With the pill formula and guiding herbs, Great Grandmaster Yi Ming quickly refined the antidote to the Gu poison for Fang Chen.
Although this kind of poison was very overbearing, Grandmaster Yi Ming was obsessed with alchemy. In addition, with the ancient pill formula that Fang Chen had given him, refining the antidote was very easy.
The next day, Fang Chen received some pills and bid farewell to Grandmaster Yi Ming.
If it weren't for Jin Xuan 'er and Lu Lianxue, Fang Chen wouldn't have been able to obtain a hundred million top-grade spirit stones. Therefore, Fang Chen was still grateful to the two girls.
Fang Chen gave a portion of the antidote to Lu Lianxue. Then, he left Kaiyang City and went to Jin Xuan 'er's Jinguan City to give her another portion.
After the two girls received the antidote, they were very excited and immediately swallowed the antidote.
As expected, the poison in their bodies was completely removed. For this, the two girls were very grateful to Fang Chen.
Fang Chen once again returned to Kaiyang City.
After settling the matter in his heart, Fang Chen wanted to break through to the Spiritual Whirlpool Realm.
It was very difficult to break through from the Condensing Reality Realm to the Spiritual Whirlpool Realm. Fang Chen had to make all the necessary preparations before breaking through.
However, after returning to the Li Family Mansion, Fang Chen received an important piece of news.
This news swept through the entire Five Elements Province. Countless young cultivators were shocked by this news.
The Five Elements State Genius Battle was about to begin.
When Fang Chen received this news, he was also shocked for a long time.
If it was just the Five Elements State Genius Battle, Fang Chen wouldn't be so shocked.
What shocked Fang Chen the most was that the Five Elements State Genius Battle was a test for the Five Elements Academy to select students.
Fang Chen had always thought that the overlord force in the huge Five Elements State would be an extremely powerful Sect.
However, beyond Fang Chen's expectations, the overlord of the Five Elements State, which was also the most powerful force, was actually an academy.
That's right, an academy. This academy was called the Five Elements Academy.
The Five Elements Academy was the most powerful force in the Five Elements State. It ruled the entire Five Elements State and transcended worldly affairs.
Within the Five Elements Academy, all the powers absolutely obeyed the orders of the Five Elements Academy. This was the deterrence power of the Five Elements Academy.
In the Five Elements Province, every young martial artist's biggest dream was to be able to enter the Five Elements Academy.
Once he joined the Five Elements Academy, he was destined to soar into the sky and stand at the peak of the Five Elements Province.
However, the Five Elements Academy's standards for recruiting disciples were very strict. They didn't recruit anyone who wasn't a genius or a monster.
In short, in the eyes of the major forces, the Five Elements Academy didn't care about top-notch flutes at all.
The disciples of the Five Elements Academy were all experts in the Spiritual Whirlpool Realm. Even the weakest was an expert in the middle level of the Spiritual Whirlpool Realm.
Any random disciple from the Five Elements Academy could become the leader of a major force. This was the power of the Five Elements Academy.
Every time the Five Elements Academy recruited disciples, it would cause a sensation in the entire Five Elements Province. It was known as the grand event of the Five Elements Province.
The Genius Battle was the unified method used by the Five Elements Academy to recruit disciples.
All the disciples who thought they were geniuses would enter an ancient relic in the Five Elements Province to train. After the training, the disciples who survived would have a chance of being recruited by the Five Elements Academy.
Of course, this was only a possibility. The Five Elements Academy still had the final say on whether or not they would be recruited.
In the end, the Five Elements Academy not only valued a person's combat power, but also the martial artist's potential.
The martial artists of the Five Elements Academy all had monstrous potential. In the entire Five Elements Province, the disciples of the Five Elements Academy were all peerless and demonic existences.
The disciples of each major Sect would specialize in a certain Dao.
As for the Five Elements Academy, there were all kinds of Daos that the disciples could choose.
The strongest experts of the Five Elements Province were all in the Five Elements Academy. Therefore, the disciples taught by the Five Elements Academy were all extraordinary.
"The Five Elements Academy is recruiting disciples." When Fang Chen heard this news, he was also extremely shocked.
From the words of the Li Clan Patriarch, Fang Chen learned that the Five Elements Academy was actually a six-star Sect.
It had to be known that the Li Clan was only a three-star peak sect. The Ancient Soul Sect that he had killed, Hun Yu, was only a four-star Sect.
In the entire Five Elements Province, a four-star Sect was only a small Sect. Those five-star peak five-star sects were the true backbone of the Five Elements Province.
As for the true overlord of the Five Elements Province, the Five Elements Academy, it was the only six-star Sect in the Five Elements Province.
A six-star Sect was too shocking. Up until now, Fang Chen had only seen a four-star Sect.
Although it was only a difference of two stars, the difference between them was like heaven and earth.
"Fang Chen, this is an opportunity," said the Li Clan Patriarch gravely.
The news of the Five Elements Academy recruiting disciples had shocked the entire Five Elements Province. One could imagine just how sensational this news was.
All the Sect's in the Five Elements Province entered a state of nervous preparation.
"The Battle of Geniuses is just a selection," said Fang Chen.
The Li Clan Patriarch nodded. "That's right. The Battle of Geniuses is just a selection.
