novelapdf Chapter 44 Not elated by external gains, nor saddened by personal losses
Chapter 44 Not elated by external gains, nor saddened by personal losses
On the fifth floor of the Trial Tower, the enemies are six puppets at the fifth level of the Nascent Soul stage.
Of course, these puppets only possess the physical qualities of a fifth-level Nascent Soul cultivator and some simple martial arts skills; individually, they are inferior to a fifth-level Nascent Soul cultivator.
However, if the six puppets attack together in close coordination, the disciples of the Sword Sect will need extremely strong combat skills to pass the test. Their speed, defense, and reaction speed cannot be too weak.
According to the experience of many disciples of the Sword Sect, barring special circumstances, a disciple at the fifth level of the Fetal Breathing stage would need to cultivate at least one high-level attack technique to a minor degree of mastery in order to pass the fifth level. In addition, they would need at least a footwork technique at the proficiency level. If they could also cultivate a technique that enhances their physique, the difficulty would be even lower.
Otherwise, the only option would be to wait until one reaches the sixth level of the embryonic breathing stage and then use that level of cultivation to crush the opponent.
For disciples at the fourth level of the Fetal Breathing stage to pass, the requirements are naturally even higher.
outside world.
Many people saw from the ranking on the stone tablet that Lin Yuan had already passed the fourth level.
"Sixth place. As expected of someone with superior talent. Even if he is not as good as those two, he is still much stronger than ordinary disciples."
"Judging from this, he must have reached the fourth level of the embryonic breathing stage. Such a rapid pace of cultivation must mean he has obtained some kind of fortuitous opportunity."
"Good talent and decent luck, but different people have different fates."
Do you think he can clear the fifth floor?
"Difficult!" Many disciples shook their heads.
As the number of floors increases, the difference in difficulty between each floor of the Trial Tower also becomes greater.
Let alone the disciples of Xinhuo Peak, even disciples at the fifth level of the main peak's Nascent Soul stage would need a period of reflection to pass.
They believed that Lin Yuan's desire to pass the fifth level was not only wishful thinking but also delusional.
Zhou Xuan also stared intently at the ranking on the stone tablet.
"If he persists longer than me, he will definitely surpass me..."
As time goes by, more and more people are paying attention.
After all, Lin Yuan has a good relationship with the current hot topics of Xin Huo Feng, and he himself can be considered a semi-hot topic.
Time passed slowly.
For some, each day feels like a year; for others, each year feels like a day.
Zhou Xuan felt that time had passed too quickly.
"It's been about half an incense stick's time!" someone exclaimed.
Everyone understood what this meant and instinctively looked at the stone tablet.
really.
[Lin Yuan, third place, fourth level of Fetal Breathing, has passed the fifth level.]
"Has he cleared the fifth level from the fourth level of the Fetal Breathing stage? He's not as good as those two freaks, but he's no ordinary person either!"
"I heard he's very quick to understand things. Just how quick is he?"
Everyone was amazed by the result.
Zhou Xuan clenched his fist.
Had he not only been surpassed by those two freaks, but also by a disciple with the same superior aptitude?
"Senior brother..." The junior sister beside him looked at Zhou Xuan with worry in her eyes. She knew how proud her senior brother was.
It was bad enough that Lin Chao and Wang Qiudao had surpassed him, but now Lin Yuan had surpassed him as well.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Xuan raised his head, his previous expression gone: "Junior sister, don't worry, it's just a temporary ranking."
The junior sister nodded.
He then saw his senior brother leave and immediately followed him.
When Zhou Xuan returned to his courtyard, he found someone already in his room.
Upon seeing the person, he immediately bowed and said, "Greetings, Master. What brings you here?"
As a disciple with superior innate talent who entered the Sword Sect at a young age, he had long been accepted as a disciple by Elder Lan Hong, one of the sect's elders.
Lan Hong looked at Zhou Xuan and said, "Now you know why you've never been able to achieve the Great Stillness. It's easy to say, but to actually do it is as difficult as climbing to heaven."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Xuan immediately realized that his master had come to comfort him after learning the results of the Trial Tower.
He immediately said, "Thank you for your trouble, Master. I have figured it out."
"Only you know whether you've figured it out," Lan Hong said slowly. "Are you still hiding it from your master?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Xuan's expression faltered, and he couldn't help but say, "Master, you said that Lin Chao and Wang Qiudao are extraordinary and that few can surpass them. I understand that. But why is Lin Yuan different? He entered the sect later than me, and it's not a special case as you mentioned. Yet, in less than a year, he surpassed me."
If he truly didn't care, he wouldn't go to the Trial Tower so often.
They wouldn't bother to find out anything about Lin Yuan.
Lan Hong shook his head helplessly: "Because he is an extremely outstanding genius. His physical constitution is among the best in the top-grade category, and his comprehension is terrifyingly strong. You know that his comprehension is amazing, but you don't know just how amazing. For the same supernatural power, it may take you three months to comprehend, but he may only need a month or even less."
"When one's comprehension is strong enough, as long as one's cultivation level keeps up, a difference of one or two years is negligible for such geniuses."
"To reach the Great Samadhi, one of the three realms of Samadhi, you cannot be concerned about the achievements of others."
Zhou Xuan remained silent after listening.
Seeing this, Lan Hong felt somewhat helpless and finally said, "You don't need to worry. He obtained an opportunity that is easy to digest this time. You also gained something in the Great Repair Cave. Once you have digested it, you won't be any worse off than him."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Xuan raised his head.
However, Lan Hong was even more helpless.
One should not be elated by external gains or saddened by personal losses; this disciple of mine has committed all of these errors.
Fine, if I can't enter deep meditation, then I can't!
In this era, even within the Sword Sect, very few people have successfully entered a state of deep meditation.
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Trial Tower area.
Seeing that Lin Yuan had cleared the fifth level, everyone assumed he would try to challenge the sixth level.
But they soon discovered that Lin Yuan walked straight out of the tower.
With such a short time, it's clear that no challenge was undertaken.
However, everyone was able to understand.
The gap between the fifth and sixth floors is much larger than that between the fourth and fifth floors.
If you're not confident, going up there will only get you beaten up; there's absolutely no need to do it.
Anyway, once you clear the fifth level, it will be difficult for anyone to surpass you for a period of time, and you can occupy the third place on the leaderboard for a while.
Then, Lin Yuan left under everyone's watchful eyes.
He mentally calculated his gains from this trip.
"Each floor of the Trial Tower will reward you with sect contribution points. The first floor is 100, the second floor is 200... I cleared five floors, which is a total of 3100 points."
The rewards for clearing the level are the same as those for the main peak; they have not been doubled for the Fire Peak.
"As expected, the ranking rewards are the main attraction; we can't miss them."
The rewards for completing a level are one-time only, but the ranking rewards can be generated continuously.
Even if you want to hide your strength, you can't turn into a real pig and refuse all these rewards.
In two years, one can gain 24000 sect contribution points, which is no small number.
"No one should be able to knock me out of the top five in a short time. I will go into seclusion for a while and use the Qiongming Elixir to break through."
This mission away from the sect has cost me three months.
Of course, there's no loss.
The sect's rewards alone are already a huge profit.