Liu Sinan had compromised.
That’s right, being situated in the courtyard where Gu Zhaoxi once lived, he felt a sense of great righteousness, so though the person had passed, this spirit needed to be inherited!
Talking about chivalry in a world of survival of the fittest was truly laughable, but some people would still firmly believe.
Liu Sinan was this type of person.
He never cared about others’ views, never cared about being mocked by others.
So after feeling Gu Zhaoxi’s great righteousness in the illusion produced by the food, he decided to shoulder his banner and truly defend it, truly carry it forward!
“Big Brother Liu.”
Jun Changxiao said seriously, “I won’t force anyone against their will.”
Liu Sinan said, “Liu is willing, only to continue the brave warrior’s spirit!”
“Good!”
Jun Changxiao swept all the food on the table away, took out an admission form, and said magnanimously, “From today on, Elder Gu’s position and spirit will be inherited by Big Brother Liu. If he has a spirit in heaven, he’ll definitely feel deeply gratified!”
Poor Gu Zhaoxi. Before death, he brought Gou Sheng realm advancement. After death, he still had to help him recruit people, being squeezed dry of his last bit of value.
This was probably the true meaning of “life and death” in sworn brothers.
Looking at the soup scattered on the ground, Liu Sinan’s face immediately showed a pained expression.
Though the food on the plates was finished, the soup was also a delicacy of the mortal world. Wasting it like this was really too extravagant!
Wait!
Was it because of righteousness, or because of the food?
Well… probably both.
……
The great hall on the main peak was still under construction, so Jun Changxiao gathered all disciples on Dragon Head Peak and announced loudly, “From today on, Liu Sinan will take over Gu Zhaoxi’s position and become our Eternal Ancient Sect’s new elder. Everyone welcome him with the warmest applause!”
“Clap clap clap!”
The disciples applauded.
Liu Sinan walked onto the stage, cleared his throat, and delivered his inauguration speech: “Elder Gu put righteousness first in life. Now that Liu has inherited his position, I will definitely pass down and continue this spirit!”
“Clap clap clap!”
Applause rang out again.
After the inauguration ceremony, Liu Sinan first went to the dining hall. As an elder, he naturally needed to be concerned about food matters.
“Hall Master Liu, what a coincidence—I’m also surnamed Liu.”
“……”
“If the food is too monotonous, it gets boring. Does Hall Master Liu have other cuisines? Can you make a few dishes for me to try?”
“……”
Before joining the sect, Liu Sinan’s expression: (-_-!)
After joining the sect, Liu Sinan’s expression: (ˉ﹃ˉ)
By this point, one could roughly guess that his choice to stay wasn’t to inherit Gu Zhaoxi’s great righteousness, but to inherit that appetite.
……
Liu Sinan’s addition raised the Eternal Ancient Sect’s high-level strength by another level.
Currently, including Yao Mengying and the Eight Ghost Generals, the sect already had ten Seeking Truth Realm cultivators, and he was mid-level and possessed a Spatial Spirit!
Did Mystic-ranked sects have such a lineup?
No!
Even Truth-ranked sects with Seeking Truth Realm members absolutely wouldn’t have this many!
So in the three-plus years since ascending to the Upper Realm, the Eternal Ancient Sect’s strength had greatly improved. The only thing lacking was recognition!
“The host’s sect’s top-tier power and core strength have risen. You can spend achievement points to raise the sect level,” the system said.
“……”
Jun Changxiao rolled his eyes and said, “Spending money to upgrade is really fucking annoying!”
In the Lower Realm, once they had sufficient strength, the Certification Hall personally sent people to certify them—it was more comfortable than being a grandfather. In the Upper Realm without such an institution, though upgrading was still possible, it required achievement points, giving off a strong “no money? Then don’t play” vibe.
Upgrading wasn’t a big problem.
