Volume 1 Chapter 15: Cold as Snow VS Su Nan

  On the stage of martial arts competition.

  Her eyes as cold as snow calmly sized up her opponent...

  Nan, about twenty years old, handsome in appearance, tall and majestic in stature, with a pair of stern tiger eyes, exuding an air of nobility all over his body. He is said to be the first among the young generation of the Su family, one of the top ten geniuses on the continent of Haotian, with a strength of primary Xuan Master.

  As for the Su family, although they are slightly inferior to the three super families, in the vast continent of Huatian, they can also be considered a top-notch family. Moreover, Su Nan is also the designated heir of the Su family.

  On the stage, Sunan was also slightly contemplative as he sized up his opponent. The woman in front of him was the ugliest one he had ever seen since he grew up, but his intuition told him that this woman was very dangerous, so he didn't dare to underestimate her at all.

  Moreover, before going on stage, Sun Meilin had also specially sent someone to inform him that he must win, although it was not clear why, but winning every game was his greatest goal in life. So, in his opinion, Sun Meilin was being a bit too much, after all, they were not familiar with each other.

  "Shall we get started?" asked Su Nan.

  "Alright." Lan replied calmly and lightly.

  "Is your beast joining too?" Su Nan continued to ask, implying that if his beast joined the battle, he would also bring out his own beast.

  "No, Bing Qi, you just watch from the side for now!" Leng Ruo Xue said softly after glancing at Bing Qi's lazy appearance.

  "Fine!" Bing Qi somewhat reluctantly jumped down from Leng Ruo Xue's shoulder and lay down in a corner of the ring.

  "You go first!" Su Nan said with great elegance.

  "Then I won't be polite, take it!" Cold Snow said, her aura suddenly changing, and the mysterious technique in her hand was instantly released. Several red-purple mysterious forces, like a fire dragon, pounced towards Su Nan...

  Su Nan saw the fire dragon coming with a fierce momentum, and hastily used his own water-based mystic technique to defend against it with the renowned Water Curtain Technique. However, his water curtain was unable to withstand the fire dragon's attack, and in no time, his water curtain was evaporated by the cold-as-snow fire dragon...

  Su Nan stared at everything in front of him with some incredulity, his eyes wide with shock. However, he quickly regained his composure and hastily added another layer of earth-based mystic technique 'Copper Wall Iron Fortress' to try and withstand Leng Ruoxue's fire dragon. Moreover, what made him feel even more stifled was that the temperature of Leng Ruoxue's fire-based mystic technique was so high? He truly couldn't understand...

  Calm and composed, she gazed at the suddenly appearing high and grand city wall on the arena, smiled slightly, and several thin green mysterious forces flew out from her fingertips, directly flying towards the city wall...

  "The power of green, I really didn't expect you to have a wood attribute." Su Nan said with a gloomy tone. The wood-type mystic technique was just what he needed to counter his earth-type mystic technique, but earlier, his water-type mystic technique had been unable to counter Cold Snow's fire-type, this fact left him very conflicted.

  "You're quite lucky, this 'thousand threads' is something I've never used before." Leng Ruoxue replied with a faint smile.

  "I give up, I admit defeat." Su Nan said with great self-awareness. After exchanging several rounds, he knew it was difficult to defeat Leng Ruoxue, after all, their strengths were evenly matched, and every move of Leng Ruoxue's Xuan technique countered his own. However, he couldn't counter Leng Ruoxue's moves either. So, continuing the fight would be meaningless. It was better to admit defeat early on, conserve his Xuan energy, and prepare for the next match.

  "Cold as snow, victory." The referee announced loudly after surrendering in the south. Unexpectedly, what was thought to be a fierce battle turned out to be the fastest to decide the outcome.

  "Alright." Cold-as-Snow said politely, and picked up Bing Ji. Just as he was about to walk down from the stage, however, a furious voice came from the audience seats.

