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Chapter 336 Mysterious Woman

"Are you here to participate in the competition?"

On the way, the woman spoke to Xia Wule.

"Oh, yes, you... are here to watch the game?" Xia Wule saw that she was not familiar with the road and guessed that she was a spectator here.

"Yes, that's right." The woman smiled, her gentle aura making people feel close to her. "I heard that there are evil cultivators participating in this competition. I'm really looking forward to it."

"Looking forward to it?" Xia Wule raised his eyebrows slightly, a little surprised.

"Yes, come to think of it, girl, aren't you an evil cultivator? How old are you this year?"

Xia Wule's smile froze. Chen Mo turned to look at the woman.

The woman was still smiling, as if she was asking a very common question.

Xia Wule couldn't tell her level of cultivation, but thought it was higher than his own.

"Almost 21." Xia Wule looked at her calmly, "How about you?"

"Me? Haha, I'm almost sixty." The woman laughed.

"I can't tell at all." Xia Wuliao and Chen Mo exchanged glances. "Are you also a Qi cultivator?"

"Yes. You are all from the Jade Academy, right?" The woman looked at the two of them with a relaxed attitude. It was unclear whether she trusted that they would not hurt her, or was confident that they could not pose a threat to her.

"Yes, I'm actually quite surprised that our school is participating this year." Xia Wule didn't know what she was up to. Normally, if someone recognized an evil cultivator, they would either stay away or shout for their life. Few people would be so kind as to treat them like a normal person.

While observing her expression, Xia Wuliao complained to her, half-heartedly, about the competition and the current rules. At the end, he sighed, "...I really don't know what they're thinking."

"Is that so... You guys must have worked really hard." The woman patted her shoulder sympathetically. "The last-minute rule change for this tournament is indeed unexpected. It will be quite difficult to get a good ranking."

"Not to mention the Yuhua academies, 70% of the Xingchen contestants this year are at the upper level of the Profound Realm. Compared to the disciples of the imperial sects, they pale in comparison, let alone you." The woman sighed softly and shook her head. "So, how are your preparations going? Are you confident?"

Xia Wuliao laughed twice: "Not at all."

Xia Wule didn't know if her concern was genuine. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "You know I'm an evil cultivator, yet you still come to talk to me... What do you want to do?"

The woman was a little surprised, then smiled and waved her hand: "You misunderstood, I really don't know that place. This is my first time here, I'm from Rong country."

"Yuhua? We have a Yuhua in our academy." Chen Mo suddenly spoke up, looking into the woman's eyes, "She's also participating in the competition this time."

"Oh? How many?" The woman asked with a smile without changing her expression.

"Two." Xia Wule glanced at Chen Mo, not knowing why he suddenly mentioned this. "Come to think of it, our academy seems to have students from several empires."

"Where are you from, girl?" the woman asked.

"Me? I'm from Wangqiu." Xia Wule replied.

The woman nodded slowly, looking at her with increasing satisfaction: "What a good child."

Xia Wuliao never knew what to say when facing such elders and could only laugh dryly.

Fortunately, she didn't feel embarrassed for too long. Long Falcon was very fast and arrived at the destination in no time. The woman jumped down and turned to ask Xia Wule, who was about to come down, if he wanted to take them back directly, but Xia Wule declined.

"Come on, I'm looking forward to your performance." Before leaving, the woman made an encouraging gesture towards Xia Wule and Chen Mo.

"Thank you, we can go back by ourselves." Xia Wuliao smiled and waved at the woman, "Goodbye."

"Well, I guess we'll see each other."

The woman left this inexplicably and turned away.

Xia Wu was stunned for a moment, and instinctively wanted to chase, but when he raised his foot, he stopped and slowly landed on the spot.

"Why did you say that to her?" Xia Wuliao suddenly turned his head and asked Chen Mo.

"...I always feel like she's trying to figure something out." Chen Mo said slowly, "Don't you think there's something wrong with the way she looks at us?"

"It's certainly not right... but it's not malicious." Xia Wuliao crossed his arms, frowning, "Seriously speaking... ever since she found out I'm a contestant, she's felt an inexplicable closeness to me... but I don't know her?"

"Do you know Xiaomo?" Xia Wuliao turned his head and asked him.

Chen Mo slowly shook his head: "I haven't seen it."

"And she also said that we would definitely see each other again..." Although Xia Wule was confused about this, he was surprisingly calm in his heart. It seemed that he did not sense any malice from the woman, but was just a little strange about her words and actions.

"But at first I thought she was Lan Huaiqiu's mother." Xia Wuliao suddenly said this nonsensical thing and laughed, "I feel that they are a bit similar."

"Temperament?" Chen Mo was not surprised and answered fluently, "Indeed."

"But she's from Yuhua..."

Xia Wule nodded his finger. The woman's attitude towards them was a bit like the kind and friendly elder attitude she had when she first met the dean.

Xia Wule hesitated for a moment, feeling that there was no point in thinking too much, so he decided to put it aside for the time being and think seriously about what to do in the competition.

On the way back, neither of them spoke. Although it was quiet, there was no awkwardness or loneliness. On the contrary, the atmosphere between the two was particularly harmonious.

"How much is 70%?"

Miao Kaijie and Mo Hanyu switched rooms, and Yin Xihui became roommates again. Yin Xihui had been coming home late at night recently, but today, after finishing his work, he went straight back to his room, which was unusual.

Qin Xiao and Mo Hanyu, having nothing better to do, also squeezed in. Yin Xihui seemed a little irritated. After entering the room, he took off his coat and tore up his neatly arranged underwear, as if this was the only way to breathe.

