Chapter 68 – Which Sister is the First to Descend the Mountain?
As the blue meteor approached, the spectators looked up and saw a white celestial deer arriving through the mist, with a person on its shoulders.
Mr. Huang was quick to recognize the newcomer. He pushed aside the Li family old man’s hand and loudly clasped his fists in a salute, asking, “May I ask, Lord Liu Yue, what brings you here?”
“Nothing, just delivering someone.”
Lord Liu Yue slowly descended to the center of the stadium. The white mist receded, and a person with an ancient aura slowly alighted from him.
Hearing this aged voice, the crowd slowly came back to their senses and turned their gaze there, trying to get a clear look at the person delivered by Lord Liu Yue.
A young lady in goose yellow walked with composure, her features as beautiful as a painting, her expression serene. Her flowing robes exuded a majestic aura, and a jade flask at her waist swayed. She looked like a little junior sister stepping out of a comic, drawing compassion with every step.
Unknowingly, someone murmured, “Whose sister is this, descending the mountain for the first time?”
On the stage, Bai Qianyu froze. Her mouth parted slightly, and after a long pause, she uttered two words: “Sister Jiu.”
She gazed at the ethereal girl, feeling something slide down the sides of her face, a lump forming in her throat.
After returning from the training camp, she had believed Su Jiu was dead and had been secretly seeking justice for her. However, her strength and background did not allow it.
She had told Su Jiu’s father, but that big shot did not seem to believe her and did not question the Li family.
Beneath these influential families, she felt like a small boat without sails, adrift and helpless. Wanting to seek justice for her friend, she could only be bullied.
“Don’t cry, silly. What’s there to cry about?” Su Jiu approached, rolled up her sleeves, gently wiped away a tear with her thumb, then stood on tiptoe and hugged her. She whispered in her ear, “I’m sorry I’m late.”
Watching this scene on stage, no one dared to speak. But the people in the Qinghai city below erupted. Some looked at the stage with joy, especially at the similarly massive body. “She’s not dead!”
As the student leader of Qinghai city, Xiao Yu made a quieting gesture to the agitated crowd below. Her gaze remained fixed on the stage. “As expected, she really is the hero Huayang was making such a fuss about yesterday!”
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The most shocked was Mr. Huang. He knew who Su Jiu was, so he was even more surprised by her high-profile arrival.
He was now completely awkward. He glanced at the Li family old man and, before the latter could react, quietly moved his position.
He thought Su Jiu was dead, but now she arrived riding a celestial deer through the mist, like an immortal. “Brother, I’ll call you brother now. What are you up to now?”
The scene seemed to fall into silence, the venue becoming Su Jiu’s stage. She gently patted Bai Qianyu’s shoulder and whispered, “Go down and calm yourself. Leave the rest to me.”
“Mm… he’s very strong, be careful,” Bai Qianyu whispered, greedily inhaling the sandalwood scent from her, their ears brushing against each other.
She didn’t know why she felt this way, perhaps she was looking for someone to rely on.
The judges around, except for the Li family old man, were at most Battle Generals. With Lord Liu Yue standing there, they truly dared not utter a word.
“Wait for my good news.”
Another minute passed. Su Jiu watched Bai Qianyu descend the stage, then softly said to the referee, “I’m also from Zhi Yuan. Shall we start the match?”
The referee looked at her in a daze, at the faint stream of light emanating from her HANFU, then turned to look at Lord Liu Yue not far away, and finally his gaze fell upon the simply dressed students of Zhiyuan High School.
“Miss, please, let’s not cause any more trouble.”
With your presence and aura, I’d believe you if you said you were a young lady from an influential family in the capital!
Seeing the referee hesitant, Su Jiu frowned slightly, her voice turning cold. “What? Am I not allowed to compete for my school?”
The referee immediately didn’t know what to do. He glanced at Lord Liu Yue again and sent a pleading look to the judges’ seat. Mr. Huang silently turned his head away; he didn’t dare to acknowledge this student either…
He had been the most active for the past two days. Now that the person was back, he could only pretend to be dead.
After another half-minute, Lu Nan came out to claim Su Jiu. The judges on stage, even the three from the Li family, had no objections—mainly because Lord Liu Yue was too terrifying!
After a while, seeing the situation stabilize, the referee announced the start of the match.
Su Jiu walked leisurely towards the bearded student in front of her. With each step she took, more scales appeared on her body. Her ears slowly transformed into jowls, and the surrounding aura turned frigid.
A vortex of ice began to condense above her head, her aura becoming even more piercing. A cold aura surged outwards like a sharp mountain spring.
Su Jiu did not choose to use a blade, mainly because at her level of close combat, those opponents were no match for her.
The students around kept looking up at the sky, feeling the swirling snow and a sense of extreme splendor filling their hearts. Couldn’t help but sigh inwardly: “What a magnificent and powerful skill, I wonder what hidden divine technique it is.”
However, the healing-type students felt something was not quite right, a feeling both strange and familiar.
On the far right, the only female judge on stage, and the only healing-type Wood element Battle General, frowned as she looked at the sky, feeling something she wanted to confirm but dared not.
Is this really it?
Ignoring the crowd’s speculation, Su Jiu opened the jade flask and took another sip, then smiled and asked the bearded student, “Are you ready?”
“Ready for what?”
The bearded student swallowed, looking at the sky full of frost and cold. He silently summoned a beast soldier that resembled a wolf’s tooth club and held it firmly in his hand.
Su Jiu’s actions made him a little flustered; the commotion was too terrifying!
To summon the power of wind and snow with human strength was something only a Battle King Level expert could touch.
“Of course, to welcome the baptism of frost and snow!” Su Jiu chuckled.
Suddenly, a vortex violently impacted, larger and stronger than before! As it descended, it erupted with a swirling roar, “Swoosh!” If the previous one was the breath of a frost dragon, this time it was the hunting arrow shot by an ice giant drawing its bow!
The bearded student’s heart sank as he looked at the roaring vortex charging towards him.
“Brother, no, Sister, are we really on the same track?”
“Did you go to the wrong place, participating in a university competition?”
He didn’t have time to resist this vortex and could only watch as the vortex, imbued with frost and snow, slammed into his face. An inexplicable purification aura, along with piercing cold, surged into his body, purifying his minor injuries.
But more so, it froze him stiff – his blood, his meridians, even his qi!
And the female judge on stage, seeing that faint, almost imperceptible healing aura, finally dared to confirm. She exclaimed, “This girl is a healing type!?”
