Chapter 78: A Million Romance Points, Gathering of Heroes
“Zhou Chen, it’s time to go!”
“Coming!”
Zhou Chen responded, looking at the six women: Qin Hong Yu, Celestial Fragrance Fairy, Zhao Shi Rong, Yu You Wei, Gu Qiu Shui, and Li Qing Xia:
“You all stay home and cultivate well. I’ll check carefully when I get back!”
The six women blushed, and Qin Hong Yu was even more embarrassed, burying her head, her cheeks burning. She was the first woman with Zhou Chen, so how could she not know Zhou Chen’s innuendo?
“Wishing Young Master a safe journey and a bountiful return!”
Celestial Fragrance Fairy and the others offered their blessings. The Heavenly Cloud Secret Realm was quite dangerous for Body Refinement Seventh Level martial artists, but Zhou Chen had shown them part of his strength, reassuring them.
Although they were still a bit worried, they didn’t show it.
“Alright, let’s go!”
Zhou Chen waved his hand, went out to meet Li Chang Hen, and headed to Azure Cloud Peak together.
Azure Cloud Peak Martial Arts Plaza.
Dozens of disciples with powerful auras and distinct temperaments gathered together, some in small groups, others standing alone.
The weakest among them were at the Body Refinement Seventh Level, and they were the best among their peers.
All thirty-four True Inheritance Disciples, filling the fifty spots allocated to Azure Cloud Sect, had arrived.
The remaining sixteen were selected from inner sect disciples.
Ten from Body Refinement Ninth Level, four from Body Refinement Eighth Level, and two from Body Refinement Seventh Level.
Pang Yun Long, the number one Body Refinement Seventh Level disciple in Azure Cloud Sect, was among them.
He followed behind Deng Yi Qiang, the senior brother of Black Dragon Peak.
Deng Yi Qiang was accompanied by three others, the other three True Inheritance Disciples of Black Dragon Peak.
When Zhou Chen and Li Chang Hen arrived, many eyes fell on Zhou Chen, but most of them just glanced at him and then ignored him.
Zhou Chen felt several venomous gazes and looked up to see the people from Black Dragon Peak.
“Deng Yi Qiang, Pang Yun Long…”
Zhou Chen wasn’t surprised to see these two people he had clashed with before, but there was another disciple standing in front of Pang Yun Long whom Zhou Chen didn’t recognize.
However, after a moment’s thought, Zhou Chen guessed his identity.
Wei Jun.
Body Refinement Ninth Level, inner sect disciple.
Since Black Dragon Peak already had four True Inheritance Disciples, including Deng Yi Qiang, Wei Jun had only two ways to become a True Inheritance Disciple.
One was to defeat other True Inheritance Disciples.
But he simply couldn’t do it.
The other was to take one of the remaining three spots from Divine Arrow Peak. (At that time, Zhou Chen hadn’t joined Azure Cloud Sect, and Divine Arrow Peak only had Li Chang Hen as a True Inheritance Disciple.) He was defeated by Li Chang Hen with a single arrow and was told that he was too weak to be a True Inheritance Disciple.
Wei Jun lost face and couldn’t bring himself to mention becoming a True Inheritance Disciple again.
But he took this matter as a lifelong humiliation and deeply resented Li Chang Hen and Divine Arrow Peak.
“A Body Refinement Seventh Level dares to go to the Heavenly Cloud Secret Realm, truly not afraid of death!”
Wei Jun looked at Zhou Chen, a surge of killing intent rising in his heart: “Divine Arrow Peak only has two precious disciples. It would be interesting if one of them were to fall!”
He had already reached the First Transformation Realm. Although he couldn’t defeat those True Inheritance Disciples who were generally at the Third Transformation Realm or above, killing Zhou Chen, who was at the Body Refinement Seventh Level, would be as easy as crushing an ant.
After reaching the peak of the Body Refinement Ninth Level, every additional martial art mastered is a transformation. This means, including his main martial art, he had already mastered two high-level martial arts. (Note: Emphasis added. The First Transformation is calculated excluding the main martial art.)
Actually, only the first time is the most difficult. Cultivating a second martial art is equivalent to tempering the body again after completing body tempering, which is much simpler and faster.
The more times the body is tempered, the stronger it becomes, the purer and more spotless it becomes, and the faster the cultivation speed.
However, this also requires talent and resources.
If the talent is not enough, then one can only cultivate fewer martial arts.
If the resources are not enough, then one can only choose to advance.
For ordinary lone cultivators, having one high-level martial art is already a great fortune, and there is no need to consider these things.
This is also the fundamental reason why disciples from sects and aristocratic families can easily defeat ordinary lone cultivators.
Therefore.
Whether it is cultivating immortality or martial arts, only a minority can become strong.
Cultivating immortality depends on spiritual roots, which are one in ten thousand, and good spiritual roots are even rarer.
The entry requirements for martial arts are low, but there are also invisible thresholds. For example, the bone structure and comprehension of most people are not capable of mastering too many martial arts, so their strength and potential are limited.
Even Li Chang Feng is estimated to be only around ten or twenty transformations.
Geniuses like Azure Cloud Fairy, who can achieve seventy-two transformations, are ultimately a minority.
Otherwise, everyone would be strong. “Want to kill me?”
