Chapter 40

Chapter 40: What’s Wrong with Little Junior Sister? It’s Too Unusual

As Xiao Yang thought of the Heavenly Medical Sect, a person popped into his mind.

Clad in white with long hair, a healer who saves the world.

She was a fairy-like girl, kind, gentle, pure, and extraordinary, like a celestial being descended from the heavens.

She was the Holy Daughter of the Heavenly Medical Sect.

She had once vowed to travel the world and heal all living beings.

He had accompanied her on her journeys through the northern borders and had even promised to explore the world together.

Unfortunately, at that time, his heart only belonged to his little junior sister, Jiang Ting.

Yet, such a wonderful person had died in the last lifetime, and it was because of him, Xiao Yang.

This was the first regret of Xiao Yang’s life in the last lifetime.

Now that he had the chance to live again, he absolutely could not let the tragedy repeat itself.

……

“Ding!”

The melodious sound of a bell rang out from the peak of Qingyang Mountain.

The midday break was over.

Inner Disciples of the Qingyang Sword Sect were gathering towards the mountaintop.

Soon, the square was bustling with people.

When Xiao Yang, Lin Wangchuan, and their junior brother Song Qiang arrived, Sect Leader Jiang Qitian, Law Enforcement Elder Lei Lie, Transmission Elder Cang Xiao, Elder Gu Feng, Elder Qing Lian, and Elder Fang Tang were already seated.

Xiao Yang, the Sect Holy Son, was the last to arrive.

After Xiao Yang took his seat, the Transmission Elder stood up and announced that the sect competition would continue.

“I’ll go!”

As soon as the Elder finished speaking, a clear voice rang out from the crowd.

In the next moment, a figure stepped out of the crowd and leaped directly onto the Sword Comparison Platform.

“Her?”

Xiao Yang was a bit taken aback.

The first one on the platform turned out to be his little junior sister, Jiang Ting.

The inner disciples of the Qingyang Sword Sect were surprised that Jiang Ting was the first to take the stage.

Little Junior Sister Jiang Ting was the only daughter of Sect Leader Jiang Qitian.

She was the center of attention, adored by everyone.

From childhood to adulthood, everyone loved and cared for her.

Her training resources were also the best among the younger generation in the sect.

Looking at the graceful girl on the platform, Xiao Yang couldn’t help but recall the days when he and Jiang Ting practiced together, played together, caused trouble together, and were punished together.

Those days were truly joyful and carefree.

As children, Jiang Ting had sworn to marry him when she grew up.

However, as they matured, once Qin Fei appeared, everything quietly changed.

When did their relationship begin to shift?

Xiao Yang couldn’t recall.

Anyway, ever since Qin Fei showed up, nothing good ever happened.

Jiang Qitian’s expression shifted to one of displeasure as he saw his daughter on the platform.

He actually didn’t want Jiang Ting to participate in the sect competition.

You see, this time the Qingyang Sword Sect was holding the competition to select the top ten disciples to participate in the sixty-year Jiazhi grand competition.

The Jiazhi grand competition was a grand event in the entire northern borders.

Every sect in the north could participate.

Each sect could send ten disciples to the Jiazhi grand competition.

And the Sect Holy Sons or Holy Daughters of the top ten powers in the north had the right to participate directly in the Jiazhi grand competition.

Thus, each participating sect had a total of eleven people in the Jiazhi grand competition.

However, the Jiazhi grand competition was not a typical arena fight.

It was extremely dangerous, with fatalities.

Jiang Qitian certainly didn’t want his daughter to take such risks.

Xiao Yang also couldn’t believe that Jiang Ting would step onto the Sword Comparison Platform again.

From Jiang Ting’s demeanor, it was clear she was serious about this.

Why was that?

“Senior brothers, please enlighten me!”

Jiang Ting cupped her hands towards the inner disciples of the Qingyang Sword Sect below.

“……”

The others looked at each other; how could they dare to ‘enlighten’ Jiang Ting?

For a moment, no one stepped up onto the platform.

“Little junior sister, you’d better not mess around.”

At that moment, someone stepped out from the crowd.

