My Martial Arts Level Never Drops

Chapter 278: Chapter 148: Senior Sister?

”Not only is their status far higher than that of Outer Disciples, but they also receive the Sect’s true, unreserved support. For example, they’re taught profound Root Techniques and Leaf Skills, and they even receive a monthly supply of various precious Elixirs...”

”Those who can cross this threshold... are basically all candidates with the potential to master Divine Techniques!”

Qin Fang was instantly energized, his gaze sharpening.

’Potential to master Divine Techniques.’

”As for ’True Successor Candidate,’ it’s actually not a fixed status, but rather a kind of... ’qualification’ and ’expectation.’”

”It means your Talent and potential have been noticed by the Sect’s upper echelons, who believe you have the potential to receive a lineage’s True Inheritance, and even start your own branch... but in essence, you’re still in the Inner Sect.”

At this, Qian Ruhai paused before smiling. ”Brother Qin, you must be wondering—since they’re both Inner Sect, what’s the difference between a ’True Successor Candidate’ and an ordinary Inner Sect disciple?”

Seeing the look of deliberate suspense on Qian Ruhai’s face, Qin Fang was silent for a moment before saying, ”I’m listening.”

”That’s because... while being a ’True Successor Candidate’ isn’t a completely separate status—not like the vast difference between the Outer Sect and Inner Sect—the status itself represents a massive opportunity.”

Qian Ruhai’s words left Qin Fang stunned and confused. ”An opportunity?”

”That’s right, an opportunity!”

Qian Ruhai nodded and said with a smile, ”The Martial Arts Examination is held once a year, with tens of thousands of participants each time. The vast majority only make it into the Outer Sect... Entry into the Inner Sect has always been exceptionally rare. To be accepted into the Inner Sect is to be one in ten thousand.”

”Right now in the Post House, there are many people who have participated in the Martial Arts Examination more than once... Some have even met the qualifications for the Inner Sect, where they could have become Inner Sect Disciples immediately upon entry. But in the end, they all chose to withdraw from the assessment... Why is that?”

”It’s all for the opportunity of becoming a ’True Successor Candidate.’”

”Only those who rank in the top twelve seats of that year’s Martial Arts Examination can be included in this candidate list.”

”And this opportunity is...”

”Once your name is on that list, it means you’ve earned a one-time pass to cultivate in the ’Heavenly Gang Secret Mansion’!”

”The Heavenly Gang... Secret Realm?”

Qin Fang’s eyes narrowed, his voice tinged with confusion.

”That’s right, the Heavenly Gang Secret Realm!”

As Qian Ruhai spoke of this, he couldn’t help but reveal a bit of amazement. ”I only heard about this from others... That Secret Mansion, it’s not in the mortal world at all, but located within a profound and unfathomable ’Grotto Heaven World’!”

”It is said that the density of its Vitality and the clarity of its Dao Rhyme are far beyond anything in the outside world. It also contains numerous rare and exotic herbs that have long vanished from the outside, as well as insights carved by predecessors... A single month of cultivation there is often said to be worth several years of bitter training outside. It might even lay the very foundation for breaking through to the Divine Domain...”

”This kind of opportunity is the real reason people go crazy over becoming a ’True Inheritor Candidate.’”

Qin Fang was left completely stunned...

’The Heavenly Gang Secret Realm?’

’A Grotto Heaven World?’

This...

’Is this... the true face of this world?’

Qian Ruhai sighed. ”Twelve seats a year. I’ve heard it’s a tempting bait set by the Heavenly Gang Wuji Sect to attract young prodigies from other counties, and even other Prefectures.”

”Think about it. An ordinary Sect, even if it possesses a Secret Realm, will guard it jealously and reserve it only for its core successors. But the Celestial Spirit Sect? They take an opportunity like the Grotto Heaven Secret Mansion—something that would tempt even masters of Divine Techniques—and offer it up as a prize for the Martial Arts Examination!”

”The sheer scale and boldness of it... In all the prefectures surrounding Canglan Prefecture, no other sect comes close!”

”It is precisely because of this that the annual Lan Central Martial Arts Examination can act like a magnet, attracting young prodigies from several surrounding counties, and even from farther away...”

”Many of them have already made a name for themselves back home and are seen as future pillars of their communities. Yet they’re still willing to travel great distances to fight for this one-in-twelve chance. What are they after? Isn’t it that slim hope of transcending the mundane and establishing an unparalleled Dao Foundation?”

”Miss it once, and you have to wait another year... Honestly, it’s fortunate the Heavenly Gang Wuji Sect has a rule that only those with Huajin Cultivation under the age of thirty can make the list... That alone stops the vast majority of people.”

”Otherwise, the fight for those twelve seats would probably be an absolute bloodbath every single year!”

”Now, Brother Qin, you should understand why you attracted so much attention the moment you arrived, right?”

Even Qin Fang couldn’t hide his shock after hearing all this...

’The Heavenly Gang Secret Realm, a Grotto Heaven World...’

’The fight for the twelve seats...’

’Huajin cultivators under thirty?’

The information Qian Ruhai had revealed was simply too shocking!

While Qin Fang was still reeling from the shock, Qian Ruhai added with a sigh, ”The younger you are, the higher your score during the Talent assessment. Brother Qin, you’re only twenty, yet you already possess Huajin Cultivation... It’s truly astounding.”

”You remind me of that peerless prodigy who appeared out of nowhere four years ago... They were only eighteen, yet already at the Huajin level, and they secured one of the twelve seats that year... Let’s see, four years have passed. With that person’s Talent, they’ve probably entered the Divine Secret Realm long ago. Right about now... they should be heading to the Heavenly Gang Secret Realm.”

Qian Ruhai sighed in admiration.

But Qin Fang’s heart suddenly lurched, and his voice was a little dry.

”An eighteen-year-old... at the Huajin level?”

Qian Ruhai snapped out of his reverie and, seeing Qin Fang’s expression, chuckled. ”An eighteen-year-old at the Huajin level, astounding, isn’t it? Truly astounding! And what’s more, this prodigy is a woman... I heard her innate constitution is the ’Profound Yin Jade Bone,’ something you’d be lucky to find one of in a million...”

His expression was filled with awe. ”The Profound Yin Jade Bone! According to legend...”

Qin Fang was frozen to the spot.

He wasn’t hearing a single word Qian Ruhai was saying.

After a long moment, he managed to steady himself and interrupted Qian Ruhai with a trembling voice, ”That woman... What’s her name? And where is she now?”

Qian Ruhai was taken aback for a second. Seeing Qin Fang’s expression, he then let out a laugh...

’Right, who wouldn’t be shocked to hear news like that?’

Suspecting nothing, he smiled and said, ”Her name is Wu Xueci. I heard...”

A loud buzzing filled Qin Fang’s mind.

’It really is Senior Sister?!’