20 Zhao Fu!

After arriving at the royal city Xiao long first put the celestial mountain in the inner world and then went in a bar to get information.

After arriving at the bar and ordering some food Xiao long listened to the conversations of the people around him and learned that the winner of the tournament here can have a chance to be recruited by a 1 star sect at a 1 star kingdom. And this tournament is very important to every forces because once a disciple can get in a 1 star sect it will only take a few years for them to get another expert and if that disciple of them is pretty excellent he may have a chance to become a core building realm! For them a core building realm martial artist is unreachable in this region but if they managed to join a 1 star sect it wont be impossible anymore!

After that Xiao long heard of the seeded competitors from this tournament. The first is the crown prince of the royal palace Zhao Chen! He's 16 years old this year and he is a foundation building 1st layer peak!, the second is the disciple of the sect master of the everlasting sword sect named Lin dong a foundation building stage 1st layer, Then there are also Wang Xiu of fairy pavilion sect and Chen Hu of divine beast sect which are also 1st layer foundation building realm.

Xiao long travelled for exactly 1 week so the tournament is still 1 week from now but he heard that there will be a practice match for the competitors tomorrow but they are forbidden from using sure kill skills and for Xiao long this is the best outcome for him because he can scout rogue cultivators that are not part of any forces!

After that Xiao long stayed in the bar for a while to get more information and learned that the practice match will be held tomorrow morning at the arena specifically built for this competition and is located at the center of royal city. After getting enough information Xiao long left the bar and looked for an inn in the city and found a decent inn and went inside to rest. But when he went inside suddenly a notification sound ccsme to his mind.

[Ding! System found a suitable core disciple for host!]

Xiao long then saw a Boy of about 16 years old right in front of him." System check his status."

[ Zhao fu (13 years old):foundation building realm 1st layer]

[Characteristics: Innate talent 22,Comprehension 23, will 21, Luck 22,]

[ Total rating 88]

Xiao long was surprised because this boy looked like a 16 years old boy but was exactly a 13 years old boy!! Almost as the same age as Yu lang and Yu lan!! Xiao long didn't expect to be this lucky!! A suitable core disciple right off the bat!

"Hey kid are you a competitor of the tournament?" Xiao long asked Zhao fu while showing a strong Aura so as not to look weak to Zhao fu.

"Replying to senior yes I am part of the competition and my name is Zhao Fu!" Zhao Fu said while bowing. He felt the Aura of this senior and knew that this man is stronger than the protector of their Zhao family but you should know that their protector is a 1st layer core building stage martial artist!

"Hoh... are you by any chance related to the royal family of the magnolia kingdom?" Xiao long curiously asked Zhao Fu.

"No-... Yes senior! I am the 4th prince of the kingdom!" Zhao Fu said in hesitation. He didn't want to expose his Identity because in the whole magnolia kingdom he was known to be a trash! Yes a trash!

When he was younger he showed an excellent aptitude for cultivation but because the crown prince was threatened by his potential he sometimes made trouble for him until suddenly when he was cultivating and at the neck of breakthrough he was interrupted and had a backlash! Since then he's cultivation started to slow down to add fuel to the fire his brother again poisoned him and he was finally unable to cultivate! But luckily one day when he was out to in the mountain to look for some precious herbs he found a hidden cave with an array concealing it but the array ran out of energy so the cave was exposed exactly at the time of Zhao Fu's arrival! What a luck! Inside Zhao Fu saw an immortal herb and a shriveled up corpse Zhao Fu because of his desire to be cured ate the inmortal herb! But after that endless pain started to hurt him in every part of his body! Until finally he passed out! But when he finally thought that he was dead he finally opened his eyes and started cultivating and broke through to his cultivation! After finally consolidating his foundation he found a Martial technique of the cultivator and comprehended it. After that he devised a plan to fake his death and never come back to the royal city until he can beat his big brother and this was the time to finally beat him and show his worth to his family!

"Mhhhh you've got a good potential kid" Xiao long said to Zhao Fu calmly. He didn't want to rush and ask Zhao Fu to be his disciple because it might only make it worse and Zhao fu might start avoiding him so Xiao long first devised a plan to convince Zhao fu to be his Disciple! But the next thing that Zhao Fu told him surprised Xiao long

"Senior please take me as your disciple!" Zhao fu knew that this senior saw his potential and he isn't going to give up the opportunity to have him as his master because he was to strong! Way stronger than a 1st layer core building stage thats for sure! And Zhao Fu was still unsure if he can really beat his brother Zhao Chen with a 100% of certainty but if this senior can take him as his disciple he can have atleast a 70% chance of beating his elder brother!

Xiao long was shocked and ecstatic at the same time! He never would have thought that Zhao Fu himself would want to be his disciple!" You do have a good potential... even in 1-star sect you can still be considered as a genius..." Xiao long said so as not to sound to excited to have Zhao Fu as his disciple." Alright from now on you can call me master! My name is Xiao long!" Xiao long said to Zhao Fu with a smile on his face.

"Zhao Fu greets Master Xiao long!" Zhao Fu said full of excitement! This is his chance to finally beat his elder brother! His chance to finally prove himself!

Xiao long nodded and let Zhao Fu to go and rest first because tomorrow they will have a practice match with all of the competitors of the tournament. Xiao also heard a notification sound and wanted to check it so he first let Zhao Fu to rest.

[Ding!]