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Chapter 17

All of the five hundred participants were already inside the Qiang Lake and the pearl watchers have already activated followed by the rectangular illusionary image appearing above the marble arena stage that was showing the spectacular view of the Qiang Lake, leaving the audience in awe and astonishment.

Shao Ling stared at the rectangular illusionary image as he sip on his tea. The ice fairy that was giving him non stop cold made a high pitched sound and landed on Shao Ling's shoulder, looking very exhausted. When Shao Ling was about to aid on the ice fairy, a slender hand grabbed his wrist that made Shao Ling alarmed and immediately infuse his hand with azure blue spiritual qi.

Shao Ling paused and looked back to see Yong Yingxi looking at him with a teary eyed expression.

( A/N : Adding a name suffix -ah in names is a common way of creating a nickname, meaning something like “dude” or “pal.” )

Shao Ling scoffed,

Yong Yingxi exclaimed.

Shao Ling said in a sharp tone.

Shao Ling stared at him with a hopeless expression and eventually sighed before redirecting his gaze back to the rectangular illusionary image,

Yong Yingxi said as he pulled a chair near Shao Ling and sat beside him with a smile.

Shao Ling:

Yong Yingxi:

Shao Ling:

Yong Yingxi:

Shao Ling:

The beautiful woman walked on the center of the arena stage and spoke,

The participants who were shown in the rectangular illusionary image nodded and the beautiful woman spoke again,

Shao Ling scowled when Yong Yingxi leaned forward to see the rectangular illusionary image, blocking Shao Ling sight.

Shao Ling corrected.

Yong Yingxi said as he munched on the dumplings that was served on the small table that Shao Ling didn't dare to eat.

Yong Yingxi exclaimed, crumbs of dumplings falling on the hem of Shao Ling's sleeves."

Shao Ling pursed his lips and brushed the crumbs of the dumplings away from the hem of his sleeves as he replied,

Yong Yingxi speechlessly stared at Shao Ling and redirected his gaze on the rectangular illusionary image where the participants are starting to release their spiritual qi, hoping that the Qiang Lake will respond and bestow them a holy weapon. Yong Yingxi grabbed another dumpling on the plate and grabbed a bite when suddenly, a thought suddenly popped inside his mind.

Shao Ling answered as he sipped his tea,

Shao Ling's hands that was holding the tea twitched, his face showed a hint of loathing but in a blink of an eye, his face went back to his usual expressionless look. Yong Yongxi said as he much on the dumpling on his hand.

Yong Yingxi heaved a breath and leaned on the back of his chair as he shrugged, He eventually said with a conceding expression.

Shao Ling's mouth trembled, resisting himself on aswering while his other hand that was resting on the arm of his chair clenched tightly. Yong Yingxi sighed and crossed his hand,

勤喜

The woman has an ink black hair that length down to her slim waist and her face was molden into a soft round shape, with her big brown eyes, round pointed nose, slim eyebrows and full pouty coral lips with a plain white robe that was top off with a black waistbelt and few fabric accessories, instead of a bewitching fairy that mostly Tian Xian Peak has, Qinxi look like a innocent fairy that was born in a Lily flower, delicate and kind.

景信

吳仁

方華

On the other hand, inside the dimension of the Qiang Lake, it was already Yin Meng's turn. She gracefully walked towards the center of the Qiang Lake, beaming with beauty and confidence as she slowly compressed her palms together, gathering her soft pink spiritual at her both palms and slowly opening up her palms, letting the soft pink spiritual qi spread throughout the clear waters of the Qiang Lake.

With a magical sound of the soft pink spiritual qi coming in touch with the water, the sound turned into a drip, and the drip turned into a vibration, shaking the waters of the lake as if they were fierce waves coming from the ocean. The Qiang Lake radiated a low clinging sound that seemed like chiming bells, resonating throughout the Lake and through the wide grassy plains.

Slowly, little by little, the water continuously shook, drips of water were shown all over the lake until a faint silhouette of a weapon from afar was shown, slowly floating upwards the water until it's true form was shown. It was a small beautiful silver dagger with a flower carvings on it's handle, the sharpness of it's blade glistened when it came touch with the ray of the sun, making it look dangerous but beautiful at the same time.

Xin Mei complimented as she stared at the dagger with sparkling eyes.

Yin Meng said with a smile.

Xin Mei replied with a determined expression.

Xin Mei did the same thing. Releasing her spiritual qi until the Qiang Lake responded to her, bestowing her a sharp katana that was carved with butterflies on it's handle with a purple glow on the edge of its blade when it is reflected to light. Xin Mei speechlessly went back to the grassy plains, staring at her own holy weapon in a daze for a very long time.

Jian Jie also did the same and without a doubt, the Qiang Lake also responded to his spiritual qi, giving him a pitch black whip that had a thunder and flame effect when it is activated offensively. Jian Jie went back to the plains, staring at his holy weapon with his brows arched until he shifted his gaze at Lian Ren's direction,

Lian Ren's face soured at what he said,

With a few more participants who went forward to the center of the lake, some received a holy weapon and some didn't, it was finally Lian Ren's turn. He walked towards the center with a straight expression, simply waving his hand to release his blue spiritual qi as it instantly spread throughout the Qiang Lake. However, instead of a low clinging sound, a rough and loud sound of a gigantic bell was heard, confusing the participants and the audience who were watching.

The clear water of the Qiang Lake was instantly painted black, showing nothing except for the silhouette of a weapon slowly floating upwards the water until a sword without a blade was shown, a deep blue spiritual gem was embedded between the roughly carved handle that lit up a faint glow, making the bladeless sword look mysterious and sinister.

Yong Yingxi frowned as he stared at the rectangular illusionary image.

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