Chapter 182 - Fighting the Source Sect Number One True Disciple!
Chapter 182: Fighting the Source Sect Number One True Disciple!
Xu Ning heard the conversation between Wu Lanqiong and Elder Ah Zhen clearly.
Although Wu Lanqiong did not say it explicitly, Xu Ning understood her intentions.
If there were no accidents, Wu Qingfu, who had offended him before, would probably struggle to survive for a long time.
At the same time, Xu Ning sighed at Wu Lanqiong’s sharpness.
She could guess his relationship with Wu Qingfu just by looking at his expression and his emotionless words.
‘As expected of someone who had experienced the hardships of life…’
Xu Ning sighed in his heart.
“Xu Ning, you are from State Jifeng’s Yuelan Sect, so you are also from a large sect.”
Feng Xiu said, “Today, you can take a good look at the disciples of the Source Sect and see if their performance is worthy of your attention.”
“Sect Master Feng must be joking.”
Xu Ning smiled.
Feng Xiu and Wu Lanqiong led Xu Ning and the others to sit down.
Afterwards, the elders of the Source Sect began to announce the process of the conference.
The core of a martial arts sect conference was naturally a competition of strength.
The outer disciples, inner disciples, and true disciples would all spar.
Those who performed well in the sect conference would be rewarded with medicinal pills, cultivation techniques, and other resources.
Those who were extremely outstanding could even be promoted.
Soon, the sect conference began.
First was the competition between outer disciples and inner disciples.
Xu Ning secretly compared the fight between the outer disciples and the inner disciples.
He discovered that the outer and inner disciples of the Source Sect were relatively better than the disciples of the Yuelan Sect. Moreover, there were more of them.
Overall, the Source Sect’s foundation was indeed stronger than the Yuelan Sect.
Time flew by, several hours went by in the blink of an eye.
Although Xu Ning was sitting on the high stands, he did not feel tired. Among the disciples who competed, there were always outstanding people, which allowed Xu Ning to feel the martial intent of ordinary warriors and martial artists.
Finally, in the afternoon, the true disciples began to compete.
‘The number of current true disciples in the Source Sect is similar to that of the Yuelan Sect, but this is all because of the different selection rules… In the Source Sect, after reaching the void realm fourth stage, one can automatically receive the status of a true disciple, but it is different for the Yuelan Sect. As long as the elders value them, even a mortal realm martial artist can become a true disciple…’
Xu Ning thought.
He discovered that the Source Sect had nearly half more disciples between the qualitative change realm and the attribute realm than the Yuelan Sect. The number of upper-level disciples they possessed was greater than what the Yuelan Sect possessed.
But when comparing the top disciples, the Yuelan Sect was not at all inferior.
There were four disciples in the Source Sect above the common seal realm: one in the true intent realm, and three in the common seal realm.
In the current Yuelan Sect, Xu Ning and his senior brother, He Mingye, were the only two people above the common seal realm, but both of them were at the peak of the true intent realm.
If it was compared like this, Yuelan Sect even had a slight advantage.
“Today’s true disciples performed well.”
After Feng Xiu watched the true disciples spar, he stroked his beard and smiled. He was very satisfied with them.
“Wenren Bo is about to take action.”
Feng Xiu and Wu Lanqiong leaned forward slightly at the same time, as if they were looking forward to Wenren Bo.
‘Wenren Bo?’
Xu Ning followed their gaze and looked at a young man in white, who was holding an emerald bamboo stick.
This person looked to be close to 30 years old. He had sharp eyebrows, starry eyes, and was handsome. As soon as he appeared, he attracted countless cheers.
Whether it was the outer disciples, inner disciples, or even true disciples, they all looked at him with sincere respect.
‘So he’s that true intent realm martial artist…’
Xu Ning had noticed him before, he just didn’t know his identity. “This person should be the first true disciple of the Source Sect…”
Wenren Bo jumped on the stage and greeted the true disciple in the common seal realm.
Afterwards, the two began to fight.
This was a fight that had a complete lack of suspense. Whether it was martial arts realm or secret technique realm, Wenren Bo was far ahead of his opponent.
He held the emerald green bamboo stick in his hand and countless green shadows danced in the air, restricting his opponent’s movements.
Wenren Bo didn’t even use true intent. He just relied on the power of his attributes to achieve a perfect suppression, causing his opponent to be powerless to fight back.
After a dozen moves, Wenren Bo won.
“Brother Wenren’s strength is outstanding, I admit defeat.”
After the disciple was defeated by Wenren Bo, he did not seem disappointed.
After all, he had already expected this situation before they even exchanged blows.
“Compared to half a year ago, Junior Brother has improved greatly. In time, you will definitely break through to the true intent realm. At that time, let’s fight again.”
Wenren Bo was neither arrogant nor impatient.
“Wenren Bo is a good kid.”
Wu Lanqiong didn’t hide her praise for Wenren Bo. “His younger brother, Wenren Jin, performed well previously. Although Wenren Jin is only in the qualitative change realm, he will probably break through to the common seal realm in a few years. By then, the two of them will be the strongest young force in the Source Sect.”
“Yeah…”
Feng Xiu nodded.
