Zhao Qingshan felt utterly stifled.
With Lin Chen's Devouring Talent, if he wanted to advance quickly, he could definitely catch up to that little girl.
But Lin Chen still had to enter Wild Domain Dragon City, so he needed to suppress his cultivation.
One rising while the other held back—the gap between them would only grow wider and wider.
In two months, Han Bingxue might already be at the peak of the ninth level of the Return to Origin Realm.
Yet Lin Chen would still be lingering at the ninth level of the Qi Condensation Realm.
Suppressed by an entire major realm, no matter how many methods Lin Chen possessed, he would be unable to contend against her.
Zhao Qingshan had no choice but to resign himself to it.
At that moment, Han Bingxue was also in the sky, curiously sizing up Lin Chen on Sect Leader Peak.
She had been cultivating in a secret realm this entire time, eating all kinds of top-grade pills and wearing top-grade equipment.
For a time, she had thought the disciples outside were all the same.
But upon coming out today, she saw that this was not the case at all.
"Master, is he that junior nephew who came in second?" Han Bingxue asked, her face cold and expressionless.
Like an old urchin, Green Mountain Ancestor did not even spare Lin Chen a proper glance. "That's right. Good disciple, when the Newcomer Competition comes, beat them up hard."
"Yes, Master."
"Good. Your master will take you into the wilderness now to kill Demon Beasts and practice the art of combat."
The two turned into a streak of white light and vanished into the distance in an instant.
Lin Chen stretched his stiff neck. "This old ancestor really has no martial virtue."
"Junior Brother Lin...