Chapter 789 - Encounter with another Number Seven

After an entire day and night of cultivation, Liu Wuxie had tempered his cultivation to perfection at his current level. He came out from the cave and retrieved the array flags. He gazed at the surroundings and chose a path before proceeding deeper.

Several figures were heading his way up ahead, and it was too late for Liu Wuxie to avoid them as they had already noticed him.

Since evasion was no longer an option, he saw no reason to hide. He strode forward as it was inevitable for him to run into other disciples in the assessment.

As the restriction continued to shrink, he knew he would encounter more participants on the last day.

The three figures were briefly stunned when they saw Liu Wuxie, but they showed no signs of hostility.

On the other hand, Liu Wuxie had already started to accumulate his strength. The moment they attacked, he planned to strike with overwhelming force to kill them instantly.

There were two at the pinnacle of the Nascent Transformation Realm and one at the first-level True Profound Realm.

After killing Wang Linlong and spending an entire day and night in seclusion, Liu Wuxie's combat strength had doubled compared to the previous day. But since they did not intend to fight, he continued his journey.

"Young Master Liu, hold on!" the cultivator in the True Profound Realm called out to Liu Wuxie.

When Liu Wuxie halted, the Heretic Blade appeared in his hand. He stared at the True Profound Realm cultivator and asked coldly, "You want to fight?"

"You've misunderstood my intention. I stopped you because I have a proposal, and I have no intention to attack you," said the True Profound Realm cultivator in a polite tone, which surprised Liu Wuxie.

But since they had no intention of fighting, he lowered his guard slightly.

"What do you want to talk about?" Liu Wuxie asked, maintaining his distance from the three.

He had encountered countless people who wanted to kill him throughout the assessment, and it wasn't uncommon for people to disguise their true intentions to approach their prey. While these three seemed harmless, they might be hungry wolves. After all, appearances could be deceiving.

"I have a few jade tokens with seven as the last digit. They're worth five points to you but only one point to me. Do you have any jade tokens with numbers that match mine? If so, are you willing to trade?" the True Profound Realm cultivator asked, making his intention to exchange jade tokens clear to Liu Wuxie.

Hearing this, Liu Wuxie’s eyes lit up. He realized it was a good idea. He had a large number of jade tokens with unrelated numbers, each only worth one point. Exchanging them for matching tokens would be far more beneficial.

"How many jade tokens do you have that match my number?" Liu Wuxie asked. He had over four hundred jade tokens with various numbers, making the prospect of an exchange exciting.

"I have one with the number seventeen, fifty-seven, and one thousand and seven," said the True Profound Realm cultivator as he opened his palm to reveal three jade tokens with seven as the last digit.

Since his number was fifty-six, they were only worth three points to him, but they were worth fifteen points to Liu Wuxie. If they could conduct a trade, they could maximize the benefits, and it was mutually beneficial to them.

"Very well, let's trade," Liu Wuxie said, injecting his divine sense into his interspatial ring and retrieving three jade tokens with six as the last digit.

The three True Profound Realm cultivators' eyes lit up when Liu Wuxie took out the jade tokens. He had only asked on a whim, and he was uncertain if Liu Wuxie had any jade tokens with matching numbers due to his cultivation.

The two swiftly conducted their transaction, and their points increased. The other two had no jade tokens to swap with Liu Wuxie. After they exchanged, both parties lowered their guards, and Liu Wuxie sheathed the Heretic Blade.

"My name is Zhao Chao, and I’m a disciple of the Nine Profound Sect. How about we become friends?" Zhao Chao extended his right hand, genuinely seeking friendship with Liu Wuxie since there was no animosity between them.

"You don’t want to kill me?" Liu Wuxie asked curiously. Throughout the assessment, nearly everyone he encountered had tried to kill him, so he was surprised by this unexpected gesture of friendship.

"Why should I kill you? Just because your talent is greater than ours?" Zhao Chao replied with a calm smile. There would always be someone stronger in the world. If he went around killing every person with higher talent, the cycle would be endless.

After all, new prodigies were born daily, and killing them all was impossible.

Zhao Chao's eyes were clear. His companions were also disciples of the Nine Profound Sect, who remained silent and showed no signs of hostility.

"Liu Wuxie, a disciple of the Liu Clan. Nice to meet you, Brother Zhao," Liu Wuxie said, introducing himself with his hands clasped together.

They might not have been friends yet, but at least they weren't enemies. The future was uncertain, and Liu Wuxie had a relatively good impression of Zhao Chao for now.

Zhao Chao returned the greeting as the two wore a smile.

"Brother Liu, since we're friends now, it's only proper for me to share information with you. I know the whereabouts of another number seven, and you should be able to catch up if you head over now," Zhao Chao said. They had come across someone with the number seven along the way there.

That person wasn't far away, and Liu Wuxie could still catch up if he rushed over now. It would be another one hundred points if he could obtain the jade token.

"Thank you!" Liu Wuxie vanished in the direction pointed out by Zhao Chao.

Right then, a jade token flew toward Zhao Chao.

"Number fifty-six!" Zhao Chao smiled as he looked at the jade token in his hand.

Liu Wuxie had gifted him the jade token to express his gratitude. It would only be worth one point to Liu Wuxie, but it was worth one hundred points to Zhao Chao. Most importantly, Liu Wuxie recognized Zhao Chao as someone worthy of befriending. It would be a shame if Zhao Chao failed to enter the Heavenly Spirit Celestial Academy.

