Wu Zhi felt exceptionally clever.
The name he had chosen truly reflected his person.
It was incredibly wise.
As he pondered this, Wu Zhi couldn't help but chuckle to himself.
But when Ling Fan's unfathomably deep gaze fell upon him, Wu Zhi shivered from head to toe.
He felt as though he had been seen through, inside and out.
Wu Zhi quickly lowered his head.
He dared not indulge in such thoughts anymore.
Ling Fan said, "Introduce the Wangyue Martial Gathering again."
Wu Zhi nodded quickly and then recounted the details of the Wangyue Martial Gathering meticulously.
What he said was largely the same as what Mu Qinxin had said.
Wu Zhi then asked, "Senior Ling, are you perhaps interested in this Wangyue Martial Gathering? With your strength, wouldn't it be as simple as eating and drinking to secure a spot in the top ten?"
"Coincidentally, I also need to take the disciples of our Four Symbols Sect to broaden their horizons. Although it's unlikely anyone will make it into the top ten, it's still good to let them gain some experience. If Senior Ling doesn't mind, you could travel with us."
"Mm."
Ling Fan nodded.
He suddenly looked towards the outside of the great hall.
Xue Yi, will you represent the Snow King Palace in this gathering?
...
Inside a cultivation hall of the Four Symbols Sect.
This place had been declared a forbidden zone by the Sect Master of the Four Symbols Sect himself.
No one was allowed to approach or disturb it without his permission.
Countless precious and rare cultivation resources were continuously sent in.
Although the Sect Master of the Four Symbols Sect felt his heart bleeding with pain,
He constantly consoled himself.
There was investment, and there would be returns.
This was him engaging in a great gamble that would decide the fate of the Four Symbols Sect.
If he won, the Four Symbols Sect would ascend to glory.
But if he lost...
At worst, he would consider these resources as wasted. After all, by then, he would absolutely deny any association with Ling Fan.
Wu Zhi fanned himself with a feather fan.
His eyes revealed a semblance of wisdom.
...
Meanwhile, within the great hall.
Innumerable precious ancient herbs of hundreds of years, Xuan-tier low-grade and even Xuan-tier mid-grade pills, and spirit cores of various colors and attributes...
All floated in the air.
Like a slowly rotating vortex, with Ling Fan below at its center.
As the Samsara Divine Cauldron appeared,
The essence contained within all these precious ancient herbs, pills, spirit cores, and various heavenly materials and earthly treasures was extracted.
It transformed into drops of liquid, as clear as jade, at the bottom of the Samsara Divine Cauldron.
With a single inhale from Ling Fan, like a great whale drawing water, it formed a thin stream and flowed into Ling Fan's mouth.
...
Several days later.
Ling Fan's injuries had recovered to about ninety percent.
However, the final stage had stalled.
Although the quality of these heavenly materials and earthly treasures was decent, they were ultimately still lacking.
They were unable to help Ling Fan recover from the deepest, most hidden injuries.
Ling Fan no longer dwelled on it.
He stored the remaining heavenly materials and earthly treasures in his storage ring.
Outside the great hall.
Wu Zhi, the Sect Master of the Four Symbols Sect, along with a group of geniuses from the Four Symbols Sect, had been respectfully waiting outside.
Upon seeing Ling Fan emerge, Wu Zhi rushed forward with a fawning smile.
"Little Wu welcomes Senior Ling's emergence! Senior Ling looks even better, perhaps you have made further progress."
Hearing their Sect Master refer to himself as "Little Wu" in front of Ling Fan.
An unknown number of people were awestruck...
This was unbelievable.
Had their Sect Master contracted a disease of subservience, and was this condition worsening by the day?
They had never seen a Sect Master so abjectly humble!
One of the geniuses of the Four Symbols Sect couldn't swallow his pride and stepped forward, his sharp gaze like two swords piercing directly into Ling Fan's eyes.
