Arriving at the top floor of the Silver Robe Elder Hall, Zhang Ruochen finally saw the person who was considered to be the most powerful in the thirty-six counties of Tianmo Ridge - the Master of the Silver Robe Elder Hall.

  "Nice to meet you, Lord Lei" Zhang Ruo Chen and Si Hang Kong bowed simultaneously.

  Lei Jing, 94 years old this year, but he doesn't look old at all. He looks like a middle-aged man in his fifties, with broad arms and bronze skin, full of explosive power.

  Humans cultivate martial arts to the extreme, their physical body becomes as strong as a high-ranking wild beast, can control various bodily functions, and naturally slow down aging.

  Moreover, Lei Jing's strength was powerful and by no means just a simple Tian Ji realm of martial arts.

  He sat beside the desk, holding a volume of iron book martial classics, after a while, he slightly raised his head and said faintly: "Sī Xíng Kōng, you can go out first."

  "Yes, Your Excellency."

  He made a second deep bow, then backed away and withdrew.

  Only Zhang Ruochen and Lei Jing were left in the room.

  Lei Jing put down the martial manual in his hand, looked at Zhang Ruochen with some curiosity, and revealed a faint smile, saying: "You are Zhang Ruochen"

  "That's right, student."

  Zhang Ruochen took out the account book and said, "Your Excellency, this is..."

  No rush

  Lei Jing smiled and shook his head, as if his interest in Zhang Ruochen was stronger than his interest in that account book.

  "I've heard that you're outside, claiming to be my secret disciple. Is this true?"

  Lei Jing's aura changed, and his entire body emitted a red glow, a powerful aura surged out, covering the entire room.

  Zhang Ruochen's face turned slightly pale, in his eyes, Lei Jing was like a giant volcano, spewing out scorching magma, turning into an ocean, wrapping him up, as if to melt his body.

  "What a terrifying aura, Lei Gongzi's martial arts cultivation should have already surpassed the Tianji Boundary Dazhuan, reaching another realm of martial arts, Yulong Realm. Only warriors in the Yulong Realm can possess such a terrifying power aura."

  After eight hundred years, Zhang Ruochen encountered a strong man of this level for the first time.

  The martial arts aura emanating from his opponent's body was already suffocating Zhang Ruochen, making him gasp for air, as if his body was burning in molten lava.

  Zhang Ruochen gritted his teeth, silently reciting the Nine Heavens Ming Emperor Scripture. The spiritual fire true energy rapidly circulated through the thirty-six meridians in his body, resolving that one strand of martial pressure.

  The position of the eyebrow heart, a flame mark appeared, like a burning spark.

  Lei Jing's eyes lit up, and a soft "wow" escaped his lips.

  It's also unknown how long it took for that terrifying pressure to disappear without a trace.

  Zhang Ruochen felt the pressure disappear and immediately stopped his cultivation technique, looking at Lei Jing again, only to find that Lei was still sitting at the desk, not having moved an inch from start to finish.

  "It seems that Lord Lei is just testing me and isn't really angry."

  Zhang Ruochen let out a slight sigh of relief. If he had really offended someone like Lei Jing, even if Zhang Ruochen had three heads and six arms, he still wouldn't be his match.

  "Not bad, under the pressure of my Three Successions aura, you can still stand, among the warriors below the Tianji realm, you are the first." Lei Jing smiled and said.

  Zhang Ruochen gritted his teeth and said: "The secret disciple of the pavilion master is Chen Ru, not me. I'm afraid there's been some misunderstanding."

  Lei Jingdao: "Is that so? But I heard that not long ago, in Dashishi City, Chen Ruo and Yun Tai Zongfu's Han Xuan killed the four-sided county Hou Huo Yundu, and took away an account book from Mu Qing's mansion. Have you heard?"

  Zhang Ruochen felt somewhat ashamed, thought for a moment, and bitterly smiled: "I dare not deceive the Pavilion Master. In fact, I have used the pseudonym Chen Ruo before. To protect myself, I would claim to be the Pavilion Master's secret disciple. This matter was indeed my fault, please punish me, Pavilion Master."

  Lei Jing didn't expect Zhang Ruochen to admit it so bluntly, and burst out laughing: "How interesting!"

  Lei Jingzheng's face turned stern: "If you're a mediocre talent, I'll have to take you down a peg. A mediocre talent claiming to be my secret disciple would tarnish my reputation."

  "But just now, I tested you and found that you are an outstanding talent. A genius calling himself my disciple would make others think that I am a good teacher with a keen eye for talent, which doesn't seem like a bad thing."

  "What does the Premier mean?" Zhang Ruochen asked.

  Lei Jingdao said: "I have a condition, as long as you can do it, I will not only not pursue this matter again, but also truly accept you as my secret disciple. What do you think?"

  "What conditions"

  Lei Jing didn't immediately tell Zhang Ruochen the conditions, but instead asked: "In your body, you have opened up a total of twenty-seven meridians, right?"

  "That's right." Zhang Ruochen said.

