Chapter 137: Chapter 42: Sect Grand Competition

Under Li Weixin’s arrangement, Iron Head, Yinjiao, and Chi Yu successfully joined D Class.

Chi Yu looked to be only three or four years old, immediately drawing the attention of everyone in D Class. They quickly guessed her identity as a transformed Demon. However, no one dared to act rashly after Yinjiao mentioned Yang Jing’s name.

Yang Jing only dared to let her go because Iron Head and Yinjiao were there to watch over her. Otherwise, if her Demon Nature were to erupt, he feared few in D Class would survive the Celestial Demon Blood Transformation Divine Light.

For the next several months, Yang Jing kept a low profile. He never once left the Sect, not even to attend the auctions at the Celestial Treasure Tower.

During this time, he raised his cultivation to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, bringing him close to Qi Refining Perfection. Moreover, using the Merit Points he had earned from the Insect Extermination Bell, he exchanged for the complete manuals for the Five Elements Thunder Technique and True Anti-Five Elements Swordsmanship, mastering them both.

However, because he lacked the general compendium, he was unable to unify the Thunder and Sword Techniques from the separate volumes.

Furthermore, in his True Yang Body cultivation, he had already opened thirty-six Acupoints. The Celestial True Yang in his body was vast and profound, surging like an unending torrent.

By wearing the Turtle Pearl as required, it had purified his energy, making it perfectly pure and whole, free of any impurities.

Having cultivated his True Yang Body to this stage, Yang Jing had a feeling he could attempt Foundation Establishment at any moment. However, he suppressed this impulse. Instead, he spent a considerable number of Merit Points in the Library Pavilion, researching the experiences of predecessors who had achieved Body Refining Foundation Establishment.

Even within the Five Elements True Spirit Sect, Body Refinement was a rather obscure path. Yang Jing only managed to find three accounts of it, and they were all somewhat vague.

The Foundation Establishment Pill was an Elixir created specifically for Qi Cultivation Techniques. Therefore, when attempting Foundation Establishment with a Body Refining Technique, it offered very little assistance. Its only real function was to save one’s life in the event of failure, preventing the body from being destroyed by the rampaging True Yang.

In addition to his reclusive cultivation, Yang Jing also used his earnings from the Demon Extermination Bell to power-level both Yinjiao’s *Supreme Nine Transformations of the Dragon Scripture* and Chi Yu’s *Black Death Seven Tribulations Scripture* to the realm of Peak of Perfection.

The Talent gained from the *Supreme Nine Transformations of the Dragon Scripture* was [Inner Flood Dragon Pearl].

After awakening this Talent, Yinjiao spent three months using Flood Dragon Blood, Dragon Blood, and his own Dragon Transformation Scripture Magical Power to condense a crystal-clear Flood Dragon Pearl.

With this Flood Dragon Pearl, not only did his Flood Dragon Bloodline ascend to a new level, but it also became much easier to circulate the *Supreme Nine Transformations of the Dragon Scripture* to convert Flood Dragon Blood into Dragon Blood. Even his other Talents received a significant boost.

Unfortunately, since Yang Jing was of the Human Race and possessed no Flood Dragon or Dragon Blood, nor did he cultivate with Dragon Transformation Scripture Magical Power, he was unable to share this Talent.

For Chi Yu’s *Black Death Seven Tribulations Scripture*, Yang Jing had acquired the Foundation Establishment Chapter for her at the Grass Market. The Talent she comprehended after he power-leveled it to the Peak of Perfection was [Qi Condensation into Evil].

The principle behind [Qi Condensation into Evil] was similar to the True Gang of Foundation Establishment and Body Refining Cultivators. It was a transformation from quantity to quality, stably condensing a large amount of Black Death Seven Tribulations Scripture Magical Power into a single streak of Seven Tribulations Black Slaughter.

However, because Chi Yu’s Magical Power was too weak, she could only condense a single streak of Seven Tribulations Black Slaughter within her Dantian.

She could transform this streak of Seven Tribulations Black Slaughter into a Flying Needle and control it remotely, just like a Magical Artifact.

Its sharpness was in no way inferior to Sword Gang, though it was less flexible to control. However, unlike Sword Gang, this streak of Seven Tribulations Black Slaughter could be detonated remotely, releasing an instantaneous burst of power even greater than a Thunder Technique.

However, after detonation, it would take ten full days to condense the Seven Tribulations Black Slaughter once more.