  "Damn it, Sunan, you actually dare to dump water!" Sun Meilin roared in anger, her heart so resentful that she wished she could skin Cold Snow alive. 3 billion! That's 3 billion, enough to buy a small city, and it's gone just like that? How can she bear it?!

  "Miss Sun, even if you are the little princess of the Sun family, you cannot insult a Xuan Shi's dignity." Su Nan said with a dark face, showing his displeasure.

  "Otherwise, how could you lose to a woman?" Sun Meilin asked back in anger. In her mind, she had already made up her mind that Qiu Ruo Xue must have used unfair means, otherwise, Su Nan would not have lost!

  "Haven't you heard that there are people outside of people, and heavens beyond the sky? I'm not her match, admitting defeat is the wisest choice." Su Nan explained, gritting his teeth in anger. If it weren't for considering Sun Meilin's status, he wouldn't have humbled himself to explain things to her like this! After all, he had to think of the family.

  "Don't bother with her, she's just a sore loser." Cold as snow, she glanced at Sun Meilin, who was furious, and said lightly.

  "Can't afford to lose?" Su Nan's face was full of question marks, but the one who seemed to be losing was him? What about Guan Sun Meilin?

  "Your surrender has allowed me to win three billion from her ahead of time." said Leng Ruoxue with a good mood.

  “……”

  Su Nan was speechless, no wonder Sun Meilin was so furious. After all, whoever lost 3 billion would not be in a good mood. But this can't be blamed on him! He really wasn't Cold Snow's opponent, he couldn't just die for one game, could he?

  After finishing speaking, Leng Ruoxue's mood was extremely joyful, and she walked down from the stage with a light and quick pace.

  After returning to the location where Leng Qian Tian and others were, Leng Ruo Xue specially looked at Sun Mei Lin and said lightly: "Miss Sun, if you're willing to gamble, then be prepared to lose. I hope you can take a loss like Xu Heng. Look at him, how calm he is!"

  Actually, poor Xuheng is not calm at all! He's completely stunned...

  "I can certainly afford to lose, it's just 30 billion, for our Sun family, it's just a drop in the bucket." Sun Meilin glared with her fiery beautiful eyes, gritting her teeth and saying viciously. She had never hated anyone so much since she was young, and this Leng Ruoxue really made her hate her. She would absolutely not let go of Leng Ruoxue.

  "I hope so."

  "Little Blue, can we go now?" asked Leng Ruo Xue, turning her gaze to Lan Meng.

  "Alright, here you go." Lan Meng nodded slightly and handed over two silver cards.

  "Thank you for keeping it for me." Leng Ruoxue took the silver card and put it directly into her sleeve, after which they left the arena in a grand manner.

  "Brother, why didn't you help me just now?" Sun Meilin shouted angrily, gritting her teeth as she watched Leng Ruoxue and the others leave.

  "There are so many people here, what can I do? Do you want others to say that we bully people?" Zhou Kun said with some helplessness. In fact, he was extremely disgusted with this cousin of his, but for the sake of the family, he had no choice but to socialize with her.

  "What Big Brother said is right, it's really inconvenient here." After calming down, Sun Meilin also came to her senses. Since it was inconvenient to make a move in the city of Xiangyang, she could only take care of that ugly freak on the arena, which was originally her intention, but now this idea had become more urgent.

  Hmph! Cold as snow! Don't blame me for being heartless, it's your own fault for provoking me!

  After Leng Ruoxue and her team left the arena, they went straight back to their residence.

  "Xiaoxue, you'd better be careful, Sun Meilin won't let you off easily." In the living room, everyone gathered together, and Lan Ming reminded her again like an old mother.

  "Originally, she didn't plan to let me off either?" Leng Ruoxue smiled nonchalantly and said. With many debts, it's not a worry. Since she arrived at the Great Continent of Huangtian, it seems that the Sun family is the one with whom she has the most fate. The Windless City was involved with the Sun family, and now that she has come to Xiangyang City, she has become entangled with the Sun family again. Alas! She's also quite depressed, after all, her current strength is too weak.

