Chapter 17: Yun岚 Peak

Lang Zheng suddenly spat blood and fell to the ground, causing a commotion among those present. No one could figure out why Lang Zheng, who had the upper hand, would suddenly spit blood.

At this moment, Shen Chen, who had been thrown several meters away by the powerful impact, struggled to get up from the ground. Although his clothes were tattered and he had several gruesome wounds that were bleeding profusely, making his face as pale as paper, Shen Chen exuded a strong fighting spirit, a never-say-die momentum!

It was like a newly forged sword, though just an ordinary iron sword, it would rather break than bend, moving forward bravely!

Lang Zheng struggled for a long time before he finally managed to get up from the ground. Seeing Shen Chen standing tall, exuding a strong fighting spirit, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Others might not understand, but Lang Zheng was very clear about his own condition!

Just now, when Lang Zheng and Shen Chen clashed, the force from Shen Chen's punch was not a single wave but two waves!

Moreover, the second wave of force was even stronger than the first!

This was the叠浪劲 (Layered Wave Technique) that Shen Chen had just comprehended and practiced with great difficulty not long ago!

However, the Layered Wave Technique that Shen Chen could currently use could only stack two waves of force together, catching his opponent off guard and causing serious internal injuries.

If it were the Lang Zheng of six months ago, at his peak, before his realm dropped due to severe injuries, Shen Chen's Layered Wave Technique would have only caused him minor injuries, not severe ones!

But now, with his old injuries not yet healed and his strength greatly reduced, Lang Zheng could only suffer severe injuries under Shen Chen's unexpected Layered Wave Technique. His internal meridians were almost completely destroyed, and he no longer had the ability to continue fighting Shen Chen.

"You win!" Lang Zheng looked deeply at Shen Chen and said loudly, without any trace of disappointment, but rather some admiration for Shen Chen.

For Shen Chen, a mere Second Stage Blood Fusion Realm warrior, to be able to withstand the ultimate move "Whirlwind Shadow Kill" from Lang Zheng, who had once reached the peak of the Fourth Stage Blood Fusion Realm and could resist a Fifth Stage Blood Fusion Realm warrior, was enough to make Lang Zheng take him seriously.

Now, not only did Shen Chen withstand the "Whirlwind Shadow Kill," but he also severely injured Lang Zheng, which made Lang Zheng completely convinced.

Seeing Lang Zheng admit defeat, Shen Chen understood that Lang Zheng must be seriously injured. He no longer pressed the issue and nodded at Lang Zheng.

The strong respect the powerful, and Shen Chen's display of sufficient strength earned him the respect he deserved!

Shen Chen had a certain inexplicable fondness for Lang Zheng. Despite being one of the four tigers of the inner gate, Lang Zheng was not arrogant. He was neither proud in victory nor discouraged in defeat, demonstrating the noble qualities of a warrior. Shen Chen also greatly admired Lang Zheng's straightforward nature in admitting defeat.

Shen Chen believed that even if Lang Zheng was defeated and returned to the outer gate, given time, once his injuries healed, he would return to the inner gate and continue his legendary journey.

"Brother Lang Zheng, you admit it!" Shen Chen smiled and extended his hand.

Seeing Shen Chen extend his hand, a smile also appeared on Lang Zheng's face. He stepped forward and slapped hands with Shen Chen, nodding.

"Shen Chen wins!" The outer gate attendant announced loudly.

"Wow..." The outer gate disciples, including the dozen or so inner gate disciples, all wore expressions of disbelief.

A newcomer who had joined the Flowing Cloud Sect for just over a month had actually defeated Lang Zheng, one of the four tigers of the inner gate?

If it weren't for seeing it with their own eyes, no one would believe it!

Everyone's understanding of Shen Chen deepened, and they couldn't help but admire him.

The second round of the inner gate entrance examination continued, and soon everyone's attention shifted to the battles between other outer gate and inner gate disciples.

Time passed bit by bit, and the sun slowly set. In the western sky, the clouds turned a deep, blood-red under the sunset.

The Flowing Cloud Sect's inner gate entrance examination was coming to an end.

With the final announcement of the results by the outer gate attendant, the Flowing Cloud Sect's biennial inner gate entrance examination officially concluded.

Out of nearly a thousand outer gate disciples, only eighty-seven entered the second round of the examination, and only nine, including Shen Chen and Wang Yue, ultimately defeated the inner gate disciples.

"Follow me!" Lu Hao, the green-faced wolf, glanced at Shen Chen and the others with a blank expression and turned to walk out of the Purple Mist Hall.

Outside the Purple Mist Hall, a path paved with green stones wound its way up into the depths of the Cloudy Mist Mountains, leading to the Yun岚 Peak, where the inner gate of the Flowing Cloud Sect was located.

As the highest peak in the Cloudy Mist Mountains, Yun岚 Peak was often shrouded in mist, with fierce gales and frequent thunderstorms at its summit.

Because of this, Yun岚 Peak was filled with spiritual energy, making it the most abundant place for spiritual energy in the Cloudy Mist Mountains. A day of cultivation on Yun岚 Peak was equivalent to one and a half to two days of cultivation elsewhere.

Therefore, Yun岚 Peak was chosen as the location for the inner gate of the Flowing Cloud Sect!

The summit of Yun岚 Peak was hundreds of feet wide and extremely flat, with dozens of buildings built along the mountain, providing living and resting quarters for the inner gate disciples.

Unlike the crowded and cramped conditions of the outer gate disciples, who shared a single room with dozens of people, Yun岚 Peak had dozens to hundreds of rooms, enough for two to three inner gate disciples to share a room.

In the center stood a grand and luxurious hall, with a large plaque above it inscribed with the golden characters "Lecture Hall." It appeared to be where the inner gate elders gave lectures and resolved doubts.

"This is the inner gate of the Flowing Cloud Sect. You will live and cultivate here from now on. All new inner gate disciples have the opportunity to enter the library and choose cultivation techniques and martial arts. Additionally, each of you will receive ten Body Tempering Pills as a reward for this inner gate examination. I hope you can quickly improve your strength and not bring shame to the Flowing Cloud Sect." Lu Hao, the green-faced wolf, said indifferently and then turned to leave.

As Lu Hao left, the newly admitted inner gate disciples immediately became excited, looking around and whispering to each other. "Hey? There's a wall over there!" Wang Yue, who had rested for a while and taken healing pills, was now wide awake and excitedly looking around.

Hearing Wang Yue's words, the newly admitted inner gate disciples immediately looked up.

Not far from the Lecture Hall, there was a wall made of green bricks, covered with white cloth, on which many words were densely written.

"Don't you know? This is the announcement wall where the inner gate posts news, announces tasks and rewards, and displays the rankings of inner gate disciples. To quickly improve your strength after entering the inner gate, the ten Body Tempering Pills allocated by the sect are far from enough. To obtain more Body Tempering Pills and cultivation techniques, you can take on reward tasks or challenge disciples ranked higher than you to earn points. The more points you have, the more pills and techniques you can exchange for." An inner gate disciple who returned to Yun岚 Peak with Shen Chen and the others sneered.

The inner gate disciples had always looked down on the outer gate disciples. The fact that the inner gate entrance examination allowed outer gate disciples to fight inner gate disciples made them extremely angry.

However, due to the strict enforcement by the inner gate elders, the inner gate disciples did not dare to act rashly. But they showed no good face to the newly admitted Shen Chen and the others.

"So, the inner gate has so many rules! Well, as long as I continue to work hard, I won't worry about not getting more pills and techniques!" Shen Chen thought to himself.

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