Refining the Mountains and Rivers

frozen in shock.
They completely forgot to pour in additional nutrient fluid.
The black-robed figure reminded them, but in the end he could only personally pick up the bucket of nutrient fluid to the side and fill it himself.

“In this world, there are some people born with an unreasonable sense of self-confidence.
And, I’ve always wanted to ask – why?” In the still quiet, this voice was especially grating to the ears.
“You know, originally I didn’t want to suggest a bet.
After all, I have no enmity with those here nor do we share any injustice, so how could I just plunder your belongings?  But, there are always some people who are just too irritating to the eyes.
So, those who bet for me to lose are innocent and were simply dragged into this mess.
I really must apologize.”

Wu Zetian’s complexion paled.
He gnashed his teeth and roared, “Junior, don’t be so rampant! You haven’t won yet!”

Qin Yu stood tall.
He turned around and looked straight ahead.
“I will win.”

Then, as if to confirm his words, the bud within the Sea Blue Lotus began to quietly bloom.
A similar projection of a blue sea appeared in the void.

It roared, it raged, as if coldly laughing and mocking the cheers that came from the audience not too long ago.

In that moment, within Prosperity Square, countless people held their hands against their hearts.
This wasn’t because they were trying to act cute and lovable, but rather because their hearts were really breaking.

Their spirit stones!

Spirit stones…

They seemed to be drifting so far away…

Wu Zetian clenched his fists and his pupils shrank into dots.
He tightened his jaws so hard that his teeth grinded together.
He never imagined he would be forced back to this stage.

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It was just like Jing Guanjin.

Stop!

Stop!

Stop for me!

The heavens seemed to hear Old Wu’s roaring plea.
After the lotus flower bloomed, the wildly growing Blue Sea Lotus slowly calmed down.
Those people that were drowning seemed to have found a breath of fresh air.
Wu Zetian gasped, feeling as if he had obtained a new lease on life.

He had never felt such tension and oppression.
Just a little bit more and his Purple Card would have been taken away.
The consequences of that were so terrifying that he didn’t even want to imagine them.

Luckily, he had been a single point away from winning! With this, the result would be a tie.

Wu Zetian glared at the black-robed figure with venomous eyes.
This junior was truly ruthless! Not only did he want to win his Purple Card, he also wanted to plunder his wealth!

That was 100 million spirit stones! Even his wealth would shrink massively!

Inside and outside of Prosperity Square, everyone sucked in a deep breath together, producing a loud rumbling once again.

This is what it feels like to survive a disaster…my purse has been saved…my spirit stones…

Countless seafolk had teary eyes.
They all felt as if this world was truly wonderful!

Chief Manager Wu heavily clapped his hands, looking as if he couldn’t wait to rush up.
He repeated again and again, “Just a little bit more, just a little bit more!” As he thought of the massive amount of wealth that he had slowly gathered up in a storage shell, he felt as if his heart would explode!

Clearwood took a deep breath.
“It’s good he didn’t lose!”

Old Sea laughed.
“You’re right, at least he didn’t lose.
Little friend Ning, little friend Ning, I never thought that you had hidden yourself so deeply.
It seems I underestimated you!”

Chief Manager Wu scratched his head.
“Hah, I’m so unwilling!”

Clearwood lightly said, “Think of what would have happened if you lost.”

Chief Manager Wu was finally enlightened.

He had gone into this thinking he would be defeated.
Then, if he didn’t lose…that meant he won!

Chairman Xu’s complexion shook.
He looked deeply at Qin Yu.
”Mister Ning, as it stands, you and Grandmaster Wu are even.
Of course, we will immediately send out people to inspect the two Blue Sea Lotuses and decide which one is better.”

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In addition to his words, there was a bit more respect contained within them.

No matter where it was, powerhouses could earn respect.
And in his opinion, Qin Yu was now strong enough to roam through the highest heavens.

The committee members looked at each other and each one made a decision in their hearts.

If Grandmaster Wu’s Blue Sea Lotus was superior, they would judge him as winning.
If it was about the same, they would call it a tie.
In short, they couldn’t judge him as having lost.
What nonsense; who here hadn’t been secretly thinking of earning a fortune? And although the committee members weren’t poor themselves, who wanted to bow and hand over all their hard-earned white and shiny spirit stones?

A light voice came from beneath the black robes.
“No need.”

Grandmaster Wu’s heart shrank.
A grave foreboding feeling suddenly rose up in his heart.
He saw the black-robed figure raise a finger and point towards the Blue Sea Lotus.

“I believe I have already won.”

As his voice fell, the gorgeous lotus flower rapidly withered to reveal a seed pod.
The blue sea floated in the void like mist as it slowly poured into the seed pod.
Then, with a crack, the seed pod split open and a lotus seed slowly floated up.
It sparkled with extraordinary brilliance, as if formed from the most exquisite jade in the world.
As it floated in the air, a faint purple light sprinkled down from it.

This was because the lotus seed was purple.

Qin Yu raised a hand and waved at the lotus seed.
After a brief hesitation, it flew into his hand.

This sight left countless seafolk utterly dumbfounded.
A storm seemed to rise in the depths of their subconscious, rumbling and overwhelming their senses.

In the legends, the sea spirit was invisible and intangible; it was one with the sea.
Because of its mercy, the sea races were born.
In other words, the strongest ability of the sea spirit was to impart spiritual knowledge and develop spiritual wisdom.

The ten great Purple Cards were known as the incarnations of the sea spirit.
But through the countless generations, there had been far more than a hundred of them.
Even so, only the smallest number of them had been Spiritual Bestowers.

Each one of these was amongst the strongest powerhouses of the Purple Cards.
They were said to be able to communicate with the sea spirit, and their status was a level higher than that of other Purple Cards.

In the records of history, it had been over a thousand years since a Purple Card sea spirit teacher had appeared who possessed the power of Spiritual Bestowment.

And today, in Prosperity Square, countless seafolk witnessed the birth of a Spiritual Bestower.

Qin Yu had no idea what sort of mess he had created.
But as he looked at the pale expressions of Chairman Xu and Old Wu, he guessed that it wasn’t bad.

Thus, he turned and asked in a soft tone.
“Then, do I win?”