Group Member Assessment, Best Group Member and Raid Starter Fang Zheng!

At that moment, not a single group member had imagined that the group leader, who had been offline for half a month, would launch a surprise inspection the instant he came online.

During the days of his closed-door cultivation, everyone had actually missed him quite a bit—his daily hefty red packets, the top-tier cultivation techniques he shared...

In the days he had been absent, it was as though they had lost their backbone. They had become lazy and slack, muddling through their lives of lying flat.

They feared he would not come, yet feared even more that he would come and stir up trouble. Why did he have to start inspecting them the moment he came online?

Damn it! They had indulged themselves too much lately, their cultivation progress had been slow, and now they were going to get scolded!

That day, not a single group member dared to speak loudly.

Of course, that excluded the best group member and raid starter, Fang Zheng!

I Really Don't Want to Sacrifice to Heaven (Fang Zheng): Hahaha, how difficult is it for a person to persist? With such a poor cultivation atmosphere, while all you fellow group members indulged yourselves in pleasure, I did it. There is nothing left in my heart but persistence!

The Immortal Ascension Tribulation is Still Chasing Me (Group Leader): Like!

The Runner-Up of the Cultivation World (Chen Bo): No, Lord Fang Zheng, you...

Fallen Genius (Xiao Chunnan): That little flavor came right up with one scratch!

Villain Self-Redemption In Progress (Zhao Gao): Trash doesn't dare speak...

A Sword Immortal with Clean Sleeves (Zhou Zheng): I think there is a traitor among us, but I won't say who.

I Don't Eat Cilantro (Ling Yuanyuan): Brother Fang Zheng, want a date?

Cold Palace Nail House (Liu Ruyan): Whatever punishment there is, I shall bear it all on my shoulders. Group Leader brother, come punish me. You can punish me however you want!

The Immortal Ascension Tribulation is Still Chasing Me (Group Leader): The inspection begins now. Please truthfully report your Combat Power growth data, cultivation progress, and give a brief report on your current circumstances.

The Immortal Ascension Tribulation is Still Chasing Me (Group Leader): @I Really Don't Want to Sacrifice to Heaven, Fang Zheng, you go first.

Fang Zheng was delighted to be called out by the group leader, but he found it somewhat difficult to truthfully report his Combat Power growth data.

After all, he had concealed a little of it in the group. He was afraid that progressing too quickly would dampen the other members' enthusiasm.

Take Runner-up Brother, for instance. If Fang Zheng said he gained a thousand Combat Power every day, the man would still have confidence in catching up. But if Fang Zheng revealed that he was actually gaining one hundred thousand Combat Power at a time every day, what if the man fell into despair?

Without him clamoring in the group every day about reclaiming the runner-up throne, Fang Zheng feared he would lose much of his amusement.

But then again, the group leader had bestowed too much favor upon him. If his Combat Power growth was not impressive enough, would that not mean the group leader had misjudged him?

Mm, the group leader must always be right. He absolutely would not allow the group leader's wise and mighty image to suffer even the slightest damage!

With that thought, Fang Zheng no longer hesitated and replied directly.

I Really Don't Want to Sacrifice to Heaven (Fang Zheng): Reporting to the Group Leader, everything on my side is currently stable. The Heavenly Dao has sealed off the space, and the twenty-four Supreme Beings cannot escape. I've been chasing them until they leap and scurry about with the Star Suppressing Seal in hand. If you wish to activate a help request mission, I can go up and pick a fight at any time!

As for my Combat Power growth data over the past half month: fifteen days ago, it was 1.5 million; at present, it is 3.2 million. Among them, the Great Evolution Heaven Swallowing Art has reached the fifth layer, the Spirit Control Art has reached the sixth layer, and the Fighting Character Art has achieved minor mastery.

"Mm, not bad. This Fang Zheng truly pleases me!" Chen Yi nodded with considerable satisfaction.

At his current rate of progress, without considering bottlenecks, he could reach 30 million Combat Power in at most a year!

But unfortunately, breaking through from the million-level of Combat Power to the ten-million level was not so easy.

This was equivalent to advancing from Spirit Transformation to the Body Integration realm. Though the laws of the worlds differed, and so did their cultivation systems, all roads led to the same destination: one had to harmonize the Primordial Spirit with the physical body, achieving a state where spirit and body merged as one, seamless and whole!

