In an ancient forest of pagodas, sat several peerless Golden Immortals, their entire bodies flashing with golden light, majestic and domineering.
Among these peerless Golden Immortals, one was impressively the "Venerable Changping" who had just presided over the assessment of the Yuhua Sect's true disciples, while the rest were clearly high-ranking officials of the Yuhua Sect.
"The ten true disciples promoted this time are all formidable, especially Xiao Shaoyun, Xue Lie, and a few others. They have all obtained many fortuitous encounters and are experts with ancient inheritances. It's just that they are a bit difficult to manage."
Venerable Changping was currently playing chess with a peerless Golden Immortal. The pieces of both sides were interlocked, and the killing was fierce. The other peerless Golden Immortals sat under an old pine tree, watching and offering pointers. It was very relaxed and leisurely.
"Xiao Shaoyun has obtained the inheritance of ancient sages and formulated the ultimate arts of the Great Dao Qingtian. And Xue Lie, the fortuitous encounters he has obtained are not few, combined with his profound family foundation. However, they entered the Yuhua Sect with ulterior motives, wanting to compete for the position of Holy Son after being promoted to a Seed." The other peerless Golden Immortal playing chess said, "But, Changping, you still need to suppress them a little. These young masters are all lawless. What if they cause some major incident? It will be difficult to clean up."
"No matter." Venerable Changping said, "If they want to cause trouble, let them. It's harmless. Moreover, although these young masters are all arrogant, deep down they are more astute than anyone else, and they will not cause any major incidents."
Suddenly, a golden light flew over from afar and transformed into a page of a bamboo slip.
On the bamboo slip, many texts and pictures were deduced.
"Intelligence? As expected, something happened? As soon as I left, those young masters started causing trouble? Come, come, come, let's see what kind of tricks they have played?"
Venerable Changping pointed his finger, and this page of bamboo slip transformed into a large canopy, on which various battle scenes were deduced, along with the clear speaking voices of some young masters.
"It is only reasonable that Lin Feiyu cannot suppress these young masters."
"It looks like it's going to be a life-and-death duel."
"That young master of the Hong family, Hong Zhou, is also a formidable character. Rumor has it that back then, he was besieged and killed over eighty Half-Step Golden Immortal almighty experts of the same level in a row. He is known as the Hundred-Slaughter Heavenly King. He actually struck out the Troubled Times Torrent at Feng Yuan?"
"What a pity, what a pity. That Feng Yuan is also an unfortunate person. His family was destroyed, and he struggled to survive everywhere, bitterly practicing mystic arts, only to be killed by this move."
"How could this be? That Hong Zhou actually lost, the Troubled Times Torrent was broken? The Spear of Judgment? How could he condense the phantom of the Spear of Judgment?"
"Good fellow, this Feng Yuan keeps his true abilities deeply hidden. He is a character. Even I didn't see that he had such skill. Look, those young masters have all stopped talking. Apparently, they feel they are not absolutely sure of winning against Feng Yuan." Venerable Changping sighed.
"That is natural. This Feng Yuan even broke the Troubled Times Torrent that Hong Zhou exerted with three times the combat power. And he didn't even use a magic treasure. No matter how formidable those young masters are, how could they not know the immensity of heaven and earth? But next, they will all secretly accumulate power, wanting to compete for superiority."
"This Feng Yuan is formidable, and he has no backing. His family background is fairly clean, and he has almost no involvement with many forces, practicing alone. He can be considered a key cultivation target for our Yuhua Sect."
"Oh? Venerable Yi, although this Feng Yuan is formidable, he merely possesses the hope of competing for a Seed. You must know that among the older generation of true disciples, there are still a few formidable ones, especially that Chen Xin, who narrowly lost to Xiang Yizhen during the last Seed promotion. At that time, the two of them fought on the battlefield for three days and three nights. In the end, Xiang Yizhen won by relying on his own magic treasure, the high-grade immortal artifact 'Golden Gate Miluo Palace'. This was also because that 'Golden Gate Miluo Palace' could continuously provide Origin Qi. Relying on true strength, Xiang Yizhen and Chen Xin are actually on par with each other, and Chen Xin's comprehension of Dao arts even surpasses Xiang Yizhen's; it's just that his luck was not as good as the other's, and he didn't obtain a high-grade immortal artifact."
Another peerless Golden Immortal said, "With that Chen Xin's ability, I see that even if he encounters a Golden Immortal, he can completely escape with ease. And he will soon be promoted to a peerless Golden Immortal, right?"
"Not bad. This year in our Yuhua Sect, countless true disciples have emerged in large numbers. Among those qualified to seize a Seed, this Chen Xin has the highest expectations. Although this Feng Yuan has shown a formidable aspect of his strength, compared to Chen Xin, he is still a bit lacking."
"Chen Xin's luck is just a bit lacking, but his mind is firm, compensating for his own luck with great courage, great perseverance, and great wisdom. This is a noble quality that a great figure must have."
"Not bad, not bad. In a few months, the Seed decisive battle will take place. At that time, it will be a fierce struggle. Ah! The number of remarkable talents is increasing. I heard rumors that in Quanzhou recently, a Half-Step Golden Immortal named Heng Budong appeared. Rumor has it that he fought desperately with the Sect Master of Fangcun Mountain, the peerless Golden Immortal Sun Kuidou, forcing the other party to execute the six great killing moves of the 'Undying King Fist', and he was still vigorous and lively. Talking confidently, he finally encountered the assassins of the mysterious organization Vacuum Home, the Evil Venerables, and was actually able to escape with ease." A peerless Golden Immortal of the Yuhua Sect said.
