The Desire to Be Eternal

Chapter 33: Disqualifying Bai Xiaochun!

The surrounding Outer Sect disciples, especially those who had been eliminated from the competition from the start, stared at Bai Xiaochun furiously. Many people even started screaming.

"I'm not ashamed! you are truly shameless, Bai Xiaochun! "

"Winning it doesn't count and we all know it !!"

"Disqualify him!"

Everyone joined together in their anger, causing Bai Xiaochun to instantly fidget with fear. He also realized that showing off his Lightness-in-Heaviness ability would not reduce the crowd's anger, and in fact, potentially lead to even worse consequences, and caused them to call him even more shameless …. Instead, he turned to look at Elder Sun.

"Older Sun, I got first place, right? Can you go ahead and announce it? "

Elder Sun smiled wryly in response. As for Li Qinghou, he sighed; how could he imagine that obliging Bai Xiaochun to join the competition would result in him taking first place?

Elder Sun shook his head and chuckled. "Uh .. well, I guess I did too. Bai Xiaochun had placed first in the competition! ”

In response, everyone stared at Bai Xiaochun furiously.

Bai Xiaochun argued that he was actually quite strong, but given how many people there were. Just as he was about to exit the arena and leave this dangerous location, Du Lingfei, with the help of some observers, regained his senses and sat back down. Gasping for breath, he glared furiously at Bai Xiaochun, gritted his teeth, and then cried, "Bai Xiaochun, I refuse to admit defeat!

"you may take first place, but it's only because I let you have it. And it doesn't change how much I hate you. Do you dare to fight again !? ”

Bai Xiaochun chuckled and continued walking. In his mind, he would be crazy to fight with this crazy woman again. Besides, what would happen if he fainted again?

"I won't fight you with magic" he continued. "In addition, as disciples of the Outer Sect, we are both apprentice apothecaries of Fragrant Cloud Peak. Why don't we compete in skill with plants and herbs ?! ” Du Lingfei glared at Bai Xiaochun the entire time, and as he spoke, his words were spoken slowly and firmly.

"If you win, you can keep my Pinewood Sword. But if you disagree, then you will regret it! "

Bai Xiaochun stopped walking. After hearing the skills with the plants and herbs mentioned, he could not help but turn his head to look back at Du Lingfei.

Seeing that Bai Xiaochun had stopped and seemed to be hesitating, he resisted the urge to unleash a savage attack, and quickly continued, "Bai Xiaochun, he refused, if you can defeat me in terms of skill with plants and herbs, then you can even have this Cloudsoaring Incense!" With that, he produced a bluish purple incense stick.

As soon as the incense appeared, it started pulsing with spiritual energy, and the eyes of the surrounding Outer Sect disciples instantly gleamed with envy.

“Tiered spirit medicine 1! Cloudsoaring Incense .. this was an extremely outstanding tier 1 spirit medicine. It must be extremely expensive, and beneficial to anyone below the seventh level of Qi Condensation! "

"Du Lingfei must have spent a lot of merit points for it in preparation to break out of the fifth level of Qi Condensation …."

“Older Sister Du's expertise with plants and herbs made her into the top 20 of the first three stone inscriptions outside the 10,000 Medicines Pavilion. Bai Xiaochun would definitely lose! ”

Bai Xiaochun instantly recognized the Cloudsoaring Incense, which he had read while studying the cloudsoaring lawn delivery in the third volume of plants and vegetation. He was instantly moved, and it was even before he heard everyone mention that Du Lingfei was only in the top 20 on the stone inscription, after which his eyes shone.

Taking a few steps back, he stammered, "Y-you .. You really are ranked in the top 20 on the stone inscriptions of plants and herbs?"

He actually just wanted to confirm that what he heard earlier was true.

"Are you going to compete or not !?" Du Lingfei said through gritted teeth.

"But I just learned the first three volumes ..." he said hesitantly.

“That's what I'm talking about! Compete with me in the first three volumes! Come on, I challenge you! ” Du Lingfei was so angry he felt like he was about to explode.

"Well .. I'll compete!" she said. "Happy?" Even though she looked like she wanted to cry, in her heart, her heart flowered with joy. He could not help but think that this girl was really a bit stupid.

As soon as the crowd heard Bai Xiaochun's words, they began to mock and denounce him. Du Lingfei took a deep breath, sucking in a hint of spiritual energy, which slightly stabilized him. Glaring furiously at Bai Xiaochun, he walked forward to Elder Sun, then clasped his hands and bowed.

"Older, Disciple Du Lingfei asks you to give official testimony for the battle of plants and herbs between me and Bai Xiaochun."

Elder Sun's opinion of Du Lingfei increased at this moment. He stroked his beard for a moment before smiling and saying, “Alright. I will testify. However, since we are talking about skills with plants and herbs, it might be best for the peak ruler to determine the nature of the challenge. ”

He looked at Li Qinghou. Li Qinghou looked at Bai Xiaochun for a moment, then nodded.

