Chapter 189 World Eight [3]

Chen Zhou's face was filled with confusion. He stuttered for a rare moment, "Master, the demon's cultivation level is higher than mine. It's very likely that he is an immortal..."

Dan Qing hummed and answered the registered disciple's doubts, "It's because of their cultivation level as a Supreme Immortal that they can ascend directly."

"That's not impossible. Master killed a demon who had just broken through to the level of a Supreme Immortal. After ascending to the upper realm, he quickly gained the support of many immortals and earthly immortals. After thousands of years of cultivation, he established a firm foothold in the upper realm."

Danqing is not a talkative person, but when talking about the great achievements of her master, she will temporarily become a talkative person.

Chen Zhou chimed in appropriately, "Master, since they've already ascended to the upper realm, shouldn't we go and greet them to show our respect for them?"

Danqing thought for a moment, then nodded, "We should definitely go and greet them."

"Master, I am willing to serve you." Chen Zhou said.

"Okay, once the ascension location is determined, you can go with me." Danqing did not object.

Chen Zhou, who originally thought that he was the one to go and greet him, was stunned for a moment, but after meeting his master's eyes, he quickly reacted.

That's right, the two of them received the inheritance from the God of Time and were his nominal uncles. If I, a junior with the cultivation level of a terrestrial immortal, went to greet them, wouldn't that be a disguised way of looking down on them?

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The biggest difference between the upper realm and the lower realm is the concentration of spiritual energy. The spiritual energy, which is nearly a hundred times denser, is the most fundamental factor in the high level of cultivation of people in the upper realm.

After ascending, Jing Ke and Huo Yi didn't rush to do anything, but instead found a safe place to retreat for a while, allowing their bodies to adapt to the concentration of spiritual energy in the upper realm and consolidate their cultivation to the peak of human immortality.

During this period of seclusion, they also learned more detailed information about the upper realm.

The world consciousness only told them the relatively important information about the gods, and the rest of the minor and trivial information needed to be explored by themselves.

For example, monks who ascend from the lower realm to the upper realm will only appear in a few fixed places.

The arrogance of the people in the upper realm makes it difficult for the cultivators who ascend from the lower realm to settle down in the upper realm without the support of a powerful force.

A cultivator who can ascend to heaven is undoubtedly a genius in the lower realm. How could he be willing to be inferior to others right from the start?

Therefore, these monks who ascended to heaven formed a faction of their own, calling themselves the Ascension Alliance. Their main base was the five fixed ascension points, and every monk who ascended from the lower realm was their natural ally.

Of course, this does not include some monks who have been targeted by major forces in advance. Those people will usually be picked up by messengers from the corresponding forces after ascending.

If Jing Ke and Huo Yi followed the rules, someone should have come to pick them up. The Ascension Alliance could stand against some local forces, but it couldn't directly confront the twelve gods. The twelve gods also had their own territories at the Ascension Point.

However, the way Jing Ke and Huo Yi ascended to heaven was rather special, and no one knew where they went. They could only ask their subordinates at the corresponding location to find them first.

In addition, Jing Ke and Huo Yi retreated very quickly, so by the time those people used magic tools to find their whereabouts, it was already the seventh day after they had consolidated their cultivation.

The news of the three Supreme God envoys' failure hadn't spread widely, but some information was shared between the Supreme Gods. Therefore, apart from the Supreme God of Time, only two of the other eight Supreme Gods still wanted to try and see if they could win over the two.

These two gods are the weakest among the twelve gods. Their mission during the war between gods and demons is to guard the rear. They hope that there will be geniuses joining their ranks so that they can switch from guarding the rear to fighting the demons head-on.

"I'm sorry, we were just independent cultivators before, and we were used to being idle. We have no intention of joining any faction." Jing Ke remained polite and gave the same answer to the two messengers who arrived one after the other.

