The Trial Tower Opens, True Yan King's Guidance (3.5k)

After all the teams had gathered...

A voice resounded throughout the 1008 buildings, announcing. "All participants, proceed to the Central Plaza to assemble."

All the participants gathered in the square.

A man dressed in a blue battle robe publicly announced the rules of the Genius Battle.

Chen Yi, who was familiar with the original plot, naturally knew that this man in the green robe was the host of this year's Genius Battle, the Nine Swords Venerable!

The rules of the Genius Battle were the same as he remembered.

First, the "Trial Tower" eliminates the vast majority of people. The top 100 in the Trial Tower can directly enter the Virtual Universe Company, leaving only the 101st...

The top 7300 can compete for the remaining 900 spots. In short, the Trial Tower will eliminate one million geniuses who have the potential to become World Lord or even Undying beings in the universe. In the Virtual Universe Company, if you don't get a good ranking in the Trial Tower, you won't even qualify for the subsequent selection.

Because the Virtual Universe doesn't need Ordinary Immortal, their training and honing are so intense that those without sufficient qualifications cannot survive.

After announcing the rules, the Nine Swords Venerable left.

Before leaving, he focused his attention on some promising geniuses. As the host of this year's Genius Battle, these geniuses would eventually become Undying, Marquis, or even King Rank, and would ultimately become his demons.

Therefore, he would naturally pay attention to it.

"Bolan, Chen Yi, Rong Jun, Luo Feng, Gusiluo - Ai Chen, Qian Shui."

"This Ganwu... stole a genius who should have been under my command." The Nine Swords Venerable felt a pang of heartache.

Now that Chen Yi has become the disciple of the Ganwu Country Lord, it's highly likely that he will have little to do with the Nine Swords Venerable in the future, as he will primarily listen to his own teacher.

No direct supervisor is as close as a teacher.

"Bolan is not bad either, but his potential is far inferior to Chen Yi's."

"But considering the usual Genius Battle, this is already an unexpected surprise."

"As for Luo Feng..."

The Nine Swords Venerable valued Luo Feng highly. He also knew that the Ganwu Country Lord hadn't yet accepted Luo Feng as a disciple. He had inquired with the Ganwu Country Lord, Ganwu replied that Luo Feng's personality wasn't as composed as Chen Yi's, and that he was naturally adventurous.

Ganwu also said that he had met Luo Feng a few times, and his observation of him was that he had a bloodthirsty madness in his bones, a nature that made him a natural battle maniac.

They may soar to great heights, or they may fall in the process of rising.

He, Ganwu, did not particularly like this kind of temperament.

Upon hearing this answer, Nine Swords didn't think Luo Feng was bad. There are many powerful individuals who enjoy fighting, and for a powerful individual to rise to prominence, competition and opportunities are always necessary... Can opportunities and treasures really fall from the sky when cultivating alone in one place?

He, Nine Swords, also has an adventurous nature, and he is currently in a Cosmic Secret Realm within the territory of the Machine Race.

They enjoy adventure; high risks can also bring higher rewards.

In fact.

Geniuses with calm and composed personalities are less likely to die young, but those who ultimately achieve great things are even fewer.

To Nine Swords's surprise, the rules for Ganwu's apprenticeship had changed significantly.

In his memory, the Ganwu Country Lord had always been an adventurous person, and the disciples he had taken in earlier years were also the adventurous type.

I just don't know why, but now I've actually started to like disciples with calm and composed personalities.

"Let's ignore the Ganwu."

"We need to find a way to take Luo Feng under our wing and keep this kid around for now."

"With Luo Feng's talent, reaching the Peak Marquis shouldn't be difficult. His aptitude is sufficient, and as for his personality, I have several subordinates who have reached the King Rank."

I'm sure someone among Long Yu's group will be interested.

Let's notify them now.

Taking on an apprentice is a matter that requires careful consideration, because the relationship between a father and son often does not last as long as that between a master and apprentice.

When looking for disciples, you can choose those whose temperaments match yours and who have good aptitude.

Then one could become Undying and get along very well, but the son... it's hard to say whether he has a compatible personality and the qualifications to become Undying.

Personality is also an important consideration for strong individuals when accepting apprentices.

Chaos City.

At the residence of True Yan King.

Long Yu King has been busy lately, responsible for helping his superior, Nine Swords Venerable, collect information on various Genius Battle contestants. He just received a notification.

"The Venerable One commands us to take Luo Feng as our disciple?"

