Chapter 43: Day that changed everything Part 1
Day of the Annual Competition;
Ken suddenly opened his eyes and found himself stuck with Elaine. He slowly got out of bed and went to the bathroom.
After taking a bath, he returned, only to find that Elaine had woken up.
"Hey, I will make breakfast."
Ken spoke and walked towards the kitchen counter.
Elaine didn't leave their bed. She watched Ken with a smile. After a while, she had a conflicting look.
"What's wrong?"
Ken asked without even looking back.
"I want to hug you."
"Nope! You are not doing that now. I don't have an extra dress."
"But, I wanna hug you."
"Go, take a bath!"
Ken pointed his finger towards the bathroom and shouted.
Elaine snorted and walked towards the bathroom. When she came out, the breakfast was ready.
Ken made some tea and a sandwich.
After they finished breakfast, Elaine wore new clothes. Her dress was the blue and white uniform of the sect.
They soon left the house and walked towards the Sect's Arena.
The Arena was built two days ago. This arena was built in front of the Sect Hall and was essentially a massive fighting area.
There were hundreds of disciples waiting around the Sect's Arena. The podium was built a bit higher than the surroundings.
The sect was closed.
"Wow! There are so many disciples this time. I can even see Inner Disciples and Core Disciples."
Elaine's eyes widened as she pointed towards the few disciples who were standing away from the others.
"Of course, they are here. The Sect has called back every single disciple and elder."
A chuckle voice came from behind.
When Elaine heard that voice, she immediately turned around and shouted.
"Alice!"
"Julia!"
She excitedly ran towards them and hugged them one by one.
Those two girls didn't reject her instead tightly hugged her.
Alice was a tall girl with white hair and pink eyes. She looked quite mature and had long legs.
Julia was also a medium-sized girl with black hair and eyes. She was similar to Elaine in shape, but her build was a bit more slender.
Even though they were wearing similar clothes, she looked much more sexy than Elaine.
"You girl, now that you have a boyfriend, you completely ditched us. No message, no talk, not even the monthly meeting."
Alice punched Elaine on her shoulder and pouted.
But her eyes widened in surprise when she noticed something.
"Wait a minute! Didn't you just complete your Skin Tempering Stage two months ago? How come your Muscle Tempering Stage is complete so soon?"
When she said that, even Julia looked at her with astonishment.
"Wow! Elaine, you are improving at such an amazing rate. Come on, tell us your secret!"
Elaine couldn't help but blush at their praise. She turned her eyes towards Ken, hoping he could help her get out of this situation.
After all, she couldn't say she improved so much because of dual cultivation.
Unfortunately, Ken was talking to another guy.
This guy was none other than Zephyr. He was the one following Alice and Julia.
"So, are you ready to get your ass kicked by me?" Zephyr stared at Ken and asked.
"You? Pffft! I bet you won't even be able to touch me." Ken sneered as he folded his arms in front of his chest.
"You might have improved a lot, but I am still stronger than you," Zephyr stated with a cold tone.
"We will see."
Ken hadn't revealed his cultivation, so Zephyr assumed he was only at the Blood Tempering Stage.
He didn't know he had already surpassed the Muscle Tempering Stage.
"You two! Don't start a fight here." Elaine exclaimed when she saw the tension rising between them.
Hearing her words, Ken and Zephyr looked at each other and suddenly burst into laughter.
The dangerous aura around them disappeared as if it had never been there.
"Hahaha! We are just kidding, Elaine. Zephyr is a nice guy."
Ken placed his arms around Elaine and explained.
"Yeah! We are not that close, but we can be considered friends." Zephyr nodded his head.
"I didn't know you two knew each other." Julia looked astonished.
"We met in a special circumstance." Ken waved his hands and introduced himself.
"But we have never met before. My name is Ken Xin."
"Wait, wasn't your surname Tenshi? Why did you change it to Xin?" Zephyr looked stunned when he asked that.
"There was a simple complication. I go by the surname Xin now." Ken said with a smile.
"Alright then!"
Zephyr shrugged his shoulders.
"So, you are the reason why Elaine has been so busy these days." Alice stared at him with sharp eyes.
Because of her height, she could look Ken directly in his eyes.
"Well, you could say that. I hope I didn't tear up your friendship." Ken winked at her and said.
"Hehe! Of course not! Don't think about tearing our friendships. Our friendship isn't made of paper." Julia snorted.
True, they did envy Elaine's lifestyle for a long time. They were always forced to do something by their families.
While Elaine didn't have to do anything. This created a sort of barrier between them and her.
But after they joined the sect, they realized just how important these things were.
So, their resentment towards Elaine disappeared. Instead, they felt pity for her. She wasted so much of her life, and now, she couldn't catch up.
But seeing her again improve, they strangely didn't feel any resentment.
They knew that this improvement was due to Ken, but they didn't know a lot about Ken.
Ken was supposed to be a total loser, but how could he get in touch with a talented and wealthy girl like Elaine?
They didn't understand it.
Just when they were introducing each other, several fireworks were shot towards the sky.
Their attention was shifted towards the sky, where they saw seven people floating in the air.
They slowly came down in front of the Sect Hall.
"Disciples, form a Square position!"
The disciples immediately started forming lines; each line went as far back as the podium, and a new line was formed.
Like this, they continued forming eight lines until all disciples were lined up.
"Today, we are all gathered here for the Annual Competition of the Sect. In this Annual Competition, the outer disciples will compete against each other."
"The top ten will get rewards while the top twenty will get a chance to enter the Inner Court."
"But this year's Annual Competition will have one more objective. That is to gather the most powerful of the inner disciples to form a team."
"A team that can be used for battle. That's why we will have inner disciples competing against each other after the end of the outer disciples' competition."
"The core disciples are already chosen to be a part of that team. For now, we have not named this team, but we will do it once the team formation is complete."
"The top three among the outer disciples will also get a chance to enter this team. Once you enter this team, Sect will focus most of its resources on training you."
"So, no matter what, do your best in this upcoming competition!"
His words sparked surprise and astonishment in the crowd. Almost everyone was going crazy with excitement.
Because most of the resources of the sect were always focused on core disciples.
The fact that they were willing to give this resource to outer disciples showed just how much they valued this team.
Although only three people out of hundreds of disciples would get chosen for this team, it was still a chance that everyone would get to fight for.
At this moment, Ken thought to himself.
'It seems like sect is preparing for the recent invasion. They must have some doubts. After all, all Sect Leaders get to know about their ancestors' situation in detail.'
'So, I shouldn't be surprised. I will definitely enter that team. I hope Elaine's strength is enough to reach that team as well.'
As he thought about it, the Sect Leader spoke.
"Today, Supreme Elder, Great Elder, Second Elder, Third Elder, Fourth Elder, and Fifth Elder have joined us."
"If any of you perform good, you will also get a chance to become their disciples. Of course, I, too, am included in this."
These words sparked even more outrage among the crowd. The disciple's Qi leaked so much that it changed the atmosphere for a moment.
Even Ken hadn't felt this kind of excitement ever in his life.
This was probably a moment for these disciples to change their lives.
Even Zephyr, Elaine, Alice, and Julia were excited. Only Ken was calm about this.
But his calmness didn't last long when a red notice appeared in front of his eyes.
[Danger! Danger! Danger!]
[Host's life is in immediate danger]
[System has overridden manual functions. System has purchased Flood Dragon Blood Essence]
[System Notice- Please absorb Flood Dragon Blood Essence into your Heart]
[System Notice- Please absorb Flood Dragon Blood Essence into your Heart]
[System Notice- Please absorb Flood Dragon Blood Essence into your Heart]