This process was exceptionally torturous. Take Mu Chen, the group leader of the 98th group, for example. Even with the chat group's assistance, he had been firmly stuck at 9.5 million Combat Power, at the God Transformation Peak. Without several decades of experience, he absolutely would not be able to advance.

Even Chen Yi himself had taken a full thirty years to succeed back then. Although that was partly because he had taken many wrong turns, slow was still slow.

However, with Fang Zheng to guide him through the fog, he certainly would not take any wrong paths. He would not need as long as thirty years; somewhere between three and ten years was a more reasonable estimate.

Mm, judging from this, Fang Zheng had effectively secured a teammate slot for the "Exorcism Instance" in advance.

The Immortal Ascension Tribulation is Still Chasing Me: Fang Zheng did very well. Answer in his format. Who's next?

The Runner-Up of the Cultivation World: Me!

The Runner-Up of the Cultivation World: I thought I had hidden things well enough, but I never expected Lord Fang Zheng to hide them even more ruthlessly. Let me greet you first—Fang Zheng, you dog!

The Runner-Up of the Cultivation World: Sorry, I lost my composure. I'll answer now:

Reporting to the Group Leader, my situation is not very stable. The friction between the sect I am in and its rival force has grown increasingly intense, and a sect war is about to begin. If you wish to take on a help request mission, I'll go pull the shrimp vein out of that rival force's prodigy right now and start the war directly!

My Combat Power growth data over the past half month is as follows: fifteen days ago, 32,000; now, 200,000. Although my Combat Power is low and the increase may not look like much, the growth rate is as high as 625%. I should be a little more impressive than Lord Fang Zheng, so I still have a chance to catch up!

This mainly relied on the Great Evolution Heaven Swallowing Art, which is an extremely good fit for my Innate Spirit Infusion Body. It has currently reached the fourth layer. The Spirit Control Art is a little lower, only at the third layer. As for the Fighting Character Art... I don't have it. I want it.

"Indeed, not bad. You want the Fighting Character Art? You're not qualified yet." Chen Yi shook his head slightly.

The Fighting Character Art was unlike other cultivation techniques. It was a top-tier secret offensive art that grew stronger against stronger foes, with an unknown upper limit. During battle, it could continuously stack fighting intent, ultimately unleashing power amplified tenfold!

Its only drawback was that reckless use below the Nascent Soul stage would damage one's foundation.

It was precisely because there was a threshold that he had only allowed Fang Zheng, whose Combat Power met the standard, to download it. It was definitely not because Fang Zheng knew how to please him and was thus allowed to enjoy it alone.

The Immortal Ascension Tribulation is Still Chasing Me (Group Leader): If you want the Fighting Character Art, reach 1 million Combat Power and download it immediately.

The group leader modified the download conditions for the shared file "Fighting Character Art."

The Immortal Ascension Tribulation is Still Chasing Me: Runner-up qualifies too. Who's next?

Fallen Genius downloaded the file "Fighting Character Art."

Fallen Genius (Xiao Chunnan): Sorry, sorry, my hand was too fast. Then I'll be the one to receive the beating!

Fallen Genius (Xiao Chunnan): Reporting to the Group Leader, although I already introduced my situation while you were in closed-door cultivation, that does not stop me from saying it again in front of you.

My name is Xiao Chunnan. The identity I transmigrated into was that of the Young Clan Leader of the Xiao Family, one of the three great families of Black Soil City in the Gana Empire. I was once harmed by treacherous people because my talent defied the heavens, resulting in my Dantian being destroyed. I became a Fallen Genius, and my fiancée even came to break off the engagement. A very familiar script...

Of course, none of that is important. What matters is that our Xiao Family has quite a story behind it!

Not only are we a fallen imperial clan, but our clan also preserves an extraordinary treasure capable of opening the Spirit Emperor's Secret Treasure. If Great Group Leader wishes to take on a help request mission, I'll carry our family's heirloom treasure out and flaunt it through the streets right away!

Finally, my Combat Power growth data over the past half month: fifteen days ago, it was 930,000; at present, it is 1.3 million. I was able to make such great progress mainly thanks to the two advanced cultivation techniques shared by Great Group Leader. Both the Great Evolution Heaven Swallowing Art and the Spirit Control Art have reached the fourth layer.