At this moment, on the inner sect disciples' side of Mystic Elixir Peak, Bai Feng was squinting, plotting something.
The Inner Sect Competition, held once every nine years, is only two years away, but my current strength is far from sufficient.
He exchanged two portions of Spiritual Marrow Liquid from the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect using the Immortal Realm Immortal Domain Token, but it only raised his Spiritual Root by First Pin, making his foundation a little Perfection.
But this isn't foolproof.
Lin Wan possessed Second Pin Ice Spiritual Root, making her far superior to him in both cultivation speed and foundation.
Even if I work hard to cultivate, I'm afraid I'll still fall far behind my opponent in two years.
This is something he absolutely cannot allow.
There are only three spots for core disciples, and two of those spots have basically been "pre-selected."
The Mystic Heaven Sect has only ten core disciples.
One radish, one hole.
After the Inner Sect Grand Competition, the top three Inner Sect disciples will automatically replace the bottom three Core Disciples.
Promotion of inner disciples is based solely on ranking, not strength. Even if you are only at the Qi Refining Stage, as long as you rank in the top three in the competition, you will still be promoted to a core disciple.
This situation actually occurred in the records of the Mystic Heaven Sect.
In an inner sect competition three thousand years ago, there was an inner sect disciple at the eighth level of Qi Refining Stage who, due to the limited number of inner sect disciples, received a bye six times in a row and only competed in one match, unsurprisingly losing.
But he only lost to the second-place finisher; he still ranked in the top three and truly became a core disciple through sheer luck.
Whether they can maintain their status as core disciples for the next nine years depends on their individual abilities.
The three core disciples who were replaced will revert to their status as inner disciples.
Of the three people who were replaced in the previous nine-year competition, one of them died in an "accident" while on a sect mission.
The remaining two have already reached the Golden Core Realm, and it's almost a certainty that they will be promoted back to core disciples in the competition two years later.
Without an extraordinary stroke of luck, it would be virtually impossible for Bai Feng to break through to the Golden Core Stage within two years.
Therefore, he could only compete with Lin Wan for the last spot as a core disciple.
It's highly unlikely that he can defeat Lin Wan through sheer strength; he'll ultimately have to resort to some underhanded tactics.
Just then, a telepathic Voice Transmission suddenly appeared in Bai Feng's mind.
"Tonight at midnight, at the back mountain of the outer gate, one hundred portions of Spiritual Marrow Liquid will help you ascend to the heavens in one step."
Bai Feng's body trembled. He quickly released his Spiritual Sense, trying to Perception the source of the Voice Transmission, but found nothing.
This was a powerful expert, someone at least one realm above him; otherwise, he wouldn't have been completely unaware of it.
In other words, the opponent should be a master at the Nascent Soul Stage, or even the Spirit Severing Stage.
"Calm your Qi Condensation and focus your energy. Don't look around and arouse suspicion. Once you reach the Spirit Severing Stage Soul stage, you can do me a small favor."
Such arrogance! The other party isn't in the Spirit Severing Stage, could they be Spirit Transformation Stage expert?
Bai Feng smiled wryly. A trivial matter? What the other party calls a trivial matter could be a matter of life and death.
Whether this Spiritual Marrow Liquid is real or fake is another matter, but since the other party has approached me, if I refuse, the consequences might not be good.
However, Bai Feng quickly regained his composure.
Since the other party doesn't dare to show up directly, they must be wary of something.
In this way, I will have time to deal with the other party.
Bai Feng has always been extremely confident in his scheming abilities.
If these hundred doses of Spiritual Marrow Liquid are genuine, then it proves that the other party does indeed need me to do things for them, and I should be safe before reaching the Spirit Severing Stage.
Take the benefits first, then we'll talk.
"This Space Spiritual Power is much more useful than I imagined."
Ling Yi glanced at Ye Tian beside him and saw the shocked expression on the other's face, so he couldn't help but sneer.
Among Ling Yi's twelve Mixed Spiritual Root, two of them are unknown.
After more than a month of experimentation and exploration, Ling Yi has been able to confirm that these two attributes are the most mysterious time and space, respectively.
When Ling Yi Voice Transmission to Bai Feng, he incorporated Power of Space, Voice Transmission Spiritual Sense to directly traverse space, eliminating the intermediate transmission route and making it impossible for him to be detected.
