"Have you heard? Something huge happened at Hundred Flowers Mountain again yesterday. Four Golden Core Realm cultivators went up the mountain with several disciples, and every last one of them perished!"
"You know too little. Those four Golden Core Realm cultivators were Elders from the Immortal Sect and Ten Thousand Swords Sect. They went to Hundred Flowers Mountain to kill Chen Fan, only to encounter a swarm of over a hundred thousand Man-Eating Bees. In the end, they died before even achieving their goal. What a pity!"
"Heh heh, all you know is one side of the story! Rumor has it that someone paid a hefty price to learn the truth from a Ten Thousand Swords Sect disciple. That swarm of over a hundred thousand Man-Eating Bees was summoned by Chen Fan himself. He played a flute to gather the vast swarm, then came down the mountain completely unscathed!"
"What? It was actually like that?"
"Th-this... how is that possible? If he can control Man-Eating Bees, then who in the Heavenly Court can possibly be his match?"
"Who cares whether it's true or not? The final outcome is that four Golden Core Realm cultivators went to kill Chen Fan, and all four perished, while Chen Fan left safe and sound. No one knows where he is now, and the Immortal Sect and Ten Thousand Swords Sect have lost all face, reduced to a laughingstock."
In just one day, Chen Fan's reputation soared once more. Countless Qi Refining Realm youths throughout the cultivation world, including disciples of smaller sects that had only just stepped into the world, had already taken Chen Fan as their role model.
Although Chen Fan had yet to challenge any trials or take part in the Heavenly Court's tests, leaving his Heavenly Soldier Ranking fixed at