Loss - 386

Lu Wei looked at the core formation cultivator in the number 10 spot. He was the last remaining core formation cultivators. 

Since he was not too confident in beating the nascent soul realm cultivators, he decided to challenge a core formation cultivator.

Although he was only in spot number 10, there would be one more round after this one.

The core formation cultivator walked onto a stage when Lu Wei officially challenged him. At the start of the fight, he shot forward and let loose a volley of fire arrows. Lu Wei created a screen of water that blocked them, before attacking the cultivator with a water whip. 

The core formation cultivator managed to dodge, but Lu Wei turned the water that had splashed onto the ground below the cultivator into ice, causing him to temporarily lose his balance.

Taking advantage of that, Lu Wei hit him with a water bullet, sending him flying out of the stage.

As Lu Wei took the number 10 spot, he was not challenged again. Soon, the round ended, and the final round began.

"This signifies the start of the final round. The cultivator in spot 1 will challenge the cultivator in spot 3. The cultivator in spot 2 will challenge the cultivator in spot 4. Spot 5 will fight spot 7, spot 6 will fight spot 8, and spot 9 and 10 will fight." The host said.

The ground below turned flat, before a single, larger stage appeared.

The nascent soul realm cultivators in spot 1 and 3 walked up to the stage. 

The battles continued on, with spot 1, 2, 7, and 6 winning their battles. The final fight was between Lu Wei and a nascent soul realm cultivator from the platinum fist sect.

Lu Wei was not very confident. As soon as the battle started, his opponent jumped up and punched towards him. A platinum fist formed and shot like a bullet towards Lu Wei.

Lu Wei barely managed to dodge, only to see 3 more fists coming towards him. He put his hand in his pocket and rolled his dice as he managed to dodge the first two fists. The 3rd one hit his left shoulder and cracked the bone there.

Lu Wei clenched his teeth as the dice finally landed on a 2. At the same time, 5 fists were sent hurling towards him.

Lu Wei took a step and his figure blurred. Although only his strength had increased by 2 times, he was faster as a result.

He easily dodged the platinum fists and punched at his opponent. His opponent punched back at Lu Wei, his fist coated with platinum Qi.

It was at this time that Lu Wei regretted not focusing on more body cultivation. Although he was twice as strong as usual, his was forced to take 3 steps back. 

His opponent did not let up, stepping forward and punching at Lu Wei. Although Lu Wei could roll his dice 3 times a day, each attempt took half of his Qi. 

As he had been fighting and spent half of his Qi rolling his dice, he had less than half of his Qi remaining.

After barely surviving for 2 more minutes, Lu Wei was eliminated from the tournament. His only fault was perhaps not training in the right thing. It could also be blamed on his sect.

He had barely used the blue flower sects techniques the entire fight since they were lacking so much. The dead sect master had been the first soul formation cultivator in the sect's history, and she was not alive long enough to create any good techniques.

Lu Wei sullenly went and sat with his father and Zhou Fan.

"There's no need to be down. It was a good result for you to get within the top 10." The old man comforted.

"I know. I just feel that I could do better." Lu Wei said.

"You will do better in the future." The old man said before whispering into Lu Wei's ear.

"The blue flower sect cannot help you. You must seek a greater sect. Any sect should be absolutely willing to let you join them." The old man whispered.

"But could I really abandon the blue flower sect like that?" Lu Wei whispered back.

"Don't think of it like that. When you reach greater heights, you can repay them in any way. With your potential, I'm sure it won't be difficult." The old man whispered.

Zhou Fan agreed. It would benefit both Lu Wei and the blue flower sect for Lu Wei to join another sect.

If Lu Wei were to stay, he may end up resenting the blue flower sect for limiting him, but if he joined a greater sect, he would be grateful to them for helping him start his journey.

How the blue flower sect felt was another thing, but it was not something to be concerned with.

They watched the rest of the tournament, and to nobody's surprise, a cultivator from the earth mountain sect won.

The next day, Lu Wei returned with the old man and Zhou Fan to the library.

After a week, he once again returned to the blue flower sect. He had decided to wait until entering the soul formation realm to leave the blue flower sect. With his potential, it would not be very long before he did so.

Once he surpassed both the soul formation realm and the void traversing realm, he would very likely join the cosmic sect.

Zhou Fan wondered what his reaction would be when he saw the statue of the origin god. That would be an interesting day, though it was far in the future.

The peaceful and mundane life returned to the library, and before he even realized it, 10 more years had passed. At this point, even if Zhou Fan did not sense the old man's cultivation, he would know that he was a cultivator.

The old man's suspicions were also confirmed as Zhou Fan did not age.