Chapter 2275: Meeting The Elders

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Zhao Hai slowly walked on Demonheart City’s street alongside Liu Zhen and the others. This time, they were going to the main city in the innermost circle where the largest branch of the Forbidden Path Sect was located. It was the time for the sect to open its gates.

Zhao Hai has now become the top member of the Blood Knife Gang. Although he hasn’t become the Gang Master, his strength placed him in that position. A Teleportation Stage Expert has just been felled by Zhao Hai’s fist. Even if Old Snakeface didn’t go all out, it was still a fact that he was punched to death by Zhao Hai.

Three days was enough for Liu Zhen and the others to understand how Zhao Hai killed Old Snakeface. To be honest, they were surprised when they heard that Zhao Hai’s punch shattered Old Snakeface’s bones. But the facts were there, they couldn’t just ignore it.

In the True Spirit Realm, strength was the only truth. Zhao Hai’s strength has been witnessed by many people. It can even be said that Zhao Hai was now stronger than the previous Gang Master, Wang Da. In this case, if he didn’t become the top member of the Blood Knife Gang, then who would be?

Additionally, Zhao Hai was now joining the Forbidden Path Sect. In this case, if either Liu Zhen and Yu Linfeng dared to snatch his position, they would be courting death.

Liu Zhen and Yu Linfeng also knew that Zhao Hai had no interest in becoming the Blood Knife Gang’s Gang Master. An Outer Disciple of the Forbidden Path Sect held more power than a Gang Master of a small gang. At this point, Liu Zhen and Yu Linfeng acted as Zhao Hai left and right hand men.

Zhao Hai was also aware of Liu Zhen and Yu Linfeng’s thoughts. However, he didn’t plan to do anything about it. In the True Spirit Realm, as long as you have strength, people would naturally gravitate towards you. It would actually be strange if someone doesn’t want to associate themselves with a strong expert.

Zhao Hai looked around and said, “This time, there should be quite a lot of people wanting to join the Forbidden Path Sect. Even if they know that they wouldn’t improve much upon joining due to their potential, they still want to join for that glimmer of opportunity. Brother Liu, Brother Yu, have you ever thought about joining the sect?”

Liu Zhen and Yu LInfeng looked at each other, then they smiled bitterly at the same time. Liu Zhen sighed and said, “We have long lost that ambition. Entering the Forbidden Path Sect requires a certain type of person. If people like us join the sect, we would just be cannon fodder. We might as well keep our current status.”

Yu Linfeng also nodded, “Entering the Forbidden Path Sect is indeed good, but it’s just a change of scenery for people like us. What we can obtain isn’t necessarily more than right now.”

Zhao Hai chuckled at their response. He knew that Liu Zhen and Yu Linfeng could no longer be regarded as true cultivators. They still cultivate, but they had already lost the heart for progress. It was the heart to pursue that defines a true cultivator. Since they had lost this, they could no longer be called cultivators.

Actually, there are plenty of people like Liu Zhen and Yu Linfeng in the True Spirit Realm. They might have talent at some point, but their potential isn’t much. And in addition to having insufficient resources, their progress wasn’t very high. Even if they wanted to progress, they didn’t have the means to do so.

Perhaps they might be spiritual youths at one point, but seeing that becoming the strongest was impossible, they slowly lost their heart.

Such cultivators were akin to rough cubes that had been slowly ground down until they became smooth spheres. But because they had become too smooth, any other progress was impossible.

The three chatted as they walked forward. Once in a while, cultivators would look towards Zhao Hai and whisper to each other. Although their voices were very low, Zhao Hai could clearly hear their conversation. They were discussing Zhao Hai’s battle with Old Snakeface.

Zhao Hai’s battle against Old Snakeface has spread throughout Demonheart City. Therefore, plenty of people knew that Zhao Hai had slain a Teleportation Stage Expert. Although some were not convinced, they also didn’t provoke Zhao Hai. After all, Zhao Hai killing a famous expert wasn’t fake. Nobody would want to joke with their own lives.

The tide of people continued towards the inner city. The inner city had the best environment of all the cities. Each building had its independent courtyard. The streets were also very wide. There was also a large square paved with large stones. It was obvious that it was being used as a martial arts ground.

Zhao Hai and the others had just arrived in the inner city when they saw a cultivator wearing the robes of the Forbidden Path Sect walking over. The man looked at Zhao Hai and the others and asked, “Are you participating in the assessment?”

Zhao Hai cupped his fist and said, “I’m here to participate, they are here to accompany me.”

