One of the inner disciples immediately knelt down and kept kowtowing to Qiu Lin, saying: "Greetings, Master Qiu. If Master Qiu has no further instructions, I will take my leave first."

  He stood there with an air of superiority, giving a "you can get out" look.

  That eunuch, as if granted a great amnesty, retreated hastily with his tail between his legs.

  Zhang Ruochen looked at the inner palace student and shook his head, sighing: "To be able to enter the inner palace academy, one's innate talent must not be low, but unfortunately, their determination is not firm. In the future, you will not go far on the path of martial arts."

  That inner palace disciple standing in the crowd, hearing Zhang Ruochen's words, secretly thought to himself: "You are the son-in-law of Qian Shui Prefecture and have the backing of the Yunwu Prefecture royal family, so you naturally don't fear Jiao Lin. But I don't have any background, with Jiao Lin's strength, he only needs to stretch out one finger to crush me to death. How can I compete with him? When I become strong, I will naturally take revenge for today's humiliation. On the path of martial arts, if you don't know how to yield and adapt, how can you live a long life?"

  Everyone has their own way of doing things that they think is right. You might think others are foolish, but it's possible that they think you're the foolish one.

  In the distance, a group of beautifully dressed young female students are walking towards the Merit Tower.

  Chen Xier walked among the group of female students, her stunning looks and perfect figure making her stand out like a crane among chickens, enough to attract everyone's attention.

  Among those other female students, there were also a few who were quite pretty and talented, but compared to Chen Xier, they seemed dull and faded.

  "Who is arguing in front?" Chen Xier asked.

  A twenty-year-old female student with a noble temperament smiled: "It is said to be Qiu Lin and Zhang Ruochen."

  "How did Zhang Ruochen and Lin get into a dispute?"

  Chen Xier was somewhat surprised, having never heard that the two of them had any conflicts.

  "It's not like you're unaware that Qiu Lin has been pursuing you all along, if you had agreed to him earlier, how would he have troubled Zhang Ruochen?"

  "Qiu Lin is formidable, but Zhang Ruochen isn't someone to be trifled with either. It's said that he has already killed several Tianji realm martial arts legends, his strength is extremely powerful, and it's possible that he can really go up against Qiu Lin."

  "Now that you mention it, I'm actually looking forward to seeing them fight each other, and I wonder who will be stronger"

  Chen Xier smiled faintly and said, "You are just afraid that the world is not chaotic. Qiu Lin is already 32 years old, five years ago he had reached the extreme realm of Daxuan, and he himself is a three-absolutes genius. In terms of combat experience and martial skills, it can be said that he has reached the level of pure mastery. Zhang Ruochen is only 18 years old this year, even if his cultivation is on par with Qiu Lin's, in a real battle, there will still be some difference."

  Chen Xier walked over and decided to help Zhang Ruochen out of the predicament.

  In Chen Xier's view, Zhang Ruochen's potential is slightly greater than Qiu Lin's. Even if he is not yet a match for Qiu Lin now, he will definitely surpass Qiu Lin in the future.

  And Zhang Ruochen is her cousin-in-law, isn't he?

  "Qiu Lin, you're already a top-ranked person on the earth list, and yet you're making things difficult for a junior brother who has just entered the inner palace academy. Can't you learn from Big Brother and be more magnanimous?" Chen Xi'er said.

  Qiu Lin saw Chen Xi'er defending Zhang Ruochen, and his discontent grew even more. However, he didn't want Chen Xi'er to think that he was a narrow-minded person, so he smiled and said: "Xi'er Shimei, you misunderstood me. I just heard that Little Shixiong killed the Poisonous Spider Young Master, and I admired him greatly, wanting to exchange blows with Little Shixiong. But unexpectedly, Little Shixiong's personality was arrogant, and he didn't even deign to discuss martial arts with me."

  Chen Xier's eyebrows slightly furrowed, and she asked: "Is it really like that?"

  "Of course, I sincerely want to spar with my younger brother."

  Chen Xier glanced at Zhang Ruochen and asked for his opinion.

  Zhang Ruochen was too lazy to argue and said, "Alright, since Master Qiu wants to spar, I certainly can't refuse."

  Qiu Lin saw Zhang Ruo Chen agree, and immediately felt happy, laughing: "Younger brother, great!"

  "That's enough, if anyone dares to hurt someone intentionally, I will report it to the law enforcement elder." Chen Xier said coldly, staring at Qiu Lin.

  "Xier, don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Ju Lin said with a smile.

  "Zhang Ruochen actually dares to fight against Qiu Shixiong, and doesn't weigh his own strength. Later on, it's likely that he'll end up with broken bones."

  "It can't be, didn't Sister Chen already say that we can't intentionally hurt people?"

  "Heh heh, if Qiu Lin accidentally loses control and severely injures Zhang Ruochen, that can't be considered intentional injury, right?"

  "So it was."

  Those inner palace students retreated one after another and stood ten zhang away.

  Qiu Lin's legs kicked outwards, his arms raised, and he made a starting gesture, smiling: "If Qiu has any shortcomings in martial arts, I hope Little Master can point them out."

  Watching Qiu Lin's opening move, Zhang Ruochen nodded lightly. Indeed a top-ranked master of the Earth List, he had already cultivated his first move to the realm of Great Perfection, with almost no flaws.

  "Qiu Shixiong's opening move, called 'Standing Like a Pine', with legs like pine roots stuck in the mud and arms like pine branches swaying in the wind. Just this one opening move is enough for an ordinary martial artist to practice for a lifetime."

  Zhang Ruochen didn't have a starting pose, he simply casually stood there.

  "Nine Spirits Beast King Form, Third Style, Tiger King Slices Corpse."

