There were only ten days left before heading to the Holy Spring Sect for the challenge.
Not short, not long.
During these few days, Li Qingyang, Xiao Zuiji, and the others stopped cultivating one after another, beginning to adjust their conditions to better welcome the upcoming battle.
So then.
What level were their realms at now?
Li Qingyang, Xiao Zuiji, Su Xiaomo, and Li Fei—all four had broken through to Fifth Rank Wushi.
Tian Qi was at Fourth Rank Wushi, just one step away from Fifth Rank.
Ye Xingchen, who cultivated the Supreme Mystery Scripture, still led them all, having long since broken through to Sixth Rank Wushi.
Not just the inner disciples.
Some outer disciples with decent aptitude had also broken through to Peak Wutu over these past few months.
Long Ziyang and Yang Yuhua took the first step into Wushi.
Because they weren’t inner disciples, they only enjoyed Qi Gathering Pills as resources, so they had just entered First Rank.
As for the newly admitted disciples, aside from Yao Mengying who didn’t cultivate the martial path, all had broken through to Wutu, and all were Second or Third Rank or above.
Because they had Body Forging Pills and the Forging Chambers, their strength far exceeded martial artists of the same rank.
If the two elders from the Authentication Hall came to authenticate again, they would surely be deeply shocked once more.
Of course.
The Tiegu Sect disciples didn’t just stupidly cultivate with their heads down—they also put their minds toward comprehending martial techniques, achieving advancement in both martial cultivation and martial skills together.
Li Luoqiu had also advanced from Sixth Rank Wushi to Seventh Rank.
This woman had always focused her attention on hidden weapons and movement techniques, so her realm advancement wasn’t particularly fast.
Viper and Wildcat had stepped into Fourth Rank Wushi.
The members whose previous lives were as Gold-Medal Assassins had also relied on sect resources to advance from Wutu to Wushi.
After Jun Changxiao tallied everything up, disciples who had reached the Wushi level already numbered over twenty, easily meeting the requirement of ten Wushi for promotion to a sixth-rate sect.
Now, what the Tiegu Sect lacked was for the Sect Master to step into Wuzong, plus five to ten disciples at the twelfth stage of meridian opening, and then they could be promoted to sixth-rate.
The sect still had a thousand disciple slots available—what they lacked was recruitment.
If Jun Changxiao couldn’t break through to Wuzong, even if all the disciples met the requirements, it still wouldn’t work.
Some might ask.
Wouldn’t Sect Master Jun’s strength being comparable to Wuzong be acceptable?
No.
The Authentication Hall’s authentication first looked at realm, then at strength.
Both were indispensable.
From the current situation, the Tiegu Sect’s promotion to sixth-rate might need time, because according to the previous pattern, whenever Jun Changxiao reached a realm endpoint, an epic quest would be issued.
If the quest couldn’t be completed, the realm would remain perpetually stuck!
……
BOOM—
Inside the training room, Su Xiaomo kicked the testing machine with one foot. The displayed strength value was eighty thousand jin, and he immediately broke into a grin.
To produce this kind of strength value at the Fifth Rank Wushi level—only top-tier geniuses could achieve this.
Under normal circumstances.
The first essential element of a top-tier genius was having a Saint-grade spiritual root or Divine-grade spiritual root.
Although Su Xiaomo only had a Supreme-grade spiritual root, with the Body Forging Pills and the tempering from the Training Tower, he had made up for the spiritual root gap and was already nearly on par with top-tier geniuses!
Originally an ordinary person with mediocre talent, destined for a life of mediocrity, he had become a top-tier genius after one year—this was Jun Changxiao’s training!
But it wasn’t enough!
His goal was.
To make his disciples become heaven’s chosen ones, become existences revered by all living beings.
Revered by all living beings?
That’s right—to step into Wudi!
BOOM!
Xiao Zuiji punched the testing machine, displaying a strength of eighty-three thousand jin.
Su Xiaomo, who had been feeling a bit proud, grabbed his hair and collapsed in despair: “At the same realm, Junior Martial Brother Xiao is actually three thousand jin higher than me!”
Xiao Zuiji smiled: “In terms of speed, this junior martial brother is far inferior to Senior Martial Brother Su.”
Su Xiaomo immediately felt psychologically balanced.
Li Qingyang walked over and said: “In terms of physical body strength, we’re also inferior to Junior Martial Brother Xiao.”
Su Xiaomo, who had just found his point of balance, heard what Second Senior Martial Brother said and immediately leaned against the wall, eyes brimming with tears.