The Forbidden Path Sect cultivator nodded and said, “Those who won’t participate can wait in the second city. There are too many people in the inner city.” Upon hearing this, Liu Zhen and Yu Linfeng immediately cupped their fist and left. On the other hand, Zhao Hai followed the cultivator into the inner city.

After arriving at the training ground, the cultivator turned his head to Zhao Hai and said, “Someone will give you a jade token in a while which will be your number. You can take the token to take the assessment then.”

Hearing this, Zhao Hai quickly replied, “Sir, I have this thing. I hear that it can allow me to directly join the sect.”

As he said that, Zhao Hai pulled out the Bloodless Command Token and handed it to the Forbidden Path Sect cultivator. When he saw the token, the cultivator couldn’t help but stare. He carefully inspected the token before looking at Zhao Hai and asking, “Are you Zhao Ling?”

Zhao Hai replied, “Yes, Sir. I’m Zhao Ling.”

The cultivator nodded, his expression returned to normal as he said, “No need to call me Sir. Just call me Senior Brother. I’m also an Outer Disciple of the sect. I have heard about you from Senior Brother Ling Dong. You’re correct, with this token, you can directly enter the Forbidden Path Sect. Come with me, I’ll lead you to where you need to go.”

Zhao Hai complied and walked with the cultivator towards a courtyard. Outside the courtyard were two guards standing still. It looks as if they didn’t notice the surroundings.

However, Zhao Hai could feel that the two guards were stronger than the cultivator leading him. Moreover, the gap wasn’t small.

The person guiding Zhao Hai was an Earth Monarch, the same as the two guards. However, the cultivator leading Zhao Hai was at the initial stage of the Earth Monarch Realm while the two guards were at the peak.

The cultivator leading Zhao Hai walked up to the two guards and cupped his fist, “Senior Brothers, this person came with a Bloodless Command Token. According to the sect’s rules, those with the token can directly join the sect. I need to lead him to the Elder to report.”

The two guards nodded, then the cultivator turned to Zhao Hai and said, “Junior Brother, follow me.” After that, he became silent. Zhao Hai didn’t dare ignore the cultivators by the door. He also cupped his fists towards them before heading inside.

Different from the busyness that Zhao Hai expected, the courtyard had a small training ground with a stone table at the side. There were several people sitting by the stone table and all of them looked quite old. Everyone was wearing the sect’s robes and were chatting with themselves while eating and drinking tea.

However, these people also quickly noticed Zhao Hai’s entrance. They stopped talking and looked at Zhao Hai and the Forbidden Path Sect disciple. The disciple cupped his fist and said, “Outer Sect’s Ye Fei has seen the Elders. This is Zhao Ling and he has a Bloodless Command Token. I lead him here to see you.”

As soon as they heard this, the Elders paused for a moment before they looked at Zhao Hai. They knew that a Bloodless Command Token had been taken to auction. Upon hearing Ye Fei, they immediately knew that the token must have fallen into Zhao Hai’s hands. Therefore, they were very curious about Zhao Hai.

After some time, an elder said to Zhao Hai, “Are you the Zhao Ling who killed a Teleportation Stage Expert with a punch that I heard recently?”

Hearing the elder, Zhao Hai stared, then he cupped his fist and said, “Replying to the elder. I am that Zhao Ling.”

The eyes of the elder showed curiosity, then he nodded and said, “Good. If I didn’t determine its authenticity, I wouldn’t have believed that an Earth Monarch could kill a Teleportation Stage Expert with a punch. Interesting. What cultivation method did you study?”

Zhao Hai cupped his fist and said, “Replying to Elder. I study a body cultivation method called the Demon Subjugation Technique.”

As soon as they heard this, the elders were stunned. One of them looked at Zhao Hai and asked, “Demon Subjugation Method. Demon Subjugation? Are you learning a Buddhist Technique?”

Zhao Hai replied, “Yes, Elder.”

The Elders were stunned. Then they all showed interested expressions. One of them looked at Zhao Hai and asked, “If that’s the case, you should be quite strong. How strong are you now?”

Zhao Hai shook his head, “Replying to the Elder. I don’t know. I have always been practicing the Demon Subjugation Method. At the same time, back in Gale Canyon, I was able to absorb a lot of blood qi. I don’t know how strong I am right now.”

The Elder smiled faintly and said, “It doesn’t matter. We can test right now. You, get the strength tablet.” A cultivator nearby nodded and then left.

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