Cultivating Immortality: I Have a High-Martial World

Chapter 90 First Place in the Sect Competition, Jiang Liqian's Invitation

Lin Chen didn't speak, but just quietly watched the boy not far away.

The last rays of the setting sun shone on him.

Lin Chen saw complex emotions in his eyes.

Discontent, disappointment, acceptance, resignation...

Before I could think any further, I heard the elder announce the start of the competition.

"The third arena, the final round begins!"

"Lin Chen, a disciple of Dan Peak, will face off against Ao Shixiang, a disciple of Zhen Peak!"

Lin Chen slowly stood up and leaped onto the arena.

The moment the elder announced the start of the match, Lin Chen made his move...

With a whoosh, Lin Chen charged toward Ao Shixiang at an astonishing speed.

The force of the launch left a footprint about an inch deep on the ring.

With a wave of his hand, six flying swords surrounded Lin Chen and swiftly slashed towards Ao Shixiang in the distance.

"Wow, that's fast!"

Ao Shixiang paused for a moment, but his hand seals continued to move at an uninterrupted speed.

Dust rose from the arena...

"It's useless. The time it took to form the array was more than enough for me to get close!"

Lin Chen thought to himself.

This is his plan.

Array masters can unleash power surpassing that of their peers by relying on battle formations.

However, its biggest drawback is that it takes time to form a formation.

Perhaps in actual combat, formation masters can prepare in advance.

But this is, after all, a fighting arena.

Even if it only takes a few breaths to form the array, it would be enough for Lin Chen to interrupt it.

"Trying to stop me from forming an array? Hmph... not so easy!"

Ao Shixiang sneered. As a formation master, how could he not have any defensive measures?

He paused the formation, but quickly unleashed another earth-based spell.

"Earth Spike Technique!"

"Falling Rock Technique!"

As his true energy surged, several terrifying stone spikes, each over ten feet tall, rose up from the arena.

Lin Chen kept moving, his body twisting strangely in the air as he dodged the attacks one after another.

A martial artist's control over their body far exceeds the imagination of a cultivator.

"Did you manage to dodge it?"

Ao Shixiang, surprised, then continued to use his magic.

Dust gathered in an instant, and dozens of stones the size of human heads were thrown at Lin Chen.

After casting the Falling Rocks spell, Ao Shixiang stopped there and accelerated the formation process.

Lin Chen frowned slightly as he watched the boulders flying in from all directions.

Its body moved like a snake, dodging most of the obstacles, getting closer and closer to Ao Shixiang.

"If we keep hiding, it'll be too late..."

Lin Chen silently calculated, as he had some understanding of the formation of the Earth Dragon Trapping Elephant Formation.

Instead of dodging, it charged straight at Ao Shixiang.

boom!

Boom!

The three boulders struck Lin Chen squarely on the back.

"It hit!?"

Ao Shixiang was overjoyed. Being hit head-on by this boulder would be bad even for a cultivator at the peak of Qi Refining!

However, the look in his eyes quickly changed from joy to surprise.

Despite being struck by the boulder, Lin Chen's running speed remained undiminished. He endured the damage from the boulder and rushed to Ao Shixiang's side.

Six gleaming flying swords also pierced towards Ao Shixiang.

Almost instantly, Ao Shixiang's protective true essence was broken through.

The flying sword stopped in front of Ao Shixiang's forehead.

Lin Chen also stopped in his tracks.

"Do you want to fight again?"

Lin Chen's expression remained calm, showing no signs of injury.

Upon seeing this, Ao Shixiang's face immediately turned ugly, and he said:

"You... you also practice body tempering?"

Lin Chen didn't deny it, he just nodded and said:

"Yes, I have indeed been studying it for some time."

After hearing this, Ao Shixiang had no more thoughts of resistance.

Even without the six flying swords in front of him, with his close combat skills, he would be defeated by any body-refining cultivator.

"The winner of the third arena in this sect competition is... Lin Chen!"

As the elders stepped onto the arena and announced the results of the competition, the entire disciples' square erupted in cheers.

"Lin Chen actually won!?"

"Good heavens, this is the first time in decades that Danfeng has won first place in the competition, right?"

"That's not all! Lin Chen also broke the record. This is the first time in nearly sixty years that a disciple who has been a disciple for less than a year has won first place in the competition!"

Below the arena, the disciples were discussing amongst themselves.

The way they looked at Lin Chen was tinged with admiration, but even more so with envy.

"Damn it, who said Danfeng was weak? I should have chosen Danfeng back then!"

At times like these, several disciples wish they could undo their mistakes.

"Lin Chen, Lin Chen! I knew it! You're the sect's number one genius!"

"And I, Li Zhenqian! I only lost to you by one move... I am the second genius of the sect!"

Surprisingly, the person shouting the loudest and most excited in the audience was Lee Jin-kwan.

Lin Chen had a strange feeling that Li Zhenqian was even more excited than him for winning first place in the competition.

The so-called layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

Compared to these disciples, the elders in the distance clearly saw much more.

"Tsk tsk, Lin Chen's physical body is extraordinary! When did he learn body-refining techniques?" an elder asked in confusion.

"It was probably about half a year ago! This kid learned the Boulder Body Refining Technique...tsk tsk, in just half a year, his physical body is probably already close to the perfection of Qi Refining!"

The speaker was the elder of the Sutra Repository who was in charge of registering Lin Chen at the time.

Clearly, this was the result of the competition.

Not only were the disciples surprised, but even the elders were astonished.

"This kid has only been in the sect for a year, right? Yet he has made such rapid progress... Decades later, my Changchun Sect will have another Core Formation cultivator."

On the other side, Lin Chen was about to step off the arena.

Within the realm of divine sense, a gaze was drawn to them.

Following that gaze, Lin Chen saw... Jiang Liqian?

"How could it be her...?"

Lin Chen was puzzled.

But then he saw Jiang Liqian looking at him with deep eyes, as if she could see right through him...

"Is Jiang Liqian really just a disciple personally taught by the sect leader?"

Lin Chen had a feeling that Wang Changchun's gaze towards Jiang Liqian carried a hint of respect.

"Hmm, why think so much?"

"The prize for first place in the competition is the most important..."

Lin Chen shook his head, accepted the reward, and stepped off the stage.

He participated in the competition, naturally for the prizes.

Putting aside the mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pills and sect contributions, a higher sect status and access to the third and fourth floors of the Scripture Pavilion are also what Lin Chen needs.

As soon as Lin Chen stepped off the stage, Huang Xin was the first to greet him.

"Senior Brother Lin, you're amazing!"

Huang Xin looked at Lin Chen with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

Lin Chen smiled and said, "You'll be able to do it too in three years..."

Looking around, Lin Chen didn't see his master.

"That old Han, his disciple won first place in the competition... and he didn't even come in person?" Lin Chen said helplessly.

As for his senior brothers and sisters, they probably don't care about these things.

Li Zhenqian's voice came to my ears again.

"Lin Chen, I admit you are the sect's number one genius... but I will surpass you sooner or later!"

"Let's have a competition and see who can reach the Foundation Establishment stage first!"

Li Zhenqian always seemed to have such passion for Lin Chen.

After listening, Lin Chen thought for a moment and took out the mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pill he had won as the champion of the competition.

He has already established his foundation, so this mere mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pill is useless to him.

If it could be used to exchange for other resources, it would certainly be worthwhile...

Thinking of this, Lin Chen asked in a low voice:

"Fellow Daoist Li, would you like a Foundation Establishment Pill?"

(End of this chapter)