417: The Holy Son can only be Lu Chen

He once competed with Zhao Yujing for the Holy Son position. Both were figures of their generation who had cultivated an Immortal Embryo and held the promise of becoming Immortals. However, he simply couldn't defeat Zhao Yujing, losing every single battle.

Now, Zhuang Hao wanted to fight Zhao Yujing one last time before Zhao Yujing stepped down from the Holy Son position, to wash away his past shame. Unexpectedly, that inhumane fellow, Zhao Yujing, had already stepped into the Ascension Realm before him. This final battle could only die in the womb!

Heh, it wasn't that he, Zhuang Hao, was afraid of Zhao Yujing; it was that Zhao Yujing lacked martial virtue.

Fighting in the same Realm is what a true man does! What kind of skill is Ascension Realm!

Shameless fellow, stay aside.

The Holy Master didn't mind Zhuang Hao's sudden change in attitude, as he was already familiar with his current demeanor.

Since failing to compete with Zhao Yujing for the Holy Son position and suffering damage to his Dao Heart, Zhuang Hao was taught for a long time by those Immortals in the Hidden Immortal Land to repair the flaw in his Dao Heart. However, after his Dao Heart was mended, Zhuang Hao seemed like a different person.

Shameless, thick-skinned. The Zhuang Hao who was once fearless, who didn't respect heaven or earth, was long gone. The current him, well...

...is more in tune with his true self.

Of course, this is a good thing.

Being too stubborn often leads to a quick death.

"I came to tell you that you also need to run for the Holy Son position," the Holy Master's voice drifted lightly.

Zhuang Hao smiled freely: "Without Zhao Yujing, how boring is the Holy Son competition? If I make a move, who can be my opponent? In that case, I will gladly accept this Holy Son position."

The Holy Master shook his head: "You cannot take this Holy Son position."

Zhuang Hao smiled confidently: "Within this Dongxu Immortal Mansion, excluding those few elderly Ascension Realm experts, who is my match?

"Holy Master, why don't you tell me, who can defeat me?"

Holy Master: "Among the candidates for the Holy Son position this time, there is a very remarkable young fellow."

Zhuang Hao said indifferently: "How remarkable?"

Holy Master: "He has cultivated for less than four years, yet he has cultivated 37 Dharma Forms. You tell me, how remarkable is that?"

Zhuang Hao was instantly silent!

After a long while, he finally couldn't help but say: "How can such a monstrous talent appear in this world?"

He originally thought that Zhao Yujing was the most unreasonable and monstrous fellow, but who would have thought that besides Zhao Yujing, there was now another Lu Chen, and he also came from the Dongxu Immortal Mansion.

It's not that he, Zhuang Hao, isn't strong enough to be unmatched among the current generation of the Dongxu Immortal Mansion; it's that there are too many abnormal people!

37 Dharma Forms!

Is this something a human can cultivate?

It's utterly unreasonable. He, Zhuang Hao, despises such unreasonable people the most.

Go stay aside!

"Then I won't go to this Holy Son election." Zhuang Hao waved his hand and was about to leave.

He had been suppressed and beaten by Zhao Yujing for so many years; there was no reason to go out and be suppressed and beaten by Lu Chen now. He wasn't looking for trouble.

The Holy Master raised his hand and grabbed Zhuang Hao, who was turning to leave, back, saying: "I'm telling you to compete for the Holy Son position, not telling you to be the Holy Son now."

Zhuang Hao was helpless: "If you don't want me to be the Holy Son, why do you still want me to compete for the Holy Son?"

Want to see me get beaten?

What's wrong with you!

The Holy Master smiled: "I'm letting you compete, not letting you contend with Lu Chen. You only need to defeat everyone else. After Lu Chen steps down as Holy Son, you will be the next Holy Son."

Even Zhuang Hao, who no longer cared about anything, was infuriated to the point of laughter at this moment.

He pointed back at himself: "Me? Take over the Holy Son position after Lu Chen steps down?"

That Lu Chen has only cultivated for four years!

How old can he be?

Then how many years will this Lu Chen sit on the Holy Son position?

Does the Holy Master think he can outlive Lu Chen?

He knew that Ascension Immortal was no longer possible in the Human Realm. If Lu Chen took that position, he would most likely stay there until the Holy Master's term ended.

And the future Holy Master would be Zhao Yujing.

