Chapter 441 Zhang Daochen

After Li Qing finished speaking, Zhang Daochen stopped talking, and the two began to play chess in silence.

It was not until the white piece killed the black piece's dragon and the outcome was decided that Zhang Daochen slowly spoke: "This incident will not happen again."

After saying this, he stood up and looked at the sea of ​​clouds, but did not look at Li Qing again.

Li Qing's smiling face suddenly turned pale, cold sweat dripped down unconsciously, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

After a long time, he suppressed all the chaotic thoughts in his mind and replied in a dry voice: "I will follow my brother's orders."

"Instead of doing these meaningless little things, it is better to concentrate on understanding your own way."

After saying this, Zhang Daochen's figure disappeared from the spot.

From beginning to end, he did not show the slightest sternness, but this made Li Qing, who was originally in control of the situation, feel indescribable panic.

"It turns out that he seems to be oblivious to everything, but he knows everything I have done..."

Only at this moment did Li Qing, who was covered in cold sweat, let out a long sigh and suddenly sat down on the cushion.

This time, the series of provocations against Chai Xin by Jin Zhenyu and others were indeed not instigated by Zhang Daochen, but were initiated by Li Qing on his own.

He thought he knew Zhang Daochen well enough. He would definitely be angry when he heard that Yi Zu accepted a guy of unknown reputation as his last disciple.

Especially when he heard that Zhang Daochen, who had not been involved in worldly affairs for a long time, was actually going to participate in the entrance examination for Yi Zu's last disciple, he could not help but become more certain of this.

He felt that Zhang Daochen always acted so indifferent just to maintain his transcendent image in the hearts of Shenzhou Sect's disciples.

In order to please the other party, Li Qing took the initiative and instructed Jin Zhenyu and others to provoke and humiliate Chai Xin.

At the same time, it can also test the true strength of Chai Xin, a man of mysterious origin.

However, he did not expect that Chai Xin's strength was so strong that Jin Zhenyu and others were completely vulnerable in front of him.

More importantly, when Zhang Daochen learned about this, although he guessed immediately that it was Li Qing who did it as expected, he did not show any appreciation.

On the contrary, they even showed unprecedented disgust and disgust.

For a moment, he couldn't help but feel that this senior brother, with whom he had known for many years, had suddenly become a stranger, and seemed to be different from the image he had in his mind.

Li Qing didn't know that Zhang Daochen was even more angry than he had imagined.

"Li Qing, this idiot, has followed me for so many years, but he is still so hopelessly stupid!"

In a flash, Zhang Daochen had returned to the palace that belonged to him alone. His originally calm face was now filled with sinisterness and anger.

"It would have been fine if I had taken the initiative to attack that person, but I actually gained nothing... Apart from getting myself into trouble, there was no benefit at all!"

Zhang Daochen was not without emotion when Yi Zu suddenly accepted a nobody like Chai Xin as his disciple.

Even when he heard the news, he was so angry that he wanted to go and tear the unheard-of kid to pieces immediately.

But for many years, he has always maintained an image of being aloof from the world.

In addition to easily defeating all opponents in the ranking battles and showing extremely powerful strength, he almost never asked about anything, which seemed to be very different from the ordinary monks' nature of endless fighting.

The fundamental reason why he wanted to establish such an image of being devoted to Taoism in the hearts of the people was that he hoped to gain the attention and favor of Yi Zu one day.

In short, he never gave up his plan to become Yizu's disciple.

Under the influence of his extremely strong self-confidence, he even felt that the reason why Yi Zu refused to accept him as a disciple was actually just a test.

If he can pass the test and his character and talent are recognized by Yi Zu, he will be able to become his disciple.

But the appearance of Chai Xin completely shattered the fantasy in his heart.

Obviously, all his previous thoughts about Yizu were just wishful thinking.

After realizing this, he hated Chai Xin to the core.

Therefore, as soon as he learned that Chai Xin was accepted as a disciple by Yi Zu, he went to find the elder who was responsible for the entrance examination of disciples and asked him to personally conduct Chai Xin's entrance examination.

It was not at all like what he had said to Li Qing before, that everything was just arranged by the top leaders.

His inner emotions were far from being as calm as he appeared outwardly.

When Zhang Daochen first sensed that Jin Zhenyu and others were going to test Chai Xin and embarrass him, he actually felt somewhat pleased.

Moreover, he was indeed quite smart and immediately realized that this matter was arranged by Li Qing who was beside him.

