Fourth Senior Brother is so handsome.

Seeing Li Xiaobai coming down, the surrounding disciples immediately scattered like birds and beasts, clearly not wanting to have much contact with him. Li Xiaobai touched his nose, looking slightly embarrassed. These fellow disciples seemed to be particularly supportive of the Piaomiao Peak. Unfortunately, he was just a newcomer, a small fry, and not the so-called secluded powerhouse they were talking about.

"Oh, isn't this a disciple from Piaomiao Peak? A new face. What, can't sit still as the sect competition approaches?" A young master holding a feather fan parted the crowd and walked out.

"It's Lin Feng, an inner disciple!"

"It's said that his brother, Lin Mang, is a true disciple of Elder Sun. That's quite something!"

Seeing that some disciples recognized him, Lin Feng became even more pleased with himself. He lightly waved his feather fan, smiling, looking very impressive. Li Xiaobai was completely confused. Sect competition? Feng Lingzi hadn't mentioned anything about it! He had a bad feeling about this.

"Listen up, all of you. The people from Piaomiao Peak are all connections, relying on their good relationship with the sect leader to openly monopolize resources."

"In this competition, my big brother is bound to break into the top ten, seize the qualification to study at the Holy Demon Sect, and then step by step crush Piaomiao Peak, letting the sect leader see the true colors of these people."

Lin Feng held his head high and spoke with an air of arrogance, filling the scene with his imposing manner. Li Xiaobai listened in bewilderment.

"Your brother is so powerful, he can even make it to the top ten... but what does that have to do with you?" Scratching his head, Li Xiaobai looked completely puzzled. The onlookers were also stunned. Yeah, what does your brother's prowess have to do with you?

"I..."

Lin Feng was choked with anger, momentarily speechless.

"Haha, well said, junior brother. There are always some petty people who like to show off with their words. You're Lin Feng, right? Stop blabbering. If you really have the skills, let's have a match!"

The crowd parted again, and a young man walked out. He was also dressed in white, also holding a feather fan that he waved lightly, but his demeanor was a thousand times more elegant than Lin Feng's. Compared to this handsome man, Lin Feng looked like a country bumpkin.

Li Xiaobai recognized this person; he was also his senior brother, the fourth senior brother of Piaomiao Peak, named Yang Chen. He had met him when he first joined the sect.

"We'll see!"

"What are you looking at? What's so interesting? Don't you all have to cultivate?"

Amidst the crowd's ridicule, Lin Feng left in disgrace.

"Junior brother, why did you come down the mountain?" Yang Chen walked over with a smile, not taking Lin Feng's words to heart at all.

"Senior brother, I came down to take a stroll and relax a bit," Li Xiaobai said.

"Relax?"

Hearing this, Yang Chen's sword-like eyebrows immediately stood up, and his face turned serious: "You'll have plenty of time to relax after you die. What we need to do now is cultivate, from morning till night without stopping."

"Face!"

"The sect competition is coming up soon, you must not embarrass Piaomiao Peak."

Another cultivation fanatic. Li Xiaobai was speechless. Just as he was about to say something, he found the scenery around him suddenly blur. When he came to, he had already been thrown back into his cave dwelling.

[Attribute points +10.]

"Junior brother, here are some spirit stones for you. The competition is tomorrow, cultivate well, and don't embarrass our Piaomiao Peak," Yang Chen's voice floated from afar.

Senior brother Yang is really... enthusiastic. Finally coming down the mountain once, and before even stepping out the door, I was sent back. What kind of luck is that?

Sorting out his thoughts, Li Xiaobai discovered some important information.

Tomorrow is the sect competition. The sect will select ten outstanding disciples through this competition to enter the Holy Demon Sect for further cultivation. The Holy Demon Sect is a prestigious sect. It's said that its sect leader is a powerhouse who has survived heavenly tribulations. If one can enter such a major sect for cultivation, the benefits would surely be plentiful.

However, I'm just a weakling, all my attribute points are in defense. If it really comes to a fight, I'll only be good for taking hits. Picking up a small bag of spirit stones from the ground, these are the most common and basic cultivation resources. The moment his fingers touched the spirit stones, the system prompt sounded again.

[Host has obtained spirit stones, system mall unlocked.]

[Currency: ten low-grade spirit stones.]

Li Xiaobai's face lit up with joy. The mall was actually unlocked. So the system mall's currency is spirit stones. Opening the panel to check the items in the mall, there was a dazzling array of items, roughly divided into four categories: props and equipment, mounts, talismans, and pills.

Not looking was fine, but looking was shocking. The mounts included Maserati, Lamborghini, and even armored vehicles. Even more exaggerated, there were even Gundam models. However, a glance at the prices left Li Xiaobai in despair. The prices for mounts were outrageously high, often tens of thousands, and that was for high-grade spirit stones, top-grade spirit stones. The cheapest flying broom also required a thousand low-grade spirit stones. It seems it's out of my reach for now.

[Minor Movement Talisman, Explosive Talisman, Diamond Talisman]: ten low-grade spirit stones.

[Failed Poison]: one low-grade spirit stone.

[Recovery Pill, Strength Pill]: ten low-grade spirit stones.

After scanning around, Li Xiaobai found that the only things he could really afford were a few basic props and equipment.

[Not So Hasty Helmet]: When worn, slightly increases defense. (Ten low-grade spirit stones.)

[Bronze Sword]: When used, slightly increases attack power. (Ten low-grade spirit stones.)

[Bronze Boots]: When worn, slightly increases speed. (Ten low-grade spirit stones.)

No need to say more, definitely choosing the helmet. This thing perfectly matches my 100% face-slapping skill. After wearing it, I won't have to worry about people slapping my face anymore.

Choose to purchase!

In front of him, starlight flickered and condensed into a dirty-looking helmet. Its appearance wasn't great, looking tattered and worn, indeed very hasty. Patting it, it felt quite hard. Wearing it on his head, Li Xiaobai felt his physique had strengthened quite a bit, just as the description said, this helmet had an enhancing effect on him.

Great, for tomorrow's competition, I won't have to worry about being slapped in the face.