Shen Taiyuan nodded at this sight. Dropping such a huge carrot in front of them should motivate them to train hard.
While he was thinking such thoughts, he saw Zhou Yuan’s still as an ancient well like face.
“This brat…”
A slight surge of annoyance rose in Shen Taiyuan’s heart. He pondered for a brief moment, before he spoke once again, “Besides cultivation methods, our Saint Genesis Peak also has numerous Genesis techniques, eight low grade Heaven tier techniques and three mid grade Heaven tier techniques.”
These words practically caused the entire hall to explode. Let alone the new disciples, even the eyes of the more senior ones began to glow with desire.
This was a Heaven tier Genesis technique. An object of desire that could turn countless experts into an unruly crowd anywhere in Cangxuan Heaven.
Zhou Yuan also felt a rush of excitement as interest flowed out in his eyes. The Cangxuan Sect was truly rich in resources. It was hard to believe that they would have so many of even Heaven tier Genesis techniques.
Shen Taiyuan finally felt a little pleased when he saw that Zhou Yuan’s coolness had been broken, and began to speak once again, “However, nothing is more famous in our Cangxuan Sect than the seven Cangxuan arts.”
A new disciple curiously asked, “The seven Cangxuan arts?”
Shen Taiyuan explained, “The seven Cangxuan arts were personally created by patriarch Cang Xuan many years ago. When combined… it is known as the Cangxuan Saint art, a true Saint tier Genesis technique.”
Hss!
Gasps filled the giant hall.
Even Zhou Yuan felt his heart beat violently in excitement, as he subconsciously wet his lips. A Saint Genesis technique… a legendary Saint Genesis technique!
It was said that every Saint Genesis technique possessed earth-shattering power, power that could basically be described as god-like.
Zhou Yuan had never heard of any information regarding a Saint Genesis technique. After all, it was just far too rare. He never imagined that he would hear of it here today...
Shen Taiyuan continued, “The Cangxuan Saint art was split into seven parts, each safeguarded by one of the seven peaks. Only the chief disciples of each peak would have the right to practice it.”
“The art of our Saint Genesis Peak is called the Omega Saint Spirit art, and is a high grade Heaven Genesis technique.”
Numerous disciples clicked their tongues in wonder. To think that it would still be able to reach the high grade Heaven tier even after being split into seven. From this, one could see just how frightening it was.
Shen Taiyuan grinned in a pleased manner inside when he saw the faint look of desire on Zhou Yuan’s face. Brat, this old man refuses to believe that I can’t tempt your heart.
“Teacher Shen, how do we gather the seven arts?” Zhou Yuan could not help but ask, a fire burning in his eyes. High grade Heaven tier was indeed already crazy amazing, but he still wondered how to accumulate all seven arts.
Shen Taiyuan hesitated for a moment, before he explained, “Like I said earlier, each of the seven peaks have one art, and according to the rules of the sect, anyone who wishes to gather all seven will have to initiate the ‘Chosens challenge’...”
“Chosens challenge?” Zhou Yuan was taken aback.
“Only the chief disciples of the various peaks have the qualifications to initiate the Chosens challenge. Simply put, it is to challenge the chief disciples of another peak. If one managed to clinch victory, one would be able to take the art from the loser’s peak and practice it.”
“However, the Chosens challenge is very unfavorable to the challenger, because the other party would have the home ground advantage. The challenged only needs to defend his or her own peak while receiving Genesis Qi from the peak that will dramatically raise one’s power.”
Shen Taiyuan slowly said, “To obtain victory, the challenger’s strength would need to surpass the chief disciple of the other peaks by a substantial amount.”
Amazement was revealed on Zhou Yuan’s face. So this was the Chosens challenge. It really did make one’s blood boil with excitement. The Cangxuan Sect really know how to make their rules.
Shen Taiyuan continued, “Currently, the disciple who has initiated the most challenges is the head of the ten great Chosens, Chu Qing. He has initiated five Chosens challenges, and succeeded in four of them. In other words, he has already gathered five of the seven Cangxuan arts, and is said to be the strongest Chosen even amongst all the generations.”
Zhou Yuan’s eyes widened. To think that Chu Qing was so powerful. He had managed to take five of the seven Cangxuan arts!
