"I refuse!"
Chen Changsheng's voice was quiet, but it shattered the trump card Mu Cheng had been so proud of.
"Do you know what you're saying?"
"I do!"
"But I have no interest in being an Outer Sect Disciple. I'm aiming for a higher position."
"So sooner or later, I'll surpass you. None of your offers tempt me."
Meeting Chen Changsheng's calm gaze, Mu Cheng's anger reached its peak.
"Fine, fine, fine!"
"You won't drink the wine offered in courtesy, so you'll drink the wine of punishment instead. Let's see if you can enter the outer sect today!"
With that, Mu Cheng swept his sleeves and left.
Chen Changsheng paid little heed to Mu Cheng's attitude. What truly concerned him was the Sea of Bitterness that had stopped expanding.
He slowly closed his eyes, and his consciousness entered the Sea of Bitterness.
Splash!
The golden Sea of Bitterness churned without cease. Countless illusory Chen Changshengs threw punches along its edge.
With every punch they threw, Chen Changsheng's Sea of Bitterness widened by a fraction.
Strangely, the Sea of Bitterness, which had been expanding, had suddenly come to a halt.
No matter how the figures struck, its solid boundary did not budge in the slightest.
Faced with this, Chen Changsheng said, "Come out. I know it's you."
As his words fell, another Chen Changsheng appeared, identical to him.
Yet this Chen Changsheng gave off a completely different impression from the one outside.
The Chen Changsheng outside was composed and restrained, like a sword yet to leave its sheath.
The Chen Changsheng in the Sea of Bitterness, however, seemed utterly at ease.
Beneath that ease lay unfathomable cunning and wisdom.
"What did you call me out for? I've been enjoying a quiet spell lately!"
A green lotus bloomed from the Sea