  "Yes." Lan Meng hadn't even responded yet, but Bing Qi hastily spoke up, still shaking his head.

  "Little Blue, can we know who our opponent is for tomorrow's match now?" asked Leng Ruo Xue, stroking Bing Ji's small head with some curiosity.

  "Can't, we'll re-draw before the match tomorrow." Lan Meng said with a somewhat solemn expression. Alas! Tomorrow will be another uncertain situation! But in order not to affect their mood, he didn't dare say anything, just hoping that they would be careful about everything tomorrow.

  "Is it possible that the drawing of lots will be rigged?" Leng Ruo Xue thought for a moment, and asked with a hint of contemplation. If Sun Mei Lin wanted to cause trouble for her, the most likely way would be to cheat during the drawing of lots.

  "In principle, it's impossible, however..." Lan Meng's expression was somewhat unnatural. In fact, this was also what he worried about the most. After all, the current Association was under Wu Huan's control, and it was hard to guarantee that he wouldn't do something unfair in order to curry favor with the Sun family.

  "Xiaoxue, don't be afraid, I'll protect you." Bing Qi said with a flattering face.

  "My woman is under my protection, you can go play on your own." The demon said with some displeasure, a faint sour smell emanating from his body.

  "You? You're too weak!" Bing Qi clearly looked down on the demon.

  "Really? Then do you want to try my fist?" The demon half-narrowed his eyes, slightly provocative, and the shiny black star pupils emitted a dangerous aura.

  "I don't want to, you're a violent man." Bing Qi said with some fear, not knowing why, but this man gave him a very dangerous feeling, and his intuition also told him to stay away from danger.

  "You two stop arguing, let's get some food and rest early." Leng Ruoxue said with a hint of helplessness.

  "Food is great, I love eating." Bing Qi immediately cheered and jumped up, wow... lunch was just a casual meal, it's so hungry now.

  Everyone listened to Leng Ruoxue's words and divided up the work, each doing their part to prepare dinner.

  After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

  The day after tomorrow.

  Competition venue.

  Leng Ruo Xue and others had just entered, when Lan Meng appeared before them, his face as solemn as it was yesterday, having arrived at the arena to draw lots ahead of them.

  "What's wrong with you? Has someone been bullying you?" asked Leng Ruo Xue jokingly.

  "Just as Lán Míng was about to speak, he was interrupted by the old man."

  "Our opponent is quite strong, isn't he?" The old man said with a knowing tone, Heh heh, being stronger is better, it's just right to test the power of his new weapon, yesterday, he didn't even get to use it.

  "Alas!" Lan Meng let out a soft sigh, although he had expected this reaction from them. Nevertheless, he felt somewhat stifled, and their opponents today were not strong, but rather very troublesome.

  "Since you're here, then rest here." Leng Ruoxue only said six words before pulling the demon away to the location they were at yesterday.

  Leng Qingtian and others naturally followed closely behind, Lan Ming was stunned for two seconds, and also hurried to catch up.

  "You guys are pretty lucky today! The opponents aren't that tough." Sun Meilin's voice floated over from next door just as Leng Ruoxue and the others had sat down.

  "Is that so? Then our luck is really good!" Leng Ruo Xue lightly laughed, slightly mockingly said. Hum! If their opponent was not formidable, would Lan Meng have such a heavy expression? Who would believe that?!

  "Your luck has certainly improved, I'm even envious of you!" Sun Meilin said with seemingly good spirits.

  "What a pity! Luck is something that can't be envied." Lan Ruoxue's tone was very calm, and after finishing speaking, she turned her head to the other side, too lazy to bother with her anymore.

  Before long, the host of the competition came on stage. After saying some encouraging words, he announced that today's competition has begun...