"What? Such a thing happened? Did I hear wrong?"
Venerable Changping, Venerable Yi, and several other peerless Golden Immortals almost jumped up. "Who is Heng Budong? It's impossible for him to be so fierce, right? Is this still human? A Half-Step Golden Immortal taking a blow from a Golden Immortal head-on? And being assassinated by a Golden Immortal, yet completely unharmed? Isn't this spreading rumors to cause trouble?"
"It's not a rumor. It is said that the Sect Master of Tianquan went to the Fallen Evil Valley to search for magic treasures and encountered those people. The Sect Master of Tianquan even recorded it with the Xi Map. In that area, it is all said that Heng Budong is a peerless genius cultivated by the Eternal Heavenly Lord."
"What? Eternal Heavenly Lord?"
"Not bad, it is the Eternal Heavenly Lord. Indeed, the Eternal Heavenly Lord likes to cultivate geniuses everywhere and place chess pieces."
"Where is that Heng Budong now?"
"This I do not know. Rumor has it that he seized the nine King-grade Immortal Pills among the Fallen Evil Valley, the War World Divine Pills, and then vanished without a trace. No one can find a trace of him."
"Ah! Since it is a chess piece placed down by the Eternal Heavenly Lord, it must be an invincible figure. Even if his realm is low, he cannot be underestimated. Compared to this Heng Budong, these newly recruited young masters, as well as our many old disciples, even Chen Xin and Xiang Yizhen, are nothing. Perhaps, only the head of the Heavenly Court's wanted criminals, that one named Wuchang, can become Heng Budong's opponent."
"What a pity, what a pity. The creator of our Yuhua Sect, Heavenly Lord Hua, has disappeared for many years. Otherwise, he could also create such chess pieces, and the status of our Yuhua Sect in the Heavenly Court would definitely increase."
"This does not matter either. Rumor has it that several living fossils of our Yuhua Sect have already begun to comprehend the Dao of the Heavenly Lord. As long as one of them is promoted to a Heavenly Lord, our Yuhua Sect will hold its head high, and can even seize a portion of the great power of the Heavenly Court."
"Let us watch and see. I always feel that the era of magnificent great changes in the Heavenly Realm is coming. The geniuses we select might advance by leaps and bounds in the future and become highly anticipated great figures?"
Several peerless Golden Immortals of the Yuhua Sect discussed and sighed.
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"Senior Brother Feng Yuan, this is the quiet room arranged for you by the sect, right next to the Jiangshan Ancient Well. From now on, you will cultivate here. Also, every month, the sect will dispatch some sect missions. You can accept them or not, but every sect mission has generous rewards."
At this moment, Fang Han had already arrived in the Jiangshan Courtyard of the Yuhua Sect.
Shang Ziluo had also once lived and cultivated in the Jiangshan Courtyard, so Fang Han knew this Jiangshan Courtyard like the back of his hand. However, now he still listened very patiently to the explanation of another true disciple.
The true disciple explaining was a senior. Normally, no matter what sect it was, newcomers who had just entered would always be bullied by the seniors, and any resources would be plundered. But Fang Han had just defeated Hong Zhou, and Hong Zhou had previously beaten a senior disciple until he vomited blood. This was a ruthless person encountering an even more ruthless person. Those senior true disciples now, when they saw Fang Han, it was as if they had seen a ghost.
Strength is absolute supremacy; no one dared to provoke him.
Furthermore, the quiet room allocated to him for cultivation was also the cave mansion closest to the spirit vein of the Jiangshan Ancient Well.
The entire Jiangshan Courtyard was actually a massive mountain range, surrounded and carved up by layers of kingdoms. According to the division of spiritual qi, it was divided into many cave mansions. The higher the mountain peak cave mansion, the more abundant the spiritual qi.
Fang Han nodded, and casually gave this explaining true disciple one thousand Origin Pills: "Go, I don't need your explanation. I already know the rules of the Yuhua Sect."
"Yes!" This senior true disciple who was explaining carefully glanced at Fang Han, took the Origin Pills, and hurriedly left.
"This mountain range, Jiangshan Ancient Well…" After this disciple left, Fang Han's eyes surveyed the mountain range of the entire Jiangshan Courtyard. This mountain range was equivalent to ten Mang Mountain Ranges, stretching endlessly. In the very center of the mountain range, there was a massive ancient well, extending deep underground, exuding endless spiritual qi. The rolling Origin Qi flowed from the ancient well along many veins into the depths of every mountain peak in this mountain range.
Within this mountain range, there were countless mountain peaks, all of which were quiet rooms for those true disciples to cultivate in. Every mountain peak cave mansion was an expansive kingdom within.
"If I could directly enter the depths of the Jiangshan Ancient Well to cultivate, I would certainly be able to break through to peerless Golden Immortal, right?" Fang Han gazed from afar at the Jiangshan Ancient Well in the center of the mountain range and shook his head. Within that massive ancient well, seals had long been placed by the past experts of the Yuhua Sect, only allowing a continuous flow of some vital qi to be distributed into the various cultivation mountain peak quiet rooms. It would not allow disciples to directly enter it to absorb.
With Fang Han's current cultivation base, he did not yet have the ability to break through the seal and sneak inside.
"The Origin Qi here is much thicker than in the ancient city of Quanzhou. I will cultivate for a few more days, consolidate my cultivation base, and refine those three rank-two spirit veins and the War World Divine Pill first."
He sat cross-legged in the quiet room of his mountain peak cave mansion and started to inhale and exhale. With a sudden breath, the rolling vital qi in the entire quiet room turned into liquid, entering the various acupoints of his body…