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Under Fan Tong's sharp gaze, a disciple with an extraordinary aura approached him. This disciple had a well-proportioned figure, distinct features, and deep-set eyes, giving off a very imposing presence.

Most importantly, he was dressed in a blue sect robe, which indicated his status as a core disciple, a position only half a level below the elders.

The Fengqing Sect has a long history and a strict hierarchy, which is clearly distinguished by their clothing: core disciples wear blue robes, true disciples wear green robes, outer disciples wear white robes, and servant disciples wear red robes.

Of the sect's ten thousand disciples, the vast majority are outer disciples. As for servant disciples, strictly speaking, they are not sect disciples.

There are only about five hundred direct disciples, determined by the elders based on the cultivation level or talent of the outer disciples, most of whom are at the Yellow Spirit Realm.

The core disciples number only fifty in total, and they are all absolute elites. All of them are cultivators at or above the eighth level of the Yellow Spirit Realm, and five of them are even known as the five great geniuses of the Fengqing Sect.

The newcomer was none other than one of the five core disciples, the Gentleman Sword Mo Buzheng, who was recognized as one of the sect's five greatest talents.

He was exceptionally talented and broke many sect records before becoming a core disciple. It was only when the Gentleman's Sword, which had been passed down through the Fengqing Sect, suddenly recognized him as its master that the sect leader was truly alarmed.

Magical artifacts are divided into five major grades: Human Grade, Yellow Grade, Profound Grade, Earth Grade, and Heaven Grade. Each grade is further divided into three levels: upper, middle, and lower. The Gentleman's Sword belongs to the lower Earth Grade, and its recognition of a master is crucial for Mo Buzheng to become a core disciple.

"What's going on? Who dares to fight in the sect without permission?" Mo Buzheng asked coldly, looking at Fan Tong with a hostile gaze.

"It's nothing, I'm just feeling a bit tense, so I'm moving around a bit!" Fan Tong clenched his fists, making a cracking sound, and then turned and left.

"That's just sophistry! You think I don't know? I've already used the talisman, I'm not blind!" Mo Buzheng called out to Fan Tong, his voice icy.

"So what? Where there is bullying, there is resistance!" Fan Tong replied firmly, his back to Mo Buzheng.

“I’ve told you many times, the more rebellious you are, the harder it will be for you to leave the Fengqing Sect. You need to learn to hide your talents, be more respectful to everyone, even if it means being humble. Maybe then you can leave the Fengqing Sect sooner and return to your Crimson Thunder Ancient City!”

"Heh, well, thank you so much! For making me a dog, begging for forgiveness? I'd rather live with dignity than lose my status and self-respect!"

"You really don't know what's good for you! The rocks in the latrine are smelly and hard!"

"I'm in the Fengqing Sect, how dare you call it a latrine?" Fan Tong turned his head, glanced at the handsome Gentleman Sword with a smile, and then left without hesitation.

"You! You're so sharp-tongued! Don't think that just because you've inexplicably broken through to the Human Spirit Realm you can look down on everyone else. Remember, you are the son of a sinner. You must pay for your parents' sins!" Mo Buzheng stomped his feet angrily from behind, shouting loudly.

As a core disciple, he should have ignored the son of a sinner whose status was extremely low, but unfortunately, the Water Fairy Mengyao got involved.

Mengyao is also a core disciple and one of the five great talents. Not only is her talent for cultivation recognized by many elders, but she is also incredibly beautiful and truly a stunning beauty.

She was hailed by some as the top of the ten goddesses of the contemporary Fengqing Sect, and was the white moonlight in the heart of every gentleman swordsman.

The story of Mo Buzheng, the Gentleman Swordsman, pursuing the Water Fairy Mengyao so passionately became a legend in the Fengqing Sect. It was just a pity that Fairy Mengyao seemed to have no interest in Mo Buzheng and her heart was not with him at all.

Fan Tong didn't take his meeting with the Gentleman Sword to heart, nor did he care about his injuries. Instead, he walked towards the hill where the warehouse was located with a smile on his face.

Only he, the person involved, can understand the bitterness hidden behind that smile. All the hardship has brought him a new beginning, so he will not give up easily.