Compared with the previous three envoys, these two envoys have better facial management skills. In terms of attitude, they are even a little too polite and very sincere.

"My Lord God doesn't have too many requirements for his disciples. After you join, you just need to receive the annual salary according to the time. Unless it is an emergency, the Lord God will not give us orders." Messenger No. 1 said sincerely.

The second messenger hesitated for a moment, and after thinking about the attitude of his own god, he did not continue to try to persuade him to stay. He just left some resources that could be used in the upper realm as instructed, asked for a favor, and left neatly.

"I understand, but as I said before, we are used to being free and undisciplined. If we join a certain force, it will affect our Taoism." Jing Ke said.

"Even if the disciples of the God of Time come to recruit you, are you two unwilling to join?" Messenger No. 1 asked unwillingly. He got this job because he made a promise, and he must do it well.

"Yes, we will not join any forces." Jing Ke gave the answer without hesitation.

Messenger No. 1 was speechless. After bowing and apologizing, he left in a somewhat dejected manner.

Chen Zhou, who was waiting on the side, couldn't help but glare at the back of Messenger No. 1. If you want to recruit him, just recruit him properly. Why did you change the topic to the God of Time? How can they come out and offer an olive branch now!

"Master, should we still go there?" Chen Zhou was a little unsure. "Or should we go in a few days?"

Danqing's expression was somewhat subtle. She had expected Jing Ke and Huo Yi to reject the other gods' offers. After all, they were inheriting the legacy of their own master. Furthermore, their master was renowned as the best in the upper realm. Anyone with a reasonable mind would know what to choose.

But Danqing did not expect that the two of them would refuse to become their master's disciples.

"Let's wait and see. We'll contact the other party again in a few days." Danqing said.

If I say something today and then regret it today, it would be too embarrassing. I came here to make friends with my future junior sisters, not to cause trouble for them.

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Danqing's thoughts are easy to guess. At the moment, there will be no messengers from God coming to pull the two of them together. All she needs to do is let time dilute the situation a little, and then extend an olive branch.

But plans cannot keep up with changes. Jing Ke and Huo Yi came to the upper realm just to improve their strength. After consolidating their cultivation, they continued to look for opportunities for breakthroughs.

The competition held by the Ascension Alliance every ten years is the opportunity chosen by them. More than half of the participants are monks who have ascended from the lower realms. The participants all have strong combat capabilities. The purpose of holding the competition is to allow these monks to reach the threshold of breakthrough through fighting.

Ten years is just a blink of an eye for cultivators in the upper realm, so there are not many participants. Including Jing Ke and Huo Yi, there are only about two hundred people.

"You should go too and gain some experience." After discovering that most of the people who signed up were cultivators with the cultivation level of Earth Immortals, Danqing quickly made a decision.

"Master..." Chen Zhou wanted to say something, but after meeting his master's eyes, he swallowed back what he wanted to say.

There are no need for too many rules to determine the winner between two hundred people. They just draw lots, the loser leaves, and the winner stays, until only one person is left.

Jing Ke and Huo Yi's cultivation level is at the bottom of the human immortal level. The cultivators who don't know their background regard them as ignorant and vulnerable.

Jing Ke was lucky enough to meet an opponent with good character who did not look down on her just because her cultivation level was too low.

Seeing this, Jing Ke also gave his opponent respect. The sword and knife moves kept colliding on the ring. After more than 200 moves, Jing Ke finally shook off the opponent's weapon and ended the competition.

Huo Yi's luck was not very good. He met a native cultivator from the upper realm who came to stir up trouble. When the cultivator saw that Huo Yi was thin and his cultivation was one level lower than his, he immediately showed contempt on his face.

"My fellow Daoist, I don't like to use force against those with lower cultivation. If you are willing to admit defeat, I can reward you with some elixirs to improve your cultivation. We can consider it as making friends." Ping said while waving his folding fan in a condescending tone.

