Chapter 37

The martial arts arena was now bustling with people, the area filled with a dense crowd, most of whom had come to watch the sect selection. (Win phone credit,)

Wang Chen's arrival quickly drew the attention of the crowd. The guy who had been mocked by countless people as a waste of space just two months ago was now standing above them, participating in the sect selection. Looking at his figure, many people had complex expressions.

"Can he really condense true essence?"

"Of course, otherwise how could he defeat Han Yu?"

"Impossible, in just two months, he could have improved so much?"

"I think he must have been deliberately hiding his strength, wanting to draw attention during the sect selection!"

Immediately, a wave of discussions followed, with everyone speculating!

Wang Chen paid no heed to all these words, smiling faintly as he continued to walk into the arena.

At the center of the martial arts arena, a row of sect representatives sat at the front, and below them stood about a dozen people.

Representatives from the Lin family, Han family, Sun family, and Qingfeng Academy were all gathered here, all familiar faces. Each of these people was a well-known talent in Qingfeng City, and any one of them had at least the strength of the Seventh Stage of Body Tempering!

Only Wang Chen stood out like a crane among chickens, particularly noticeable. Indeed, most people's eyes were on him.

The sect selection began soon, but in reality, today's selection was just a formality!

Long before today, these people should have already received invitations from the sects, weighed the conditions offered by various sects, and decided where to go. Today was merely an announcement!

Sure enough, as the selection began, in the blink of an eye, sixteen out of the nineteen people on the field had already determined their destinations. Donglin Mountain had made a significant move, selecting three Eighth Stage of Body Tempering talents at once.

The other sects also had substantial gains, causing a stir. The surrounding students who had come to watch the selection couldn't help but express amazement and envy when they saw these people being selected into the sects.

As these people were selected, the final highlight fell on the three people from the Han family: Han Yuxuan, who was already at the Ninth Stage of Body Tempering at a young age and was highly anticipated; Han Jin, at the peak of the Eighth Stage, a true genius; and Wang Chen, who, although only at the Sixth Stage of Body Tempering, had displayed terrifying strength and was the most complex of the three. They were the focal points of this selection. Han Yuxuan would undoubtedly be pursued by many, Han Jin would likely not be far behind, and as for Wang Chen, people were speculating whether he would be selected, given his Sixth Stage of Body Tempering, which seemed too insignificant!

The selection of these three people pushed the atmosphere to a climax.

Wang Chen watched quietly, believing he could be selected by a sect. At the same time, he noticed a few people on the stage who had not spoken. A masked woman and a lean old man; it seemed these two also represented their respective sects, but their silence was somewhat surprising!

Could even Eighth Stage of Body Tempering talents not meet their standards? Wang Chen was secretly puzzled! By all accounts, even in the entire Tianfeng Kingdom, reaching the Eighth Stage of Body Tempering before the age of eighteen was a good achievement. Why were they unmoved?

Just as Wang Chen was puzzled, Han Jin stepped forward. It seemed a decision had already been made, and Han Jin directly chose Donglin Mountain, causing the other sects to sigh inwardly, their eyes filled with envy as they looked at Donglin Mountain.

Next was Han Yuxuan, whose appearance naturally caused the greatest stir. However, to everyone's surprise, there was no scene of various sects vying to snatch her.

At this moment, the masked woman and the lean old man, whom Wang Chen had noticed earlier, finally opened their eyes, which had been half-closed.

"Han Yuxuan, are you willing to join our Zixiao Hall?" the middle-aged woman asked calmly, her voice light, like a gentle breeze, very ethereal!

"Zixiao Hall?" Many people frowned slightly. This was definitely not a sect from the Tianfeng Kingdom; they had never heard of it, causing some confusion.

However, Wang Chen's face suddenly changed. Zixiao Hall, the legendary most mysterious sect in the northern border? His father had once mentioned this sect when he was in the Wang family.

