C14

It had already been six days since Lu Chen arrived at the complex. Because he had yet to finish recruiting disciples, he did not give Lu Chen any work to do. As for the older disciples, they stayed in their rooms to cultivate and no one paid any attention to him, so he was happy to be free. Every day he would stay in his room to practice the appearance changing technique and the Flame Mantra that his master Lin You Yuan had given him. Although he did not have much talent in cultivation, his comprehension was extremely good.

"Whew." Lu Chen opened his eyes and let out a long breath, "I've finally cultivated the Raging Inferno Tactic to the 7th level of the Refinement Stage, and I can now grasp the strength of the 7th level of the Refinement Stage. It's a pity that the other disciples haven't been recorded yet, if not I can find someone to test my current level." Lu Chen muttered to himself.

"Junior brother Lu, are you in the house?" Wang Qing's voice came from outside the house. Wang Qing was at the peak of the 8th level of the Refinement Stage. He had already participated in two of the sect's qualifying matches. However, each time, he would return in misery and usually would stay in his room to cultivate in order to break through.

"Expulsion? Could it be that he will be kicked out after entering the sect? " They had never told him about these golden clouds before, so he did not understand them at all.

"Junior brother Lu, you just entered a small courtyard so it's normal for you to not know a lot of things. After all, if you can advance this year, you won't have to face this problem." If a disciple in a mixed institution couldn't pass the promotion selection for three years straight, they would be expelled from the sect. If a disciple could not make a breakthrough for three years straight, there was no hope for them to make a further progress, so they were abandoned by the sect. The year that I first entered the sect, a senior brother of mine was expelled and committed suicide because he was unwilling. At that time, the senior brother's blood splashed on me, causing me to lose sleep for a period of time. After I failed my first exam, I gradually understood the feelings of that senior brother. At that time, we were all fighting our way out of the arena, and in the end, we were abandoned because we couldn't break into the sect within three years. So we usually don't want to waste a bit of time trying to break through. " Wang Qing smiled bitterly.

"Senior Martial Brother Wang …" Hearing Wang Qing's words, Lu Chen suddenly did not know what to say. He had been curious as to why the people in this institution had to work so hard these past few days, and he now understood that they were not forced to work hard. Even though he was only an outer disciple in the Lingyun Sect, he still had the reputation of being in the Lingyun Sect.

"Junior brother Lu, you don't need to comfort me. I've already thought of it. If I don't pass this year, I will leave the sect and find a mortal family for protection." Wang Qing said bitterly.

Lu Chen could hear the helplessness in Wang Qing's words. After all, even those at the 2nd level of the Refinement Stage would feel that they were different from mortals, and the way they looked at mortals was also superior. At this moment, Lu Chen discovered that he was very lucky. First, he had the sect's token and then he had a Spirit Severing cultivator take him in as his disciple the moment he entered the sect. Previously, he had always thought that he was unfortunate because of his family's matter, but even if something happened to his family, he still had the hope of taking revenge. Senior brother Wang, didn't you say that you want to go watch the arena battle? Lu Chen changed the topic.

"We're so busy chatting that we almost forgot our business. The arena battle has already begun, we have to go early, otherwise there won't be any space left." Wang Qing said.

"Alright, let's go now." With that, Lu Chen took out his high-grade magic tool, the Clear Cloud Sword, while Wang Qing took out his mid-grade magic tool, the Glazed Glass Sword, and flew down the Cloudsoaring sect's mountain.

"Junior brother Lu, is this magic tool of yours a high-grade magic tool?" Wang Qing asked. Because he discovered that Lu Chen's speed was not inferior to his and he could feel that Lu Chen was still deliberately controlling his speed to wait for him, while Lu Chen's cultivation was lower than his, so his speed was probably lower. The only explanation for this was that Lu Chen's magical equipment was better than his.

"Mm, yes." Lu Chen said. He wasn't afraid of Wang Qing stealing him, because he knew Wang Qing wouldn't be that stupid.

"I'm really envious of junior brother Lu." The greed in Wang Qing's eyes was obvious. "If I can obtain this high-grade magic tool, I will definitely be able to successfully advance into this year's preliminaries." Wang Qing thought. He knew very well that the effects of a magic tool were often different. He was confident that with a high-grade magic tool, he would definitely be able to defeat a ninth level Qi Condensation cultivator. Thinking of this, the way Wang Qing looked at Lu Chen also changed.

Lu Chen naturally sensed the change in Wang Qing. After all these years in the mall, he had come across too many people in the dark, so he knew that Wang Qing had already started to covet him. On the surface, he did not reveal his inner wariness as he smiled vigilantly and said, "Senior brother Wang, this is only the shadow of my family."

"Junior brother Lu has a good family. Not only do they have sect tokens, even their magic tools are high quality. I'm so envious of you." Wang Qing sighed, but in his heart, he had already made up his mind to deal with Lu Chen on his way back. Right now, there were a lot of people who were going to watch the arena battle.

"Senior Martial Brother Wang, don't say anymore. I'm ashamed." Lu Chen said. " Let's increase our speed as well, otherwise there won't be any good seats left. " Lu Chen pretended not to notice.

"Junior brother has reminded us that we have to hurry." Wang Qing said anxiously. After all, he was very clear that the disciples of the Earth Profound and Yellow Branch would also go watch the arena battle at this time because they were also looking for a breakthrough.

"Then let's hurry up." Lu Chen said.

Therefore, Lu Chen and Wang Qing sped up and flew towards the foot of the Cloudsoaring sect. Although the two of them were still chatting and laughing, they were not as friendly as they were at the start.