If he managed to win two more, wouldn’t he have gathered all seven arts and combine them into the Saint tier technique?!
“Just behind Chu Qing is the Sword Cometh Peak’s Kong Sheng. He has initiated three Chosens challenges and has succeeded in all of them. He now has four of the seven Cangxuan arts.”
“The Snow Lotus Peak’s Li Qingchan has also initiated three challenges, and like Kong Sheng has obtained four arts.”
“The other Chosens… have each initiated one Chosens challenge.”
At this point, Zhou Yuan suddenly discovered that Shen Taiyuan’s expression had turned a little unnatural. The former’s heart jumped in his chest, as he could not help but ask, “Which of the peaks did all the ten Chosens challenge?”
Shen Taiyuan’s face seemed to gradually turn black with anger, before he suddenly began to curse in a muffled voice, “The little bastards, all of them only know how to bully a soft persimmon. All ten of them have challenged our Saint Genesis Peak, and every single one has succeeded!”
Zhou Yuan was stupefied, nearly choking to death in amazement. Didn’t this mean that the Omega Saint Spirit art of their Saint Genesis Peak was already in the hands of every single one of the ten great Chosens?!
The corners of his lips twitched as he gazed at the black-faced Shen Taiyuan.
God damnit, it was suppose to be the best technique of Saint Genesis Peak, but it turns out that all ten of the Chosens each had a copy! What the heck was this? Bulk distribution?!
He finally began to understand just how pathetic Saint Genesis Peak was in the Cangxuan Sect...
Chapter 292 Alpha-Origin Wall
By the time Shen Taiyuan was finished, the atmosphere in the hall had undoubtedly turned somewhat awkward. Numerous new disciples looked at each other, while the senior disciples’ expression appeared quite unnatural.
This matter was quite humiliating after all.
The ultimate technique that only the chief disciple of each peak should have, was now something that basically all ten of the Chosens also possessed...
However, no matter how embarrassed they felt inside, they were pretty much helpless with regards to this situation. After all, the past few chief disciples of Saint Genesis Peak were indeed lacking compared to the other six peaks. If not, their Saint Genesis Peak would not be incapable of occupying even a single spot in the ten great Chosens.
Although they had yet to select their chief disciples for this generation...
There was a joke many disciples shared in the inner mountains of the Cangxuan Sect. In every generation, if a new individual were to replace one of the ten great Chosens, the first thing he needed to do was to head towards Saint Genesis Peak and easily sweep away its chief disciple, and effortlessly bring back the Omega Saint Spirit art.
From a joke like this, one could see just how pathetic Saint Genesis Peak was.
At the highest location in the hall, Shen Taiyuan’s expression fluctuated for some time, before gradually returning to calmness. Although it was humiliating, he was already numb to it after so many years.
However, Shen Taiyuan still strongly desired to change this situation. After all, he did feel that he had nothing to be proud of when he met the other elders in the Cangxuan Sect.
Hence why he currently valued Zhou Yuan so much.
It had not been easy for
a champion of the peak selection ceremony to come to their Saint Genesis Peak. Although Shen Taiyuan did not truly expect Zhou Yuan to be as outrageously amazing as Chu Qing, at the very least, the former hoped that he would be able to properly defend their Saint Genesis Peak’s Omega Saint Spirit art, and not allow the other Chosens to take it away so easily...
Shen Taiyuan took a deep look at Zhou Yuan, the meaning in his eyes extremely clear.
Kid, I have very high hopes for you.
As the receiver of Shen Taiyuan’s gaze, the corners of Zhou Yuan’s eyes twitched involuntarily. I only came to Saint Genesis Peak because patriarch Cang Xuan sealed the second Saint Rune here, could you not put so much pressure on me.
However, even if he did not say anything, he was indeed somewhat interested in the Omega Saint Spirit art.
A high grade Heaven Genesis technique was top tier even in the entire Cang Xuan Heaven, and he naturally desired to learn it.
Of course, there was also a tiny sliver of ambition in depths of his heart. He was very curious to find out what kind of power the Saint Genesis technique that resulted from combining the seven arts would be.
But of course, gathering the seven arts would be an exceedingly difficult task.
