Immortality and Cultivation: This old man seeks enlightenment through mere survival.

Most of the independent cultivators present had dutifully gathered just the required pledges of allegiance.

After all, the disciples of the Demon-Slaying Alliance are not to be trifled with; they are not so easy to kill.

The kid in front of me looks quite ordinary.

How could he pull out bronze medals one after another?

Each bronze plaque represents the life of a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator.

If this is true, it means that Lu Zaian has killed so many cultivators of the same level.

Such strength is truly not to be underestimated...

Lu Zaian slammed ten bronze plaques onto the table before stopping, and asked with a smile:

"Is that enough? Is it enough? Can you just let me enter the ranking tournament directly?"

"you you you……"

Chen Huo was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

There were a total of fifteen bronze medals. Even among all the independent cultivators in the entire martial arts arena, not one of them had produced that many.

If they really had that capability, where wouldn't they find resources?

Why bother coming to the Chen family?

"It's fake, it's absolutely fake! How could you possibly have that kind of ability!"

Chen Huo glared and slammed his fist on the table, refusing to believe it.

He picked up the bronze plaque on the table and examined it carefully.

I looked at it piece by piece, over and over again...

But regardless of the texture, the unique markings of the Demon-Slaying Alliance, or the refining methods, it is all exceptional.

There is no way to fake any of it.

Chen Huo narrowed his eyes, then suddenly flicked his sleeve, scattering all the bronze plaques on the ground.

"Hmph, I knew it was fake. How dare you impersonate me and deceive this old man! You're courting death!"

Chen Lei secretly glanced at him a few times.

He was certain that the bronze medals were genuine.

It's a pity this kid offended Old Man Huo; he can turn white into black. He's in big trouble now.

Seeing Chen Huo's furious expression, he unleashed the aura of the eighth level of Qi Refining and pressed down on Lu Zaian.

Lu Zaian remained calm and indifferent, and slowly said:

"Tsk tsk, looks like it's still not enough."

pat!

A plaque with a gleaming silver sheen was thrown in front of Chen Huo.

"Let's take another look. Is this one fake too?"

Everyone was startled, their eyes immediately drawn to the bright silver.

"Silver...silver medal?!"

The silver medal represents a disciple of the Demon-Slaying Alliance who is at the late stage of Qi Refining.

The weakest of the rogue cultivators who can produce a silver medal is at least in the late stage of Qi Refining.

Moreover, they all look to be in their forties or fifties.

After all, it's considered quite talented for a rogue cultivator to reach the late stage of Qi Refining at forty or fifty years old.

And this kid in front of me looks to be in his twenties or thirties, yet he was able to kill a Demon Slayer Alliance disciple who was in the late stage of Qi Refining?

Now it wasn't just the Chen family who didn't believe it.

Even the independent cultivators around them began to question it.

"This is too unbelievable. If he can kill a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, then I could probably even touch a Qi Refining Perfection cultivator..."

"Exactly, to go so far as to fabricate evidence in the Chen family, do they have a death wish?"

"Now that he's been exposed, let's see how this kid gets out of this mess."

That's right, Lu Zaian faked it.

However, his method of faking it was not by killing the disciples of the Demon-Slaying Alliance.

Instead, he simply took it directly from the Demon Extermination Alliance.

Therefore, this identity card is as real as it gets.

If it weren't for the fear of frightening the Chen family and arousing unnecessary suspicion...

Otherwise, Lu Zaian would still have about ten silver medals in his storage bag.

He had "borrowed" all of it from Pound at the time, just in case.

Chen Huo's eyes were glazed over, his aura dissipated, and a bead of cold sweat appeared on his forehead...

He reached out and shakily picked up the silver medal, squinting as he examined it closely.

Also present were high-ranking elders of the Chen family secretly observing.

If this is true, then his previous behavior was definitely excessive.

A rogue cultivator with both exceptional age and strength is worthy of being considered a potential Foundation Establishment cultivator, attracting the attention of the entire Chen family.

If someone is turned away by me, even if they are from the same family, they will definitely be severely punished.

Among the upper echelons of the Chen family, everyone knows that the patriarch's real worry is that he is the only Foundation Establishment cultivator in the Chen family.

A single tree cannot support the entire Chen family.

Even among the vassal forces of the Demon Spear Cult, the competition among them is incredibly fierce.

It's unknown how many other demonic forces are eyeing Jade Peak like a piece of fat meat.

That's why the Chen family recruited many independent cultivators and bestowed upon them the surname Chen, in order to strengthen their own power...

It's one thing for Chen Huo to make things difficult for ordinary rogue cultivators.

Anyway, those peasants were just there to make up the numbers; they wouldn't be selected for the Chen family in the end.

However, things are different when facing a genius rogue cultivator.

If Lu Zaian joins the Chen family through the selection process, he will eventually become an elder of the Chen family.

Do you think you'll get away with it then?

After Chen Huo carefully examined the inside and outside of the silver medal, he confirmed that it was correct.

His face immediately turned extremely ugly, as if he had swallowed a dead fly.

"What's wrong with Elder Huo? Is his eye failing him? Why can't he tell the difference between the real and the fake for so long?"

Lu Zaian wouldn't give Chen Huo any face and directly mocked him.

With the strength he has shown so far, he is definitely going to advance in the competition.

Even Chen Huo could no longer make things difficult for himself.

If Chen Huo were to deny it under the watchful eyes of everyone, he would absolutely not be able to bear the consequences.

With countless eyes watching, Chen Huo's face burned with rage, wishing he could disappear into the ground.

He stammered, practically squeezing out each word through clenched teeth:

"Hehe...hehe...I must be seeing things, it's true..."

After uttering the last word, Chen Huo seemed to have used up all his strength and slumped into the chair.

Wow!

The group of independent cultivators in the training ground immediately erupted in uproar!

Is that silver medal real?

This old guy actually backed down?!

"This...this...is this how geniuses are treated?"

"So it wasn't that they looked down on rogue cultivators, but rather on rogue cultivators with ordinary strength?"

Someone joked about it.

The result was unexpected; those who were originally prepared to gloat all left disappointed.

Some people secretly regard Lu Zaian as a formidable enemy.

Some people secretly envied or cursed why they weren't such geniuses...

In short, this farce has come to a barely satisfactory end.

"Brother An... if I had known you were this good, I would have just taken out the silver medal. Instead, this whole mess happened..."

Chen Lei, who had initially been smug, instead smiled apologetically at Lu Zaian.

With Lu Zaian's abilities, he would essentially be a core disciple of the Chen family.

That was enough to make Chen Lei fawn over him.

However, since Lu Zaian had already joined the Chen family, he was too lazy to deal with this sycophant.

Lu Zaian said coldly, "I need to meditate and recuperate."

Chen Lei was speechless and could only force a smile before leaving.

Lu Zaian randomly chose a secluded spot in the training ground and sat down.

There were still some cultivators gathered around.

"Hey buddy, how did you manage to kill so many Demon-Slaying Alliance disciples?"

"Exactly, and you actually killed a late-stage Qi Refining expert?"

"Tell us about it..."

Faced with the questions from this group of rogue cultivators, Lu Zaian closed his eyes and focused his mind, as if he hadn't heard them.

He has some ulterior motives towards the Chen family, and he will put on an act to appease them.

To him, even glancing at these rogue cultivators who wanted to join the demonic path was disrespectful to his Foundation Establishment level.

What kind of person are you to be talking to?

Only a few rogue cultivators remained, looking at each other in bewilderment. Ignored, they uttered a few harsh words and stormed off.

In this way, no one will bother Lu Zaian anymore...

Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and the selection process began.