After Yang Jing mastered this Talent, the slaughter energy he condensed was different from the Seven Tribulations Black Slaughter; he called it the Five Elements True Slaughter.

Because his Magical Power was far more profound than Chi Yu’s, the Five Elements True Slaughter he condensed was different. While its power was slightly weaker than the Seven Tribulations Black Slaughter, it was far more controllable and could be used to cast Magic.

Yang Jing had once used the Five Elements True Slaughter to power his Jia Wood Thunder Technique. The resulting power had already surpassed the limits of the Qi Cultivation Stage, making it almost comparable to the Magic of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

More importantly, the core principle of [Qi Condensation into Evil] was surprisingly similar to the method used by the True Yang Body to transform True Yang into True Gang.

The only difference was that True Yang was far more fierce and potent than the Five Talisman Scripture Magical Power, making it much more difficult to transform into True Gang.

This alone increased his confidence in successfully achieving Foundation Establishment by fifty percent.

If not for the fact that he had almost finished accumulating the vital energy and blood needed for Cocoon Formation and Embryonic Development, Yang Jing would have already attempted Foundation Establishment with his True Yang Body.

The step to Foundation Establishment was crucial. He had to strive for perfection, adjusting every aspect of his condition to its absolute peak.

If he fell short by even the slightest margin before Foundation Establishment, trying to compensate for it later would be a hundred times more difficult.

Many of those who lost momentum after Foundation Establishment, getting stuck at a certain realm and unable to advance, were in this situation. During their Qi Cultivation Stage, they had either lacked the necessary foundation or had greedily rushed their progress, leaving behind irreparable flaws.

Yang Jing completed a full circulation, drawing his Magical Power back into his Dantian.

The Sect Competition was only ten days away, making all the disciples in A Class feel a bit restless.

All Outer Sect Disciples were grouped by their year of admission, with every five years forming a bracket. They would compete on the Magic Battle Platform to determine who would become Inner Sect Disciples.

The bracket for disciples who, like them, had joined within the last five years had the most spots—a full one hundred and fifty. But compared to the total number of Outer Sect Disciples, this was still just a drop in the ocean.

Among all the competitors, Outer Sect Disciples like them, who were from the newest batch, had the lowest chance of being promoted to the Inner Sect.

After all, the resources inside the Sect were incomparable to those outside. A disciple’s power typically progressed fastest during their first few years, with earth-shattering changes happening each year.

This put them at a great disadvantage, as they had only recently joined the Sect and had spent six months tending the Spirit Fields.

Due to the large number of participants, the Sect naturally had to conduct a preliminary screening of the Outer Sect Disciples to eliminate those who were clearly weaker.

Many disciples who knew they were weak simply chose to forfeit to avoid embarrassing themselves.

As a Class A Disciple, Yang Jing didn’t have to participate in the preliminaries. He was free to leisurely watch the Magical Combat between disciples from other classes, accompanied by Ji Feng and three other disciples.

However, most of these disciples were only at the fourth or fifth layer of cultivation, and their techniques were unsophisticated. Their Magical Combat consisted almost entirely of activating a Defensive Spiritual Artifact and then blasting each other with Magic. It was really quite boring.

Only Ren Xingzhou’s Magical Combat caught his eye.

Somehow, he had mastered a whole set of Water Element Magic. He poured a torrent of Spirit Water from a gourd and used various Water Techniques to shatter his opponent’s Protective Spirit Light, washing him right off the Magic Battle Platform.

“Congratulations, Junior Brother Ren.”

Yang Jing congratulated him.

“Just a bit of luck.”

Ren Xingzhou said, clearly pleased.

His opponent hadn’t been weak; he was a scion from a Golden Core Clan, and the Magical Artifact he wielded was far superior to Ren Xingzhou’s.

Ren Xingzhou had only managed to win because his opponent had underestimated him, giving him the opening to calmly pour out the Spirit Water and use it to cast his Magic.

The Sect Competition was a stage for disciples to showcase their Talent. If one could catch the eye of a Foundation Establishment Junior Martial Uncle during the Magical Combat and be accepted as their disciple, it was another path to success.

Although one still had to pass the competition to become an Inner Sect Disciple, the difference between having a master’s guidance and cultivating alone was night and day.

A moment later, the Jade Token hanging from Iron Head’s waist suddenly flashed with Spiritual Light.

“Master, it’s my turn to go on the platform.”

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