Chapter 29 Senior Sister Bai Is About to Cry
Feng Yu Die tumbled onto the stage.
Seeing her unceremonious arrival, Bai Yuexin, who was an examiner, immediately felt displeased. She called out three times before Feng Yu Die came up, and it seemed she was even thrown onto the stage by someone who came with her.
People like this were usually ruffians.
Bai Yuexin glanced at Feng Yu Die, then sighed softly, frowning as she questioned, “Where are your weapons?!”
Feng Yu Die quickly stood up, wiped her face, and looked at her hands. Only then did she notice that her sword was still beside Pei Lianxue and hadn’t been thrown up.
Instantly, she awkwardly shuffled to the edge of the wooden sword trial platform and picked up a wooden sword, testing its weight.
“Mhm!”
Afterward, she walked back to the center of the stage and bowed respectfully to Bai Yuexin, performing a martial salute.
“Senior Sister, please give me your guidance.”
“Senior Sister?” Bai Yuexin was displeased. “You haven’t even entered the sect yet. You should call me ‘Senior’.”
“Ah… Senior, please give me your guidance…”
Bai Yuexin’s brow furrowed. She carefully observed the silver-haired girl before her. Silver hair was indeed rare, and this girl had an ethereal aura about her.
Perhaps it was jealousy of her good looks, or perhaps it was her flippant attitude as if she didn’t take things seriously, but Bai Yuexin suddenly felt an inexplicable anger rise within her.
She was the one who controlled the boundaries in the sword trial.
Under normal circumstances, she wouldn’t use her full strength. Otherwise, these disciples at the Qi Refining Stage would be defeated in a single move by the disciples of Tianyun Peak, so the disciples of Tianyun Peak usually held back.
But this girl in front of her…
Bai Yuexin wanted to teach her a lesson and make her remember this. She decided to defeat her in two moves.
She lowered her wooden sword to her right hand and gestured for Feng Yu Die with her chin. “Come on, make your move.”
Feng Yu Die nodded, observed Bai Yuexin’s sword-holding posture, and said softly, “Then please be careful, Senior.”
Feng Yu Die then slightly parted her lips and took a breath.
In the blink of an eye, she stepped forward and was instantly in front of Bai Yuexin.
*Swish—*
A cold light flashed, accompanied by a whistling sound as the sword cut through the air.
Bai Yuexin was caught off guard in that split second and almost didn’t react. She quickly raised her wooden sword to block.
However, the moment she blocked Feng Yu Die’s sword, she felt a creaking sound from the bones in her wrist where she was holding the sword.
Feng Yu Die’s sword felt as heavy as a boulder at this moment.
And then—
With a “crack,” the wooden sword she was holding suddenly snapped in two.
Feng Yu Die was also startled and quickly redirected her sword path.
The sword, which was originally aimed at Bai Yuexin’s neck, suddenly turned and sliced upward along her nose.
“……”
Half of the wooden sword fell onto the stage, and Bai Yuexin stood there dumbfounded.
She looked at the broken wooden sword in her hand, then at the perfectly intact wooden sword in Feng Yu Die’s hand.
The wooden swords had collided at the same time, so why did hers break while Feng Yu Die’s was unscathed?
“Senior, thank you for the spar.”
Feng Yu Die took two steps back and cupped her hands in a salute.
The outcome was decided in a single exchange.
The disciple recording the results was also stunned.
As the saying goes, “The onlooker sees clearly, while the participant is confused.” But even as an onlooker, he couldn’t see Feng Yu Die’s movements clearly. He only heard two sounds, “swish” and “crack,” and it was over.
He looked at Bai Yuexin and then at Feng Yu Die. After a moment of hesitation, he announced, “Feng Yu Die, defeated the opponent!”
As this announcement echoed, the previously noisy sword trial area fell into dead silence.
Disciples competing on other stages even stopped and turned to look at the sword trial stage of Tianyun Peak.
They couldn’t believe that someone had been defeated on the sword trial stage of Tianyun Peak.
That was Tianyun Peak, the main camp for sword cultivators of the Xuan Xing Sect.
A sword cultivator had been defeated by a young cultivator at the Qi Refining Stage.
And even more so than who had defeated a Tianyun Peak disciple, they were curious about which disciple of Tianyun Peak had been defeated.
This year’s sword trial was different from previous years.
In past sect selection sword trials, usually only one or two Grand Elders would observe.