Huo Yi frowned slightly, then looked at the referee, "Once both sides enter the ring, does that mean the competition has begun?"

"Yes, you two can now compete." The referee said politely.

Huo Yi nodded, drew his sword and attacked.

When dealing with such people who think highly of themselves because they have a little ability, it is a waste of time to say a word to them. Just press them to the ground and rub them.

Ping was a little surprised, but he still did not take action after seeing Huo Yi rushing towards him. Instead, he shook his head with a fake sigh, and then used 70% of his strength on the folding fan, trying to show off and directly block Huo Yi's sword.

Puff——

The folding fan was pierced by the tip of Huo Yi's sword, followed by the sound of the magic weapon breaking through flesh and bones.

They have already reached the level of immortals. Being pierced in the shoulder will at most cause some pain, but it is still a long way from losing their lives.

Ping paid the price for his contempt. After forcing Huo Yi to retreat, he covered his shoulder in embarrassment.

"You actually attacked me by surprise. You are so shameless!" Ping was angry. Compared with the pain brought by the shoulder injury, Ping could not accept the humiliation of failing to pretend to be a master.

Huo Yi still ignored this Ping, but regarded Ping, who had reached the peak of the Earth Immortal realm, as his stepping stone. He forced out the potential of his body and began to use his bleeding tactics at a speed of fifty moves, creating a small hole in the opponent's body.

Ping on the ring was completely enraged. When his emotions reached the critical point, Ping unethically took the elixir that temporarily improved his cultivation level and forced himself to become a half-step immortal.

Seeing this, Huo Yi accelerated his attack and no longer showed mercy, but attacked directly at the fatal point.

Ping, trapped in the oppression, had lost his mind, but those watching from outside could still see the situation. Ping was just a spent force, and as long as Huo Yi played it safe, he could wait until the effect of the drug wore off.

At that time, Ping, who had become weakened by the backlash of the elixir, would be no different from a fish on a chopping board.

"Master, has this cultivator Huo Yi been suppressing her own strength from the beginning? She can kill demons with the cultivation level of a supreme immortal. This cultivator is only at the level of a terrestrial immortal, so he should not be her opponent." Chen Zhou said weakly.

"What do you think?" Danqing asked.

"I think this cultivator is being used as a whetstone by cultivator Huo Yi. She is most likely doing it on purpose, just to find the threshold of a breakthrough between life and death." Chen Zhou expressed his opinion.

Chen Zhou: "Master, I don't think there's anything wrong with Brother Huo Yi's approach, but he's not a demon after all. There's no need to... humiliate him when you're already taking advantage of him..."

"Humiliation?" Danqing looked at the registered disciple in front of him.

"Do you think Huo Yi humiliated him?" There was a look of scrutiny in Danqing's eyes.

If I remember correctly, this registered disciple of mine was also a cultivator who ascended from the lower realm. The reason why I made him a registered disciple was because he refused the coercion and inducement of a certain force when he ascended to heaven, and he also stood up for his friends. He seemed to have a very good character.

But how long had it been? Only a thousand years at most, could his registered disciple have already forgotten his past experiences?

After seeing a hint of panic in Chen Zhou's eyes, Danqing couldn't help but wonder if it was because she, as a nominal master, was not competent enough and did not teach her registered disciple well?

Fortunately, Danqing quickly denied his thoughts. Since he was a person who ascended from the lower realm, his character should have been determined long ago. There was no reason for it to change without his intervention.

Unless what he saw at the beginning was a coincidence or a misunderstanding, everything Chen Zhou revealed now was his true nature.

"Don't you think it was this cultivator who calls himself Ping who humiliated Huo Yi from the very beginning?" Dan Qing asked calmly, "Registration for this competition is voluntary. Huo Yi is already standing on the stage, which means she has accepted the challenge. At this time, she puts the other party on the head and even speaks in a superior tone of voice to say that she will reward him. Do you think this is right?"

