39: Chapter 39 The Outer Sect Competition in Ten Days!

Senior Brother Chen Feng, sitting on the back of a crane, was originally full of complaints about the Sect Elder's urgent order interrupting his Cultivate.

He clearly cared so much about that group of incoming Prodigy, yet he insisted on letting these Prodigy remain in the Outer Sect, only to urge him to rush over in the middle of the night to announce some Sect Master's decree.

If he cared so much, he should have come himself; why put on such airs and make me do the running around?

As a powerhouse at the half-step Golden Core Stage, don't I have any Face?

But when he flew to the small courtyard where Su Yi and the others were staying and watched the entire process of the exchange between Su Yi and Gu Wanquan, he couldn't help but be shocked.

Having already set half a foot into the Golden Core Stage, he had no interest in the petty squabbles of the Qi Refinement Stage.

Yet, whether it was Su Yi's miraculous Water Arrow Technique or Gu Wanquan, who casually blocked all attacks, both gave Chen Feng a great sense of unreality.

Even he, currently at the Peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage, could not control the Water Arrow Technique as well as Su Yi did!

And that white-clad Gu Wanquan was even more terrifying; the sword hanging at his waist felt like a venomous snake, giving Chen Feng the illusion that it could lunge at his Face at any moment!

How bizarre!

Even if the opponent was Heaven-Defying, he was merely a Cultivator at the 8th Level of Qi Refining; how could he make him, at the Peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage, feel threatened?

Recalling his own time in the Qi Refinement Stage, it took him half a year just to manifest a Golden Light Curse, and he stumbled for over four years before finally achieving Breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Stage and entering the Inner Sect.

He had originally thought he could be considered a proud son of heaven, a local Genius and hero!

But now, compared to this group below, what kind of insignificant fool was he?

Not to mention the two 8th Level of Qi Refining Prodigy who were almost like monsters, even the few bystanders watching the fight were all at least at the 4th Level of Qi Refining!

He had personally watched this group being admitted into the Outer Sect, and he had even arranged their living quarters himself!

When they entered the Outer Sect, they had absolutely no cultivation at all; what had they been eating to be able to Cultivate so quickly?

He was a great Cultivator at the 9th Level of the Foundation Establishment Stage, a half-step Golden Core!

Compared to this group below, why did he feel his own level was so subpar!

Could it be that Genius are now a dime a dozen?

Senior Brother Chen Feng, sitting on the crane's back, saw Su Yi turning to go back to his room; he couldn't afford to doubt life anymore and immediately spoke up to stop Su Yi.

Su Yi looked up and discovered Senior Brother Chen Feng sitting upright on the crane's back in mid-air; he stopped curiously, leaning against the door frame with his hands tucked into his sleeves.

Senior Brother Chen Feng jumped down from the crane's back, landed in the courtyard, smiled at Su Yi, and then looked at Gu Wanquan.

He lingered for a moment, especially on the long sword at Gu Wanquan's waist, and his body involuntarily adopted a defensive posture.

Gu Wanquan was not surprised by the sudden appearance of Senior Brother Chen Feng, as if he had known about him from the very beginning.

"It is so late, yet Senior Brother Chen still comes to see us?" Gu Wanquan said, looking at Senior Brother Chen Feng with a gentle smile on his Face.

Although Gu Wanquan had a smile on his Face, the vigilance in Senior Brother Chen Feng's heart did not cease.

He did not understand why the sword worn by an 8th Level of Qi Refining Cultivator would give him such a great sense of crisis.

Putting aside the doubts in his heart, Senior Brother Chen Feng cleared his throat and said: "I am conveying the Sect Master's decree: in the Outer Sect Competition ten days from now, you are all allowed to participate as an exception!"

Su Yi, leaning against the door frame, stiffened; unable to understand, he blurted out: "Ten days? Isn't it in a month?"

According to the storyline, after Gu Wanquan joined the Luoxia Immortal Sect, he would win the Outer Sect Competition within a month and enter the Inner Sect as the top Disciple!

Why was it moved up by half a month?

Senior Brother Chen Feng smiled and explained: "The Outer Sect Competition lasts for 15 days; in a month, it should be the final duel!"