"Ling Fan, I challenge you!"
This genius was also direct, without any preamble.
He directly challenged Ling Fan.
The other geniuses of the Four Symbols Sect immediately began to whisper amongst themselves.
"Senior Brother Zhou Yi is the number one genius of our Four Symbols Sect. His cultivation has reached the limit of the Quasi-Giant Spirit realm, and he is only one opportunity away from breaking through to become a true Giant Spirit realm king. I wonder if he can defeat this Ling Fan."
"Although we don't know what mysterious background or identity this Ling Fan possesses that makes our Sect Master so wary, I am confident that his strength is definitely not too great. Look at his cultivation, only at the Profound Gang realm. Even if his physique is formidable, his cultivation is ultimately his weakness. He cannot possibly be our Senior Brother Zhou Yi's opponent."
Everyone's anticipation grew.
They hoped Zhou Yi would fiercely defend their honor.
"How dare you offend Senior Ling, you are truly audacious! Zhou Yi, why don't you retreat quickly."
Wu Zhi glared fiercely at Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi, however, acted as if he hadn't heard him. He let out a loud shout, "Forgive my presumption."
Then, he suddenly erupted and attacked.
As he pointed his finger, his Quasi-Giant Spirit realm cultivation surged forth.
The violent spiritual energy transformed into a colossal spiritual seal. As its radiance flowed, a powerful aura suddenly permeated the air.
On each of the four sides of the spiritual seal, a terrifying, monstrous beast was coiled.
Azure Dragon of the East.
White Tiger of the West.
Vermilion Bird of the South.
Black Tortoise of the North.
The ultimate technique of the Four Symbols Sect, a Xuan-tier mid-grade martial skill, the Four Symbols Heaven-Overturning Seal!
As Zhou Yi pressed his finger down, this terrifying spiritual seal emitted a deafening roar and, under the shocked gazes of all the disciples of the Four Symbols Sect, it fiercely suppressed downwards.
Wu Zhi's gaze flickered.
He could have stopped it.
But he feigned being a step too late and watched the spiritual seal descend with great vexation.
Ling Fan's expression was indifferent.
He clasped his hands behind his back, not moving at all.
He merely turned around and glanced at Zhou Yi.
With that single glance, an immeasurable divine intent power transformed into an invisible, roaring, heaven-shattering storm, which violently crashed into Zhou Yi's mind.
*Buzz!*
As Zhou Yi's body violently trembled, in his shock, he quickly activated his divine intent power in an attempt to resist.
His divine intent instantly transformed into four incredibly terrifying, colossal monstrous beasts, attempting to annihilate the divine intent Ling Fan had invaded his body with.
However, how could Ling Fan's divine intent, which was so powerful, be resisted by him?
Zhou Yi seemed to see a god-demon treading upon the heavens, towering and earth-shattering, enveloped in boundless divine radiance, coldly stomping down a foot towards him.
*Boom!*
Zhou Yi's body trembled violently, his complexion suddenly turned pale, and he spat out a large mouthful of blood.
And the Four Symbols Heaven-Overturning Seal he had unleashed exploded with a bang, shattering into countless streams of spiritual energy that dissipated.
Ling Fan's divine intent was so powerful that his condensed God-Slaying Saber could even slay the spiritual bodies of Giant Spirit realm experts.
How could Zhou Yi's mere Giant Spirit realm divine intent possibly contend against it?
Zhou Yi knelt on the ground, his spirit utterly broken.
His eyes were vacant.
As if he had suffered an unimaginably heavy blow, he was utterly dejected.
The disciples of the Four Symbols Sect, however, were so astonished that they were unable to move their hands or speak.
Zhou Yi was the most talented and strongest genius in their Four Symbols Sect!
Furthermore, he had unleashed their Four Symbols Sect's most powerful martial skill.
It was entirely capable of contending with martial kings who had just entered the Giant Spirit realm.