"If that was the case,
"Then I really had to take first place."
Chen Sanshi also understood that people from renowned clans across the realm were certainly different from those in impoverished backwaters like Poyang County.
Take the Blood Refinement realm, for instance.
Most people in Poyang County merely had the word "great."
But his qi coursed through his entire body. How could they be the same?
Whether imperial kin or members of great clans, no matter how mediocre they were, they could not be too lacking. At the very least, resources would be more than sufficient, not to mention that their talents were hardly poor.
Among great clans, at least one parent was a high-realm martial artist. Coupled with the fact that wealthy people had many children, each generation could generally produce someone with decent talent. With good luck, they might even produce a genius.
Challenging someone across realms would certainly be difficult.
And for the Organ Refinement realm, martial artists gained a special state known as Blood Burst, whose amplification was terrifying to the extreme. He might not win even across a single realm, let alone when his cultivation technique was only at mastery. At the very least, he needed to reach minor accomplishment.
The only problem was that time was tight.
Once war broke out, Elite Selection Officers from all across the country had been summoned ahead of schedule, causing the selection to begin much earlier.
For him to reach minor accomplishment in Organ Refinement, it would take at least twenty-odd days.
Unless he could obtain more beast meat—preferably exotic beast meat—and find someone to spar with him every day and night without rest. Then perhaps he could be faster.
"Forget it. I'll go take a look first."
Chen Sanshi set off in a carriage with Sun