Because with the new disciple commerce system, disciples’ enthusiasm for doing tasks was even higher. When Jun Changxiao went to the Western Sea, contribution points and achievement points kept increasing. He just needed to wait a while.
However.
Just getting system recognition without getting recognition from the world—how would he complete the main quest?
Back in the day for the main quest, Jun Changxiao had summoned all the powerhouses and forces of Xingyun Continent and asked with an attitude of “I’ve spoken—who’s for it, who’s against it” to reach completion standards.
“No good.”
Sitting in his study, rubbing his temples, he said, “Need to boost our presence.”
The best way to gain recognition from the world was to let them know that his Eternal Ancient Sect had strength unafraid of any Mystic-ranked sect!
“Are there any martial arts tournaments or similar events recently where disciples can compete and spread the Eternal Ancient Sect’s name?” Jun Changxiao asked.
Consecutively bullying the御剑 Sword Controlling Mystic Sect and Lingdao Mystic Sect didn’t create explosive enough influence. If there was something like a Dragon-Tiger Competition where disciples could participate and bravely seize first, second, third, fourth, fifth… place, that would be perfect.
Looking back at the Lower Realm, the Eternal Ancient Sect’s rise began with the Liyang City Sect Competition, successively challenging Shengquan Sect and Baihe Holy Sect, and ultimately reaching its peak at the Dragon-Tiger Competition with unprecedented and likely never-to-be-repeated achievements.
Looking at the three years in the Upper Realm, they hadn’t participated in any proper large-scale competitions.
It wasn’t that Jun Changxiao didn’t want to seize such good filler opportunities, but there really weren’t any major competitions. The conference held previously in Sacred City had high specifications, but was basically just a gathering of big shots.
“Hall Master Li.”
Coming to细雨 Drizzle Hall, he said, “Investigate whether the Upper Realm has any disciple-focused competitive events, preferably extremely large-scale ones.”
“Yes!”
Li Luoqiu immediately took action.
The next day, she placed stacks of intelligence reports on the desk and said, “Sect Master, according to investigation, the Upper Realm has one hundred thirty-six competitive martial events being held in the near term.”
“That many?”
Jun Changxiao’s eyes immediately widened.
Li Luoqiu said, “These are after selecting the most large-scale ones. Counting many small-scale events, there are at least several thousand.”
“……”
Jun Changxiao rolled his eyes.
The system said, “What are you waiting for? Have disciples participate in all of them—one person per chapter, guaranteed to water it through to the finale!”
“Oh right.”
Li Luoqiu said, “Ten years from now, there’s an event called the Heaven’s Pride Battle that will be held. The scale is very grand, and the warrior who achieves final victory will be awarded the Heaven’s Pride title.”
“Oh.”
Jun Changxiao responded.
If it was an event held in the near term, he might be very interested, but ten years from now, when the sect would already be invincible in the world—what’s the point of sending disciples to compete?
Ten years from now, invincible in the world?
The system said speechlessly, “This is truly confident.”
“However.”
Li Luoqiu added, “The conditions for participating in the Heaven’s Pride Battle are that age cannot exceed five hundred years and must possess Seeking Truth Realm cultivation.”
“That high?” Jun Changxiao was astonished.
Within the sect, aside from some disciples, age-wise everyone qualified, but requiring Seeking Truth Realm to participate—currently, probably only Yao Mengying could meet the standard.
Li Luoqiu continued, “As long as conditions are met, anyone can participate in the Heaven’s Pride Battle.”
“I can participate too?”
“Yes.”
Jun Changxiao stroked his chin and said, “Interesting.”
Since transmigrating, Gou Sheng had never participated in competitions, because every world only held sect disciple battles, not sect master battles. At most, he’d spar at some big shot meetings, but the nature was completely different.
“If I participate in the Heaven’s Pride Battle, everyone else can only compete for second place.” These plain words from Jun Changxiao’s mouth exuded an extremely strong aura of arrogance.
The system collapsed: “Who’s giving him this confidence!”
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