But this year, not only were all five Grand Elders present, but the Sect Master’s Golden Crown Parrot was also there.
Even the sword-skill-challenged disciples from Moon Spring Peak would be exceptionally alert today, fearing that they would be defeated by these sect selection participants and lose all face.
But now, someone had still been defeated.
Instantly, their gazes towards Bai Yuexin filled with sympathy, believing that Bai Yuexin would surely be heavily punished by the elders of Tianyun Peak upon her return.
Bai Yuexin swallowed hard, still unable to believe what had happened.
But the broken sword lay on the ground, and she still held the hilt in her hand, leaving no room for denial.
Moreover, if there had been a back-and-forth fight and she was defeated in the end, it would have been understandable. But to be defeated in an instant…
Bai Yuexin trembled as she raised her head and looked at the other sword trial stages. Sensing the pity in the eyes of her fellow disciples, her legs began to tremble uncontrollably. Her face was filled with shame, and her ears turned red.
Tears began to well up in her eyes.
The disciple from Tianyun Peak recording the results next to her saw her state and quickly transmitted a message, “Senior Sister Bai, don’t just stand there! Quickly perform the martial salute and let that girl get off the stage.”
“Ah…” Hearing her fellow disciple’s reminder, Bai Yuexin startled. She quickly suppressed the tears that were about to fall and cupped her hands in a salute to Feng Yu Die, “Ah… I… I yield.”
Feng Yu Die lowered her head and looked at Bai Yuexin’s face. Seeing that she was about to cry, she quickly spoke to comfort her, “Senior, winning and losing are common in warfare. You don’t need to take it too seriously. Losing to me is nothing to be ashamed of.”
Although Feng Yu Die genuinely wanted to comfort her, this remark felt like adding insult to injury to Bai Yuexin.
“……”
Bai Yuexin immediately sniffled, quickly lowered her head, and wiped her face with her cloud-like sleeves, trying to hide her tears.
The disciple recording the results next to her also quickly gestured to Feng Yu Die: Get off!
Feng Yu Die understood. She bowed deeply to Bai Yuexin again, then placed the wooden sword in her hand back on the shelf beside them, and jumped off the stage, running back to the resting area.
As she reached Pei Lianxue and the others, Feng Yu Die saw Xiao Yunluo looking at her with disbelief. She rubbed her nose proudly and chuckled foolishly.
“Heh heh, wasn’t I amazing?!”
“You…”
Xiao Yunluo bit her lips, unsure what to say for a moment. She had thought that lasting for half an incense stick’s worth of time on the Tianyun Peak sword trial stage would be enough to win first place, allowing her to show her mother her growth.
But all the attention was now stolen by this seemingly silly silver-haired girl.
“……” She clenched her fists, but still nodded in acknowledgment. “Yes, being able to defeat a Tianyun Peak disciple in the sword trial is indeed very impressive.”
“Heh heh.” Feng Yu Die was delighted and then winked at Pei Lianxue, asking coyly, “Junior Sister Pei, what about… the hug we agreed on?”
“When did we agree on that?” Pei Lianxue looked disgusted, but thinking that she might also draw that Senior Sister later, she asked, “Is that Senior Sister powerful?”
“Hmm—” Feng Yu Die dragged out her vowel, thinking for a moment. She gave Pei Lianxue a thumbs-up and grinned, “Junior Sister Pei will definitely be fine. If you draw her, you will surely win with ease!”
Pei Lianxue nodded weakly, seemingly lacking confidence.
At this moment, on the Tianyun Peak sword trial stage, Pei Lianxue’s name was called. However, because she was entering the sect as an accompanying reader, a title was added when her name was announced.
“Next, Feng Yu Die’s attendant, Pei Lianxue, to the Tianyun Peak sword trial stage. Come up!”
“Ah… Present!!!!”
Upon hearing this, Pei Lianxue immediately stood up from her seat, standing very straight.
Xiao Yunluo by her side looked strange and asked, “What are you doing?”
“Ah…” Pei Lianxue froze for a moment, then awkwardly pursed her lips and explained, “My Senior Brother once said that when a name is called, you should loudly shout ‘Present!’… I’m just used to it…”
Xiao Yunluo twisted her eyebrows and chuckled, saying, “Your Senior Brother is quite strange.”
“My Senior Brother is indeed quite strange sometimes.” Pei Lianxue thought of her Senior Brother’s face and smiled shyly, “Heh heh.”
“Hurry up and go.”
“Okay.”
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