Shocking World War Emperor
Chapter 353 Pressure

Chapter 353: Chapter 353 Pressure

"The current gang leaders of the Eight Great Sects are all at least in the mid-phase of the Primordial Pill Realm seventh level!"

Chi Shen said with a smile.

"The mid-phase of the seventh level of Primordial Pill Realm, huh?"

Ling Chen’s eyes flashed with a solemn color.

After reaching the late phase of the fifth level of Primordial Pill Realm, Su Yao could already use superior attacking Heavenly Spirit Techniques, and these geniuses at the seventh level are probably even more terrifying.

It’s likely that mastering the Body Technique Heavenly Spirit Technique is a piece of cake for them.

His ability to fight beyond his own level relies on the fact that he masters Spirit Arts that are superior to those of the same level.

However, compared to these individuals, the advantage in Spirit Arts is not significant.

At best, he has grasped a bit of the True Intent of Spirit Arts.

"Yes, indeed!"

Chi Shen nodded and said, "Don’t underestimate your senior brothers and sisters. Their strength is also extremely formidable within the entire Great Xia Dynasty. Even some cultivators at the ninth level of the Primordial Pill Realm might not be their match."

Ling Chen nodded, finding this very reasonable.

The students at the Academic Palace are all under thirty years of age.

At such an age, to have reached such cultivation levels, how could any of them not be extraordinarily talented?

"By the way, Elder, what conditions are needed to establish a sect?"

Ling Chen suddenly asked.

Upon hearing this, Chi Shen’s expression froze for a moment.

After a few breaths, he finally spoke, "What, you want to establish a sect?"

Ling Chen had the strength to make it onto the star rankings when he first entered the Academic Palace, which is indeed commendable.

However, compared to those veteran students, his strength is still too immature.

In the Academic Palace, it is very easy to establish a sect.

But to sustain and develop a sect for the long term, that is no easy feat.

These Eight Great Sects are already beneficiaries.

Because all students joining a sect have to pay a protection fee.

If Ling Chen were to establish a sect, it would naturally affect the interests of the Eight Great Sects. How could these eight sects possibly tolerate it?

There is no need for the gang leaders of the various sects to take action personally; just sending a high-ranking expert from the star rankings would be enough to obliterate the sect established by Ling Chen.

"Right."

Ling Chen nodded.

He cannot always rely on others.

Now that he has arrived in the Royal Capital, he naturally has to prepare for the future.

Creating a sect within the Academic Palace and then gathering a group of talented individuals is his first step in countering King Xia’s Nine Shades!

Elder Chi’s face showed a hint of anxiousness as he said, "Ling Chen, don’t be impulsive. It’s easy to establish a sect, but hard to maintain and develop it. Your strength is not sufficient now, but your talent is strong. Joining one of the Eight Great Sects is the smartest choice for you! Believe me, these big sects will definitely vie for you!"

"Thank you for the warning, Elder."

Ling Chen smiled and said, "I just have an initial idea. I’ll establish a sect when I’m stronger in the future."

"Oh."

Chi Shen let out a sigh of relief and smiled, "Hmm, having an idea is good. Now the most important thing for you is to improve your strength. Even though joining other sects will cost you some fees, it doesn’t really matter much to you."

"Understood."

Ling Chen smiled slightly.

He was quite grateful to Elder Chi.

This man truly had his best interests at heart.

After they chatted a little more, Elder Chi then took his leave.

"You should rest early today, tomorrow there will certainly be many great battles!"

This was Elder Chi’s reminder.

Regardless of the ratings of Ling Chen and his group of six, the Eight Great Sects would definitely send people to test their strength.

Only those who catch their eye might have a chance to be offered an olive branch.

These Eight Great Sects are not just for anyone to join.

Every time a new batch of students arrives, it is a grand event within the Academic Palace.

Some of the long-suppressed veteran students finally have the opportunity to breathe easy and experience the thrill of overpowering the inexperienced!

The night was cool as water.

The brilliance of the stars and moon cascaded down.

