Senior Brother from the Same Courtyard? Battle of the Top Hundred, Broaden Your Horizons?

After glancing briefly at the Mount Shu Sword Technique, Chen Changqing flipped through the Mount Shu Mental Method.

For him, understanding these cultivation techniques was not important.

After all, he possessed the AFK Cultivation System; when the time came, he could simply let the system handle the cultivation.

"This Mount Shu Mental Method is an orthodox technique for circulating spiritual power."

"It emphasizes the circulation of the heavenly cycle, endless and ever-flowing."

"Using the dantian as a furnace and the meridians as a guide, spiritual power surges like a river, cycling repeatedly without leakage or stagnation."

After a simple scan, Chen Changqing turned his attention to the Mount Shu Movement Technique.

It contained detailed descriptions of the training steps for the Mount Shu Movement Technique.

Things like treading on snow without leaving a trace, flowing clouds and phantom shadows, shrinking the earth into an inch...

Chen Changqing only gave them a cursory look.

He would not be practicing these techniques himself; everything would be left to the AFK Cultivation System.

"Knock, knock!"

Just then, a series of knocks sounded at the courtyard gate.

Hearing the sound, Chen Changqing quickly composed his thoughts and stood up to walk outside.

Opening the gate, he saw a young man standing outside.

The young man's appearance was not particularly handsome, but his face was kind, and he was currently staring at Chen Changqing with a full smile.

"Senior Brother, who are you?"

Chen Changqing asked tentatively.

Hearing this, the young man bowed to him and said politely:

"Hello, Junior Brother!"

"My name is Wang Yang, and I live next door to you."

"Since you are new to the inner sect, if there is anything you don't understand, feel free to come find me at any time!"

When the previous inner sect disciple brought Chen Changqing to Azure Firmament Valley, Wang Yang had already noticed him.

He also discovered that Chen Changqing's current cultivation level was only at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage.

In his view, being able to enter the inner sect with such a cultivation level meant Chen Changqing must be extraordinary.

Naturally, Wang Yang wanted to befriend such a person.

Hearing what Wang Yang said, Chen Changqing quickly returned the salute:

"Hello, Senior Brother Wang."

"I am Chen Changqing from the Seven Courtyards."

What surprised Chen Changqing was that after hearing his introduction, Wang Yang could not help but be startled:

"Seven Courtyards?"

"Junior Brother Chen, you came from the Seven Courtyards of the outer sect?"

Chen Changqing nodded. Although the Seven Courtyards were at the bottom of the Seven Outer Courtyards, he did not feel there was anything shameful about it.

Moreover, in this Outer Sect Grand Competition, he had represented the Seven Courtyards and won first place among the outer sect disciples.

From now on, the status of the Seven Courtyards in the outer sect would surely rise significantly.

"Hahaha!"

At this moment, Wang Yang suddenly burst into laughter.

Seeing this, Chen Changqing frowned slightly and asked in confusion:

"Senior Brother Wang."

"I come from the Seven Courtyards; is that very funny?"

Seeing that Chen Changqing had misunderstood, Wang Yang quickly explained:

"Junior Brother Chen, you have misunderstood me; I had no intention of mocking you."

"To tell you the truth, I also came from the Seven Courtyards of the outer sect."

With Wang Yang saying this, Chen Changqing realized that he had indeed misunderstood him.

He had thought the other party was mocking him upon hearing he was from the Seven Courtyards.

He hadn't expected that Wang Yang, like him, had also come from the Seven Courtyards.

"So that's how it is."

"I misunderstood you earlier, Senior Brother. My apologies!"

Wang Yang didn't mind, smiling as he said:

"Junior Brother Chen, you are too kind."

"Since we both came from the Seven Courtyards of the outer sect, we can consider ourselves family from now on."

Chen Changqing nodded. Upon learning that Wang Yang was a senior brother from the same courtyard, he naturally felt a sense of closeness toward him.

After chatting for a while longer, Wang Yang took his leave.

Once Wang Yang had departed, Chen Changqing returned to his room.

As soon as he sat down, a notification from the system echoed in his mind:

[Ding!]