  Today is the second day of the Xuan Shi competition. After yesterday, nearly a thousand Xuan Shi have entered the next round. The atmosphere on the field has rapidly heated up after the official start of the competition, and it's even more intense than yesterday...

  "Are there more people here today than yesterday?" Leng Ruoxue asked curiously, looking at the densely packed audience.

  The venue of this competition is very spacious and has many seats, enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people. However, since yesterday was the first day of the competition, there were only about half of the audience in the stands, while today it was almost full with two-thirds of the capacity. Every spectator who can enter the arena must be a wizard.

  "This is still your credit!" Lan Meng said with a sneer.

  "What does it have to do with us?" Leng Ruo Xue was somewhat perplexed, her face full of big question marks.

  "Today, a considerable number of Xuan Masters are actually after your dragons. In the vast land of Huang Tian, almost no one can contract with the dragon tribe, so I ask you, is it any of your business?" Lan Meng raised an eyebrow and said in a soft voice.

  "It seems that it's indeed our fault." Lan Ruoxue said with some helplessness, no wonder she always felt that those people looked at them with strange eyes, it turned out to be because of their dragon!

  "Yes, right, our match is relatively early today." Lan Meng said, glancing at everyone.

  "That's great, I can go home early today." The old man said happily. The Master Tournament was really too boring, if it wasn't for the money, he wouldn't have participated at all!

  "Then let's end this quickly today!" Leng Ruoxue nodded and said.

  "Xiaoxue, today's opponents may not be as strong as yesterday's, but those few people are quite troublesome and have a bad reputation in the Xuan Shi community. They often use underhanded tactics, so all of you be careful!" Lan Ming reminded with some worry, his two sword-like eyebrows furrowing together.

  Everyone nodded in tacit agreement and stopped talking, each thinking about today's strategy in their own minds.

  Soon, Leng Ruo Xue and others took turns going on stage...

  After the game started, Leng Ruo Xue, Yao Nie, Leng Qing Tian, Lin Liang and Old Head won their matches cleanly. Only three people including Old Head encountered some trouble, but with the help of their own beasts, they finally defeated their opponents after a tough battle, achieving a hard-won victory.

  Five days later.

  Leng Ruo Xue and others all entered the top 100 of the competition.

  After the top 100 are decided, the competition will take a three-day break to give all the cultivators time to adjust their state.

  The residence of Leng Ruoxue and others.

  Everyone in the yard was busy preparing for a rare and sumptuous dinner in the next few days.

  After everything was ready, everyone had a hearty meal in the courtyard.

  "Haha! Xiao Xue, I haven't even congratulated you on entering the top 100 yet!" Lan Meng said with a good mood. Hehe, these few days of competition have been really intense, and Cold Snow and others have made a big splash! However, he knew that this wasn't what they wanted, so every time after the competition, they would immediately return to their residence and refuse to see anyone under the pretext of "nourishing their spirit".

  "It's only 100th place, what's there to be happy about?" Lan Ruo Xue gave Leng Yue a cold glance, saying disapprovingly. She was aiming for first place, and now she was only in 100th place... it seemed like she still had many more rounds to go! Moreover, it was said that the later stages of the competition would have increasingly complex elimination procedures, and the pace would also slow down. Unless you could win every match with a single battle, otherwise, the competition would be endless!

  "The unsatisfied lass, being among the top 100 is already quite formidable." Lan Meng said with a helpless smile.

  "My goal is first place." Leng Ruoxue reminded, however, being Wu Huan's disciple was out of the question, and besides, Wu Huan's quota might not be given to her.

  "Xiao Xue, you've become the dark horse of the competition now. Many forces have set their sights on you, and Sun Meilin's tactics will only get more intense from here on out." Lan Meng sighed, his voice laced with concern. Over the past few days, Sun Meilin had indeed tried to trip them up multiple times, but each time, Leng Ruoxue and the others had easily defused her plans. Yet every time he saw Sun Meilin's sinister glare after her schemes failed, he couldn't help but worry for Leng Ruoxue and the others. But they just didn't seem to care... Alas, it was truly frustrating!

