Red-glowing crystals

The date for the competition was shortening, drawing closer as days passes by. The contestants were all in high spirits, they had been training and cultivating hard with a single-minded focus on emerging as the winner of the competition.

During this period of the younger cultivators training and cultivating hard for the competition, some broke through to the next stage while some were maintaining their current cultivation level and at the same time, perfecting their martial arts

Seeing the grand day getting closer and nearer, Lu Shang wanted nothing more than to become stronger to participate in the contest. 

"I want to know exactly how far I've increased in my strength compared to my peers. How much improvement?" Lu Shang asked himself with different thoughts running through his head.

He sat down cross-legged and then closed his eyes.