Watching Du Feiyu leave, Lin Chen glanced at Hong Lan and the other two, then also returned to his room.
Back in his room, Lin Chen carefully pondered the fight with Du Feiyu that had taken place earlier in the day.
Although Du Feiyu was young, his strength was not to be underestimated. He possessed a remarkable talent which, given time, would inevitably make him a formidable power.
However, all of this was predicated on his ability to grow smoothly. Du Feiyu, possessing a Supreme God Body, would no doubt stand out at the recruitment event of the Formation Sect.
Despite this, Du Feiyu’s current strength was still somewhat immature. Zhao Zhongtian could easily suppress him, and even Zhao Zhongchuan was slightly more powerful.
Zhao Zhongchuan joined the Formation Sect along with Zhao Zhongtian, and according to Lin Chen’s experience when sparring with him last time, Zhao Zhongchuan also seemed to possess a Supreme God Body.
At this recruitment event, both of them would undoubtedly be dark horses.
A powerful sect values potential rather than current strength.
A disciple with potential will receive a considerable amount of resources from the sect for cultivation.
However, martial artists of a certain age, despite their decent strength, are not likely to be highly valued by the sect; at best, they are offered a respectable position to win them over.
For such martial artists, it is difficult to grow further, and they affiliate themselves with sects primarily for resources. Yet even with an abundance of resources, it is unlikely their strength will improve much.
Thus, no sect would spend a lot of resources on training these older martial artists.
Furthermore, Lin Chen knew that the Formation Sect valued a martial artist’s true strength, not external strength boosted by talisman inscriptions and formations. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novel[f]ire.net
Although he was not yet sure whether the Formation Sect would impose a ban on these aspects during the contest, Lin Chen was well aware that while they were his strengths, they were also his weaknesses.
If formations and talisman inscriptions were to be banned, Lin Chen’s strength would be significantly reduced.
Lin Chen’s physique, an Ancient Divine Body, was even stronger than the Supreme God Bodies of Du Feiyu and Zhao Zhongchuan, but Lin Chen’s cultivation was far too low, being only at the Melding Earth Realm, and this was Lin Chen’s critical flaw. In combat with ordinary martial artists, he could still rely on powerful cultivation techniques and martial arts skills to overwhelm his opponents.
However, when fighting prodigies like Du Feiyu and Zhao Zhongchuan, Lin Chen’s shortcoming was evident.
He couldn’t win quickly, and if Du Feiyu and Zhao Zhongchuan were a bit more powerful, Lin Chen might not be able to contend with them at all.
Therefore, if Lin Chen wanted to distinguish himself and rank at the top in the Formation Sect’s competition, he had to improve his strength as quickly as possible.
With a grand gesture, Lin Chen took out the countless resources he had plundered recently and began to cultivate.
Lin Chen constantly cultivated, compressing his Spiritual Power and refining his Divine Body to the limit, washing his meridians and sea of qi over and over with Spiritual Power.
In truth, Lin Chen could have ascended to the Ninth Layer of the Melding Earth Realm any time, but he had not done so. His foundation in the Eighth Layer was not yet solid because it had just been a recent breakthrough. If he were to advance further, his foundation would be unstable, hindering future cultivation.
If Lin Chen rushed to increase his cultivation level for the sake of the current situation, it would be a case of loss outweighing the gain.
After all, an unstable foundation is irreversible and would severely affect future cultivation.
Therefore, Lin Chen did not resist fighting with Du Feiyu as a way to solidify his foundation and enhance his strength.
While Lin Chen’s main body was diligently working to improve his strength, his Second Soul Division in Divine Sun City was also not slacking off, sparring with Xu Ma’an and other Peak Masters daily to accumulate combat experience and refine his techniques.
The High Mountain Flowing Water Swordsmanship practiced by the Second Soul Division had already reached the Great Perfection Realm, and even the hidden Thirteenth Sword Form had been successfully mastered.
Now, the way Lin Chen wielded his swordsmanship was more like an extension of self-realization; he’d even begun creating his own sword moves.
In addition to his swordsmanship, Lin Chen had also practiced the Scorching Sun Divine Fist. This set of techniques belonged to the body technique category and could enhance his physique as well as being a powerful fist technique.
Even though the Scorching Sun Divine Fist, being a body technique, could not be transmitted by the Divine Soul to Lin Chen’s Divine Body, the Second Soul Division’s experience provided valuable insights for Lin Chen. Therefore, the cultivation of Lin Chen’s main body and the Second Soul Division was mutually beneficial.
The Scorching Sun Divine Fist had nine levels, and Lin Chen’s Second Soul Division had cultivated it up to the Sixth Level, whereas his main body had reached the Fifth Level. Even though the main body was one level below the Second Soul Division, Lin Chen’s main body had a stronger physique, so even at the Fifth Level, it could exert power comparable to the Sixth Level of the Second Soul Division.
The Scorching Sun Divine Fist was one of Lin Chen’s key trump cards, and combined with his Ancient Divine Body, the two could unleash a formidable power beyond ordinary imagination. Hence, Lin Chen did not plan to reveal this trump card lightly.
At the moment, Xu Ma’an had improved a lot from the battles with Lin Chen these past days, advancing by two whole realms to reach the Eighth Layer of the Reverting Void Realm. He was finally surpassing his junior brothers and sisters, which put him in high spirits, and all thanks to being a sparring partner for Lin Chen’s Second Soul Division.
Who could have imagined that Lin Chen, with only the strength of the Sixth Layer of the Heaven-reaching Realm, could fight on par with a Reverting Void Realm powerhouse like him.
As time passed, the recruitment event of the Formation Sect was fast approaching, with only the last ten days left.
During this period, a large number of foreign martial artists arrived at the Formation Sect every day.
For many martial artists, it was not their first time coming to the Formation Sect. Many of them participated in the Sect’s recruitment competition every year.
The martial artists who arrived also surprised Lin Chen.
Among them, there were both young and old, with vastly differing strengths, and even those with great talent.