Xiao Yang recognized her as Ye Qingyao, the disciple of Elder Qing Lian.

“Sister Ye, I also want to see the Yuanwu Immortal Domain!” Jiang Ting replied coldly.

“If that’s the case, then allow me to learn a thing or two from my little junior sister!” Ye Qingyao said, leaping up onto the platform.

Ye Qingyao was a prized disciple from the Spirit Herb Valley, at the peak of the Divine Ability Realm.

Jiang Ting was also at the peak of the Divine Ability Realm.

The two girls were evenly matched in cultivation levels.

With equal realms, it would come down to their battle experience and combat prowess.

Xiao Yang did not hold high hopes for Jiang Ting.

Jiang Ting was like a flower in a greenhouse, well-protected and had hardly seen much of the world or gone out to train.

When experts clash, experience is crucial; it doesn’t just determine victory or defeat but can even decide life and death.

Her practical combat experience was indeed quite limited.

Ye Qingyao, on the other hand, was different.

She was not so delicate.

She often ventured out to train.

She had single-handedly leveled a mountain stronghold where bandits had taken residence.

She had even chased down a notorious flower thief for a thousand miles and finally slayed him.

How could Jiang Ting possibly be her opponent?

This round, Ye Qingyao was pretty much guaranteed to win.

Hopefully, Jiang Ting wouldn’t lose too badly!

Xiao Yang had long since lost feelings for Jiang Ting.

But he still held some childhood friendship for her, and even if he wasn’t interested anymore, he didn’t want to see her lose too disgracefully.

In fact, no one else seemed to have high hopes for Jiang Ting either.

“Sorry if I offend!”

Jiang Ting said as her right hand flipped over, and sword light burst forth from her palm, with a small sword instantly hovering above it.

A wave of water-blue sword light radiated from the small sword.

This was Jiang Ting’s flying sword, the Water Element Flying Sword.

This was no ordinary flying sword.

As Xiao Yang gazed at the flying sword in her hand, he found himself momentarily lost in thought.

Jiang Ting’s flying sword was made from a millennium of Water Cold Iron.

This millennium Water Cold Iron was something Xiao Yang had found while venturing out into the depths of the North Sea back then.

To obtain that millennium Water Cold Iron, he had suffered greatly.

Xiao Yang still vividly remembered how happy Jiang Ting had been when she successfully forged her own flying sword.

But now, she probably had long forgotten that her sword was made from the millennium Water Cold Iron that he painstakingly acquired.

At that moment, the sound of metal clashing rang out on the Sword Comparison Platform.

While Xiao Yang was lost in thought, Jiang Ting and Ye Qingyao had already engaged in fierce combat.

Ye Qingyao’s silk sword aura was insistent and relentless.

From the first attack, she forced Jiang Ting to flail, almost entangling her flying sword with the silk sword aura.

In truth, Ye Qingyao was still holding back against Jiang Ting.

After all, her silk sword aura’s power was far beyond that.

Jiang Ting was, after all, the beloved daughter of the Sect Leader.

Ye Qingyao clearly didn’t want Jiang Ting to lose too embarrassingly.

Soon, Jiang Ting found herself surrounded by Ye Qingyao’s silk sword aura.

She was already at an absolute disadvantage.

Before long, Jiang Ting was defeated by Ye Qingyao.

Countless silk sword auras surrounded her tightly; one twist would scatter Jiang Ting into pieces.

Jiang Ting knew the danger, but she was unwilling to give up.

After several desperate attempts to break through Ye Qingyao’s silk sword aura without success, she regrettably conceded defeat.

There was no other way.

Ye Qingyao was simply too strong.

Xiao Yang didn’t find this scene surprising.

It was Jiang Ting’s own overconfidence.

Xiao Yang was curious why Jiang Ting felt the need to participate in the sect competition so urgently.

It was just too unusual.

Yesterday, Jiang Ting hadn’t cared much about the sect competition at all; she had jumped onto the Sword Comparison Platform just to play around with Lin Wangchuan.

Why had her attitude changed so drastically today?

Was it because Qin Fei was stirring things up again?