Didn’t he hear that even the head of the ten great Chosens, Chu Qing, only managed to assemble five of the arts even till now? If he was not wrong, the remaining two likely belonged to the Snow Lotus Peak and the Sword Cometh Peak.
The two peaks whose chief disciples were the second ranked Kong Sheng and third ranked Li Qingchan.
These two definitely possessed extraordinary strength, and though there may be a slight gap between them and Chu Qing, as the ones who were being challenged, they had the homeground advantage and could receive Genesis Qi from their peaks. This factor was evidently enough to make up for the slight gap between them.
Therefore, Chu Qing’s only failure should have been at the hands of Kong Sheng or Li Qingchan.
The fire of ambition slowly began to rise in Zhou Yuan’s eyes, before gradually fading away. Gathering all seven arts was still very far away, and what he needed to do now was to ground himself and take things one step at a time.
“Alright, we’ll keep this discussion for another day. Let’s begin today’s morning class.”
Shen Taiyuans’ gaze swept across the hall, suppressing the noise, before looking towards the new disciples. “Those that have recently joined us should make good use of every morning class. This training session will be very beneficial for all of you.”
The moment the last word left his mouth, boundless Genesis Qi began to sweep out of Shen Taiyuan’s body.
At this moment, Zhou Yuan and the rest discovered rays of light emerging from the old mats under them that rose up to envelope their bodies.
“This is…” Zhou Yuan could sense a peculiar power inside the light. There was only a tiny bit of it, and it seemed very similar to Spirit power.
The numerous new disciples curiously observed this scene.
The more senior disciples to the front had already closed their eyes, the Spirits between their brows beginning to flicker. They directly entered into a state of cultivation, heading towards the Alpha-Origin Heaven to transport Alpha-Origin Qi back.
“Everyone’s Spirits have been boosted…” Zhou Yuan remarked in amazement inside. While the senior disciples were rousing their Spirits, he had felt their Spirits being strengthened.
Zhou Yuan seemed to fall into thought for a brief moment. Soon after, he ceased hesitation and also closed his eyes as the Spirit between his brows fiercely shuddered.
His Spirit left his body, rising into the air. In an instant, it had stepped into the wondrous Alpha-Origin Heaven.
The Alpha-Origin Heaven was filled with world essence like Alpha-Origin Qi. However, astral winds were also present that tore at his Spirit.
Zhou Yuan’s Spirit stood in the air and raised its hands slightly. He saw a faint barrier of light around his Spirit that not only strengthened it, but also helped to defend against the astral winds in the Alpha-Origin Heaven.
“So the Alpha-Origin Cliff and mat are both Genesis treasures that can amplify the power of one’s Spirit while also increasing its defences. This will allow us to stay longer in the Alpha-Origin Heaven and thus bring back even more Alpha-Origin Qi.”
Zhou Yuan was struck by a flash of understanding, which was quickly followed by a surge of happiness. So these were the benefits of the tridaily morning class. With them, he would be able to bring back much more Alpha-Origin Qi.
With such thoughts in mind, he delayed no further. With a thought, Spirit Power abruptly swept outwards, transforming into large hands that began to scoop up the surrounding Alpha-Origin Qi.
Bzz!
The strengthening of his Spirit greatly increased Zhou Yuan’s effectiveness. Strand after strand of Alpha-Origin Qi was rapidly gathered, joining the steadily growing stream around his Spirit that gradually turned into a storm.
This speed made Zhou Yuan refreshed.
“I wonder how many breaths the Alpha-Origin Qi I bring back will last this time?”
In the outer mountains, the Alpha-Origin Qi Zhou Yuan brought back for the first time had lasted over 2300 breaths. As he grew more and more proficient, each trip now lasted about 3000 breaths.
Zhou Yuan was itching to find out how many breaths the Alpha-Origin Qi brought back by his strengthened Spirit would be this time.
…
The hall was peacefully silent.
Numerous disciples had their eyes shut as they cultivated, the Spirit between their brows flickering, a sign that they were collecting Alpha-Origin Qi in the Alpha-Origin Heaven.
Shen Taiyuan watched them from above, his gaze ultimately stopping on Zhou Yuan’s figure as his eyes seemed to glimmer.