  "Little Blue, come what may, I'll take care of it. Don't worry, it's not a problem that can't be solved. So, calm down!" Leng Ruoxue said nonchalantly. To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that Xianyao City didn't allow private fights, and there were too many people protecting Sun Meilin by her side, she would have probably quietly taken care of Sun Meilin long ago. Why would she let that crazy woman repeatedly plot against her?

  "That's right! Lan will grow up, that woman is a lunatic, don't take it too seriously." Old man Zhou said with a grin, heh heh, others didn't know about the young lady's methods, did he not understand? With the young lady around, Sun Meilin wouldn't be able to make a name for herself.

  Just as everyone was eating and chatting, a knock at the door came from outside the courtyard.

  "Zheng En, go and see who's arrived!" Leng Ruo Xue ordered Zheng En, who was closest to the gate.

  "Alright, miss." Zheng En stood up and walked towards the door.

  A few minutes later, he came back.

  "Miss, it's Chen Wei," said Zheng En.

  "Chen Wei? What is he doing here? Let him in!" Leng Ruoxue thought for a moment, Chen Wei was the man who won her 10 million yuan on the first day of the competition, the one who defeated his opponent but suffered serious injuries and should not have been able to participate in the next round. However, she had Zheng En send medicinal pellets to Chen Wei, which healed his wounds, and after much effort, Chen Wei also made it into the top 100.

  "Alright, miss." Zheng En replied and went back to the entrance to welcome Chen Wei in.

  "Chen Wei thanked Miss Leng for her great kindness." After Chen Wei came in, the first thing he did was kneel down and perform a ritual of gratitude. To him, Leng Ruoxue was like his reborn parents. If it weren't for Leng Ruoxue, he would probably have become a useless person by now. However, he had come many times before, but Leng Ruoxue, who liked to keep a low profile, had never seen him. So this time, he didn't hold out much hope of seeing her either. But unexpectedly, Leng Ruoxue finally agreed to see him.

  "Get up! Although I saved you, but I really don't need your gratitude." Lan Ruoxue said calmly. She had always been casual when it came to saving people, rescuing those she found pleasing to the eye and ignoring those who didn't meet her favor, after all, she wasn't a savior.

  "Leng Xiaojie is my benefactor, if it wasn't for Leng Xiaojie's medicine, I would have been a useless person long ago, so..." Chen Wei was about to continue, but was interrupted by Leng Ruoxue.

  "Although your will is firm and you are very brave, however, you are too obsessed with it. This way of going on is not conducive to your growth." Leng Ruoxue clearly pointed out the weakness in Chen Wei's body. In fact, she was willing to save him because of the rare strong aura on Chen Wei's body. However, she did not look highly upon Chen Wei's obsession with winning at all costs, without cherishing his own life. After all, in her opinion, nothing was more important than life itself. The outcome of the competition was only temporary, and even if he won, what would be the point if he lost his life?

  "Chen Wei was convinced." Chen Wei knew that Leng Ruo Xue made sense, but at the time he had a strong desire to win and thus went astray. In fact, he was usually a very rational person.

  "Chen Wei, you came to see me today. Is there something on your mind?" Leng Ruoxue's eyes gazed calmly at Chen Wei as she asked lightly.

  "I heard some news," said Chen Wei, and told Leng Ruxue and others what he had heard...

  "Thank you for telling me this news." said Leng Ruoxue with a hint of gratitude.

  "Miss Leng is too polite, you are my benefactor, if I heard such news and didn't come to tell you, would I still be a human being?" Chen Wei said with a silly smile, his face somewhat embarrassed, after which he bid farewell.

