"Please tell me!" Shen Ming turned around and looked at Jian Xin, cast an urgent look at him, and a glimmer of hope flashed into his heart.

"Three months later, the heads of major states will hold a youth competition. Any young man can participate. Those who are among the top will have generous prizes. Among them, your Dongzhou prefecture has set a prize, and the second place will receive a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum and thousand-year-old ginseng. This may be an opportunity for you." Jian Xin revealed to Shen Ming in advance.

"Qing Doushou..."

Shen Ming thought for a moment and said that at that time, young masters from various cities should participate in the competition. They either come from famous families, royal relatives, or even disciples from many sects, and they seem insignificant compared to themselves.

But this was his only chance. No matter how difficult the game was, he had to get those two medicinal herbs to repair Li Hai's dantian, otherwise the guilt would torment him for the rest of his life.

"Thank you for your advice." Shen Ming thanked with his fists, and made up his mind that I must get second place.

"A small matter, but then again, how could a martial arts genius like you be in Nirvana Sect? This young master has investigated. The background of your Nirvana Sect is beyond my expectations. There are no conditions for cultivation, it is extremely simple, and there are only two or three hundred disciples."

"And all of them have mediocre qualifications, and there are very few disciples in the Qi Refining Realm. With your qualifications, staying in such a sect will only slow down your cultivation speed."

"In contrast, the Doujian Sect has rich resources, and I don't know what many practitioners dream of. Now I sincerely invite you to join the Doujian Sect. We not only make your cultivation progress by leaps and bounds, but you can also enjoy wealth and honor, and even be sought after by thousands of people. I wonder what you want?" Jian Xin sent an invitation with a solemn expression.

If others hear it, they will definitely be envious, jealous and hateful. It is like a pie falling from the sky. It is such an honor to be invited by the young master of the Doujian Sect to join without any assessment. However, these are only for geniuses.

Jian Xin bluntly said that Nirvana Sect was insignificant, and Shen Ming could not argue. After all, this was a fact, but he firmly refused to say:

"Thank you for your kindness, but I will never betray the sect. You are right. Nirvana Sect is indeed a trivial sect, but it is kind to me and takes good care of me. Although I am not a saint who is indifferent to fame and fortune, I know that I cannot forget my roots in life. If I don't even know where my roots are, how can I gain a foothold?"

"If I abandon it because of the sect's subordinates, I will still ignore it if the Doujian Sect declines one day."

"Do you, the Sword Sect dare to accept such people?"

"And Nirvana Sect does not have nothing. We, whether it is ten years or twenty years, or even longer, as long as we stick to it and keep working hard, who can deny that we will not be famous in the world in the future?"

Shen Ming's firm belief made Jian Xin excited, and his eyes showed a hint of admiration.

"You kid is really arrogant, but what you say makes sense. Since you don't want to join, I won't force it anymore. After all, the things you forced into never belong to you. It's too late, so you can stay in the mansion."

"Then thank you young master." Shen Ming thanked with his fists.

Jian Xin waved his hand, looked at Li Hai, and smiled lightly: "Brother, when do you still have to pretend to be asleep?"

When Shen Ming heard this, he was shocked and turned his head to look at Li Hai. Sure enough, after Li Hai was discovered by Jian Xin, he gradually opened his eyes, sat up straight, and stopped pretending to be asleep.

"Senior Brother, when did you wake up?" Shen Ming said in surprise, not realizing that he was pretending to be asleep.

"When you carried me out of the forest." Li Hai smiled and then stood up from the chair.

"Sorry, my senior brother, I..."

Before Shen Ming could finish his guilt, Li Ha patted his shoulder, showed a gratified smile, and comforted him:

"Senior brother is fine, don't blame yourself. It's better to break the dantian than to die. Besides, you have decided to participate in the Qing Dou competition, so I believe that the dantian can be repaired. Senior brother is waiting for you to return triumphantly in the sect. This is also a rare experience for you. Don't let me down."

In his words, Li Hai fully trusted Shen Ming. When he heard Shen Ming resolutely reject Jian Xin's kindness, he became more convinced that he had not read the wrong person and would not lose all his cultivation.

"Sure!" Shen Ming replied firmly, receiving the comfort of his senior brother, the guilt in his heart gradually relieved.

"Xiao Li, arrange two rooms for them."

Jian Xin said to the male servant beside him.

"Yes, I'll make arrangements now."

The male servant bent down and bowed, then walked towards Shen Ming and the others, and said, "Two, come with me."

Afterwards, Shen Ming and Li Hai followed the male servant out of the lobby. The disciples of Nirvana Sect who were waiting outside the door were curious and couldn't help but step forward to ask about the situation.

"Senior Brother Li Hai, why did you come here?"

"Senior Brother, are you unconscious just now? Why did you let Shen Ming carry him on his back? Are you injured somewhere?"

"No, you don't know what strength Brother Li Hai's strength is. How could he be injured?!"

"That's right, how could senior brother be injured, but why did Shen Ming carry you on his back? Could it be..."

...

Shen Ming and Li Hai were confused when asked and had no way to answer. It was not until Shen Xue came from the crowd that the disciples stopped making noise and made way.

Seeing Shen Xue walk to Shen Ming, Shen Ming suddenly felt a sense of coldness coming to his heart and showed an awkward smile.

"Senior sister, it's like two autumns apart."

"Boy, where have you been going these two days? You can't see your figure. Didn't you say you can be the personal entourage of the lord of the mansion for three days?"

"And this self-righteous guy, why did he come here? I heard that you were still carrying it. What's going on? Come and call it to my senior sister truthfully!"

Shen Xue asked fiercely, and the disciples were also very gossipy and cast curious eyes at the two of them.

"Junior sister, let this little brother arrange a room for us first. If you have any questions, I'll ask later."

Li Ha smiled and touched Shen Ming's arm.

Shen Ming immediately echoed, "Senior Brother is right, Senior Sister, we haven't had dinner yet. Go and get some food for us, otherwise you will be too hungry to answer."

"Yes, junior sister, I'm here to help you."

"Little brother, let's go quickly."

The two of them sang together and immediately followed the male servant to leave quickly. The disciples looked at them quietly. Shen Xue was stunned, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and she smiled and angry.

"I heard it right just now. That brat was teaching me how big or small it is, hum!"

Shen Xue turned around and looked at their backs, and seemed to be getting closer. Suddenly, she felt inexplicably that their relationship seemed to have become harmonious. It was really strange.

"There is nothing good to look at. It's all gone. I'll have to work tomorrow. Let's go to bed early. Have you heard of it?"

"yes!"

With Shen Xue's order, everyone quickly dispersed.

Then, when he saw Shen Xue walking towards the kitchen hall, preparing supper for the two guys, he couldn't help but mutter:
Chapter completed!