Does anyone actually Believes That My Master Is A Mortal?

Zhongzhou, the venue of the grand competition of ten thousand sects.

The encampment of Haoran Academy.

The dwelling of Chi Jia.

After hastily traveling from East State to Jingzhou, and then from Jingzhou to Zhongzhou to attend the grand competition of ten thousand sects, Chu Yuan greeted Zhou Lin and others before finding his way to Chi Jia's place.

Chu Yuan, intent on finding Chi Jia, didn't pay attention to the information around him.

He was also unaware of just how renowned Chi Jia's 'reputation' was.

It wasn't until he saw Chi Jia that Chu Yuan finally felt at ease.

This disciple is fine, that's all that matters.

Chu Yuan didn't notice anything amiss.

Without revealing his Demonic Form, Chi Jia appeared like any Mortal, unremarkable and without any peculiarities.

Seeing this scene.

Chu Yuan felt even more relieved.

"Ji'er, has everything been well with you while your master was away?"

Chu Yuan asked softly.

"There's no need for Respected Master to worry, the disciple has been doing quite well, and now there aren't many in the academy who dare mock the disciple."

Chi Jia replied with a smile.

He felt a warmth in his heart.

The first thing his master did upon returning was to show concern for him.

"As long as you are well, I can see that your status is now quite high."

Chu Yuan remarked with admiration.

This disciple, being able to follow the team of Haoran Academy to broaden his horizons, obviously had a certain status.

Chu Yuan completely thought of Chi Jia as one who had come to watch the spectacle, never considering that Chi Jia was part of the competition.

"All thanks to the teachings of my Respected Master."

Chi Jia replied, shaking his head.

Without Chu Yuan, he wouldn't have gotten to where he was today.

"Hmm, this is the venue for the grand competition of ten thousand sects, right? How many battles have you watched?"

Chu Yuan waved his hand and asked.

"I've watched... many battles, the disciple doesn't remember them all clearly."

Chi Jia responded.

Upon hearing this.

Chu Yuan nodded slightly, without thinking much more about it.

However, what he found most puzzling.

Was the disciple's personality.

He vaguely remembered that this disciple used to be like a silent gourd, extremely detached, only knowing to meditate all day.

Now he seemed much more humanized.

Was it because he had gone through more experiences, so his personality became a bit more normal?

Chu Yuan, however, felt that the disciple's change was much improved.

Better than before.

Always meditating, nothing else.

That used to make his scalp tingle and leave him unable to offer any criticism.

Chu Yuan walked to the window and glanced out.

This was the venue for the grand competition of ten thousand sects.

He had previously instructed Ye Luo and others to participate.

He wondered if Ye Luo and the others were here now.

"Ji'er, wait here for a moment, your master will return shortly."

Chu Yuan wanted to meet Ye Luo and the others.

"Respected Master, you've just returned, why do you need to leave again...?"

Chi Jia looked confused.

"It's fine, I'm just going to meet a few people, and will be back shortly."

Chu Yuan smiled at Chi Jia, patted his shoulder, and his figure turned into a streak of golden light and disappeared.

Moving at an Invincible State speed, he was naturally extremely fast.

In just a moment, there was no trace of him.

Chi Jia stood there, staring blankly in the direction where Chu Yuan had departed, somewhat unable to regain his senses.

He discovered that even with his current strength, he couldn't see through his master at all.

Not even a hint of the trajectory of his master's flight could be detected.

Wasn't it said that his master was only in a residual spirit state?

Why was he so formidable?

Chi Jia was confused.

But he didn't dwell on it, turned around to meditate and strengthen his Buddhist nature.

Ever since he found out that blood could enhance his Demonic nature, his Demonic trait had started to skyrocket.

This has caused his Demonic Form to be very strong.

However, correspondingly, if the Demonic Form is too strong and the Buddha nature cannot suppress it, balance cannot be maintained.

Even with the assistance of Confucian Taoist aura to suppress it, one couldn't completely suppress the demonic nature to a level balanced with the Buddha nature.

Chi Jia understood this point clearly.

So, he had been constantly attempting to enhance the Buddha nature.

To support it to the point where it balanced with the demonic nature.

If the demonic nature broke the balance, that wouldn't be much of a problem, but he surely couldn't always be in his Demonic Form, right?

Although being in Demonic Form means attacking without defense and possessing boundless strength, and it's indeed very joyful, he couldn't always be like this.

Is it just a moment of pleasure and then happiness, always pleasure and always happiness?

Chi Jia shook his head and laughed at his own thoughts.

He began to calm down and silently recite Buddhist scriptures.

...

On the other side, Chu Yuan also successfully met Ye Luo, Zhang Han, and Su Qianyuan.

After understanding the situation with the Grand Competition of the Ten Thousand Sects, he had a clear picture.

Unexpectedly, the disciples participating in the competition were not Ye Luo, Zhang Han, and Su Qianyuan, but three other disciples: Su Xi, Divine Doctor Hua, and Si Yue.

However, Chu Yuan did not pay it much mind.

All disciples who had ever backstabbed him had become successful.

Taking the rankings in this so-called Grand Competition of the Ten Thousand Sects should be no problem.

Since Chu Yuan had nothing else to do, he did not return immediately.

Instead, he started to chat casually among these disciples.

...

At the same time.

In the coastal areas on the southern border of Divinity Continent.

At this moment, some cultivators were guarding the area out of sheer boredom.

Ever since Chu Yuan caused the 'Ten-Day' phenomenon in the Wangyang seas last time, various powers of Divinity Continent have become particularly wary of the overseas regions.

They would more or less assign people to guard the coast.

To prevent anything from overseas from breaking in.

And the guarding task naturally fell to the Holy Lands along the coast.

For instance, the coastline of East State has always been guarded by the Taiyi Sword Sect.

And naturally, it was the Holy Land of Nan State that was guarding the extreme southern edge of Divinity Continent.

However, compared to the strict defense of the Taiyi Sword Sect, the guard of the Nan State Holy Land seemed much laxer.

It was just about assigning some cultivators to keep watch, nothing else needed to be done.

But even just keeping watch, these cultivators were lazy.

They were either playing around or practicing their cultivation.

Not a single one looked like they were seriously guarding the place.

In the opinion of these cultivators, what could happen by the sea?

What's there to see?

It would be better to cultivate here.

How many years have passed with the sea on that side? When has there ever been any trouble?

Assigning people to guard the place was just a waste of time.

However, that day, there was a disturbance from the other side of the sea.

A sudden storm blew in from the other side of the sea.

This storm was fierce.

It directly blew these unprepared cultivators to the ground.

They were all somewhat dazed.

Uncertain as to why there would suddenly arise such fierce winds.

"Where did this wind come from?"

A cultivator asked aloud.

Who would know...

No cultivator answered.

After all, no one knew.

"Quick, look towards the sea..."

Suddenly a cultivator spoke up.

The other cultivators turned their eyes towards the sea.

Looking from afar.

They could only see on the other side of the sea.

A gigantic dark shadow was flying towards them, resembling a huge ship but enveloped in black mist, making it impossible for others to see clearly.

"What is that thing!!"

"What else? Quickly send a signal, let the Holy Land send people over! There's an invasion from overseas!"

The cultivators immediately descended into chaos...