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"All of you can go back to your rooms. Tomorrow morning, after finishing your work, I'll take you back to your work." With that, Zhang Qiang left.

"I have to continue. I don't know when this hellish life will end, but my hands will be badly mangled." Tian Yan complained.

"Your arm was only a blur of flesh and blood. I don't even know when it'll recover." Qin Zheng complained.

"I'm afraid it won't be up to you or me." Lu Chen lamented.

"Junior brother Lu, you entered the sect a few days before me, didn't you know something?" Maureen asked.

"I heard from a senior in the academy that if one of them is unable to leave the academy within three years after the selection, he will be expelled by the sect." Lu Chen said.

"What?" It seems like the disciples selected in this way will all be elites. But the sect still needs to select elites amongst the elites, and this is only to write about the inner sect core disciples of the outer sect? " Maureen sighed.

"However, it is precisely because of this that the cultivation of the disciples of the Lingyun School is so high that they can't do anything under this pressure." Lu Chen said.

"Oh yeah, a few days ago when Lu Chen saw you at the foot of the mountain, you were only at the 7th level of the Refinement Stage. You just broke through a few days ago." Maureen said in surprise.

"It's just a coincidence." Lu Chen said with a smile.

"I remember now, you're the Lu Chen that defeated Zhang Yu in the third arena, right?" asked Maureen, suddenly remembering something.

"I didn't expect my reputation to be so big now." Lu Chen smiled bitterly. He originally wanted to quietly train among the ordinary disciples. Although he wasn't afraid of being noticed by others, he was very afraid of trouble. The competition with Zhang Yu that had been decided on that day had revealed Zhang Yu's weakness, which was to train him. However, he had never expected that he would become famous among the new disciples.

"It really is you. When I first heard Lu Chen's name, I had a hunch that he was you. I didn't expect him to be real. You brat, you're pretty fierce." Maureen laughed.

"Brother Mo, don't laugh at me. I'm almost having a headache right now. There's a lot of people coming to see me every day, and it makes it so that I can't even cultivate peacefully." Lu Chen smiled bitterly.

"You're annoying now. I heard that Zhang Yu put down his words after waking up and wanted to fight with you again. You have to be careful." Maureen said.

Hearing Mo Lin's words, Lu Chen's head hurt even more. He suddenly felt that competing with Zhang Yu on the stage that day was the wrong decision.

"Lu Chen, you're here. I was just about to go look for you." Wang Qing walked over and said.

"Elder Brother Wang, why are you here?" Lu Chen asked.

"I know you just finished your work and I was worried that you'd come to see me. Who is this?" Wang Qing asked.

"I'm Mo Lin, I don't know your name." Maureen said.

"You're Maureen, who won second place in the tournament?" Wang Qing was astonished.

"Senior-apprentice Brother Wang, what is the ranking competition?" Lu Chen asked.

In fact, I forgot to tell you, after the arena competition, there is a ranking competition that only the two people with the best performance in each arena can participate in. Originally, this year's third arena is for you to participate in, but Martial Uncle Jin said that you entered the sect early, and adding that it was impossible for you to enter into the top three rankings. Thus, he gave your spot to Zhang Yu. Wang Qing said.

"Zhang Yu is indeed very strong. Plus, if I didn't interfere, Zhang Yu would have been able to participate in the ranking competition. If I were to participate, Zhang Yu would probably hate me even more." Lu Chen said.

"How do you know he doesn't hate you right now? He knows you didn't participate in the ranking competition so he swore he would find you for your shame." Wang Qing said.

"It seems like the enmity between us has been formed." Lu Chen said with a wry smile, " Why else would he be making this arena battle if not the sect? I heard from Brother Mo that this year's top three are Foundation Establishment Pills, right? " Lu Chen asked.

"The ranking competition is for the disciples with different strengths to give different cultivation conditions, and the top three of the ranking competition can stay in the complex for three months before directly going to the Four Heavens and Earth Mystical Academies." Wang Qing said.

"But this is unfair to those low level cultivators." Lu Chen said.

"It's not like that. Actually, the most outstanding person in every arena has the ability to jump levels to challenge others. For example, I, I am at the 11th level of the Refinement Stage but I also won against a peak 12th level Refinement Stage cultivator." Maureen said.

"Senior apprentice brother Mo is right, I remember that a cultivator in the 10th level of the Refinement Stage won first place in the competition one year." Wang Qing said.

"So that's how it is." Lu Chen said. Let's not just stand here. Why don't you come up to my room and try my new tea? Oh right, Senior Brother Wang, did you come to find me for something? " Lu Chen said.

"I wanted to give you some medicine to treat your injuries, but it seems like you don't need it." Wang Qing looked at Lu Chen's hand and said.

"Oh right, I already felt that something was wrong just now. My body is at the 11th level of the Refinement Stage, but I can reach the 12th level of the Refinement Stage. You're only at the 8th level, so how is your hand okay?" Mo Lin looked at his own hand full of wounds and then looked at Lu Chen's hand with a puzzled expression.

"This is because of my cultivation technique." Lu Chen said.

"Oh, so it's like that. Then junior brother Lu's month of work is a piece of cake for you." Wang Qing said.

"Isn't one month a long period of time?" Maureen asked.

"This kind of work cannot last forever. Plus, in the future, you still have to decide whether you want to go to the medicinal field or do something else." Wang Qing said.

"Then is it just a month of work?" Lu Chen asked.

"Not necessarily. If you had reached the sect's requirements earlier, then you would have cut down the tree and filled the vat with water in the time it takes for half a cup of tea. However, until now, very few people have been able to complete this task in advance." Wang Qing said.

"What?" A cup of tea chops down a tree, and a half cup is filled to the brim. How is this possible? " Maureen said.

"What if I can't do it?" Lu Chen asked.

"Then we'll just have to work hard for a month. After that, we can start other tasks." Wang Qing said.

"Oh, I see." Lu Chen said. " Let's go and have tea in my room. " Lu Chen said with a smile.

"Alright, let's do as junior brother Lu says." Wang Qing said.

"Although I don't know much about tea, I still hope to join in on the fun." Maureen laughed.

"Then you two Seniors, follow me." Saying so, Lu Chen, Wang Qing and Mo Lin walked towards his room.