The Romantic Cultivator



Ji Yuan soon himself in a hot desert that were surrounded by tall sand dunes and a blue inertia barrier, presuming there to act as a barrier before the trial official starts. 

And there were shades of 9 others as well.

When his vision had cleared, he was astonished to see Xiao Muhan and his Senior Sister Chu Lixue again.

"What the heck?!" He was half surprised and pleased at the same time.

Ji Yuan grinned as he walked in the direction of Xiao Muhan and Chu Lixue.

Xiao Muhan was grinning too as he walked with open arms to greet Ji Yuan once again, thankful to the heavens that he got a good party in Ji Yuan instead of a random one.

Ji Yuan had also opened his arms but he had walked past Xiao Muhan to greet his senior sister instead, "Haha, senior sister. We have met so fast again…"

Xiao Muhan: …

Chu Lixue smiled weakly, "That's a short farewell."

Ji Yuan displayed a soft chuckle, "I'll be watching over my senior sister. Haha…"

He quickly added, "For any dangers…" 

Although he had meant to say instead 'for any men' in his heart.

Unknown to Ji Yuan, Xiao Muhan and Chu Lixue, this was an arrangement that was made by the Goddess Ai Tina for him; in short she had rigged the trial setup.

"Great Spiritas Ji Yuan, consider this as a small favor that is returned to you. This is also the only thing that I can do for you, whether it is right or wrong, I do not know. However, I can't affect the exact trial inside as this is determined randomly by the Spiritas Tower. Good luck, Great Spiritas Hero Ji Yuan."

Back to Ji Yuan, he was now whispering to Xiang Li: Thank you, Xiang Li. For bringing us together once again!

Xiang Li: ???

I didn't do anything, Big Brother…

Even Anyang was saying: It must be Xiang Li…

Ji Yuan now turned to look at the 7 other champions that were presented with him.

There were 2 maidens and 5 men among them.

Ji Yuan saw that only 1 of the maidens and 1 of the men did not have a black ring so they were not celestials.

Ji Yuan said to them, "We have 30mins to introduce to one another. Why don't I start first…"

A celestial male champion with a half black and white had suddenly stepped forward, "No need. We all know that you are the Great Spiritas Hero and Great Divine Lord Ji Yuan. As for me, I am the Black Dragon Huo Yuantian…"

Ji Yuan raised his hands up to greet him, "Brother Black Dragon Huo Yuantian…"

Black Dragon Huo Yuantian hummed coldly, "I am no brother of yours. The reason why I have stepped forward is because I am more fitting to be a leader than you. You shouldn't be the one that should start the introduction."

Then he had swung his black spear around him before slamming it hard on the ground, immediately causing a loud profound shockwave to erupt from where he was!

His profound shockwave had immediately pronounced his profound strength to be at the peaked great saint cultivation strength! 

Ji Yuan chuckled, "So it is another great saint. You know this Brother Huo Yuantian here, great saints and saintesses are pretty common in our group here. It is not a criterion for taking charge of our team here…"

"Do you mean think that great saints grow like apples on a tree?!" Huo Yuantian thundered loudly. "Who else is a great saint and saintess here? You can speak out!"

Xiao Muhan muttered weakly, "I am not."

The female spiritas maiden said coldly to Huo Yuantian, "Spirit Consort Miao Humei here. I don't practice the human cultivation. I assume that you are referring to the 7th Spirit Realm? Well, I am only at the 6th Spirit Realm. But I don't see why we can't appoint Great Spiritas Hero Ji Yuan as our leader?"

The male spiritas man said, "Tianya Jiuyou here. I am at the 5th Spirit Realm here. According to our spiritas tradition, Great Divine Lord Ji Yuan is equivalent to a Great Divine Consort so he has the highest noble rank here. He should be leader."

Chu Lixue smiled, "I totally agree with that as well. 

Ji Yuan was rubbing his chin and he was thinking: Actually, I didn't even say I wanna to be the leader of our group here. Is our group even a team in the first place when we are already quarreling at the start…

The another celestial maiden and three celestial men were all smiling as they looked at Hua Yuantian, "We will nominate Huo Yuantian as our leader."

Now it was a 5 vs. 5 split for the leadership of the group. 

Ji Yuan chuckled, "So shall it be then. Brother Huo Yuantian shall be the leader then."

Hua Yuantian looked surprised, "You are not contesting for the leadership?"

Ji Yuan frowned, "Why should I want to be the leader? I don't even know the nature of this trial yet. If I wrongly lead the group then won't I get blame for my mistake? It is great that we have a leader to lead us. Haha…"

When he had said that, Huo Yuantian was suddenly frowning; it was because he had suddenly felt the heavy burden of leadership in this forsaken desert trial.

Ji Yuan soon learn that the name of the celestial maiden was Yi Ling while the names of the other celestial champions were Ma Huarong, Hu Tao and Zhao Mingyao. 

None of them were champions from the Snowy Pavilion City.

The Trial Spirit was soon saying when the 30 mins was almost up, "I am supposed that all of you have a leader ready to lead your team. The first trial is relatively simple. All you need to do is simply to lead your team away from the scorching fire of the desert and you will be able to clear this trial…"

"Beware though, it is extremely dangerous for you if you are to come within 100 miles of this scorching fire in the midst of this desert and you will need to need to travel beyond 1000 miles of this desert for your trial to end…"

"… you will all begin at the perimeter of 500 miles of this desert fire and you have 3 days to complete the first trial…"

Then the blue barrier around Ji Yuan's group was removed and they could all see a scorching fire at the north of their direction.

Ji Yuan frowned at this trial, "Isn't this trial a little too simple? All we need to do is to move away the desert fire. We are not blinded to where the desert fire is."

Huo Yuantian was laughing jovially that the first trial would be this simple, "Count on me everyone!"

But this made perfect sense to him that the first trial would be an easy one.

After all, this is only the first trial of five trials and the trial could not allow so many champions to fall at the very beginning or else it would not be entertaining for the speculators that had brought the tickets to watch the heroism of the champions. 

Xiao Muhan asked, "So all we need is to travel 500 miles in 3 days? Then we have better move fast, since we have to cover almost 200 miles a day."

Ji Yuan nodded, "We are all cultivators and do not require any rest. We can travel day and night. Haha…"

All of a sudden, the Trial Spirit said, "For the duration of this trial, there is no night. Now good luck to all the champions and beware of the dangers of the desert."

Ji Yuan frowned, "No night? That means we have to use our profound aura to protect us from the scorching heatwave and that means we have to drain our profound strength…"

Huo Yuantian hummed coldly as he flashed ahead of everyone, out of the waiting area and inside the hot desert, "What are you all waiting for? If you follow my lead, I'll promise you to lead you out of this desert in less than a day's time even!" 

When he had said that, many of them including Ji Yuan was smiling. 

Ji Yuan said loudly, "Let's complete this trial in less than a single day then…"

When he had just said that, the ground below Huo Yuantian had disappeared and Huo Yuantian was swallowed up by a monstrous sand monster.

And he disappeared with a loud bloody scream deep into the sand pits. 

This stunned everyone, including Ji Yuan.

Xiao Muhan was stammering, "Did we just… lost our leader even before we have started the trial?"

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Author Note:

1. I'd really appreciate it if the readers can contribute power stones to this story as a show of support even if you are reading from other websites. Your spirit stones are crucial for motivations and releases. Also, it means alot me/ story, Many love and thanks! ლ(⌒▽⌒ლ)