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After the battle with Zhao Guangyuan, Chen Zong knew how strong he was. Since Ye Daolin had spoken, he had to show some respect. After all, they were not enemies. They were all talents of the Taoist Alliance, and they were all humans by blood.
In that case, there was no need to fight to the point where they would become enemies.
Therefore, Chen Zong showed respect to Ye Daolin and Zhao Guangyuan. He took the initiative to stop the battle. Zhao Guangyuan seemed to have been given a way out. Of course, he would not insist on continuing the battle.
"You're quite strong," Zhao Guangyuan said, which was rare for him.
"I'm still not as good as you." Chen Zong smiled. He was not belittling himself. If he continued the battle, there was a high possibility that he would be defeated in the end.
After all, there was still a gap between his cultivation and Zhao Guangyuan's understanding of the Great Way. There was also a gap in Ao Wu.
Under Ye Daolin's invitation, everyone left the Deathmatch Ring and went to the Daolin Palace at the Daolin Peak to taste the tea made by Ye Daolin.
Chen Zong liked wine, but he was not interested in tea. However, he had to admit that Ye Daolin was very good at making tea. His every move was natural and natural, and contained a kind of charm of Dao. This made Chen Zong secretly surprised. Ye Daolin seemed to have turned tea making into a way to understand Dao.
This seemed to give Chen Zong some inspiration.
Another thing worth mentioning was that the tea looked, smelled, and tasted good. When the tea entered his mouth, Chen Zong felt refreshed and clear-headed. Waves of warmth spread all over his body.
"Good tea," Chen Zong said with a smile.
"Daolin's tea is a masterpiece," Zhao Guangyuan said with a smile. He raised his cup to Chen Zong with tea instead of wine.
Not long ago, Zhao Guangyuan had challenged Chen Zong to a fight in anger. But now, he was getting along well with Zhao Guangyuan. Chen Zong certainly wouldn't refuse Zhao Guangyuan's kindness. At the same time, he also admired Zhao Guangyuan a little. It was enough to show that Zhao Guangyuan was not narrow-minded.
Of course, it was also possible that Zhao Guangyuan was too shrewd and scheming, and he was deliberately lulling Chen Zong. However, this possibility was very low. At least, Chen Zong didn't feel any malice. No matter how he looked at it, Zhao Guangyuan didn't seem like a shrewd and scheming person.
If that was really the case, then he could only admire Ye Xiwen even more. After all, Ye Xiwen's scheming was so deep that he couldn't sense it at all. It was simply terrifying to the extreme.
The Minor Dao Repository was about to be opened, but it hadn't been opened yet. The five of them were all geniuses of the Dao Alliance, so it wasn't impossible for them to become friends.
After interacting with Ye Daolin for a while, Ye Daolin's temperament was gentle. His every action and every word had a natural feeling. When interacting with him, people would feel comfortable.
Tang Yuxuan, on the other hand, was a clever person. She gave people the impression that she was considerate and easy to get along with.
As for Wang Zhan, Chen Zong felt that he was a careless person. His thoughts were more straightforward and simple, and the way to deal with problems when he encountered them was to just push through them.
Zhao Guangyuan, on the other hand, was either extremely shrewd to the point that no one could see through him, or he was a genuine person. His emotions were easily revealed and could be seen by others.
All in all, Chen Zong felt that the four of them were not bad. He could get to know them and become friends. As for whether he could really get to know them, that was hard to say. People's hearts were unpredictable. In the face of benefits, even blood brothers could turn against each other.
However, Chen Zong wouldn't crave for anything else. Everything would develop naturally.
Including Chen Zong, the Dao Alliance had a total of eleven geniuses on the Heavenly General Ranking.
Ye Daolin's Dao Advent Palace had five of these geniuses, accounting for less than half of the total number.
The one with the highest ranking was Ye Daolin. He was ranked one hundred and twenty-third. His strength was naturally extremely powerful.
However, in the Dao Alliance's Divine Manifestation Realm, Ye Daolin wasn't the strongest. The strongest person was called Gu Rui. According to their words, Gu Rui was a cultivation maniac. He was a man of few words, but his strength was extremely terrifying. Not only was he the Dao Alliance's number one Divine Manifestation Realm expert, but he was also ranked in the top hundred of the Heavenly General Ranking at thirty-second.
This made Chen Zong extremely shocked.
There were nine hundred and ninety-nine people on the Heavenly General Ranking. As a human, Gu Rui was ranked thirty-second. He directly surpassed many Origin Clan members. It was truly astonishing.
As for Tang Yuxuan and Wang Zhan, they were ranked in the four hundredth and five hundredth respectively.
Basically, the top ten prodigies of the Dao Alliance before Chen Zong were ranked from the hundredth to the hundredth, then the hundredth, then the hundredth, then the hundredth, then the hundredth, and so on.
Chen Zong also found out that Mo Wuyi, the monster who had obtained eleventh place in the Nine Heavens Imperial Court's disciple assembly ten thousand years ago, had reached the shocking fourth place on the Heavenly General Ranking back then.
"Fourth place!" Chen Zong was extremely shocked.
He didn't know before the challenge, but after the challenge, he understood how difficult it was to be ranked in the Heavenly General Ranking. Perhaps the difference in strength between a few ranks wouldn't be very big, but when it came to one hundred ranks, the difference would be astonishing.
In fact, within the top 100, there were many levels. The top 10 was an astonishing level.
In short, Chen Zong couldn't imagine how strong the fourth place on the Heavenly General Ranking was. The difference was too great.
