Ordinary people can also be extraordinary

Although Zhang Chen was defeated, his resignation was still hotly debated by many disciples. After all, Zhang Chen was only at the fifth level of Qi Condensation, while Xiao Yi was at the eighth level. It was only natural for him to defeat Zhang Chen, but he did not expect that he was almost defeated by Zhang Chen.

When Xiao Yi stepped down from the stage, his face looked very bad. Although he won, he did not feel the joy of winning. Feeling the coldness still remaining on his body and listening to the discussions of the disciples next to him, he felt very annoyed.

At this point, the top three have been determined: Wang Dong, Sima Feng, and Xiao Yi.

Finally, the three of them had a competition. Xiao Yi didn't know if it was because of the stimulation from the competition with Zhang Chen that made him lose concentration during the competition. Sima Feng seized his flaw and he was defeated.

In the end, Sima Feng and Wang Dong competed. The most eye-catching moment was that Wang Dong used golden light to defend against the ten arrows shot by Sima Feng with all his strength. Unlike defending against Zhang Chen, Wang Dong did not know where Zhang Chen would attack, so he could only defend with his whole body. However, when facing Sima Feng's attack, Wang Dong was able to gather all the golden light in his body into one place, greatly increasing the local defense.

Although he took all ten arrows from Sima Feng, the huge recoil force still caused him some minor injuries.

When Sima Feng saw that all ten of his arrows were blocked by Wang Dong, he gave up. Shooting ten arrows in a row with all his strength was already his limit.

Others don't know that, starting from the fifth arrow, every time Sima Feng shot an arrow, his hands would suffer tremendous pain. If he used strength beyond his ability, he would have to make up for it with physical damage.

At this point, the newcomer competition ended, and Wang Dong won the first place among newcomers, which was well deserved.

Sima Feng won the second place. Although many people had heard that Sima Feng had competed with the eighth level of Qi Condensation before and did not lose, it was still incredible to see it with their own eyes. Many new disciples were even more curious and asked about Sima Feng's training method, ready to go back and try it.

Xiao Yi came in third and was defeated by Sima Feng, which everyone could understand, after all, Sima Feng was different from them and there was no comparison. But he was almost defeated by Zhang Chen, which made him questioned by many disciples, who thought that Xiao Yi was just taking advantage of his higher cultivation.

With the end of the competition, the elder in charge of the competition also awarded rewards to the top ten. The fourth to tenth place all received some spiritual energy recovery pills and spirit stones as rewards, the only difference was the amount.

Among the top three, Wang Dong got a foundation-building pill and a low-grade spiritual weapon.

Sima Feng obtained a foundation-building pill and one thousand low-grade spirit stones.

Xiao Yi only got one foundation-building pill.

After receiving the rewards, everyone went back with the people who came here. After saying goodbye to Wang Dong, Bai Yunyun and Li Yingnan, Zhang Chen boarded Zhou Zhe's spirit ship and returned to Chiyun Peak with other disciples.

On the boat, the disciples who came with them were all talking to Zhang Chen and Sima Feng, praising them for bringing honor to Chi Yunfeng. They completely ignored Li Xin who had an extremely ugly expression on his face.

He lost to Zhang Chen in this competition, and then to Sima Feng. They were both disciples of Chiyun Peak, especially Zhang Chen, who was only at the fifth level of Qi Condensation. Hearing the praises from the people around him, it was like a needle piercing his heart.

Zhou Zhe looked at Li Xin's expression and comforted him softly:

"The gap between the Qi Condensation cultivation levels is not that big. Besides, you have only been practicing for a short time and have too little experience in competing with others. That's why you lost to them this time. It's not because you are not strong enough, but because you lack experience."

Li Xin turned to look at Zhou Zhe. With a somewhat contradictory look of disbelief and expectation, he asked:

"really?"

"Yes, you know that Zhang Chen. Two months ago, he carried out a sect mission and killed nine independent cultivators. One of them had reached the ninth level of Qi Condensation. So his combat experience is based on the test of life and death. He is definitely much better than you."

"What? He can kill someone at the ninth level of Qi Condensation? How did he do it?"

Li Xin looked at Zhang Chen beside him with a look of disbelief.

