Master of Science and Technology - Chapter 33

Translator: Darling | Editor: Coming soon…

After Ye Zan and Jin Dasheng left, the four masters of the Jindan sect discussed the match that would happen this afternoon. It’s not surprising to see unknown names on the list, they let the person in charge of the camp of Qingyejian sect inquire about these people and they learned that these people were the heroes hired by the Yuqing sect.

However, after knowing their identities, the list made by Yuqing sect made the four even more confused. They thought Yuqing sect was hiding an ace on their sleeve. Who would have thought that they were just heroes, what tricks are they up to?

Luo Miao frowned and read the list over and over again. He suddenly tapped the list with his finger, he said, “Maybe, Yuqing just wants to use these people as bait to keep the strength of their disciples.”

“How come?” Wang Lianshan who was next to him, asked.

“You would challenge your opponent to be safe in this kind of competition, but you will challenge the weakest opponent as well. And the weakest opponents in this list are the four heroes. If we challenge these four, getting these four places was so easy. Thus if we challenge them, those six disciples of Yuqing not included in the list can preserve their strength.” Luo Miao smirked as if he had seen what Yuqing sect was up to.

Wang Lianshan nodded repeatedly upon hearing this, then he asked, “So, Yuqing sect was planning to give up those four places?”

“No, not necessarily. Maybe they want to fight, don’t forget that we can challenge them and they can also challenge us. At least, they can still be able to reclaim the places with the help of Ye Zan.” The more Luo Miao analyzed it, the more he thought that he had seen Yuqing’s plan.

According to Luo Miao’s guess, Yu Qing sect would give up the four places to preserve the strength of the other six disciples. At the same time, Ye Zan and the other three may choose the strongest disciples and challenge each of the four heroes separately. Even if they lose in the match, Ye Zan’s strength can at least guarantee them to redeem a place. 

This way, Yuqing sect could also be considered to be reducing their loss as much as possible, as doing nothing before entering Mijing.

But would Yuqing sect be able to do it? Luo Miao smirked, and said to Li Fugui, “Brother Li, Yuqing sect has already shown that they want to give up the four places. I wonder who among them you choose to be your disciple’s opponent?”

Sword cultivators share the same trait, “arrogance”, as a Jindan master of Qingyuejian sect, Li Fugui was arrogant too. Although Qingyuejian sect had no grudges against Yuqing, and unlikely to go too far as to destroy Yuqing sect’s plans. But Li Fugui doesn’t want to let his disciples challenge practitioners.

Thus after hearing Luo Miao, Li Fugui didn’t even think about it, he quickly said, “Kong Qingyun suit to be my disciple’s opponent.”

Kong Qingyun is one of the six disciples from Yuqing which is on the list. He successfully cultivates the qi refining, and already an inner disciple of Yuqing sect. He could say that Kong Qingyun was the strongest among the six Yuqing disciples if he would not consider others. Sword cultivators were this arrogant, challenging the strongest opponent, this is the so-called “sword does not back down”.

Since Luo Miao believes that he had seen through Yuqing sect schemes, of course, he had to find a way to stop them from anything they were planning. His plan was to ignore the four practitioners and find a way to eliminate Yuqing disciples. 

 “Yuqing wants to use these practitioners as bait? I won’t fall into your trap. But if I could eliminate their four disciples, even if Ye Zan got one place, he could only bring these four useless people into Mijing!”

However, Luo Miao didn’t want to do it too obviously. Since they were all virtuous sects, it would be bad if this spreads. That’s why Luo Miao asked Li Fugui first because Li Fugui would not choose the four practitioners to be their opponents. Considering Li Fugui’s opinion, he and Wang Lianshan also chose Yuqing disciples later, so no one would say anything.

“Qingyuejian sect is indeed the master of sword cultivator sects!” Luo Miao took this chance to brag and compliment Li Fugui behind him so that Li Fugui won’t change his mind.

Li Fugui isn’t a fool, he has already seen Luo Miao’s thoughts, but he has his own standards and won’t change easily for others. He just glanced at Luo Miao and said coldly, “I just do what I want, you’re also free to choose.”

Luo Miao smiled and turned to the handsome monk of Guangfa sect, and said, “Who would you choose, Master Hui Ming?”

Monk Hui Ming’s words are like gold. He was counting slowly a string of sandalwood beads in his hand. He didn’t take a look at him when he heard Luo Miao asked him, he just said, “Fu Hongzhi.”

Fu Hongzhi is one of the six disciples of Yuqing in the list as well, he also fully cultivates the qi refining, and was also an inner disciple of Yuqing sect along with Kong Qingyun.

Luo Miao and Wang Lianshan grins, “Alright!”

Li Fugui and Hui Ming both chose Yuqing disciples. Luo Miao and Wang Lianshan had no worries since everyone chose Yuqing disciples on the list. However, these two were still very cautious. 

In order to avoid accidents, two female disciples on the list were chosen, one named Bai Lian and the other named Li Yun.

Although there is a saying among the cultivators “cultivation has no gender”. But they have to admit that under normal circumstances, female cultivators are often weaker than men. This reason has many aspects, such as the problem of cultivating energy and martial arts skills, the problem of physical elements, also the mentality problems when fighting, and so on.

Soon, someone sent the four sect’s choices to Yuqing camp.

“Haha, as you expected, they didn’t choose the four practitioners.” Jin Dasheng couldn’t help laughing when he saw the result, he couldn’t sit still from excitement. Over the years, Yuqing has been suppressed by many schemes, he doesn’t know how much resentment he has now. It’s more refreshing than eating an elixir since they got an opportunity to strike back now.

Ye Zan wasn’t so excited since everything was as he expected, there was no excitement at all. In fact, Ye Zan doesn’t really put effort to plan it, to put it simply, strength would still determine everything. So the so-called plan is only to maximize their gains.

This afternoon, the platform has been set up on the flat ground in the valley. However, since it is just for temporary use, the platform is just a flat ground in the area.

The people of the five sects gathered around the platform. This competition for places it is no longer a secret among the disciples. Obviously, the bright Guangfa sect team is the most eye-catching, but almost all eyes were on the Yuqing disciples.

Perhaps, everyone thinks that Yuqing sect would suffer a setback this time, but these disciples are different from the past, they are not angry, they look so calm, or they’re just joking. 

Anger is a manifestation of lack of strength, the disciples of the Yuqing sect were confident in their own strength, so how could they be angry? If they’re not fair, fight for fairness, but if they’re not fair, kill a fair one!