"Competition."
"Yes, it's competition. It's very intense. In the entire Honorary Disciple Area, all the disciples have their eyes on the Body Tempering Pool. However, because the maintenance of the Body Tempering Pool requires a large amount of spirit stones, the Sect set it up that it can only hold five people at a time. In other words, as long as these five people stay in the Body Tempering Pool, the others will not be able to enter." The Soaring Dragon Marquis said.
Fang Chen nodded. For such a large Sect, the amount of spirit stones spent every day must be a shocking number. Therefore, it was understandable for them to make such a decision.
After all, this was the Honorary Disciple Area. Being able to build a Body Tempering Pool was already considered pretty good.
"In the past, in front of the Body Tempering Pool, the disciples would often fight with each other. It was extremely chaotic. However, later on, the disciples reached a unanimous decision. That is, the time in the Body Tempering Pool will be allocated according to strength." The Soaring Dragon Marquis continued.
In the Honorary Disciple Area, there were a total of fifty Honorary Disciples. They were ranked according to strength. The higher the ranking, the longer the time in the Body Tempering Pool.
Up until now, the Soaring Dragon Martial Marquis was already ranked second among the Honorary Disciples. The first was a warrior at the peak of the Condensing Reality Realm. He and the Soaring Dragon Martial Marquis were the two warriors with the highest hopes of becoming an official disciple.
After understanding the Body Tempering Pool, the Soaring Dragon Marquis continued to talk about the other training ground.
"What is the other training ground?" Fang Chen asked.
"The other training ground is also tailor-made by the Sect for us Honorary Disciples. It's called the Sea of Souls." The Soaring Dragon Marquis laughed.
Fang Chen was a little confused about the Sea of Souls. He asked, puzzled.
"The upper echelons of the Sect once said that us Honorary Disciples must not only increase our strength, but also increase the strength of our physical body and soul. This is to prepare for becoming an official disciple in the future."
The Soaring Dragon Marquis said, "The Sea of Souls is a very mysterious place. The reason why it's called the Sea of Souls is because when a warrior enters it, it's like being in the sea. It can effectively increase the strength of a warrior's soul. Of course, it's only useful for us Honorary Disciples."
"Is the Sea of Souls also ranked?" Fang Chen asked. He didn't need the Soaring Dragon Marquis to know what kind of existence the Sea of Souls was.
It was truly unexpected that the Barren Sect would nurture their disciples in such a comprehensive manner.
"There's no need for the Soul Sea, because not every disciple can enter the Soul Sea. Some disciples whose souls are too weak can only stand at the edge of the Soul Sea. As for the stronger disciples, they can enter the depths of the Soul Sea. This will depend on how strong they are." The Soaring Dragon Marquis said.
Fang Chen nodded when he heard this.
"Brother Fang, you are currently an honorary disciple. However, with your potential, becoming an official disciple will not be a problem. However, you need to make preparations in advance. Just what do you want to major in?" The Soaring Dragon Marquis suddenly said.
"Oh?" Fang Chen asked, puzzled.
"Among the official disciples of the Barren Sect, there are a total of three schools. The first school is the School of Physical Bodies. They specialize in the cultivation of their physical bodies. They believe that the physical body is the foundation of a martial artist and that all enemies can be destroyed with strength."
"The second school is the School of Martial Arts. They do not have many requirements for the physical body. They specialize in the Martial Dao and are proficient in various exquisite cultivation methods. Their attack power is very strong, but their defense is average."
"The third school is the School of Soul Souls. Martial artists of the School of Soul Souls specialize in the cultivation of their souls. Their souls are extremely powerful, and when facing an enemy, they can often heavily injure their opponent's soul. Although there are very few disciples of the School of Soul Souls, the disciples of this school are very frightening."
After the Soaring Dragon Marquis finished his introduction, Fang Chen was also extremely shocked. He never thought that the small Barren Sect would actually be divided into three schools.
"What should I choose?" Fang Chen shook his head slightly and did not think too much about it.
In the blink of an eye, three days had passed since he arrived at the honorary disciple area.
In these three days, Fang Chen had basically familiarized himself with the honorary disciple area. When he was more or less familiar with it, Fang Chen prepared to begin his cultivation.
His first destination was naturally the Soul Sea.
