A Glimmer of Hope

Sword Sect encampment.

In Chen Fan's small courtyard, he locked himself inside his room.

He held a Blood Seed in each hand, constantly sensing the power within them.

Since he could not obtain the Azure Sacred Flower, he cast aside all other thoughts and focused on the Blood-Melting Technique.

With his "three minds" working together, coupled with the steady rise in his idle-training progress, Chen Fan's Blood-Melting Technique advanced several times faster than idle training alone.

With idle-training slots available, he basically never took a wrong turn in his cultivation...

While cultivating the Blood-Melting Technique, he continuously absorbed and refined Blood Crystals, and the power of the God-Defying Blood within his body kept growing stronger...

Before the second round of preliminaries had ended.

Chen Fan, who was in seclusion, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at a jade token flashing with a faint glow in his hand.

"Hm? Senior Brother Zhang Fan is looking for me? The second round of preliminaries should only end the day after tomorrow. Didn't I say not to disturb me before then? Could something important have happened?"

Chen Fan raised an eyebrow, then waved his hand and released his clone. He pressed his palm against the clone's head.

A split soul immediately flowed from his body into the clone.

Tilting its head, the clone glanced at Chen Fan, took the jade token, and walked out of the room.

"Junior Brother Chen Fan."

Zhang Fan approached him head-on. "Elder Chen brought some people over. She said they are Miss Bai and Miss Luo from the Purple Moon Sect. They are in the guest rooms!"

There was no need to say that Miss Bai and Miss Luo referred to Bai Zhi and Luo Fangyan.

"Hm? Why are those two looking for me at a time like