Although he was quite dissatisfied with Li Qing's self-assertion, he also hoped to use this opportunity to suppress Chai Xin without dirtying his own hands.

However, when Zhang Daochen discovered that Chai Xin was extremely powerful and that Jin Zhenyu and others not only failed to complete the task of testing and humiliating him, all that was left in his heart was anger.

He was angry that Li Qing was so clever in trying to please him, but ended up labelling himself as "jealous of talented people";

He was even more angry that Yi Zu actually chose to accept Chai Xin, a little-known guy, as his last disciple instead of him, the first genius in the sect in recent years!

Since entering the world of Taoism, Zhang Daochen has been smooth sailing. It is no exaggeration to say that he has been successful in everything he does.

Others need to struggle hard to reach this state, but he can achieve it by simply practicing in seclusion, as easily as eating and drinking.

No matter what kind of magical power or secret technique it was, he could use it with ease, and his strength was much higher than that of his peers.

This smooth life shaped his invincible self-confidence, but it also inevitably made him lack tempering and his faith in the Tao was not stable enough.

In fact, this was the fundamental reason why Yi Zu refused to accept him as his disciple without even meeting him once.

For someone of Yizu's level, it is impossible for him to be completely unaware of the emergence of a peerless evildoer that is rarely seen in hundreds of millions of years within the sect.

There were even some old masters in the sect who came to visit in person, hoping that Yi Zu could give some guidance to this extremely dazzling new star, so as to cultivate a mainstay for the Shenzhou Sect, which was already showing signs of decline at the time.

But Yi Zu only secretly observed Zhang Daochen for a period of time, and he asserted that unless this boy had an extraordinary destiny, it would be difficult for him to reach the highest level.

To put it bluntly, if Zhang Daochen did not have unimaginable luck, it would be difficult for him to even achieve immortality.

This statement seems incredible to many old people.

Zhang Daochen's performance since he started practicing Taoism has been so brilliant. It would be fine if it was difficult for him to become a Half-Step Heavenly Lord, but how could he not even be able to become an Immortal?

But Yi Zu no longer gave any explanation and simply stopped responding to anything related to Zhang Daochen.

It was for this reason that Zhang Daochen, who was extremely unwilling at the time, went to find Feng Yuanzi in person.

Although Feng Yuanzi has a violent temper, he is still an open and upright person.

He felt that Zhang Daochen was indeed extremely talented, even more so than himself. It would be a pity if he had no famous teacher to guide him and went astray.

Therefore, Feng Yuanzi, who was unaware of the truth, personally recommended Zhang Daochen to Yizu.

The result is self-evident, and it still failed. "Boy, no matter who you are, no matter how powerful you are... you dare to snatch the opportunity that belongs to me, then you are doomed to die!"

Deep within the palace, Zhang Daochen’s mad roar continued to echo, but it could not be transmitted to the outside world at all.

However, Chai Xin, whom he regarded as his mortal enemy, was extremely calm at this moment.

He has arrived at the residence arranged by Yi Zu and has begun to refine his sect's magic weapon, the Xuanhuang Seal.

With his current strength, he is already slightly better than ordinary saints, and can at least be on par with old guys like Venerable Chongxu.

However, he still attached great importance to Zhang Daochen, the man with extraordinary talent as mentioned by Zhao Yuan.

Thousands of years ago, he already had strength comparable to that of a saint. After thousands of years, no one can say whether his strength will make further leaps.

Chai Xin must refine the Xuanhuang Seal again and bring it to the level of a perfect immortal weapon, so that he can reach the level where he can rival the best among the immortal saints.

By then, coupled with the restraint of the human race by the power of Xirang, he might even be able to fight a few moves with the top saints and immortals, and at least be able to protect himself.

As the realm continues to improve, the gap between each small step is far greater than before.

I believe that even if Zhang Daochen's strength has increased over the past thousands of years, he has never reached the level of being able to stand at the pinnacle of the Saint Immortal.

If that were the case, Zhang Daochen would definitely not be a genius that is rarely seen in hundreds of millions of years, but a peerless monster that is rarely seen in billions of years!

For a person with such talent, even if Yi Zu was unwilling to accept him as a disciple, there would definitely be many powerful people in the sect vying for him.

But the fact is, thousands of years have passed, and no super strong person has ever wanted to take him as a disciple.

