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In the blink of an eye, two days have already passed and the Rising Star Cultivation Battle began. Liu Xiao spent straight two days just to eat, sleep, train and nothing else, waiting for the two days to quickly pass. Liu Xiao lazily picked up some biscuits on the small table in the carriage. The plate slightly wobbled when the carriage wheel came in contact on random stones. Liu Xiao leaned in the window and watched the spectacular view of the mountains from afar while munching on the biscuits in the table.

Chen Yi said infront of him. Of course i don't really want to fight. I just want to go to the Rising Star Cultivation Battle to watch the protagonist fight the arrogant cultivators and be known to the cultivation world!

Mo Xian silently laughed beside him and sips his tea. Chen Yi rolled her eyes and said: (Senior brother) she emphasized the word strongest with a displeased expression on her pretty face. Liu Xiao loudly crunched his biscuit and didn't say anything, Chen Yi crossed her arms and said "hmph" in a low voice.

Mo Xian said with a soft voice and a gentle smile. The two followed his order and stared at the view outside the carriage with an annoyed expression instead.

An enormous highlands with a floating palace existed on top of it emerged as the carriage went nearer and nearer. The only way to up there was to use the sword flight. Liu Xiao spotted a large number of cultivators flying to the floating palace, their robes was either pink, green, gold, brown, purple or white as they leaped and spread to the sky in a jumbled way.

The carriage stopped at the large celestial gate that is infront of the floating palace. Mo Xian stepped out first, then Chen Yi and the last one is Liu Xiao. All the Mount Hua Peak's disciples from the back were sitting on their horse and looking dignified and the others were standing but also looking dignified. In the cultivation world, you must not look like you don't have confidence because other Peaks will easily look down on you.

Among the group of disciples, Wu Qingge was on the back and looking radiant and handsome. He was the only one who's noticeable while sitting on his horse. They both eyes both met and Liu Xiao gave a slight smile on his face to greet Wu Qingge. Wu Qingge, on the other hand noticed it and put a gentle smile on his face whike staring at Liu Xiao. Chen Yi suddenly ran past him and approached Wu Qingge.

Chen Yi called in a sweet and alluring voice. The other disciples stared at her in awe and glanced at Wu Qingge with jealousy but Wu Qingge didn't even took away his gaze at Liu Xiao. Liu Xiao awkwardly smiled and scratched his head before turning away. I don't want Chen Yi to imagine weird thoughts so i better mind my own business now.

Liu Xiao approached the celestial gate and was mesmerized by it's beautiful pattern, the floor was so white and it feels like it was made of fine marbles and not even a piece of dust was seen, there are two roaring giffin statues on each side of the celestial gate. It looks surreal like it's alive and moving but it's actually not. Everything was so elegant and luxurious all over the place.

He infused a bit of spiritual qi to his sword enough to just make it fly. A white pink energy appeared and spread on the pommel of it's grip until the chape of it's scabbard. Liu Xiao stepped on top of the sword, carrying his full body weight in and it gently float to the sky, heading on the floating palace.

The passerby cultivators were all astonished of how elegant he stood in his sword and float like a butterfly ul to the sky. The others would simply stare at him, took a quick glance and continue what they're doing and turned at his direction from behind. The elders who saw him suddenly started whispering to themselves..

"Look, it's the rising star meihua."

"He looks so graceful. He lives up to his reputation as the Rising Star Meihua."

"Yeah... He placed second to the rank. Even though he's the second best, it was still an honorable achievement from heaven!"

Haaa... You guys, if the original "Liu Xiao" heard the word second, he would slash the tounge of someone who said it. The original "Liu Xiao" always dreamed of becoming the number "one" in the world so hearing the world being "second" is like a curse to him.

"And also, he look so handsome! Can't you see?" a female cultivator whispered.

"Err.... More like feminine." the young man replied.

"Hmm... You're quite right. His shoulders are not that wide but not really that thin. And he had a slender body with a beautiful face. I bet he don't even have muscles inside." the other man said.

"He would be a great male concubine if someone set their eyes on him—"

The three young cultivators flinched when Liu Xiao turned at their direction. His face was neither happy, angry nor sad. It was expressionless and his eyes looked bored. Damn, my dignity as a man is slowly disappearing... Saying that i look feminine is okay but saying i'm a male concubine?! You guys are basically saying I AM GAY!!! （♯▼皿▼）

Liu Xiao just sighed and turned away to continue approaching the floating palace. The three young cultivators were dumbfounded.

