Chapter 242: The Contest Escalates

Shi Xuan successfully gained Ji Cheng's trust in his own way, and with his powerful talent, he was completely impressed by this newcomer disciple who had just started, and this direct display of strength was the most convincing.

Not long after Shi Xuan left, Ji Cheng returned to his residence again, and soon Su Cheng came to Ji Cheng with his followers again, his purpose was very simple, also to win over this new disciple.

Surrounded by everyone, Su Cheng can be said to be full of majesty, and there are many followers in the Tianhua Sect, and the momentum is magnificent, and they have found Ji Cheng.

"Senior Brother Ji, how did I think about what I proposed to you before?" Su Cheng's followers asked Ji Cheng.

"Ji Chengcheng has seen all the senior brothers and Elder Su", Ji Chengcheng said to Su Cheng and many disciples who came.

"Senior Brother Ji doesn't have to be polite, the purpose of my coming here today is very simple, among the many rookie disciples, I admire you very much, being able to break the tenth-level Heavenly Rank record of the Tianhua Sect at this age, this shows that your potential is unlimited, and it is a high degree of compatibility of the two elements, I believe that with my strength, I can help you?" Su Cheng said straight to the point.

"Elder Su's strength is outstanding, that's natural, it's just that before that, I had already promised Elder Shi Xuan to be his apprentice, and now I can't worship Elder Su as a teacher?" Ji Chengcheng also told the truth.

"Shi Xuan, how could you agree to him so quickly, could he threaten you?" Su Cheng said in surprise.

"I'm sorry Elder Su, I agreed to Elder Shi Xuan's invitation this morning, he helped me get out of my demons for many years and overcome the fear in my heart as soon as he made a move, I understood from that moment on, he was my best mentor," Ji Cheng said.

"Ji Zhengzhi, you don't have to worry about making a decision, there are still three days to go, in these three days, even if you regret Shi Xuan, I can't blame you, believe me He can help you do it, I can also do it, within the Tianhua Sect, you can also see how many disciples follow me Su Cheng, in the future, with your ability, you will definitely be able to get ahead in me, and there will be a place for you in the Tianhua Sect in the future?"

"I'm really sorry for Elder Su Chang, since I have already made a promise to Elder Shi Xuan, it is impossible for me to go back, otherwise wouldn't I become a person who forgets his righteousness?" Ji Cheng insisted on his choice.

"Senior Brother Ji, you are still young now, and you don't know much about the situation within the sect, you should know who is the new generation of disciples in the sect, and who has the most supporters?" said Su Cheng's follower.

"I understand what my brother said, but I insist on my choice and never regret it," Ji Cheng insisted.

"Although your talent is good, but you have to understand the danger of standing on the wrong team, following the wrong person, I am afraid that there will be no place for you in the sect in the future?" Su Cheng warned.

"Thank you for your kind words, I understand my choice, and I ask Senior Brother Su Cheng to forgive me?" Ji Cheng said.

"You really don't know how to raise it, don't you know how many rookie disciples have been rejected by Senior Brother Su Cheng?" Su Cheng's followers were very angry.

"Shut up, since Ji Chengcheng insists on following Shi Xuan, then let him go, just don't regret it in the future, let's go", Su Cheng stopped the followers' words and left with them.

Ji Cheng also directly offended Su Cheng and them, which was indeed a bad start for a new disciple of his, but he trusted his instincts, and he believed that Shi Xuan could help him on his path of growth.

After Su Cheng left, Yun Yixuan and other core disciples also came to look for him, but they were all rejected by him one by one, which also disappointed many core disciples, but because of his identity as a core disciple, no one dared to offend him directly, so he could only turn around and leave.

Shi Xuan got Ji's promise, originally he wanted to continue to recruit another newcomer disciple Lei Chenxi who broke the tenth-level heavenly rank, but when Shi Xuan found him, he had already fallen under Lin Zixu's command, and it was impossible for Shi Xuan to directly poach this talented disciple under Lin Zixu's eyes, but Shi Xuan did not blame him, and promised him that in the future, if there was a demand for spirit forging weapons, he could directly find him, Shi Xuan was also very satisfied with his talent, and the spirit masters in this world who could control the ultimate elements should not be underestimated.

Although Shi Xuan was unable to recruit all two geniuses under his command, he was already very satisfied with being able to get one of them, Ji Zhen's potential was not below him, the fire element and the wind element were highly compatible, and the possessor had an extremely terrifying talent, and his achievements in the future were immeasurable.

After Shi Xuan returned to the Spirit Forging Hall, Feng An and Hou Jing also came back one after another, "Senior Brother Shi Xuan, you are finally back, how about those two core disciples?" Feng An asked.

"Although I didn't manage to take both of them under my command, Ji Cheng has promised to be my disciple, which is worth the trip, how are you doing?" Shi Xuan asked.