Seeing that Li Xin was a little unconvinced, Zhou Zhe explained in detail:

"Although the cultivation level of the independent cultivators is at the ninth level of Qi Condensation, in reality they are all very superficial. Their actual combat power is not as good as that of the cultivators at the seventh level of Qi Condensation from us big sects."

"And he didn't kill those nine independent cultivators alone. He and Sima Feng did it together. I heard that they separated them first and then launched a surprise attack, defeating them one by one. Even so, the process must have been extremely dangerous. This courage is beyond your reach now."

"So that's it."

Li Xin nodded. He didn't expect that Zhang Chen and Sima Feng had experienced such a dangerous thing.

At this time, there was a person who was returning to Zixia Peak and was in a very bad mood. That person was Xiao Yi. He originally thought that his biggest opponent would be Wang Dong, but he didn't expect that he almost lost this competition to Zhang Chen, who was only at the fifth level of Qi Condensation. This was really hard for him to accept.

The person who brought Xiao Yi to the competition saw that Xiao Yi was in a bad mood and comforted him:

"Xiao, you don't have to worry about a temporary victory or defeat. They took advantage of the competition this time and set many restrictions. Otherwise, how could they be your opponent in an actual battle?"

"Especially the guy at the fifth level of Qi Condensation. He was always taking shortcuts. In fact, his magic attacks were very weak. It was only in the environment of the competition stage that he was given the opportunity. Otherwise, if he had met an opponent in real life, he would have been defeated countless times."

Xiao Yi was thoughtful and felt that Zhang Chen was just being clever, but Sima Feng's bow and arrow attack still left a deep impression on him.

A few days later, Zhang Chen received a task from the sect. The sect decided to require all new disciples above the fourth level of Qi Condensation to leave the sect after one month to gain experience in worldly affairs.

The top ten contestants in this rookie competition will each lead a team of about ten people, and as captain, each team will train in a different county town.

Zhang Chen looked at the task jade card in his hand, which contained the list of ten members that Zhang Chen needed to lead, as well as the county city where they would be training. The sect would then take everyone to the corresponding place.

"We will be leaving in a month. I have to improve my strength as soon as possible, otherwise it will be troublesome if something unexpected happens."

The mission jade card not only requires one to lead the team, but also to be responsible for their safety. Although the sect will arrange foundation-building disciples to protect them, they will not provide close protection. In case of an emergency, it will inevitably be too late. At this time, it depends on the abilities of captains like Zhang Chen.

So Zhang Chen went to the trading bazaar and had a look around. As the spirit stones were limited, he bought two spirit needles. He originally wanted to buy a spirit sword like the one he got from Wang Hao, but when he inquired, he found out that it would cost nearly two thousand low-grade spirit stones.

When Zhang Chen and Sima Feng went out on a mission, each of them earned more than a thousand spirit stones. Adding the rewards from the mission and the rewards from this competition, plus the usual consumption, Zhang Chen currently has a total of only fifteen hundred low-grade spirit stones.

So Zhang Chen gave up directly, and finally settled for the next best thing, spending five hundred low-grade spirit stones to buy two spirit needles.

After spending a few hundred spirit stones to buy some healing pills, he returned to his residence and began to practice.

In the yard, Zhang Chen was holding a spiritual needle in his hand. After filling it with spiritual energy, he shot it towards the five connected stones prepared in front of him. With a "puff" sound, the spiritual needle went straight through one stone, then through the second stone, and stopped when it was halfway through the third stone.

Zhang Chen took out another spiritual needle and filled it with spiritual energy. However, this time he placed a spiritual energy film behind the needle. The spiritual energy in the film reached the limit that he could control. Then he simultaneously detonated the spiritual energy inside and outside the needle. The needle immediately shot towards the stone pole at a speed twice as fast as the previous one.

The spiritual needle went through five stones before its spiritual energy was exhausted and fell not far away. Zhang Chen hurried over to pick up the spiritual needle and examined it.

Originally, a spiritual needle could be used ten times. After checking, Zhang Chen found that this spiritual needle was very worn out. Compared with before, it was worn out by almost 30%. So it seemed that it could only be used twice as it was just now, and normally it could be used once.

However, Zhang Chen was still very satisfied. Although the service life was shortened by three times, the power was doubled, which was far more cost-effective.

As Zhang Chen continued to practice selflessly, time passed slowly. Soon a month had passed, and it was time for Zhang Chen to lead the team out of the sect for training.