Chapter 90: The Ranking of the Grand Competition

  Guo Fei discovered that as long as he gave his mental consent, Hu Xiaoyue could move about in the space of the military symbol, and even pass through the dance hall to enter the great hall. This space seemed to be completely under Guo Fei's control. Only where Guo Fei gave his consent could Hu Xiaoyue go, and only then could she see; otherwise, it was just a blur of light in her eyes, and she couldn't see anything.

  Guo Fei, although he trusted her relatively, still set up a ban, banning her from approaching the commander's desk in the grand hall, and also covered the commander's desk along with the crystal ball on top of it, making it invisible to her.

  Guo Fei thinks this is not a matter of trust or distrust, it involves his own bottom line. If Hu Xiaoyue drips her blood into the crystal ball, what will happen? Guo Fei can't be certain, perhaps the ownership of the military symbol space will change hands. If the military symbol space changes hands, what will happen? Guo Fei is very clear. He is just an ordinary warrior with a Qi-refining cultivation base, in this world where the strong prey on the weak, he may be blown away like dust without leaving any trace, and then slowly disperse and disappear.

  Hu Xiaoyue entered the military symbol space hall, her heart was filled with shock, she knew this was an independent space, Guo Fei let her sort out the goods, she didn't dare ask more questions. As she spent more time with Guo Fei, with her cleverness, she naturally gradually understood part of Guo Fei's personality. The more she understood, the more she felt relieved and shocked.

  Fortunately, Guo Fei is a sentimental person, as long as he is loyal to him, he will always think of him. Frighteningly, Guo Fei sometimes kills decisively, making it difficult for people to grasp, Hu Xiaoyue deeply understands that once she touches Guo Fei's bottom line, he will unhesitatingly abandon herself. So she becomes more careful. Because she feels that in Guo Fei's eyes, they are just his subordinates, soldiers, or tools. Only loyalty is commendable, and there is a harvest.

  Hu Xiaoyue carefully organized the cluttered items in the military symbol space, putting them in order and placing them in a corner of the grand hall. At the same time, she also took out the animal hides and blood jasper she had recently obtained and categorized them in the military symbol space.

  After the corpse soldiers finished cleaning up the spoils of war, Guo Fei moved the useful ones into the soldier token space and left this place. He moved a hundred miles in the direction of Blackstone County. Choosing a hidden stone cave, he let the corpse soldiers stand guard around him, and Guo Fei began to meditate and breathe out.

  Currently, the most important thing is to replenish the energy of Jian Wei. After all, this is one's own killer move and must be prepared at all times.

  This energy is particularly pure, so it's extremely slow to replenish. Fortunately, this energy is the same as the sword's energy and can also recover slowly. With Guo Fei's breathing method, the condensation speed became much faster. After using a day's time, two sword shadow energy clusters were condensed and stored in the Xuan Tie Sword.

  Guo Fei discovered that after the sword shadow energy was stored in the Xuan Tie Sword, the Xuan Tie Sword underwent a subtle change. Its black body occasionally emitted a faint white light, which was not only dazzling but also exceptionally sharp. Moreover, a thread of pleasant sword intent emanated from the sword body, and Guo Fei vaguely felt that the Xuan Tie Sword would evolve faster under the nourishment of the sword guard energy than with the sword soldier energy.

  With the Xuan Tie sword fully charged, Guo Fei began to restore the energy flow within his body. Now that he had grasped this light and shadow energy flow, after it was fully restored, when the sword was withdrawn from his body, it would move into the Bing Fu space, suspended in the sword grid. The energy would not decrease, and even if consumed, it would slowly recover inside, but the total amount would not change, affected by the level of the sword.

  After staying for two days, Guo Fei put the corpse soldiers and others into the space of the military symbol, put all the demon pills, beast souls and collected demon blood into the Qiankun ring, wore it on his hand, and walked towards the exit of Heiyu Highland.

  The Blackstone County Beast Hunting Festival, the Linjia Fort Hunting Team always occupies the first place among the participating players and hunting teams every year. They are local people who have been active in the Blackrock Highlands for many years and have a deeper understanding of the distribution of beasts in the Blackrock Highlands and the recognition of dangerous areas than others, occupying geographical advantages, and they can always return with full loads and win first place.

  This year, although they lost more than 50 people, the hunting team sent by Linjia Fort to Heiyan Highland had ten teams. According to the requirements of the hunting team, the number of participants cannot exceed ten people, but Linjia Fort dispersed and formed ten teams to sign up separately.

