6: Choose a Xuan-rank martial skill!

Outside the Scripture Pavilion.

"Did you guys know? Legend has it that this upcoming Inner Sect Grand Competition will be the grandest one in nearly a hundred years!"

"The rewards for the top ten have almost doubled compared to before! First place even gets a Storage Ring!"

A Disciple spoke with an excited face, his eyes revealing a hint of envy.

"That's not all; the person who takes the top spot might even be taken in by the Sect Head as a Personal Disciple! The Clear Wind Sect will go all out to nurture them!"

Someone nearby added.

"Really? It seems this Inner Sect Grand Competition will definitely be a fierce battle between dragons and tigers!"

Someone's expression turned solemn.

"Who do you guys think can win the championship this time? I think it'll be the Grand Elder's son, Yu Feng!"

"I heard he recently broke through to the sixth level of the Spirit Aperture Realm!"

A Disciple said.

"Who doesn't know that! Legend says he has even mastered a Medium Grade Xuan-Tier martial technique! He's even reached Perfection in it!"

A Disciple nearby chimed in.

"It's not a certainty! The inner sect is full of hidden experts!"

"And since this Inner Sect Grand Competition is a once-in-a-century event, many people will likely be tempted by the status of being the Sect Head's Personal Disciple!"

Someone spoke up in disagreement.

"It's a pity about last year's Genius, Senior Brother Jiang Haochuan!"

"In just one year, his cultivation has already reached the Ninth Level of Meridian Opening Realm!"

"If Senior Brother Jiang Haochuan were given two more years, he might have been able to compete for it!"

Someone shook their head, seemingly feeling it was a pity for Senior Brother Jiang Haochuan.

Hearing the conversation of the surrounding Disciples, Zhang Yang was inwardly startled.

He hadn't expected this Inner Sect Grand Competition to be so important.

The first-place prize actually included a Storage Ring, and one could even directly become the Sect Head's Personal Disciple!

A Storage Ring was an extremely precious item; only a Martial Artist of the Grotto-Heaven Realm could forge one!

"It seems the competition for this Inner Sect Grand Competition will be very intense!"

Zhang Yang thought to himself.

Zhang Yang had heard of both people the Disciples were just discussing.

This Jiang Haochuan had even entered the sect at roughly the same time as Zhang Yang.

Except others were directly recruited into the inner sect, while Zhang Yang had to struggle in the outer sect.

"Who would have thought! In just one year! Jiang Haochuan's cultivation has actually risen to the Ninth Level of Meridian Opening Realm!"

"Genuses really cannot be underestimated!"

Zhang Yang couldn't help but sigh with emotion; if he didn't have the simplification system,

he probably wouldn't even have the qualifications to compete with these people!

Shaking his head, Zhang Yang arrived before the Scripture Pavilion's entrance and handed over the Hegemon Blade Five Absolutes Secret Manual.

"Elder Wang! I'm here to return the manual, and also to take the third-floor trial!"

Elder Wang was still lying leisurely in the armchair by the door; hearing Zhang Yang's words, he slightly opened his eyes.

"Isn't this the kid who picked the Hegemon Blade Five Absolutes? It's only been six days, and you already know how to retreat in the face of difficulty?"

"You are quite a bit more sensible than those in the past!"

Elder Wang shook his head; as he expected, the boy had given up!

"Fine, just put..."

Elder Wang looked Zhang Yang over again, but then he froze.

"Huh? Wasn't this guy only at the Body Tempering Seventh Level six days ago?"

"How has his cultivation reached the Fourth Level of Meridian Opening in just six days?"

"Could it be that I remembered wrong?"

Elder Wang sensed Zhang Yang's cultivation with a face full of surprise,

even blinking his eyes to carefully confirm he hadn't seen wrongly.

It really was the Fourth Level of Meridian Opening!

In six days, he had raised six minor Realms, and even crossed a major Realm?

One Realm a day?

"Could it be that this guy has activated some Strange Physique?"

"To be able to improve so much in six days, this Physique is definitely extraordinary!"

The gaze Elder Wang directed at Zhang Yang instantly became fervent.

