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Chapter 308: Sweeping away rotten wood
Azure-Ming Peak, Water-Evolving Residence.
Shen Lingxing and Chen Beiwu stood ten zhang apart.
The former was Jade Purity's First Seat, renowned throughout the Immortal Sect for years; the latter was an unparalleled prodigy who had revealed his brilliance and forged a Primordial Origin Golden Core.
Their confrontation could be considered a testament to the old era and the new.
"As it happens, I would also like to experience the strength of Jade Purity's First Seat."
Chen Beiwu raised his eyes to meet Shen Lingxing's, his expression perfectly calm.
Boom!
Neither moved. The mere clash of their auras stalled the ten-thousand-zhang waterfall, while the Spirit Vigor permeating their surroundings split into two opposing domains.
Sensing the terror of that aura, Shen Lingxing reined in his fighting spirit slightly, undisguised admiration appearing in his eyes.
"What a Primordial Origin Golden Core. Your strength truly is extraordinary, junior."
Shen Lingxing was not merely being polite. Immortal Alliance cultivators could roughly gauge one another's strength through clashes of their auras.
An ordinary Golden Core Peak Stage cultivator, locked onto by his aura, would already have suffered disordered Magic Power and an unstable aura, leaving them no choice but to retreat.
For Junior Chen, a Golden Core Late Stage cultivator, to absorb his entire aura so effortlessly, meeting every change with unchanging composure, meant they were opponents on the same level.
"Your strength is formidable as well, Senior Shen."
People carried one another's flower-decked sedan chairs. Faced with Shen Lingxing's praise, Chen Beiwu politely returned the compliment before changing tack:
"But continuing to probe each other like this is rather dull. Why not fight directly?"
"Wait!"
True Lord Jiang Chuan stopped them from the side, saying with interest, "The Sect has long had a rule: disciples must enter