Over the years, countless enchanting geniuses have entered the Azure Cloud Sect.
Some have exceptionally high comprehension, cultivating at an astonishing speed, crossing several realms from the Bone Refining Realm to the Innate Secret Realm in just one year.
Others have special physiques, possessing immense strength. Even in the Bone Refining Realm, they can pull up mountains, their strength comparable to the Half-Step to the Innate Realm.
In comparison, this young man in front of them doesn't seem particularly outstanding.
Even if he relied on his Viscera Refining Realm strength to withstand the siege of four Marrow Refining Realm cultivators and still managed to reach the thirty-mile stone tablet, his evaluation in the eyes of the White-Browed Old Man and Instructor Su could only be considered excellent.
Take Instructor Su's Little Rain Peak, for example, which ranks last among the thirty-three peaks of Azure Cloud. However, she could find at least three disciples who could resist the pursuit of Marrow Refining Realm cultivators and still complete the Sea Trials.
But...
A Viscera Refining Realm cultivator could actually withstand the pressure of fifty cauldrons and still stand tall under this immense pressure.
Let alone finding a second such disciple within Little Rain Peak, even searching all thirty-three peaks of Azure Cloud wouldn't yield another one.
Instructor Su was about to step forward and pull Luo Zheng out of the immense gravity.
However, the White-Browed Old Man stopped her, "Don't rush, look at what he's doing?"
Instructor Su looked closely and saw streams of red, blood-like liquid flowing from his body. The surprise on her face grew even stronger: "He's actually refining his viscera!"
Their vision was much higher than that of the four people just now. They could tell at a glance that these red liquids were not blood, but impurities from the internal organs. However, most people expel these impurities from their bodies through gradual accumulation over time, but this young man had expelled such a large amount of impurities in a short period.
"This child, his future..." The White-Browed Old Man was about to make a definitive statement, probably the extremely uncreative phrase "boundless future."
But Instructor Su suddenly said, "His future is bleak, right?"
The White-Browed Old Man asked in confusion, "Instructor Su, what do you mean by that?"
"I think this kid's aptitude is mediocre. It's already his luck that he barely passed the Sea Trials. As for what you're seeing now, I want you to pretend you didn't see it," Instructor Su said with a sweet smile, but the meaning of her words was completely unreasonable.
The White-Browed Old Man wasn't a fool. Hearing Instructor Su's meaning, she wanted him to keep this secret.
However, the Sect Rules stipulated that if a particularly outstanding disciple was discovered during the Sea Trials, it should be reported level by level. A child like this definitely fit this rule.
"This..." The White-Browed Old Man hesitated again. If Luo Zheng's performance was just as before, he could turn a blind eye. But now, Luo Zheng's performance was that of a once-in-a-thousand-years genius. If he concealed this matter, wouldn't it be too much?
Instructor Su saw the White-Browed Old Man hesitate, and her radiant, flower-like smile slightly hardened, "No need to hesitate. Do I need to use the Son of Heaven Token?"
"Cough, cough..." Hearing the three words "Son of Heaven Token," the White-Browed Old Man immediately coughed violently. Since Instructor Su entered the Azure Cloud Sect, his health had been deteriorating day by day. Every time there were Sea Trials, this girl made him anxious and fearful. It would be strange if his health were good.
What was the Son of Heaven Token?
It could be used to ask "that person" in the Burning Heaven Palace to do one thing.
Exterminating a clan, killing people, slaughtering a nation...
These monumental matters were just simple trivialities to that person.
The prerequisite was that you had a Son of Heaven Token to be qualified to ask for something.
In the past two hundred years, only a total of six Son of Heaven Tokens had flowed out from the palace.
The Ouyang Family in the Imperial City had once obtained a Son of Heaven Token by chance. Later, they enshrined it in the family's main hall. Relying on the prestige of a Son of Heaven Token, they actually leaped from an ordinary small family to one of the Ten Scholar Clans.
Although this was inseparable from the Ouyang family members' painstaking efforts and diligent cultivation, that Son of Heaven Token undoubtedly played a huge role. With such a token enshrined, who would dare to touch you?