The surrounding disciples were now quite excited, like Du Lingfei, who turned to Li Qinghou, clasped his hands and bowed.

Bai Xiaochun was also very happy that he did not have to engage in a dangerous battle to make a name for himself. He stood there, no longer looking like he was about to cry, but, his chin fell down, staring haughtily at the crowd in the same way as the Chosen one did. Du Lingfei gave a cold snort.

At this point, Li Qinghou glanced at Bai Xiaochun and Du Lingfei, then began to speak, his voice cold, “Dao plants and herbs were unpredictable. While we will limit things to the first three volumes, those volumes contain many variables. Today I will give you two challenges. We'll see which of you two can get the win. ” With that, he tapped on his bag of holding and produced two seeds.

“These two flower seeds can be catalyzed with spiritual energy. Your skill level with plants and herbs will determine how many spirit flowers are blooming. This is how we will determine the winner of the first round. " Li Qinghou waved his hand, each sending two seeds flying to Bai Xiaochun and Du Lingfei.

Du Lingfei caught the seed without hesitation. At the same time, Li Qinghou sent medicinal pills flying towards him, which he also caught, a look of shock appearing on his face.

"Take the pill to recover your cultivation base," Li Qinghou said calmly. Du Lingfei's face brightened. After saying thank you, he took the pill. After several breaths of time passed, he trembled, and his eyes began to shine brightly; his cultivation base had fully recovered.

Bai Xiaochun was not too happy with that, but he did not dare to say anything. Instead, he looked down at the spirit seeds lying on his palm, and began to study them closely.

"Don't recognize him?" Du Lingfei said, sneering. "Well, I can tell you that it's a bluespirit thistle seed." With that, he completely ignored Bai Xiaochun, closed his eyes and circulated his spiritual energy, which he then poured into the seeds in his hands.

Almost instantly, emerald green shoots rose from the seeds. It grows rapidly to about a third of a meter. Then, it bloomed with blue spirit flowers, and began to grow taller.

Bai Xiaochun saw what was happening, and then turned his attention back to the seed, which he continued to study seriously.

Li Qinghou was watching Bai Xiaochun the entire time, and soon, a nearly undetectable blink of surprise could be seen deep in his eyes.

While Bai Xiaochun was standing there thinking, all the surrounding Outer Sect disciples watched Du Lingfei. The plant in his hand was two-thirds of a meter tall, and already had a second flower.

By the time Bai Xiaochun sent some spiritual energy into the seed, Du Lingfei's spirit plant had already grown with three flowers. Bai Xiaochun did not maintain a steady flow of spiritual energy, but instead sent it into the seed in a fitting state and exploded. In fact, when the seed was growing, he even blew out the first few sprouts by breathing air.

Li Qinghou nodded. “Six flower spirits, all high-grade. Good job."

Feeling very pleased with himself, Du Lingfei looked at Bai Xiaochun. When he saw that his spirit plant was not even a third of a meter tall, his smile widened.

The outer disciples of the surrounding Sect became extremely excited.

“Older Sister Du clearly deserves her reputation. The bluespirit thistle bloomed with six flowers. That's just amazing! Bai Xiaochun had not even caused a single flower to bloom. He's really good for nothing. "

“A plant catalysis competition first involves studying the seeds, and then using a unique catalysis method to make them grow. In that case, Elder Sister Du was actually at the head of the group. ”

Amidst all the conversation, Bai Xiaochun's spirit powerhouse gradually reached a height of one-third of a meter. Next, a slightly withered blue flower appeared. Compared to Du Lingfei's flower, it looked malnourished, and even elicited laughter from the crowd. But then, suddenly, a second blue flower appeared on the short plant. Next is the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh….

Within a few breaths, Bai Xiaochun's spirit plant bloomed with nine flowers !!

This instantly caused widespread shock and disbelief.

Du Lingfei stared at what to him was a completely unimaginable scene. “Thistle Bluespirit blooms with one flower every third meter. How could this plant have nine flowers when it was only a third of a meter tall! "

But things are not over. Even when the nine little blue flowers appeared, Bai Xiaochun closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then suddenly exhaled sharply. That one breath contained the spiritual energy attached to the nine flowers and, in the blink of an eye, caused them to start shivering and change color. No longer blue, but indigo!

Indigo starts with blue, but it goes deeper and deeper! [1. It is a common Chinese phrase to express how something that comes after /from something else, is superior]

Once people realized what was happening, their eyes widened in astonishment.

"That's .. that's not a bluespirit thistle !!"

“Thistle indigospirit! This is indigospirit thistle, a very hard seed to distinguish from bluespirit thistle! In fact, if you used the catalysis method for bluespirit thistle in indigospirit thistle, you would actually produce a bluespirit thistle, unless you would be wasting seeds! "

Everyone was shocked, and started at Bai Xiaochun in disbelief.

Bai Xiaochun opened his eyes, then placed the indigospirit thistle to the side. While laughing sinisterly, he clasped his hands behind his back and looked at Du Lingfei.