It was said that this sect had few members but was incredibly powerful, and no sect dared to offend them. Even sects like Li Huo Sect and Donglin Mountain had to show respect and not dare to offend them, which was evident.

He never thought that representatives from Zixiao Hall would also come to select talents, perhaps only a genius like Han Yuxuan could catch their eye. Even Wang Chen couldn't help but feel a bit envious. Zixiao Hall, the holy land of the northern border sects, was what every martial artist dreamed of!

"I am willing!" Han Yuxuan's response was light but firm.

The Donglin Mountain representatives and other sect members sighed inwardly, shaking their heads with bitter smiles, their eyes filled with envy and jealousy as they looked at the masked woman's back!

The name Zixiao Hall alone was enough; it was not something they could compete with.

Hearing Han Yuxuan's words, the masked woman nodded slightly and then returned to her seat, silent once more, as if she had never spoken!

With Han Yuxuan's decision, Wang Chen, the last remaining person, became the focus of everyone.

The atmosphere in the arena began to calm down, and everyone's eyes were on Wang Chen.

"Do you think he can join a sect?"

"Donglin Mountain? No way, he's only at the Sixth Stage of Body Tempering..."

"I think it will be hard for him to join a sect. Sixth Stage of Body Tempering, who knows how long he has been hiding, he can't compare to others!"

Looking at Wang Chen, the crowd began to speculate.

However, before these discussions could escalate, the scene took a 180-degree turn.

"I, from Donglin Mountain, am willing to accept you!" the middle-aged man from Donglin Mountain said calmly, his stern expression giving a sense of impartiality.

"I, from Qingfeng Sect, can offer you the best training grounds!" the old man next to the Donglin Mountain representative quickly added.

"I, from Heilong Cliff, can make you a core disciple directly!" a burly man with a tiger-like back and bear-like waist also hurriedly said, his eyes filled with greed.

"Core disciple, what's that? Our sect leader can take you as a personal disciple!" the Qingfeng Sect representative, red-faced and neck-swollen, shouted in response to Heilong Cliff's offer.

"Damn it, Qingfeng Sect, are you trying to oppose me? We can also offer the same conditions!" the Heilong Cliff representative, waving his fists, shouted back.

"And us..."

For a moment, almost all the sect representatives on the stage stood up, staring intently at Wang Chen and offering their conditions, even engaging in verbal battles, almost coming to blows, the atmosphere extremely tense!

The scene reached its peak, incredibly heated! All these sects had shifted their focus to Wang Chen.

Even when Han Jin and the others appeared, such a situation had never occurred.

A wave of commotion swept through the crowd. Surprisingly, Wang Chen, the least favored, was now being hotly pursued, becoming a highly sought-after figure?

Even more surprisingly, it had surpassed the commotion when Han Yuxuan appeared. He was being pursued by every sect.

"Donglin Mountain, Qingfeng Sect, and Heilong Cliff! Oh my God, the three major sects of the kingdom!"

"Heilong Cliff, the Demon Sect, is also involved!"

"Are you kidding me? Core disciple, damn, how could they offer such conditions!"

Hearing the conditions offered by these sects, everyone was dumbfounded!

These sects were all top-tier in the Tianfeng Kingdom, and they were all vying for Wang Chen? Especially Heilong Cliff, which offered the condition of a core disciple! Even a personal disciple!

What did a core disciple represent in a sect? It meant being among the most valued, standing at the top of the sect, receiving the best training, the best resources, and the greatest support, and being able to look down on all other disciples in the sect! What kind of conditions were these?

Even more outrageous was the offer of a personal disciple by the sect leader, what did that mean? It meant that as long as Wang Chen agreed, it wouldn't be long before he could become the leader of those sects, leading the sect! At the very least, he could become an elder, second only to the leader and above thousands of others! Were these conditions being offered to a Sixth Stage of Body Tempering person?

Had everyone gone mad?

For a moment, the scene was in chaos, completely chaotic, the atmosphere of madness growing more intense.

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