Chapter 57: Human Grade Top Tier Cultivation Method

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  "The three of you write your names on those empty wooden plaques and hang them at the end." The assessment elder said, pointing to the last row of several empty wooden plaques.

  Ye Chen put down the wooden plaque with his name on it, and like everyone else, he applied force to his finger, slowly carving the two characters "Ye Chen" onto it, then hung it back up again.

  The elder rubbed his temples and said, "As for the ranking rules and other trivial matters, I won't say much. You can ask your senior brothers and sisters, they will tell you everything. If there's nothing else, I'll leave for now."

  When the elder left for assessment, a male disciple who had just been promoted to an inner door asked: "Senior brothers and sisters, I'm Li Sheng. What's the use of this ranking? How is it ranked?"

  One of the inner disciples explained: "To say that rankings don't have any practical use is a big mistake. Firstly, rankings can stimulate competitiveness, no one wants to be ranked below others, and no one can easily rank high, wanting to rush to the front requires effort and strength, of course, excluding those who are willing to fall behind, but after all, it's very rare, almost negligible, after all, becoming an inner disciple is not easy, everyone has a deep understanding. Most importantly, at the end of the year, inner disciples ranked outside the top 500 will be stripped of their inner disciple status and become outer disciples again, wanting to recover requires waiting half a year, and before that, eleven inner disciples have already fallen off the rankings."

  What a cruel competition!

  Ye Chen thought more deeply than others, listening to the other person's words, it seemed like no big deal, anyway, only those outside of the top 500 would be eliminated, as long as they weren't too bad, they would definitely be able to stay on the list. But the problem was that the inner disciples who were outside of the top 500 wouldn't give up easily, so they would go all out to rush upwards, and when someone rushed into the top 500, they would be afraid of being pulled down by others, and would necessarily continue to work hard, striving for a higher ranking, only then could they be at ease. But this way, the other people who were pulled down would become anxious, who would be willing to be ranked outside of the top 500? Definitely not, so they would also desperately rush upwards, the higher the better.

  In the end, there will be a bloodbath on the entire list, and only a small number of people can escape.

  Another inner disciple continued: "The ranking rules are simple, it's just mutual challenges, but the premise is that the challenge object must be in the same row. To put it simply, the 29th row can only challenge the inner disciples of the 29th row. Once you become the first in the 29th row, you can challenge the inner disciples of the 28th row. In addition, every year at the end of the year, there will be an inner disciple ranking competition, which is a big deal. The entire list will be cleared once, and some inner disciples who are afraid of being challenged will have no reason to escape again."

  "It's actually like that." Li Sheng took a glance at Ye Chen, his heart full of envy. With the other party's strength, breaking into the top 400 should be easy, and it was unlikely he would be eliminated, whereas he himself was in danger.

  At this time, the seemingly elegant senior sister reminded: "I suggest you take a few sect tasks first, and then challenge other inner door disciples. You know that having experienced danger and killed people has a great impact on combat power. The challenged inner door disciple will not show mercy."

  "It's nothing, being challenged is always unpleasant, those with good temper may make you spit blood, while those with bad temper will make you lie in bed for a period of time, this is a common thing."

  Suddenly, a commotion came from the front of the square. Everyone looked over and saw two boys with blood on their clothes carrying another boy who was unconscious towards them.

  "What's wrong with Brother Liang?" someone asked hastily.

  The person on the left wiped away tears, "The disciples of the Purple Sun Sect are too much. We clearly found the task target first, but were robbed by the other party, and they even wanted to use force. Liang Shixiong was seriously injured after being punched and kicked three times for protecting us."

  "Grass, Zi Yang Zong's puppy is waiting for an opportunity, and I must teach them a lesson."

  "You're too heavy-handed, you've taken over the task and now you want to beat people up."

  Listening to the angry voices of the crowd, Ye Chen initially felt the pressure of being a disciple of the sect. Within the sect, he had to compete for ranking and strive to move up, while outside the sect, he still had to face the provocations of disciples from other sects. If he was slightly careless, he might be beaten to death or injured.

  Of course, the danger is not just this one point. Many of those dark masters have suffered losses at the hands of their sects and will definitely strike back when they find an opportunity, assassinating disciples of the sect.

  Wang Xuemei saw this scene and deeply knew that her own strength was still insufficient. She pursed her lips, turned around and walked away silently.

  "Let's go to the Wuji Pavilion first!" After becoming an inner disciple, there was a half-year period of free cultivation. Although he didn't necessarily have to wait for half a year, selecting and studying several top-level human-class secret manuals was certain. The Golden Fist and Golden Goose Techniques seemed to be of a lower grade in comparison.

  Martial Arts Pavilion

  "Elder, we meet again." This time, Ye Chen first greeted the Guardian Elder and showed him his inner disciple token.

  "Inner Sect disciple token! Good kid!" exclaimed the elder of the Guardian Pavilion.

  "Hehe, now that I've been promoted, I can go to the second floor without any time restrictions, right?" Ye Chen laughed.

  "Of course not, go ahead!"

  After saying this, the elder of Shouge was stunned for a long time and finally muttered to himself: "This kid is a genius, he was only at the fourth layer of Qi Refining Realm back then!"

  Second floor!

  Ye Chen stood at the entrance, secretly thinking: From now on, I can stay here for as long as I want, it's really refreshing.

  There aren't many top-tier human-class secret manuals, adding up to just over a hundred varieties, but wanting to choose the one that suits oneself is indeed somewhat difficult.

  First and foremost is the choice of Gongfa.

  Previously, the Pure Yuan skill brought many benefits to Ye Chen, so this time, he would still choose this type of True Qi skill. Although something like the Xuan Heavy Heart Scripture has special effects like the Xuan Heavy aura, it can only be used for close combat and its overall evaluation won't be very high.

  "Zi Qi San Hua Jue, a top-tier human-level cultivation technique, is divided into seven levels. Upon reaching the third level, a true energy purple flower appears on the crown of the head; at the fifth level, two true energy purple flowers appear on the crown of the head; and at the highest seventh level, true energy reaches its peak, with three flowers gathering at the top, and every movement exudes the power of holding up a tripod."

  "Cangjiang Jue, a top-tier human-level cultivation technique, is divided into seven levels. Those who successfully cultivate it will have boundless and unbroken true energy, with extremely strong posterior strength. At the highest level, the seventh level, one can condense the surrounding water element energy, increasing the power of their techniques. If used in a lake or river area, combat effectiveness doubles."

  "Feng Lei Gong, a top-tier human-level cultivation technique, is divided into seven levels. After successfully cultivating the first four levels, one's physical skills become extremely fast and sensitive to airflow, allowing them to take advantage of the situation. Cultivating to the last three levels allows one's attacks to be accompanied by thunderous power, causing those who are hit to become completely paralyzed and unable to move."

  He read three volumes of Gong Fa in a row, and Ye Chen couldn't help but sigh. It's indeed worthy of being a top-tier human-level Gong Fa. Each volume is extremely powerful and can't be compared to high-level human Gong Fa at all. He was able to defeat Huang Bingwen mainly because the latter's realm wasn't high; otherwise, he would have been worn out to death. As for defeating Ye Tang and Ye Xuan, it was entirely due to his robust physical strength, with his cultivation playing a minor role. Thinking about it now, he still feels fortunate.

  If he only had these three qigong methods to choose from, he would choose Wind and Thunder Qigong. This method has a bonus effect on lightness skills, and later it also comes with the power of thunder, which can certainly be used to its fullest potential in his hands.

  But for now, it's still too early to make a choice, maybe there are better options that haven't been seen yet.