past two days, she has been working on her business empire, adjusting to Changling while squeezing out time to make plans. She was so tired that she could barely keep her eyes open.

So while Li Qingshan was eloquently discussing how the cultivation world would flourish because of this sect competition, she had already fallen into a deep sleep in her master's arms.

As for Qin Yuan and the others below, although their injuries had not fully recovered, the pills given to them by Shen Ji meant that their injuries were not significantly affected.

As arranged by Bai Xiaobai, Qin Yuan was in charge of placing bets and had already set up a small table not far from the training ground.

On the other side are Yuanbao, who is in charge of the Spirit Condensing Fruit, and Muwan and Fengling, who are in charge of selling the Youth-Preserving Fruit Mask developed by Bai Xiaobai.

Fortunately, every year during the sect's minor competition, disciples and elders would bring out their spiritual herbs, pills, magical artifacts, and other treasures to set up stalls for sale and exchange. The sect also provided special spaces for them to display their items.

Therefore, Yuanbao and the others were not too abrupt.

Moreover, this year there are also people from other sects participating, so the scale of the stalls is even larger this year, but most of them are spiritual herbs, elixirs, magic tools, spiritual treasures and talismans.

Therefore, the items displayed by Xiaoyao Peak are quite unique, especially the betting items that Qin Yuan is in charge of.

After seeing what was written on Qin Yuan's sign, the Qingxiao Sect disciples who knew Bai Xiaobai's situation could not understand Xiaoyao Peak's actions.

However, the competition had not yet started, so they could only wait with curiosity.

......

Half an hour later, the eloquent speech that had put everyone to sleep finally came to an end.

"I hereby declare that this year's sect competition has officially begun."

As Li Qingshan finished speaking, enthusiastic applause came from all directions.

But Bai Xiaobai was still having a sweet dream and was not woken up at all.

There was absolutely no information about the allocation mechanism for the contestants.

They also failed to hear the heated discussions that erupted in the quiet training ground after Li Qingshan finished reading the long list of participating disciples.

"Did I hear that right? Bai Xiaobai is actually participating in this year's sect competition?"

"That's right, she's only at the first level of Qi Refining, while all the disciples participating in the competition this year are below the early stage of Foundation Establishment."

"Didn't you hear the list just now? Apart from Bai Xiaobai, the weakest one in terms of cultivation is at the sixth level of Qi Refining."

"Hiss, so what's the point of her participating in this competition? Isn't she just obviously going to get crushed?"

"I don't quite understand what Xiaoyao Peak is doing. The other disciples are all at the Golden Core stage. If they can't participate in this competition, they can simply give up. Why make Bai Xiaobai participate? His strength is what it is; going up there would just be asking him to get beaten up for nothing."

"I heard that in previous years, Xiaoyao Peak had always been number one in the Qingxiao Sect's minor sect competition, and had held that title for a hundred years. So this year, they sent in a Qi Refining Level 1 cultivator. Could it be that they still want to maintain their number one position?"

"Are you stupid or is the Qingxiao Sect stupid? A mere Qi Refining Level 1 cultivator wants to be number one? Dream on!"

"I heard they've even set up betting points that only allow betting on whether Bai Xiaobai will win or lose. For example, if you bet fifty spirit stones on Bai Xiaobai losing, and she actually loses, you'll get double the spirit stones. If you bet fifty spirit stones on Bai Xiaobai winning, and she actually wins, you'll get ten times the spirit stones."

Upon hearing this, the others immediately expressed their incomprehension.

"How can you bet like that? No matter how you look at it, Bai Xiaobai has no chance of winning. She's only at the first level of Qi Refining."

"That's right, if that's the case, as long as we bet on Bai Xiaobai to lose, we're guaranteed to make a profit."

"I've heard that both Master Shen Ji and the other disciples of Xiaoyao Peak dote on Bai Xiaobai. It seems that they set up betting points to comfort their junior sister from Xiaoyao Peak."

"..."