After Wenren Bo defeated the common seal realm disciple, he glanced at Xu Ning, then looked away.
Seeing this, Xu Ning narrowed his eyes.
“Xu Ning, the number one true disciple of my sect seems to want to compete with you…”
Feng Xiu also noticed this so he smiled and said, “Every year, the strongest true disciple who defeats all of his fellow disciples has the qualifications to challenge the one of the members of the highest viewing stands. I think Wenren Bo is aiming for you…”
Xu Ning raised his eyebrows.
No one told him before this that he could be challenged in the stands.
On the side, Wei Xingfeng was worried about Xu Ning when he heard Feng Xiu’s words.
He had forgotten about the fact that the strongest true disciple could challenge the members on the Sect Master’s viewing stands. After all, in previous years, this process was just formality.
Because most of the people in the stands were seniors, so after getting challenged, regardless of whether they were stronger than the other party, they would take the initiative to admit defeat. This was actually the process of the new generation and old generation acknowledging each other, and also the process of the old generation helping the newcomers build prestige and preparing them to take over.
But when Wenren Bo looked at Xu Ning just now, he didn’t look like he was looking at a senior.
Xu Ning was sitting next to Feng Xiu and Wu Lanqiong so he was being watched by thousands of people. Wenren Bo must have taken Xu Ning seriously.
“If I can really fight against the Source Sect’s number one true disciple, it would be a blessing.”
Xu Ning was calm and composed.
Xu Ning’s current strength was already at the peak of the true intent realm.
Moreover, after refining a large number of Pure Source Pills and other medicinal pills, Xu Ning absorbed close to 20,000 units of energy. Because it required 85,000 units of energy to advance to the true domain realm, Xu Ning first advanced his four secret techniques and the Life Pill Sutra, consuming a total of 16,000 units of energy.
Four secret techniques at the eighth level, plus the peak of the true intent realm. With this strength, even without using a dao weapon, Xu Ning could easily suppress Wenren Bo.
Afterwards, Wen Renbo fought with the two other void realm martial artists, and he won both matches easily.
The position of Wenren Bo as Source Sect’s number one true disciple was almost unmovable.
“Wenren Bo, according to past rules, you can challenge anyone in the highest stands.”
The elder hosting the conference said to Wenren Bo, “You can challenge anyone, even the Sect Master.”
Wenren Bo stood on the stage and looked up at the highest stands. “I want to challenge the person next to the Sect Master!”
His tone was full of fighting spirit.
After seeing Wenren Bo choose Xu Ning as his opponent without hesitation, the disciples were excited again.
The disciples of the Source Sect were all elites of State Feiyun, and everyone thought highly of themselves.
Unless someone was like Wenren Bo and used their true strength to defeat them, they would have a sense of pride when facing anyone, especially when facing their peers.
Ever since they saw Xu Ning sitting next to Feng Xiu and Wu Lanqiong, these disciples were a little unhappy.
Now that Wenren Bo took the initiative to challenge him, they were all excited.
These Source Sect disciples were extremely confident in Wenren Bo.
“Sure enough, Xu Ning, Wenren Bo chose to challenge you, do you accept?”
Feng Xiu asked Xu Ning, his eyes filled with slight anticipation.
“Naturally.”
Under everyone’s eyes, Xu Ning flicked his sleeves and jumped onto the platform with a soft landing.
Xu Ning and Wenren Bo were both wearing white robes.
“Source Sect’s true disciple, Wenren Bo.”
Wenren Bo took the initiative to introduce himself to Xu Ning.
After Xu Ning approached, Wenren Bo felt an invisible pressure crashing into him. Xu Ning did not hide his aura, so Wenren Bo could clearly sense the strength of a true intent realm martial artist on him.
“Yuelan Sect’s true disciple, Xu Ning.”
As soon as Xu Ning finished speaking, the crowd was noisy again.
Almost everyone was whispering with excited expressions.
The Yuelan Sect was a top sect in State Jifeng, so most of the disciples here had heard of it.
A fight between the number one sect disciple of State Feiyun and the number one sect disciple of State Jifeng was rarely seen.
“A true disciple of the Yuelan Sect…”
Unknowingly, Wenren Bo felt a sense of pressure.
He knew very well that against the true disciple of the Yuelan Sect, besides victory and defeat, he also had the expectations of the disciples of his sect on his shoulders.
‘I can’t lose this battle.’
A high fighting spirit appeared in Wenren Bo’s eyes.
He was the top genius of State Feiyun. He had a tenacious nature. No matter how much pressure he faced, he could still turn it into motivation.
“Brother Xu, please enlighten me!”
Wenren Bo held the bamboo stick and prepared himself.
Xu Ning stood still. “Then please.”
On the stands.
“Sister Wu, who do you think will win?”
Feng Xiu took the initiative to ask.
“Hard to say.”
Wu Lanqiong said, “Both of them are true intent realm martial artists. The winner depends on the cultivation of their secret techniques.”
“That’s true…”
Feng Xiu nodded. “Xu Ning should be a water and fire dual attribute martial artist. He has the advantage when facing a peer in the same martial arts realm, but the secret techniques of a dual attribute martial artist are relatively difficult to cultivate. I wonder how far he can go…”
The two stopped talking and looked at the stage.