Sea Cultivation: Giant Ships and Heavy Artillery Knock on the Door to All Races

Chapter 251: Clear division, open attack on Daoxin
Although Lin Qianfan did not set himself the grand goal of reaching the 9,000th level, after all, he was only at the fourth level of foundation building, and there was an objective gap in realm between him and others.

But this time he must push himself to the limit, not only to prove it to the Jindan seniors of Wuwei Palace and get their attention, but also to take this opportunity to optimize and improve himself to the greatest extent. The Lin family does not have such an opportunity, and it will never come to him in the future.

Not to be missed!
At the beginning, more than a hundred traveling scholars and more than thirty disciples of Wuwei Hall all walked together, with their heads held high and their chests puffed out, striding forward, and no one showed any signs of abnormality.

But as we continued to climb, the higher we went, the greater the pressure from the stairs, and the stronger the north wind obstruction we encountered when crossing the stairs. When we approached the thousandth step, the pressure gradually became obvious.

But after all, these people were all carefully selected seeds from each family, and no one would be forced to fall behind in the first thousand steps. On the scene, there were still a thousand people lined up in a straight line and stepped forward at the same time.

The pressure only increased significantly when crossing the hurdle of the thousand and first step. This thousand and first step was exactly the first step. Because these thousand steps can be recycled, even if someone is trapped later, the pressure will be calculated separately.

At this point, in fact, only the practice of martial arts can dissipate the pressure. In order not to fall behind, a few trial participants in the early stage of foundation building with very low cultivation have to practice martial arts first to resist, and then continue to keep pace.

Although they all knew clearly that whoever practiced the technique first would be superior to others, they would all find an excuse in their hearts that their cultivation was lower than others.

But generally speaking, this second round is not difficult at all. Even if some powerful independent cultivators come, they may be able to pass it smoothly. After all, this is not really about breaking through to the Golden Core stage, and breaking through to the Golden Core stage is not as simple as ascending to the Heavenly Stage.

When the first group of people stepped onto the 3001st step, the more than 100 people had already been initially divided into three echelons:
The first group is those who persisted in going forward without any means and without any delay or pause;
The second tier also used no tactics, but chose to adapt as they went under pressure, and fell significantly behind the first tier;

The third echelon consists of people who have no choice but to resort to some means, such as practicing martial arts, calling on qi and blood, or performing secret techniques.

However, no matter what means they use to support themselves, no matter whether they are currently in front or behind, they are actually already lagging behind others, and their sustainability and maximum limit are limited.

Although Lin Qianfan only has the fourth level of foundation building, his cultivation level is not very high, and he is even ranked in the middle and lower levels.

But with a solid foundation, his body has strong adaptability. He can quickly adapt to the pressure of each step, and the north wind cannot take away any spiritual power when it passes through his body.
Therefore, even without using any means, it still firmly stands in the first echelon, and even does it with ease.

The 4001st step on the 4000th step is a major watershed.
The pressure difference between the front and back, as well as the intensity of the obstruction of the north wind, has increased greatly. Even the first echelon at the front have actively practiced their skills and need to increase their own output resistance. The only difference between them is the intensity of the skills they practice!
Some people only need a gentle push, while others have to use a lot of force, but everyone is still moving forward together in the first echelon.

"This kind of rapid tempering feels really good. Tempering under pressure is far more efficient than polishing it bit by bit by yourself. Unfortunately, building such a complex formation consumes too much energy. Jindan forces can't afford it. I'm afraid even a small Yuanying force like Wangtian Pavilion, which was just established not long ago, can't afford it in the short term."

Lin Qianfan was naturally no exception and also used his skills to resist appropriately. The greater the pressure from Shuofengjie, the more power he would output to resist.

Not a single bit of spiritual power is lost, and it is precisely controlled. Even while walking, he is still absorbing and recovering it with all his strength through the exercises. For now, it is easy to achieve a balance between consumption and absorption!
Since Lin Qianfan has invested the most time in refining Qi and spirit, his essence is pure enough, so at the moment he is mainly tempering the power of Qi and blood, using a small amount of spiritual power to resist pressure, and at the same time using the north wind to refine Qi and blood, remove impurities, and perfect the basic foundation.

Entering the fourth round, due to the significantly increased pressure, the first echelon slowed down and gradually showed a trend of differentiation;
Some people in the second echelon made an effort to catch up, but more people chose to rest on the 4,000th step, preparing to attack again later;
The third echelon is very clearly divided. Those who rushed faster have already caught up, and even those who barely caught up have also caught up.
Some people chose to continue waiting to adapt, regulate their breathing and recover. There were even a few who failed in the attack and were directly injured by the dual effects of pressure and north wind, and flew backwards.

