The petition ended, and the Grand Elder arrived on his sword.

  He g the disciples, notig that more than half were missing pared to the start. Most of the absent disciples had been robbed of their resources aoo io tinue, while some, like Li Qiushui, had withdrawn midway.

  "I decre the Demo Hunting petition over!"

  The Grand Elder's voied like a bell as he tinued, "Each team, send a representative to hand over your ste bags."

  In the crowd, Lin Hao sed his surroundings and spotted two familiar faces, Yueming and Cui Qing'er.

  He hadn't expected these two women to team up. Both were at the Great Perfe of Qi Refining, and although they were few, they handed over a rge number of demon cores.

  " Yueming, Cui Qihree te-stage first-tier demon cores, a hundred and twenty mid-stage ones."

  A gasp echoed through the crowd.

  "I worked myself to death and didn't eve a hundred demon cores, yet these two fairies are almost at a thousand!"

  "Could it be they've been plundering all along?"

  "Of course, it's plundering! How else do you think they got them? Just watch, all the demon cores are in the hands of the strong teams!"

  "Jiang Mieage first-tier demon cores, and a thousand mid-stage ones!"

  The crowd was no lasping; they were chewing oheir teeth chattering from the cold.

  "A thousand... a thousand, ae-stage first-tier demon cores!"

  "That's it, the champion is definitely Jiang Mingfei's. Are we all just peting for sed pce?"

  The cultivators looked despo.

  Jiang Mingfei was quite pleased, thinking like everyone else that he would be the champion!

  He was even ready for when the Grand Elder annouhe rankings.

  But just then, a chubby little boy spped a ste bag oable and said with thick lips.

  "t them."

  "Fang Yuan, thirty te-stage first-tier demon cores!"

  Gasp, hiss!

  Everyone was dumbfounded!

  How many? Thirty te-stage demon cores!

  You must know, acc to the rules of this petition, oage demon core is worth a hundred mid-stage ones!

  Jiang Mingfei, who was basking in the admiration of his fans, twitched at the er of his mouth upon hearing the Grand Elder's annou, casting a resentful g the chubby boy.

  Who is this guy?

  After joining the sect, Lin Hao had been so focused on pursuing immortality that he often secluded himself for intense cultivation, not even reizing all the fellow disciples on his own peak, let alohose from other peaks.

  He truly didn't know this boastful chubby boy, so he pulled someone nearby to ask.

  "Brother, you don't know the Generous Boy?"

  Generous Boy? Lin Hao was even more puzzled. Is there such a person in the sect?

  The person was a chatterbox, spilling the beans like a bamboo tube: "Fang Yuan is a prince from a secur dynasty, with outstanding aptitude for cultivation. Upoering the sect, he ted uhe tutege of the outer sect's Grand Elder and has already secured a spot as a direct disciple.

  For him, this petition was just a formality."

  "Could it be that the Grand Elder is helping him cheat?"

  "Cheat?" The person snorted disdainfully, "This chubby prince is highly valued in our sect, and his father, the emperor, is very fond of him, providing him with cultivation resources from the entire dynasty.

  Think about it, with a dynasty bag him, would his cultivation speed be slow?

  In just one year, he transformed from a mortal to a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator."

  Lin Hao was secretly shocked. Reag the ninth level of Qi Refining in a year is incredibly fast. Before he found shortcuts in cultivation, it took him three years to reach the sixth level.

  Truly, parisons be infuriating!

  "So how did he get the name Generous Boy?"

  "The name es from him gifting his magical artifacts to his oppos after losing a spell duel."

  Uh... Lin Hao eechless, thinking to himself that he truly is a Generous Boy.

  As the two versed, the Grand Elder annouhe rankings of the Demo Hunting petition.

  As expected, Fang Yuan took first pce, Jiang Miook sed, followed by Yueming and Cui Qing'er.

  Lin Hao secured eighth pce, which he was quite dissatisfied with. However, being alone and cautious, breaking into the top five was truly difficult, though others were quite surprised.

  "Who is this Lin Hao? Where did he e from?"

  "Never heard of him, probably a master who likes to seclude himself."

  While receiving her reward, Cui Qing'er involuntarily twitched at the mention of Lin Hao's name, her legs going weak for no reason.

  Beside her, Yueming asked with , "Qing'er, what's wrong?"

  "Nothing... nothing."

  "Your face is very red, were you injured during the hunt?"

  "No..."

  "Oh, that's good."

  The two women harbored their own thoughts, but their eyes were searg for the same person.

  pared to the top five, the reward fhth pce was quite meager, just a high-grade magical artifact. If it were a sword, Lin Hao would have kept it for himself, but it turned out to be a spear.

  After receiving it, unless he exged it with someone else, it was of no use to him.

  Fortunately, the sect offered an option to exge it for tribution points if one didn't want the reward.

  A high-grade magical artifact could be exged for five hundred tribution points, which was a bit of a loss since buying oh tribution points would cost six hundred!

  But Lin Hao didn't pn to exge it for a magical artifact, as they were only useful during the Qi Refining stage. Once reag Foundatioablishment, most would use magical treasures, unless it reme magical artifact, which was otherwise useless!

  After exging for tribution points, Lin Hao didn't linger for a moment, quickly heading to the sect's Scripture Repository.

  He already had a target in mind for exge. Due to his unique physique, he decided to exge for a dual cultivation teique!

  He was curious to see if mastering a dual cultivation teique would enhance his ability to absorb spiritual energy.

  The Xuan Yi had three Scripture Repositories. The one ier mountain was for outer and inner disciples.

  The one on the main peak was only accessible to direct disciples and elders, and there was a highly mysterious armory that only those who had made signifit tributions to the sect were allowed to enter.

  Lin Hao arrived at the outer mountain's Scripture Repository, where an elder sat with eyes closed, his aura faint, as if half-dead.

  But anyone who truly thought the elder was dead and attempted anything untoward would meet a tragid!

  Because not far away, on a thousand-year-old locust tree, hung dozens of human skins, some from the Qi Refining stage, others from the Foundatioablishment stage.

  When the wind blew, they rustled, sending chills down one's spine.

  "Identity token."

  The elder didn't open his mouth, but his voice was exceptionally loud.

  It was Lin Hao's first time here, but he was very disciplined, his token with both hands.

  "The first floor is for outer sect teiques, the sed floor for inner sect teiques. You are an outer sect disciple, so you only go to the first floor. Overstepping will result ih."

  Lin Hao's face turned serious as he took back his identity token aered the Scripture Repository.

  Having already decided what to exge for before ing in, he headed straight for the area with dual cultivation teiques.

  The Xuan Yi utable sect, and there weren't many dual cultivation teiques in their colleostly spoils obtained from vanquishing rival sects.

  "Phoenix Nourishing Teique, Joyful Bliss Teique, Dragon Phoenix Harmonious Meditation..."