However, if Mo Wuyi could reach that level, so could he.
After a round of exchanges with the crowd, Chen Zong and Ye Daolin had a sword duel.
Ye Daolin's swordsmanship had surprised Chen Zong as well. It had even inspired him. Ye Daolin's swordsmanship seemed to be completely natural. It was in harmony with nature, and it was extremely compatible with the laws he had comprehended. Every single strike seemed to be otherworldly. It flowed smoothly and continuously, as if there were no flaws at all.
However, in terms of sword duel, Chen Zong wasn't inferior to Ye Daolin at all. He even gradually gained the upper hand in the duel.
Learn!
Improve!
This was the result of the combination of Chen Zong's extraordinary comprehension and the Heart Sutra.
In the end, there was no clear winner or loser in this duel. This was because Chen Zong couldn't defeat Ye Daolin with just his sword duel.
However, both of them had gained a lot. In addition to the exchanges between the crowd and the analysis of Ao Wu, Chen Zong was suddenly inspired. He felt that he might be able to improve his self-created Ao Wu techniques in a short period of time. He might even be able to reach the sixth level of Ao Wu.
Once his self-created Ao Wu techniques reached the sixth level, his strength would become even stronger.
Unfortunately, the Small Daoist Treasury was about to open. Chen Zong couldn't continue his closed-door training. He could only wait until the Small Daoist Treasury opened.
He was conserving his energy and waiting for the Small Daoist Treasury to open.
The Small Daoist Treasury opened once every hundred years. Every time it opened, ten people would be selected to enter. However, if one had already entered once, they wouldn't be able to enter a second time. This was also the Dao Alliance's training mechanism.
Otherwise, if everyone entered repeatedly, the other prodigies wouldn't have the chance to be trained.
Of course.
However, if one was extremely outstanding, they might be able to get an extra chance to enter the Small Daoist Treasury.
For example, Gu Rui and Ye Daolin had already entered the Small Daoist Treasury once. According to Ye Daolin, he had gained a lot from the Small Daoist Treasury.
This was because before entering the Small Daoist Treasury, his ranking on the Heavenly General Ranking was outside the top five hundred. After entering the Small Daoist Treasury, he had gained a lot and his strength had increased greatly. Following that, his strength had continued to increase over the past hundred years. However, he had stopped at the hundredth place. It was difficult for him to increase his strength any further.
Because of his talent, the Dao Alliance had made an exception and given him a second chance. They hoped that after entering the Small Daoist Treasury, he would be able to increase his strength again and charge into the top hundred of the Heavenly General Ranking. That would be of great benefit to Ye Daolin. It would also be an opportunity for the Dao Alliance to strengthen their reputation.
As for Gu Rui, they had made an exception and given him another chance. Of course, they also hoped that he would be able to increase his strength and increase his ranking on the Heavenly General Ranking.
They waited and waited. Soon, ten days had passed.
On this day, the Small Daoist Treasury would open.
The entrance to the Small Daoist Treasury was within the Dao Alliance's headquarters. It was surrounded by layers of protective formations.
There were also experts guarding it. The defensive power was extremely shocking. Even fifth level experts couldn't break in.
Of course, sixth level experts wouldn't force their way in. This was because entering the Small Daoist Treasury was useless to them. In fact, fourth level experts wouldn't even benefit from entering the Small Daoist Treasury.
A closed ancient bronze door emitted an endless ancient aura. It didn't seem to belong to this era. It was unknown how many years of history it had.
The ancient bronze door was about ten meters tall and six meters wide. It was covered with mysterious and complicated patterns. It seemed to have the sun, moon, stars, vegetation, forests, and tens of thousands of beasts. As a whole, it emitted an aura of the Great Dao. It was incomparably mysterious and boundless.
Ten people stood in front of the ancient bronze door, waiting for it to open.
These ten people were the Dao Alliance's geniuses who had been chosen to enter the Small Daoist Treasury.
Ye Daolin, Tang Yuxuan, Wang Zhan, and Chen Zong were among them. In addition, Chen Zong also saw Gu Rui.
Gu Rui's figure was tall and sturdy. He was dressed in battle armor. His face was simple and resolute. His eyes seemed to contain an astonishing domineering aura. His ten fingers were slender and strong. They were suffused with a bronze luster, as if they could crush everything. It was extremely terrifying. It felt as if he could shatter a mountain with a punch and suppress the four seas with a palm.
Chen Zong couldn't help but take a few more glances. After all, Gu Rui's ranking on the Heavenly General Ranking was as high as thirty-second. It was very shocking. However, he didn't know what level his strength had reached.
Chen Zong also glanced at the other five. Among the ten people, there were a total of three women. One was Tang Yuxuan, a person with a clever mind. One was called Fu Yingmang, who had an extremely sharp aura. Her eyes were also extremely sharp. The last one was called Chen Suqing, who had an extremely peaceful aura. She always had a faint and amiable smile on her face.
As for the other three men, they were called Chou He, Ning Yue, and Jiang Wanliu. The three of them were ranked higher than Zhao Guangyuan and Chen Suqing on the Heavenly General Ranking. Moreover, their auras were different and each had their own unique characteristics.
Geniuses!
They were the Dao Alliance's geniuses. The top geniuses.
While Chen Zong was sizing them up, they were also sizing up Chen Zong. After all, they already knew what had happened before. Naturally, they were quite curious about Chen Zong.
However, the Small Daoist Treasury was about to open. Everyone's attention was still on it.
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