His expertise with plants and herbs had reached an indescribable level. After studying the seed for a while, he realized the difference, and could easily tell what kind of seed it was.

Du Lingfei's face flickered; to him, it felt as if someone had just slapped him in the face. He staggered back a few steps, first looking at his bluespirit thistle and then Bai Xiaochun's indigospirit thistle. Suddenly, his face flushed red from the heat. Previously, he had scolded Bai Xiaochun for his lack of knowledge, but then, a short while later, he had proved definitively that he had thrown away the seeds.

"This Bai Xiaochun is obviously very lucky," he thought, gritting his teeth. “I thought it was a bluespirit thistle, and she guessed it was an indigospirit thistle. Well, it was just a lucky chance on his part, not him actually identifying the seeds! ”

"Bai Xiaochun took the first round," Li Qinghou said coldly. “It was really the seed of an indigospirit thistle, not a bluespirit thistle. They look similar, but some blood vessels grow differently. Without learning it down to the best details, it is easy to confuse them. " Looking at Bai Xiaochun, he waved his hand again, causing the spirit plant to appear.

It was very unique, with four colors, and nine leaves with different shapes. There were also two flowers on it, one black and one white. The flowers almost seemed to be in feelings, as they continued to struggle with each other, as if they wanted to suppress each other. Even though the plant looks like a single plant, if you look closely you will see signs that it has been grafted together.

“The first branch is dedicated to catalysis. As for the second round, it will focus on identification. This particular spirit plant had been grafted together from many other plants. Anyone among you who can correctly guess the largest amount of graft material. ”

Li Qinghou sent a grafted plant floating in front of him, then looked at Bai Xiaochun. Considering he had brought Bai Xiaochun to the sect, he was very curious to see what surprising things he could do.

Du Lingfei gritted his teeth. In his mind, he had just been careless a while ago. Now, he had never focused before. Taking out the jade slip, he walked over to the spirit factory.

Bai Xiaochun's eyes gleamed with interest as he also stepped forward and began inspecting the factory, sometimes making notations in the jade slip. A moment later, Du Lingfei stepped back, rubbing the base of his nose. Then he looked at Bai Xiaochun with a gloomy expression on his face. He has identified eight types of plants. The other was the type he did not recognize.

However, Bai Xiaochun was not finished yet. His eyes shone even brighter as he buzzed around the plants in a circle. Sometimes he even cried out in shock, as if he had just seen something very interesting.

“Wow, you can do that !?

"Well this .. this is so exciting!"

The crowd looked silently. None of them believed that Bai Xiaochun could identify any of the plants, and in fact, most of them were convinced that the reason he catalyzed the indigospirit thistle was simply luck.

"False-up!" Du Lingfei thought. "Yes, you keep pretending!" Inwardly, he began to feel uneasy, and his hatred for Bai Xiaochun only continued to grow.

It was enough time to burn the incense, and Bai Xiaochun was still gone. He was completely engrossed in what he was doing, and even forgot that he was in the competition. Seeing a graft plant like this seemed to have opened a huge door in his mind regarding skills with plants and herbs. Suddenly, he realized that the tens of thousands of medicinal herbs he knew were not only useful themselves, but could actually be mixed together.

Finally, he retreated reluctantly, his eyes shining in admiration and awe.

Li Qinghou and Elder Sun exchanged glances, and then Li Qinghou said, “Alright. The time has come to reveal which spirit plant you have identified. Du Lingfei, you go first. ”

Du Lingfei gnashed his teeth, then took out his jade slip and began to speak.

"I saw eight types of plants, including rhubarb waterheaven, coldsole root, earthdragon fruit, dawnfog lichen …." He continued until he reached the last medicinal plant. "Salalwort Flowers!" With that, Du Lingfei looked at Bai Xiaochun, confident that he would never be able to surpass himself. Of course, although eight did not seem like much, it was a very difficult task to identify the various elements of a perfectly grafted medicinal plant like this. Eight is actually quite a bit.

"Hmphs. If Bai Xiaochun was shameless enough to say the same eight plants, "he said coldly," then we can consult the jade slip as proof! "

Bai Xiaochun cleared his throat, looked around, then flicked his sleeve and took out a jade slip holding his note.

“Let's forget the eight plants Elder Sister Du mentioned. Moreover, I saw a total of 67 kinds of medicinal plants. Unfortunately, there are 31 that I cannot identify. That means that in the end, I identified 36. " His words instantly sent the surrounding disciples into an uproar.

"36th? How is that possible!"

“7 or 8 should be the limit. How could he identify dozens ?! "

Du Lingfei stared coldly at Bai Xiaochun. He simply did not believe his words, and assumed that he would randomly guess the type of plant.

“Junior Brother Bai,” he said sarcastically, “why didn't you say there are 30,000 kinds of plants? It will include everything in the third volume of plants and vegetation, so at least you will definitely guess a few things. ”