The sword style did not change, but its power had increased a lot.
Even the Sect Master of the Fiery Sect, Wan Zongsheng, thought the same. He did not understand how an ordinary sword style could be so powerful.
Even the Sect Master thought the same.
As a disciple, Wu Heng, who was only an outer disciple, was even more unbearable. On the surface, the strength of the two was very close. The power of the sword style that Xiao Yunyun used had unexpectedly increased greatly, catching Wu Heng off guard. It was impossible to guard against it, so the outcome would inevitably be unexpected.
When Wu Heng realized that things were not going well, he had two choices. One was to continue to attack desperately to defend himself, and the other was to take advantage of the momentum to retreat.
If he chose the former, Wu Heng was not confident that he could block Xiao Yunyun's attack, and he would be injured.
If he chose the latter, he would fall out of the arena and lose the chance to compete for first place.
Wu Heng could be considered to be decisive. After pondering for a moment, he floated backwards before his attack was over. He landed outside the arena in a somewhat miserable state. He glanced at Xiao Yunyun, before pushing through the crowd and leaving.
The competition continued with continuous advancement and elimination.
In the end, Xiao Yunyun won the competition and was personally rewarded by the Sect Master of the Fiery Sect, Wan Zongsheng. He was destined to be heavily groomed by the Sect's higher-ups in the future.
After Lin Tian obtained the qualification of a core disciple, he deliberately lost and returned to his residence to cultivate day and night.
After becoming a core disciple, his treatment improved a lot in all aspects.
First of all, the core disciples had their own independent courtyard, which was located in the Fiery Sect where the Vital Energy of Heaven and Earth was the densest. It was very helpful to improve one's realm and strength.
Of course, in terms of elixirs, martial arts, mental cultivation methods, and skills, they were not something that the ordinary inner disciples could compare with.
A hundred years later.
Xiao Yunyun's realm had reached the Half-step Saint Realm.
The so-called Half-step Saint Realm started from the Immortal Realm to the Saint Realm.
There were several crucial checkpoints on the road of cultivation for a cultivator. Only by crossing each checkpoint could one make a breakthrough.
The Immortal Realm to the Saint Realm was a checkpoint that a cultivator had to cross.
After breaking through this checkpoint, one could even peek into the Saint Realm and the Tao Realm.
If one could not, then there was no need to talk about a higher realm.
Many people spent their whole life and still could not break through this checkpoint, and they regretted it for the rest of their lives.
There were two reasons why cultivators could make breakthroughs. First, it was because their realm was close, and second, it was because of luck.
Just like playing football, many people could bring the football to the front of the goal, but the final kick was always lacking.
Xiao Yunyun was currently in such a state.
Her current strength was already at the peak of the ninth level of the Immortal Realm, and she also had some epiphanies about the Saint Realm. She was in a state where one foot was in the goal and the other foot was outside the goal. This state was called the Half-Saint Realm.
A few hundred years later, the Fiery Flame Sect would welcome a grand event that only happened once every ten thousand years.
The grand event was called the Hundred Sect Gathering.
As the name implied, this grand meeting was a competition between hundreds of sects. Those who participated in the competition were the genius disciples of each sect. The final ranking would determine the territory and resource distribution of each sect for the next ten thousand years. Therefore, each sect attached great importance to this event and did not spare any resources to nurture the talented disciples in their sect.
These hundred sects were all human-ranked sects. As for those below them, they did not have the right to participate at all. Unless a Dao Realm expert appeared in the sect and was promoted to a human-ranked sect, he would be able to challenge any of the top hundred sects. If he succeeded, he would be able to enter the top hundred.
The host of the Hundred Sect Gathering was an Earth-ranked sect. It was the only Earth-ranked sect within tens of thousands of miles, including the Fiery Flame Sect. It ruled over tens of thousands of sects in the region.
This Earth-ranked sect was called the Heaven Star Sect. There were countless experts in the sect, and there were a total of dozens of Half-Step Chaotic Realm experts. The strongest one was at the Ancestor Realm, and it was undoubtedly the overlord of the Heaven Star Region.
On this day, Xiao Yunyun was awakened from her cultivation. She was told that the Sect Master, Wan Zongsheng, had invited her.
Xiao Yunyun followed the disciple to the meeting hall of the Fiery Flame Sect.
At that moment, Wan Zongsheng was sitting in the hall with the higher-ups of the Fiery Flame Sect and dozens of core disciples.
Wan Zongsheng sat on the main seat and looked at the disciples with strong aura. He nodded secretly. In the future, these disciples would be the cornerstone of the Fiery Flame Sect's development.
However, when he thought about the upcoming Hundred Sect Gathering, Wan Zongsheng could not help but sigh.
The disciples who were gathered here were not weak. However, compared to the others in the sect, they were much weaker compared to the disciples who were participating in the Hundred Sect Gathering.
According to the news, many of the young disciples of the sect had broken through to the Saint Realm. However, the strongest core disciple of the Fiery Flame Sect was only at Half-Step Saint Realm. Although it was only a difference of one word, the difference in strength could be described as a world of difference.
That was the truth. Time was tight. The Hundred Sect Gathering would be held in a month's time. Now, they could only hope that the Half-Step Saint Realm disciples could break through. Only then would there be hope.
As it concerned the resources of the sect for the next ten thousand years, Wan Zongsheng and the higher-ups of the Fiery Flame Sect had to be cautious. They could not help but feel anxious.
"In a month's time, it will be the Hundred Sect Gathering that is held once every ten thousand years. The ranking obtained will affect the speed of the Fiery Flame Sect's development in the future. Therefore, I hope that all the disciples will bring out 100% of their potential in the Great Gathering to obtain a better ranking for the sect. In this Great Gathering, if a disciple can obtain a top ten ranking, the sect will accept him as the chief disciple of the sect."
Wan Zongsheng said slowly. Although he knew that the strength of his disciples was lacking compared to the other sects, he still threw out a good ranking to become the chief disciple of the Fiery Flame Sect.
As soon as Wan Zongsheng finished speaking, the dozens of core disciples standing in the main hall exclaimed in surprise. Their eyes became burning hot. They could not wait to immediately start the Hundred Sect Gathering and obtain a good ranking to become the chief disciple.
The chief disciple was the dream of hundreds of thousands of disciples in the Fiery Flame Sect. It was the throne that they wanted to sit on even in their dreams.
Because the chief disciple was like the crown prince in the future. In the future, he would definitely become the master of the sect. He would be high and mighty.
With such a position, who would not be jealous and excited?
Wan Zongsheng said some encouraging words and asked the disciples to disperse. Only Xiao Yunyun was left.
When the others saw this, although they were jealous, they were powerless to compete.
Because there were many core disciples in the Fiery Flame Sect, only one person had reached the Half-Step Saint Realm. That person was Xiao Yunyun.
Of course, Lin Tian, who had always kept a low profile, was an exception.
Speaking of which, after he became a core disciple, his cultivation level was the lowest. On the surface, it looked like his cultivation level had only increased by two small levels in a thousand years. He was far behind the others.
As for the reason, only the person involved knew.
Besides, Xiao Yunyun also knew the reason.
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