"This time, Senior Brother Lin was obviously biased, he leaked the news to Su Cheng and Yun Yixuan early, and the disciples we received were all selected by them, and there were no good seedlings," Feng An said ashamedly.

"That's it, I have thought of this result a long time ago, and it has exceeded my expectations to be able to get Ji Zhengxing," Shi Xuan said.

"When, then, let everyone meet with you?" asked Hou Jingyi.

"Three days later, this new disciple snatch will officially come to an end, and when the time comes, you will gather all the disciples, and I will meet them, and I can make a cultivation plan for them according to the actual situation," Shi Xuan said.

"Don't worry, leave it to us," Feng An said.

"Thank you for your hard work," Shi Xuan thanked.

In the past few days, the snatching of the rookie disciples has almost come to an end, and many elders have more or less gained a lot, except for Shi Xuan, Zhao Zhuo, and Zhong Ling, almost all of what they got were secretly selected by others, and there were no good seedlings.

At worst, Shi Xuan also grabbed a core disciple like Ji Chengcheng, and Zhao Zhuo and Zhong Ling were much more dismal, which made them very dissatisfied.

Shi Xuan also learned about their situation, "Senior Brother Shi Xuan, they deceive people too much, so the three of us have been completely marginalized by Senior Brother Lin, and none of the disciples that Zhong Ling and I grabbed are decent, how can this be good?" Zhao Zhuo was very angry.

"Although we have been prepared for this matter for a long time, we didn't expect Senior Brother Lin to be so resolute, completely ignoring the love for many years, I will definitely calculate this matter with him in the future, even if it is this year, he will not want to continue like this next year, Tianhua Sect has not decided to make him the successor?" Shi Xuan was also unable to calm the resentment in his heart.

"Why don't we go directly to him and ask him what he said?" Zhao Zhuo was furious.

"Forget it, now the time has not come, he must have a lot of arguments, looking for him will not help, I am ready to wait for Senior Brother Jiang to come back, and then make an explanation", Shi Xuan said.

"Then let's forget it this time?" Zhao Zhuo was angry.

"Tomorrow you tell Zhong Ling to gather the three of our disciples together, and the three of us will find a way to teach them together?" Shi Xuan said.

"Do you have any good ideas?" asked Zhao Zhuo.

"Although the talent of the disciples recruited by the three of us this time is a little worse, it is not hopeless, who is much worse than the disciples who can enter the Tianhua Sect?" Shi Xuan said.

"Even so, I can't think of a better way to help them catch up with those talented disciples?"

"Don't forget, you and I are spirit forging masters, the weapons and spirit armor we forge have a great temptation for them, we give them an additional reward link in addition to the normal teaching, as long as they break through the goal we set, we will give them many rewards, in this way, they will inevitably work harder in their cultivation, and it is not impossible to improve their strength?" Shi Xuan wanted to use the reward method to motivate them to move forward.

"This method is feasible, but our burden in the future will be much heavier, in addition to protecting our own cultivation, we will spend a lot of effort on them," Zhao Zhuo said.

"Since he has the title of elder, he naturally has to make his own efforts for the sect," Shi Xuan said.

"Okay, tomorrow I will explain your ideas to Zhong Lingya", Zhao Zhuo said.

"Don't worry, with such a despicable trick, they want to completely suppress us, so they can't help but underestimate you and me?" Shi Xuan said.

"After next year, we must find a way to win over the new disciples, otherwise even if we tear up with Senior Brother Lin, I will definitely not agree with him covering the sky with one hand?" Zhao Zhuo said.

"Don't worry, as long as our disciple achieves good results this year, I will take the initiative to talk to him about the future enrollment rules, with the credit of you and me over the years, it is impossible for him to ignore it", Shi Xuan said.

"It should be so, otherwise in the future, the three of us will not have to stay in the sect," Zhao Zhuo said.

The battle of many core disciples to snatch the new disciples gradually came to an end, and Lin Zixu, who was in the main hall of Tianhua Peak, also had all the news, although it was late at night, he was still busy with the affairs of the sect.

Lin Zixu's body has not fully recovered, he looks very haggard at the moment, although the external injury has been healed, but the evil energy in his body is still tormenting him.

Zhao Tianhu, as Lin Zixu's most powerful assistant at this time, came to report on the work of the past few days, he went straight to Lin Zixu's side and said, "Senior Brother Lin, are you feeling better? It's so late, let's deal with it tomorrow?"

"It's okay, now that the master and they are all in retreat, the pressure of the entire sect is on me, how dare I slack off?" Lin Zixu said.

"The competition for the new students of the major core disciples has come to an end, and the results can be announced tomorrow", Zhao Tianhu handed a list to Lin Zixu.