Fan Tong could foresee the dangers ahead, but what could he do? No matter what, he was determined to seek justice for his parents and to rescue the suffering people of Chi Lei Ancient City.

Back at the warehouse, Fan Tong greeted the old woman with a smile, though he was met with silence, he didn't mind. After preparing lunch, he served it to the old woman, ate a few bites quickly, and then hurried off to cultivate on the hillside behind the mountain.

That was his own secret base, filled with ancient trees whose intertwined branches formed natural barriers, so no one would notice it, and no one would accidentally walk by.

Fan Tong sat on the smoothed, strange rock, his expression unusually serious. Perhaps only here could he reveal his true nature. He took a deep breath and began to circulate his nameless internal energy technique.

As noon turned into late night, Fan Tong absorbed the spiritual energy and vitality of heaven and earth to increase his spiritual power reserves and recover from his injuries.

"The fifth level of the Human Spirit Realm is really not something I can deal with head-on. It seems I need to work even harder than before!" As his cultivation level increased, he felt the pressure brought by the higher level of cultivation more and more.

"Outer disciple, true disciple, core disciple!" Fan Tong pondered the disciple ranks, thinking about how to improve his status.

Different levels grant different privileges, which will make it easier for him to break free from his current identity. He didn't have the opportunity before, but now that he has broken through to the Human Spirit Realm, he must try his best.

"Since I won't die from training, then I'll train like crazy!" Fan Tong stopped worrying, leaped up from the smooth, strange rock, and landed steadily on the ground.

He was calm and focused, concentrating on his dantian (lower abdomen), with his left foot slightly apart, shoulder-width apart, and his hands outstretched, assuming a peculiar preparatory stance.

If any sect disciples saw this, they would probably be astonished, wondering who would be so reckless as to teach the Dragon Elephant Skill to Fan Tong!

This is the signature martial art of Sui Shan, a direct disciple. It is precisely because of his powerful physique that he has been able to thrive among the direct disciples.

The Fengqing Sect has strict rules. Techniques and martial arts are absolutely forbidden to be taught privately. You can only borrow secret manuals from the Scripture Pavilion by using contribution points, and the borrowing time is extremely limited. Even for disciples with masters, they must be registered and recorded before they can be taught.

Fan Tong was not qualified. Not to mention exchanging for cultivation techniques and martial arts skills, he was even squeezed out of the opportunity to obtain the flashy red servant disciple robes.

As for the martial arts skills he used, they came from Fan Tong's almost photographic memory. He took advantage of the opportunity to deliver goods to carefully observe the martial arts skills of many of his disciples in the training ground, such as Mu Feng's Chasing Wind Sword and Feng Yu's Golden Light Spear.

After much deliberation, Fan Tong finally decided to focus his efforts on the Dragon Elephant Skill. After all, his physical body, tempered by the nameless skill, had already far surpassed that of the other disciples, so he naturally wanted to use martial arts to further expand this advantage.

Martial arts skills are also divided into five major ranks: Human Rank, Yellow Rank, Mysterious Rank, Earth Rank, and Heaven Rank. Dragon Elephant Skill belongs to the intermediate Yellow Rank martial arts skill.

Unlike conventional, step-by-step cultivation methods, the Dragon Elephant Skill, while also a martial art, has a vastly different upper and lower limits in its cultivation, the key being the strength of the physical body. The Dragon Elephant Skill is divided into five levels. Mastering the first level allows the body to unleash twice the explosive power within. Each subsequent level doubles the explosive power, reaching a maximum of ten times the explosive power at the fifth level, making it incredibly powerful.

However, each level of cultivation places extremely strict demands on the physical body. If one is not careful or forces oneself to cultivate, one may suffer muscle strain at best, or even worse, suffer from qi deviation, which carries a great risk.

However, Fan Tong was very confident in his physical body, so he carefully observed Sui Shan's every cultivation and battle, secretly memorizing it. After returning to the warehouse, he studied it from the outside to the inside, and finally comprehended the Dragon Elephant Skill of the two knives, which made him very happy.