Long Yu King had a good impression of this genius's information. He was the number one in a World Zone of the Ganwu Universe Country, and the Ganwu Country Lord had set a terrifying goal for him.

They are suspected to be extremely powerful.

"The Venerable One said that Luo Feng will at least reach the Peak Marquis in the future, and there is also a chance that he can reach the King Rank."

"In the end, there might be powerful figures at the Peak King or King Rank Limit who take on disciples."

Long Yu King understood.

The Nine Swords Venerable wanted Luo Feng to remain under his demonic influence so that his trusted followers could be King Rank and take him as their disciple.

Having learned this information, Long Yu King had no intention of taking on any disciples. Luo Feng's potential at the Peak Marquis was indeed enough for her to be qualified to take on disciples, but she was not good at teaching disciples and did not even have a Marquis disciple. However... the Venerable One asked him to find a teacher for Luo Feng.

"Long Yu, what's wrong?" Tong Nan King and Long Yu King had an excellent relationship; they were practically ready to officially become husband and wife.

Long Yu King truthfully stated:

The Venerable One asked me to find a teacher for "Luo Feng".

"Luo Feng?" Upon hearing this, True Yan King felt that the name sounded somewhat familiar. He was no longer involved in the affairs of the Virtual Universe Company and could not be considered a subordinate of the Nine Swords Venerable, but he had once been directly under the Nine Swords Venerable within the Virtual Universe Company.

"This is it." Long Yu King pulled up Luo Feng's information.

True Yan King carefully examined the document and suddenly remembered that a few days ago, a junior member of his Ape-man Race named "Tong Man" had mentioned this genius to him, saying that their Ganwu Universe Country might sweep first and second place in this Genius Battle.

Even if they aren't, they're still first or third.

At the time, True Yan King didn't pay attention.

Even if you win the Genius Battle, you might not be noticed by Invincible King as him.

True Yan King glanced through Luo Feng's file and saw Luo Feng's rampage in the World Zone, his battles training his movement techniques and combat skills... His eyes lit up slightly; he liked this kind of warlike genius.

His only disciple King Rank, "Bloodthirsty King," and he himself both share this personality—they don't like to waste time with unnecessary words when faced with problems.

"How about... we ask Tong Man? I remember he raved about this kid a lot, really raved about him." True Yan King relayed the information to Tong Man.

At this moment, after receiving this news, the Tong Man of the Ganwu Secret Realm... never expected that their ancestor would actually take an interest in Luo Feng.

He knew that the Ganwu Country Lord had no intention of taking Luo Feng as a disciple.

"Luo Feng has really struck gold this time."

"The Ancestor of the True Yan King!"

"He is the strongest King Rank of our Kahuns Race, and the second strongest person in our entire Ape-man Race after the Holy Lord!"

Tong Man uploaded Luo Feng's recent training situation and various cultivation progress to True Yan King. He felt that as Chen Yi and Luo Feng's teacher, Chen Yi's future did not need his help anymore.

On Luo Feng's side, he can still offer one last bit of help.

The champion of most Genius Battle is usually not even worth the attention of the True Yan King Ancestor. Even though Luo Feng has high potential, he only gets a basic entry ticket!

Virtual Universe.

Even after gathering at the final competition venue, Luo Feng still requested the killing field to train his movement techniques and cultivate in his spare time.

But at this time...

Luo Feng received an email that read, "I have reviewed your cultivation practices. You should have been exposed to teachings on the 108 Space Essence, similar to the 'Nine Universes Chaos Stele.' However, your teacher seems to be unfamiliar with the 108 Space Essence, which is why your 'Ten Thousand Line Flow' technique has a significant weakness in its application of Law of Space."

"You haven't considered how to combine the Law of Space using methods that elucidate their essence, based on esoteric techniques."

As Luo Feng listened to the ape-man's explanation in the video, he felt a new idea gradually unfolding in his mind. In the video, the ape-man said:

"Below is a demonstration video from one of my previous lessons; you can train using this method."

Luo Feng continued browsing his emails and opened the video. The video was brief and contained no pleasantries or unnecessary chatter. It simply explained a very obvious problem he was currently facing in his cultivation, opening up a new avenue for his practice.

"This senior ape-man's guidance has been very helpful to me... I feel that I will be able to reach the level of Thousand Illusion Body in the future!" Luo Feng's eyes were full of excitement.

Immediately curious:

"Babata, who is this senior?"

"The email is signed!" Babata reminded him.

Luo Feng looked over.

