Chapter 39: Inner Sect Leaderboard (Part 3)

"The Sect Master's Personal Disciple is truly extraordinary! This is the highest cultivation level among all new students in history!"

"It's too Heaven-Defying! Even Princess Jin Xuan has been left far behind!"

Just when everyone thought the miracle had ended, the beam of light continued to climb relentlessly, reaching the Peak of Foundation Establishment, and then the Perfection of Foundation Establishment, with no sign of stopping at all.

Finally, amidst countless incredulous gazes, the beam of light broke through the Foundation Establishment Realm and slowly stopped at the Early Stage of the Golden Core!

"Golden Core! She has actually broken through to the Golden Core!" A sharp exclamation broke the brief silence.

The entire plaza immediately descended into frenzied clamor. Everyone was like a splash of boiling water; emotions of shock and awe spread rapidly, and the Disciples cast looks of immense reverence toward Lin Chen.

In Lin Chen's spiritual consciousness world, Lin Fan said disdainfully, "It's only the Early Stage of the Golden Core, and it has shocked you all like this. Sigh, it's a pity this stele can only measure Spiritual Qi cultivation; if it could test Spiritual Qi talent, it would definitely drop your jaws."

Outside, Lin Chen's cheeks burned slightly because of the surprised gazes of the crowd.

She glanced hastily at her position at 139th on the Cultivation Leaderboard, and like someone who had done something wrong, quickly turned and left the plaza.

After Lin Chen left, the discussions in the plaza gradually subsided.

A Disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall quietly triggered a hidden mechanism, and a brand-new list slowly appeared on the back of the stele: the Spiritual Qi Talent Leaderboard.

The top of the list clearly displayed the two elegant characters "Lin Chen," with the highest rating: SSS Rank.

The Disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall quickly and silently updated the records in their shock.

It turned out that this testing stele could not only measure Spiritual Qi but also detect a Disciple's talent.

However, in order to encourage everyone to focus on Cultivating, Fairy Qimeng had long ago hidden the talent leaderboard, only revealing it when necessary.

The Disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall possessed special authority; they could secretly activate the mechanism to quietly record the information on the talent leaderboard, which was also one of their daily tasks.

Lin Chen left the Cultivation Leaderboard plaza, her heart still slightly unsettled.

Just as she walked not far away, the jade pendant at her waist suddenly flickered.

She stopped and gently injected a wisp of Spiritual Qi into the jade pendant, only to see a number quickly appear—1200.

"1200 Sect Contribution points?" Lin Chen frowned slightly, appearing somewhat puzzled.

According to the rules she had learned previously, Disciples ranked between 50 and 200 should only be rewarded with 200 Sect Contribution points. She was only ranked 139th, so the reward shouldn't be this much.

"It seems… this is my sister's special care for me."

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Lin Chen's mouth, but she didn't overthink it. After all, this was the preferential treatment of a Sect Master's Personal Disciple, and she was used to it.

After putting aside this little surprise, Lin Chen continued walking forward, passing through a winding path. The surrounding scenery was picturesque, with green mountains and clear waters resembling an ink painting, making one feel refreshed and relaxed.

After some consideration, she decided to head to the challenge grounds.

Although the fan leaderboard was important, it required time and accumulation, while the challenge leaderboard was a place where one could make a name for oneself through strength, making it most suitable for her current state and goal.

"Since I'm going to challenge it, I might as well make it spectacular. Lin Fan, get up and get to work!" Lin Chen smiled slightly and continued walking toward the challenge grounds.

In the spiritual consciousness world, Lin Fan was leisurely crossing his legs, humming a little tune, and enjoying a rare moment of leisure.

Suddenly, the scene before his eyes blurred, and he was immediately "dragged" from his comfortable state into reality, appearing on the winding path.

Lin Fan was startled. "Oh my, what's going on?"

Lin Chen's giggling laughter reached his ears. "Time to work!"

Lin Fan grumbled unhappily, "Lin Chen, can't you be a little more gentle… Fine, alright, work is work. I won't lower myself to the level of a little girl like you."

Lin Fan, controlling Lin Chen's body, set foot on the road to the challenge grounds with a slightly teasing tone, feeling some anticipation for the upcoming challenges.

Deep within the Xuanyin Qin Sect, Spiritual Qi was abundant, and ancient stone platforms and mountain Peaks were arranged in an interlocking manner.

Each challenge stage seemed to be shrouded in spiritual light; looking from afar, it was as if jagged Peaks were pointing straight to the sky.

Standing at each challenge stage was a stele covered in Formations, majestic and mysterious, giving people an Aura that could not be underestimated.

When Lin Chen arrived at the challenge grounds, the scene before her made her hold her breath slightly.

This place was no longer the peaceful landscape of the Sect, but a magnificent battle arena.

The ground was covered with ancient patterns, and a faint pressure filled the space between the stone platforms.

Disciples were constantly coming and going, among whom were many top experts. Their gazes occasionally turned toward the high challenge leaderboard, their faces filled with solemnity.

Lin Chen stood in the center of the challenge plaza, looking at the huge stele, which bore the words "Challenge Leaderboard."

The leaderboard was divided into the Disciple list and the Elder list, with everyone's names and the levels they had reached clearly displayed.

The names on the Elder list shone with light, but Lin Chen only needed to focus on the Disciples for now.

The name in first place on the challenge leaderboard was familiar to Lin Chen; it was Chief Disciple Lei Ji of Leiyin Palace, who had reached the 32nd level.

Second place was Chi Yan of Huoyin Palace, who had cleared the 29th level. The third place was Sa Ran of Fengyin Palace, who had stopped at the 28th level.

Further down, dozens of Disciples were stuck at the 25th level, densely packed, including the top-ranked Luo Chen and second-ranked Ling Yun on the cultivation leaderboard.

Lin Fan, controlling Lin Chen's body, withdrew his gaze from the leaderboard, his mind already made up. "The top ten is the goal, that is the goal."

Lin Chen felt a bit flustered. "How about we first find out about the difficulty of the levels, strategies, or something?"

Lin Fan, however, seemed unconcerned and said leisurely, "What's the big deal? Let's just clear to the thirtieth level first!"

Although Lin Chen felt that Lin Fan's words were a bit exaggerated, she knew that Lin Fan was a monster who possessed the experience of 99 lifetimes; perhaps he really could clear it.

Regardless, it would certainly be much further than she could have cleared.

"Fine, good luck."

After entering the challenge grounds, Lin Chen discovered that the difficulty of the first ten levels was not great.

The first level was just a few Spiritual Qi Puppets; with a gentle wave of her hand, she defeated them easily.

The second to ninth levels were roughly similar; apart from having a few more enemies, there wasn't much challenge.

The Puppets in each level seemed to lack much intelligence, and Lin Chen passed them with almost no effort.

However, when she reached the tenth level, the difficulty increased slightly.

A Spirit Beast with powerful defensive capabilities blocked her path, and she had to expend some effort to defeat it.

Lin Fan teased in the spiritual consciousness world, "This is just starting to get interesting."

Lin Chen nodded gently, secretly feeling that the upcoming challenges would become increasingly difficult.

Sure enough, each subsequent level was harder than the last. When Lin Chen reached the 25th level, even with Lin Fan's augmentation, the incoming meteor shower made it difficult for her to parry.

Suddenly, a giant rock flew toward her. Lin Chen dodged with all her might, but was still forced back; her hair was scattered, and her Aura was somewhat chaotic.

"Lin Fan, what should we do?" she asked hurriedly.

Lin Fan's voice immediately became serious. "Release your body and let me take full control!"

"Okay!" Lin Chen agreed without hesitation.