His soul had been at the peak of the Red Rank for a long time, but it had been stuck at a bottleneck, unable to advance any further. The Soul Sea in the honorary disciple area might be an opportunity.
On this day, Fang Chen arrived at the mountain peak where the Soul Sea was located early in the morning.
Although it was called the Soul Sea, it was actually a very wide plaza. This plaza was very large, but the plaza was surrounded by an extremely dense Soul Force. When Fang Chen arrived at the Soul Sea, he had already sensed this Soul Force.
At this moment, there were a few honorary disciples standing in front of the Soul Sea. They were all thinking about how to enter the Soul Sea.
Some of the disciples had sharp eyes and saw Fang Chen.
"Isn't this the new honorary disciple? I heard that his cultivation hasn't even reached the Condensing Reality Realm."
"Hmph, didn't he just enter through the back door? What's so great about that?"
Many of the honorary disciples were very dissatisfied with Fang Chen who entered through the back door. They even felt disgusted. Therefore, when they saw Fang Chen, they deliberately ridiculed him.
Fang Chen didn't care about this. He directly ignored these people's ridicule and arrived in front of the Soul Sea.
Fang Chen's disregard made these disciples even angrier. One of the short disciples took a step forward and walked in front of Fang Chen. He said coldly: "Fang Chen, your cultivation hasn't even reached the Condensing Reality Realm. How can you become an honorary disciple? I, Meng Ran, refuse to accept this."
"Then what do you want?" Fang Chen asked.
"Fight with me. If you can withstand ten moves from me, then I, Meng Ran, will never bother you again." Meng Ran said coldly.
Meng Ran was ranked around forty out of the fifty honorary disciples. He wasn't very strong, but he had a friend who was ranked in the top ten. Therefore, he was very arrogant. Under normal circumstances, no one would dare to provoke him.
Bang
Meng Ran had just finished his words when he found that his body was uncontrollably sent flying. The surrounding honorary disciples were all shocked.
As bystanders, they naturally saw what had happened. Fang Chen had sent Meng Ran flying with a simple punch.
"How is this possible? This kid's cultivation hasn't even reached the Condensing Reality Realm. How could he send Meng Ran flying with a single punch?"
"To be able to send Meng Ran flying with a single punch, it seems like this kid didn't become an honorary disciple through the back door."
Meng Ran was sent flying. Immediately, countless honorary disciples started discussing. The way they looked at Fang Chen changed.
"Ah!"
Meng Ran, who had fallen on the ground, immediately stood up. He coldly looked at Fang Chen and said angrily: "Kid, you actually sneak attacked me. I'm going to kill you."
"You're so stupid that you can become an honorary disciple."
Hearing this, Fang Chen sneered and said: "Look at yourself. Is there a dark blue bruise on your stomach? If I used a little more force, your Qi Sea would definitely be damaged."
Hearing Fang Chen's words, Meng Ran's face slightly changed. He lifted his clothes and found a fist-sized dark blue bruise on his stomach.
Seeing this, Meng Ran was shocked. This bruise was aimed at the Qi Sea Realm.
If Fang Chen had used a little more force, his Qi would have hit his Dantian. Even if his Qi Sea was not destroyed, it would have been damaged.
Thinking of this, Meng Ran took a deep breath. He looked at Fang Chen with a trace of fear in his eyes. He then turned around and quickly left.
The remaining honorary disciples were not as strong as Meng Ran. Since Meng Ran was sent flying by Fang Chen, they naturally did not dare to attack Fang Chen.
Just like this, Fang Chen took care of the fly and entered the Sea of Soul.
Just as he entered the Sea of Soul, Fang Chen felt a wild soul power surrounding his body.
"So this is the Sea of Soul."
Fang Chen looked around and found that his soul had actually begun to move. Threads of soul power appeared in his mind uncontrollably and happily walked through his Sea of Soul.
"What a wonderful feeling."
Fang Chen instantly felt his soul become very comfortable. The Sea of Soul was very wonderful.
"As expected of the Sea of Soul."
After a long time, he couldn't help but sigh. The Sea of Soul was incomparably mysterious. Fang Chen's soul had actually been nourished in such a short time. It was incomparably comfortable.
"I wonder which almighty expert created this Sea of Soul." Fang Chen faintly said.
Just as Fang Chen was speaking, the python sword suddenly began to tremble. In the next moment, the bronze ancestor's voice entered Fang Chen's ears.