Zhou Chen cultivated both immortality and martial arts, and his soul, constantly merging with Ji Feng Xia and Liu Ru Yi in the Wind and Moon Mirror, was incredibly powerful and sharp.
He instantly sensed Wei Jun’s deep malice towards him.
“You old geezer, better pray you don’t run into me!”
Zhou Chen sentenced him to death in his heart. However, the Heavenly Cloud Secret Realm was vast, and after entering, they would be randomly scattered. He couldn’t guarantee that he would find him.
As for strength?
Zhou Chen estimated that Wei Jun was at most two or three transformations, while he had accumulated a full million Romance Points in the past two months and could drastically improve once he entered the secret realm.
Madam Xing and Celestial Fragrance Fairy played a significant role in earning a million in two months.
Madam Xing was a Body Refinement Ninth Level expert, and since their first time, there had been countless more encounters.
Zhou Chen would occasionally visit Celestial Fairy Restaurant to chat about life with Madam Xing and the girls there, cultivating the Dao and pursuing immortality.
He would always take on ten at a time.
In addition, after bringing Celestial Fragrance Fairy home, she integrated into Zhou Chen’s big family. With more people, the Romance Points also increased rapidly.
He could earn an average of 20,000 Romance Points per day.
Ignoring the attention-grabbing Black Dragon Peak disciples, Zhou Chen looked towards Spirit Medicine Peak, where there were the most female disciples, forming a beautiful sight.
The young girl at the front was dressed in water-green attire, with a small sachet hanging from her waist. Her jade-like skin was fairer than snow, with a faint blush, making her extremely beautiful.
Her waist was slender, less than a handspan, but her bosom was ample, vast like the ocean, yet she exuded a spiritual aura, unmatched in her elegance and beauty. Her entire being emanated a fragrance of vegetation, full of vitality, making people instinctively want to be close to her.
The green-clad girl’s bright eyes darted around, her gaze lingering on Zhou Chen for a moment, seemingly curious about him.
But when she met Zhou Chen’s gaze, she quickly looked away, like a startled deer.
“Mu Ling Er, the senior sister of Spirit Medicine Peak, ranked tenth on the Hundred Flowers Ranking, quite interesting…”
Zhou Chen withdrew his gaze and saw Shi Qing Xuan, the senior sister of Azure Cloud Peak, and three disciples with extraordinary temperaments approaching.
Two men and one woman, the other three True Inheritance Disciples of Azure Cloud Peak.
Zhou Chen glanced past the male disciples and looked at the woman next to Shi Qing Xuan, Qin Bing Yun, the second senior sister of Azure Cloud Peak.
Although her name was Bing Yun, which seemed cold, her figure was extremely hot. It was said that she was a violent maniac who liked to dismember people with a single sword strike.
In fact, Qin Bing Yun was also very beautiful, but she had a red birthmark on her face. Otherwise, she would definitely be on the Hundred Flowers Ranking.
It had to be said that Azure Cloud Sect, as a thousand-year-old sect, was blessed with both talented individuals and a favorable environment. Among the fifty people present, including Zhou Chen, there were only three at Body Refinement Seventh Level, four at Body Refinement Eighth Level, and the rest were all at Body Refinement Ninth Level or above, below the Divine Power Realm.
It could be said that the elite of the younger generation of Azure Cloud Sect were all here.
The next generation of sect masters, peak masters, and elders of Azure Cloud Sect would almost certainly emerge from this group of people.
“The Sect Master has arrived!”
Just as Zhou Chen was secretly observing, a flying boat slowly descended from the peak of Azure Cloud Peak. It was even more magnificent and larger than Li Chang Feng’s flying boat, entirely silver, seamlessly crafted, leaving a lasting impression.
Qing Yu Yao stood at the bow, hands clasped behind her back, like an empress reigning supreme, overlooking the vast mountains and rivers, exuding an air of majesty and dominance.
Zhou Chen looked up, but unfortunately, there wasn’t the scenery he had imagined.
As the flying boat landed, streaks of light gathered towards it.
They were the peak masters and elders.
Two of the streaks of light landed beside Qing Yu Yao, half a step behind her.
One was Li Chang Feng, the Peak Master of Divine Arrow Peak.
The other was a middle-aged man in black, cold and stern, carrying a long saber on his back. Zhou Chen had seen him before at the True Inheritance Ceremony. He was Song Hao, the Peak Master of Heavenly Saber Peak.
The rest landed on the high platform.
Evidently, leading the team this time were Sect Master Qing Yu Yao and the two peak masters, Li Chang Feng and Song Hao.
The Sect Master’s presence went without saying.
Li Chang Feng and Song Hao were both top figures among the peak masters of Azure Cloud Sect, which showed the importance Azure Cloud Sect attached to this expedition to the secret realm.
After all, almost all the elites of the younger generation of Azure Cloud Sect were here.
“Board the boat, let’s go.”
Qing Yu Yao’s gaze swept over the disciples. Her words were few, concise, and to the point.
The disciples boarded the flying boat in an orderly manner.
“Farewell, Sect Master!”
Under the watchful eyes of the peak masters and elders, the flying boat transformed into a streak of light, soaring to the highest point in the clouds, disappearing into the horizon.