Chapter 8 Sect Grand Competition

At this moment, Chen Zhou was still unaware that danger was approaching him step by step. Instead, he stood upright in a wooden house on a mountaintop, looking fearfully at the Third Elder in front of him, who was also his master.

"Chen Zhou".

The Third Elder had his back to Chen Zhou and spoke after a long while.

"Disciple is here." Chen Zhou dared not be careless in the slightest and immediately replied.

"My lineage has never had a suitable successor."

Chen Zhou nodded. The Sword Cloud Sect has a total of seven elders, and the Third Elder is ranked third.

Furthermore, the Third Elder has always been incorruptible, and his disciples are few and far between, most of whom are of mediocre talent, making him the weakest branch of the Sword Cloud Sect.

"I have no particular thoughts on this sect competition, but we have always been considered the weakest. I hope you can cultivate diligently, memorize more sword manuals, and achieve good results in this competition."

Chen Zhou naturally agreed repeatedly, but he was just a minor Qi Refining stage cultivator, and a nobody at that. The sect competition was too complicated for him to get involved in.

"But you still need to be careful. Swords and knives have no eyes, remember that."

Then the Third Elder sighed and said, "Go and cultivate first."

After he finished speaking, a lot of white mist appeared out of thin air around the Third Elder. The next second, the white mist actually lifted the Third Elder away.

Chen Zhou was left alone, feeling depressed. He never expected that after breaking through to the Refining Essence into Qi realm at the place where the sermon was being held, his master would ask him a question and then bring him here.

He thought his master would continue to ask questions, but to his surprise, his master didn't ask anything, just explained the sect competition and left.

Why is that?

Could it be that Master has seen through the system within my body?

That's not right. Even I can't summon this thing, so how could Master know it?

Chen Zhou found it increasingly strange. Although he hadn't made much progress in the past two days, he had still managed to defeat Han Feng, who was in the Foundation Establishment stage, in one move and learn the breathing technique to advance to the Refining Essence and Transforming Qi stage.

Master only asked one question? He showed no sign of doubt whatsoever.

Before Chen Zhou could think any further, a voice broke his train of thought.

"Chen Zhou!"

This mountain is located on the edge of the Sword Cloud Sect, but it is the steepest. Jiang Ying, who was only at the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation stage, used a lot of strength to climb up it and was already out of breath.

"Do you know that you're already famous in the sect!" Jiang Ying didn't care about her image anymore, and directly found a rock and sat down on it.

"Senior sister, please stop teasing me. Don't I know what my aptitude is?"

"Junior brother, come here quickly! Did you secretly learn some secret manual?"

Chen Zhou shook his head and smiled innocently, "Senior sister, to be honest, I did secretly learn a secret manual."

Jiang Ying suddenly opened her eyes wide and, before Chen Zhou could continue, quickly said, "What secret technique? Tell me quickly!"

Chen Zhou, naturally not wanting to keep Jiang Ying in suspense, pretended to be old and said, "The Sunflower Manual."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ying punched Chen Zhou hard, saying, "I knew you were faking it! Junior brother, you've kept it from me for so long. No wonder Master favors you so much; he's been secretly training you. No wonder you're so amazing."

It turned out that Jiang Ying and her fellow disciples all regarded her as the Third Elder's direct disciple and had been secretly teaching her.

"Who told you that?" Chen Zhou asked curiously.

"Nobody told me this, but it's already spread throughout the sect. They say you're the hope of our branch, and we're counting on you to win honor for our branch in the sect competition."

Jiang Ying simply couldn't trust her intuition. She believed that Chen Zhou had saved her with his self-created technique, but there were too many loopholes in that. Even the sect leader of a sect couldn't create a self-created technique.

Therefore, Jiang Ying naturally believed the rumors that were spreading everywhere.

Chen Zhou is the Third Elder's secret trump card and the hope for reviving the Third Elder's branch.

Chen Zhou didn't have a very good reason to explain it, and this explanation does seem quite reasonable.

Could it be that the Third Elder brought me here on his own just to convince others of this rumor?

That makes some sense, but Chen Zhou, with his blockhead, really couldn't understand why the Third Elder would do that. Perhaps it was because he wanted him to bring glory to their branch.

"Haha, what's going on with this sect competition?" Chen Zhou smiled and felt there was no need to continue the conversation. Since he wanted to bring glory to his sect, he really needed to step up his game.

One day, even a salted fish can shine!

Let's start with this sect competition!

"This sect competition seems different from usual. This time, it's a round-robin format. All participants will draw lots to determine who will be eliminated, then who will advance, and finally, there will be a final battle," Jiang Ying said slowly, tilting her head as she thought for a moment.

Although she was a princess of the Southern Kingdom, she cared a great deal about the sect competition. Every time the sect competition was held, the king of the Southern Kingdom and a group of princes would be invited to watch the competition. It was also a good opportunity to win them over. Not all of the many outstanding disciples of the Sword Cloud Sect had the same firm Dao heart as the Third Elder.

"The registration period for this sect competition is in the next few days, and the rewards are extremely generous. I heard there are even soul weapons included," Jiang Ying said with envy, her eyebrows raised high and her face full of longing.

The Tianyun Continent is home to many extraordinary weapons and armor, but Soul Weapons are among the most unique.

Horcruxes, as the name suggests, require a host to infuse them with their soul power so that the host can fully control the Horcrux. Compared to ordinary weapons, Horcruxes are characterized by their ability to perfectly fuse with their host and ultimately unleash powerful energy.

Chen Zhou had naturally heard of Soul Weapons and knew how rare they were.

He immediately asked, "What quality of soul weapon?"

"There's no way of knowing. The rewards for each sect competition are always announced last, so this is just hearsay," Jiang Ying said regretfully.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go sign up!" Chen Zhou said excitedly. He had never seen this soul weapon before. Even if he couldn't get it, just seeing it would make the trip worthwhile.

After saying that, Chen Zhou grabbed Jiang Ying's hand and started running.

Jiang Ying didn't react at first, and only realized it after running a few steps.

That jerk junior brother actually held my hand!

"You, how dare you! You actually dared to pull Ben along..."

Before he could finish speaking, Chen Zhou realized the seriousness of the situation and immediately let go.

Unexpectedly, due to Chen Zhou's increased strength and reaction speed, Jiang Ying lost her balance and fell straight to the ground when she let go, unable to finish her sentence.