Although this attack did not threaten his life, it was very hurtful to his moral integrity.

Before, everyone was a genius from their own family. Even though the forces behind them were strong or weak, everyone was confident that they were not inferior to others in the Foundation Establishment Stage. They couldn't see much difference between each other and no one was convinced.

The last fight was also brief and not much different. Only a few people were embarrassed by those who were inferior to them. However, combat power is only one aspect of the cultivator's level and cannot fully explain the problem of cultivation. After all, the path of cultivation always puts realm first.

Are you invincible at the same level?
Even the invincible Golden Core cannot defeat the early stage Yuanying in full state!

But now being directly knocked out by Shuofengjie means that he is out directly and will no longer have the chance to become a registered disciple of Wuwei Palace.

Because this is not only due to insufficient foundation, but also due to insufficient understanding of one's own strength. Instead of being knocked away due to overestimating one's own strength, it is better to give up the attack and sit down to practice immediately.

Among those who are still standing on the 4,000th step, there are those who gave up the attack voluntarily. They choose to seize this rare opportunity to consolidate and improve themselves there, which is obviously more wise.

"Pfft~ Why? This test isn't fair!"

A young man at the second level of foundation building was swept high up by the north wind, unable to resist, and finally fell heavily, spitting blood, his face pale, and utterly questioning the fairness of the Wuwei Palace's assessment.

But no one responded to him, and some people even thought that he was as stupid as Chu Junhao. Compared with the vast majority of foundation-building cultivators who could only risk their lives to participate in the Hemolysis Tower Trial, what could be called fairness?

Indeed, it is not absolutely fair for those in the early and late stages of foundation building to compete on the same stage, but if you do not have absolute background and absolute talent, it will never be possible for opportunities to wait for you, and you can only chase opportunities.

The opening time of Wuwei Hall's Shuofeng Steps is not fixed. If you encounter it, it's an opportunity. What else can you do besides seize it? Can you let the Yuanying forces surround you?

The truth is simple, but not everyone can understand it.

Obviously, this major watershed finally played the role of assessment, screening out a small number of unqualified people, most of whom were in the early stage of foundation building, a small number of middle stage of foundation building, and no late stage of foundation building. This shows that the higher the cultivation level, the more advantages one should have.

"You're overestimating yourself, this isn't the place for country folk like you!"

Chu Junhao discovered that there were more than one-third of the people around him, especially Lin Qianfan, who liked to pretend to be calm, and was also there, trying to use indirect criticism to disturb Lin Qianfan's mentality.

Wuwei Palace has an internal challenge mechanism that allows people to challenge others, but they can only challenge each other within the same circle, or fight each other from below, so Chu Junhao cannot challenge Lin Qianfan in reverse.

But in the past few days, he also instigated a few people to come and provoke Lin Qianfan, trying to force Lin Qianfan to accept a competition and teach him a lesson. Lin Qianfan was naturally not afraid of competition. As long as the opponent was in the middle stage of foundation building, he was confident that he would not be afraid of anyone in a fair fight. However, he certainly would not accept any invitation from anyone, otherwise he would be forever annoyed and would not gain anything.

Even though these people are all talented people recommended by various Jindan forces and are among the best in the force, in fact, many of them are just so-so, perhaps not even as good as Lin Qiansuo.

Therefore, Lin Qianfan rejected all meaningless provocations and took the initiative to set a challenge price. He only accepted paid challenges, which required 10,000 medium-grade spirit stones or an intact magic weapon.

Although Lin Qianfan could make this bet, no one believed it and no one was fooled. Everyone thought that Lin Qianfan was deliberately avoiding the fight. Lin Qianfan was unable to explain and had no intention of proving it, but he also avoided trouble.

If it were a young person with insufficient determination or experience, he might agree to the public provocation under the doubts of others, and try to prove his bravery by defeating the enemy.

But Lin Qianfan ignored these doubts and even stopped responding. Time will give the answer. He only needs to give his best in the next trial.

The higher-ups in Wuwei Palace don't care about personal grudges; what they want are top talents who excel in all assessments.

"Oh? Are you picking on me? I'm sending the same message to you!
This Shuofeng Step is also called the Heavenly Step. It is a place for talented people who truly have the ability and ambition to ascend to heaven to consolidate their foundation and strengthen their Dao heart.

