บท 118: The Celestial Great Villain
After the previous batch of preparatory disciples left, the preparatory disciple area really became empty.
Out of the five hundred preparatory disciples, only twenty became formal disciples. With Di Du in the lead, Qiu Li came second, and Chi Yu ranked third.
This well-known stepping stone for potential Great Emperors still didn't surpass the potential Great Emperors in the end, but he had already surpassed other cultivators.
After becoming formal disciples, they truly experienced the pressure of cultivation.
Because formal disciples were all outstanding prodigies in the star region. None of them were lazy good-for-nothings, and they were even more diligent in cultivation. Basically, it was a competition to see who could work harder.
There was even a formal disciple who went into seclusion for two thousand years and never came out during that period, vowing to break through to the Overturning Sea Realm.
This statement and the length of his seclusion attracted the attention of many cultivators, and they were looking forward to seeing this disciple at the peak of the Mountain-Moving Realm successfully break through to the Overturning Sea Realm.
However, in the two thousandth year, they realized something was wrong.
Because the lifespan of a cultivator at the Mountain-Moving Realm was only about three thousand years, and that also had to include the time spent cultivating in previous realms.
So when they went into the cave, they saw.
Good heavens!
It was a rather gruesome scene. A skeleton was sitting in meditation.
The ending was sad, but the intention was good.
The elders still publicized this spirit and encouraged the disciples to actively learn from this attitude.
This also showed how eager the formal disciples were for strength. After all, only with strength could they establish a firm foothold in the Heavenly Sword Sea.
There was also competition among formal disciples, which was for the positions of elders.
Every thousand years, the Heavenly Sword Sea would open ten elder positions, and the top ten disciples would be promoted.
The status of elders in the Heavenly Sword Sea was much higher than that of the minor elders among the preparatory disciples.
The word "seat" was attached to "elder", while "quota" was used for "minor elder".
This alone could show the difference.
Moreover, elders could truly be recorded in the sect's historical records, and the minimum realm for elders was the fourth layer of the Overturning Sea Realm.
This led to extremely fierce competition among formal disciples. Who would want to be a disciple for a lifetime? They definitely all wanted to become elders.
This required fighting to determine who was stronger and who won or lost. Otherwise, why should you be an elder?
Unless your father was the sect master.
This was the situation among formal disciples. The competition and pressure weighed heavily on their heads like mountains.
However, in fact, the leading potential Great Emperors didn't feel much pressure. After all, they were outstanding and gifted, and were destined to have elder seats.
The bottom-ranked Mysterious Seeds and Supreme Seeds also didn't feel much pressure because they couldn't become elders anyway. Although they would still work hard in cultivation, they didn't have worldly desires.
The ones who really worked hard were the disciples in the middle who couldn't move up or down. It was quite an awkward position.
They couldn't compare with the potential Great Emperors above, and they looked down on competing with the bottom-ranked Mysterious Seeds below.
They were stuck there.
The sorrow of a prodigy was meeting an even more outstanding prodigy.
Di Du and Qiu Li had a deep understanding of this.
They had already started thinking about what Chen Xia would be like when he got out of prison... when he left seclusion. If Chen Xia really broke through to the Overturning Sea Realm.
Then what kind of a monster would Chen Xia be at that time?
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The preparatory disciple area of the Heavenly Sword Sea, which had been quiet and empty for decades, finally welcomed new people today.
They were new preparatory disciples.
The number was larger than that of the previous batch, with a total of eight hundred people, but the quality was much worse than that of the previous batch.
There was only one potential Great Emperor among them.
Moreover, Ancient Seeds and Strange Seeds accounted for the majority, lowering the overall talent and combat power.
However, these Ancient Seeds and Strange Seeds hadn't figured out the situation yet. They thought that the Heavenly Sword Sea was only one or two levels higher than their remote hometowns.
So at this moment, they were excitedly communicating with each other, preparing to show their skills and make a name for themselves.
Basically, preparatory disciples from remote areas would have this idea at the beginning, wanting to make a reputation among a group of prodigies.
But soon they would taste the bitterness of failure. Ancient Seeds would be taught a lesson by Mysterious Seeds, and Mysterious Seeds would be beaten by Supreme Seeds.
