Chapter 1574: Special Chapter 1340: Challenge the Top Disciple_2

“Junior Brother, why must you become the top disciple?” Miao Tinglian sighed.

“I haven’t won the challenge yet,” Jiang Hao replied.

“Senior Brother Bai Yi wanted us to help, telling me to try sparring with you.” Mu Qi interjected.

Jiang Hao nodded.

Sparring with Senior Brother Mu Qi wasn’t a bad thing either.

Then they sparred all afternoon.

Mu Qi was silent.

“Junior Brother truly is invincible at the same level,” he said.

Just now, even though Mu Qi had suppressed his cultivation, he wasn’t a match for Jiang Hao at all.

It was too powerful.

The saber in his hand was incredibly heavy, inconceivably so.

If he were to advance to the middle stage of Return to Void, Manlong might indeed be no match for him,

even if he had just reached the middle stage.

Jiang Hao smiled and said, “It’s not too bad.”

Senior Brother Mu Qi was almost as good as Junior Brother Han Ming.

But Senior Brother Mu Qi was still delayed by Senior Sister Miao, he should have been stronger.

While Jiang Hao was sparring with Mu Qi, Miao Tinglian was walking around.

Jiang Hao was somewhat curious.

“I’m collecting Junior Brother’s scent,” Miao Tinglian stated truthfully.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Hao felt that Senior Sister Miao had recently gone a bit mad.

Collecting scents was a strange thing to do.

“Don’t underestimate these scents; they are very useful for finding that fairy,” Miao Tinglian asserted seriously. “Ever since I saw that fairy, I couldn’t look at anyone else the same way again.”

“Only she is worthy of Junior Brother.”

“I must find her no matter what,” she said.

“Senior Sister, why bother?” Jiang Hao shook his head and sighed.

Miao Tinglian simply wouldn’t listen.

Jiang Hao didn’t care either.

After all, it didn’t matter.

Senior Sister had been obsessing over this for dozens or even hundreds of years.

After that, Jiang Hao continued to spar with Senior Brother Mu Qi, occasionally with Senior Sister Miao as well.

Unfortunately, Senior Sister Miao was too weak.

She didn’t even evoke the urge to unsheathe his sword.

Senior Sister Miao had extraordinary talents, but her mind was filled with love and affection.

Although her cultivation wasn’t low, her combat power was just average.

Five years went by in a flash.

During this period, the Heavenly Note Sect visited only thrice.

He spent most of his time cultivating and refining his saber technique.

He felt he had gained a substantial understanding in the Great Overarching Heaven.

He had completely mastered the Sky-Cleaving Saber Technique, its power astonishing even Mu Qi.

It was on this day that Jiang Hao successfully advanced to the middle stage of Return to Void.

At one hundred and fifteen years old, he was in the middle stage of Return to Void.

He should rank among the top disciples in the sect.

Additionally, he had almost accumulated enough lifeblood “bubbles.”

[Lifeblood: 98/100 (ready for cultivation)]

[Cultivation: 100/100 (ready for cultivation)]

He just needed the last two “bubbles.”

Then he could attempt to reach the Heavenly Immortal Perfection.

“Try to advance before the challenge,” Jiang Hao thought to himself.

But he had to talk to his master about it first.

After meeting his master, the master was pleased, and the challenge process began.

There would be a period of verification.

The Law Enforcement Hall would come looking.

Cooperation was the key.

Additionally, the challenger’s identity would be kept secret until it was finalized.

This wasn’t important to Jiang Hao; whether it was kept secret or not didn’t matter to him.

However, the verification was unexpected; he wondered how they’d conduct it.

As soon as he submitted the request at the Cliff of Broken Hearts, the news of challenging the top disciple spread quickly.

Hundred Bones Forest.

In a valley filled with flowers and grass, Bai Ye sat in a wooden wheelchair, watering the flowers.

At that moment, Lian Qin ran in hurriedly: “Senior Brother, there is big news.”

Upon hearing this, Bai Ye responded calmly, “What is it?”

He didn’t sense any powerful enemies approaching, so there was no need to be too alarmed.

“Someone is challenging the top disciple, the Tenth Manlong,” Lian Qin said immediately.

Bai Ye was surprised, “Are you sure about the news?”

“It’s certain,” Lian Qin nodded. “It came from the Law Enforcement Hall; they’ve started to verify the cultivation levels and other details of both parties.”

“Do you know who it is?” Bai Ye asked.

Lian Qin shook her head, “No word at all; regarding the top disciple, the Law Enforcement Hall dares not leak any information.”

“Indeed,” Bai Ye pondered and then said:

“A few years back, the sect suddenly started fixing the challenge rules; it seems they already knew at that time.”

“This person is very important to the sect.”

“Very important?” Lian Qin said, surprised. “Who could it be?”

Bai Ye also fell into thought.

It was only a moment before he suddenly paused.

He then laughed and said, “We’ve been comfortable for too long, almost forgetting over these decades.”

Fairy Lian Qin expressed surprise, “Senior Brother, you knew?”

