167: Chapter 167 Famous Sword Manor

People living in this world cannot escape the two words of fame and wealth.

Powerful Martial Artists are the same.

However, it is easier for Martial Artists to obtain wealth, so they are even more obsessed with chasing fame.

Therefore, the appearance of this hidden dragon ranking will inevitably stir up the pursuit and competition for fame among young Martial Artists.

Thus, the person or organization that created this ranking does not have good intentions.

Calming his mind, Chen Hu turned to the first page.

The first line of text read: hidden dragon ranking First Place: Cao Shuang.

Below was an introduction to Cao Shuang's identity, background, age, and battle record; oh, and there was also a portrait of the person himself.

This Cao Shuang comes from the Cao Family, a noble Family of dukes and marquises.

His grandfather is currently one of the four great dukes of the Great Yong Kingdom.

His father is the heir to the Duke's mansion, but his talent for martial arts was lacking, so he chose the path of a civil official and is currently the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works of the Great Yong Kingdom.

As for Cao Shuang, he is just over eighteen years old, with a cultivation of Early Organ Refining Realm.

His combat power is at the Late-stage Refining Viscera.

"Being able to defeat enemies by crossing two small Realms, this Cao Shuang likely has a special Physique or special Bloodline!"

Chen Hu said thoughtfully.

However, it is not recorded on the hidden dragon ranking; is it intentionally left out, or do they not know?

Chen Hu believed the former was more likely; if the hidden dragon ranking exposed the bottom line of everyone on the list, it would certainly offend many people.

Next, Chen Hu turned to the next page.

This page recorded the second place on the hidden dragon ranking.

It was a woman named Zhantai Qingyue.

She is 20 years old, and her cultivation is also Early Organ Refining Realm.

Her combat power approaches the Late-stage Refining Viscera.

Her identity is the Saintess of the Yuxuan Sect.

And the Yuxuan Sect is one of the three top Sects, alongside the Qianyuan Sect and Lingxiao Sect.

It is just that the Yuxuan Sect's Cultivation Technique is more suitable for women to Cultivate, so there are more women.

Ranked third on the hidden dragon ranking is Yan Jinghan, also 20 years old, the Saint of the Qianyun Sect, with a cultivation of Early Organ Refining Realm.

His combat power surpasses the Mid Organ-Refining Realm.

Ranked fourth on the hidden dragon ranking is the Saint of the Lingxiao Sect, Shen Xing, 21 years old, with a cultivation of Early Organ Refining Realm and combat power at the Mid Organ-Refining Realm.

Ranked fifth on the hidden dragon ranking is Xiahou Zhuo, 20 years old, with a cultivation of Late Stage Marrow Refining, and combat power that can cross ranks to fight those in the Organ Refining Realm.

This person's identity and background are even more extraordinary.

Because he is the ninth son of the current emperor.

Next, Chen Hu quickly flipped through the top ten of the hidden dragon ranking.

His name was not there.

Regarding this, he was not only not unhappy.

He even felt quite happy.

Why?

The reason is very simple: it shows that the intelligence capability of the organization that created the ranking is not as powerful as imagined.

After all, he is now in the Organ Refining Realm.

He believes his combat power is definitely not inferior to the Late-stage Refining Viscera, and even exceeds it by quite a bit.

But he did not make it into the top ten of the hidden dragon ranking.

Chen Hu continued to flip down, and then found his name at 22nd place.

The description of his cultivation here is Early-stage Bone-Refining Realm, capable of fighting those in the Mid-stage Marrow Refining Realm.

Very quickly.

Chen Hu finished reading the entire hidden dragon ranking.

Luo Ningshuang was also on the list, but her ranking was relatively low.

She was only ranked 98th.

At the same time, looking at the entire hidden dragon ranking, Chen Hu also discovered an interesting phenomenon.

Most of the people near the top of the list have significant identities and backgrounds.

In fact, this is the characteristic of martial arts cultivation in this world; it relies heavily on cultivation resources.

Unlike the Wuxia world where one Cultivates Internal Skill, the reliance on various cultivation resources is not strong.

Of course, the Martial Artists in the Wuxia world are also relatively weak, and compared to the Martial Artists in this world, there is absolutely no comparison.