Lin Zixu looked at the list, and the newcomers mastered by the major core disciples were clear at a glance, "I didn't expect Shi Xuan to actually snatch Ji Cheng, this is beyond my expectations?" Lin Zixu said.

"The opportunity has been given to Su Cheng and Yun Yixuan, but they didn't seize it, and we can't be blamed," Zhao Tianhu said.

"However, the three of Shi Xuan have nothing to gain except for getting a Ji Zheng," Lin Zixu said as he looked at these people on the list.

"I'm worried that he will come back to you, we deliberately walked around the news before, but we didn't tell the three of them, maybe it will cause you trouble?" Zhao Tianhu said.

"Shi Xuan is a smart person, if he wants to find trouble, he will come today, and tomorrow the dust will settle, and it will be useless to look for me", Lin Zixu said.

"So, the three of them endured it like this?" Zhao Tianhu wondered.

"When they are on the wrong side, they should think about today's result, within the Tianhua Sect, I will not allow anyone who threatens my position to appear," Lin Zixu said.

"I heard that Senior Brother Jiang has also made a big move in the Danyang Empire these days, and it seems that he is about to attack those who threaten the rule like the Shadow Moon King?" Zhao Tianhu said.

"He began to eradicate these potential threats, indicating that he wanted to put power in Jiang Yulin's hands, is this a sign that he is in a hurry to return to the sect?" Lin Zixu said.

"Then what are your plans, you must know that Senior Brother Jiang has had a solid foundation in the sect for many years, if he returns, what means do you have to check and balance him?" Zhao Tianhu said worriedly.

"Don't worry, I'm not idle these years, most of the older generation of disciples who followed him died on the battlefield, and most of the survivors chose to stand on my side, and a very small number of them couldn't make it to the climate, as for the newcomer disciples, they only knew Lin Zixu but they hadn't seen Jiang Yuheng, I was in charge of affairs in the sect all these years, he was stationed in the Danyang Empire all the year round, and he had long been out of power, I have absolute confidence in controlling the right to control the future", Lin Zixu said.

"Now that Senior Brother Lin is confident, we are also relieved," Zhao Tianhu said.

"I know that a few years ago, a group of your disciples were his right-hand men, but the times have changed, everyone has to survive in a new era, standing on the wrong team is afraid that someone will be trampled under your feet for the rest of your life, as long as you help me to take power, Tianhua Sect will not forget you in the future", Lin Zixu said to Zhao Tianhu.

"Zhao Tianhu swears allegiance to Senior Brother Lin," Zhao Tianhu said.

"Okay, it's late at night, why don't you go back and rest early?" Lin Zixu said.

After Zhao Tianhu retreated, Lin Zixu paced in the hall alone, and now, he has lost too much, he has lost his family since he was a child, but fortunately he was adopted by Dai Tiande, and all his emotions over the years have been concentrated in Tianhua Sect.

For his childhood sweetheart Dai Mengli, although he is infatuated with her, but Dai Mengli already has a heart, he completely lost to Jiang Yuheng in terms of emotion, but he never wants to lose to him in power, he doesn't want to see himself empty-handed in the end, he gets nothing, he has been in danger almost many times in this southern expedition, in order to establish enough meritorious service, to get the recognition of the sect master, and now he is extremely close to the core of power.

Tianhua Sect, as a super force in the Southwest Continent, must have powerful means to control such a behemoth, as a balance between the rights of many sect disciples, he had to ruthlessly suppress the three Shi Xuan who had saved his life many times, their rise had threatened his position, and between power and brotherhood, he chose power.

As for Su Cheng and Yun Yixuan, although they are currently in line, they have Lin Zixu's support. But they also understood that when Shi Xuan was completely suppressed by Lin Zixu, the next target would be their turn, so several of their core disciples had also frantically attracted a large number of disciples in the past few years to continue their own strength, in order to also gain greater support, which had a huge impact on their power in the future, and they also never gave up the struggle for core power.

And all this is under the gaze of many elders of the Tianhua Sect, although the competition for power is very cruel, but this is the situation that every powerful sect must face, if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight, the position of the Tianhua Sect in charge of the sect has a pivotal position in the future, if you want to take charge of the Tianhua Sect, you must have enough wrists.

On the last day, the competition for newcomer disciples finally ended, and this year's newcomers were settled, and the major core disciples handed over the list of their disciples to Lin Zixu one after another, and they could no longer change it.

Su Cheng and Yun Yixuan looked at the announced list, they were all secretly laughing, this year's rookie disciple Shi Xuan and the three of them were almost wiped out, they had an absolute advantage this year, even if Shi Xuan grabbed Ji Cheng, he couldn't change the result.

The status of an elder has always been determined by merit and the quality of disciples, and the disciples that Shi Xuan and the three of them got were all selected by them, so they naturally had the chance to win.

