Chapter 641 - 136: Gao Zeming: The Most Elite Hunters Often Appear as Prey
Chapter 641: Chapter 136: Gao Zeming: The Most Elite Hunters Often Appear as Prey
Linhu Village.
Lin Chen returned to his courtyard and took out the Martial Arts Mountain Seal from his bosom.
He hadn’t been to Martial Arts Mountain for several months and figured he should report his safety to the Canglan Sect elders.
With a thought.
Lin Chen appeared on the steps of Martial Arts Mountain.
[Name: Lin Chen]
[Sect: Canglan Sect]
[Martial Arts Mountain Rank: 40,000]
[Points: 40,000]
Looking at his ranking, Lin Chen recalled his crazed challenging experience among the Li Fire, truly like walking a tightrope over a cliff—any failure would have reduced him to ashes.
Composing himself, Lin Chen focused his mind and chose to challenge.
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Han Kingdom, Imperial Palace.
"Second Senior Brother, the Han Country Royal Family has invited us to a banquet, are you going?"
"You go, Junior Brother, I’m not going."
Wei Yichen declined.
A few junior brothers came to the island of the Martial Arts Desolate Land to satisfy their vanity, because their realm couldn’t even rank as geniuses in the Flame Dynasty, but here they were top geniuses.
But he was different. He was the top genius of the sect, having entered the ranks of the top forty thousand in Martial Arts Mountain. Even though he had fallen out several times before, he had managed to break into the top forty thousand again this time.
He followed a few elders to the desolate land, just hoping to see if he could find some innate energy.
The Flame Dynasty’s vast lands were abundant in innate energy, but these places that nurtured innate energy were all controlled by various sects and family powers, and the strength of their sect only allowed them to allot one place.
After the junior brothers left, Wei Yichen was about to cultivate, when he suddenly raised an eyebrow, a Martial Arts Seal appearing in his hand.
Someone was challenging him on Martial Arts Mountain.
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Martial Arts Mountain Battle Plain.
Wei Yichen’s figure just appeared when he saw his opponent pointing a finger.
Then, he heard a whooshing sound and saw a giant ice-blue finger enlarging in his pupils, pressing down hard in the end.
From start to finish, he didn’t even have time to resist; when his sight recovered, he was already back on the steps of Martial Arts Mountain.
"Was that the Canglan Finger of the Canglan Sect?"
Wei Yichen gasped heavily; the shock from that finger was too strong, leaving him still shaken.
"No wonder he’s a disciple of the Canglan Sect, beyond the reach of disciples from small sects and factions like us."
While still startled, there was admiration in Wei Yichen’s eyes. These martial artists from the islands of the Martial Arts Desolate Land looked at them with envy, just as they looked at disciples from major sects like the Canglan Sect with the same envy in the Flame Dynasty.
For Lin Chen, that battle wasn’t even considered a warm-up. After defeating his opponent, he immediately chose to enter the next match.
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Martial Arts Mountain.
The man responsible for watching the jade tablet’s inscriptions brightened at the sight of a name appearing on the fifth row.
Lin Chen has reappeared.
Since he last saw Lin Chen win tens of thousands of battles in a row without choosing to skip rankings, he had reported this to Canglan Sect as a favor.
Canglan Sect then asked him to keep an eye on Lin Chen’s ranking; though he didn’t understand why Canglan Sect would make such a request, he was glad to oblige if it meant they owed him a favor.
And so, he watched Lin Chen fight his way to the top forty thousand through continuous victories.
He was even more perplexed; Canglan Sect already knew about Lin Chen’s situation yet still let him waste time by challenging rankings one by one.
But two months ago, Lin Chen suddenly stopped challenging on Martial Arts Mountain, and Canglan Sect sent a message asking him to check if Lin Chen would resurface on the mountain.
He didn’t understand this maneuver by Canglan Sect.
Unless Lin Chen was a disciple from Canglan Sect lost in the world, yet they hadn’t contacted him until now.
But is that possible?
A lost disciple, without Canglan Sect’s resources, could progress so rapidly in the Martial Arts Mountain ranking?
"Forget it, I’d better inform Canglan Sect."
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Canglan Sect.
When Gao Zeming received the message from Martial Arts Mountain again, he was stunned.
Over two months had passed, and in his heart, Lin Chen was already considered dead.
He had learned from Qin Yan how difficult the Inextinguishable Divine Face Technique was to cultivate.
Under normal circumstances, practicing this technique was challenging, seldom successful without numerous attempts, let alone Lin Chen who hadn’t received the cultivation technique inheritance—it was like scaling the sky to succeed in one go.
Elder Du didn’t inquire about Lin Chen’s matters afterward, likely thinking achieving the Inextinguishable Divine Face Body was almost impossible for Lin Chen.
Snapping out of it, Gao Zeming promptly headed toward Elder Du’s courtyard.
"Elder Du, good news."
Before even entering the courtyard, Gao Zeming called out excitedly, only to find upon entry that alongside Elder Du, there were two other elders present.
"Disciple greets Elder Zhao and Elder Qu."
"What is it?"
Du Xiaofeng looked at Gao Zeming. Gao Zeming glanced at the other two elders without speaking immediately; Elder Du showed the intention to take Lin Chen as a student, and speaking of it in front of Elder Zhao and the others might also spark their interest.
After pondering for a moment, Gao Zeming said, "Elder Zhao, the Lin Chen you asked me to observe last time is currently challenging at Martial Arts Mountain."
Du Xiaofeng’s old eyes squinted briefly, then slightly narrowed.
"Lin Chen? Old Du, since when did you start paying attention to sect disciples?" Zhao Yulin asked with a chuckle.
"Recently discovered promising talent, considering taking on a disciple," Du Xiaofeng replied with a smile. Hearing this, Zhao Yulin and Elder Qu exchanged glances. For a disciple to catch the interest of these elders, they must be no ordinary talent.