  Qiu Lin was like a tiger king, pouncing on Zhang Ruochen, with golden true energy surging out of his body, forming a giant golden divine tiger's shadow.

  He was like one with the Tiger King, his palm chopping out, a loud crash, and the stone slab under Zhang Ruochen's feet was split into powder.

  Zhang Ruochen flew out like a willow catkin, lightly and gently, landing three zhang away.

  "Nine Spirits Beast King Form, Seventh Style, Ape King Pounds the Ground."

  Qiu Lin clasped his fists with both hands, and his true energy transformed into a giant ape shape, which suddenly struck towards Zhang Ruochen.

  "The Nine Spirit Beast King's form is the highest level of martial arts in the Spiritual Level, and it's extremely difficult to cultivate. Brother Qiu has actually cultivated it to the seventh style, that's really impressive."

  "It's probably not just as simple as the seventh move, haven't you guys seen that Brother Qiu's moves are endless? Maybe he has already successfully cultivated the eighth move."

  Zhang Ruochen's footsteps shifted, and with a whooshing sound, he instantly moved several zhang away, dodging Jiu Lin's attack once again.

  Twice evaded by Zhang Ruochen, Qiu Lin's face turned red with rage and he coldly said: "Zhang Ruochen, can you only run away? If you have the ability, let's have a fair fight."

  "Alright, I'll face you head-on. If you can force me to retreat even a single step, then I lose." Zhang Ruochen said.

  "Arrogant"

  "Nine Spirits Beast King Form, Eighth Style, Qiwang Back Mountain."

  Qiu Lin's body was filled with a powerful martial aura, and his true energy condensed into a Qilin King that ferociously charged towards Zhang Ruochen.

  "Dragon-shaped shadow"

  Zhang Ruochen's two hands struck out simultaneously, with true energy surging towards his arms, respectively manifesting the Divine Elephant Palm Seal and the Divine Dragon Claw Seal.

  "Boom"

  Qiu Lin fell out and flew backwards, landing awkwardly on the ground with his legs bent, almost falling over.

  Zhang Ruochen stood still on the spot, looking very calm.

  In an instant, high and low were distinguished.

  Outside the Meritorious Tower, all the inner palace disciples looked like they were suffocating, staring at Zhang Ruochen in shock.

  "Am I seeing things? Zhang Ruochen actually defeated Qiu Shixiong. Could it be that he also possesses the strength to enter the Earth List?"

  "No wonder he can kill several black market martial arts legends in a row, he's indeed formidable. I estimate his strength has already entered the top 10,000 of the Earth Rankings."

  Chen Xier looked at Zhang Ruochen with some surprise, and a strange light flashed in her beautiful eyes. "Zhang Ruochen has only broken through to the Earthly Boundary for less than half a year, yet he can already defeat Jiu Lin. He's indeed formidable. No wonder my cousin would get engaged to him."

  "I haven't given up yet."

  Qiu Lin let out a long whistle, and all the true energy in his body surged out, forming a "Hundred Feet Golden Light" phenomenon that shook heaven and earth.

  "Nine Spirits Beast King Form, Ninth Style, Dragon King Soars the Skies."

  "Roar"

  The true energy condensed into a huge dragon shape, wrapped around Zhang Lin's body, and shot up to the sky, stretching out one palm to strike Zhang Ruochen directly.

  Palm turns into dragon claws.

  "Qiu Lin has successfully cultivated all nine forms of the Ninth Spirit Beast King's shape. Doesn't that mean he has reached the Great Completion Realm?"

  A burst of exclamations rose around.

  A martial artist at the Earth Pole stage can cultivate a mid-grade spiritual technique to its peak, which is already quite impressive.

  As for the top-grade spiritual martial arts, there are naturally also martial artists who cultivate to the extreme realm, but it takes too much time. Deliberately pursuing martial arts will instead cause the martial path boundary to advance slowly.

  In the extreme realm, martial artists who can cultivate top-grade spiritual martial techniques to perfection are few and far between.

  Zhang Ruochen was able to cultivate the top-grade spiritual "Wind Dragon Shadow" to its peak in the Extreme North, which also relied on the cultivation experience and strong mental power of his previous life.

  A fellow disciple of the inner palace said, "Qiu Shixiong is after all a top-notch genius, and five years ago, he had already begun to cultivate the Nine Spirit Beast King form. Calculating the time, he should have successfully cultivated this spiritual-level mid-grade martial skill."

  "In just five years, you've actually managed to successfully cultivate a mid-grade spiritual martial skill. You truly live up to your reputation as one of the Three Absolutes' geniuses."

  "After cultivating the Nine Spirits Beast King to its peak, Brother Qiu's strength must have increased by a large margin, enough to reach the level of Three Absolutes. Even compared to Big Brother Shifu, it's estimated that he won't be much weaker."

  "With Qiu Shi Xiong's current strength, he will definitely be able to enter the top 10,000 of the Earth Ranking."

  Zhang Ruochen's eyes condensed, mobilizing his true energy, and he struck out with six palms in a row.

  Overlapping palm strength, bursting out six times attack power.

  "Strength of nine elephants."

  Qiu Lin spat out a mouthful of blood and flew backward again, under the six-fold powerful attack, even if it was a high-ranking spiritual martial skill, it couldn't withstand.

  With a thud, Qiu Lin fell to the ground.

  Zhang Ruochen still stood in place, staring at the dispirited Qiu Lin, and said lightly: "Your Nine Spirits Beast King form seems to have reached great completion, but in fact, it hasn't exploded with the power of great completion. Do you know what the reason is?"

  "What reason"

  Qiu Lin half-knelt on the ground, his hands propping up the ground, and stood up, gritting his teeth tightly, staring dead at Zhang Ruochen.

  Could Zhang Ruochen possibly know more about the Nine Spirits Beast King than him?