In addition to sending Voice Transmission to Bai Feng, Ling Yi also deliberately "revealed" a portion of his Voice Transmission Spiritual Sense near Ye Tian.
To be precise, it was the mysterious powerful figure "revealed" to Ye Tian through the jade pendant he wore.
However, the content differs slightly.
What the "old man" heard was: Bai Feng, at midnight tonight, at the back mountain of the outer gate, my lord will bestow upon you a hundred portions of Spiritual Marrow Liquid. Work diligently for my lord, and you will naturally receive many benefits.
Ling Yi intended to use the fabricated title of "My Lord" to temporarily make this old man, Ye Tian, hesitate to act rashly.
The longer people live, the more afraid they are of death. Even if this "old man" has many doubts, he would rather believe it than not.
As long as the Spiritual Marrow Liquid he offered was genuine, the "old man" would be even more hesitant to act rashly.
At this moment, Elder Xuanyun had already flown onto the arena.
His face didn't look very good; it was simply because the outer disciples on his side were too incompetent.
Among Ling Yi and his group of outer disciples, the strongest among them was only at the Qi Refining Stage Second Level.
On the other hand, the weakest members of the Cloud Firmament Sect are at the Qi Refining Stage Second Level.
With this positive and negative stance, the competition has essentially lost all meaning.
I'm sure I've lost face today.
Cloud Firmament Sect has clearly come here today to humiliate us; it's no wonder Elder Xuanyun is angry.
Elder Xuanyun, hovering above the arena, said in a deep voice, "The rules of the arena competition are as follows: players will be randomly matched according to their seat numbers. Those who draw a match will go up to the arena to compete, and the winner will remain in the arena until they are defeated."
Elder Xuanyun was quite interesting; he made no attempt to hide his dissatisfaction, not even bothering with pleasantries, and directly announced the rules of the arena.
As for this rule, even a fool can see that I have more people on my side, so I'm going to play a war of attrition with you.
The Cloud Firmament Sect didn't say much. They had one fifth-level Qi Refining Stage and three fourth-level Qi Refining Stage. With these four disciples, it wouldn't matter how many people the other side had.
After Elder Xuanyun finished speaking, he flew off the arena. The rest of the matter was naturally left to the inner disciples of Mystic Cloud Peak.
Ling Yi also shook his head. Unless he or Ye Tian revealed their true strength, Mystic Heaven Sect was destined to lose face today.
Just then, an inner disciple from Mystic Cloud Peak arrived at the edge of the arena and announced loudly, "East Bing No. 499 versus West Jia No. 23!"
Dongbing 499? Holy crap, isn't that my seat number?
Ling Yi looked down to confirm, and sure enough, it was his seat number.
Do I have to be the first one?
Just then, Ling Yi felt countless gazes fall upon him simultaneously.
At the same time, a telepathic Voice Transmission appeared in Ling Yi's mind.
"If you win, after three years, regardless of whether you have reached the Qi Refining, Third Layer, you will be allowed to enter the inner sect and join my Mystic Cloud Peak."
Was that Elder Xuanyun's Voice Transmission? That old man did it on purpose!
"But if you lose, I will personally escort you away from the Mystic Heaven Sect tonight."
The important part is what comes next, isn't it?
Is this a blatant attempt to expel me from the Mystic Heaven Sect?
Ling Yi, who had originally planned to continue playing it safe and concede defeat as soon as he stepped onto the stage, suddenly felt displeased.
He glanced at Elder Xuanyun, then at the gloating expressions on the other people's faces, and became even more displeased.
Hide and seek? Hide my ass! Hide and seek is totally not for Laozi.
Since you want to see me make a fool of Laozi, then Laozi 'll make you all the fool of myself.
Before his transmigration, Ling Yi was a Reckless Man and violent man.
It's just that he became extremely cautious after time-traveling.
After all, this is a world of cultivation, and he dared not act recklessly.
Moreover, Ling Yi now has his own trump card; if things get out of hand, he can simply run away.
Of course, Ling Yi wouldn't be foolish enough to reveal his full strength.
If one were to reveal their Qi Refining stage cultivation, even a ninth-level Qi Refining stage cultivation would be fine; they could even find an excuse to fool someone.
However, if one were to reveal their strength at the Foundation Establishment Stage Great Perfection, there would be no turning back.
By then, even a fool would realize that there's something wrong with him.
