Only My Way

After the respective [Steward Elders], each specializing in their own field, argued and bickered for a while.

Yuan Yujun, feeling like she had little to add, finally interjected:

"By the way."

"Now that the Imperial Tournament has been successfully completed."

"Wu Yuan is probably not far from the [Spirit Disturbance Stage]."

"I can sense that his spiritual energy vortex is gradually approaching the critical point, about to undergo a transformation..."

Upon hearing this.

The various [Steward Elders] immediately stopped their mutual attacks and turned their gazes towards Yuan Yujun.

Even Zhu Danfeng, who had watched Ling Wu Yuan's entire Imperial Tournament with Yuan Yujun earlier, was genuinely surprised and shocked by the news.

"Ah??"

Due to excessive shock.

Zhu Danfeng simply exclaimed "Ah".

It was a voice full of doubt.

Although brief, it revealed a deep sense of bewilderment.

"So fast?"

"Wasn't he just promoted to the [Spirit Gathering Realm] not long ago?"

"Is he about to enter the [Spirit Disturbance Stage] so soon?"

She was well aware.

That the time since Ling Wu Yuan successfully advanced to the [Spirit Gathering Realm] had not been many days.

In fact, it was said that Ling Wu Yuan's successful advancement to the [Qi Cultivation Realm] was also a recent event.

Less than a year!

She couldn't imagine how Ling Wu Yuan managed to achieve such a rapid advancement speed.

His advancement speed.

Was far faster than many so-called geniuses advancing from the [Body Refining Realm] to the [Bone Forging Realm], so fast that it made people doubt their lives.

From the [Qi Cultivation Realm] to the [Spirit Gathering Realm], how long does it take?

Answer: For mediocre people, it's a distance that a lifetime isn't enough to cover.

Because [mediocre people] often can't even reach the [Qi Cultivation Realm] even after a lifetime of effort...

Often.

Even with inheritance and resources.

Those cultivators who can successfully cultivate to the [Qi Cultivation Realm] are one in ten thousand!!

Like those small families.

They clearly have some corresponding resources and inheritance, and their population is quite prosperous, but they still encounter a situation where there are no successors.

Therefore.

Regardless of background.

Anyone who can successfully cultivate to the [Qi Cultivation Realm].

Then.

In a broad sense, they can be completely considered to have good talent.

And among those with good talent, less than one percent of those in the [Qi Cultivation Realm] can advance to the [Spirit Gathering Realm].

That's a distance that many people can't cross in their entire lives!!

Even those guys who are hailed as geniuses.

Often need more than ten years to successfully advance from the [Qi Cultivation Realm] to the [Spirit Gathering Realm]!!

Like Wu Yanlian back then, it took her a full five years!!

However.

How long did Ling Wu Yuan take in total?

Less than a year!!

Moreover, after he advanced to the [Spirit Gathering Realm].

Less than half a month.

He actually showed signs of soon advancing to the [Spirit Disturbance Stage]...

Faced with this situation.

One of the elders first opened his mouth, then hesitated and asked:

"Advancing so quickly, won't his foundation be unstable??"

However.

As soon as the words left his mouth, he realized that he had asked a very stupid question.

Ling Wu Yuan's performance of being able to fight a thousand cultivators of the same level in a gauntlet match and win without injury.

No matter how you look at it.

Doesn't look like an unstable foundation.

You could say his foundation is too stable and it wouldn't be a problem.

To put it bluntly.

Just that performance of being able to beat a thousand cultivators of the same level.

Has already made everyone deeply suspect why he is still in the [Spirit Gathering Realm]...

Even if you said he was already in the [Spirit Manifestation Realm], everyone wouldn't be surprised at all.

In the end.

After a series of discussions and doubting life.

Many elders, even Yuan Yujun, all successfully came to a conclusion that everyone could agree on—[Yuan Yujun really made a big profit by taking Pei Yiman as a disciple!!]

Ling Wu Yuan's talent.

Directly made everyone feel that, maybe, everyone could freeload in the future!!

Yes.

Other sects are new generation cultivators who are silently freeloading, only able to be carried by the sect elders.

But their [Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion] might be able to open up a new track and freeload on the young!!