In this world, some people's Physiques are not apparent and only fully manifest after reaching a certain level of cultivation.

He had heard of many such figures before, and had even seen a few.

"Elder Wang? What's wrong?" Zhang Yang asked.

"Nothing! Nothing! Come with me!"

Elder Wang hurriedly shook his head, then gave Zhang Yang a deep look.

Taking the manual, Elder Wang stood up directly from the armchair and led Zhang Yang to the third floor.

"Go on in; there is a Formation inside."

"Once you enter, twenty illusions at the first level of the Meridian Opening Realm will manifest. Defeating them counts as passing the trial."

Elder Wang took the initiative to explain for Zhang Yang.

"Understood."

Zhang Yang nodded and entered the Formation.

Outside the Formation, Elder Wang watched the Formation before him, stroking his chin as he guessed Zhang Yang's completion time.

The twenty illusions manifested by this Formation were all just empty shells with cultivation,

decent enough to deal with someone who had just entered the Meridian Opening Realm.

But Zhang Yang's cultivation was already at the Fourth Level of Meridian Opening; passing this trial wouldn't be an issue.

The only question was how much time it would take to pass.

"He should be able to solve it in thirty seconds, right?"

"If he really has a special Physique!"

Elder Wang looked toward the Formation with anticipation.

Stepping into the Formation, Zhang Yang first felt a burst of mist appear before him,

then the mist dissipated, revealing twenty illusions at the first level of the Meridian Opening Realm.

Looking at the twenty illusions before him, Zhang Yang shook his head.

Even with a cultivation at the ninth level of Body Tempering, he could have killed all these illusions.

"Hegemon Blade Saber Qi!"

With a light shout, twenty strands of Hegemon Blade Saber Qi shot out from within Zhang Yang's body, attacking the twenty illusions.

In just an instant, the twenty illusions vanished into thin air, and the Formation dissipated along with them.

"Huh?"

Sensing the fluctuations of the Formation dissipating, Elder Wang's pupils shrank violently, feeling it was inconceivable.

"He didn't even spend two seconds? Could it be some kind of peerless offensive Physique?"

Elder Wang couldn't help but rub his eyes; after seeing the scene before him clearly, he was even more incredibly shocked.

"Is this the Saber Qi of the Hegemon Blade Five Absolutes? This kid successfully cultivated it? In six days?"

"I'm not seeing things, am I?"

"Is this kid really human?"

Elder Wang shook his head, feeling like he might have gone mad.

He had also cultivated the Hegemon Blade Five Absolutes manual before.

Back then, even though he was in the Meridian Opening Realm, it took him a full month just to reach the basic entry level,

and there was still a significant distance to the Minor Achievement stage where one could emit Saber Qi!

This kid did it in six days?

Could someone really achieve such a thing?

"It seems the Physique this kid activated shouldn't be simple!"

"It should be a Physique related to the Dao of the Saber! Otherwise, there's no reason to practice the Hegemon Blade Five Absolutes so quickly!"

Seeing Zhang Yang's Heaven-Defying performance,

Elder Wang was finally convinced that Zhang Yang must have activated some kind of Strange Physique.

Otherwise, there was no way to explain this phenomenon that exceeded all understanding.

"With such a Physique! I'm afraid even the Sect Head won't be able to resist coming out to take him as a Disciple!"

Elder Wang looked at Zhang Yang with a fervent gaze; such a Genius had actually appeared before him!

"If I take him as a Disciple first!"

"When the Sect Head discovers this seedling later, will his face turn crooked with anger?"

Elder Wang couldn't help but laugh as he thought about the developments after he took Zhang Yang as a Disciple.

But then he shook his head.

He wasn't very familiar with the Dao of the Saber, so he wouldn't want to mislead a talented student.

The Sect Head was the expert in this path; it would be better to leave this boy to him for teaching.

"Elder! Can I go in now?" Zhang Yang asked, looking at the silent Elder Wang.

"Oh! Oh! Oh! Right! You go on in!"

Only then did Elder Wang snap back to his senses, hurriedly nodding to let Zhang Yang enter the third floor of the Scripture Pavilion.