Bai Ye did not answer directly, but instead said, “Someone must have started placing bets, right?”

“Yes, blind bets,” Fairy Lian Qin replied.

“Take some spirit stones and bet on the challenger to win,” Bai Ye responded.

“Who exactly is this person, Senior Brother?” Fairy Lian Qin immediately asked.

“Guess, even if you guess it right, we shouldn’t say, for even the Law Enforcement Hall dares not reveal it, we shouldn’t interfere,” Bai Ye said.

Fairy Lian Qin felt quite helpless; she couldn’t figure it out either.

Meanwhile, Zheng Shijiu and Xin Yuyue were discussing their cultivation.

Their cultivation levels were not weak now; both had reached the Primordial Spirit Realm.

But soon, they received the news that someone was challenging the top disciple.

“After so many years, someone is finally challenging the top disciple? I wonder who it is,” Zheng Shijiu said.

“I don’t know, but it must be some prodigy, these people keep emerging lately,” Xin Yuyue said.

These years, previously obscure disciples had suddenly risen rapidly.

Thus, it was only natural for a prodigy to challenge the top disciple.

As for the final winner,

It was very likely still Manlong.

White Moon Lake.

Senior Sister Leng was instructing Senior Sister Zhou Chan.

Suddenly, Zhao Qingxue ran in.

“What’s the matter?” Senior Sister Leng asked.

Senior Sister Leng’s advancement rate was the fastest now.

She was already standing at the Immortal Ascension stage.

Her innate talents were unparalleled.

Given another hundred years or so, she was sure to ascend.

Zhao Qingxue dared not act recklessly and promptly said, “News has arrived, saying someone wants to challenge the tenth top disciple.”

“A challenge for the top disciple?” Senior Sister Leng said indifferently, “It’s not a big issue, the great era will eventually bring someone forward to stand out, but even at his worst, Manlong should be advancing to the late stage of the Return to Void Realm.”

“Who could catch up so quickly?”

Those who are older now basically no longer qualify to challenge for the top disciple position,

unless their cultivation is almost on par with hers.

“I don’t know,” Zhao Qingxue shook her head.

“Don’t know?” Senior Sister Leng wondered.

“Until the review is over, the Law Enforcement Hall will not disclose it,” Zhao Qingxue said.

“Yes, the rules have changed now, senior sister might not be aware,” Zhou Chan said with a smile, “Senior Sister only knows about retreating and advancing.”

“You’ve been lazy, otherwise you wouldn’t have just reached the Return to Void stage,” Senior Sister Leng said evenly.

“The review takes up to seven days; we will know who it is after seven days,” Zhou Chan responded.

Senior Sister Leng nodded and was not concerned about this.

——

Jiang Hao had waited three days and finally, the person from the Law Enforcement Hall arrived.

No surprise, it was Liu Xingchen.

“Junior Brother, we meet again,” Liu Xingchen said with a smile.

Jiang Hao looked at him and smiled as well, “It has indeed been a long time.”

Late stage of Immortal Ascension, Jiang Hao was amazed,

What was going on with the other person’s cultivation level?

How could it have jumped so quickly?

But his body’s condition wasn’t great either; it seemed like a forced improvement,

with a multitude of underlying issues.

And one couldn’t know what else the other had been recklessly doing recently.

Yet his aura was increasingly vast,

One day Liu Xingchen wouldn’t be able to withstand it,

Jiang Hao identified that he was still fostering those remnants, but he noticed something unusual.

Liu Xingchen had taken an interest in one alchemy cultivator from the Candlelight Pill Hall branch.

Suspecting it to be the Holy Master’s divine soul,

The moment he saw this, Jiang Hao was stunned.

Had his junior brother been exposed?

How had Liu Xingchen managed to do it?

And he was still watching over him, waiting for him to do something interesting.

Luckily, Liu Xingchen knew he had to lie low for a while and wasn’t too attentive, but he was very much looking forward to it.

“I never thought, Junior Brother, that you would be challenging for the top disciple in the blink of an eye, without much else to say, we need to verify your age and cultivation,” said Liu Xingchen as he took out the Heavenly Essence Soul Modeling Mirror.

Jiang Hao fully cooperated.

Soon a conclusion was reached.

Indeed, he was in the peak of the Return to Void Realm and over a hundred years old.

Once the results appeared, Liu Xingchen didn’t rush to record them but instead said:

“Junior Brother should understand a rule; all things should have traces to follow.”

“What Junior Brother has shown now is the cultivation of just having advanced to the peak of the Return to Void Realm.”

“But if there is a sudden rise, that would not be normal, and even more abnormal if the Heavenly Essence Soul Modeling Mirror did not detect it”

Seeing Liu Xingchen’s smiling face, Jiang Hao felt as if the other party had become excited again.

The identification just now hadn’t shown this.

“Not changing it?” Liu Xingchen asked.

Jiang Hao could only return the smile, “My strength is insufficient; I am but a joke to you, Senior Brother.”

At those words, Liu Xingchen grew even more delighted.

Jiang Hao: “….”

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