Chapter 33: Defeat Bai Xiaochun! - ETERNAL THOUGHT

The surrounding outer disciples, along with those eliminated contestants, all immediately united in hostility, shouting loudly at Bai Xiaochun.

"Shameless! Bai Xiaochun, you're too shameless!"

"To win like this, we refuse to accept it!!"

"Defeat Bai Xiaochun!"

Seeing the crowd so heated, Bai Xiaochun's heart pounded with fear. He thought to himself that even if he tried to act casual and indifferent now, it wouldn't calm the crowd's anger — it might even backfire and make people think he was even more shameless… So he quickly looked toward Elder Sun.

"Elder Sun, I'm the first place! Hurry up and announce it."

Elder Sun smiled bitterly, while Elder Li Qinghou sighed deeply. Neither of them expected that letting Bai Xiaochun participate in this little competition would lead to such a result.

"Uh… very well. In this competition, Bai Xiaochun, first place!" Elder Sun said with a bitter smile, and as his words spread, the crowd all glared fiercely at Bai Xiaochun.

Although Bai Xiaochun felt confident in his abilities, so many people were glaring at him that his heart grew cold. He was about to step down from the stage and get away from this dangerous place when Du Lingfei, who had been rescued and revived nearby, suddenly gasped for breath, glaring fiercely at Bai Xiaochun, and sharply snarled:

"Bai Xiaochun! I, Du Lingfei, refuse to accept this result!"

"You might have won first place in this competition, and I give that first place to you, but as for me personally, I refuse to accept it! Do you dare to compete against me again?"

Bai Xiaochun chuckled without stopping, thinking he'd be crazy to compete with this madwoman again — what if she passed out once more?

"You might have won first place in this competition, and I give that first place to you, but as for me personally, I refuse to accept it! Do you dare to compete against me again?"

"I won't duel you with magic. We are all outer disciples and also apprentices of Xiangyun Mountain's pharmacy. I challenge you to a competition in botanical knowledge!"

Du Lingfei stared coldly at Bai Xiaochun, speaking each word carefully with determination.

Bai Xiaochun chuckled without stopping, thinking he'd be crazy to compete with this madwoman again — what if she passed out once more?

"If you win, you can take the Green Pine Sword with you. But if you lose, then this matter between us is not over!"

"I won't duel you with magic. We are all outer disciples and also apprentices of Xiangyun Mountain's pharmacy. I challenge you to a competition in botanical knowledge!"

Bai Xiaochun stopped in his tracks when he heard it was a contest of botanical knowledge. He turned and looked at Du Lingfei, hesitating for a moment.

"If you win, you can take the Green Pine Sword with you. But if you lose, then this matter between us is not over!"

Bai Xiaochun stopped in his tracks when he heard it was a contest of botanical knowledge. He turned and looked at Du Lingfei, hesitating for a moment.

"If you can beat me in botanical knowledge, this Lingyun Incense stick is yours!" Seeing Bai Xiaochun hesitate, Du Lingfei's eyes flashed with hatred, as if she wanted to crush him. Fearing he might refuse, she took out a green-purple incense stick from her storage bag.

The moment the incense was taken out, spiritual energy began to radiate from it. The outer disciples nearby saw the Lingyun Incense and all showed envy in their eyes.

"A first-rank spirit herb, Lingyun Incense… This is a very good first-rank spirit herb, quite valuable. It has remarkable effects for those below the seventh level of Qi Condensation!"

"This must be something Du Lingfei spent a lot to prepare for breaking through the fifth level of Qi Condensation…"

"Senior Sister Du's botanical knowledge ranks within the top twenty on the Wan Yao Pavilion's three stone tablets. Bai Xiaochun is definitely going to lose!"

Bai Xiaochun immediately recognized the Lingyun Incense from his studies in the third volume of Botany. His heart was moved, especially after hearing the crowd say she was in the top twenty. His eyes lit up.

"Are you really in the top twenty on the botanical stone tablet?" Bai Xiaochun asked cautiously, taking a few steps back.

"Are you going to compete or not?" Du Lingfei gritted her teeth.

"But… I've only studied the first three volumes of Botany…" Bai Xiaochun hesitated.

"We'll just compare the first three volumes! Do you dare?" Du Lingfei shouted angrily, feeling like she was about to explode.

"Fine… I'll compete." Bai Xiaochun replied reluctantly, but inside he was secretly delighted, thinking this girl was truly silly.

The crowd erupted into cheers at Bai Xiaochun's words. Du Lingfei took a deep breath. Although her spiritual energy hadn't fully recovered, her stamina had improved somewhat. After glaring coldly at Bai Xiaochun, she stepped forward and respectfully saluted Elder Sun.

"Disciple Du Lingfei requests Elder's witness for this botanical contest with Bai Xiaochun."

Elder Sun smiled more and more approvingly at Du Lingfei. Stroking his beard, he spoke with a smile.

"Very well, then I will witness it here. Since this is a contest of botanical knowledge, why not have the Sect Leader give the questions?" Elder Sun looked at Li Qinghou.

Li Qinghou glanced at Bai Xiaochun deeply and nodded.

