No hope for eternal life

Chapter 299: Persuading Lu Si

"Senior Brother Ruan is too strong." Mu Changsheng sighed. No one could have expected that in this final match, the human race would win the cleanest victory. Not only did they tie the score, but they also killed a genius from the demon race who was born with a spiritual body. This was cause for celebration.

Some were happy while others were sad. Yu Daoling frowned. He did not expect that he would lose the competition so cleanly. He brought two representatives at the peak of the Spirit Transformation stage, one strong and one weak, in order to deal with different situations. He thought there was a chance of winning, so he sent out the stronger She Huan to fight, but was greatly disappointed.

"However, a draw is enough." Yu Daoling thought to himself, the demon clan was originally weak, and it was not easy to achieve a draw.

Just like that, this much-anticipated competition between humans and demons ended. Both the result and the process were full of surprises.

The crowd began to disperse, and Mu Changsheng and other disciples of the sect also returned to Lingshan Sect under the leadership of Xiao Niansheng.

It is worth mentioning that when faced with multiple choices from two sects and three clans, Su Huirou finally chose to join Lingshan Sect and became an outer disciple of Lingshan Sect. Naturally, Mu Xun also became an outer disciple with Su Huirou.

Xiao Niansheng distributed the subsequent 10,000 contribution points reward to Ruan Xiong, Mu Changsheng, Su Huirou, and Mu Xun, and admonished with a gratified look: "You should guard against arrogance and impatience in the future, practice hard, and achieve the great Dao as soon as possible."

"Disciples will follow your teachings." Mu Changsheng and the other three said respectfully.

Afterwards, all the disciples dispersed, and Mu Changsheng, Yang Wuque, Xia Rong, Mu Xun, Su Huirou and a group of people went together, intending to help Su Huirou and Mu Xun choose a mountain.

Needless to say, Mu Xun deliberately chose a location near Duzhao Peak, and Su Huirou also chose a mountain near Duzhao Peak.

Mu Xun and the other man who entered the sect together chose adjacent mountains. There was nothing wrong with this. With the addition of Mu Changsheng, the three of them represented the human race in the battle together, and they had forged a special friendship. It made sense for them to be adjacent to each other.

However, some people were not satisfied. Taoist Shi Nan suddenly appeared and said to Mu Changsheng with resentment: "You are such a heartless person. You didn't even look for me when you came back. Do you know how worried I am about your safety?"

As she spoke, Taoist Shi'an glanced at Su Huirou intentionally or unintentionally. She and Mu Changsheng spoke ambiguous words, and she was also declaring her sovereignty to Su Huirou to prevent Su Huirou from having any ideas about Mu Changsheng.

Mu Changsheng could probably guess what Dao Shi'an was thinking, so he could only smile bitterly and continue, "Sister, you are in charge of the sect's formation. You will know it as soon as I enter the sect. Why do I need to look for you again?"

Xia Rong was no longer surprised by this, and introduced to Su Huirou: "This is the formation spirit of our Lingshan Sect's protective formation, Taoist Master."

"Greetings, Lord Zhen Ling." Su Huirou bowed respectfully. She was a casual cultivator who had managed to get to where she was today, and she was very smart. How could she not see the special relationship between Mu Changsheng and Taoist Master Nan?

"Well, those who are born with spiritual bodies are indeed gifted, but they should not be complacent. Only geniuses who grow up are true geniuses." Taoist Master Xian pretended to admonish. Although she did not go to the scene to watch the competition, she learned about the entire process of the competition through other people's oral narration.

"Master Zhen Ling is right." Su Huirou said obediently.

Taoist priest nodded slightly, very satisfied with Su Huirou's understanding.

Then, Taoist Master An said to Mu Changsheng: "You have a guest at home, please follow me."

When Mu Changsheng heard that there was a visitor, he did not suspect anything. However, before he left, he specifically told Xia Rong: "Senior sister, I still need a thousand-year-old lightning-struck wood, but it is not urgent. Senior sister, just help me keep an eye out for it."

