Chapter 18: Manipulating the Atmosphere
That was the stele for the fourth volume of spirit beasts, and also the ninth stele that had the Aquarius symbol appear in first place.
Countless cheering and shouting sound suddenly resounded throughout the crowd.
“Haha! Sister Zhou did it, I told you that Sister Zhou was going to become an unprecedented champion on the steles!”
“Zhou Xinqi truly is a talented girl who possesses the flora spirit pulse! I bet she will have a limitless future!”
“Sister Zhou, we’re expecting that next time, you will be the first one to achieve the top-ranking on ten steles, and sound the Spirit River Bell, shocking the entire sect!”
The surrounding outer sect disciples in the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion let out cheers one after another. Even though there were those who spread rude remarks while wearing unsightly expressions, their voices were drowned out by the others. In the eyes of these outer sect disciples, Zhou Xinqi’s status was like the sun during daytime. All of Scented Cloud Peak’s outer sect disciples were now seeing her as the representative of the Scented Cloud Mountain.
Zhou Xinqi faintly smiled. Although she had always been cold and detached, seeing all these outer sect disciples cheering for her, she couldn’t help but feel proud of herself. Seeing her smile, all the outer sect disciples cheered even louder.
Bai Xiaochun was also standing in the crowd and looking at Zhou Xinqi with admiration. He silently sighed, then raised his head and took a glance at the stele for the first volume of herbs. After which, he suddenly widened his eyes. After being stunned for a while, he hurriedly took out the jade tablet of the first volume of herbs, and took a closer look at it. He found that apart from the ten thousand herbs of the first volume, there were another ten thousand herbs. He stuck his chest out and raised his head in surprise, his face filled with pride.
He was stunned because he saw that on the stele for the first volume of herbs, a good-looking turtle was now positioned right above the Aquarius symbol. No matter how he looked at the stele, Bai Xiaochun felt extremely satisfied.
Earlier, he intended to leave. However, he now stood in the crowd, trying very hard to hold in his excitement, prepararing for the surrounding people to cheer and hail him. Sadly, after waiting for a while, everyone’s attention was still on Zhou Xinqi. No one noticed the change on the stele for the first volume of herbs, even when the people surrounding Zhou Xinqi were starting to to disperse.
Seeing this, Bai Xiaochun was overcome by anxiety and suddenly shouted.
“Look! First place on the first volume of herbs’ stele is no longer Sister Zhou’s anymore! Somebody else took it! So strange. Such a beautiful turtle, who drew it?!”
Despite the sounds of cheering and hailing, Bai Xiaochun’s shrill and high-pitched voice was easily heard. Especially because of its shocking content, many people subconsciously looked at the stele. Soon after, all of their expressions changed, and they immediately exclaimed.
Thus, more and more people heard the exclamations and looked at the stele. All of them instantly quivered when they saw the stele and showed disbelieving expressions. Soon, everyone who was on the scene had noticed the change on the stele for the first volume of herbs.
“The…the… the first stele…, someone has actually surpassed Sister Zhou on the first stele!”
“How can this be?! My God! There’s actually someone who could surpass Sister Zhou! That turtle is incomparably ugly! Who is this person?!”
“Surprisingly, there are people who can compete with Sister Zhou on the subject of herbs. Something big has happened! This time, Sister Zhou was unable to achieve the top-ranking on nine steles. She is still only the first for eight!”
The surrounding people instantly fell into an uproar. Their discussions were even louder than the cheers from before. After all, no one could have predicted this, so everyone found this extremely shocking.
In the crowd, Bai Xiaochun was so proud of himself that a smile almost bloomed. However, he was worried that if he admitted to beating Zhou Xinqi, no one would believe him. Therefore, he did his best to keep himself from laughing out loud. However, he shouted out in shock like the others from time to time. His voice especially noticeable.
Even Bai Xiaochun himself had never thought that he would achieve first place.
At this moment, Zhou Xinqi, who was turning around and preparing to leave, suddenly stopped when she heard the cries of the surrounding people. She then turned around and saw the stele for the first volume of herbs, as well as the turtle which was now positioned at the top.