After that woman admitted defeat, Yan Yue pointed her palm at her and bent her finger. Thin and small needles flew out of her body and fell into Yan Yue's sleeve. She clasped her hands behind her back and turned around.
Yan Yue didn't have the slightest joy or pride of a victor. She only had an unchanging calmness.
Arriving at the contestants' resting hall, Yan Yue didn't care about other people and found a quiet corner to recover her spiritual power.
Not long after she closed her eyes, she felt someone standing in front of her. That person looked at Yan Yue for a long time without saying anything.
Yan Yue still had her eyes closed and said softly, "Miss, it's not good to stare at a man like this!"
The person in front of her bit her lip and hesitated for a moment before asking, "You, are you really in the early stage of Foundation Establishment?"
Yan Yue didn't answer, but her silence was enough to let the person understand.
"You, can I see your appearance?"
… …
"Gongzi Bright Moon, is that your real name?"
… …
Slowly, the woman's voice lowered, as if she was disappointed. She waited for a while. Seeing that Yan Yue didn't pay attention to her, she slowly turned around and prepared to leave.
"Yes or no, what does it matter?
We are each other's passersby. We don't need to understand each other too much. "
The woman's back was startled and she murmured, "Passersby?"
The woman's figure gradually disappeared into the distance, and her words reached Yan Yue's ears from afar. "Even if you're just a passer-by, at least you've fought a battle. You must remember my name, Lan Ruo. Also, it's not certain if I'm just a passer-by!"
Yan Yue still had her eyes closed and didn't respond.
After resting for less than an hour, Yan Yue stopped. It turned out that someone wanted to challenge Bright Moon. She naturally had to accept, but the result disappointed Yan Yue. After only two moves, the opponent was defeated.
In the following days, Yan Yue also became busy. She received more and more challenges. During this time, she won and lost.
When she won, people cheered for her. When she lost, she still received a lot of admiration.
Gradually, she gained a bit of fame in the circle of Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators. Her cold temperament, like the moon, complemented the name 'Bright Moon' even more. Since then, 'Young Master Bright Moon' also gained a lot of fans.
Because Yan Yue's jade mask never left her body, it added a mysterious feeling, causing people to have wild and fanciful thoughts, attracted the favor of many female cultivators. However, Yan Yue didn't care. She was still herself. The things, things, things around her, things, people, had nothing to do with her!
When one was immersed in battle, all the cells in one's body were in a state of excitement, and even one's mood would be much better. Every time one learned a new move, his heart would feel a little happier.
After two months of non-stop battle, not only did she stabilize her Foundation Establishment aura, but it also made her spiritual power more mellow. Although her cultivation didn't make any progress, her battle experience increased a lot. This also made Yan Yue realize that there was always someone better than her, and there was no end to learning.
In the third month, Yan Yue left the early Foundation Establishment battle stage and came to the middle Foundation Establishment battle stage. High level cultivators couldn't challenge the lower stages, but low level cultivators could challenge the higher stages.
Not many people here had seen Yan Yue before. Although Gongzi Bright Moon had a little fame in the early Foundation Establishment stage, not many people knew her when she came to the middle Foundation Establishment battle stage.
When they saw her come in, they glanced around and saw that she was only in the early Foundation Establishment stage, so they moved their gazes away. However, an early Foundation Establishment stage cultivator must have come to watch the battle. Therefore, when she walked from the door to the main stage, not many people paid attention to her.
"I'm here to hang up my name."
"Ah!
Okay, "the shop assistant habitually responded. When he saw Yan Yue's cultivation, a trace of unnaturalness appeared on his face." Uh, Gongzi, did you come to the wrong place? The early stage is over there. "The shop assistant pointed in a direction. That was the direction Yan Yue came from.
"Do you need me to repeat it?" Yan Yue's voice couldn't help but become colder.
Her cultivation was clearly lower than his, but the shop assistant felt cold. It was a kind of cold that made him want to fight. However, it was only for a short moment. When he wanted to carefully sense it, there was nothing. Only that cold masked Gongzi was still standing in front of him.
Thinking of the battle between Hei Yi and Ming Shen a few months ago, the shop assistant didn't dare to underestimate the contestant. Who knew if the unremarkable contestant would become a powerful expert in the future!
Besides, his task was to be in charge of the contestants on the battle stage.
"No need, no need. Gongzi, what is your nominal name?
Do you want a sequential battle, a random battle, a challenge, or an impromptu battle? "
"Bright Moon, fighting on the leaderboard."
"Okay, then how many people do you want to challenge?"
"One thousand, from the back to the front."
"Okay." After saying that, the shop assistant turned around for a while. When he turned back, he was already holding two Jade Tablets. He handed one to Yan Yue and the other to another shop assistant. He said to him, "One thousand, Liu Shui, the challenge has arrived."
"Gongzi Bright Moon, please wait a moment. Wait for him to accept the challenge. It will be ready soon."
"Okay."
The first battle was against Liu Shui, who was ranked one thousand. Yan Yue won. After that, she was ranked nine hundred and ninety-nine. From then on, she continued to challenge without stopping. Her body was already at its limit, but her heart didn't want to stop. In the middle stage, there were two wins and two losses. It wasn't as simple as the early stage.