What are you doing here when you are mentally underdeveloped, have a frivolous aura, have accumulated everything on cheap resources, have no knowledge or skills, and are not mentally strong enough?
Are you here to embarrass yourself?

You didn't really think you could make it to the seventh round, did you?

Chu Junhao, go down! Go back to where you came from! "

Lin Qianfan was not willing to be outdone and retorted immediately, not wanting to suffer any verbal loss. He didn't believe that Wuwei Palace would look down upon him just because he liked to bicker. What was he doing?

Similarly, he didn't believe that the conflict between them could be resolved if he didn't provoke Chu Junhao. How could that be possible?

Since you can't take action here, if you act rashly, you will not only lose the qualification for the assessment, but you may even be hit by the formation and be knocked out.

But there is no rule that prohibits verbal interference. Since the person has been offended, the two parties are destined to no longer be friends. Then Lin Qianfan will naturally find the right opportunity to attack the other party's Tao heart, so as to destroy the other party's possibility of becoming a registered disciple of Wuwei Hall.

Don’t think that this bickering is useless, that’s because the test results haven’t come out yet. As long as Lin Qianfan can win in the end, every word he says now will be like a sharp knife stabbing his internal organs and will be effective.

As long as Lin Qianfan becomes a registered disciple of Wuwei Palace and the other party fails the assessment, the Jindan cultivator of the Chu family will not easily vent his anger on Lin Qianfan, but will only blame Chu Junhao for his incompetence and trouble-making.

"Humph! You sharp-tongued brat!

I will let you see what the difference in foundation is. This is not a place for a small force like you with three spiritual roots to come.
After this matter is over, I will let you know what cruelty is!"

A few days ago, after being enlightened by others, Chu Junhao had already realized that it was impossible for him to obtain the Xuanqiong Jade Dew through Lin Qianfan. This breakthrough point was gone, and he didn't even need to hope for the Xuanqiong Jade Dew anymore. No force that obtained the Xuanqiong Jade Dew would give it up.

But even if he couldn't get it, at least it shouldn't be Lin Qianfan who took the initiative to reject him. He was much nobler than Lin Qianfan, and Lin Qianfan should have fawned over him and begged for mercy like everyone else.

So even though the two sides no longer had a conflict of interests, they still had a grudge against each other. He especially couldn't stand Lin Qianfan's attitude of being confident and pretending to be hardworking even though he had no talent.

People with poor backgrounds and poor talents should be humble!
The laws of Thousand Star City and Wuwei Palace are perfect, and we cannot act rashly, but once we leave Thousand Star City, we can't take advantage of them at will?
So in his eyes, Lin Qianfan was already a dead man. The more fiercely Lin Qianfan jumped, the more he looked forward to seeing Lin Qianfan begging for mercy.

"Background? Aren't you from a former Nascent Soul faction? If you really have background, why would you come to Wuwei Palace to study? What to learn? Didn't the Chu family teach you the most core things of the Chu family? The fact that you can come here to study proves that your background is insufficient and you are guilty!"

After Lin Qianfan finished speaking, he stopped bickering and strode forward, deliberately leading Chu Junhao by one body length to see whether he would follow or not.

Nine thousand steps, this is a long climbing process. When referring to the progress of others, you should also find the rhythm that suits you best and not be led astray by others. It is not only about speed but also about height.

Therefore, except for those who are obviously in decline and are failures, and it is confirmed that they have relatively poor foundation, the current ranking is only temporary, and personal ranking may change at any time as time goes by.

"Hmph! Pretending!"

Chu Junhao really wanted to exert his strength immediately, catch up with him, or even suppress Lin Qianfan by one body length and regain the upper hand immediately.

But he was not completely stupid. He knew that Lin Qianfan did it on purpose and even resorted to such a foolish method of hurting the enemy by eight hundred and hurting himself by a thousand to destroy his chance of becoming a registered disciple of Wuwei Palace.

He was not fooled. Becoming a registered disciple of Wuwei Palace was very important to him. He immediately cast aside all distracting thoughts and regained his rationality. He no longer paid attention to Lin Qianfan's movements and walked his own way without distraction.

Obviously, he had admitted that he could not beat Lin Qianfan in a verbal battle, but he was not misled by Lin Qianfan to disrupt his pace of progress, and he still maintained a steady speed.

He knew that Lin Qianfan was just a minor problem and would fall down without him paying any attention. His real opponents were those low-key seeds from the old and large Jindan forces, and there must be ruthless people among them!

(End of this chapter)