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Chapter 39: 39 - The inner disciples selection (01)
"Have you had a breakthrough? Even your talent... how?" Qingyi asked, watching Feiyan's status screen repeatedly.
Ignoring his lineage, her talent had always far surpassed his.
But now, not only was her talent even higher, her power had also increased greatly, and he could clearly feel that her foundation was solid.
Even though she was a core disciple with incomparable talent, getting the resources to advance her cultivation and her spiritual root so much seemed impossible.
"The master commands all the pills production in the Ascending Dragon Sect. In fact, she's the creator of the spirit root enhancement pill. She spoils me almost as much as husband, hehehe."
A playful laugh escaped Feiyan's red lips, soon replaced by a high-pitched squeal as a resounding slap landed on her ass.
"Aah! That hurts!" She clutched her sore butt, tears forming in her eyes.
Qingyi just laughed shamelessly as she walked up to his bedroom.
"Wait for me!" Feiyan ran right behind.
They took a quick shower and Qingyi spent a few lust points for a beautiful green spirit silk dress, one of the most expensive types that could be obtained in the region.
After that, they went straight to the outer disciples' arena.
The arena was completely packed.
More than five thousand outer disciples had gathered to watch the selections for the inner disciples, their voices booming as they commented on the contenders for the ten places available this year.
"Look, it's Bao Zhang, the most powerful palm cultivator among the sect's outer disciples!" One of them pointed towards a tall, serious-looking man.
"I've heard that he's reached the second stage of the Foundation Realm!" another voice replied.
When Long Qingyi and Hua Feiyan appeared in the arena, many eyes immediately turned to them, impressed sighs echoing through the noisy space.
Seeing a core disciple was already rare for outer disciples. With most of them being at the golden core realm and receiving direct instructions from the elders, they hardly ever came down to watch competitions between outer disciples.
But Feiyan not only was a core disciple present among them, she was clinging to an outer disciple as if he were her whole world.
Their gazes quickly turned from surprise to envy as they stared at Qingyi.
"Who the hell is that pretty face?"
"He must have used some kind of demonic art to seduce Senior Sister Feiyan!"
"Yes! No chance of someone like her falling for some pretty face!"
Dozens of voices arose among the male disciples, their envious looks soon turning into pure hostility.
Qingyi just ignored this and even teased a little more as he slid his hands down to Feiyan's hips, pulling her closer to him and eliciting a shy smile from the tanned beauty.
"Does husband really want to break these poor things' hearts?" Feiyan purred, moving even closer to Qingyi and giving her a kiss on the cheek, before smiling provocatively at the young disciples, many of them holding their aching breasts.
Qingyi just shook his head, his eyes focusing on a large scoreboard at the top of the arena, showing all the disciples who would be competing in the selection.
His name was on the left side and, to his surprise, his first opponent was a bow cultivator he knew well.
"Lei Feng..." He muttered.
The young archer was already at the ninth stage of the Qi Refining Realm when they killed the giant horned wolf a few months ago, but he hadn't expected the boy to advance in such a short space of time.
He continued to scan the names, his eyes landing on a name in the top right corner.
Xu Tianming.
He had promised that he would kill Long Qingyi in the internal selection of disciples, and that day had finally come.
With his current power, Qingyi didn't fear anyone in that selection, but he couldn't help feeling a twinge in his heart when he saw Feiyan's anxious eyes.
She obviously had no feelings for Tianming and couldn't care less about him, but remembering the promise he had made to kill Qingyi made her visibly distressed.
"Don't worry, your husband still has a few tricks up his sleeve." Qingyi laughed lightly, holding her waist a little more firmly.
"uhm-mm," Feiyan snuggled into his arms.
Her closeness drew the attention of many male disciples, but she didn't mind.
Unfortunately, a loud voice soon broke their moment.
"Junior Brother Qingyi, it's good to see you here!" Bao Zhang smiled as he approached the couple.
Qingyi turned around, returning the smile. Behind Bao Zhang, he saw Lei Feng and Jun Hao, their eyes shining as they noticed Feiyan's presence.
The fat man was the first to gather his courage and step forward.
"So, big sister Feiyan... what's your relationship with-"
"Respect." Bao Zhang's loud voice interrupted him, along with his fist to the fat man's head, who stumbled, almost falling over.
Without giving him a chance, Bao Zhang forced him to prostrate himself, also lowering his own head.
"I beg your pardon for my friend's loose tongue, Senior Sister Feiyan. He was born prematurely and his brain turned out to be underdeveloped." Bao Zhang apologized.
Even though Hua Feiyan was with a friend of theirs, for outer disciples like them, offending inner disciples usually meant death, while offending core disciples often resulted in much worse.
The Ascending Dragon Sect was fair, but it wasn't kind, and power was often necessary to have justice.
"Don't worry about it." A restrained giggle escaped Feiyan's beautiful red-painted lips, her eyes sweeping over the three men. "And yes, I'm Qingyi's wife. It's a pleasure to meet the husband's friends."
Hearing those words, Lei Feng and Jun Hao turned completely red.
They had already imagined that this was the case, but hearing it from her own mouth made everything completely different.
They couldn't help but look at Qingyi with a renewed vision.
Was it even right for them to call Qingyi junior brother? Why not start calling him master?
They desperately wanted to know the secret to succeeding with incomparable beauties!
Fortunately for Bao Zhang's heart, the idiots had little time to open their mouths and ask more questions, as Elder Tian's voice caught everyone's attention.