Lana remained silent. After a few moments, she simply gave a faint nod.
She didn't continue the conversation.
Over the next several days, Lana devoted herself entirely to studying theories, cultivation techniques, and every piece of mystical knowledge she could gather.
Finally... the day of the National Mystical Competition arrived. The moment she stepped into the enormous venue, she couldn't help stopping for a second.
Her eyes swept across the massive arena. There were only around ten mystical cultivators present.
For a brief moment, she was genuinely surprised. 'Only ten?'
It quickly became obvious that not every province or state had been able to send a mystical cultivator to participate.
The scarcity of mystical cultivators made the competition much smaller than she had expected.
With only ten participants, there weren't many rounds needed to determine the champion.
