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Chapter 214: Renown throughout the immortal sect
Cloud-Dwelling Residence, Three Peaks Cave Abode.
Morning sunlight spilled across the floor. The tea room was silent, save for the rising sound of water in the jade stove.
Once the spirit water boiled, a male cultivator with sharply defined features and an air of distinction about his brows lifted the jade kettle. Water streamed from its spout like a silver thread, washing over the dark brown tea leaves.
In an instant, fragrant tea mist curled upward and spread through the room.
"Have you seen the latest Rising Stars Ranking?" Gu Xiao asked with a faint smile.
The refined cultivator sitting opposite him frowned slightly, took out his phone, and opened it.
"So that was it. Flawless foundation establishment at twenty. The Jade Purity Immortal Sect has gained another young prodigy." Shen Yuanbao spoke with an elder's air, passing judgment on Chen Beiwu from a superior's position.
At his words, the other two young cultivators looked slightly startled and hurriedly opened the Jade Purity Immortal Sect Official Website.
"Third on the Rising Stars Ranking? What right does a cultivator contracted to a Golden Scale have to replace Brother Shen on the ranking?" the black-robed cultivator demanded indignantly.
"Exactly. They both achieved flawless foundation establishment, but Brother Shen's contracted companion beast is an upper-grade third-tier treasure beast, the [Thunder Moon Zheng]. How could some inferior Golden Scale compare?"
The female cultivator in palace robes, whose exquisite features were framed by black hair cascading to her waist, spoke in agreement. Admiration filled her eyes as she looked at Shen Yuanbao.
"An ordinary Golden Scale couldn't have let Chen Beiwu achieve flawless foundation establishment, much less reach third on the Rising Stars Ranking." Shen Yuanbao shook his head slightly.
He understood the admiration the siblings Ding