Based on this rather strange phenomenon, Chai Xin naturally had some guesses -

Not only is it impossible for Zhang Daochen to be a rare monster that appears once in billions of years, he may even have extremely serious flaws!
Otherwise, even if he was a genius that appeared once every hundreds of millions of years, he would be able to attract a large number of outstanding immortals to accept him as their disciple.

In short, it is unusual that such a genius has had no one to accept him as a disciple for thousands of years.

The most likely explanation is that those powerful elders, for some reason, are not optimistic about Zhang Daochen's future.

As for the immortals who were relatively ordinary in strength and could not see Zhang Daochen's weaknesses, even if they wanted to take him in as their disciples, they would never agree because of that guy's arrogance.

In fact, deep down in his heart, the person Zhang Daochen most wanted to become his disciple was not Yi Zu, but Yu Huang, the head of Shenzhou Sect.

But he knew very well that in the endless years, Emperor Yu had never accepted any disciples.

No matter how much he wanted it, the possibility was slim.

Therefore, even people like Yi Zu were only his second-best choice. As for other ordinary immortals, he simply didn't take them seriously.

"Uncle Junior Master, the test time has come."

Zhao Yuan's voice suddenly came into the quiet room.

Chai Xin suddenly opened his eyes, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and his aura became more condensed.

"The Xuanhuang Seal has already been refined and has become the pinnacle of supreme immortal artifacts... With the blessing of the Divine Jade of Creation, it can even unleash power comparable to that of a king-grade immortal artifact!"

He stood up calmly and stepped out of the hall.

"Lead the way, Zhao Yuan."

The moment Zhao Yuan saw Chai Xin, his eyes froze involuntarily. After a moment of silence, he quickly responded, "Yes, Uncle Master, please follow me..."

"It's only been a few days since we last met, and Junior Master seems to have transformed again. Is this just my illusion?"

He couldn't help but mutter to himself, but for some reason he didn't dare to ask.

Unconsciously, Chai Xin's power seemed to have become stronger, and there was even a hint of wildness, as if he had reached some kind of critical point.

This state of slightly being unable to control the breath is like a cultivator's strength suddenly skyrocketing, reaching the limit in a short period of time, but not yet reaching the state of perfection.

This is indeed the case. After the Xuanhuang Seal transformed again, Chai Xin's strength skyrocketed again in a short period of time, and he is already extremely close to the peak of the Saint Immortal realm.

To say that he could fully master this power immediately was naturally a fantasy.

But even so, the powerful aura he exuded inadvertently was enough to make most of the saints feel fearful.

"Uncle Junior Master, I see that you... seem to be even more powerful than before?"

It was not until the two of them flew away from the fairy mountain that Zhao Yuan mustered up the courage to ask the question that confused him.

Chai Xin just smiled faintly when he heard this, and said without comment: "No need to ask more questions, just lead the way."

After hearing this, Zhao Yuan fell silent and dared not ask any more questions.

Soon, the two stopped in front of a magnificent fairy palace.

"Uncle Junior Master, that is the Assessment Hall. Only disciples who need to undergo assessment can enter it. I can only take you here."

Zhao Yuan stopped and bowed to Chai Xin.

"Uncle Junior Master, I will wait in the hall for the assessment to be over."

"Okay, you wait in the hall."

Chai Xin nodded slightly, and before he finished speaking, his figure had disappeared from the spot.

The next moment, his figure appeared in the assessment hall.

"Jiang Xuanhuang, come here to take the entrance examination."

Looking at the two disciples in uniform standing at the entrance of the Assessment Hall, Chai Xin spoke calmly without hesitation.

"Jiang Xuanhuang? I remember now. He is Yi Zu's new disciple. He announced it to the world a few days ago."

"It turns out to be Brother Xuan Huang, please follow me..."

When the two heard Chai Xin introduce himself, their originally serious faces suddenly became much more polite.

Obviously, the news that Chai Xin easily defeated Jin Zhenyu and others a few days ago has spread throughout the Shenzhou Gate.

The most important thing is that Feng Yuanzi’s domineering attitude that day really scared many people in the sect.

Even those who were originally jealous of Chai Xin and wanted to make things difficult for him had to restrain themselves after that.

As for the two disciples on duty, they didn't even dare to have the thought of disrespecting Chai Xin, and even looked a little trembling with fear.

Just as Chai Xin was following one of the disciples and walking into the store, suddenly a clear and gentle voice came from behind him.

"This person, I think, must be Junior Brother Jiang Xuanhuang who has become famous recently?"

(End of this chapter)