After the ranking competition ended, Lin Chen returned to his residence to enter seclusion and stabilize his cultivation. Gaining the Natural Sword Body was an unexpected joy for him.
Following the battle, Lin Chen’s cultivation had further improved. He had now reached the Eighth Layer of the Heaven-reaching Realm, and his internal Spiritual Spring was brimming, almost to the point of overflowing. Therefore, advancing to the Ninth Layer of the Heaven-reaching Realm was a mere trifle for him.
One day, Lin Chen arrived at the place where Formation Sect disciples registered.
Since Lu Zizai had spoken about wanting to take Lin Chen as a disciple and Lin Chen had not agreed, no other elders had come forward to ask to take him as a disciple either. After all within the Formation Sect, Lu Zizai’s strength was evident for all to see—nobody dared to offend him. If someone had asked to take Lin Chen as a disciple, wouldn’t that mean going head to head with Lu Zizai?
Therefore, Lin Chen merely ended up as an ordinary Inner Sect disciple of the Formation Sect. However, this already surpassed many others. It’s important to note that Lin Chen started directly in the Inner Sect, an achievement that many Formation Sect disciples might only accomplish with a lifetime of effort.
After registering his name, Lin Chen looked at the rewards he received from the ranking competition, which totaled one thousand three hundred sect contribution points.
In addition, Lin Chen had the opportunity to choose a Lower Heaven-level Treasure.
Lin Chen walked into the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion of the Formation Sect and was immediately dazzled by the sight.
After some searching, Lin Chen found a set of martial skill techniques named ’Thunder Summoning Sword Technique’.
This technique was of the Lightning Sword Technique. Once executed, it could imbue a treasured sword with the power of thunder and lightning, possessing tremendous strength for both long-range and close-combat.
Crucially, this technique could endow a frequently used treasured sword with the power of thunder and lightning. As a result, Lin Chen could effectively keep transforming ordinary treasured swords into thunder and lightning imbued swords of the Lightning Attribute indefinitely.
This meant adding a Lightning Attribute sword to his Seven Kill Sword repertoire.
Later, when Lin Chen was selecting a weapon, he chose a Treasured Sword with a Fire Attribute named Fiery Flame Sword, which was a Lower Heaven-level Treasure.
After his selection was complete, Lin Chen left the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion. As soon as he stepped outside, he saw a group of senior Formation Sect disciples crowding around Chang Bai at the entrance of the pavilion.
Lin Chen was not particularly interested in the seniors "looking after" the new disciples. However, since Chang Bai was the one surrounded, Lin Chen grew curious. He decided to observe and see how Chang Bai’s strength compared to these senior Inner Sect disciples of the Formation Sect.
"Get lost! I’m only going to say it once," Chang Bai said to the five Formation Sect disciples blocking his path, his tone unfriendly.
He had suffered defeat in a recent battle with Lin Chen, and what stung the most was that Lin Chen had bested him using his proudest Swordsmanship. He was now seething with anger with nowhere to vent.
Although the warriors in front of him were his senior brothers, Chang Bai did not consider the five of them worth his attention.
"Kid, I heard you performed exceptionally well in the new disciples’ ranking competition," one of the five men chuckled. "I wonder if you’d be interested in sparring with your senior brother here."
"Don’t worry, your senior brother will take good care of you and won’t let you get hurt," he added.
The five men looked at Chang Bai, laughing merrily.
However, the expressions on the faces of the others around them turned grim when they saw this mockery of Chang Bai.
Because Chang Bai’s performance in that day’s competition had proved his strength was by no means inferior to those who had joined the Formation Sect before him.
It seemed that Zheng Yuan and his bunch were probably not a match for Chang Bai. Content orıginally comes from novel_fіre.net
"Zheng Yuan always bullies us on regular days, and now he’s even reaching out to the new juniors. Unfortunately for him, this time he’s met his match—Chang Bai won’t be bullied so easily," someone remarked.
"Yeah, this is going to be good. I can hardly wait to see Chang Bai rub Zheng Yuan’s face in the dirt," another voice chimed in.