章節 120: The 500-Year Period Is Up
The pattern among the preparatory disciples had already been set.
Led by the strongest potential Great Emperor, Li Yang, below her were various Supreme Seeds.
Among these preparatory disciples, there wasn't even one at the Mountain-Moving Realm. The highest was only at the peak of the Great Vehicle Realm, a two-thousand-year-old Mysterious Seed.
However, this was normal. After all, they were newly admitted preparatory disciples, and they still had five hundred years of cultivation time.
A few preparatory disciples could use these five hundred years to cultivate to the Mountain-Moving Realm and successfully be promoted to formal disciples.
Most of them could only cultivate to the Great Vehicle Realm and then be sadly eliminated. There was nothing that could be done about it. After all, the gap in talent couldn't be bridged by hard work alone.
There was also a very interesting situation among this batch of preparatory disciples. That was, there was only one potential Great Emperor. This was the first time since the Heavenly Sword Sea started recruiting disciples.
In previous batches, they would recruit at least two potential Great Emperors so that they could compete with each other, which was beneficial for cultivation.
But this time, they had a change of mind for two reasons.
First, potential Great Emperors were really hard to find. Near the end of the current great era, fortune was scarce. Only after the reckoning could new rising stars appear.
Second, they thought that the competition among themselves was unnecessary. If you thought you were invincible at the same realm and with the same status, you could fight formal disciples across realms.
This was also the truth that Chen Xia had taught them.
The title wasn't important. Being strong enough was what mattered.
After the preparatory disciples had determined their respective positions, the fights among them decreased. Except for the disciples who had made appointments for competitions, it was hardly possible to see one-on-one battles.
Some preparatory disciples had already started making friends with each other, giving gifts to each other to build good relationships.
Especially the Supreme Seeds from wealthy families were in the limelight among the preparatory disciples and even surpassed the potential Great Emperor Li Yang for a while.
Among them was the man wearing the Purple Cloud Crown. In his family, there were two powerful beings at the Heaven-Mending Realm, and one of them was his ancestor!
The man wearing the Purple Cloud Crown was also quite generous. He paid out of his own pocket to give gifts to all the Supreme Seeds and built good relationships. Moreover, he had already contacted two minor elders.
At this time, he was raising his glass and drinking with the two minor elders, sitting in a conspicuous and eye-catching place, just so that other disciples could clearly see how high his status was.
He could drink with the minor elders!
On the eaves in the distance, a woman with orange-red hair stood there, with her arms crossed, narrowing her willow-leaf-shaped eyebrows as she sized up the three people drinking together.
Beside her was a petite woman in a pure white dress. She looked at the three people with a disdainful look in her eyes, pursed her lips, and said indignantly.
"Does he really think that just drinking with two minor elders can make him the number one among the preparatory disciples?"
"Right, Li Yang?"
The petite woman didn't forget to ask Li Yang beside her.
"He has the money to win people over, and that's his ability. However, this ability of his isn't that great, and his other abilities are not as good as mine."
"What abilities?" The petite girl asked curiously.
"Fighting." Li Yang grinned and there was obvious confidence in her words.
She was a potential Great Emperor, with an innate arrogance. She didn't think she would lose to anyone and even felt that she was the only one in the Heavens.
However, potential Great Emperors indeed had the right to be this confident. After all, their talent was at least at the Heaven-Mending Realm level.
The petite woman smiled gently, tilted her head, and asked again.
"Then you have to work hard. If we can make a name for ourselves in the Heavenly Sword Sea, when we go back, the clan leader will have to bow to us, haha."
Li Yang shook her head, glanced at the petite woman, and said, "You're always thinking about the clan leader bowing to you."
"Haha." The petite woman couldn't help but laugh. Then she suddenly asked, "Logically speaking, you should be the most powerful in this batch, right?"
After all, she was the only potential Great Emperor.
"Being the most powerful isn't good either." Li Yang shook her head. "Without people to compete with, the improvement in combat power will be slower. Having two or more potential Great Emperors is the best combination. At least there will be people at the same level to fight with."
This was Li Yang's inner thought. She believed that only by having rivals to compete with could one improve one's strength better and move forward bravely.
The first place decided in this way was the most meaningful first place.
"There were two potential Great Emperors in the previous batch, right? According to what you said, they should be stronger, right?"
The petite woman asked curiously.
Li Yang nodded and replied, "Logically speaking, they should be stronger. Moreover, there were actually more than two potential Great Emperors in the previous batch. There were three. I don't know why the minor elders refused to talk about the third potential Great Emperor."
Speaking of this, Li Yang became even more puzzled. Her willow-leaf-shaped eyebrows furrowed. "Other people in the know also refused to mention this third potential Great Emperor. I don't know what the hidden story is."
"Haha, maybe this third potential Great Emperor made a big mistake, so they don't allow people to talk about him."
The petite woman guessed with a smile.
Li Yang didn't say anything. She just wondered what kind of big mistake one had to make to make these people in the know keep silent.
However, this matter had nothing to do with her. They were just the potential Great Emperors of the previous batch.
Her gaze once again fell on the man wearing the Purple Cloud Crown, with a scrutinizing look. After a while, she raised her willow-leaf-shaped eyebrows and curled her lips with disdain.
Was someone like him also thinking of competing with her for the first place?
What a joke.
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The last thirty years passed in the blink of an eye. It didn't seem long at all. Before one knew it, the time was gone.
Chen Xia counted the days. Three days before his release from prison, he tidied himself up carefully. He tied up his hair with sword intent and tied it behind his head.
There was nothing he could do about his tattered green robe. That was the only condition.
He put away the chess pieces and the teacup. He also took some local specialties from the sword sea - the eyeballs of sea beasts.
In addition, he stored a batch of sword intent for future needs.
In the past five hundred years, he had decorated the prison cell to make it a bit cozy. Four eyeballs of sea beasts were used as lanterns and placed neatly in the four corners of the prison cell.
To create a warm atmosphere, Chen Xia specifically added a layer of warm-colored sword intent outside the eyeballs, and a soft light shone out.
In this way, they became warm lights.
He was really gentle.
The other decorations in the prison cell weren't bad either. There was even a chair made of sword intent for Chen Xia to rest on usually.
Looking at it over the past five hundred years, Chen Xia didn't seem to be in prison. It was more like he was on vacation.
Who the hell could be in prison like this?
Chen Xia was indeed the most unique existence in the history of the Heavenly Sword Sea. He was always able to break some norms.
He sat on the sword intent chair, propped his head up, and looked at the sea surface.
He carefully counted the sunrises and sunsets.
This was how each day passed.
Until the third day.
Chen Xia, who was sitting on the sword intent chair, stood up, stretched his neck with a smile on his lips, and stood at the prison door.
To borrow a classic line.
The five-hundred-year period has arrived. Welcome the return of the Dragon King!
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-- 推薦票
榜單 
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