Chen Zhou was speechless. After moving his lips, he lowered his head and admitted his mistake.

"Master, I am possessed by a demon." Chen Zhou said.

The disappointment in Danqing's eyes was undeniable, but he didn't just beat Chen Zhouyi to death.

Danqing: "If you can win, then forget about this matter. If not, go to the lower realm for two years and find your original intention."

"Yes, disciple will follow Master's teachings." Chen Zhou accepted the punishment obediently.

When Danqing turned his attention back to the ring, Huo Yi had already declared his victory by chopping off Ping's two arms.

By the way, it also attracted a small-scale advanced thunder tribulation, and was struck by purple thunder nine times.

In the upper realm, purple thunder is a relatively normal thunder tribulation. The quality of talent will not affect the number of thunder tribulations, so Huo Yi's identity as a peerless genius has not been exposed.

After one round, there were less than a hundred people left in the audience.

After the second and third rounds, only twenty-four people were left.

As Danqing's registered disciple, Chen Zhou is currently in the late stage of Earth Immortal cultivation. However, his actual combat ability is almost the same as that of a perfect Earth Immortal, and he has smoothly entered the top 24.

In the fourth round, Chen Zhou met Huo Yi.

After thinking about what his master had told him, Chen Zhou took it 200% seriously and used all his strength from the start. Even if he lost, he wanted to lose with honor, not just be pinned to the ground like that guy Ping.

For cultivators who start a normal fight in the ring, Huo Yi will not use the bloodletting method to rub the opponent's face on the ground.

Instead, he used his sword very seriously and fought back and forth with Chen Zhou. After becoming familiar with his opponent's moves, he ended the fight by knocking the man down under the stage.

After the fifth round, there were only six people left on the stage. Jing Ke also made a breakthrough and became a terrestrial immortal like Huo Yi.

Among the six people, four are cultivators who ascended from the lower realm, and the other two are native cultivators from the upper realm. They want to use winning the championship to show that their bloodline is so superior to that of the people from the upper realm.

I don’t know if there was someone behind the scenes, but in the sixth round, Jing Ke and Huo Yi faced off.

Now that they were on the ring, it was impossible not to fight. The two of them simply started to spar leisurely, one using a knife and the other using a sword.

"These two unfamiliar faces turned out to be old acquaintances. They both look like cultivators who have recently ascended. It seems that there are many fierce cultivators in the lower realms."

"What a pity! Both of them are quite strong. If they hadn't faced each other, they might have been able to advance to the seventh round."

"When they were still at the peak of the human immortal realm, they were able to defeat the peak of the earth immortal realm. I believe that after they are promoted to earth immortal realm, they can fight against the upper immortal cultivators."

"So, if these two were to advance to the Golden Immortal level, wouldn't they be able to fight against the Supreme Gods?"

"How is that possible? There's a world of difference between a Golden Immortal cultivator and a Supreme God. It's just like the difference between immortals and mortals. From ancient times to the present, all the Supreme Gods combined have only numbered a few hundred. But what about Golden Immortal cultivators? There are over a thousand in existence, so if you add them up, there are tens of thousands."

The two people on the stage were exchanging ideas with each other, and the people below were discussing passionately. Everyone had a bright future.

After about half an hour, Huo Yi stopped first and jumped off the stage to indicate his defeat, allowing Jing Ke to successfully become one of the top three.

Theoretically, the top three will receive rewards, and the rewards are almost the same, so the last round of competition is also very interesting, it is a three-person free-for-all.

The winner will be determined by the time they stay on the stage, and the last person left on the stage will be the champion.

After the top three lists were announced, the discussion in the audience became louder again.

"What's going on? How come two of the top three are native cultivators from the upper realm?"

"What's going on with this lottery draw? Could it have been bought off in advance?"

"I remember that last time there wasn't a single cultivator from the Upper Realm among the top three. It seems the cultivators from the Lower Realm in the past ten years haven't been strong enough."