In the blink of an eye, four months had passed. In the middle stage, there was no one who didn't recognize the early stage Bright Moon. No, it should be the peak of the early stage Bright Moon. His cultivation level gradually increased. Because he had been fighting all this time, he didn't realize it. When he turned around, he realized that he was at the peak of the early stage. He was one step closer to the middle stage.
"Pfft." Yan Yue spat out a mouthful of blood. Then, a cold voice filled the entire battle stage, "You lost."
After saying this, Yan Yue clutched her injured chest and walked down the stage. Her slightly messy steps showed that Yan Yue was weak at the moment.
Her opponent had already flown out of the stage and was lying on the ground. His body was covered with wounds of various sizes. His eyes were filled with fear and disbelief.
"Oh!
Wah! "" Sir Ming Yue! "" Sir Ming Yue! "
The cheers and praises were endless, but Yan Yue didn't have the energy to care so much.
On the surface, it looked like she had only suffered some minor injuries. But only she knew that with the large and small injuries accumulated over the past few days, coupled with the heavy blow this time, it would take at least a month for her to recover.
She didn't have much medicine left to heal her injuries and replenish her spiritual energy. It was time to leave.
Once again, she came to the front desk. When the staff saw her, he immediately greeted her warmly, "Bright Moon, congratulations on defeating Mi Zhonglu, who was ranked three hundred and eighty-nine. Are you going to challenge three hundred and eighty-eight now?"
"No, I'm here to return the tablet."
The staff was stunned for a moment, then recovered and said, "Oh, oh, okay. Here are the spirit stones you received."
Yan Yue received the spirit stones with one hand and returned the Jade Tablet with the other.
The aura in her body became even more chaotic. Not wanting to stay any longer, Yan Yue left the arena and headed out of the city.
"Bright Moon, Young Master." A soft voice called out to Yan Yue.
Yan Yue didn't turn around. She sighed and said, "Miss Lan Ruo." Ever since Yan Yue arrived at the Intermediate Stage, she had been following her. No matter how much Yan Yue ignored her, she would follow her closely. Yan Yue didn't know when she had become so popular.
A series of hurried footsteps approached Yan Yue. Following that, a pair of jade tablets supported Yan Yue's arm. Lan Ruo's surprised and slightly worried voice sounded in her ear, "You're injured?"
Taking a step back, Yan Yue pulled her arm away and said, "I'm fine."
"Why do you want to be strong so much? It's only been a few months, but your cultivation has already reached the same level as mine. Why are you torturing yourself so crazily? Do you know how worried I am every time I see you injured on the stage?" Lan Ruo's voice lowered when she said the last few words. Yan Yue didn't hear it clearly, but she didn't ask. She didn't care in the first place, so she wouldn't pay attention to what Lan Ruo said.
Rejecting Lan Ruo's hand that wanted to support her again, Yan Yue said, "Miss and I are neither relatives nor friends. After today's farewell, we may never meet again. You know what I've said." After saying that, Yan Yue didn't pay attention to Lan Ruo anymore. She walked out of the inner city's gate and arrived at the outer city.
"Tuantuan, come out!"
The little guy jumped and landed on Yan Yue's hand. It held its round head and kept rubbing Yan Yue's chest as if it was acting spoiled. If she didn't know that it was a demonic beast, Yan Yue would have thought that it was taking advantage of her!
Sighing slightly, Yan Yue raised her hand and teased the little guy for a while. She said, "You can return to your true form now. Feel where he is?"
Hearing Yan Yue's words, the Tuantuan excitedly closed its eyes and sniffed its little nose. It carefully felt for Morin's location. After a few breaths, the little guy happily opened its big round eyes and said from the bier, "Master, Master, I found them. They're not far away." After saying that, the little guy lightly snorted, "That smelly beast is so smelly, it's hard not to find it."
There was a faint warmth in Yan Yue's eyes. She patted the Tuantuan's head and carried it in the direction it said.
When Yan Yue came to Morin's side, he was taking an alchemy exam with a large group of alchemy cultivators. After asking around, she found out that this was an annual alchemy exam. The grade of the alchemy pill refined would be given a certificate of that grade. It was equivalent to the alchemy master's level exam.
Yan Yue raised her eyebrows and didn't say anything. She carried the Tuantuan and stood at the side, waiting for him to finish the competition.
Morin was completely focused on refining the alchemy pill at this moment. Naturally, he didn't notice Yan Yue's arrival.
Little Mo, who was in Morin's embrace, seemed to have felt something. He sniffed and suddenly looked in Yan Yue's direction. Seeing that it was Yan Yue, he immediately jumped out of Morin's embrace excitedly and ran towards Yan Yue. His eyes were actually filled with tears.
That pure gaze was filled with longing, excitement, worry and dependence. Yan Yue was slightly distracted. This little fellow also jumped into her embrace and lay on her chest with the Tuantuan on her left and right.
"En …" A soft groan was heard. A faint smell of blood spread in Yan Yue's mouth. She clutched her chest and lightly coughed a few times. The pain in her body also eased a little.
"Master!"
"Yi yi" The Tuantuan and Little Mo's worried voices were heard at the same time. Yan Yue held onto the pillar beside her and took a few deep breaths. Then, she said softly, "I'm fine."
After resting for a while, Yan Yue stood up straight and looked into the distance, paying attention to Morin's situation.
He was really focused on refining the alchemy pill. He didn't even notice that Little Mo had left.