8: Chapter 8 Breakthrough to the Transcendent Realm

[You and the members of the Dragon Group boarded a plane to attend the Pill King Conference.]

[There were six people in total, led by Team Leader Bai Ran.]

[The rest were a group of three men and two women.]

[Among them were two Transcendent Prodigies: one was Mu Xue, and the other was a man named Zhang Hao. He looked just as arrogant, perhaps even more so than Mu Xue, sitting by the window and gazing at the clouds.]

[The other three, including you, were all at the Peak of the Dark Realm.]

[The Dragon Group could only send five people to the Pill King Competition. There were more than three people at the Peak of the Dark Realm in the Dragon Group, but only Mu Xue and Zhang Hao had reached the Transcendent Realm before the age of thirty-five.]

["Transcendent, huh." You sighed.]

[It is said that upon reaching the Transcendent Realm, Internal Energy will exist within the body, allowing one to project Internal Energy outward, just like the Wuxia masters in novels.]

[You didn't know when you would be able to reach this Realm.]

[However, it should be soon.]

["Brother Lin." A little girl poked you. She seemed to be named Zhou Momo and was the youngest among you.]

["Are you and Big Sister Mu Xue close?" she asked you.]

[You shook your head. Were you and she close? Maybe. However, you were quite keen on making that girl kneel at your feet and sing "Conquer".]

[But you couldn't beat her.]

["I see." Zhou Momo looked a bit disappointed. "I was actually going to ask Brother Lin if you could help me get Big Sister Mu Xue's autograph."]

["Her autograph?" You couldn't believe it. So this Mu Xue was actually quite famous.]

[You turned around and found that the little girl Zhou Momo was looking at Mu Xue with an expression of adoration.]

[You also looked at Mu Xue.]

[She was still chewing on a candy, her eyes looking out the window, wondering what she was thinking about.]

[For the first time, you realized that this girl was so pretty!]

[The control tower responded again.]

[You wanted to take off.]

[But you were indeed on a plane right now.]

[You went to the restroom.]

[Your brain felt great.]

"Ah, no!" Lin Heng felt his own brain feeling great too. "Is that really me in the simulator?"

He couldn't quite believe it. They were about to go to that Danwang Valley for the competition; shouldn't he be nervous?

"It looks like Lin Three has 'learned' himself into being bad," Lin Heng said. "Fortunately, I have already deleted the 'learning website'."

[Returning to your seat, you looked at Mu Xue.]

[The control tower called again.]

[...]

[The plane stopped.]

[This was the first time you realized that you counted as a civil servant of the Dragon Kingdom; as soon as you got off the plane, someone came to receive you.]

["Welcome, leaders, for traveling such a long distance." A man who looked very obsequious bowed and said.]

[You rode in a special car for the first time.]

["Uncultured!" Mu Xue looked at you with disdain.]

["I am uncultured, so what?" you said, thick-skinned.]

["Nothing," Mu Xue said. "You will ride in them often when you go on missions in the future, so don't lose face for our Dragon Group."]

[The man named Zhang Hao also looked at you with disdain.]

[You felt very annoyed. Being looked at by Mu Xue didn't bother you, but being looked at by him with such disdain made you feel very annoyed.]

[He was a Transcendent Martial Artist, and you were only at the Dark Realm; you couldn't beat him.]

[You endured it and said nothing.]

[Original Body, hurry up and write him down!!!]

Lin Heng silently took out his little notebook and wrote down the name Zhang Hao.

[You arrived at Danwang Valley.]

[Team Leader Bai Ran handled all the procedures very efficiently.]

[You arrived at the rooms prepared by Danwang Valley for the Dragon Group members.]

[You had to sigh; big factions are truly great.]

["Look, that's the Dragon Group."]

["The one on the side with the candy in her mouth must be Mu Xue, right?"]

["That's Mu Xue?"]

["Yes, the Dragon Group's Mu Xue. She was the champion of the last two Pill King Conferences."]

["She has participated twice already, and she's not even thirty-five yet?"]

["What are you thinking? I heard she isn't even thirty years old yet."]

["Then that means she will be the champion this time and next time too."]

[...]

[Along the way, you could hear other Martial Artists discussing you, most of which were about Mu Xue.]

[You leaned in next to her: "I couldn't tell; you're this famous?"]

[Mu Xue couldn't help but lift her head a bit arrogantly and look at you.]

["You just found out," Mu Xue said. "Actually, I'm missing an assistant under me. I wonder if you're interested?"]

["Then forget about it," you said.]

["Heh!" Mu Xue said. "You call that not knowing how to seize an opportunity. Many people want to, but I don't agree to it."]

[The Pill King Competition began.]

[Among them, the Transcendent Prodigies could directly enter the top eight. There were three in total: one was Mu Xue, one was Zhang Hao, and there was also one who seemed to be named Chen Tianxiao from the Liehuo Sect.]

[You didn't pay attention.]

[The competition started.]

[In the first match, you met a Martial Artist at the Middle Stage of the Dark Realm.]

[You defeated your opponent very easily.]

[In the second match, you met a Martial Artist at the Early Stage of the Dark Realm.]

[It seemed the opponent was lucky and won the last match, but this time his luck was bad; he met you.]

[You defeated your opponent very easily again.]

[You wanted a satisfying, hearty battle, but unfortunately, none of them satisfied you.]

[You felt it was a pity.]

[The first day of the competition ended.]

[The Pill King Conference lasted for two days in total. The top eight would be decided tomorrow morning, and the final would be held in the afternoon.]

[The second day of the competition began, and you met a Martial Artist at the Late Stage of the Dark Realm.]

[You threw a punch, but the opponent caught it.]

["Well done!" The opponent was a big man with a very strong physique and eight-pack abs, who caught your fist very easily.]

[You were a bit shocked; the opponent was only at the Late Stage of the Dark Realm, a whole Realm behind you.]

["Brother, are you a hard-body training Martial Artist?" you said.]

["That's right." The big man said heroically, "Brother, you'd better be prepared; my fists are very big."]

"Wait, isn't there something wrong with this dialogue?" Lin Heng complained from the outside.

[In fact, the gap between the Dark Realms wasn't very large, and the opponent was a hard-body training Martial Artist.]

[Hard-body training Martial Artists are those who specialize in cultivating their bodies. Their physical strength far exceeds that of ordinary Martial Artists, but after reaching the Transcendent Realm, they will have a deficiency in Internal Energy.]

[But regardless, the opponent was now a rival who could compete with you.]

[You felt very excited.]

["Mine is also not small," you said to the big man.]

"No, what are you excited about!" Lin Heng felt he might have misunderstood: "What do you mean 'mine is also not small'!!"

Lin Heng was speechless.

[The battle between you and the big man began.]

[The big man suddenly threw a punch.]

[His fist carried wind, like a truck.]

[You focused your Qi into your Dantian, feeling that this would be a very good battle.]

[You caught the big man's fist.]

[The Bottleneck in your body was loosened by this punch.]

[The big man obviously didn't notice this point about you.]

[He stepped back and threw another punch at you.]

["Wait a second!" You dodged the big man's fist very easily and shouted to the referee.]

["What is it?" The referee was an Elder of Danwang Valley, a Transcendent Middle Stage expert.]

["I think I've had a Breakthrough." As you said this, you condensed a stream of Internal Energy in your hand and shot it toward the ground.]

["Projecting Internal Energy outward; this is the sign of a Breakthrough to the Transcendent Realm," the referee said in surprise.]

[That's right, you had a Breakthrough!]

[You were now a Transcendent expert.]