"Senior Brother Zhao, we forgot to tell him that the one with number seven is someone at the pinnacle of the Nascent Transformation Realm!"

Liu Wuxie had vanished before they could remind him.

"Don't worry about it. His strength isn't as simple as it seems," Zhao Chao said. He was at the True Profound Realm and could sense a threat coming from Liu Wuxie.

......

Liu Wuxie flew for tens of thousands of meters and encountered several people. Since their numbers didn't match his own, he didn't bother with them.

Some had eyes on Liu Wuxie, but he had already vanished before they could react.

On a mountain path, a young man sat leisurely on a stone, scanning the surroundings.

From a distance, Liu Wuxie spotted the number printed on the young man’s chest—it was the same as his own.

The young man sensed Liu Wuxie’s arrival and turned to face him, a smirk curling on his lips as he noticed the matching number. Shortly after, a burst of laughter echoed from him.

"What luck! I've searched high and low, only for you to walk right into my grasp! Not only can I gain one hundred points by killing you, but I can also seize your fortune!" The young man stood up from the stone.

Liu Wuxie didn't bother concealing his tracks and sped up after entering the mountain path. His gaze fell on the youth, who was one step away from the True Profound Realm. He had almost reached the Quasi-True Profound Realm.

"I only want your jade token," Liu Wuxie said. He didn't want to kill, and he wouldn't mind sparing this person's life if he handed over the jade token.

"You're pretty arrogant." The young man sneered. "I haven’t killed anyone in the past two days, and you dare walk right into my grasp. Since that’s the case, don’t blame me for being ruthless—you can only blame yourself for your foolishness."

With a swift step, he closed the distance between them, reaching for Liu Wuxie with blinding speed. His attack came before Liu Wuxie could even respond. After all, finding someone with the same jade token wasn’t easy, and once their paths crossed, a fight was inevitable.

"You’re courting death!" Liu Wuxie snarled, his anger flaring. He didn’t want to kill, but that didn’t mean his opponent shared the same restraint.

With a quick sidestep, Liu Wuxie dodged the attack, leaving the young man’s strike to hit nothing but air, producing a loud explosion.

The youth was enraged when his attack failed. Although he hadn’t used his full strength, he hadn’t expected someone with Liu Wuxie’s cultivation to evade him so easily.

Realizing his mistake, he quickly refocused and took the fight seriously. He understood that Liu Wuxie’s survival this far wasn’t mere luck—he had likely faced numerous powerful opponents over the past few days. The fact that he was still standing was nothing short of a miracle.

𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"Let me see how long you can keep dodging! No one has ever escaped my grasp!" The youth was named Wei Shan. He was likely a disciple of a powerful sect. His attacks were ruthless and experienced.

His hands continued to reach for Liu Wuxie, unleashing a relentless barrage of attacks.

This made Liu Wuxie even more irritated. He executed the Seven Dipper Steps and appeared behind Wei Shan like a phantom.

With a loud bang, he lashed out a kick at Wei Shan's back with his right leg, causing the latter to tumble forward and crash headfirst.

Liu Wuxie had overpowered him entirely in a single strike, and Wei Shan's face was filled with fear when he scrambled to his feet.

"You're dead now!" Wei Shan roared, and he drew his weapon. It was a disgrace for someone at the pinnacle of the Nascent Transformation Realm like him to be kicked to the ground by Liu Wuxie. He was determined to kill Liu Wuxie, or he would never be able to live with this humiliation.

"You're the one courting death!" Liu Wuxie wanted to end the fight quickly. The Heretic Blade appeared in his hand, and he unleashed the blade's aura on his surroundings.

When the Heretic Blade appeared, Wei Shan's pupils trembled with a strong, foreboding sense of danger. His senses told him that Liu Wuxie wasn't ordinary, and the laws he gave off made breathing difficult for him.

A suffocating pressure swept over him, and Wei Shan's instincts began to scream at him to retreat. Hesitation was a taboo for cultivators as one's dao heart would be damaged the moment they hesitated.

The ten examiners recorded every action. No matter how talented one participant was, they would be eliminated the moment their dao heart was shattered.

Wei Shan knew he couldn't retreat and had to kill Liu Wuxie to recover his dao heart. He unleashed a golden sword aura toward Liu Wuxie.

Wei Shan might have won against another cultivator at the pinnacle of the Nascent Transformation Realm, but unfortunately, he had the misfortune of crossing paths with Liu Wuxie.

After Liu Wuxie’s battle with Wang Linlong, his combat strength had grown even further. He pointed the Heretic Blade toward the sky at an unfathomable angle, his blade technique now even more elusive, as if shrouded by a mysterious veil. Its true power would only be revealed once unraveled—a discovery that had proven fatal for those who had tried. Over the past two years, anyone who had unraveled that veil had died beneath the Heretic Blade.

Liu Wuxie swung down the Heretic Blade with an unstoppable momentum, and the surrounding air began to tremble.

"Damn it!" Wei Shan's heart sank, and he stepped back by instinct.

"You can die now!" Liu Wuxie had given Wei Shan a chance. But since the latter didn't cherish the opportunity he gave, he did not need to show any mercy. Had Wei Shan surrendered his jade token earlier, Liu Wuxie would have considered sparing his life.