Su Yi nodded, but Gu Wanquan, standing to the side, asked with slight confusion: "Outer Sect Competition? What is that?"

Senior Brother Chen Feng smiled and said: "The Outer Sect Competition is the annual competition for Outer Sect Disciple of the Luoxia Immortal Sect. Any Disciple who has not reached the Foundation Establishment Stage can participate. The winner will directly enter the Inner Sect and become an Inner Sect Disciple!"

To become an Inner Sect Disciple of the Luoxia Immortal Sect, there is only one hard requirement: achieve the Foundation Establishment Stage and wait for the Sect's assessment to become an Inner Sect Disciple.

The only shortcut is to win the Outer Sect Competition and become the number one person below the Foundation Establishment Stage in the Luoxia Immortal Sect, which allows for direct promotion to Inner Sect Disciple!

Hearing Senior Brother Chen Feng's explanation, Gu Wanquan still asked with a smile: "Senior Brother Chen just said it was to convey the Sect Master's decree. Does the Sect Master want us to participate?"

"Yes, you have just arrived at the Luoxia Immortal Sect, and you are not familiar with many of the rules. The Sect Master was afraid you would miss this Outer Sect Competition, so he specifically sent me to inform you!" Senior Brother Chen Feng replied with a nod.

Hearing Senior Brother Chen Feng say this, Gu Wanquan nodded and did not ask further.

Senior Brother Chen Feng glanced at Yin Chaoge and the others; although they were not as good as Su Yi and Gu Wanquan, their strength still made Senior Brother Chen Feng marvel.

Clearly, they had all just come into contact with cultivation, yet these people had improved to their current Realm at a speed like taking a rocket!

This made Senior Brother Chen Feng, who had originally prided himself on being a Genius, finally understand why the Sect Elder had sent him.

If these Prodigy were placed in any blessed land, they would be objects fought over by all the major blessed lands.

Therefore, the Luoxia Immortal Sect naturally attached such great importance to them!

Then, as the one who came to convey the Sect Master's decree, wasn't he just as valued by the Sect as these Prodigy?

Senior Brother Chen Feng, who had been full of complaints, now felt moved by the Sect's high regard for him.

While Senior Brother Chen Feng was feeling touched, Gu Wanquan looked at the others in the courtyard and asked gently: "I wonder which Junior Brother or Junior Sister is willing to participate in the Outer Sect Competition with me?"

The gentle question carried another layer of meaning.

I, Gu Wanquan, am going to this Sect Competition; who among you wants to come along and just run the race?

No matter who it is, I will be the winner in the end anyway!

Yin Chaoge and the others looked at each other and shook their heads one after another.

Even Su Yi, at the 8th Level of Qi Refining, could do nothing against Gu Wanquan.

In ten days, for them to surpass Gu Wanquan, it would require a miracle.

There was no need to become the stepping stone for Gu Wanquan to enter the Inner Sect in this Sect Competition.

A trace of satisfaction flashed in Gu Wanquan's narrowed phoenix eyes; he seemed satisfied with his ability to suppress everyone.

Just as he was about to turn to Senior Brother Chen Feng to say he was preparing to participate in this Outer Sect Competition,

Su Yi, leaning against the door frame, spoke up first: "Since that is the case, then I will trouble Senior Brother Chen to register me!"

Upon hearing this, Senior Brother Chen Feng immediately said somewhat unhappily: "Junior Brother Su, this is where you are wrong. We are fellow Disciples; why speak such distant words? Your business is my business. If you act so distant again, I will lose my temper!"

Gu Wanquan stared at Su Yi before him, and a trace of displeasure flashed in his narrow, long phoenix eyes.

He admired Su Yi's talent; being able to break through five Realms in one day was enough for him to take notice of him.

But Su Yi's repeated overestimation of his own abilities made Gu Wanquan feel somewhat uncomfortable, and he felt a trace of annoyance at Su Yi's lack of awareness!

"Junior Brother Su is truly courageous despite repeated setbacks!" Gu Wanquan looked at Su Yi and exclaimed with a different meaning.

Su Yi, however, leisurely held onto the door frame, looking at the biggest boss he had encountered so far, his peach-blossom eyes full of smiles:

"What? Is Senior Brother afraid that in ten days, my strength will advance by leaps and bounds and then surpass you?"