According to the higher-ups of the Five Elements Academy, only those who survive the intense competition of all the geniuses in the Five Elements Province can be considered true geniuses. "
Fang Chen nodded. He could imagine just how cruel the competition between all the geniuses in the Five Elements Province would be.
The best of the younger generation of a four-star Sect had already reached the Spirit Vortex Realm. Then what about the younger generation of a five-star Sect?
All the geniuses would enter the ancient ruins and be isolated from the outside world.
Inside, you could do anything. In order to achieve your goal, you could do anything.
This way, the competition between geniuses would be even more intense.
This was the goal of the Five Elements Academy. Only those who survived the cruel competition would have the right to enter the Five Elements Academy.
The high and mighty Five Elements Academy didn't care about the death of geniuses. Geniuses who died halfway weren't considered true geniuses.
Only those who survived countless life and death trials could be considered geniuses.
And the Five Elements Academy recruited true geniuses, not fake geniuses.
"Fang Chen, the Battle of Geniuses will begin in three months. At that time, I hope that you can lead the younger generation of the Li Clan to participate," the Li Clan Patriarch said.
Although he knew that Li Mingzhu and the others were nothing in front of the many geniuses in the Five Elements Province, he hoped that they could enter the ancient ruins to train.
This would be a great baptism for their lives.
Fang Chen nodded. The blood in his body was circulating.
Fang Chen was very excited to be able to compete with the geniuses of the Five Elements Province.
Of course, Fang Chen also realized how weak he was, so he was even more certain that he had to break through to the Spirit Vortex Realm before the Battle of Geniuses began in three months.
"Clan Patriarch, I will participate in the Battle of Geniuses," Fang Chen said.
After bidding farewell to the Li Clan Patriarch, Fang Chen returned to his residence and began to cultivate in seclusion.
At the same time, countless Sect's in the Five Elements Province were preparing for the Battle of Geniuses in three months.
The Five Elements Academy's Battle of Geniuses was definitely an opportunity to reach the heavens in a single bound. If they missed this opportunity, who knew how long they would have to wait?
All the major Sect's called back their geniuses who had gone out to train and gave them resources to train with all their might. They strived to increase their strength before the Battle of Geniuses.
There were still three months before the Battle of Geniuses, but during this time, the entire Five Elements Province was discussing the Battle of Geniuses.
Time passed bit by bit.
In the blink of an eye, a month had passed. In this month, Fang Chen had nurtured the giant golden sword Dharma Power into a Human Level Dharma Power.
Dharma Powers were divided into three levels: Human Level, Earth Level, and Sky Level.
Those below the Human Level were all ordinary Dharma Powers.
Fang Chen's Dharma Power had already been nurtured to the peak of the ordinary Dharma Power. In this month, Fang Chen had become more familiar with the Heaven Nurturing Sect's Dharma Power nurturing technique.
Naturally, the giant golden sword Dharma Power had also been nurtured into a Human Level Dharma Power.
After his Dharma Power had reached the Human Level, Fang Chen felt that his understanding of the Way of the Sword had deepened. The sword force around him had actually started to transform into Sword Will, which made Fang Chen very excited.
If he could completely transform his sword force into Sword Will, then he would have taken the second step of the Way of the Sword. This would be a huge improvement.
However, the second step of the Way of the Sword was a long process. Fang Chen did not force it, because even if he did, he might not succeed.
On the contrary, after the giant golden sword Dharma Power had reached the Human Level, it resonated with the golden heart, which made Fang Chen feel very powerful.
Fang Chen felt that he was about to break through to the Spiritual Whirlpool Realm.
In this month, Kaiyang City had also undergone a huge change.
Lu Lianxue had successfully broken through to the first level of the Spiritual Whirlpool Realm a few days after Fang Chen had gone into seclusion. Her breakthrough had made the entire Lu Family very excited.
As for the other genius of the Lu Family, Lu Feiwen, he seemed to be stuck at the ninth level of the Condensing Reality Realm, unable to break through.
After Lu Lianxue had broken through, all of the Lu Family's resources had been given to her. They wanted her to participate in the Battle of Geniuses.
After Lu Lianxue's breakthrough, Li Xiaoke of the Li Family had also broken through to the Spiritual Whirlpool Realm.
Li Xiaoke's breakthrough had surprised everyone.
Everyone in Kaiyang City thought that Li Mingzhu of the Li Family should be the first to break through to the Spiritual Whirlpool Realm.
But who would have thought that Li Xiaoke would beat her to it.
After Li Xiaoke had broken through, Li Mingzhu still had not broken through.
In the blink of an eye, a month had passed. There were still two months before the Battle of Geniuses.
Everyone in Kaiyang City was discussing the Three Goddesses of Kaiyang City. Because Li Mingzhu had not broken through, some people even thought that Li Mingzhu was no longer qualified to be one of the Three Goddesses of Kaiyang City.
And some people thought that there were only two goddesses in Kaiyang City.
Of course, there were also some people who objected. The reason why they were called the Three Goddesses of Kaiyang City was because of Li Mingzhu's beauty, not because of her strength.
From the beginning to the end, Li Mingzhu had not appeared in public. Many people thought that Li Mingzhu must have felt the pressure and was working hard to cultivate.