  "Xue Er, this Sun Meilin seems to really hate us to the bone, she actually..." Leng Qing Tian said with a somewhat worried expression.

  "Grandpa, don't worry! We're safe now." said Leng Ruo Xue reassuringly.

  "Xiao Tian Tian, don't be afraid, I'm here, I'll protect you." Bing Qi said while eating the food in front of him without even lifting his head.

  "Why don't you just settle down in Xianyao City? No one dares to make a move here." Lan Ming suggested, although many Xuan Masters wanted to settle in Xianyao City, the housing prices were quite high, so ordinary Xuan Masters could hardly afford it. However, Leng Ruo Xue, who had won so much money, would definitely be able to buy a house here.

  "No, I don't want to live here." Leng Ruo Xue declined Lan Meng's kindness. She had already discussed with her grandfather and others, planning to buy a relatively remote small city in the future as their residence. After all, they had many people and many secrets on their bodies that were not easy to see the light of day.

  "But it's much safer here compared to outside." Lan Meng said persuasively, he was really worried about the safety of Leng Ruo Xue and others.

  "Even a safe place can have hidden dangers, let alone this is still Wu Huan's territory. If we live here and die mysteriously one day, how unjust would that be!" Leng Ruoxue didn't want to live in this seemingly safe place. Now they were living in the General Assembly Hall, some people might still show some restraint, but if they bought a house in Xiangyang City themselves, those people might not dare to make a move openly, but it doesn't mean they wouldn't dare to make a sneak attack. After all, the rules of Xiangyang City are dead, and the General Assembly Hall would probably turn a blind eye too. Who would stand up for justice for them, mere small-time mystics?

  After hearing what Leng Ruo Xue said, Lan Meng was speechless. Alas! This girl may not be very old, but she thinks things through more maturely than him. He suddenly felt that he was really useless and couldn't help with anything.

  "Let's focus on the competition for now! We can discuss these matters later." Leng Qing Tian mediated, some things are indeed not worth rushing into.

  "Little Blue, why is it that among the top ten geniuses of the Great Heaven Continent, only Su Nan participated in the competition?" Cold Snow changed the subject, asking with some curiosity. Some of the mystics who participated in the competition were indeed very powerful, but they weren't among the top ten geniuses, so she was eager to know what kind of strength those famous top ten geniuses possessed now.

  "Each Xuan Shi is only allowed to participate in the Xuan Shi General Assembly competition a maximum of three times, and among the top ten geniuses, most people's competition times have already been fulfilled, and some have even advanced to Xuan Wang. Therefore, there will be only one person participating in the competition, Su Nan. However, in a few days, the other nine geniuses should come to watch." Lan Ming explained.

  "What about the other nine geniuses? How do they compare to Su Nan?" asked Leng Ruoxue.

  "Sunan is only ranked eighth among the top ten geniuses, and his strength is not particularly strong compared to others. The most powerful one among the top ten geniuses should be Leng Wudi, who ranks first among the top ten geniuses and is also the leader of the younger generation of the three super families, the Leng family." Lan Ming said calmly, but his eyes were fixed on Leng Ruoxue with a strange gaze.

  "He's called Leng Wu Di, you're called Leng Ruo Xue, are you also from the Leng family?" Lan Meng asked with a puzzled expression on his beautiful face.

  "Does having the surname Leng necessarily mean one is a member of the Leng family?" Leng Ruoxue asked back without answering.

  "Uh, of course not, I'm just a little curious." Lan Meng said with some embarrassment, heh heh, everyone has the talent for gossip!

  "Let's all get some rest after dinner!" Leng Ruoxue gave Lan Meng a cold glance, and seeing that everyone had almost finished eating, she said.

  Everyone nodded and put away their chopsticks, then each returned to their own room.

  The three days passed quickly.

  On the fourth day's morning, Leng Ruo Xue and others arrived at the arena on time, ready to begin that day's competition...

  Digression

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