You think I have mixed spiritual roots? I became an immortal through a spirit gourd, so what are you

"What?! Brother Chen, you're about to break through again?! Are you trying to kill us all?!" Liu Qiaogui was shocked. If Chen Huai'an broke through, the gap between them would only widen.

However, he was genuinely happy for Chen Huai'an.

"If you work as hard as I do, you can do it too." Chen Huai'an smiled. He said this only to pave the way for his breakthrough in a couple of days.

Because his next opponent cannot be defeated by his cultivation level of the sixth level of the mid-stage Body Refinement Realm alone.

However, if Chen Huai'an breaks through to the seventh level of the late stage of the Body Refinement Realm, then defeating someone at the eighth level of the Body Refinement Realm would be perfectly reasonable.

However, if someone at the sixth level of the mid-stage Body Refinement Realm defeats someone at the eighth level of the Body Refinement Realm, anyone would find it suspicious.

Chen Huai'an had to pay attention to these details; he didn't want to be targeted.

However, on the other hand, he was already being targeted by the Zhang and Zhao families, and these two forces were already keeping him busy. If he were to allow others to continue targeting him, it would be going too far.

Right now, he just wants to make an appearance in this challenge, earn some cultivation resources, and then wait until his cultivation breaks through to the Qi Refining realm so he can smoothly enter the outer sect.

Chen Huai'an's performance wasn't exactly phenomenal, but given his status as a newly initiated disciple, his achievements were still enough to attract investors.

Manager Wu had a batch of spiritual food prepared for Chen Huai'an.

Liu Qiaogui and Li Fugui also wanted the same treatment.

Li Fugui, in particular, was quite lucky, which allowed him to advance smoothly.

However, Li Fugui did not receive the same treatment as Chen Huai'an. Manager Wu also treated him differently based on his own circumstances, and he did not prepare any spiritual aids for Li Fugui. He could only watch longingly from the sidelines.

This spiritual meal would cost at least 10 low-grade spirit stones; Manager Wu's actions can be considered a significant investment in Chen Huai'an.

Chen Huai'an accepted Wu's overtures with ease, unless he didn't want to work in the cafeteria anymore.

As for what benefits Manager Wu wanted to gain from him, he could only take it one step at a time.

If Manager Wu dares to target him secretly, he won't mind teaching him a lesson.

Offering unsolicited favors is either a sign of malice or theft.

Especially for a nobody like Chen Huai'an, who carries a great opportunity and a great secret, he should be even more careful to keep everything perfectly confidential.

"Sigh, cultivation is really something only the rich can do." After a meal of spiritual food, Chen Huai'an's fatigue vanished, and his cultivation even improved.

Even among menial disciples, those with family backgrounds or powerful connections receive different treatment.

In such a challenge, with the support of a powerful family that provides logistical support, you can fight single-mindedly and naturally achieve a good ranking, while those from impoverished backgrounds can only fight to the death.

Take Chen Huai'an for example. If he hadn't been blessed with a great opportunity, he would have been a poor boy, and that would have been his end, let alone striving for a higher ranking.

"Brother Chen, how are you feeling? Are you about to break through?" Liu Qiaogui looked at Chen Huai'an expectantly.

"No, breaking through to the seventh level of the late stage of Body Refinement is not that easy. I have only recovered a little bit of my strength." Chen Huai'an smiled.

Although he has already broken through to the eighth level of the late stage of Body Refinement, he will not reveal his trump card in a moment of rashness. The later he reveals his trump card, the more advantageous it will be for him, because he has now entered the top 1000.

If Chen Huai'an goes through three more battles, he will be able to enter the top 100.

The treatment I received when I entered the top 100 was completely different from what I am receiving now.

The top 100 on the Spirit Ranking enter the outer sect, and as outer sect disciples, they will receive preferential treatment from the sect.

Take a gamble and you might turn a bicycle into a motorcycle; otherwise, you'll end up like Li Fugui, wasting sixty years on the Miscellaneous Disciples Peak, remaining a mere miscellaneous disciple your whole life, never even touching the threshold of the Qi Refining Realm. Only by taking a gamble can you obtain a large amount of cultivation resources.

Li Fugui has now awakened and dares to take on this challenge, but due to his advanced age, he has missed the best opportunity.

If he hadn't had some extraordinary stroke of luck, his life would have ended up like this.

Chen Huai'an cannot be like Li Fugui. He must keep moving forward and never give up. He cannot lose this momentum and must continue to climb and grow in adversity.

"The next round of competition is the battle for the top 500. Brother Chen, you stay here and close your eyes to rest and meditate. I'll go find out who your opponent is. Hopefully, it'll be someone at the seventh level of the late Body Refinement Realm. Don't let him encounter any experts at the eighth level of the late Body Refinement Realm right now." After Liu Qiaogui finished speaking, he went to inquire around.

Chen Huai'an, on the other hand, sat in meditation and cultivated in the rest area.

Because of the competition, spirit-gathering formations were set up in the rest areas, making cultivation inside much faster than outside.

Not only Chen Huai'an, but all the other participating disciples will seize this rare opportunity and desperately improve their strength.

"Chen Huai'an, I've observed that you haven't had a suitable weapon in your recent battles. I have a standard longsword that I haven't used for many years, and I'll lend it to you today. I hope you can achieve a good ranking." Manager Wu approached Chen Huai'an with a longsword.

Now that he had decided to make a proper investment in Chen Huai'an, treating him to a spiritual meal would only cost a dozen or so low-grade spirit stones. Although his injuries and cultivation had recovered, the opponents he would face next would all be at least at the seventh level of the Body Refinement Realm. Relying on the broken wooden sword in his hand, he had no chance of winning.

Based on his observation, if Chen Huai'an were given a more suitable weapon, his chances of winning in the upcoming competition would increase by another ten percent.

Chen Huai'an accepted the long sword handed to him by Steward Wu, and quickly bowed to express his gratitude. "Thank you, Steward Wu!"

With the help of Manager Wu's longsword in the next two rounds of competition, his combat power will increase by at least one level.

In his previous battles, Chen Huai'an had relied on his stamina and agile movement to wear down his opponents because he lacked a suitable weapon.

But this moment is different. Even if the long sword in his hand is made of ordinary iron, he is confident that he can tear through his opponent's defense.

"Wow, this knife is so sharp!" Chen Huai'an simply tested the knife in his hand to see if it was suitable, and he found that it was much better than he had imagined.

"This is a low-grade spiritual weapon. Although it's not as good as a magic weapon, it's still extremely rare in the Body Refinement realm." Manager Wu smiled.

Even the lowest grade of spiritual weapons is sharper than the divine weapons and artifacts of the mortal world; it is no exaggeration to say that these things can cut through iron like mud.

Spirit weapons are still used by some wealthy handymen disciples as equipment, but those who can use spirit weapons are all very wealthy.

However, once a cultivator reaches the Qi Refining Realm, spiritual weapons become useless. Therefore, many disciples, unless they are extremely wealthy, generally do not purchase spiritual weapons. These weapons are merely transitional tools for disciples in the Body Refining Realm.

The reason why Manager Wu took out a low-grade spiritual weapon for Chen Huai'an to use at this time was because he knew that almost all of the top 100 miscellaneous disciples had a spiritual weapon in their hands. Going up without a corresponding spiritual weapon would only be courting death.