"Nonsense, aren't Jing Ke and Huo Yi very powerful? If they hadn't faced off, they would definitely be in the top three."

It was no longer important to argue about whether there was a shady deal in the draw. After the referee announced the start, the two native cultivators from the upper realm attacked Jing Ke together.

Jing Ke was well prepared for this, using offense as defense. As long as her moves were fast and accurate enough, she could suppress the opponent whether she was fighting against one person or two.

The two native cultivators from the upper realm have both reached the peak of Earthly Immortals. Compared to Ping, that fake fake, both of them have a solid foundation and it is obvious that they have improved their cultivation step by step through hard work.

There was already a gap in cultivation between Jing Ke and them, and the two of them attacked without any moral principles. This made the cultivators from the lower realm who were watching the competition clench their fists, fearing that if they were distracted, Jing Ke would be defeated.

A quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour, half an hour, an hour.

Two hours later, the local monks who were originally confident of victory inevitably began to panic. If they couldn't win in a two-on-one fight, they would lose all their face and dignity.

The two men looked at each other, and then one of them deliberately revealed a flaw. When Jing Ke drew her knife, he grabbed the blade with his hand, thereby delaying Jing Ke's movements and forcing her to reveal a flaw.

The two were probably very familiar with each other before going on the ring. A glance was enough for them to communicate, and they cooperated very tacitly, which made Danqing couldn't help but worry about Jing Ke.

What if the blade is stuck and you can't pull it out? Then just push it in harder!

Jing Ke pressed the palm of his hand against the hilt of the knife, allowing the blade to penetrate the chest of one of the local monks. He then gripped the hilt and twisted it hard to increase the area of ​​the wound.

When the opponent was in pain, he took the opportunity to snatch the spear from the opponent's hand and blocked the sword of another monk with a sudden attack.

Three breaths later, the local monk whose chest was stabbed by a knife turned pale, and the other monk who took the opportunity to attack was firmly fixed on the ring by Jing Ke's spear.

After discovering that the referee had not announced the result of the competition, Jing Ke pulled out his spear again, kicked the first local cultivator down, then retracted his sword and kicked the second person down.

Thus, the champion of this conference emerged!

After hearing the enthusiastic calls from the monks from the lower realm below the stage, Jing Ke showed a smile from the bottom of his heart and expressed his gratitude for everyone's support with a fist.

Danqing couldn't help but raise his hand and applaud when he saw this. It was wonderful. This performance of one against two was really wonderful.

Such a brilliant person is indeed qualified to receive the master's inheritance, and he also has the confidence not to join any forces and not to accept any constraints.

Although he knew that his recruitment was likely to fail, Danqing still appeared in front of the two of them after Jing Ke received the prize from the Ascension Alliance.

"I'm Danqing, the first disciple of the Lord of Time," Danqing said. "Master is still recovering from his injuries, but since you are the ones chosen by Master, you are also his disciples. If you wish, you can call me Senior Sister."

Danqing's tone was not warm but it was definitely not cold. Jing Ke and Huo Yi could both hear the sincerity in his words.

"We have indeed inherited the inheritance left by the Lord of Time. We also want to express our gratitude to the Lord of Time and thank him for his guidance." Jing Ke said politely.

Jing Ke: "However, Huo Yi and I are both naturally undisciplined people. We don't like to be bound by anyone other than each other, so I can only apologize to Senior Danqing."

"It's okay. The inheritance left by our master was meant for those with a predestined relationship, not to restrict you two." Although Danqing was not surprised by the result, she still felt a little regretful for losing two outstanding junior sisters.

"This is a message from our master. If you two run into trouble in the future, you can take this out. It might be of some use." Danqing said, taking out two jade tokens with the aura of a supreme god.

"Don't worry, this is just Master's appreciation for the outstanding juniors. There is no other meaning." Danqing added.