He felt Tian Ning definitely hadn't seen such a good thing before!
"Good dogs don't block the way." Tian Ning didn't even pay him any attention, directly reaching out to push him away.
Those thin arms didn't seem to have much strength, but Xie Xingzhi was really pushed away by the young girl. He couldn't save face, so he raised his voice and said to Tian Ning, "What is that thing your senior sister gave you? It's not as good as what Senior Sister Xue'er gave me!"
Tian Ning curled her lip: "So childish."
The competition was to end within a day. Because there were many people in the early stages, twenty arenas were specially prepared so that the speed would be faster, with twenty groups competing simultaneously. Later, when the number of people decreased, it would be changed to one arena.
When Tian Ning went on stage to compete, some disciples below started to say that she was using backdoors.
"Why are they saying that junior sister is using backdoors?" A disciple was puzzled.
That outer disciple who was setting the rhythm, looking at the people gathering around, thinking about the spirit stones he had received, immediately worked hard to continue, "Ask the newly admitted junior martial brothers and junior martial sisters, and you'll know. On the day of the new disciples' selection, this junior sister named Tian Ning didn't even participate! Yet she is one of this year's newly admitted disciples."
"The reason is simple, because she is the Wenren family's bloodline lost in the Mortal Realm. Feeling guilty, the Wenren family specially took her back, providing for her every need."
"But she's an ungrateful person. Clearly lacking cultivation talent, she greedily wants to enter Wanjian Sect. Relying on the Wenren family's guilt towards her, she let them help her use backdoors to enter Wanjian Sect. In that situation, how could our upright Sect Leader Xiao agree? If it weren't for the Head of the Wenren Family risking his reputation to plead, the Sect Leader wouldn't have reluctantly sent her to Sword Protecting Mountain…"
"The reason she's with those good-for-nothings at Sword Protecting Mountain is because of this. Her so-called direct disciple status is just Sect Leader Xiao giving face to the Wenren family."
Tian Ning: "..."
They can really make things up. If Tian Ning weren't the person involved herself, she would have believed this person's nonsense.
Tian Ning's arena was very close to the person spreading rumors, so her opponent heard everything. As a spirited young man, he hated this backdoor dog immensely!
That person drew his sword with extreme confidence: "Today, I'll let you know the price of a good-for-nothing using backdoors!"
Tian Ning: "..."
This disciple wasn't from the group that went to the Secret Realm last time. The number of people Wanjian Sect sent was relatively small, after all, they were all Sword Cultivators and weren't very interested in Spirit Plants. So not many people came forward to speak up at this time.
Tian Ning was speechless, just wanting to end this meaningless competition as soon as possible.
She directly took out a dimensional pouch talisman her second senior brother had drawn for her, casually throwing a handful at her opponent, as if they were worthless, not cherishing them at all.
'Boom boom boom——'
A huge explosion resounded throughout the arena.
Xie Xingzhi, who had been handsomely dealing with his opponent, using the unique sword technique his Master had newly taught him—Vanishing Shadow, frowned and involuntarily looked towards the explosion.
He saw the girl with two small Jiujiu buns in her hair boredly throwing explosion talismans at her opponent.
Tian Ning turned her head and just happened to meet Xie Xingzhi's gaze. She suddenly smiled, throwing another large handful of explosion talismans: "Oh, look at what your senior sister gave you? You still need to work so hard to fight yourself, my second senior brother gave me a dimensional pouch of talismans!"
Xie Xingzhi: "..."
Who exactly is childish?
How dare she call him childish!
Tian Ning successfully advanced to the next round, but it was a pity for her opponent.
Afterwards, Tian Ning continued to throw talismans. Compared to the various injuries other people suffered in the competition, she didn't even break a sweat, at most her hands were a little sore.
"You… how can you be so shameless? If you have the ability, don't use talismans! As a Sword Cultivator, fight me one-on-one with your sword!"
This time, the opponent was a little smarter, knowing to use some verbal attacks.
But in response, Tian Ning threw another dozen explosion talismans.
Everyone: "..."
Why are the explosion talismans in her dimensional pouch seemingly endless? She must have thrown at least a thousand by now!
Even Talisman Cultivators wouldn't be so wasteful!
Everyone's attention was drawn to Tian Ning. While scolding her, they begrudgingly envied her. There's no way, Sword Cultivators are poor!
As the competition was about to enter the top eight, someone finally couldn't sit still.
"Sect Leader! This disciple believes this competition is unfair!"
The righteous Wenren Xue stood up, her appearance full of righteousness, determined to seek justice for the other disciples!
"Junior Martial Sister Tian Ning's reliance is not on her own strength, but on external objects! This is unfair to the other junior martial brothers and sisters who work hard at sword practice!"
Sect Leader Xiao agreed with Wenren Xue, mainly because eight of the twenty arenas had already been destroyed by Tian Ning. If this continued, the repair costs would be considerable!
"Ahem… From now on, the use of talismans and magical artifacts, etc., will be prohibited in the new disciples' competition."
There was no such rule before, because Sword Cultivators were very poor; they would even split an Abstinence Pill into several portions to eat...
No one would have thought that in such a small competition, someone would bring out thousands of explosion talismans!
A trace of smugness flashed in Wenren Xue's eyes. Without so many explosion talismans, she would see how Tian Ning, with her recently learned swordsmanship, would deal with the following competitions.
Tian Ning wasn't very interested in the competition; anyway, her hands were sore. Before going on stage for the next round, she directly patted Xiaobai, who was sleeping soundly in a cool corner.
Tian Ning didn't even need to take action.
The white cat that followed Tian Ning to the arena instantly transformed into a huge white tiger, slapping her opponent away with one paw. Great, successfully advanced to the top four.
Shi Qinxin below danced and shouted: "Junior Martial Sister is the best!"
Wenren Xue gritted her teeth. She had forgotten about that!
Again, a shout: "Sect Leader! This disciple feels that this competition is unfair!"
Wenren Xue spoke: "That white tiger is a Divine Beast level. With Tian Ning like this, what's the point of the competition?"
Tian Ning leaned against the white tiger bonelessly, this time not indulging Wenren Xue: "This is my Contract Beast. I contracted it with my ability. What, does your family who lives in the sea care that much?"
Wenren Xue hadn't thought of how to respond when Zongzheng Lun, sitting next to her, said, "Junior Martial Sister Tian Ning's words are surprising. This is Wanjian Sect. You and your opponent are both Sword Cultivators; therefore, a swordsmanship competition is the most just."
Zongzheng Lun understood Wenren Xue's intention. The next round would be Tian Ning versus Xie Xingzhi. He absolutely couldn't let that white tiger become an obstacle to his junior martial brother's lesson for Tian Ning!
Since it was his junior martial sister's intention, he would add fuel to the fire.
However, Sect Leader Xiao didn't intend to accept it. He still remembered that Tian Ning had Innate Sword Bone!
He definitely wanted to secretly curry favor with this girl and make her switch to his sect.
Unexpectedly, at this time, Wenren Xue's Master Xu Yu Zhenren—Qin Mingcheng—sent a voice transmission to him: "Sect Leader, don't you want to see the strength of someone with Innate Sword Bone?"
With those words, Sect Leader Xiao was extremely moved.
Of course he did!
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