Martial Arts Mountain, a record of a hundred thousand consecutive victories.
This is a record never seen before at Martial Arts Mountain.
There have been successive victors at Martial Arts Mountain, and not just one, but none have challenged for a hundred thousand.
Most choose to challenge across ranks.
It is precisely for this reason that when Martial Arts Mountain announced that Disciple Lin Chen of Canglan Sect was starting a hundred thousand consecutive victories, all disciples under twenty from the super sects of Flame Dynasty were in an uproar.
Star Luo Sect.
"A hundred thousand consecutive victories have never been achieved at Martial Arts Mountain. If Lin Chen accomplishes this, we will all be overshadowed by his brilliance."
"In the future, when people mention Lin Chen, our generation will become the object of ridicule."
Being under twenty, walking in Flame Dynasty in the future, we will inevitably be compared, and as geniuses, no one wants to be a backdrop for others.
"In three days, the challenge for a hundred thousand consecutive victories starts. We must snipe Lin Chen down."
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Celestial Yang Hall.
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Hidden Blade Peak.
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Such dialogues were happening within various super sects.
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Guixu Sword Tomb.
A young man sat on a domed peak, beside him was a lonely peak, the entire lonely peak like a sword drawn, sharp and fierce.
"Junior Brother Pei, I’ve heard about Lin Chen. Are you from the same place?"
A figure landed on the domed peak. Pei Qingming looked at the youth before him, frowning slightly but nodded, "That’s right."
Five days ago.
Pei Qingming finally reached the Guixu Sword Tomb and relied on his Sword Path Will to become a Sword Tomb Disciple.
But due to his age, even with flawless Sword Path Will, he was just an ordinary Inner Sect Disciple of the Sword Tomb, while the person in front of him was a Direct Disciple of the Sect Elders.
Guixu Sword Tomb does not rank seniority by age, nor by the time of joining the sect, only by strength.
Upon entering the Guixu Sword Tomb, Pei Qingming revealed his origins, and because of his flawless Sword Path Will, the Sect Elders also inquired whether his island still had others with Sword Path Will, including other talents.
Faced with the Sect Elders’ inquiry, Pei Qingming did not know if there were still talents who understood Sword Path Will among the Nine Kingdoms, but regarding genius disciples, he naturally mentioned Junior Brother Lin Chen.
But what did this Senior Brother mean by bringing up Junior Brother Lin?
On his journey to Guixu Sword Tomb, Pei Qingming gained an understanding of the Flame Dynasty’s territory; the Guixu Sword Domain and Canglan Domain are separated by three domains, why would this Senior Brother suddenly ask about Junior Brother Lin?
"Lin Chen has secured over ninety-nine thousand nine hundred victories at Martial Arts Mountain and is currently embarking on the challenge for a hundred thousand consecutive victories. All super sects of the Flame Dynasty, Innate Martial Artists under twenty, will be obstructing Lin Chen."
Upon hearing this, Pei Qingming was enlightened, but then a smile appeared on his face.
As expected of Junior Brother Lin, even upon reaching the Flame Dynasty, he can still stir up a storm.
Pei Qingming knew that the Flame Dynasty also had Martial Arts Mountain, but due to his age, he could no longer enter Martial Arts Mountain. Yet this did not prevent him from recognizing that within the top hundred at Martial Arts Mountain were geniuses from various sects, maintaining such a record of victories for Junior Brother Lin, the difficulty is imaginable.
Stepping back, even without knowing Martial Arts Mountain, the fact that this Senior Brother came personally to find him says it all.
"If someone achieves ten thousand consecutive victories, it would be a disgrace to the geniuses of the same generation at Martial Arts Mountain. However, our Guixu Sword Tomb does not care about these meaningless titles, and seldom are our Sword Tomb Disciples present at Martial Arts Mountain."
The youth spoke calmly, and Pei Qingming found himself not quite understanding his meaning.
"But no one wishes to become someone else’s backdrop. If Junior Brother Pei, you have a good relationship with Lin Chen, I can forgo the obstruction this time, as a gesture to you."
Pei Qingming looked at the Senior Brother Zhao before him, only nineteen and a half years old, and had stepped into Innate two years back.
He understood now what Senior Brother Zhao meant.
Yet, after pondering for a moment, Pei Qingming shook his head and said, "No need for favors, Senior Brother Zhao."
"Why, do you think Lin Chen’s strength surpasses mine?"
Zhao Feng frowned upon hearing Pei Qingming’s response, his expression turning cold.
He was willing to offer Pei Qingming this favor because despite Pei Qingming’s older age, he had comprehended flawless Sword Path Will and shared the same mentor with Zhao, besides Guixu Sword Tomb disciples inherently did not care about Martial Arts Mountain rankings. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have yet been ranked there himself.
Out of camaraderie, he could grant Pei Qingming a favor, and not obstruct his fellow man.
"Senior Brother Zhao misunderstood."
Pei Qingming explained with a shake of his head, "It’s just that I understand Lin Chen. He intends to secure consecutive victories at Martial Arts Mountain, to challenge and clash with all geniuses under twenty across the Flame Dynasty."
"Well, then I’ll go and see just what strength your fellow countryman possesses."
Zhao Feng stormed off, face darkened, yet Pei Qingming chuckled, filled with confidence in Junior Brother Lin.
Starting from Liang Jiangnan Dao, Junior Brother Lin constantly created miracles, and this time would be no exception.
Perhaps, I should accelerate my cultivation to keep from falling too far behind when we meet again.
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At that moment, Lin Chen, whom Pei Qingming was thinking about, listened to his master’s words, amazement apparent on his face.
The challenge for ten thousand consecutive victories—Martial Arts Mountain actually notified all sects.
However, this merely leaves me without a way back; had there been no notification, upon succeeding in the challenge, the major sects would still have found out, but now, in full view, a failed challenge would invite quite the ridicule from many people.