"What does it matter if we end up in the same group? Our cultivation levels are different. We'll probably be eliminated before we even run into each other. If we can't get a good ranking this year, we'll have experience next year and will definitely secure one." Chen Huai'an was somewhat excited as well.
If all he wanted was to stop being a servant, there was no need for Chen Huai'an to participate in this Challenge Tournament.
What worried him most was having no strength while possessing valuables he could not hide. He understood the principle that carrying jade invited crime. If he earned a good ranking in the sect, he could receive cultivation resources every month, avoid disputes and gossip, and keep petty people from setting their sights on him.
Even if someone did set their sights on him, it would still deter some petty people. If they wanted to make a move, they would have to weigh things carefully and see whether they had the strength to snatch anything from him.
"Eh? You registered as being at the Fourth Layer of the Body Tempering Realm, but you're already at the Fifth Layer?" The disciple in charge of registration had only asked about the challengers' cultivation as a matter of routine, since some people had broken through during this period. Yet when he saw Chen Huai'an's information, he could not help crying out in surprise.
If Chen Huai'an had possessed a high-grade single Spiritual Root, or even a mid-grade single Spiritual Root, he would not have been this shocked. This guy had a Five Elements Mixed Spiritual Root, trash that did not even qualify as low-grade, yet he had broken through another layer of cultivation in just one month.
"Could this guy have some great power backing him, or