I See the Aura of the Great Emperor in All My Disciples

Chapter 1296: Chapter 1296: Soaring up the Charts, Backlash! Chapter 1296: Chapter 1296: Soaring up the Charts, Backlash! The woman looked at Tan Zongzhao with a smile that was not quite a smile, watching his face turn the color of pig liver, and said with suppressed laughter, “Senior brother, it seems it’s not that he’s almost the same as you, but rather you are the one who falls far behind him.”

Though that’s what she said, her heart was still extremely shocked.

This was only his first time entering the Refining Sky Tower, and he hadn’t even entered the outermost layer yet, but he had already reached this level in such a short amount of time. Was that not a little too heaven-defying?

And it’s not just Blackie in the Refining Sky Tower.

Shi Sheng headed to the Star Stone Mountain.

Ye Qiubai was in the Puppet Sword Hall.

Fang Qiong at the Array Hall.

These people were all shooting up the rankings on the stone tablets directly in their respective cultivation secret realms…

“Wait, isn’t there another one called Mu Fusheng at the Violent Thunder Sea? How come he isn’t showing up on the ranking list? Could it be that his talent and strength are not as good as the others?”

As they were discussing Mu Fusheng,

Within the Thunderstorm Sea…

Mu Fusheng lingered in the outskirts for a while, deep in thought.

How should he cultivate in the Violent Thunder Sea to avoid attracting attention?

Mu Fusheng absolutely wouldn’t contend for those illusory rankings on the stone tablet, and moreover, even if he didn’t vie for a spot on the stone tablet, given the nature of the First Elder, Blackie, Senior Brother Shi, and Junior Brother Fang, they wouldn’t care about the rankings, but they would still strive with all their might to reach the limit. With their talent and strength, Mu Fusheng didn’t even have to think about it; the mere stone tablet rankings would immediately ascend.

It was just a matter of how high they would go…

Yet not going deeper would affect his own cultivation.

The power of thunder in the outskirts naturally couldn’t compare to the depths.

So, after pondering for a while, Mu Fusheng came up with a not-so-great method.

That was to use his thunder control power and the power of his soul to draw over the power of thunder from the depths. That way, there would be no need to venture deep inside, right?

Believe it or not, Mu Fusheng succeeded… But the key to his success was the Nine-Nine Primordial Thunder Technique, the cultivation of several kinds of power of the ancient lightning that gave Mu Fusheng an ultimate affinity with the power of thunder. Just by revealing a hint of the ancient lightning power, he could attract the pure and potent power of thunder within the Violent Thunder Sea!

As a result, Mu Fusheng just needed to find a spot that was just right to avoid climbing onto the ranking list and then find a place where no one would cultivate to easily absorb the richer Thunder Origin Power from deeper within.

Returning to the topic of the Refining Sky Tower,

Tan Zongzhao shook his head and after considering for a moment said, “I don’t know either. To say I can’t see through these people, but when it comes to this Mu Fusheng, I’m a bit puzzled…”

Puzzled about what?

The woman looked confused.

“I always feel like he’s hiding something, but when he shows it, it seems like he’s always using his full strength,” he explained.

What kind of explanation was that?

Tan Zongzhao shook his head and added, “Never mind, oh by the way, I’ve got something else to take care of, so I’ll be leaving first.”

With that, he left dejectedly.

His face was all reddened from the slap!

…

At this moment, those outside the Refining Sky Tower were still staring intently at the entrance and exit of the tower.

“He’s holding on for quite a while; seems like he’s not as bad as we thought.”

“Heh, maybe he’s just cowering on the first level and afraid to step into the second level—that’s why he can last so long.”

“Sigh, these people are really going to great lengths to save face for the First Elder; it’s hard on them.”

One dissonant voice after another rose up from the crowd.

And with it came a wave of discussion.

But just when those people were about to speak again, someone beside them tugged at them.

“What’s wrong?”

The person pointed in the direction of the stone tablet, where cries of astonishment were continuously erupting from the stone tablet area.

“Hmm? What’s happening over there? Could it be that Brother He Xiangwang has made a breakthrough?”

But that person shook his head, his expression tense, “It’s that special recruitment student…”

Special recruitment student?

What about the special recruitment student?

However, combined with the exclamations near the ranking stone tablet, everyone present was taken aback.

They quickly made their way to the ranking stone tablet and looked up at the names.

They saw that the name previously in the thirtieth position had been pushed down, replaced by the one that was formerly twenty-ninth…

Looking further up, they saw in the twenty-ninth spot a completely unfamiliar face.

Twenty-ninth place, Blackie, level forty-two!

Upon seeing this, in an instant, those who had just been mocking Blackie and besmirching the First Elder fell utterly silent.

Only the exclamations of the neutral students could be heard.

This…

How is this possible?!

His first time entering the Refining Sky Tower, even bypassing the outermost parts, and it’s only been a time and a half!

And he’s reached the forty-second level and moved up to twenty-ninth on the leaderboard?

Even for the First Elder’s disciple Tan Zongzhao, his first time entering wasn’t this terrifying!

And this news was not just about the Refining Sky Tower.

Even Star Stone Mountain, Puppet Sword Hall, and Array Hall were abuzz with shocking news.

Ye Qiubai, without passing through the outermost areas to adapt, defeated the eleventh Sword Puppet, entering the leaderboard in thirtieth place.

Shi Sheng, by picking fifty-seven star stones on Star Stone Mountain, entered the leaderboard at twenty-fourth.

Fang Qiong, after comprehending twenty-three formations in Array Hall, entered the leaderboard at twenty-seventh.

Among the special recruitment students, all but Mu Fusheng made it onto the leaderboard!

How did they do it?

Since the founding of Mixed Spirit Academy to the present, no one has achieved this on their first day!

And now, several unknown special recruitment students have broken the record, breaking several at once!

At this moment, those neutral students who had been misled into thinking the First Elder had poor judgment and had abused his power to sneak people in looked embarrassingly at those who had fanned the flames.

Just as Tan Zongzhao had said.

Such schemes only work under the assumption that Blackie and the others are not strong enough.

But now, once Blackie and the others demonstrate their true strength,

not only will these schemes fall apart on their own, but they will also backfire!

Some of the cleverer people had already guessed at some of the underlying issues.

And this news seemed to be deliberately spread by someone.

It quickly spread throughout the entire inner courtyard, even reaching the elders…

Within the dwelling of the First Elder.

When he learned of this news, he couldn’t help shaking his head and said, “If the Second Elder could think bigger, what harm would there be in letting him take the position of vice headmaster? But if someone is the vice headmaster and is so narrow-minded, how can they be competent?”

Tan Zongzhao also nodded smilingly in front of the First Elder.

He knew that his master was not concerned with such things, and it was only for the development of the Mixed Spirit Academy that he had contested the position of vice headmaster with the Second Elder.

“However, your judgment is as good as ever, Zongzhao,” the First Elder said with emotion. “It seems you made the right bet. These individuals might indeed carve out their own world in the Chaos Realm.”

Tan Zongzhao laughed and said, “But I think they may not just confine themselves to the Chaos Realm.”