Chapter 62: The Gathering of Elites

  "Congratulations! Congratulations!"

  A crowd of young men with excited faces surrounded the elegant inner gate of Nanyun Peak, craning their necks to catch a glimpse inside.

  Hula hula!

  A number of extraordinary young girls arrived surrounded by a group of servants, instantly causing people to gather around, and the disciples made way for them.

  "Elite disciples Lu Wushuang, Shangguan Tianfeng, Zhu Wu Zhen... Good heavens, they are all second, sixth and seventh ranked existences, and yet they have all come!"

  Gasps of amazement never ceased in the air, these elite disciples were the rarest existence within their sect, all between eighteen to twenty-four years old.

  But once they reach a certain age and break through to the Solid Origin Realm, they are no longer elite disciples but rather the true direct disciples that the sect focuses on cultivating.

  If by twenty-four years old one cannot break through, they can only shed the halo of an elite disciple and become a guardian or law enforcement disciple.

  "Master Lu Wushuang's sister has arrived to offer congratulations, and as a gift, fifteen blocks of inferior yuan stone!"

  "The Supreme Court Judge Tianfeng..."

  "Main Hall..."

  As the servants and disciples presented their gifts, a woman and two men calmly made their way through the crowd, walking straight into the courtyard without showing any tension due to the attention of the people. As for others, they could only wait outside and watch from afar.

  "Look quickly!"

  Someone suddenly shouted, and instantly everyone looked in unison towards the sound.

  "Ah Ha!"

  A youth wearing a purple robe, with a slender waist and a long sword at his side, walked slowly but swiftly towards them, clearly already among the ranks of elite disciples.

  As a newly promoted sect disciple, the fourteen-year-old absolute genius, although only in the early stages of refining his true self, his momentum absolutely surpassed that of the majority of elite disciples.

  Even if the ones before him were compared to him, they were slightly inferior. After all, at the age of 14, his cultivation base in the Refining Realm was too dazzling.

  "Master Zhuyang Haotian, brother, has arrived to offer congratulations, and presents a Golden Jade Spiritual Sword!"

  Two lovely and unparalleled female disciples, with a proud face, presented the gift as if it was given to them.

  Inside, a dozen or so people had gathered, including both men and women, all of whom were around twenty years old, causing everyone to envy them greatly.

  Yang Huan Tian was just about to enter when suddenly four or five figures appeared together.

  "That... is the elite disciple of the previous generation, Song Gongluo and Liu Tingyu!"

  The one who came was Song Gongluo, who had sent a summons to Li Chen that day. In his position as the master of the main peak, he was responsible for conveying the intentions of the main institute to the various institutes, and then the main institute would issue a formal summons.

  Originally, in his view, Li Chen would naturally go along with it, but unexpectedly, he was pulled away by the two giants for some reason, and he couldn't say anything more.

  Before coming here, he also wanted to send an invitation to the newly promoted genius of Nan Yuan, who didn't believe that there would be a second person who would refuse the best cultivation resources of the main courtyard.

  "Brother Song, Brother Liu!"

  As proud as the sun in the sky, even when meeting the elite disciples of the previous generation, he wouldn't put down his guard and would only give a slight bow.

  As for their cultivation, he was only in the early stages of the Refining Truth Realm, while the two were already in the late stage or even at the peak of the Refining Truth Realm.

  "Haha! Young Master Yang!"

  Facing this genius among geniuses, Song and Liu naturally treated him with smiling faces.

  "Master Zhuyi and Master Liu Tingyu have arrived to offer their congratulations, bearing gifts of fifty pieces of inferior yuan stone and five bottles of inferior Gathering Qi Dan!"

  As several servants brought up the gifts, the crowd suddenly fell silent, their throats moving constantly, making humming noises in their mouths, and their eyes were all shocked.

  Looking at the gifts piled up like a small mountain, the disciples had already heard the inner groan... whisper, the heartfelt cry, why not mine?

  The three of them were about to enter the courtyard when they suddenly stopped in unison, and as soon as they turned their heads, Song Gongluo's face immediately darkened.

