The two judges naturally caught the implication behind Mu Qianjue’s words, and their faces turned pitch-black. A tiny Qingyun Province actually dared to compare itself to Master Baili!
Mu Qianjue had to be taught a lesson.
He needed to understand whose home turf this was!
One judge raised a red card and said coldly, “Mu Qianjue of Qingyun Province has insulted the judges. One trial opportunity will be deducted from Fang Cheng. Fang Cheng has one trial opportunity remaining.”
Poor Fang Cheng, completely immersed in pill refinement, had no idea he’d been dragged into this mess again.
“Brother Mu, the fire… five parts heat,” Fang Cheng said instinctively.
Snap!—
Mu Qianjue snapped his fingers, and the heat of the flame changed.
In that instant, Baili Kesheng genuinely sensed the aura of the exotic flame.
After adjusting the exotic flame, Mu Qianjue casually tossed a memory stone to the two judges, gently waved his folding fan, and smiled with an air of noble elegance.
The two judges took the memory stone with dark expressions. “What is this?”
“Naturally, evidence—in case certain people try to use double standards,” Mu Qianjue said with a smile. It was originally such a simple matter.
A few words would have cleared everything up, but these people were so obsessed with saving face, always thinking they were more capable, unwilling to believe he had an exotic flame.
“Mu Qianjue, I’m warning you again—if you continue to be insolent, we’ll throw you out!” the two judges said coldly before finally checking the contents of the memory stone.
What the memory stone contained was everything that had happened from the start of the competition until now.
This Mu Qianjue really did have some tricks up his sleeve!
One of the judges, overcome with anger, directly smashed the memory stone with a palm strike. He wanted to see what other tricks Mu Qianjue had left.
“I forgot to remind you two—I have a whole pile of these memory stones right here.” A smile flickered through Mu Qianjue’s peach-blossom eyes, his expression completely at ease.
“You—!” The two judges finally understood Chen Liu’s feelings and were left speechless!
An impatient glint flashed through Baili Kesheng’s bewitching eyes. What a bunch of fools—this was clearly about the exotic flame, yet they insisted on dragging things out.
Baili Kesheng spoke up: “Mu Qianjue, you spoke of an exotic flame. So what exactly is your exotic flame? If you don’t show it, how are we supposed to believe you didn’t cheat?”
“Oh? Finally, someone with some sense. If Master Baili had stepped forward earlier, I wouldn’t have had to work so hard.” Mu Qianjue waved his folding fan, calm and composed.
His mid-Nascent Soul cultivation was completely unafraid of the pressure from Baili Kesheng’s Spirit Transformation realm.
In Mu Qianjue’s heart, only someone like Chu Qianji deserved to be called a master.
Baili Kesheng’s title of “master” was earned solely through the Baili family’s protection and resources. Setting aside the Baili family, Baili Kesheng was nothing at all.
Baili Kesheng: …
Mu Qianjue really dared!
Above the platform.
Someone from Haoling Province asked in confusion, “Who is Mu Qianjue? How does he dare? That’s Master Baili, direct bloodline of the Baili family!”
“Mu Qianjue just went up there to make a fool of himself. He doesn’t understand anything, yet he ran up to help!”
“Wait, look at Mu Qianjue’s cultivation—mid-Nascent Soul at only a few decades old. No wonder he’s so arrogant!”
Unlike the people of Haoling Province, the people of Diling Province clearly saw more of what was going on.
Luo Bingwen didn’t slap himself today. Instead, he touched his own forehead. “No fever either. Strange—how did I hear someone talking back to Master Baili?”
Lu Anling was speechless. “Luo Bingwen, in the future, if you haven’t taken your medicine, don’t go out. Just sit there and watch the show properly. What’s the point of constantly being a clown?”
Luo Bingwen deliberately raised his voice. “Look at how lively the other provinces are—even the disciples are chatting with each other. Our Diling Province is just a bunch of wooden posts. Barely anyone has said a word from start to finish.”
Snap!—
The person behind Luo Bingwen smacked him right on the head.
“Junior Brother Bingwen, who exactly are you calling a wooden post?”
——————
Chu Bozhou of Huoling Province saw Mu Qianjue’s performance on stage, and an appreciative look appeared in his eyes. “Father, what do you think of this Mu Qianjue?”
“His exotic flame is of a very high grade, but his temperament is too flighty—not quite suited for artifact refinement.” Chu Qianji’s snow-white eyes gazed ahead as he toyed with the copper coins in his hand.
“Father, that’s because you don’t know him. He’s one of the opponents I’m most looking forward to facing,” Chu Bozhou said meaningfully.
“Bozhou, I hope your ambitions are set a little higher,” Chu Qianji said with disapproval.
A month later, after Chu Qianji witnessed what Mu Qianjue could produce, that calm composure finally shattered.
Chu Bozhou said no more and continued watching the competition grounds.
Mu Qianjue’s attitude slightly irritated Baili Kesheng, but Baili Kesheng managed to suppress his temper.
“Mu Qianjue, reveal your exotic flame,” Baili Kesheng ordered.
“Why should I?” Mu Qianjue countered.
Baili Kesheng’s eyes turned slightly cold. Mu Qianjue indeed had an exotic flame.
At that moment, a judge spoke up: “Mu Qianjue, your exotic flame has been suppressing Haoling Province’s flame the entire time, preventing them from refining pills. You’ve already disrupted the rules of the competition.”
Although it was common knowledge throughout the cultivation world that lower-tier flames were suppressed by higher-tier ones.
But this competition was destined to be dominated by Haoling Province—they absolutely could not let Haoling Province fail.
“Judge, if you’d said that earlier, the problem would have been solved long ago.” Mu Qianjue snapped his fingers through the air, and the flame stones on Haoling Province’s side immediately ignited.