And further up, there were Mythical Seeds and potential Great Emperors.
How could they compete?
The Heavenly Sword Sea had existed for several great eras, and among the disciples from remote areas, only a very few had made a name for themselves.
In this current great era, there was only one person.
Chen Xia, who had been in prison for hundreds of years.
However, Chen Xia was a potential Great Emperor from a remote area, and couldn't be lumped together with these Ancient Seeds.
On the first day when the new preparatory disciples entered, it was time to allocate caves.
Naturally, there were good and bad caves, which were divided according to talent and strength.
The responsible minor elder waved his hand and let them choose by themselves. It didn't matter how they chose or what they chose, as long as they could defend it themselves.
This was the first test in the Heavenly Sword Sea and also the first division of strength.
The potential Great Emperor among them was a heroic-looking woman wearing a goose-yellow martial outfit. She directly picked a magnificent cave.
This cave was located in the center of the area. It was previously occupied by Di Du and was an extremely good location.
Some preparatory disciples looked over here. When they saw that it was this person who occupied the cave, they gave up the idea of seizing it and continued to look for others.
"The only potential Great Emperor, Li Yang, has already chosen a cave. The rest of us should be able to choose freely, right?"
Two Supreme Seeds were discussing with smiles.
One of them was a man wearing a Purple Cloud Crown, with a confident smile on his lips and a folding fan in his hand.
"Since Li Yang has chosen, we don't need to worry about the rest. Among these eight hundred preparatory disciples, we should be able to steadily enter the top ten. Our promotion to formal disciples in the future is a sure thing."
"Indeed. Our strength is much higher than that of these Ancient Seeds."
The two of them smiled and walked around to the outside of a spacious cave. There was also a gilded small pavilion outside, which was exquisitely made and seemed a bit out of place in the entire preparatory disciple area.
The man wearing the Purple Cloud Crown liked it when he saw it and was about to enter.
The minor elder in the sky noticed it, and his expression suddenly became nervous. He directly flashed down and stopped him.
"This cave is not allowed. Choose another one."
The man wearing the Purple Cloud Crown was a bit puzzled, "Didn't we say we could choose freely and even seize others' caves?"
"Don't talk so much nonsense." The minor elder waved his hand, "I said you can't live here, so you can't. I don't want to lose my life."
The man wearing the Purple Cloud Crown didn't understand what he meant, but he didn't want to offend the minor elder. However, because he felt a bit embarrassed, he asked one more question.
"Is it that I'm not being polite enough? My family is the Purple Gold White Ling Jiao. We don't lack money. I'd like to make friends with you, Elder."
The minor elder quickly shook his head, "It has nothing to do with money. Anyway, just don't think about this cave."
Seeing that money didn't work, the man wearing the Purple Cloud Crown didn't say anything more. He frowned, knocked on this cave, and then turned around and left.
The minor elder heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. That was a close call just now. At the same time, he shook his head disdainfully at the man wearing the Purple Cloud Crown.
It wasn't that the money wasn't enough. It was that his strength wasn't enough.
Damn it! This was Chen Xia's cave!
According to the sect's rules, after five hundred years of imprisonment, Chen Xia would still be a preparatory disciple when he came back.
That is to say, Chen Xia would still live here when he came back.
Who would dare to live in it?
The minor elder himself didn't dare to move in.
The image of Qiong Qi's head being cut off was still vivid in his mind. He didn't want to become the next Qiong Qi.
However, from the actual situation, he couldn't become Qiong Qi either, because he was far inferior to Qiong Qi.
The minor elder stayed outside the cave, planning not to leave. He had to guard it well today.
Otherwise, when Chen Xia came back and found that his home had been occupied, maybe the preparatory disciple who lived there would only get a beating.
But he, the responsible minor elder, would at least get two beatings.
Who in the current Heavenly Sword Sea didn't know Chen Xia's bad reputation?
Cutting off the head of a potential Great Emperor, serving five hundred years in the sword sea prison!
Borrowing three hundred thousand spirit stones and not paying back a single one!
Chen Xia, the great villain of the Heavenly Sword Sea!
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