“He’s cultivating his mystic skills in his room!” Leng Qingtian explained.

“Oh! Oh right, Little Lan Lan, what’s the procedure for tomorrow’s competition?” Leng Ruoxue called out mischievously like Icy.

“Tomorrow is the preliminary round. The winner will advance, and the loser will have another chance in an additional round,” Lan Ming explained.

“Is there only one round?” Leng Ruoxue asked curiously. There are at least a hundred branches on the Boundless Heaven Continent, right? How many years would it take to compete if they hold one round a day?

“Yes, there’s only one round tomorrow,” Lan Ming said. Mystic competitions were very intense, and there would often be casualties. Therefore, only one round could be arranged a day to give everyone enough time to rest.

“How many people will be participating?” Leng Ruoxue asked.

“The exact number of people won’t be known until tomorrow. However, there are one hundred and twenty Mystic Association branches on the Boundless Heaven Continent. Each branch is usually only allowed ten people to participate in the competition. But some large branches can send fifteen people to participate. The branches with too few people are also allowed to forfeit. The minimum number of participants from each branch is five people, so the number of people can’t be estimated now. However, it shouldn’t exceed fifteen hundred people,” Lan Ming said.

“How long will this competition take?” Leng Ruoxue continued asking.

“Many people will be eliminated in this week of the competition, so moving forward, the competition will be relatively easier. The competition at the later stage is the true highlight. Moreover, it will become more intense as time passes!

“In addition, I also want to remind you that casualties are allowed in the Mystic Association’s competition. Moreover, there are often people who play dirty in the competition, so you have to be careful!” Lan Ming reminded worriedly.

“How can they allow underhand means in an official competition?” Leng Ruoxue really couldn’t understand.

“No one will care the slightest about losses in order to select better mystics. Moreover, in a world where the strong are respected, you can only be eliminated by the rules if you can’t adapt to the rules. This is also the main reason why mystics have such noble identities and statuses. Moreover, mystics selected through the competition can be said to be dragons among men, and their future is limitless,” Lan Ming explained.

“In other words, we can settle our personal grudges openly in the competition!” Leng Ruoxue said in realization. No wonder Sun Meilin said, ‘I hope to meet you in the competition’. It seemed that Sun Meilin had decided to get rid of her.

“The purpose of the competition is to win by whatever means necessary. If there is a personal grudge between two opponents, it can be resolved on the battlefield. Moreover, the headquarters won’t ask about it.” Lan Ming might not know why Leng Ruoxue asked about this, but he still answered honestly.

“Little Lan Lan, Zhou Kun’s branch has fifteen people participating, right?” Leng Ruoxue asked with certainty.

“There are twenty from Zhou Kun’s branch, but only fifteen should participate.” Lan Ming nodded slightly. Alas! What he was most afraid of was that Leng Ruoxue and the others would meet Zhou Kun’s people because those people really worried him.

“Little Snowy, don’t be afraid. I will accompany you in battle.” Icy had an expression that said, ‘Feel relieved with me here’.

“We can bring pet beasts?” Leng Ruoxue was surprised.

“Yes.” Lan Ming nodded. Alas! They were already allowed to take revenge for personal grudges, so what if they brought a pet beast?

“That’s good,” Leng Ruoxue said with satisfaction. What she lacked the most now was money, but what she lacked the least were beasts. Moreover, there was a level nine transcendent divine beast willing to fight with her. Hehe! This was an existence equivalent to a Mystic Supremacy!

“I have no more questions. Let’s rest early today!” Leng Ruoxue planned to go to bed.

“Wait, Little Snowy, we still have to discuss our strategy!” Lan Ming also followed Icy’s way of calling her.

“Tomorrow is only the first match. What’s there to discuss? Sleep is the most important. Little Lan Lan, calm down. Don’t be too nervous,” Leng Ruoxue comforted. Then she pulled Freak back to her room to sleep.

“Lass is right. Little Lan Lan, calm down!” Old Zao said with a smile and then quickly ran away.

“We’re going to bed too. Little Lan Lan, rest early,” Leng Qingtian and the others said almost in unison.

Seeing everyone leave in the blink of an eye, Lan Ming was depressed and summoned Jin Hui.

“Jin Hui! Do you think the observers are more anxious than the people involved? The people participating in the competition seem to feel that it’s nothing, but I’m very worried,” Lan Ming complained to his beast.

Jin Hui glanced at his master and thought, Master, you know it too! But he still had to console him. “Master, those people are smart. Don’t worry too much.”

“Alas! That’s true. Forget it. I won’t think about it anymore! Let’s go to bed!” Lan Ming stood up.

***

The next morning…

Leng Ruoxue was still not fully awake when she vaguely heard the sound of an argument. She opened her eyes very reluctantly and looked at the culprits!

“Why are you arguing so early in the morning?” Leng Ruoxue said with displeasure. She was angry about being woken up.

“It’s not me who’s making a fuss. It’s Master,” Icy declared his innocence and betrayed his master without any sense of loyalty.

“Icy, you were the one who insisted on eating, but you actually blamed me. Boohoo… How can I have a beast like you who makes his master take the blame!” Empty looked at Leng Ruoxue with a very innocent face.

“Hmph! You’re both the same.” Leng Ruoxue exposed them bluntly. They just wanted to eat! There was no need to wake her up, right?

“Xue’er!”

“Little Snowy!”

Both the master and the beast blinked their beautiful blue eyes and looked at her adorably.

“Didn’t I leave you a lot of food before I went to bed yesterday?” Leng Ruoxue said with a slight headache.

“It’s all eaten,” the master and the beast said in unison.

“Little Snowy, Master and I caught many snakes. Cook them for us to eat!” Icy’s face was full of anticipation, his blue eyes shining. Ahhh… The snake meat Little Snowy gave them yesterday was really too delicious. He had lived for thousands of years, but he had never known that snakes were actually so delicious. At the thought, his saliva couldn’t help flowing down.