Chapter 390: Spiritual Food Master Challenge 3

At the same time, Shen Xu sighed, and his brows creased in a frown.

“It’s lower than expected.” He said in a disappointed voice.

He knew he wouldn’t score one hundred on the spiritual aura test.

However, he hoped for the high nineties, but reality was different, and he only scored ninety-four.

“Lower than expected…” Sun Yu mumbled, and a trace of shock flashed in his eyes.

’Who is this kid? How can he look down on such a score? Even I am not guaranteed to get such a score given the same ingredients.’ He thought it over and decided to give up on asking Shen Xu to be his disciple.

After all, he already had a disciple with better talent than his.

Wouldn’t his life become unbearable if he took in another Shen Xu?

Thinking of this, he sighed with a heavy heart.

If possible, he didn’t want the little double to be banished to the mines.

Even if they were not destined to be master and disciple, Shen Xu deserved to shine and become a renowned spiritual food master in the Tianxuan continent.

’It’s such a pity.’ He thought with a melancholic expression.

“How can your spiritual aura score be so high?” Chen Qian was also shocked and looked at Shen Xu with incredulous eyes.

“It’s okay.” The double said and shrugged with a careless expression.

Seeing the double’s dissatisfied face, Sun sighed and announced the result.

“Disciple Shen Xu wins the second assessment.” He said and looked at his disciple with a pitying face.

In terms of presentation and spiritual aura, Chen Quan was inferior to Shen Xu.

However, his food was remarkable and should have scored high points in a different competition.

Unfortunately, the current challenge was a zero-sum game where one party won and the other lost.

At the moment, Shen Xu had won two assessment points and had eight points, while Chen Qian had zero.

’I hope this disastrous loss won’t affect Qian’er’s heart.’ Sun Yu thought.

After all, Chen Qian was a genius.

He was always better than everyone else, and as a result, he had never suffered a loss, let alone such a miserable one.

“Disciple Shen has amassed eight points and is the clear winner for this challenge. Is there a need to continue?” Yang Zitao asked, wanting to save face for Chen Qian.

However, Chen Qian was arrogant, but he was also a straightforward person.

Although his loss was miserable, he didn’t want to stop halfway and wanted to see if he could redeem some points in the taste assessment.

“There is still the taste assessment.” He said with a resolute expression.

Seeing the face, Shen Xu smiled.

’He is not as stubborn as I expected.’ He thought.

Soon after, the judges tasted the food, and several elders exchanged an uncomfortable glance.

The answer was clear to them.

However, Chen Qian was the peak elder Sun’s disciple and the Xuanyuan siblings were using the challenges to suppress the Zhen couple.

Considering that, did they really dare to side with Shen Xu and lose all face for Chen Qian?

The elders couldn’t decide, but Sun Yu wasn’t conflicted.

Although he was Chen Qian’s master, he had always been upright and wouldn’t go against his conscience for his disciple.

After tasting the food, he looked at Chen Qian and then smiled at Shen Xu.

“Disciple Shen wins this round.” He said, and the other judges sighed in relief.

’At least we don’t have to say it.’ They thought.

“Qian’er, come and taste disciple Shen’s food.” Sun Yu said, looking at his disciple.

Hearing this, Chen Qian nodded and went to the judge’s table to taste the food.

After tasting each of the dishes, he nodded with a convinced expression.

“I lost.” He said.

At the same time, he took out a jade box from his storage ring and gave it to Shen Xu.

“This is the pine mushroom I promised.” He said.

“Thank you. Let’s compete again if there is an opportunity.” Shen Xu said, and without inspecting the goods, he threw the box to Xiaoren.

Hearing this, Chen Qian nodded and returned to his seat on the opposite side of the stage.

Sun Yu and Luo Jianfeng nodded when they saw this, both satisfied with Shen Xu’s and Chen Qian’s attitudes.

Luo Jianfeng invited Sun Yu because he knew the man’s personality. Even facing his disciple, Sun Yu would do the right thing, and the other judges would follow.

Seeing the outcome, Luo Jianfeng felt his gamble had paid off and smiled at the double.

“You did well.” He praised, and Shen Xu chuckled.

“Next time, I will make some snacks to go with the seniors’ wine.” The double said before walking towards Zhen Yuan.

“Good job.” Zhen Yuan said, rubbing the double’s hair.

“I could have done better.” Shen Xu said, and Zhen Yuan nodded, but before he could say anything, Yang Zitao spoke.

