Daily life of a cultivation judge



Seeing the piece of its shell in front of him, Yang Qing couldn't help but hope that Wei Ying had its corpse stashed somewhere. He wouldn't even mind trading the bulk of the treasures he received on his ceremony for a shot at getting the meat from her. The bluevine turtle had excellent camouflage abilities and could only be found in two places; the churning sea, and the blue-origin ocean.

Despite his gluttonous nature, Yang Qing wouldn't risk heading out to those places, not unless he was in the middle or late stages of the domain realm, and had a saint-grade treasure to protect himself, but until then, he would avoid those two places.

"Mmh ..." she answered which drew a childish joyous look from Yang Qing.

"I only have a piece of its shell, that I won at an auction, sadly.." she said with an apologetic smile seemingly seeing through Yang Qing's intention with his question.

"Oh...." Yang Qing instantly deflated as he languidly placed his right palm facing upwards.

Universal light bee

A multitude of light coalesced in his palms and weaved together to form a bee that seemed like it was made of celestial light. The bee gazed around as if it was familiarizing itself with its new surroundings. It then started grooming itself as it cleaned its eyes, thorax, abdomen, and finally wings.

Every time it did so, it would release a rainbow-like glow from its body. From its movements, one could even mistake it for a real bee from its lifelike reactions.

"You have really interesting spells. I heard you picked an incomplete purple grade art, is this from that art?" asked Wei Ying as her eyes sparked at the celestial-looking bee that pumped its thorax when it detected her gaze, which drew a chuckle from her.

"Yes, I did...When it comes to attacking power it's average as it falls short of even some gold-grade arts, but when it comes to versatility and adaptability in its uses, there are very few I found that come close to it.

It's a boundless art, that keeps unraveling more and more. I love it.." Yang Qing gingerly said, as he poked the bee and sent it on its way toward the clone at the ground.

The bee was an alarm bell. It was a cultivation spell built for detecting the minute of changes to the surroundings. 

With the earlier speculations, Yang Qing felt more measures were needed to alert them. The bee could serve as a sentry for any changes within and outside the battlefield, as it sustained itself using the energy the clone was drawing from the ground.

Wei Ying cast one last look at the bee as she sighed before she placed the last monarch-grade treasure at the last rune.

The turtle dragon that was incorporeal before instantly blazed with a green-blue light that went all around its body before it finally condensed in its shell, which turned lifelike. 

"Senior Wei Ying isn't a top-tier blue-grade formation master for nothing.." Yang Qing said in admiration as he stretched his palm outward to touch the shell. The shell shimmered like it was made of a gelatinous substance with dense runes flickering on it.

"If you want modifications done, you can always come to your big sister here... I'll make sure to give you a friendly rate. I had you have a sizeable treasure on you.." Wei Ying said with an innocent smile that made Yang Qing's face twitch.

Money grubbers all of them

Thought Yang Qing as outwardly he gave out an obsequious smile while flattering Wei Ying on how he would be her first call. 

However, the flattery was cut short when both judges turned in the same direction.

The energy brewing from the Ba She suddenly paused.

Without even being told, Yang Qing instantly pumped his spiritual qi into the central run that had the log in it, while he used his free hand to form another seal which he poured into the log, and resulted in a white flame coating the shell.

As for the three judges, in a sudden flash, they appeared behind the turtle dragon, and in good timing too, because the instant they reappeared, 10 blood spears were launched from the Ba She.

The spears were of normal size and length, except each of the 10 released enough power to decimate an entire kingdom, and they were blood red, the blood continuously dripping from them, and had ancient runes in them that released a ferocious air.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Explosion after explosion sounded every time the spears collided with the shell of the turtle dragon that had enlarged to shield Dai Chen, Zhang Qingee, and Mo Liwei, from the aftermath of the collision.

The shell released a blue-green membrane as it flashed with dozens of runes, trying to contain the force of the spear attack.

Sizzling sounds were produced from every collision, with the blood from the spears eating away at the shield.

Wei Ying gritted her teeth as she pushed the array to the maximum while Yang Qing unreservedly pumped out his spiritual qi and yang white flames as fast as he could.

They all had grim expressions as they could feel their organs shift and their blood churn just from the explosion that was produced by the collision.

The barrage of the ten spear attacks seemed like they had lasted a lifetime despite them taking up just two seconds.

"Is this still an attack from someone in the sixth stage?" Yang Qing wondered as he looked at the shield that was quickly repairing itself with a blue-green veil, at the areas that had received the most damage.

The results were a bit hard to swallow since the core material used on it was a piece of shell from an eighth-stage palace realm spirit beast. Even though it didn't mean it had the strength of the turtle, it still had aspects of it that could be used by a seasoned formation master to create an overwhelming defense.

He quickly pushed the thoughts to the back of his mind, when he saw five more spears forming as they hovered above the Ba She's head like a crown.

They instantly honed in on them, bringing much more destruction and power than the other ten.

Wei Ying waved seal after seal, as the runes above her constantly flashed and rotated increasing their power output to sturdy the shell.

Bang!

Their ears started ringing, and they felt their bones quaking, from the collision force.

The shell creaked and squirmed, almost like it was about to give out, letting through the carnage spears of death, but it held on, and as the white yang flames cleansed the shield of the blood spears' corrosive power.

Now!

Wei Ying yelled as a complex rune appeared on her hands, which she channeled to the center of the rune.

The turtle dragon as if in response instantly elongated its body and barreled to the Ba She like a force of nature.

The Ba She that had just conjured five more spears, instantly released them when it saw the charging turtle dragon.

The turtle dragon let out a roar as it released a radiant cyan beam that was coated in white flames. The beam tore through one spear, and it used the gap created to push its head through toward the Ba She aiming to bite it while the other four were blocked by its shell.

Before the turtle dragon head could reach the Ba She, it quickly condensed one more spear,  but just as it was launching it, a silver streak smacked into the blood spear, veering it off course. 

The blood spear missed the dragon by an inch, and the silver streak turned into a blur as it moved back behind the shell of the turtle dragon.

Mo Liwie instantly reappeared whizzing with a bloody wound on his arms that was corroding. The thing that seemed to be keeping the corrosion at bay was the grey coating on some of the feathers that had remained.

"That spear isn't simple.." he said. A white-green flame instantly appeared on his arm, burning the corrosive blood away while healing him.

The turtle dragon took the opportunity created by Mo Liwe and managed to bite the Ba She which had opened its own mouth to contend with the turtle dragon.

However, the turtle dragon suddenly elongated its head when it was about to make contact and rounded the Ba She, coiling around its neck, and used the force of rounding it, to drag it to the ground, aiming to forcibly uncoil it.

Boom!

Another explosion sounded when the Ba She was pulled with tremendous force to the ground.

The turtle dragon used its two limbs to forcibly hold it in place as it writhed, while the rest of the dragon's body started coiling around the Ba She, which instinctively released corrosive purple-red mist and ice shards to prevent the turtle dragon from coiling around its body.

A white flame that coated the turtle dragon's body, melted the mist away and slowly ate away at the ice crystals which were also constantly being disintegrated by cyan round lights released from the different parts of the dragon's body.

Slowly but surely, the dragon started binding the Ba She in place which gave an opportunity for Mo Liwei and the rest to join the fight and hasten the process.