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

"Zhang Kui, the ninth level of the late stage of Body Refinement?" Chen Huai'an frowned.

If it were any other miscellaneous disciple facing Chen Huai'an right now, and the latter didn't resort to any underhanded tactics, but instead fought him fair and square, he would be quite looking forward to it.

However, if he were to face Zhang Kui of the Zhang family, a master at the ninth level of the late stage of Body Refinement, even though the opponent had just broken through to the ninth level of the late stage of Body Refinement, he might have some underhanded tricks up his sleeve.

If he's going to fight this battle, it will be a true life-or-death struggle. He's not entirely sure if he can kill an enemy of a higher level.

"Zhang Kui, his strength should be able to enter the top fifty on the Spirit Ranking. With his cultivation level, the reason he is showing his face now is because he wants the cultivation resources on the Spirit Ranking," Manager Wu said as he appeared in front of Chen Huai'an.

The cultivation resource rewards for the top 200 in this challenge are not as generous as those for the top 100, but if they go on stage, they will be targeted by the Zhang family.

It's not worth Chen Huai'an risking his life for a little more cultivation resources.

"Manager Wu, the opponent is too strong, and I have only just broken through to the seventh level of the late stage of Body Refinement. I was able to defeat Liu Mei, who was at the eighth level of Body Refinement, entirely by sheer luck and the advantage of elemental counter. Now, facing Zhang Kui of the Zhang family, a master at the ninth level of the late stage of Body Refinement, I am naturally no match for him. Therefore, I would like to forfeit this match," Chen Huai'an said to Manager Wu.

To paraphrase Chen Huai'an, if you can't beat someone, can't you just run away? There's absolutely no need to fight to the death with them.

"What? You're abstaining?" Manager Wu thought he had misheard Chen Huai'an's words.

"Yes, I abstain!" Chen Huai'an nodded.

At this point, there was absolutely no need for him to fight to the death and put himself in danger.

"If you win just one more match, you'll be able to enter the top 100, and you'll receive more resources every month from now on." Manager Wu was somewhat puzzled. Based on his understanding of Chen Huai'an, the fact that he could constantly break through his own bottlenecks in battle meant that he was extremely eager for battle. Only by experiencing life-and-death trials in battle could he continuously become stronger.

Zhang Kui is very strong, but he is not invincible. Even if he fails in the end, after going through a life-or-death ordeal, he might be able to break through to the eighth level of the late-stage Body Refinement Realm.

Even Liu Qiaogui and the other water-carrying disciples looked at Chen Huai'an with disbelief.

Having come this far, it's really not worth it for Chen Huai'an to give up.

"It's fine if we abstain. The Zhang family is targeting Brother Chen so much because they want to nip this genius in the bud. There's absolutely no need for us to walk into their line of fire," Liu Qiaogui comforted him.

Continuing to win is certainly good, but we must act within our capabilities. Moreover, this is a conspiracy by the Zhang family. The bounty of one hundred low-grade spirit stones is enough to drive many menial disciples crazy. If we continue to fight, the risk of being crippled will only increase.

His cultivation was destroyed, everything was reset to zero, and in the future he would truly be an ordinary person, completely cut off from any chance of becoming an immortal.

Any normal person would make the right choice.

A real man should be able to take things on and let them go.

The reason Chen Huai'an persisted in the previous rounds of battle was because his cultivation level was higher than his opponent's. Take Liu Mei for example, she dared to go on stage because their cultivation levels were comparable, and her attributes were incompatible with his, giving her a high chance of winning, which is why she fought.

But Zhang Kui was different; his cultivation was a level higher than his, so there was absolutely no need for him to fight to the death with him.

"Please welcome Chen Huai'an and Zhang Kui to the stage." The referee's voice rang out from the third arena.

As soon as Chen Huai'an stepped onto the stage, Zhang Kui followed suit.

When Zhang Kui looked at Chen Huai'an, his expression was ferocious. In front of many servants, disciples, and referees, he even made a throat-slitting gesture towards Chen Huai'an.

This time, the Zhang family went to great lengths to put Zhang Kui on the stage, hoping to personally eliminate Chen Huai'an so that the 100 low-grade spirit stones offered by Zhang Tao would end up in the pockets of the Zhang family members.

Chen Huai'an ignored Zhang Kui's provocative gaze and turned to the referee on the platform, saying, "Referee, I forfeit this round."

"What? This guy actually admitted defeat? What happened? Wasn't he supposed to be pretty tough?" Chen Huai'an's decision to concede defeat on the stage immediately caused a burst of gasps from the audience.

Especially the Zhang family disciples who were determined to win, their eyes widened in disbelief the moment they heard Chen Huai'an voluntarily admit defeat. The Zhang family had paid a heavy price to win this battle.

But now this guy has actually given up in the ring and voluntarily admitted defeat, which makes them feel like they've prepared a powerful punch but it's landed on cotton, leaving them with a helpless and embarrassing feeling of having strength but nowhere to use it.

In particular, in order to get Zhang Kui to face Chen Huai'an in this round of competition, they bribed the examiners and spent a lot of resources, and even had to do the other party a favor. But now, this guy comes on stage so casually and doesn't want to fight.

"That damn bastard is really asking for death!" Zhang Tao, an outer disciple at the Qi Refining stage, was usually very well-mannered, but this incident made him extremely angry.

Since they're not going to fight, all the backup plans they prepared against Chen Huai'an have completely gone to waste.

"No, we can't let this go. We have to teach this bastard a lesson." Zhang Tao had never suffered such a loss since he became an outer disciple. He had to get his revenge today.

Since Chen Huai'an has abstained, there is only one way to deal with him: launch a challenge.

Those who make it into the top two hundred can challenge each other.

As for the specifics of how to do it, if you manage to do it properly, you can definitely ruin Chen Huai'an.

Chen Huai'an's initiative to get to know them caught the Zhang family completely off guard. Those who were sharpening their knives and wanted to cause trouble for Chen Huai'an in the challenge competition had no choice but to give up in the end.

Under Zhang Kui's angry gaze, Chen Huai'an stepped off the stage.

Now that he had forfeited and conceded defeat, he felt much more relaxed and no longer felt the oppressive feeling he had before.

Next, once the challenge ends and he receives the ranking rewards, he can devote himself entirely to cultivation.

Chen Huai'an is currently at the peak of the eighth level of the late-stage Body Refinement Realm. Given some more time, he will be able to break through to the Qi Refining Realm and enter the outer sect.

The following challenges were not of much concern to Chen Huai'an, and he did not continue watching them, choosing instead to return to his residence.

These past two days, he hasn't properly managed his personal space while participating in the challenge. This is the foundation of his existence, his biggest trump card, and he doesn't want to expose it.

Upon entering the space, Chen Huai'an tended to the spirit valley and the planted spiritual herbs, and then fed the five-colored golden pheasants. These little guys had grown even bigger in just a few days.

Judging from this, in a few days, he will be able to enjoy spiritual food to aid his cultivation every day.

The Lingquan Peak Spiritual Beauty Ranking Challenge arena.

Today is the challenge to enter the top 100, and the higher-ups of Qingyun Sect are taking this matter very seriously.

This year in particular, several promising young talents have emerged, and several inner disciples have come forward to watch the battle, surrounded by a group of outer disciples.

In particular, a woman dressed in white, who looked like a fairy descending to earth, became the focus of the entire event.

If Chen Huai'an hadn't gone back to his residence and had instead stayed to watch the battle, he would have definitely recognized this woman as Su Wanying, with whom he had been engaged.

Su Wanying actually came to Zayi Peak to watch the Lingxiu Ranking challenge.