“I wonder how much Alpha-Origin Qi this little fellow will bring back with the boosts from the Alpha-Origin Cliff and Timeless Mat.”
The more Alpha-Origin Qi one brought back, the faster one’s progress in the Alpha-Origin stage. This was also considered part of one’s potential, which was why Shen Taiyuan could use this chance to probe Zhou Yuan.
Although he would not be able to make a complete judgement based on this, he would at least have a peak at Zhou Yuan’s potential.
Shen Taiyuan looked towards the glossy walls of the hall where faint glows were emerging. If one took a closer look, one would see names appearing one after another.
This was called the Alpha-Origin wall, and recorded the amount of Alpha-Origin Qi every successive generation of Saint Genesis Peak disciples managed to bring back on their first time using the Alpha-Origin Cliff and Timeless Mat.
In Shen Taiyuan’s memory, numerous astounding disciples had emerged from Saint Genesis Peak in its golden age, and the top ten disciples on the wall had brought back Alpha-Origin Qi that lasted over 6000 breaths...
However, Saint Genesis Peak had gradually fell into decline later on, and not a single disciple had been able to enter the ranks of the top ten for many years… a situation that was rather awkward indeed.
Shen Taiyuan sighed in his heart, before focusing on Zhou Yuan as he mumbled to himself,
“Zhou Yuan, show me how capable the latest champion of the peak selection ceremony is…”
Chapter 293 All Time Number One
Woosh woosh!
Strand after strand of Alpha-Origin Qi drifted in the primal chaos like domain, giving off a mysterious and profound aura.
One would see countless streams of Alpha-Origin Qi flowing towards a certain location, ultimately joining the enormous tornado there which was made entirely from Alpha-Origin Qi.
Zhou Yuan’s Spirit stood at the eye of the tornado, moving constantly to seek out more Alpha-Origin Qi.
There were nine levels in the Alpha-Origin Heaven, and as a second layer Alpha-Origin stage practitioner, Zhou Yuan was currently in the second level. The Alpha-Origin Qi here was clearly more concentrated than the first.
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nbsp; Hence, Zhou Yuan could collect even more Alpha-Origin Qi than before.
“The Alpha-Origin Cliff and Timeless Mat are amazing. I almost can’t believe the huge boost they have provided to my Spirit.” While Zhou Yuan was gathering Alpha-Origin Qi, he was also keeping track of his Spirit’s energy levels. If it were the past, he would have been fast approaching his limit by this time, but he currently felt as if he had plenty of energy left to spare.
This was clearly the handiwork of the Alpha-Origin Cliff and Timeless Mat.
He sighed, as expected of the Cangxuan Sect. They were truly rich with abundant resources, and could even provided special cultivation treasures to aid their numerous disciples. If it was the Cangmang Continent, the powerful and empires and great clans would surely hide away such treasures.
“The first time I brought back Alpha-Origin Qi, it lasted for over 2000 breaths, and as I gradually grew more practiced, I managed to achieve 3000 breaths.”
“But this was before my Spirit reached the Corporeal stage. After my Spirit cultivation breakthrough, I am able to bring back 4000 breaths of Alpha-Origin Qi.”
“With the Alpha-Origin Cliff and Timeless Mat, I may be able to touch the 5000 breath mark!”
Joy began to flood Zhou Yuan’s heart. He knew that bringing back more Alpha-Origin Qi only grew increasingly difficult. Though every additional breath of Alpha-Origin Qi one brought back would be more concentrated, it would also be more taxing on one’s Spirit.
To raise Zhou Yuan’s limit by a whole 1000 breaths was proof of how incredible the two treasures were.
Zhou Yuan’s cultivation progress would undoubtedly increase with this.
With happiness bubbling in his heart, Zhou Yuan’s Spirit power continued to spread, swiftly sucking over strand after strand of Alpha-Origin Qi.
A long time passed in this manner.
At a certain point in time, Zhou Yuan finally felt a trace of exhaustion spread from the depths of his Spirit due to using too much Spirit power. He had evidently reached his limit.
By this time, the hurricane of Alpha-Origin Qi rapidly flowing around Zhou Yuan’s Spirit had grown much thicker than before.
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