Being carried by Ling Wu Yuan~

Just thinking about it.

Everyone felt great.

Of course.

That's what they said.

Everyone also knew very well.

That kind of thing was just a joke.

Each of them is at least in the [Mind Intent Realm], how could they be easily surpassed by Ling Wu Yuan so easily...

—

As the object of Yuan Yujun and others' jokes.

Ling Wu Yuan didn't know that he had become the object of Yuan Yujun and others' jokes at this moment.

Under the night.

He was chatting with Pei Yiman and others.

They just happened to be talking about the situation where Wu Yanlian directly withdrew from the competition before.

Since Ling Wu Yuan won the entire challenge match with undeniable advantage.

Although the remaining Imperial Tournament contestants still needed to select the second and third place.

But Wu Yanlian decisively chose to withdraw from the competition at that time, and did not choose to continue participating.

"I have no interest in fighting for the so-called second place."

"I have a very strong interest in fighting for first place."

Talking about why she chose to withdraw from the competition before, Wu Yanlian smiled and winked at Ling Wu Yuan.

It was a slightly playful expression.

Pretending to provoke Ling Wu Yuan.

However.

She quickly said with a bit of a frown:

"Of course."

"I have no confidence in winning you at all."

"So, withdrawing from the competition naturally became the best choice."

Speaking of which.

She also patted Ling Wu Yuan's shoulder hard, and complained very unwillingly:

"Why are you so strong?"

"Give me a chance!!"

"I can't see any hope of winning you..."

Faced with her complaint.

Ling Wu Yuan chose to admit his mistake.

Saying it was an apology was actually showing off.

"Alright, I apologize for being too strong."

That undisguised boast.

Made Wu Yanlian immediately roll her eyes.

"So shameless."

"But, I really can't refute it..."

Due to talking about the reason for withdrawing from the competition before.

At this moment.

Wu Yanlian also recalled something, and then turned to Ling Wu Yuan and asked:

"By the way, that guy who got third place in the Imperial Tournament."

"That guy named Guan Xiangfei, do you know him?"

"I remember, he seemed to chat with you for a while when he came on stage..."

Ling Wu Yuan nodded and admitted:

"Yes, he's considered an acquaintance."

"An acquaintance we fought out."

"I beat him up in [Dragon Peak City] before."

Hearing this.

Regarding the acquaintance in Ling Wu Yuan's mouth, the acquaintance who was beaten up.

Wu Yanlian was a little speechless:

"Alright..."

"To be fair, you really deserve the credit for that guy getting third place."

Ling Wu Yuan, who hadn't paid attention to the subsequent situation of the competition, asked a little puzzled:

"How so?"

Wu Yanlian said with a suppressed smile:

"His strength, of course, can only be considered mid-level."

"But the injuries on his body are one of the two lightest among all the people you beat up."

"Faced with him who can still maintain a bit of combat power."

"The rest of the contestants, as guys who can barely stand up, have no chance at all~"

[Your strength, although not enough.]

[But the fact that you are only seriously injured, while others are already half-dead, perfectly makes up for the difference in strength between you.]

For Guan Xiangfei, things were roughly like this.

When the Imperial Tournament ended.

As the guy who achieved the good result of third place.

Guan Xiangfei looked at those opponents sitting in wheelchairs one by one.

To be honest, he really wanted to laugh...

That was a complex mood mixed with the sad emotion of everyone being easily wiped out by Ling Wu Yuan, and the inexplicable joy of picking up a good ranking.

The so-called sorrow mixed with joy is probably like this.

As for the second place?

That was naturally [Prince Yi Chenglin of White Mist Country], who was also relatively lightly injured.

Due to [Snow Moon Cloud Heaven Pavilion]'s reasons, Ling Wu Yuan definitely had to save some face for [White Mist Country's Royal Family].

In this way.

Yi Chenglin also picked up the second place.

In other words.

This Imperial Tournament can be completely said to be decided by the severity of the injuries.

Whoever was beaten relatively lightly by Ling Wu Yuan could get a good ranking.

In Wu Yanlian's and even many people's opinion, things were truly tragic yet revealed a bit of comedic color...