  In fact, Zhang Ruochen's body opened up thirty-six meridians, but nine of them were extraordinary meridians. Even Lei Jing couldn't detect them, so he thought that Zhang Ruochen only had twenty-seven meridians in his body.

  Even so, it still shocked Lei Jing quite a bit.

  "You want to open up twenty-seven meridians in your body, the cultivation method you are using must be incredibly powerful. It seems that you have had a great stroke of luck." said Lei Jingdao.

  The entire Kunlun Realm has a long history and has given birth to countless sages and saints. Even in the Tianmo Ridge, there must be some unexplored Dongtian secret realms that have not been discovered by humans.

  Even if Zhang Ruochen had some strange encounters, it would not be surprising, and could only prove that his aura was very powerful.

  Lei Jing nodded and didn't ask what kind of cultivation method Zhang Ruochen was practicing, but said: "My condition is that you must rush into the top 100 on the earth list this year. And help me do one thing."

  "What's wrong?" Zhang Ruochen asked.

  Lei Jing smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't let you do anything extremely dangerous. Just focus on cultivating diligently. As for what specific things to do, wait until you enter the top 100 of the Earth List, and I'll naturally tell you."

  "Why is it me?"

  Lei Jing smiled and said: "Firstly, you owe me a favor, aren't you going to repay it?"

  "Secondly, those students from Wu Shi Xue Gong, not a single one of them has the opportunity to rush into the top 100 on the Earth Ranking. Even the strongest, Si Hang Kong, is currently only ranked 4,740th on the Earth Ranking, as for the other two students, they are all ranked after 10,000."

  "Your talent is high, entering the top thousand shouldn't be a problem. As for the top hundred, although it's difficult, you can still try and it's not like there's no chance at all. If I don't choose you, I really can't find another suitable candidate."

  The Earth List covers a wide range of areas, including the entire Eastern Domain, and includes 100,000 top martial artists from the Extreme Realm.

  What's more important is that the Earth Ranking only records warriors who are not over fifty years old. Once you exceed this age, no matter how strong your martial arts skills are, you will be kicked out of the ranking.

  Beyond fifty years old, and without breaking through to the Tianji boundary, even if one reaches the Tianji boundary in the future, the space for improvement will already be very low.

  So, being on the earth ranking is not just a symbol of strength, but also a symbol of talent and potential.

  The entire Tianmo Ridge thirty-six counties, only seventeen people entered the ground list, of which seven were young martial artists under the age of thirty.

  Among them, the highest ranking is Shi Xingkong, ranking 4740th.

  Second is Zhang Tiangu who has just broken through to the Earth Extreme Boundary of the Great Circle, ranking 5,041.

  Third in line is Hong Yu, the first master of the younger generation of the black market, ranked 9,470th.

  The other warriors were all ranked after 10,000th place.

  Of course, that little saintess of the Moon Worship Sect was also on the Earth Ranking and ranked within the top 100. Her strength was unfathomable. However, she had only appeared in Yunwu Commandery once, so everyone didn't consider her a native martial artist of Tianma Ridge. Everyone thought she had already left Tianma Ridge.

  Zhang Ruochen said: "Sir, the top 100 martial artists on the Earth List, which one is not a top genius in the Eastern Domain? To reach that level, it's probably not an easy thing to do."

  "Don't you have confidence in yourself?" Lei Jingdao said.

  Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said: "I certainly have confidence, but why must I enter the top 100 of the Earth Ranking?"

  "Because you are going to be my secret disciple, this is the minimum requirement." said Lei Jingdao.

  In fact, Zhang Ruochen didn't want to become Lei Jing's secret disciple because in terms of martial arts, Lei Jing couldn't teach him anything. However, back then, Zhang Ruochen had borrowed Lei Jing's reputation after all, and considered it a favor owed to Lei Jing.

  One must repay kindness owed to others.

  "Alright, I promise you, Lord. Within a year, I will definitely break into the top 100 of the Earth Ranking."

  Lei Jing nodded in satisfaction and reminded, "Now, everyone should know that Chen Ruo is actually Zhang Ruochen. I don't care why you used this alias in the first place, but after your identity is exposed, if you encounter any trouble, just tell me. In the Tianmo Ridge region, there are very few things that I, old man, can't handle, and even fewer people who can't be handled."

  "Ordinarily, enemies can be handled by myself. Powerful enemies, I won't provoke them. So, for now, there's no need to trouble the master. Of course, if in the future I really encounter a big problem that I can't solve on my own, I will naturally come seek the master's help."

  "Alright, now you can hand over that account book and let me take a look."

  Zhang Ruochen handed over the account book and placed it on the desk in front of Lei Jing.

  He picked up the account book and began to flip through it. Gradually, his eyebrows furrowed tighter and a chill appeared in his tiger-like eyes.

  "Boom"

  Lei Jing slammed the account book on the table, coldly snorting: "The Four Sides County King's guts are really not small, does he think that the Four Sides County is already his private territory? Zhang Ruo Chen, you step down, I will immediately send this account book to the Eastern Domain Sacred Wang Fu, and let the high-level officials of the First Central Empire clean up the Four Sides County King. Cooperating with the black market, damaging the empire's interests, a dead end."