Chapter 36: Lone Star 3

  "...The young genius fell silent, he wasn't unaware of this point, but he had always thought that even if everyone knew his swordsmanship, as long as he cultivated to a deep level, he could still exert the greatest power."

  His idea is not wrong, but he hasn't thought it through. When competing with someone at the same level or even higher, they already know your moves from the start, which puts you at a disadvantage after all.

  Of course, he himself had thought about this problem and naturally had made some efforts to modify the Demon-Slaying Sword Technique based on its foundation, making it more suitable for himself and also making it impossible for others to guess the change.

  Unless one is very familiar with the Demon-Slaying Sword Technique, it would be difficult for anyone else to notice his changes!!

  But today he was unlucky and happened to meet someone who knew a lot about the Demon-Slaying Sword Technique, which was the girl in front of him.

  "Although you can create new variations of the Demon-Slaying Sword Technique, it still leaves a trail that can be followed. I advise you to switch to another technique or, better yet, create your own sword technique!!" The girl continued to say calmly.

  "Creating one's own sword style is no easy feat!" The young genius sighed, he had yet to reach the level of a grandmaster.

  "Is it that difficult?" The girl was a bit bewildered, someone she knew was able to create sword techniques and palm techniques, what she had cultivated was taught by him, and why she understood the Demon-Slaying Sword Technique was also because of him.

  At that time, he not only let her break through the Demon-Slaying Sword Technique but also made her remember almost all the martial arts techniques he knew and then find a way to break through.

  "...The young genius saw the girl's appearance and felt that this girl didn't know, nor did she know where she came from. She looked inexperienced but her strength was terrifyingly high."

  This kind of person is like a disciple of a hidden master, but how can a disciple of a hidden master be in such a place? Is it for tempering?

  "Miss, may I ask how you would like to be addressed?"

  "Lonely star!" The girl replied simply.

  "Lonely Star?"

  Everyone's brain started working, thinking of a girl related to the two words "lonely star", even her name, but it seemed that none of them matched the girl in front of them.

  "May I ask Miss Lonely Star's surname?"

  Koxing gives people a feeling of being just a name, or even a code name, rather than a full name.

  "I have no surname, Lonely Star is my name, nothing else is needed. A name is just a code after all!!" The girl said calmly.

  As she said, what's in a name, true or false, as long as it represents the person, even a pseudonym will become his name.

  She is Lonely Star, no matter if this name is real or not, or whether it was her original name or not, that's all unimportant, she is now called Lonely Star!!

  "May I ask, is it over? Did I win?" asked Lone Star.

  "That's right, you won!" The judge nodded.

  "Shall we start the next one then?" Lonely Star continued to ask.

  "I think it's no longer necessary... This is your jade token, proof that you've passed the preliminary selection. From now on, you'll represent the people of Qingyun Prefecture in the Dragon Gate Competition. I hope you can achieve a good result." The judge handed a jade token to Gu Xing.

  "?" Lone Star's face was full of questions, although she didn't say a word, her expression had already told everyone that she didn't understand!

  The judge continued: "Because you defeated Zhan Bai, so you also got his combat achievements. He was only one game away from qualifying, and you just won another game!"

  "Oh, I see! Thank you!" Lone Star bowed to the referee and said.

  Then, Lone Star also bowed to the genius youth, Xian Bai, and said: "Thanks to you too!"

  “……”

  The girl can avoid other battles, and naturally has to thank Xian Bai. However, for Xian Bai, this is absolutely a stimulus!!

  He just smiled wryly and said, "Don't be polite!!"

  "Right, if you really can't come up with your own moves, then you can learn a few suitable moves from various martial arts based on your characteristics. It could be several moves, one move, or even just half a move! That way, the chances of being recognized will be less..." Gu Xing seemed to be repaying that gratitude as he said to Zhan Bai.

  Bo Xiang was stunned, he thought of simple things he had never thought of before.

  "If you practice for a long time, you will develop your own martial skills, taking the strengths of many schools. This is inheriting the experience of those who came before us, much simpler than creating something from scratch!!" The Lone Star said faintly, stepping away and leaving behind an infinitely beautiful silhouette.

  Perhaps the lonely star does not know that her words made a genius become a true genius, or rather, raised the level of this genius greatly, because her words opened up the mind of the genius, giving him an even broader sky.

  However, this also depends on the day to continue moving forward. Fortunately, Bai Xue is a genius among ordinary people, has experienced many things, and is not a flower in a greenhouse. He withstood this blow and quickly turned it into his own motivation.