After many disciples who supported Shi Xuan saw the list, they didn't feel good in their hearts, although they had already known the results, but they still found it difficult to accept it in their hearts after earning it now.

Shi Xuan also found that many supporters were hungry and had obviously been hit a lot.

"Feng An, Hou Jingyi, you are not so depressed, I have my own way to improve the strength of these disciples, this year's big competition, we will not let them sink completely, and next year, even Senior Brother Lin will not want to cover the sky with one hand, I will definitely get back what I lost this year", Shi Xuan promised.

"Senior brother, maybe you should also let your disciples know again at the right opportunity, who is the number one dark horse of the sect? You have been silent on the list for too long, should they understand?" Feng An said.

"After I meet with all the disciples, I will show them enough strength not to make them feel embarrassed," Shi Xuan said.

"Zhao Zhuo and Zhong Ling have gone to prepare, and by the evening we will be able to gather all the disciples, and then it will be up to Senior Brother Shi Xuan?" Feng An said.

"Go get busy," Shi Xuan said.

Feng An and the others all went to gather the new disciples recruited by Shi Xuan, and he was going to meet with them and formulate a good set of cultivation methods for them.

The major core disciples were all busy, and this recruitment of disciples suddenly made the entire sect active.

In the secret realm of the sect, Dai Tiande, Xie Tianxing and others were secretly paying attention to the development of the situation in the sect, they did not interfere with Lin Zixu's decision, nor did they prevent any disciple from choosing, they silently paid attention to the changes in the situation.

Xie Tianxing said to Dai Tiande: "Lin Zixu has tried his best to win over many core disciples this time, he has begun to suppress those who do not support him, and Shi Xuan and the three of them have begun to be gradually isolated by him, it seems that his methods are not simple?"

"The future crisis facing the Tianhua Sect is unimaginable, and if the sect is not handed over to a disciple with strong skills, I will definitely not be at ease," Dai Tiande said.

"Although Jiang Yuheng's strength and strategy are good, he is not obsessed with power enough, and his means are not tough enough, so he is indeed not suitable for the position of the head of Tianhua Sect," Xie Tianxing said.

"What I'm worried about is that Zixu will not be able to truly grasp the scale of power struggle, forcing some disciples into the abyss, causing distrust between senior brothers and sisters, and gradually losing control in the end?" Dai Tiande worried.

"This time it should be regarded as a comprehensive test for their senior brothers, right? Whether they can control the situation depends on Zixu's ability?" Xie Tianxing said.

"We also have to keep an eye on the situation at all times, otherwise once it gets out of control, the sect will inevitably be in danger," Dai Tiande said.

"I will let the elders outside report this matter at any time, so that the situation will not get completely out of control," Xie Tianxing said.

"This is the best, we are now in a critical period of cultivation, and we absolutely do not want to see the situation chaotic, and the Moon Worship Sect is now eyeing us, we must not take it lightly," Dai Tiande said.

"Elder Xu has been closely monitoring the Moon Worship Sect, and his movements on the continent are known if there are already clues," Xie Tianxing said.

"Well, the third layer of the Ancient Secret Realm is about to open, and we must seize the opportunity this year, which is an excellent time for us to go further," Dai Tiande said.

Dai Tiande and many elders were anxiously waiting in the secret realm left behind by the King of Disillusionment, there was a great opportunity within the third layer of the secret realm, which could make the powerhouses of their Heavenly Spirit Realm go further, and this time many elders had to follow him into it.

On the mainland, whether it is the Moon Worship Sect or the Tianyin Pavilion, these super forces are all in full swing to open the ancient secret realm of the sect and gain powerful power, whoever can step into the Freedom Realm first, can change the status of the sect on the mainland, the Freedom Realm as a high-level spirit master, the possession of terrifying strength, the Freedom Realm is a common man.

The strong man with the strength of the Escape Realm went up to the Nine Heavens, descended to the Nine Springs, and wiped out the heroes in a wave of his hand, which was also a watershed-like existence among the spirit masters.

Since the spiritual energy on the continent has been depleted, there has been no strong person above the Freedom Realm for thousands of years, but now countless spirit masters have seen hope again.

Tianhua Sect has given birth to many strong people in the history, the King of Disillusionment is undoubtedly the most amazing one, his strength has already reached the peak of the Holy Realm, reached the realm of quasi-gods, and also left an ancient secret realm for Tianhua Sect, which is specially provided for the disciples of the sect to practice, there are many opportunities in it, and the secret realm has many layers, which are suitable for disciples at different stages to enter.

The fact that Shi Xuan and Zhao Zhuo were able to achieve what they are today has a huge relationship with the inheritance of the King of Disillusionment.

Dai Tiande and the others are preparing to open the secret realm this time, but also to enter a higher level.