Wang Baole: Making the Top Four Counts as Success in My First Grand Competition

At dawn, the sun rises and its light shines on the earth.

For the Heaven Piercer ever, Chu Feng got up early and came to the courtyard to wait for the disciples to arrive.

He encountered Elder Bing as soon as he stepped outside.

"Mr. Chu."

Bing Yan rarely saw Chu Feng get up early, and a hint of surprise appeared in her eyes.

Where are you going?

Chu Feng asked casually.

Elder Bing said, "I plan to go and guide my disciples in their cultivation; there are only two months left until the Grand Competition."

"Go, go."

Chu Feng said with a smile.

"Mr. Chu, farewell."

After Elder Bing finished speaking, he flew away on his sword.

A moment later, Xiao Chen, Cao Youqian, Qin Qin, and Wang Baole arrived at the villa one after another.

They saw Chu Feng sitting in the courtyard and all bowed in greeting.

"Disciple greets Master."

No need for formalities.

Chu Feng continued, "Sit down, everyone. I have something to tell you."

Upon hearing this, everyone gathered around the stone table, quietly waiting for Chu Feng to speak.

"Everyone, there are only two months left until the grand competition. To encourage your training, let's set a small goal for the competition here."

After Chu Feng finished speaking, he turned his gaze to everyone.

Xiao Chen spoke first, "Master, this disciple has only one goal this time, and that is to win first place in the True Disciple Competition."

Chu Feng nodded slightly. He wasn't worried about Xiao Chen at all. This kid was invincible in his realm; it would be strange if he didn't take first place.

Cao Youqian continued, "Master, my goal is also to win first place in the inner sect competition."

"How many martial arts styles and internal skills have you mastered so far?" Chu Feng asked with a serious expression.

"Reporting to Master, after nearly a year of cultivation, I have mastered forty-nine techniques. Before the competition, I will be able to perfect at least a few more techniques, at which point my cultivation will break through to the True Fate Fifth Layer."

Cao Youqian became more and more confident as he spoke, believing that first place in this inner sect competition was already his for the taking.

"Good."

Chu Feng patted Cao Youqian on the shoulder. "Since you're so confident, then I'll wait for you to bring the champion of the Inner Sect Competition back to the Miscellaneous Dao Institute. Our Miscellaneous Dao Institute has never had a disciple win the Inner Sect Competition."

Cao Youqian clenched his fists. "This disciple will absolutely not disappoint Master."

Chu Feng then turned his gaze to Qin Qin, who was standing to the side, and said with a smile, "Qin'er, although you are only a cultivator at the True Fate Second Layer, you have naturally heterochromatic eyes and have also awakened Divine Physique. This time, we don't need to care about your final results in the competition; you just need to let the world witness your full strength."

"Master, your disciple will certainly not let you down."

Qin Qin spoke respectfully in unison, but in her heart she was thinking that when her senior brother's dantian was shattered and he had to rebuild it, he was still able to overpower everyone in the Outer Sect Grand Competition. She was not as good as her senior brother and second senior brother, but she could still make it to the finals.

Listening to the goals of his senior brothers and sisters, Wang Baole was filled with admiration, wondering when he could become as powerful as them.

Just then, Chu Feng turned his gaze to him. He didn't have high expectations for this little disciple, even though the boy's cultivation speed was very fast. He had broken through two minor realms in five months and was now at the Dao Foundation Fifth Layer.

However, Wang Baole is Culinary Dao, and he is only at the Dao Foundation Realm, so he cannot yet demonstrate the power of Culinary Dao. Facing a group of outstanding talents from the outer academy, winning the championship will not be an easy task.

"You should set a goal for yourself, kid. I won't say anything more."

Upon hearing this, Wang Baole's lips curled up slightly, and he said earnestly, "This disciple considers it a success to have participated in the top four of the competition for the first time."

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Chu Feng looked at Wang Baole with a black face and laughed, "You're pretty good at making a scene, kid. Alright, I'll be waiting for you to become a successful person."

Upon hearing this, the disciples present felt that there was nothing wrong with their master's words, but they also had a strange feeling that they couldn't quite explain.

Wang Baole stood up, patted his chest, and assured his master, "Master, rest assured, your disciple will do his utmost!"

Chu Feng said, "Alright, since you all have your own goals, let's keep working hard."

"Promise!"

Everyone responded in unison.

Meanwhile, at the Dao-Seeking Academy, in the dean's villa.

Besides Chu Feng, all nine chief disciples and other high-ranking members of the Dao-Seeking Academy were gathered here.

This competition is crucial to passing on the true teachings, and the dean personally presided over the meeting.

After some discussion, the venue for the competition was decided. The outer disciples would compete on the arena as in previous years, while the inner disciples and true disciples would compete on the Dao Mirror Lake of the Dao-Seeking Academy.

Dao Mirror Lake covers an area of Wanli, making it more than enough to hold the Inner Sect and True Disciple Grand Competition.

The final part of the meeting, and also the highlight of every competition, is the selection of the seeded players.

As per past practice, the heads of each academy would nominate candidates, and the ten best candidates would be selected by the judges present.

There was no controversy regarding the ten promising candidates for the outer sect and the true lineage, but considerable controversy arose when it came to the inner sect.

The Profound Fire Pill King, his face flushed and neck bulging, said, "My junior Cao Youqian, has also awakened his Divine Physique and achieved minor mastery of Fist Intent. Why isn't he qualified to be one of the top ten seeded players?"

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent. None of the heads of the other major academies came out to refute it, after all, Divine Physique is always a top contender as long as its status is high enough.

"But if we do that, the Miscellaneous Dao Institute will have two seeded players, while our old rule is that each school must have at least one."

The head of the Artifact Refining Institute frowned as he spoke.

The people present nodded in agreement.

"That's right. If a college doesn't have any promising players, it's a huge blow to the students in that college."

"This rule has been in place for tens of thousands of years and cannot be changed casually."

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Profound Fire Pill King said, rather annoyed, "But the Miscellaneous Dao Institute didn't have that before, did it?"

The Carefree Sword King, "That's because no one from the Miscellaneous Dao Institute has participated in the Grand Competition for hundreds of years."

After he finished speaking, Profound Fire Pill King was powerless to refute him, and could only turn his gaze to the Dean.

Where is Little Feng?

The dean asked curiously, after all, as the head of the Miscellaneous Dao Institute, it was best for Chu Feng, as the master, to handle such matters.

The chief elder of the Internal Affairs Hall paused for a moment, then said, "Please forgive me, Dean Miscellaneous Dao Institute hasn't participated in the Grand Competition for a long time; I forgot to inform them."

The dean wanted to shout angrily at him, but he held back.

"Then Elder Hua, you should personally discuss this matter with Chief Chu and have him select a promising candidate from among your two disciples and submit his name. I need the result within three days!"

"Promise!"

Elder Hua responded and breathed a sigh of relief.

The dean immediately waved his hand and said, "Meeting adjourned!"