That fellow Zhao Yujing is the same age as Zhuang Hao. By the time Zhao Yujing's lifespan is nearing its end and he steps down as Holy Master, and Lu Chen steps down as Holy Son, Zhuang Hao's grave might have changed grass patch after grass patch. What kind of Holy Son would he be then!

"This Holy Son position is not meant for me. Holy Master, you should find someone else tens of thousands of years from now!" Zhuang Hao waved his hands repeatedly.

The Holy Master casually slapped Zhuang Hao to the ground: "If I tell you to be the Holy Son, you are the Holy Son. Why waste these words."

Zhuang Hao climbed up from the ground, feeling wronged, and didn't say anything more.

Fine, I'll die for you to see in a few tens of thousands of years.

"I know what you're thinking. But you've underestimated Lu Chen, and you've also underestimated Zhao Yujing." The Holy Master ignored Zhuang Hao's wronged expression and continued on his own: "Zhao Yujing has already declared that in three years, he will enter the Immortal Path and forcefully open the Heavenly Gate to Ascension Immortal.

"Looking at Lu Chen's momentum, he will likely also Ascension Immortal and leave around that time. By then, I will leave, and the Immortals of the Dongxu Immortal Mansion will all ascend through the Heavenly Gate.

"And you, will be the Holy Son of the Dongxu Immortal Mansion in three years, and also the future Holy Master. Understand?"

Zhuang Hao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said urgently: "In three years, I also want to open the Heavenly Gate to Ascension Immortal and enter the Upper Realm."

Ascension Immortal is no longer possible in the Human Realm. Staying any longer is just waiting for death.

Whoever wants this Holy Son position can have it; he certainly isn't taking it.

He wanted to Ascension Immortal, he wanted to become an Immortal, he wanted to go to the Upper Realm, he wanted to live forever.

The more Zhuang Hao thought about it, the more excited he became.

The Holy Master unceremoniously poured cold water on him: "Whether you can even reach Ascension Realm in three years is questionable, let alone Ascension Immortal?"

Zhuang Hao's words immediately stopped, and he was brought back to reality, instantly becoming honest.

But soon, Zhuang Hao's eyes lit up again: "Okay, in three years, I will take over the Holy Son position."

Zhao Yujing can enter the Immortal Path and open the Heavenly Gate to Ascension Immortal, Lu Chen can enter the Immortal Path and open the Heavenly Gate to Ascension Immortal, and he, Zhuang Hao, can do the same.

As long as he Ascension Immortal before he is three thousand years old, he can go to the Immortal Path.

But, he doesn't have much time left.

In a little over a thousand years, he will be over three thousand years old, and it is absolutely impossible to reach Ascension Realm and then Ascension Immortal within a thousand years.

Therefore, he wants to be the Holy Son, and even the Holy Master, to leverage the power of the entire Dongxu Immortal Mansion to help him cultivate and Ascension Immortal.

The Holy Master nodded in satisfaction: "In that case, in two days, you will clear out all the Disciples who want to compete for the Holy Son position except for Lu Chen, and help Lu Chen take the Holy Son position."

As he spoke, the Holy Master's expression suddenly became serious: "Remember, no matter whether Lu Chen can defeat you in the end, you must lose.

"The Holy Son can only be Lu Chen."

Zhuang Hao was so angry he laughed: "Is the Holy Master overestimating me too much?

"Lu Chen has cultivated 37 Dharma Forms. Is that something I can win against?!"

If he doesn't beat me to death, I should thank him. You still want me to win against him?

Isn't this a joke?

The Holy Master slowly shook his head: "Lu Chen has cultivated for too short a time. He is currently only in the Faxiang Realm, not yet in Tongtian."

Zhuang Hao's eyes lit up again, 'Still just Faxiang?'

Damn, you scared the hell out of me! I thought it was a Tongtian with 37 Dharma Forms!

If he is only in the Faxiang Realm, then he, Zhuang Hao, will definitely fight and win.

Because he is also about to enter the Ascension Realm, and he has also cultivated Sixteen Dharma Aspects. With the advantage of being in a Realm more than one major Realm higher, he can stably suppress Lu Chen.

Of course, the Holy Master has the final say, and the final Holy Son position belongs to Lu Chen.

However, Lu Chen will inevitably take a beating from him.

For no other reason, just because Zhao Yujing beat him.

ps: Two chapters updated together. I'm still writing and trying to make up for the two chapters I took leave for the past few days!