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After finishing her shopping, Lin Qi was preparing to go to Qifeng.

Luo Ci acted as a clingy follower, but this time he was much quieter.

By the time they reached the peak of Tai-qi Mountain, Lin Qi discovered that this place was at least ten times hotter than before.

She and Luoci went upstairs together, their eyes couldn't hide their curiosity.

Now disciples from all the peaks are probably out, everyone is eager to prepare for the sect competition and trying their best to give themselves an edge.

Lin Qi is also one of them.

After she finished speaking, she turned her head to look at Luoci, "And you? Do you have anything you need to prepare?"

Luo Ci simply shook her head. "No, I haven't. My mother knew about the sect competition and had people send me things beforehand. They were all specially made for me."

Lin Qi: "……As expected of the South Zhou family, you are impressive."

As we reached halfway up the mountain, we started to see many cave dwellings with lines of people waiting outside. A sense of foreboding crept into Lin Qi's heart.

She is looking for the Iron Swallowing True Person of Qifeng.

This real person is a weapon refiner with the cultivation base of Golden Core Perfection. He is notorious for his fiery temper and defiant, eccentric personality.

He is simply a master craftsman, reaching the pinnacle among Jindan-stage Alchemy Masters. His temper scares off many, but many others come seeking his expertise.

Lin Qi looked at the long line of people and felt a little uneasy.

Would the entrance to this real person's cave not have more people lining up?

Unless something unexpected happens, when Lin Qi arrived at the Iron Swallowing True Person's cave dwelling, everything went black.

A long dragon winding around the mid-hill, stretching in another direction… it seems to stretch all the way to the bottom of the mountain.

Lin Qi: "..."

Luo Ci didn't expect there to be so many people. "Second Senior Sister, are you still queuing?"

"Go!"

Lin Qi gritted her teeth and walked backward along the line. "If I don't queue now, my defensive magic device might take forever to fix."

"Twenty days...so many people, the Iron Swallow Man hasn't stopped working day and night. I don't know if it will be finished."

Luo Ci wore a worried expression. "Senior sister, do you plan to queue here the whole time? I estimate that your competitors are all in closed-door training at this time, working hard to improve their cultivation..."

Isn't this wasting time?

Lin Qi seemed to have guessed Luo Ci's thoughts, she glanced at him, feeling it was necessary to let Luo Ci know that there was a word in the world called "rolled up".

As soon as she got in line, Lin Qi took out a scroll of cultivation notes to look at.

This is not out of the ordinary either.

Luo Ci was bored on the side and secretly took out a miscellaneous book from her storage space to read.

Lin Qi glanced at him, but said nothing.

After half an hour, the line moved forward a bit, and Lin Qi had finished reading her notepad.

She reviewed the contents and insights of her notebook while beckoning to Luo Ci.

"Third junior brother, come here."

Luo Ci quickly hid the miscellaneous books and ran over, "Second senior sister, you finally see reason? Let's go back!"

Lin Qi smiled, revealing a row of teeth. "What are you thinking about? Come here and help me sort it out! I was just looking at someone else's notes and had some insights on spell cultivation."

Saying so, she pulled Lo Ci to her place, and she walked out, sitting cross-legged on a large rock, beginning to ponder spells.

Luo Ci was originally just leisurely, it didn't matter if she queued or not. It's just that there was a slight regret in her heart, she hadn't been able to persuade Lin Qi back.

While waiting in line, he continued to read miscellaneous books. As he was reading, he suddenly glanced at Lin Qi.

Lin Qi focused all his attention, condensing an ice-thunder ball. The aura emanating from the ice-thunder ball was terrifying.

She was still constantly compressing the power of ice lightning, causing those in line around her to stare.

Just when everyone thought Lin Qi would throw the ice bomb, she slowly retracted her power.

He only had a sheen of sweat on his forehead, which showed that dissipating and retrieving the spell was several times more difficult than casting it in combat.

Everyone still thought it ended here.

Who knew Lin Qi was like an inexhaustible source of energy, continuously compressing ice thunderballs and then dissipating and gathering them again and again.

She is getting faster and faster.

At the beginning, the whole process will take at least three hours, and Lin Qi needs to rest for a while in between.

Later, it only took two hours, one hour, half an hour...

From time to time, everyone's eyes would glance at her.

Witnessing Lin Qi's ten fingers dance, lightning and ice mist swirling in her palms, one imposing ice thunder ball after another appeared before them.

Yes, Lin Qi now can condense an ice thunderball in ten breaths, and she can even condense three at the same time.

This progress is incredibly fast.

Everyone looked up at the sky and realized it had only been a day.

They witnessed with their own eyes Lin Qi Fei's cultivation progress in the same manner as his magic techniques.

Unknowingly, more than ten people in the team had already started sitting and cultivating, either practicing spells or wielding swords.

As for Luo Ci, she had long ago gone numb with fear and was now sitting cross-legged on the spot.

He truly didn't expect that Lin Qi could always outdo those around her at any time.

Inward roll is contagious.

Within a day and night, almost everyone in the queue before the Iron Swallow's cave dwelling had begun to enter a state of cultivation competition.

Consequently, the cultivators in surrounding caves also started to engage in intense competition.

The boy who called out the numbers saw this rare sight. After returning, he casually mentioned it to the Iron-Swallowing Master.

The Iron Swallow simultaneously controlled three furnaces of fire, and in his hand he held a blacksmith's hammer.

Just a sword was finished.

He dropped the red-hot iron into the cold water.

The sizzling mist rose, merging with the sweat on Iron Swallow's muscular body, blurring his heroic features.

"How many people are still outside?" the Iron Swallow asked in a gruff voice.

The child respectfully replied, “There are probably about one hundred and thirty people left.”

Swallow Iron Man took off his protective robes, “Put the sign out. Let the Cassock come over.”

"Yes!"

Moments later, a sign was erected in front of the Iron-Swallowing Real Person's cave abode.

Luo Ci had been meditating all day, feeling that she had cultivated enough and needed a break. She looked up and suddenly realized that the queue in front of her had dispersed.

What's going on?!

He quickly pulled Lin Qi's sleeve, "Senior sister, why did everyone leave?"

Lin Qi retracted her talisman brush and tucked the drawn talismans into her bosom. The people in line beside her withdrew their covetous glances.

The squad fanned out a little from the front, with a few people continuing to move forward while more fell back.

It's over, it's over! No chance!

"What bad luck! That Iron Swallow really is a handful!"

"Psst, talking about him behind his back at the Iron Eater's cave? You're asking for trouble!"

A group of people chattered as they passed by Lin Qi and Luo Ci.

Lin Qi pulled at Luo Ci's sleeve. "You continue queuing, I'll go see what's in front!"

After speaking, the person vanished.

She rushed all the way to the entrance of the Iron Swallowing True Person's cave and saw that most of the people had already dispersed, only one or two remained with unchanged expressions, continuing to queue.

Lin Qi only then noticed that in front of the Iron Swallowing Real Person's cave dwelling, there was a sign erected.

Whoever wishes to forge a weapon, must first defeat my disciple, the ZIyi.

(The End)