[Mount Shu Sword Technique, Mount Shu Mental Method, and Mount Shu Movement Technique detected.]

[Initiate AFK cultivation?]

"Cultivate!"

Chen Changqing responded immediately without a second thought.

He had been waiting for the system to respond just a moment ago, but Wang Yang had shown up at his door instead.

Soon, Chen Changqing noticed four Little Golden Men appearing before his eyes.

One of the Little Golden Men was practicing the Mount Shu Sword Technique.

The sword momentum was continuous, like surging clouds and waves.

Another sat cross-legged, practicing the Mount Shu Mental Method.

Its breathing was rhythmic, circulating endlessly.

The third Little Golden Man began practicing the Mount Shu Movement Technique.

Its movements were light and agile, landing without a sound.

As for the final Little Golden Man, it was practicing the Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique over and over again.

Watching the four Little Golden Men diligently performing their AFK cultivation, Chen Changqing smiled with satisfaction.

Having an AFK Cultivation System is just great!

Who needs to practice diligently?

Chen Changqing yawned, lay down on his bed, and fell fast asleep.

Time slipped away.

Before he knew it, ten days had passed.

At this moment, Chen Changqing was leisurely sunbathing in his courtyard.

Suddenly, a knock at the door broke the silence.

"Hmm?"

Chen Changqing frowned slightly, rose from his recliner, and lazily opened the courtyard gate.

Focusing his gaze, he saw Wang Yang standing outside with an excited expression.

Seeing Wang Yang's demeanor, Chen Changqing asked in surprise:

"Senior Brother Wang."

"Why have you come?"

Wang Yang smiled and replied:

"Junior Brother Changqing!"

"You've been in the inner sect for ten days now. Don't you find it boring to just stay cooped up in your room practicing every day?"

Hearing Wang Yang's words, Chen Changqing was stunned.

Truth be told, he was actually quite bored.

After all, he didn't need to practice the inner sect techniques of Mount Shu at all; the AFK Cultivation System handled it for him.

Wang Yang assumed he was practicing hard.

In reality, over these past ten days, Chen Changqing had either been sleeping in his room or sunbathing in the courtyard, living a life of total leisure.

After a brief pause, Chen Changqing asked in confusion:

"Senior Brother, what do you mean?"

Wang Yang smiled faintly and said:

"Come on, follow me to watch the Battle of the Top Hundred!"

As soon as those words left Wang Yang's lips, Chen Changqing was taken aback, muttering in slight confusion:

"The Battle of the Top Hundred?"

Chen Changqing wore a look of utter bewilderment as he spoke, not quite grasping what Wang Yang meant.

Seeing this, Wang Yang gave an awkward laugh and scratched his head. "Look at my memory; I forgot you only just joined the Inner Sect!"

He then explained, "In the Inner Sect, aside from daily cultivation, there is also the Top 100 Ranking."

"As the name suggests, the disciples who make it onto the Top 100 Ranking are by no means ordinary."

"Furthermore, disciples who break into the Top 100 Ranking even have the chance to be taken under the wing of one of the Seven Peak Masters, or perhaps be scouted by a Nascent Soul Elder and taken on as a personal disciple!"

"Because of this, the Inner Sect's Battle of the Top Hundred is exceptionally intense, and everyone takes pride in being able to enter the Top 100 Ranking."

After Wang Yang's explanation, Chen Changqing finally understood.

In truth, the jade slip that Elder Qian had given Chen Changqing and the others at the registration office earlier had also contained information regarding the Top 100 Ranking.

It was just that Chen Changqing hadn't bothered to read any of it.

While Chen Changqing was lost in thought, Wang Yang grabbed his arm and said with a smile, "Junior Brother! Stop overthinking it. The Top 100 Challenge Tournament is happening today, so let me take you to see the world."

Hearing this, Chen Changqing smiled faintly. He figured he had nothing better to do anyway, so there was no harm in going to see this so-called Battle of the Top Hundred.

"Alright, then I'll have to trouble you to lead the way, Senior Brother."

With that, the two did not linger and set off together.