The young man in front of him was indeed a rare genius, but to casually use a Son of Heaven Token seemed a bit too exaggerated.
Although he also understood that this girl was using the Son of Heaven Token to threaten him, he was even more aware that with her personality, if he continued to dawdle, she might actually do it.
Since she had said so, did the White-Browed Old Man have anything else to say? He could only lower his head and say submissively, "Since you have decided this, then this matter does not need to be reported."
"Remember, I want everyone to be unaware of this matter. The images recorded on that Trust Jade must all be deleted. They cannot be seen by a third person!" Instructor Su thought for a moment, then instructed, "Later, it's best to make this kid keep quiet too. If people from other peaks really find out, the trouble will still be considerable."
After speaking, she looked at Luo Zheng with fiery eyes, as if gazing at an uncarved treasure.
Luo Zheng was concentrating on letting the warm current wash over his body. Now, continuously absorbing the pressure, the impurities in his internal organs had been almost completely expelled.
He took a deep breath, his whole body trembling violently. A large amount of red impurities surged out from his pores. From a distance, he looked like a blood person.
"Finally reached the peak of the Viscera Refining Realm! Only a thin line separates me from stepping into the Marrow Refining Realm!"
A glimmer of light shone in Luo Zheng's eyes. This speed of progress made him very happy. At this stage, only by rapidly increasing his strength could he contend with Luo Peiran and be qualified to go to Purgatory Mountain to rescue his sister.
According to his plan, he still wanted to continue cultivating here, perhaps allowing himself to cross that line and break through to the Marrow Refining Realm.
However, his legs began to tremble. Under this immense pressure, his legs finally couldn't support him, and he was about to lose his balance and fall to the ground.
But at this moment, a pair of hands grabbed Luo Zheng's neck and pulled him out of this path.
Luo Zheng felt his body lighten, and the invisible pressure dissipated. Turning around, he saw that the one who pulled him out was the White-Browed Old Man, who was also in charge of supervising this Sea Trial. Beside the White-Browed Old Man stood a beautiful woman in a green dress, like a celestial being.
"You have already passed the Sea Trials, why are you still lingering here?" the White-Browed Old Man said sternly.
Being reprimanded like this, Luo Zheng said calmly, "This disciple did not know that lingering here was not allowed."
"Now you know? Take the jade pendant and exchange it for a trial token, and wait to participate in the trial assessment," the White-Browed Old Man said.
Luo Zheng obediently turned his head and left. Naturally, he didn't want to provoke the White-Browed Old Man unnecessarily. However, after walking two steps, he turned his head back and asked, "May I ask the examiner, if I am fortunate enough to enter the Azure Cloud Sect, can I still enter this path?"
Using pressure to temper his body allowed Luo Zheng's cultivation to progress extremely quickly. He was somewhat addicted to it, so he was naturally very concerned about this question.
Hearing this, the White-Browed Old Man sneered, "This is a place for Innate Secret Realm experts to cultivate. If you want to enter, you need Sect points to be qualified. I won't pursue your responsibility for using it improperly this time, but please keep it a secret and don't tell anyone!"
Luo Zheng nodded and then quickly left.
After Luo Zheng had walked far away, the White-Browed Old Man turned back to Instructor Su and said, "What do you think of what I said?"
"Hmm! Not bad. As a thank you, I'll give you this!" Instructor Su wore a small five-colored flower ring on her hand, inlaid with five different colored gemstones, which was quite beautiful. With a light tap of her finger, a bright silver pill appeared in her hand, which she casually tossed to the White-Browed Old Man.
When the White-Browed Old Man received the bright silver pill, his expression immediately changed drastically.
As expected, Instructor Su's generosity was extraordinary. This bright silver pill was actually a Life Creating Pill!
One Life Creating Pill could extend a person's life by one year! It was a fifth-grade sacred medicine, extremely rare!
An inch of time is worth an inch of gold, and ten thousand pieces of gold cannot buy an inch of time. For many elderly people in their twilight years, a year's time was already extremely precious and could change too many things.
He hadn't expected Instructor Su to casually reward him with such a valuable item. If he hadn't been afraid of losing face, he probably would have burst into tears on the spot.
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