"I've got that in mind." Xia Rong replied with a smile.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng followed Taoist Master Nan back to Duzhao Peak. There was indeed a visitor, but the identity of this visitor surprised Mu Changsheng.

"Hello, senior brother. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time." Mu Changsheng hurriedly stepped forward to greet him. The person who came was Lu Si, who was ranked second in the outer sect.

"It didn't take long." Lu Si's mouth corners slightly pulled up, forcing a smile. He witnessed Mu Changsheng killing Yu Hualong with his own eyes, and he could also tell his character from a few conversations in the past, which gave him a very good impression of Mu Changsheng.

Then, Lu Si talked about business: "You killed a peak Nascent Soul cultivator this time. According to the task I issued, you can get two contribution points. However, you killed an elite among the demons, so the reward should be several times more."

As he spoke, Lu Si threw nine contribution gold coins to Mu Changsheng: "Of these ninety contribution points, forty points belong to you, thirty to Mu Xun, and twenty to Su Huirou. Please pass them on to the two of them for me, and I will not visit them one by one."

"So Senior Brother Lu is here for this matter." Mu Changsheng sighed in his heart. He had not intended to ask Lu Si for the reward for slaying the demon, but he did not expect Lu Si to come to him on his own initiative.

But Mu Changsheng did not choose to accept it this time. He only heard him respectfully say: "Brother, I have something to say. Please listen carefully. First of all, I cannot accept these contribution points. I don’t think Mu Xun and Su Huirou will want these contribution points because you need them more."

Lu Si was about to say something when he heard Mu Changsheng continue, "I know that Brother issued the demon-slaying reward to stimulate the sect brothers' enthusiasm for demon-slaying, but this is ultimately a temporary solution. Those who want to kill demons will do so without rewards, and those who don't want to kill demons will not take risks for those contribution points. Brother, instead of using all your contribution points to reward others, you might as well use them to improve your own strength and kill demons yourself in the future. Especially in the current situation, there is no shortage of demons for you to kill."

Lu Si, who originally wanted to say something, could no longer speak and fell into deep thought.

Seeing that his words had some effect, Mu Changsheng held the nine contribution gold coins in his palm and said sincerely: "Please take back the contribution points, Senior Brother."

After a long time, Lu Si took back the nine contribution gold coins. He looked at Mu Changsheng deeply and said in a deep voice: "You are right. From now on, I will cancel the demon-killing mission. You have helped me a lot by waking me up today. I owe you a favor. If you need my help in the future, just ask."

Seeing that Lu Si had listened to his advice, Mu Changsheng smiled and said, "Brother, it's good that you have thought it through. It's too much to talk about favors."

Then, Mu Changsheng took the initiative to say: "Brother, if you are short of contribution points, I can lend you some."

Mu Changsheng now has a contribution value of 110,000, and it feels like he has more than enough to spend.

"You should keep those contribution points for yourself. For me, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of contribution points are not enough." Lu Si said bluntly: "As time goes by, more resources will be needed for cultivation. You must not be proud and complacent."

"Junior brother understands." Since Lu Si said so, Mu Changsheng didn't want to insist.

Afterwards, Lu Si said goodbye: "Practice well, the future of the sect still needs you."

After seeing Lu Si off, Mu Changsheng went to see his parents again.

Mu's father and mother had already learned from Taoist Master Nan that Mu Changsheng was safe and sound, so they were not too worried.

However, Mu Yanggu returned the five thousand top-grade spirit stones to Mu Changsheng as soon as they met, so as not to affect his son's cultivation.

After Mu Changsheng received the spirit stones, he deliberately gave half of them back to Mu Yanggu, and said, "Dad, Mom, you should use the best spirit stones for cultivation in the future. Come to me when you run out. I have so many best spirit stones now that I can't spend them all. Using the best spirit stones for cultivation is not only faster, but also better for the foundation of the cultivator. Don't save them."