BOOM!
Li Qingyang struck the testing machine—his strength value was eighty-five thousand jin.
Two thousand jin higher than Xiao Zuiji, this was because when he first focused mainly on physical cultivation, he hadn’t yet opened his meridians, giving him a head start.
BOOM!
BOOM!
Tian Qi and Li Fei tested one after another, their strength being sixty thousand jin and seventy-eight thousand jin respectively.
Under the same resources, when everyone worked equally hard, the strength gap at the same realm usually wouldn’t be too large.
Tian Qi only had sixty thousand because first, he was only Fourth Rank Wushi, and second, he only had a High-grade spiritual root.
Su Xiaomo and Li Fei primarily cultivated movement techniques, so though their strength was somewhat weaker, they had their own specialties.
Xiao Zuiji primarily cultivated physical tempering—facing a High Fifth Rank Fire Dragon Beast again, even if he couldn’t completely withstand it, fighting for several dozen exchanges should be no problem.
“Junior Martial Brother Ye, you should try too,” Li Qingyang said.
“Hmph.”
Ye Xingchen walked over, gathered spiritual energy in his fist, and struck the testing machine. The displayed strength was ninety thousand jin.
“My heavens, Junior Martial Brother Ye is amazing!”
“Joined the sect later than all of us, yet his strength is actually five thousand jin higher than Second Senior Martial Brother!”
“Junior martial brother, how did you manage to do this!”
Su Xiaomo and Li Fei exclaimed.
Ye Xingchen remained silent, thinking helplessly: “This emperor has the Supreme Mystery Scripture, and my realm is still Sixth Rank Wushi, yet I’m only five thousand jin higher than Li Qingyang.”
Necessarily so.
Jun Changxiao had given them so many resources—if Night Emperor could leave everyone far behind, wouldn’t that prove that everything the system provided still couldn’t compare to a Wudi’s reincarnation?
Actually, Ye Xingchen was thinking about it wrong.
He shouldn’t be thinking about how much stronger he was than Li Qingyang and the others, but rather how much difference there was from his previous life as a Sixth Rank Wushi.
Huge!
In his previous life, although he had a Divine-grade spiritual root, all resources needed to be obtained through his own efforts. It took three years to reach Sixth Rank Wushi, and his strength was only around seventy thousand jin.
In this life, one year to reach Sixth Rank, with strength twenty thousand jin higher.
What was the reason?
While the Supreme Mystery Scripture certainly deserved credit, it only accounted for twenty percent—eighty percent relied on the various martial resources Jun Changxiao provided.
……
“Whoosh! Whoosh!”
Inside the study, powerful spiritual energy roared out from Jun Changxiao’s body, continuing for about half an hour before beginning to retract inward.
“Swish!”
He opened both eyes, two sharp beams flashing briefly before disappearing.
At this point, his realm advanced from Ninth Rank Wushi to Peak Wushi!
Two months’ time, advancing from Ninth Rank to Peak Wushi—this showed that as long as resources were sufficiently abundant, rapid breakthrough wasn’t anything difficult.
“Ding! Host has advanced to Peak Wushi, meeting requirements, Epic Quest initiated!”
As expected, here it came again!
Jun Changxiao opened the data panel. Below the sect quests appeared the epic quest, with the content reading—Lead disciples to challenge the Holy Spring Sect [Incomplete].
This quest was actually related to the Holy Spring Sect!
He clicked on the detailed introduction.
Epic Quest [Three].
Quest Details: Please host, within one month, lead disciples to Holy Spring Mountain to challenge the fifth-rate sect, Holy Spring Sect.
Quest Conditions: Disciples defeat Holy Spring Sect personal disciples 0/3 people, defeat Holy Spring Sect inner disciples 0/10 people, defeat Holy Spring Sect outer disciples 0/30 people.
Quest Failure: Failure to go to Holy Spring Sect within the time limit, failure to defeat Holy Spring Sect disciples during the quest period.
Quest Reward: ???
“Seems pretty simple,” Jun Changxiao said.
Epic Quest Two’s big boss was the High Fifth Rank Fire Dragon Beast—no matter how powerful the Holy Spring Sect’s personal disciples were, could they be stronger than a fierce beast comparable to a Fifth Rank Wuzong?
The System said: “The Fire Dragon Beast was resolved by the host relying on the Peerless Blade—the disciples nearly got completely wiped out in front of it.”
“……”
Jun Changxiao fell silent.