The crowd was instantly energized, and even Du Lingfei was excited, bowing again toward Li Qinghou.

Bai Xiaochun loved contests that didn't involve fighting but still allowed him to show off. Standing there, no longer looking miserable, he raised his chin arrogantly like a heavenly prodigy, which made the crowd even more resentful. Du Lingfei snorted coldly at him.

"Botany is full of endless changes. Although we're only dealing with the first three volumes, there are still many variables. Today I will give two questions, and whoever grows the most spiritual flowers wins the first round." Li Qinghou spoke calmly, eyes sweeping over Bai Xiaochun and Du Lingfei. He raised his right hand and tapped his storage bag, producing two seeds.

"These are flower seeds. Using spiritual energy as a catalyst, the one who produces the most spiritual flowers wins the first round." Li Qinghou flicked his right hand, sending the two seeds flying to Bai Xiaochun and Du Lingfei respectively.

Du Lingfei caught hers immediately, hesitating briefly when Li Qinghou tossed a pill toward her. She caught it and was stunned.

"This pill will instantly restore your cultivation." Li Qinghou's calm voice came, and Du Lingfei was delighted, swallowing it quickly. Within breaths, her entire body shook, eyes sparkling brightly as her cultivation was completely restored.

Bai Xiaochun watched this with some resentment but said nothing. He looked at the spiritual seed in his hand carefully instead of immediately catalyzing it.

"If you don't recognize it, I'll tell you directly — this is a Blue Spirit Flower seed." Du Lingfei sneered at Bai Xiaochun and closed her eyes. Spiritual energy surged through her, flowing into the seed, causing it to sprout rapidly.

The seed quickly sprouted green shoots, rapidly growing to a height of one foot. It bloomed a blue spiritual flower, then continued to grow.

At this point, Bai Xiaochun withdrew his gaze from the seed and looked thoughtful.

Li Qinghou had been watching Bai Xiaochun carefully, and a subtle surprise flickered in his eyes.

While Bai Xiaochun was deep in thought, the outer disciples were all watching Du Lingfei as her spiritual plant grew to two feet, blooming a second blue flower.

When the third flower bloomed, Bai Xiaochun's spiritual energy surged intermittently into his seed, even blowing some petals away.

After the incense burned down, Du Lingfei looked pale but gritted her teeth and pushed her plant to bloom six blue flowers, then finally relaxed and placed it aside, bowing to Li Qinghou.

Du Lingfei was satisfied but looked at Bai Xiaochun's plant, which was less than a foot tall, her expression full of contempt.

The outer disciples were energized.

"Senior Sister Du's six blue flowers are extraordinary. Bai Xiaochun hasn't bloomed a single one. What a waste!"

"In this kind of catalysis contest, first you observe the seed, then catalyze according to its growth rules. Senior Sister Du has clearly mastered this."

As the crowd was talking, Bai Xiaochun's plant grew to one foot, and a somewhat shriveled blue flower bloomed. Compared to Du Lingfei's flowers, it looked malnourished. Just as the crowd was about to mock him, suddenly a second blue flower bloomed, then a third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh...

Within breaths, Bai Xiaochun's plant bore nine flowers in total!

Everyone was shocked and looked closely in disbelief.

"One flower per foot is the norm for Blue Spirit Flower. How could there be nine flowers at one foot?" Du Lingfei was stunned, feeling something impossible had happened.

But it wasn't over. After the nine blue flowers appeared, Bai Xiaochun's eyes flashed. He took a deep breath and blew out a breath filled with spiritual energy onto the flowers. In an instant, the flowers trembled and visibly changed color, turning cyan!

"Surpassing the blue to become green!"

"Those aren't Blue Spirit Flowers!" someone in the crowd recognized and exclaimed in shock.

"These are Cyan Spirit Flowers, which are almost indistinguishable from Blue Spirit Flowers at the seed stage. Their catalysis methods are completely different. If you catalyze as if they were Blue Spirit Flowers, you'll just waste the seeds!"

Everyone was stunned, staring at Bai Xiaochun in disbelief.

Bai Xiaochun opened his eyes and set the Cyan Spirit Flowers aside with a smile, hands behind his back, looking at Du Lingfei.

His botanical knowledge had reached an indescribable level. Just by a quick glance, he immediately recognized the difference. This level of discrimination was easy for him.

Du Lingfei's face changed as if slapped in the face. She stepped back a few paces, looking at her Blue Spirit Flowers and then Bai Xiaochun's Cyan ones, feeling a burning shame. She had arrogantly lectured him moments ago, but now it was clear she had wasted her seeds.

"This Bai Xiaochun must be lucky. I saw Blue Spirit Flowers, and he saw Cyan Spirit Flowers. That's why he recognized it, not because he actually can!" Du Lingfei bit her teeth and thought angrily.

"First round goes to Bai Xiaochun. These seeds aren't Blue Spirit Flowers, but Cyan Spirit Flowers. They look similar but have slightly different patterns, which are hard to notice unless observed closely and are easy to confuse." Li Qinghou said calmly, raising his right hand to show a special spirit herb.

Chapter 33 - Chapter 33: Defeat Bai Xiaochun!