Lying on the bed with her head rested on Jian Shen's sturdy chest, Li Mei said, "You can be even harder on me."
Looking away to not meet the crazy look Li Mei had in her eyes after sex, Jian Shen could only wryly chuckle.
"Humph! I knew you would do that."
Rolling her eyes from having become used to the same behaviours, Li Mei suddenly remembered something.
"Oh yeah, the fight for the top 100 starts from tomorrow. What position do you think you can achieve?"
Having already heard about from the elder that his time to participate in the Great Assessment had come, Jian Shen wasn't surprised by what Li Mei asked her.
"I never settle for anything below the first place."
With everything that happened to him in the past few months, Jian Shen had a special aura of confidence oozing out of him, which not just anyone could have.
It was mostly due to having sex with so many beautiful women, but training with the sword also had an impact on his self confidence.
"Are you sure you're not talking big, to try and impress me?"
Shooting Li Mei a disdainful look, Jian Shen said, "Who needs to impress you? You're like a dog who can't stay away from her master."
"Tsk, one of these days I'm really not going to come and visit you in the nights! Let's see what you'll do then."
"Cultivate in peace."
Using her nails to try and scratch Jian Shen's body, Li Mei had to admit that she really didn't have it in her to stop visiting him.
...
Since the two of them didn't have sex for a long time, because Jian Shen needed to fight the next day, Li Mei left earlier than usual giving him enough time to slowly wake up and get ready.
Leaving the tent right after he finished his breakfast, Jian Shen saw the elder waiting for him right outside the tent.
By now Jian Shen had already learnt the elder's name, due to which he said, "What are you here for Elder Liang Cheng?"
"Hahaha... I'm just here to escort you to the fighting arena and see your performance young man. I can't miss this chance to see you fighting."
From the first day he helped Jian Shen to his tent, Liang Cheng had been itching to see how strong Jian Shen actually was. So now that the time had finally come, there was no way he would miss it.
Nodding his head indifferently, Jian Shen began following Liang Cheng to where the arena was at.
Soon Jian Shen for the first time since he came here, left the area where there were only tents, and moved in the opposite direction.
After a while the tents were no longer all around them, and instead in a little distance away from them, there were what seemed like huge walls in the middle of nowhere.
Once he was close to the wall like things, Jian Shen saw that they weren't walls or anything. But wooden stands for those who cane to see the Great Assessment.
Turns out that anyone could come and see the competition, since depending on which sect obtained the best disciples, they would obtain free popularity.
There were three huge stands positioned in three sides to the huge square shaped rock arena, with the final side having special chairs placed for the elders and senior disciples of the sects which were hosting.
Once Liang Cheng explained the details regarding what would happen next, he went ahead to sit at one of the front most seats which were the closest to the arena, leaving Jian Shen at the centre of all attention.
"Hey, who's that boy over there?"
"Huh? Which one? Hmmm... I don't know, but he sure has a handsome face."
"What do you know?! Given that Elder Liang personally escorted him here, the boy is definitely more than just a pretty face."
While those audience and the contestants were quite curious about him, the various disciples and elders of the sects were more interested in Jian Shen.
After all, he was the single participant who was openly invited by two of the major sects to join them, even before the tournament had started.
"So he's Jian Shen? I can't sense anything special about him, other than that face which my hand is itching to punch."
"Hahahahaha, you people from the Iron Body Sect have always been all brawn and no brains. It's natural that you can't understand why our Thousand Sword Sect in interested in him."
"Humph! I'm sure that vixen Li Mei is trying to recruit him for his looks."
"Say another word about Senior Sister Xinyi's nephew, and I'll burn you on the spot ugly bastard."
"Aaahhhhh! If someone as handsome as him was in our sect, I'm sure I can refine even better pills!"
Looking at the girl who spoke, Liang Cheng smiled and said, "She's just like you Elder Wu."
The one Liang Cheng was talking to was a mature woman in green robes sitting in the seat not too far from him, showing that they had the same status.
Puffing her breasts with pride, the woman said, "Of course she is! We both love handsome men. And our proud to admit it!"
"Not at all shy are you, Wu Ah. You should learn to be more modest."
"I don't need to be taught about modesty from someone like you, who can't even control the way your disciples dress. Just look at that Li Mei prancing around like a prostitute."
"What's wrong with the way she's dressed? She probably doesn't have enough money to buy clothes! I for one can represent the Iron Body Sect and say we have no problem in the way Li Mei looks."