A Skin Refining Martial Artist could go to the Wuxia world and rule supreme.

Also, Dongfang Jun was not on the list.

You must know, Dongfang Jun is an expert in the Organ Refining Realm.

After Chen Hu closed the book.

Er Niu immediately congratulated him: "Boss, congratulations on making it to 22nd place on the hidden dragon ranking!"

"What is there to congratulate? It's all trouble!"

Chen Hu said speechlessly.

He could foresee that in the future, many people would likely come to challenge him.

After all, most of those ranked ahead of him have status and backgrounds. If you go to challenge them, they might not accept, and if you win, those who are petty might directly have experts from their Family kill you in secret.

Even if they don't kill you, they can severely injure you in secret.

Just ask yourself if you are afraid, and if you still dare to challenge them.

Conversely, for him, Chen Hu, at least on the surface, he is just a Gang leader in a Prefecture City without a deep background. Defeating him can gain fame, and even if you lose, there is no danger to your life.

Because of this, Chen Hu really wanted to curse the organization that created the ranking; they were simply bored out of their minds.

At the same time.

Ling Prefecture, Mingjian Villa.

Lingjian Villa is one of the top ten Jianghu forces in Ling Prefecture.

The current Manor Master, Zhao Jiansheng, is an expert in the Blood Refining Realm.

"Dad, Dad, look quickly, this Chen Hu on the hidden dragon ranking looks so much like you!"

A young girl rushed into the courtyard in a flurry and handed the opened hidden dragon ranking to Zhao Jiansheng: "Look, doesn't he look very similar to you?"

Zhao Jiansheng stared at the portrait on the page and looked carefully for a while: "He does indeed look somewhat similar to your father!"

"What do you mean somewhat? I think at least seven or eight parts!" the young girl said earnestly, because when Zhao Jiansheng was young, an artist painted his portrait, and coupled with his successful Cultivation, even though he was over forty, he looked only in his early thirties.

"Good, good, what my Wanwan says is right, he does indeed look very much like your father. By the way, Wanwan, where did you get this book?"

Zhao Wanwan immediately said: "I bought it in the Prefecture City. Now this hidden dragon ranking is selling like crazy in the Prefecture City."

"Oh, is this book called the hidden dragon ranking? Let me see!"

"Here you go!"

Zhao Wanwan had already read it and directly stuffed the hidden dragon ranking to Zhao Jiansheng.

Very quickly, Zhao Jiansheng flipped through the hidden dragon ranking roughly, then nodded: "The ranking is considered fair!"

After sending his daughter away.

Zhao Jiansheng turned to Chen Hu's page again, stared at Chen Hu's portrait for a while, and muttered: "Could it be you?"

"Husband, what are you looking at?"

Just then, a young, beautiful woman walked in, looking at Zhao Jiansheng with a gentle face and asked: "By the way, I had the kitchen stew some soup for you, try it!"

"Madam, don't worry about drinking the soup yet, look at this!"

Zhao Jiansheng presented Chen Hu's portrait to his wife.

"Strange, why does this young man's appearance look so similar to yours, Husband?" After looking carefully a few more times, Madam Zhao added: "He looks exactly like you did when you were young!"

"Madam, do you think he could be the child we abandoned?" Zhao Jiansheng asked.

"Husband, you are overthinking it!"

Madam Zhao immediately denied it: "That child was only a Mortal Body, while this one called Chen Hu is only twenty-one years old, but his cultivation has reached the Early-stage Bone-Refining Realm. Do you think that child could reach this level with a Mortal Body?"

"That's true, it seems I was overthinking it!" Zhao Jiansheng smiled.

"Husband, drink the soup!"

Madam Zhao immediately brought over a bowl of steaming meat soup that emitted the fragrance of medicine.

After finishing the soup, Zhao Jiansheng asked: "How is that child Lier doing recently?"

Hearing the name "Lier", Madam Zhao's face immediately revealed a happy smile: "He is doing quite well. Changge is currently taking him around for training. When he returns from the training, he should be able to prepare for the Breakthrough to the Marrow Refining Realm!"

"That's good!" Zhao Jiansheng also nodded with satisfaction.