The name on the email is, of course:

"True Yan King!"

"True Yan King? He's actually King-level Immortal. Could it be that this King Rank wants to take you as his disciple?" Babata was excited when he saw the email.

Babata was very happy that Chen Yi had been accepted as a disciple by the Ganwu Country Lord, because Chen Yi was also a member of the Meteorite Ink Star.

However, Luo Feng was the disciple of his master, Hu Yanbo, while Chen Yi did not become Hu Yanbo's disciple. In recent years, Babata has also come into contact with more information and gained a lot of knowledge.

He knew that Luo Feng could only be described as having good potential, but as for becoming an apprentice... not all strong people liked to take on disciples.

Taking on apprentices requires a significant investment, but there's no guarantee of a return.

The disciple may encounter a bottleneck in cultivation in the future, and the progress may not be as rapid as in the early stages. The disciple may also have personality clashes with the teacher, or even become enemies.

And..

The disciple may also die young.

Therefore, some powerful individuals simply do not like to take on disciples.

If someone is a genius, there will be a suitable teacher to take them on as an apprentice. Therefore, the phenomenon within the Human Race should be that all relationships are between teachers and students.

For example... the Ganwu Country Lord, as High Universe Venerable, must have shown terrifying potential, but he did not have Universe Master teacher who should have matched him, or even Universe Overlord teacher.

In the original storyline, Luo Feng's cultivation period was shorter than that of other contestants, and he achieved good results in the Genius Battle, but no King Rank offered to become his disciple.

There are various reasons for this.

The rewards for taking on apprentices are actually not stable.

Moreover, the more powerful the Undying, the less attention they receive in each Genius Battle. Seeing that Luo Feng has been recognized as King-level Immortal, Babata also became expectant.

"It doesn't necessarily mean taking on apprentices."

After Luo Feng finished speaking, a message came from Teacher Tong Man, saying that the True Yan King had asked for his information.

Unconsciously, Luo Feng still felt a sense of anticipation.

But he also knew that his most important task was to achieve an excellent result in this Genius Battle!

We must defeat Bolan!

The next morning.

A notification resounded in the ears of the geniuses, informing them that they would be teleported together immediately to the Trial Tower for assessment.

"I am ready."

Rong Jun had already prepared the equipment.

Chen Yi nodded, her gaze shifting to Luo Feng. Luo Feng nodded and, through an encrypted communication channel in his mind, said, "I understand what you're trying to say. I'll stall for time in the Trial Tower to cultivate... otherwise, I'll still be somewhat behind Bolan."

Seeing that Luo Feng knew what he wanted to tell her, Chen Yi felt relieved.

"Keep it up, everyone! After the Genius Battle and joining the Virtual Universe Company, our cultivation journey has officially begun!" Chen Yi smiled.

"Come on!"

"Come on!"

The three encouraged each other, and a force teleported them away.

The next moment...

Chen Yi appeared on a giant meteorite, and looking into the distance, he could clearly see seven enormous Trial Tower.

Contestant: Chen Yi (Ganwu Universe Country)

Points: 0

"Kill them... show off your talent. Only by joining the Virtual Universe Company can I meet more powerful individuals and geniuses."

Behind Chen Yi, countless Golden Flowing Light flew out from the Yan Shen Armament.

They flew into the first Trial Tower.

They charged straight at the ferocious beasts on the first level:

10,000 "Blood-Haired Mammoth"!

Golden rays flashed, and one after another, giant beasts were instantly annihilated. When entering the Trial Tower, the Controller has the greatest advantage.

At the same time.

Bolan also entered the Trial Tower.

After observing his surroundings, Bolan went on a killing spree, quickly wiping out the first and second floors. But then he saw the numbers on the screen on his wrist flashing.

The rows of numbers on it left him bewildered.

His pupils instantly contracted, focusing on the first row.

[NO.1 Chen Yi (Ganwu Universe Country), Points: 70000]

7w!

This score indicates that Chen Yi has successfully completed the first Trial Tower.

"I've only just finished the second level of the first tower, and he's already cleared the entire first Trial Tower? That's fast!"

Bolan was becoming somewhat unsettled.

Since learning about Chen Yi and hearing so many Undying' opinions of Chen Yi, he has come to regard Chen Yi as his only future rival.

"Stay calm."

"Don't panic."

"It's normal that I killed them quickly. I haven't even unleashed my full movement technique yet, and Chen Yi is Mental Master Controller, so it's normal that he could slaughter them faster than me."

In the end... I'll definitely win.