  However, in private, the people of Blackstone County Manor had negotiated with them and did not allow them to monopolize the top three, so they could only get one place. Therefore, for many years, Lin's Fort has always taken first place without monopolizing the top three. Although the Blackstone County Manor was annoyed, they could only turn a blind eye to avoid discouraging their enthusiasm for hunting.

  Before Guo Fei went out, they still ranked first. Lin Zhen and Lin Shan personally occupied the fourth and fifth places in the Beast Hunting Festival, without a doubt, such achievements would allow them to smoothly enter Zhao Guo Xiu Shi Fu for study.

  This year, the tradition of Linjiabao staying first was broken by Guo Fei. Guo Fei deliberately did not return in advance, but instead walked out of Heiyang Highland and came to the judging table at the last minute before the time limit arrived.

  Guo Fei took a glance at the rankings on the signboard. Linjia Fortress had obtained two beast spirits, four demon pellets, and two jade vials of demonic blood, firmly occupying first place. That Linjia Fortress could achieve such results was not ordinary; although the spoils of war were not many, Guo Fei knew that every single one of the beasts with a beast spirit was a hegemon in a region of Blackrock Highlands, and each had numerous subordinates. To hunt down one meant having to eliminate a large group of wild beasts. The battles were extremely intense.

  Guo Fei was clever, and all the demon cultivators he obtained were delivered to his doorstep. However, Guo Fei wasn't stupid, and since he had already made a name for himself in Blackstone County, he might as well add some extra flair. So, after some thought, he took out a wolf demon's beast soul, three fire fox demons' beast souls, and four demon pellets to hand over to the judges for examination.

  Guo Fei did not take out the beast soul and demon core of Si Lao Ban, nor the demon cores under his command. Guo Fei was not afraid of An Guo Gong's people, but he still didn't want to provoke Wan Shou Xing. An Guo Gong's men were openly deployed, and since they themselves came back alive, Hu Yan and others disappeared, without a doubt, their actions failed, and they were beheaded by Guo Fei.

  However, the Wan Beast Gang had to be prevented from finding out, so Ye Lao's beast soul and demon core had to be hidden away. Not a single thread or trace could be left behind. Guo Fei planned to hand them over to Hu Xiao Yue for refinement, helping her condense the demon core, which would continuously boost her cultivation, making her his trusted assistant.

  After the judges' careful review, the beast marrow, demon dan and demon beast blood obtained by Guo Fei were indeed hunted during this period. Guo Fei suddenly jumped to the top of the list. The contestants waiting for the results in the award square inside the mountain stronghold at the entrance of Black Rock Highlands were stunned. When this news came, the noble families, participating players and residents of Heishi County who had been waiting for the results all boiled up.

  "Haha, indeed heroes emerge in youth!" Dingguo Gong Zhao Anyu burst out laughing, his inner joy couldn't be concealed. For years, the first place had been taken by Linjiabao, which he wasn't happy about, but Linjiabao was a local "land snake" with considerable influence in the region. Although he secretly resented them, there was nothing he could do. Now that Guo Fei had let Linjiabao suffer a setback, he couldn't help but feel delighted as he looked at the gloomy face of the Linjiabao master beside him.

  "Congratulations to the lord for obtaining another brave general, it's indeed a blessing for our Blackstone County." The castle owner of Lin's family immediately changed his expression and bowed down to congratulate.

  "Haha, all thanks to Xue'er's efforts in discovering good materials from the military camp." Zhao An Yu smiled warmly at Zhao Xue.

  Zhao Xue's mouth curled up, revealing a hint of proud joy, and he bowed his head to say: "Thank you, Father, for your praise. This is all thanks to Father's proper guidance in daily life. As a child, I have been following Father's requirements, recommending good talents for the country, and learning from examples."

  Lin's castle owner listened to Zhao Xue's so smooth words, the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily. Although the words were pleasant to hear, they came from a delicate and just twenty-year-old woman, which made him feel uncomfortable in his heart.

  Zhaoxue naturally said such words, but in her heart she was delighted and shocked, with shock far exceeding delight. The person who assassinated Guo Fei's hands, she had a few numbers in mind. Which three fox demon beast masters made the Ling Zhuang people return in defeat, now appeared on Guo Fei's hands, what does this explain? Guo Fei's cultivation was so high that she couldn't count it.

  Things that are uncertain in her mind make Zhao Xue very uneasy. Everything must be controlled within her own ability range. This is her principle of doing things.

  "Maybe he's just lucky! Maybe he really can do it." Zhao Xue sighed silently in her heart, looking at Guo Fei's face, and a light gradually appeared in her eyes, with ripples rising in her calm and peaceful mind.