Chapter 265: Losing Face

"First place?"

Everyone's heads were filled with question marks at this moment…

Can a Half-step Tongtian Realm cultivator take first place in the Inner Sect selection now?

This left them a bit disoriented; after all, they were all Inner Sect Disciples who had been promoted from being Outer Sect Disciples.

Therefore, they understood the rules of the Inner Sect selection very well…

After the seven Inner Sect Disciples were shocked for a moment, they all turned their gazes toward Ji Bofeng and Hu Rui!

The looks in their eyes were complex…

Some cast inquiring glances, wanting to confirm through these two whether what Xiao Fan said was true.

Others were contemptuous… one at the third level of the Tongtian Realm, one at the second level… and they couldn't beat a Half-step Tongtian?

Hu Rui didn't think much of it; she and Xiao Fan were accomplices…

Inside the Secret Realm, they had robbed a group of people of their Storage Pouches; she had returned to her Immortal Cave and was so excited she didn't sleep for three days.

Just counting how many Spirit Stones she had earned… she had made a fortune…

Meanwhile, Ji Bofeng, whose face was already ashen, suddenly turned dark. He lowered his head and didn't say a word…

How humiliating!

He had no face left to show anyone!

The seven Inner Sect Disciples kept staring at them, looking like they had no intention of looking away.

They wouldn't give up until they got an answer.

It seemed she saw through their thoughts.

Hu Rui smiled. "He is indeed first place!"

Hearing Hu Rui's confirmation, the seven Inner Sect Disciples' thoughts immediately became chaotic…

One by one, they sized up Xiao Fan again.

At this moment, they felt as if the world had changed.

Though they were surprised…

Of course, they didn't dare to look down on Xiao Fan; he was definitely a Genius who could challenge those at higher levels!

After all, Ji Bofeng's cultivation was at the third level of the Tongtian Realm…

With such a vivid comparison, Ji Bofeng was invisibly looked down upon by everyone once again.

Although his head was lowered, Ji Bofeng seemed to sense these strange gazes, causing his darkened cheeks to burn with heat…

Xiao Fan, on the other hand, had a calm expression, looking completely indifferent…

These seven Inner Sect Disciples each had very high cultivation levels. The lowest was the fifth level of the Tongtian Realm, and there were some even higher that Xiao Fan couldn't perceive.

At this time, a male Disciple with very high cultivation spoke with some melancholy: "Can a Half-step Tongtian really become first place… I remember back then, I only managed to break into the top three when I was at the second level of the Tongtian Realm…"

Judging by this person's aura, his cultivation was roughly around the sixth level of the Tongtian Realm. He was very strong!

The current Xiao Fan was no match for him!

The other Inner Sect Disciples nodded one after another, each showing a similar expression of sentiment…

"Back then, I fought into the top three, but in the end, I only got second place. The person in first place was at the third level of the Tongtian Realm; I was no match for him…" Having said that, he turned his gaze toward Ji Bofeng again…

Because the other's cultivation was also at the third level of the Tongtian Realm…

Was it a coincidence?

Suddenly…

Everyone's eyes were on Ji Bofeng!

At this moment, Ji Bofeng felt like he wanted to die!

He was so angry he ground his teeth… finally, he really couldn't take it anymore…

"This kid ambushed me back then… I… that's why I ended up losing to him…"

Xiao Fan gave a bitter smile and didn't say anything…

Hu Rui covered her mouth, trying hard not to let herself laugh…

It was true that the two of them had set up Ji Bofeng back then.

Otherwise, the other would have surely been first in the selection!

Of course, it was also thanks to Xie Lei…

If that fellow hadn't taken the initiative to follow Xiao Fan and the others to escape at the end…

Xiao Fan's final victory points probably wouldn't have been more than Ji Bofeng's.

"Ambushed?"

Everyone looked at Xiao Fan, then back at Ji Bofeng…

Each of them was lost in thought…

The male Disciple who spoke earlier said again: "Sigh… a third level Tongtian Realm cultivator successfully ambushed by a Half-step Tongtian… this…"

He didn't finish his sentence, but his contemptuous eyes said everything.

Hearing this, Ji Bofeng felt like he was going to go crazy…

He felt that no matter what he said, it would be useless.

There was no way to clear his name…

He was destined to be disgraced.

Hu Rui felt very relieved seeing Ji Bofeng's face. After thinking for a moment, she smiled and said, "Back then, he wasn't even at the Half-step Tongtian Realm…"

Hu Rui pointed at Xiao Fan.

The seven Inner Sect Disciples were stunned…

Not a Half-step Tongtian?

"In the Secret Realm a few days ago, his cultivation was only at the ninth level of the Huaqi Realm…"

Hu Rui's voice was calm, carrying a hint of a smile.

However, when the seven Inner Sect Disciples heard this, they were even more shocked.

Half-step Tongtian, they could barely accept!

But you, a ninth level Huaqi Realm, took first place?

Isn't that a bit too much…

Everyone turned their gazes toward Xiao Fan again…

Xiao Fan: "…"

However, he could only spread his hands, not knowing what to say.

So everyone turned their gazes back to Ji Bofeng…

Thinking to themselves… you, a third level Tongtian Realm cultivator, were ambushed by a Middle Stage ninth level Huaqi Realm… and the other person succeeded?

In the end, you weren't first, and you still have the nerve to make excuses?

Ji Bofeng felt like he hadn't entered the Marrow Cleansing Pool…

But Hell!

And the Nine Serenities Hell at that…

The very bottom layer!

Xiao Fan and the other ten walked for another half a tea's time and finally reached the Spring Source.

The water level inside was much deeper than at the periphery.

When they first stepped outside the Marrow Cleansing Pool, the water level was less than half a meter, but here it was already over a meter deep.

Everyone was delighted and then found their own places to sit down.

Next was to receive the baptism of the Marrow Cleansing Pool, to cleanse their essence and marrow…

Xiao Fan and Hu Rui did the same; the two found a place not far away, adjacent to each other.

Except for Xiao Fan, everyone's cultivation had reached the Tongtian Realm; even if the water was deep, they could still fly in the air…

But Xiao Fan was a bit miserable…

Without reaching the Tongtian Realm, he couldn't fly. With the water level over a meter deep, if he sat down, his whole body would be submerged in the water…

Ji Bofeng, with a dark face, found a corner and sat down by himself…

He didn't want to see anyone…

…

Beside the Marrow Cleansing Pool, Sect Master Wu Xinjue saw that Xiao Fan and the others had reached the Spring Source, and then he looked at the rest of the crowd.

"Alright, you may enter."