"Huh? I thought he was an agressive type of person?"

"Me to... I heard rumors that he poured hot tea on a guy who said that he will become his male concubine."

"Could it be that those rumers were exaggerating and he was just offended?"

"Maybe... We don't know.."

Stop it don't openly judge me with your mouth being loud! (｀Д´) Me being a kind person or evil person is basically none of your business!

He scowled and sped up his pace to enter the floating palace immediately. A white crystal palace appeared within the large clouds. It was not that white but instead, a transparent crystal with a slight silver combined color.

The corners of the carved crystal pillars shimmered when it's texture met the ray of the sun. The light was shown not in a blinding way but instead, it was beautiful with a color of a rainbow. When Liu Xiao stepped on the crystal floor, a white image of a droplet motion echoed on the crystal floor and it made a small *cling* sound.

Oh my god this palace is to precious to be used as a fighting arena! I know that the novel described it as a white transparent palace made of rare crystal but who will dare in a olace like this! It looks so fragile that even a light contact of spiritual qi can shatter this palace to pieces! Who made this!? ヽ(｀Д´)ﾉ

In fact the crystal in the floating palace is the most sturdy and toughest of all materials. You can't really judge a book by it's cover because it may decieve you into some things you don't expect. The crystal came from the Sheng Jing Mine (Sacred Crystal) inside the Mountain of Tian Shou (Heavenly Beast), this crystal was used for armory hundreds of years ago and a cultivator insist that it can be used to make an unbreakable mountain that can endure the heaven's anger, this crystal can absorb spiritual qi and feed into it to make it sturdier that's why it's used for armors hundreds of years ago during war. The arena was floating because monster who were captivated by spiritual qi may attack them below.

There were marble statues of roaring griffins in every corner, making it look dignified and sacred but it's actually a fighting arena. Liu Xiao walked pass the sky pillars and statues and entered another large celestial door.

A large number of buildings with balconies and a big marble fighting arena was placed in the middle. It was in a size of a whole village in a round shape. The crowd was already going wild. Several cultivators throughout the world were present. Some are comparing the contestants and some are boasting about their disciples.

Liu Xiao looked around and found a crowd of cultivators wearing a light blue robe in the balcone of the second floor, beside them was the cultivators dressed in green robes—It's the Wan Zhan Peak. Liu Xiao ran through the crowd until he arrived to his own Peak because the competition was about to start.

A beautiful maiden with a bright black hair and dark chocolate eyes, dressed in pink and blue clothing appeared in the middle of the arena. Her pleasant voice echoed through the hall as she spoke.She greeted then continued.

The maiden pointed at the white jade board. The first list was Bai Lan, then Liu Xiao, Chen Yi is rankes 8th and many other cultivators listed in there.

So in short, the people on the ranked list are the main target of all the cultivators! And we get to fight repeatedly! The rules are so cruel! Liu Xiao you endured and maintained your rank for 5 days with more than 50 thousand cultivators all around the world?! My respect on you now raised a bit! Even though you're strong, the protagonist is stronger. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

In the large crowd, a woman that looked like a goddess walked to the middle of the arena. Every step he made didn't made a sound but her posture is so charming and serene. Even the masters from other peaks were all captivated ny her beauty. Her black braided her was long down to her feet and her body and aura was so seductive. Her face was ivory, her eyes looked half closed, her nose was small and pointed and her lips was naturally red and plumpy. She was wearing a dark red robe with a whip on her waist—she must be a whip user.

The maiden announcer spoke. The woman looked at the crowd and put her hands on her waist before speaking. (Heavenly fairy)

"It's the Tian Xian Peak.."

"I heard it's only a peak for women and the master was also a woman who is known to have a godly beauty and a strong spiritual qi but her personality is prickly."

"The Tian Xian Peak lives up their reputation! All the women are indeed a heavenly fairies!"

The maiden announcer raised her hand to stop the noises of the cultivators. Shan Ling licked her lips and her face smiled seductively.

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蘇露霞

photo not mine :)