Miao Kaijie lay down on the bed, kicked off his shoes and crossed his legs in one go.

Qin Xiao pulled the chair next to Yin Xihui's bed and sat down. Mo Hanyu casually sat on the small sofa beside him, took off his mask, glanced at Yin Xihui, and asked him.

"Let me calculate it..." Yin Xihui closed his eyes and said.

"Your Yuan Qi has increased." Qin Xiao suddenly spoke, looking at Yin Xihui, "What have you been doing recently?"

"There's a lot to do..." Yin Xihui rubbed his brows tiredly and chuckled, "I just counted, one hundred gold coins, twenty silver coins, and seventy copper coins."

"It was just a small bet for fun." Yin Xihui smiled, "But the betting for this competition is open, you can give it a try. After all, the outcome this time is in your hands."

"I'll go." Miao Kaijie raised one arm and smiled leisurely, "It's only the first round now. I bet we'll stay until the end and advance to the second round."

Qin Xiao: "What are the odds?"

Miao Kaijie chuckled: "One to one, one hundred and fifty."

Qin Xiao's eyes moved slightly: "So high?"

"Be careful this time, don't get caught in it," Yin Xihui suddenly said. His collar was open all the way to his chest, vaguely revealing the sexy ravines between his muscles. He slumped down on the bed, one leg bent and raised, his fatigue unconcealed.

"It seems you know a lot." Qin Xiao glanced at him.

Yin Xihui pulled a stack of papers from his storage ring and scattered them casually. Some landed on the bed, while others spun in the air before drifting into the hands of the other three.

"What you have in your hands are the targets to focus on in the first round. The rest are the information of all the remaining contestants." Yin Xihui supported his arm and sat up straight, looking at Mo Hanyu, "Because I have dealt with your brother's academy before, I didn't prepare anything."

"It's okay." Mo Hanyu looked down at the several pages in his hand. Each page corresponded to a contestant, recording their country, academy (sect), age, attributes, realm, and portrait. The details were shocking.

"...You even investigated their parents?!" Miao Kaijie watched, feeling a chill running down his spine. He couldn't help but exclaim, "How terrifying."

"What are you talking about? Most of them are well-known things. I just collected and organized them." Yin Xihui took out his tea set and slowly boiled water to make tea.

Qin Xiao's gaze stopped on a certain page and he frowned slightly.

"This Chen Yao..."

Miao Kaijie had just shaken off his goosebumps when he heard this and looked up at Qin Xiao.

"What's wrong?" Yin Xihui poured tea and glanced at Qin Xiao, "What's the problem?"

"He and Chen Mo look a lot like each other... Oh, they're brothers." Qin Xiao looked at the attribute line thoughtfully, "I've never seen this attribute before."

"They're using the public training ground tomorrow, you can go and take a look."

Yin Xihui heard a hint of curiosity in Qin Xiao's words and suggested.

The fragrance of tea fills the air. The rich and subtle aroma makes people feel refreshed and their mood unconsciously calms down.

Yin Xihui took out the exquisite and small teacup from his collection, scalded it with tea, and poured a cup for each person.

Mo Hanyu felt it was too hot, so he used his attributes to cool it down the moment he took it, which immediately attracted Yin Xihui's sharp gaze.

"...Next time I'll just make you some tea with cold water and let you chew it." Yin Xihui sneered.

Mo Hanyu didn't expect him to react like this. Knowing he was in the wrong, he didn't say anything.

Qin Xiao, who was originally planning to let Mo Hanyu cool him down, silently withdrew his hand and took a sip of the scalding hot tea.

"What attributes?" Miao Kaijie continued the previous topic and asked Qin Xiao.

"It's of the light type." Qin Xiao replied, "It's called the Holy Glory Drum."

"Is this name so domineering and majestic?" Miao Kaijie said with a smile.

"He is also at the upper level of the Profound Realm." Mo Hanyu's eyes flashed with golden light. "His attributes are completely opposite to Chen Mo's. When he awakened his attributes, he reached the third level. He is a rare genius in the stars."

"It's indeed different from Chen Mo." Miao Kaijie laughed, "Chen Mo said that when he awakened, he could hardly see his attributes, and the amount of Yuan Qi that formed into silk was pitifully small."

"He is still in the Xuan realm, and he is not that talented." Qin Xiao glanced at it and put it aside.

"So are you going to watch it tomorrow?" Miao Kaijie teased, "Don't tell Chen Mo, the three of us will go secretly."

Mo Hanyu glanced at Qin Xiao and made an "okay" gesture to Miao Kaijie.

"Eh? This is quite interesting..."

Miao Kaijie suddenly seemed to have seen someone very interesting. He glanced down and whispered, "Not only are his attributes interesting, but he also uses some strange methods? What do you mean by 'strange methods'?"

Yin Xihui knew who he was talking about based on his description. He took a sip of tea and said, "For example, someone suddenly becomes hideous, eyes turn blue, and falls to the ground suffocating. Another example is someone who is arguing with him suddenly bleeds from all seven orifices, writhing in pain and wailing, but then suddenly recovers after a while. Another example is—"

"Don't give me examples..." Miao Kaijie saw the description above and raised an eyebrow. "What methods did he use? You can't find out?"

Yin Xihui smiled and shook his head, glancing at Qin Xiao with a meaningful look.

Qin Xiao sensed something and looked up and asked, "What's that person's name?"

"Hmm..." Miao Kaijie raised his eyebrows slightly, his tone a little playful.

"Flower without a trace."