Nine Realms Sword Emperor
Chapter 84 - 85: The Ark Assessment’s Top Scorer

Chapter 84: Chapter 85: The Ark Assessment’s Top Scorer

Under the astounded gazes of everyone, Chu Fengmian walked over to Chu Beige’s side and then picked up Chu Beige’s storage bag.

He took out all ten thousand Qi Gathering Pills from it and put them into his own storage bag.

This battle was won by Chu Fengmian. Even if Chu Beige was now unconscious, Chu Fengmian was going to get what belonged to him.

"Where did this Chu Fengmian come from, to be such a monster? How can his strength be so terrifying?"

"To defeat two Martial Artists of the seventh level of Body Tempering with only the fifth level, Chu Fengmian is truly a monster."

"Who would have thought that Jijing City would see the emergence of a Martial Artist surpassing the four great geniuses?"

Exclamations of amazement arose.

The looks everyone gave to Chu Fengmian were no longer of disdain or contempt, nearly all of them were extremely passionate.

Passion, envy, admiration.

It was completely different from before.

In the Nine Domains, it has always been the martial that is revered, the strength that is honored. Only with power could one have status.

"Does anyone else want to contest for the first place now?"

Chu Fengmian surveyed the crowd with his eyes.

Having consecutively defeated Lin Mozhu and Chu Beige, the position of the ark’s first place was now secure.

Now, perhaps only the other two among the four great geniuses could contend with Chu Fengmian.

"Don’t look at me, I give up."

Ao Wuming saw everyone’s gaze turn towards him and hurriedly spoke.

"With the strength that Brother Chu has shown us, it’s clear to everyone. I can’t compete against him either, so I give up the first place of the ark."

Ao Wuchang said with a smile.

He actually only had some grievances with Lin Mozhu and didn’t want to let Lin Mozhu win the ark assessment.

As for who becomes the first place, although he had some thoughts, he was well aware of Chu Fengmian’s strength now.

Even if he went up to fight Chu Fengmian, he couldn’t win, so there was no point in wasting time.

"I feel the same."

Qu Wuyin also spoke up.

Her strength was mostly comparable to that of Chu Beige and Lin Mozhu.

Now against Chu Fengmian, she didn’t have much of a chance either.

The four great geniuses of Jijing City all chose to give up.

Chu Fengmian listened to their words and didn’t feel too surprised in his heart.

With the strength he had demonstrated, he indeed surpassed those four.

Chu Fengmian then made his move and landed steadily onto the ark.

This ark assessment’s first place was now recognized as Chu Fengmian.

Qu Wuyin, Ao Wuming, and Lin Mozhu followed closely behind and landed on the ark as well.

But Chu Beige had been left immobile by Chu Fengmian, who had shattered his ribs.

Although Chu Fengmian didn’t kill Chu Beige, he didn’t let him off either. With all his ribs broken, recovery would be impossible without some precious medicinal pills.

It was bound to cost the Chu family that backed Chu Beige a hefty sum of money.

At the same time, Chu Beige would also have nothing to do with this assessment by the Martial Victory Academy.

One could say that Chu Beige’s challenge this time was indeed due to his own excessive arrogance.

If Chu Beige hadn’t attempted to take advantage of the opportunity to slay Chu Fengmian, he wouldn’t have provoked Chu Fengmian’s killing intent and ended up in such a state.

"Thank you very much, Brother Chu, for earlier."

Chu Fengmian descended onto the ark, and those few men clad in blue robes had also arrived on the ark.

The one leading them couldn’t help but draw near to Chu Fengmian, expressing his gratitude.

Just now, by not slaying Chu Beige, Chu Fengmian had in fact done him a great favor.

Although the strength of this man in blue robes exceeded that of Chu Beige by a level, being only at the eighth level of the Body Tempering Realm, it was impossible for him to stop Chu Fengmian.

Had Chu Fengmian wanted to slay Chu Beige, he would not have been able to prevent him.

In the end, Chu Fengmian chose to help him, sparing Chu Beige’s life, which was already a significant favor.

"These little things are not worth mentioning,"

Chu Fengmian glanced at the man in blue robes, sensing a cultivation technique on him that felt strikingly familiar, and suddenly spoke up.

"I wonder if you are acquainted with Hao Lan?"

Chu Fengmian inquired.

He had just chosen to heed this man in blue robes and did not kill Chu Beige.

It wasn’t because the man was a disciple of Wusheng Academy.

To Chu Fengmian, no matter how strong a martial artist was, or how profound their background, commanding him was absolutely impossible.

Yet from this man in blue robes, Chu Fengmian felt a cultivation technique that was extremely familiar.

It was identical to the one he had sensed on a young man named Hao Lan in the Savage Mountain Range.

It seemed that this man in blue robes had some relation to Hao Lan, and toward this young martial artist named Hao Lan, Chu Fengmian indeed felt a measure of goodwill.

Which is why he had now chosen to do him this favor.

"You know our Hall Master?"

The man in blue robes said in surprise upon hearing Chu Fengmian’s words.

This sentence also caught the attention of the other martial artists on the ark.

"Hall Master?"

"This Chu Fengmian, he actually knows one of the Hall Masters of Wusheng Academy—could it be that he is actually from Wusheng Academy?"

Some martial artists began to murmur among themselves.

What they were most curious about now was precisely which power Chu Fengmian originated from.

After all, given Chu Fengmian’s talent and strength, he did not seem like someone who could be nurtured by an ordinary power. For someone as formidable as Chu Fengmian, there must certainly be a major power backing him.

"Ahem."

The man in blue robes also realized the surprise in his voice and quickly lowered his tone, addressing Chu Fengmian once more.

"My name is Yu Feng, a disciple of Mu Zhan Hall of Wusheng Academy. Hao Lan is our Hall Master. Do you know Hao Lan?"

No wonder Yu Feng was so astonished; Hao Lan was young and had hardly left Wusheng Academy.

Some disciples of Wusheng Academy might not even know of his existence.

Because Yu Feng was from Mu Zhan Hall, he knew this Hall Master.

For Chu Fengmian, someone not even a disciple of Wusheng Academy, to know Hao Lan was truly astonishing.

"Yes, half a month ago, in the Savage Mountain Range, I had met him,"

Chu Fengmian spoke up.

Chu Fengmian’s heart also held a trace of surprise.

No wonder Hao Lan was so indifferent when mentioning Ding Hao, the young Hall Master of the martial flame hall; it turned out he was also one of the Hall Masters of Wusheng Academy.

Now that Chu Fengmian had come to Jijing City, he had gained some understanding of Wusheng Academy—Mu Zhan Hall’s ranking among the countless halls of Wusheng Academy could certainly be considered mid-tier.

Much higher than the martial flame hall.

No wonder he had that indifferent look when facing Ding Hao.

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