  After Gu Xing left, Zhan Bai immediately went to clean up the battlefield, obtained the jade medal for advancing to the preliminary round, and then immediately went to find the martial arts secret book that could be found. Then he went to find a place to focus on his cultivation, and he still had plenty of time to improve himself.

  After the commoner preliminaries end, there will be a period of time before the nobles' preliminaries begin, then after another period of time, there will be an optional friendly match, and only after that will the national preliminaries preparation start.

  So, there is plenty of time!!

  There is another point to add about the pre-selection rules, it's not that once you're defeated, you don't have qualifications. Like Bai Zhang, even after being defeated, he can still go find other people to continue fighting, as long as he can collect enough qualifying victories, he can also obtain qualifications!!

  All of this has nothing to do with the lonely star herself, and she wouldn't care about it either. She just wants to go somewhere now, to meet someone.

  Many people are interested in the appearance of the lone star and want to know her specific identity, so some people sent someone to follow her.

  After almost half an hour later, those who followed came back, and they all got lost without exception!!

  Somewhere, some people were having a conversation...

  "What's going on? You're all top-notch agents, how could you lose track of one person? Were you discovered?"

  "It shouldn't have been found!"

  "How could it get lost?"

  "Because there were many people where she went..."

  "What's wrong with having many people? This is no excuse!!"

  "This is why when we walk inside don't say follow, even if it's clear the other person is somewhere, can't keep up and get squeezed away by the crowd!!"

  "...you didn't go to..."

  "That's right! It's the Temple Fair!!"

  "Whatever..."

  ……

  Every year at this time, there is a large temple fair near the City God Temple in Qingyun Town, and the prosperity of this temple fair can be described as "thousands of people gathering like a mountain and sea", especially in the first few days.

  It's easy to follow someone without being discovered in a place like this, but it's hard to keep up with them. In just a few moments, they would be squeezed out of sight. With one glance, all you could see were the dense black heads of people, and there was no way to tell who was who.

  As for what Lonely Star is doing here, I believe no one can guess that. After all, there's everything at the temple fair, who knows what she's really here for unless she says it herself!

  Moreover, if someone can keep up with her in such a high-difficulty setting, they will discover that she is actually looking for someone, a young man who is fiddling with the temple's viewing device, and next to him is something similar to a ball of fur, which seems to be alive and moving.

  Moreover, the young man was wearing a coarse linen garment, which seemed to be the uniform of a certain family's servant. Coupled with the fact that all the equipment at the temple fair came from Mo's family, it can be basically confirmed that this young man is a servant of Mo's family.

  This young man's surname is Ding

  "Xiao Yao!" The lone star came before Jia Ding's face and softly called out.

  That's right, this family servant is carefree. He was reluctantly transferred here to maintain these instruments and make them work, adding a touch of elegance to the temple fair.

  On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, while others were still celebrating, few people were willing to do this job, so it was pushed onto Xiao Yao.

  If this family's Ding is carefree, then who is this lonely star? When did the carefree one meet such a young girl?

  The answer to this question is——

  "Boss, you came so quickly! How was it? Did you get the qualification?" asked Xīao Yáo with a somewhat curious tone.

  The only person who can call Lao Ban "Lao Ye" so freely is the Seventh Young Miss of the Mo Family, and there won't be a second person.

  Gu Xing is the seventh young lady of the Mo family. This is her first time stepping out of the Mo family, and she wants to sign up for the Longmen competition in her own name, without any connection to the Mo family.

  This wasn't about her wanting to prove anything to the Mo family, but rather she wanted to go with Xiang Yao to the Da Men Pai, to the University Institute, where there were even more profound martial arts secrets that couldn't be found anywhere else.

  And they can only make this possible through the Longmen competition!!

  At the same time, Xiaoyao also thinks that participating in the Longmen competition is a good thing, which can let Gu Xing get honed and gain more practical experience.

  And her name is Lonely Star, Heavenly Abandonment Lonely Star!!

  "I've got it, look, this is the Qualification Jade Card!" Gu Xing took out the jade card, seemingly showing off to Xiao Yao, and looked at him with expectant eyes, the meaning in those eyes almost bursting forth.

  Praise me, praise me...

  "It's really great that it was settled so quickly, I thought it would take a day or two!" Xīao Yóu also generously praised him, making Guāng Xīng look very happy.

  "I was also lucky, I met someone who was just a little bit off and I beat him, that's how I got this." said Gu Xing.