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"Brother Zhang Tao, what I said is true. Zhang Yang has been crippled by Chen Huai'an. His dantian is destroyed, and he has lost an arm. He is now a complete cripple." The Zhang family disciple who sent the message was terrified. Chen Huai'an was really too crazy. He even dared to offend their Zhang family.

Before Zhang Tao could even question it, he saw several Zhang family disciples carrying Zhang Yang back.

Seeing Zhang Yang covered in blood and with a deathly pale face, the veins on his face bulged. "That damned beast, he actually dared to cripple Zhang Yang."

"Senior Brother Zhang Tao, what should we do next? We can't swallow this insult. We must tear Chen Huai'an to pieces!" The Zhang family disciples were all furious.

"This grudge must be avenged, but this kid has grown up, and ordinary disciples are no match for him. We must find someone strong enough to crush him to take action," Zhang Tao said coldly, suppressing his anger.

Even Zhang Yang, ranked 99th on the list of outstanding talents, is no match for Chen Huai'an. Even if you find someone from the top 50, it's not certain that you can defeat Chen Huai'an.

We must find a master ranked in the top 20 or 30 on the Spirit Ranking to ensure a victory.

Those ranked 50th and below still have a lot of inflated numbers, but the top 50 are much less inflated; they earned their rankings based on merit.

"Zhang Kui, let Zhang Kui challenge this piece of trash. He must be crippled." A cold glint flashed in Zhang Tao's eyes. To deal with Chen Huai'an, only a powerful disciple could make a move.

Unfortunately, several talented young talents in the Zhang family have not yet grown up. Otherwise, with their talent and aptitude, they would definitely be able to crush the top fifty experts on the Spirit Ranking in a year or two.

"Senior Brother Zhang Kui is at the ninth level of the late stage of Body Refinement. He has been in seclusion these past few days cultivating to break through. Once he reaches the peak of the ninth level of Body Refinement, he will definitely be able to easily crush that bug Chen Huai'an." When the Zhang family disciples mentioned Zhang Kui, their confidence soared.

The next step is to wait for Zhang Kui to emerge from seclusion.

"By the way, Senior Brother Zhang Tao, there were originally top 100 experts on the Spirit Ranking who were supposed to deal with Chen Huai'an, but this guy refused because he couldn't come up with a wager of ten low-grade spirit stones," a Zhang family disciple suddenly said.

"Useless, a bunch of useless trash. They can't even come up with 10 low-grade spirit stones," Zhang Tao cursed under his breath.

These menial disciples are all penniless; they can't even afford the prize of ten low-grade spirit stones.

"We can't let Zhang Kui have an easy time before he comes out of seclusion. These poor bastards can't afford the 10 low-grade spirit stones as a wager, right? Well then, we'll pay for those 10 low-grade spirit stones, as long as they can win." A plan to get something for free appeared in Zhang Tao's mind.

It can be said that many people want to earn this bounty, but since these poor people don't have any spirit stones, all he can do is offer them 10 low-grade spirit stones as a reward so that they are qualified to challenge Chen Huai'an.

Winning would be great, but if they lose, they would only lose 10 low-grade spirit stones at most.

Even if this doesn't cripple Chen Huai'an, it will disgust him to death, preventing him from cultivating. Then, when Zhang Kui comes out of seclusion, he can go and take him down.

Soon, the news that the Zhang family was willing to offer a challenge prize to Chen Huai'an spread among the many servant disciples.

However, because Chen Huai'an established his authority in the martial arts arena, many of the miscellaneous disciples saw his ruthless and decisive side, and those who were weaker on the Spirit Ranking immediately backed down.

Two days after the news was released, no one challenged Chen Huai'an.

After Chen Huai'an returned to his residence, he never appeared again.

In this battle, Zhang Yang has successfully established his authority and obtained a large amount of cultivation resources. With these resources, his strength has been further enhanced. Moreover, he has more than a month of free time to cultivate.

He has completed his chores for this month; he only needs to complete the next chores by the end of next month.

The benefits Chen Huai'an gained from cultivating the Myriad Forms Bone-Changing Technique far exceeded his expectations.

Although his cultivation level hadn't improved much, the power of his internal energy and blood had increased considerably. His fascia and bones had been tempered many times, so it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was invincible among those of the same level in the body refinement realm.

He did not use his full strength when fighting Zhang Yang.

Those with strong foundations need more cultivation resources, but after a breakthrough, their physical strength far surpasses that of other disciples at the same level in the Body Refinement Realm.

If the cultivation resources Chen Huai'an had consumed these past few days were used to train other miscellaneous disciples, it would be enough to allow dozens of them to break through to the Qi Refining Realm.

"My body training should not have reached its limit. If it had, I could easily break through to the ninth level of the late stage of Body Refinement." Chen Huai'an checked his body in the space and found that through cultivating the Myriad Manifestations Bone Changing Technique, his body had not reached its limit. There were still a lot of impurities in his bones and fascia. Otherwise, he would not be unable to control his body at will.

Furthermore, he defeated Zhang Yang and crippled him in front of numerous handymen disciples. The Zhang family would definitely not let this go. He was not afraid of handymen disciples at the Body Refinement Realm, but Zhang Tao at the Qi Refining Realm was a formidable enemy. How should he deal with it if the other party attacked him?

For offensive tactics, Chen Huai'an possesses the Flaming Blade Technique; for defensive tactics, he has acquired the Elephant Armor Technique. Chen Huai'an hasn't practiced this technique much, but now he feels it's necessary to cultivate it properly. If his defensive power increases, his opponent won't be able to break through his defenses, and he'll be much safer.

There is a big difference between the Body Refinement Realm and the Qi Refining Realm. The Body Refinement Realm has Qi in the body, which can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. This belongs to the great power of heaven and earth. With this great power, one can activate some magical artifacts to defend against enemies.

Their physical bodies weren't that different, but after using magical artifacts, the difference between them became enormous.

To avoid facing Zhang Tao, who was at the Qi Refining Realm, he needed sufficient self-defense capabilities. Strong physical defense would provide many advantages even after breaking through to the Qi Refining Realm.

Having many skills is never a bad thing; it can be a lifesaver.

Over the next few days, Chen Huai'an devoted himself to practicing the Elephant Armor Technique.

He hadn't had time to study it before, but now, Chen Huai'an was determined not to leave the space until he had mastered the Elephant Armor Technique to a minor level.

Chen Huai'an cultivated in the space. On the outer sect miscellaneous servant peak, Chen Huai'an defeated Zhang Yang, who was ranked ninety-ninth. He is now a top one hundred expert on the Spirit Ranking.

At the same time, several uninvited guests arrived at the outer gate of Qingyun Sect.

If Chen Huai'an were here, he would definitely recognize who these travel-worn people were—the Su family.

As the saying goes, "When one person attains enlightenment, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven."

Because Su Wanying broke through to the Qi Refining Realm, her master, in order to reward her and allow her to focus on cultivating to break through to an even higher realm, directly ordered his disciples to bring several core members of the Su family to the outer sect of Qingyun Sect.

Although Su Daqiang and the others did not have spiritual roots, as core disciples of the inner sect, they could bring their families up the mountain and work in the miscellaneous affairs hall of the Qingyun Sect as minor stewards.

With family members by her side, Su Wanying wouldn't be distracted while cultivating, which was one of the benefits she could offer to her family members.

Although these people are just mortals without spiritual roots and unable to cultivate, they can improve their health by consuming spiritual food, and living to a ripe old age is not a problem for them.

Right now, these core members of the Su family are accepting arrangements from the sect.