  "Brother Li!"

  Suddenly, among the many disciples, Pang Wenshan shouted loudly, and everyone was stunned for a moment, then involuntarily made way for a path.

  The surname Li is originally rare, and in Nan Yunfeng, there is only one person who can rival Zhang Chulang, and that is Li Chen.

  Rumors spread quietly among the crowd, saying that Li Chen was a freak, and those who had never seen him said he was ugly, like a monster. Some also said he was an idiot, relying on his talent to refuse the invitation from the main academy.

  "Who would have thought that a small servant from back then would make such a big name for himself!"

  Yang Hao Tian slightly raised his chin, and he still had some impression of Li Chen.

  Although he can fight evenly with Zhang Chulang, with his strength and talent, even if he has just broken through, he still has the confidence to suppress Zhang Chulang.

  "Brother Pang, why don't you go in?"

  For Yang Huan Tian's disdain, Li Chen pretended he didn't hear it.

  He could have arrived a step earlier, but on the way here, he went to find Pang Wenshan and Liu Ziqing, only to find that they were not there, so he came here.

  "Haha, inside there are all geniuses of the sect!"

  Pang Wenshan smiled and several of his former teammates who were present all greeted Li Chen.

  Nowadays, Li Chen is already far from the same as in those days, but he can still be called Pang Wenshan and even they call him "Shixiong" (older brother) or "Jiejie" (older sister), which makes them feel warm and proud.

  "Oh!"

  Li Chen nodded and gestured to several people, then walked towards the gift collection area.

  He didn't want to join in the excitement by nature, but considering their past alliance against the wolf pack, he couldn't just ignore it without a word of congratulations.

  The person receiving the gift was precisely the one who had slandered him that day, seeing him come, he was nervous but immediately relaxed, with so many elite disciples inside, even if Li Chen wanted to be arrogant, he had to weigh his words.

  "Ah!"

  Not wanting to stay any longer, Li Chen took out a beast skin wrapped object from his bosom, only two palm-sized objects were placed on the table.

  Looking at the stains on the beast skin, it's clear that a considerable amount of time has been spent. With the rough handle tip, people who glance sideways have already made an estimate, and at most, it's just a fine iron dagger.

  "Cough! Cough!"

  Liu Mei was shocked by the appearance of this dagger and almost fainted, hurriedly coughing several times to cover up her embarrassment, wrinkling her nose in distaste. She immediately shouted loudly: "Inner courtyard disciple Li Chen, deliver one fine iron dagger... Ah!"

  Hmph!

  For some reason, the dagger slipped out of her hand from the animal skin and bounced on the table before turning over and stabbing straight into the tabletop.

  Before everyone could burst out laughing, someone who knew his stuff was shocked by his own discovery and bit his tongue, letting out a cry of "aiya".

  Her slender eyebrows were raised in surprise, she had originally intended to throw away Lei Chen's shame, deliberately tossing out the dagger, but unexpectedly... this dagger turned out to be a spiritual sword.

  Although it was just a flash, that sharp and unparalleled aura, the feeling of piercing skin, was so close that there was no mistake.

  The three of them, Yang Haotian, who were originally going to watch Li Chen's joke, quickly withdrew the sarcastic smile that had just appeared, and fortunately did not make a fool of themselves. They walked into the courtyard with expressionless faces.

  Li Chen didn't want to stay any longer and was about to leave when he saw the arrival of Qiu Qianni and Zhang Chulang.

  As soon as the two appeared, they attracted the attention of the disciples, who clearly knew about the gap between Li Chen and Zhang Chulang.

  It was also discovered that Qiu Qiuyi's sister had been injured by Li Chen, which was the cause of many things.

  "Hehe, why doesn't Young Master Li come in and take a seat?"

  Qiu Qianyi looked at Li Chen with a faint smile, her eyes not smiling, and waved her hand calmly.

  Several servants and disciples under him brought up the two gifts again, causing everyone to gasp in surprise and admiration.