During his stay at the Demon God Sect, Ke Zhenyi had managed to avoid this round of Demon General challenges perfectly. Moreover, his strength had improved tremendously there, and he had successfully become an official Demon General.
Now that he had come out, he was already an Ancient Realm expert. Most of the people in the Jianghu who wanted to challenge him were weaker than he was.
That was his luck. Liu Wangtai envied him immensely for it, unlike himself, who had fought tooth and nail just to gain such an opportunity.
Besides his improvement in strength, Ke Zhenyi had also earned the regard of an elder of the Demon God Sect. Even if it was only temporary, that was still an enormous gain.
"You seem to have some mission to carry out on this trip?" Huang Xiao asked.
"It's for that precious sword for Elder Wu's disciple," Ke Zhenyi said. "Over the past year, he collected quite a few materials, but I felt there was something unsuitable about the ores he provided."
"Really? An elder couldn't provide suitable ores? Didn't you say the requirements for this sword weren't very high?" Huang Xiao asked, somewhat disbelieving.
"The requirements aren't high, but that's relative. Besides, I must set high standards for myself. That's my principle. If I'm going to do something, I'll do it to the best of my ability," Ke Zhenyi said very seriously. "You can't call the ores Elder Wu provided poor. In terms of value and rarity alone, they certainly went beyond what was needed to forge a precious sword for a disciple. But in the forging arts, it isn't a matter of the rarer the ores you provide, the better. What matters is whether they're suitable. His disciple specializes in using a flexible sword, so the requirements