Ling Yi completely Ignore the gazes of others, leaped directly from his seat, and with a series of explosive sounds as he stepped on the air, he was on the arena in the blink of an eye.
This move immediately surprised everyone.
"My martial arts are merely mortal techniques, Moonwalk. I apologize for my poor performance." Ling Yi stood in the center of the arena, clasped his hands in a fist salute to the crowd, and spoke with Aura Jianghu, the martial arts world) about him.
After speaking, Ling Yi looked at Elder Xuanyun, "Using mortal martial arts shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"Of course, there's no problem. Mortal martial arts also have many extraordinary aspects. Using Spiritual Power to exchange for Internal Energy to perform mortal martial arts will make them even more powerful."
Elder Xuanyun's eyes lit up; he had forgotten that this young man came from a family of martial arts masters.
Although Martial Practitioner and cultivators are not comparable, if Martial Practitioner cultivates to a certain level, their strength should not be underestimated.
The Master Realm is equivalent to the Qi Refining Stage, the Grand Master Realm is equivalent to the Foundation Establishment Stage, and the Legend Martial Venerable, or even Martial Saint, is comparable to the Golden Core Stage and Nascent Soul Stage.
The head of the Ling Clan family, Ling Yi's father Ling Zhan, possesses the strength of Great Peak Grandmaster.
His strength is comparable to that of Early Golden Core Stage.
Furthermore, the Ling Clan controls a Spirit Stone mine.
Every year, they spend a large amount of Spirit Stone to purchase a massive amount of Body Tempering Pill from the Mystic Heaven Sect.
This is one of the sect's main sources of income from Spirit Stone.
Do you really think just anyone can spend a few Spirit Stone to get into the Mystic Heaven Sect through back channels?
Of course, the Mystic Heaven Sect wasn't without its crooked intentions.
However, Ling Zhan directly buried a large number of spirit explosion arrays underground in Ling Yun City and in that Spirit Stone mine. Anyone who dares to try to steal them will Jieyin. Nobody can play with them.
Elder Xuanyun had met Ling Zhan several times, but he did not have a good impression of him.
That's a Reckless Man, a Madman, a damn rich Madman.
At that moment, an outer disciple from the Cloud Firmament Sect also stepped onto the arena.
Compared to Ling Yi's Xiaosa, this guy seems much more low-class.
Qi Refining Stage, one hasn't yet learned any powerful techniques, only the most basic methods of using Spiritual Power.
However, this fire still maintained an arrogant expression; cultivators looked down on Martial Practitioner —it was a deeply ingrained belief.
He didn't think he could lose to Ling Yi, who was only at the Qi Refining Stage, First Layer.
" Liu Liwei, an outer disciple of the Cloud Firmament Sect, possesses Fifth Pin Wind Spiritual Root. Please offer your guidance."
Do I still need to report my Spiritual Root?
" Ling Yi, an outer disciple of the Mystic Heaven Sect, possesses Ninth Pin Mixed Spiritual Root. Please enlighten me!"
"Pfft, Junior Brother, are you kidding me? How could someone with Ninth Pin Mixed Spiritual Root be recruited as an outer disciple by the Mystic Heaven Sect?" Liu Liwei couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"I got in through connections!"
"You talk about getting in through connections with such confidence?" Liu Liwei's contempt deepened.
"Let me preface this by saying that the martial arts I practice are too domineering. Senior Brother, you'd better protect yourself with your Spiritual Power first."
Upon hearing Ling Yi's words, Liu Liwei's face immediately darkened. What the hell did he mean? This lowly trash with a Ninth Pin- grade Mixed Spiritual Root at the Qi Refining First Layer was threatening him?
Seeing the other person's expression, Ling Yi explained again, "Most martial arts in the mortal realm originate from battles; all martial arts techniques are methods of killing."
Ling Yi wasn't genuinely trying to be helpful by reminding this guy; he was just giving the others a heads-up.
Since there's no way to play it safe anymore, let's just go all out and make a big splash.
"Then I shall learn your mortal martial arts from you, junior brother. Please make the first move," Liu Liwei said coldly.
Ling Yi curled his fingers and hissed, "Senior brother, be careful, Six Meridian Divine Sword!"
A beam of purple light shot out from Ling Yi's fingertips, heading straight for Liu Liwei.
Liu Liwei, who had initially paid no attention, suddenly narrowed his eyes and almost instinctively took half a step to the side.