Rumors of Chen Yunxuan

Chen Yunxuan?

Zhang Wenyuan engraved the name in his heart. But when he looked up, he found that Chen Yunxuan and the other person had already disappeared.

"Benefactor, I, Zhang Wenyuan, will repay you for saving my life today, no matter what it takes."

Zhang Wenyuan secretly swore that if he ever got the chance, he would repay Chen Yunxuan's kindness.

After waking his younger sister, Zhang Wenyuan didn't leave right away. Instead, he took out the beast cores of the Third-tier Demonic Beast and the fourth-tier beast.

Chen Yunxuan didn't care about these things, but to Zhang Wenyuan, they were extremely precious.

After all, both were worth a fortune. Even if he didn't use them to cultivate, he could exchange them for a great deal of cultivation resources.

By now, quite a few people had gathered in the depths of Wind Chime Valley. Although this was a competition, no arena had been set up. Instead, several powerful figures had laid down a barrier.

Those competing had to enter the barrier and fight until a winner was decided before it would be opened.

"Yushu, what are you looking for?"

Cheng Yulin, the Cheng Family's Young Family Head, saw Cheng Yushu searching the crowd and couldn't help asking.

"Nothing. I'm looking for Chen Yunxuan."

"I don't believe he'd miss something as important as the Northern Domain competition." Cheng Yushu frowned.

"Chen Yunxuan? The person you mentioned when you came back last time?"

"Has a Prodigy really appeared in the Great Zhou Kingdom?"

"Is he really as formidable as you say?" Cheng Yulin asked with a frown.

Hearing this, Cheng Yushu nodded. Chen Yunxuan's performance that day was hard to forget.

After all, it was because of Chen Yunxuan's actions that he'd lost his position as Young Family Head.

Cheng Yushu and Cheng Yulin were brothers born of the same mother, and they were twins. So the position of Young Family Head had naturally fallen to Cheng Yulin.

"If not for him, there wouldn't have been such a huge upheaval in the Great Zhou Kingdom. I wouldn't have been branded incompetent by the elders of the family and stripped of my position as Young Family Head."

"He's only sixteen, yet he's already reached the Transcendent Realm Second Layer."

"The most terrifying thing is that even a ninth-layer Transcendent Realm expert was no match for him. Uncle Liu fought him that day."

"Uncle Liu's assessment was that this youth has astonishing combat prowess and can fight a first-layer Divine Ability Realm expert, with... the outcome still uncertain."

"Tell me, does that sound impressive or not?" Cheng Yushu said gravely.

This wasn't the first time Cheng Yulin had heard this, but he and the other members of the Cheng Family all thought it sounded exaggerated.

How could a place like the Great Zhou Kingdom produce such a Prodigy?

Besides, when members of the Cheng Family went to the Great Zhou Kingdom afterward to handle the aftermath, they investigated the Chen Family. They found that the family had fled and their whereabouts were unknown.

That only made the Cheng Family think Cheng Yushu had been lying.

Otherwise, if the Chen Family had already destroyed the Great Zhou Imperial Family and secured its place as the foremost family in the Great Zhou Kingdom, why would they run?

But now Cheng Yushu had brought up Chen Yunxuan again, and Cheng Yulin couldn't help giving it some serious thought.

Could such a Prodigy really exist?

Meanwhile, the elders leading the Four Great Families had gathered with the elders of the five major sects.

Although this was called the Northern Domain competition, the true core contenders—the promising younger generation—would surely come from their forces.

"I think it's about time. Everyone who was going to come should be here by now."

"Why don't we start the Northern Domain competition?"

"The other three domains should be starting around now, too."

"We can't fall behind them."

"Exactly. We should select our candidates quickly so we can train them properly before the Four Regions Martial Arts Gathering. That way, we won't embarrass ourselves when the time comes."

"Embarrassment is the least of our worries. The most important thing is getting a place in the Four Regions Martial Arts Gathering."

"Right. This time, our Northern Domain must stand united."

The various Northern Domain forces had never been more united. Though each had their own little schemes, they shared the same ultimate goal.

"Then... shall I make the announcement?" an elder of the Blazing Flame Sect asked with a smile.

"Elder Zhao, you're the strongest among us. You should make the announcement."

"Exactly. Let Elder Zhao announce it."

"Very well. In that case, I won't stand on ceremony."

Elder Zhao nodded with a smile, then looked toward the crowd.

"Quiet, everyone!"

At the sound of Elder Zhao's voice, everyone who had been talking fell silent.

"I'm sure all of you youngsters know why the Northern Domain competition is being held ahead of schedule."

"Your presence here proves that you're all among the finest of the Northern Domain's younger generation."

"The rules are simple: a one-on-one elimination tournament."

"The top ten contestants will represent our Northern Domain in the Four Regions Martial Arts Gathering!"

"The Four Great Families and the five major sects have each selected five contestants. They'll advance directly to the final round."

"I trust no one has any objections?"

Objections?

Who would dare object?

"Good. Since no one has any objections, we'll begin drawing lots and forming the groups."

After Elder Zhao finished speaking, everyone except the disciples of the Four Great Families and the five major sects began drawing lots.

To be honest, this was little more than going through the motions.

Elder Zhao and the others already had a list in mind of everyone with genuine talent and ability.

The Northern Domain competition was being held openly for everyone to see partly to demonstrate their fairness, and partly to find out whether any talents had gone unnoticed.

While everyone was drawing lots, Chen Yunxuan and Wanshitong arrived at the competition grounds.

"You really aren't going to compete?" Wanshitong glanced at Chen Yunxuan and asked curiously.

"It'd be boring. All of them together still wouldn't be a match for me. Why waste the time?"

If anyone else had heard this, they would have called Chen Yunxuan arrogant. But Wanshitong knew him well enough to know he had every right to say it.

Traveling with Chen Yunxuan had left Wanshitong unable to help marveling: Chen Yunxuan was a madman, a madman who cultivated every waking moment.

It was as if his life had only one purpose: to grow stronger.

"So you're planning to challenge them directly, fight, and then leave?" Wanshitong asked curiously.

"Forget it. Let's wait. There's no need to ruin their Northern Domain competition."

With that, Chen Yunxuan walked to one side, leaned against a tree, and sat down.

In the distance, Cheng Yushu had been looking around. When he didn't see Chen Yunxuan, he had just begun to relax, but then his heart suddenly jolted.

It's him!

He really came!

"Chen Yunxuan, you really came!" Cheng Yushu was so tense that his voice trembled slightly.

"Who? Chen Yunxuan?"

"Where is he?" Cheng Yulin asked curiously.

"Over there!"

Cheng Yushu pointed. Cheng Yulin followed his finger and saw Chen Yunxuan resting with his eyes closed.

"That's him?"

"He's really that young?"

"But why... isn't he drawing lots?"