Located at the peak of the northern hill, the Academic Palace naturally felt a stronger influence of the star and moon power.

As Ling Chen cultivated into the Undying Star body, such power of stars and moon seemed quite insignificant to him.

Nevertheless, it was better than nothing.

Moreover, when the Undying Star body was activated, it could attract the surrounding stars and moon power to converge, so occasionally, Ling Chen would use this power to temper his body.

Of course, the effect was far from comparable to the ancient starry path in the Dark Realm.

Regrettably, the ancient starry path, each Dark Night Son only had one chance to enter.

It made Ling Chen extremely wistful.

The eight great sects’ leaders mentioned by Elder Chi made him feel a hint of pressure.

With his current strength, he had no way to compete with such strong opponents.

It was also not realistic to want to quickly increase his strength.

Having just taken the Jinyuan Pill, he dared not continue taking elixirs to enhance his cultivation, afraid of destabilizing his foundation. Therefore, it was basically impossible to raise his Spiritual Power significantly in a short time.

Although he was at the early third layer of the Primordial Pill Realm, with the strength of the Night Moon Spiritual Power, he should be comparable to the mid-fifth layer of the Primordial Pill Realm.

But compared to those whose cultivation was at least at the mid-seventh layer of the Primordial Pill Realm, and whose Spiritual Power was probably not inferior to the early ninth layer, he was still not enough.

After all, he had virtually no advantage in Spirit Art.

Although he had cultivated into the Undying Star body, the strength of his physical body was not enough to allow him to dominate.

Because his opponents’ Spiritual Power exceeded his by too much.

Offsetting the two, he might not necessarily have the upper hand.

As for Divine Soul Telekinesis, it was indeed a good choice.

If he advanced to the mid-stage of the transformative realm, he should be able to threaten high-level cultivators in the Primordial Pill Realm.

Unfortunately, elevating the Divine Soul Realm was far more difficult than increasing Spiritual Power.

Even he didn’t know when he would be able to step into the mid-stage of the transformative realm.

Even though it was not a major realm advancement, going from the initial stage to the mid-stage of the transformative realm was still fraught with difficulties.

Unless he took some Divine Soul class Spiritual Medicines.

And such medicines that promote the transformative realm’s Divine Soul were extremely rare.

"Forget it, think no more. Strengthening my power cannot be achieved in one day; I still need to persistently cultivate."

Ling Chen shook his head, casting these thoughts from his mind.

"Brother, haven’t you rested yet?"

Ling Wu walked over.

"No."

Ling Chen smiled: "Is there something you need?"

Ling Wu took out a storage ring and handed it over, saying: "Brother, could you please take care of this ring for me?"

"Mhm, sure!"

Ling Chen nodded.

He certainly understood Ling Wu’s intentions.

Tomorrow, Ling Wu might also accept a challenge.

With her strength, she simply couldn’t match those powerful opponents.

Therefore, it was more cost-effective to entrust the storage ring to Ling Chen for safekeeping.

Even if she were challenged, she could hand over another ring to the challenger.

Of course, there would also be some high-level Cultivation Resources in the ring.

Not long after.

Qin Shi, Su Yao, Xu Lin, and Ye Zhenzhen all came over.

Their thoughts were the same as Ling Wu’s.

Knowing they might not be able to keep their storage rings safe the next day, they all entrusted them to Ling Chen.

Ling Chen accepted the rings, but still reminded them: "I will keep these storage rings for you temporarily. However, if a strong cultivator defeats me, your rings may not be safeguarded either. Be prepared for that possibility in advance."

If it were an ordinary student, he wouldn’t fear.

But if leaders of the Eight Great Sects such powerful opponents took action, he might be helpless.

"Mhm, it’s fine."

Qin Shi and the others nodded.

No matter what, it was still safer to put it in Ling Chen’s hands than on themselves!

After all, Ling Chen was also a superior mid-tier Divine Thought Master!

At least for the vast majority below the seventh layer of the Primordial Pill Realm, Ling Chen was not much of a threat.