“The second round is the spiritual planting challenge. Get ready, the challenge will begin in a quarter of an hour.” He said.

Shen Xu was shocked when he heard this.

After all, he was responsible for the spiritual planting challenge, but he had just exhausted his qi in the spiritual food challenge.

“Ayuan…” He called in an anxious voice.

[They planned it this way so that we wouldn’t be at our best for subsequent challenges.] Zhen Yuan said and sneered.

[They succeeded.] Shen Xu said and quickly continued.

[I have more, purer, and better-quality qi than ordinary fusion realm cultivators. However, it took a lot of effort to refine common ingredients to such quality food. I am tapped out.] He said.

[Aren’t I here?] Zhen Yuan said and pulled Shen Xu to sit cross-legged on the ground.

“You can borrow my qi.” He said.

After that, Zhen Yuan activated a rebound formation disk and began transferring his qi and soul power to Shen Xu.

“Hurry up and accept it.” He said.

“What will you do if you are needed for the third challenge?” Shen Xu asked in a worried voice.

“The planting challenge will take one day. I will use that time to replenish.” Zhen Yuan said, and Shen Xu nodded, closed his eyes, adjusted his condition, and began accepting the power.

While they were doing this, the challengers and others watched with confused expressions.

“What are they doing?” A spectator asked.

“It looks like fellow Daoist Zhen is transferring qi to junior Shen, but…” Someone said, but frowned with a thoughtful expression.

“But what?” Another asked.

“Fellow Daoist Zhen and junior Shen are Taoist partners, but sharing qi isn’t so easy. How can they do it so effortlessly?”

“Maybe they are contract partners?”

“Contract partners?” Someone snorted and quickly continued.

“Shen Xu may be talented, but he is a double. Why would fellow Daoist Zhen form a contract with him?”

“I also think it’s unlikely.” Another said.

“Only one in one thousand doubles can conceive and give birth to a healthy child. Most importantly, Shen Xu is already a fusion realm cultivator, and the chances of conceiving are low to none. Can Zhen Yuan be reconciled with having no descendants?”

“Even the sect master who loves elder Lin desperately hasn’t formed a Taoist contract with him.” Someone muttered, and the surrounding cultivators looked at the speaker in horror.

“You dare to say such a thing out loud?” Someone whispered in an urgent voice.

“Don’t you want your life?”

“This fellow Daoist is blunt, but what he said is not wrong.” A female cultivator said and quickly continued.

“In the past one hundred thousand years, only a few couples have formed a Taoist contract, and all were a male-female pairing. No male cultivator would dare to form a contract with a double.”

“That’s not true.” A double cultivator argued.

“One of the most famous Taoist contract partners in the Tianxuan continent involves a male and a double cultivator.” He said, and the others looked at him with questioning eyes.

“Who are you talking about?” Someone asked.

“I am talking about Alchemist Lu and Swordsman Jiang. Swordsman Jiang was a double, but alchemist Lu loved him and doted on him like a treasure.”

“It’s said that many female cultivators liked alchemist Lu, but he only had eyes for swordsman Jiang. Anyway, those two were contract partners and rarely did anything separately. They even ascended together.”

Hearing this, several cultivators nodded.

“I have also heard of alchemist Lu and swordsman Jiang. However, they are the exception, not the norm.”

“Look at their foreheads…” Someone exclaimed, and the surrounding people turned to look.

At this time, an identical golden rune had appeared between Shen Xu’s and Zhen Yuan’s eyebrows.

Seeing the runes, the spectators, new judges, and elders stared in shock.

“They have actually formed the strictest Taoist contract?” Someone muttered in a surprised voice.

“This…, why would they do this? Don’t they know the consequences?”

“Consequences? What consequences?”

“Taoist partners who have formed this contract not only share their life but also cause and effect. The merit of one partner is the merit of both, but the evil of one is the evil of both. Also…”

“Also?”

“Not even reincarnation can untangle their fate. If they die and are reincarnated, they will eventually find each other and once again form a contract.”

“Is it so serious? This contract seems too risky.”

“It is. That’s why very few cultivators in the history of the cultivation world have dared to form it.”

Like the spectators, Xuanyuan Ze saw the golden runes and immediately clenched his hands.

’Shen Xu, since I can’t have you, no one else will.’ He thought, and for the first time, his heart completely hardened towards the double.

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