669: Before the competition

"What exactly is this brat up to?" Lin Muxue thought to herself, her intuition telling her that Lin Muya definitely had no good intentions.

Thinking of this, Lin Muxue sent a Sound Transmission to Yang Lingchen: "Yang Lingchen, as long as you agree to do one thing for me, not only will I help you obtain the saint yin pill, but from now on in the Heavenly Dao Alliance, if anyone wants to cause you trouble, I can protect you."

Yang Lingchen remained calm and replied via Sound Transmission without changing his expression: "Revered Master, please feel free to speak your mind. As long as it is within this Disciple's capability, I will certainly handle it for you perfectly."

"What do you think of my sister?" Lin Muxue asked via Sound Transmission.

"Ahem... ahem!" Yang Lingchen coughed lightly and replied via Sound Transmission: "She's quite good! Why do you ask?"

"Then have you ever thought about becoming my Brother-in-law?" Lin Muxue asked via Sound Transmission.

"This... this Disciple wouldn't even dare to think about it!" Yang Lingchen replied via Sound Transmission.

"I am now giving you a task. Within five years, you must make her my Disciple's wife." Lin Muxue said.

"That wouldn't be appropriate, would it!" Yang Lingchen was dumbfounded. These two sisters were truly of one mind! To think they would come up with such a crazy idea together.

"Enough nonsense. If you cannot win her over, don't blame me for being unkind to you."

Lin Muxue continued via Sound Transmission: "You hid your cultivation level when entering our Heavenly Dao Alliance; that alone is enough that no one could save you. Although you have sworn a heavenly dao oath not to betray the Heavenly Dao Alliance, do you think the higher-ups of the Heavenly Dao Alliance would let you off if I didn't vouch for you?"

"Revered Master, please understand, this Disciple has absolutely no malicious intentions toward the Heavenly Dao Alliance. As for the matter you have entrusted to me, this Disciple will absolutely handle it perfectly." Yang Lingchen replied via Sound Transmission: "Within five years, this Disciple will definitely make her serve you tea and water."

"You're sensible enough." A smug, faint smile appeared on Lin Muxue's face as she said via Sound Transmission: "You must act on this as soon as possible. If you encounter any difficulties while pursuing her, or if you need any support, you can come to me at any time."

"Many thanks, Revered Master." Yang Lingchen was overjoyed in his heart, thinking to himself: "Truly two naive and cute big silly girls."

At this moment, the mountain peaks surrounding the plain Arena were packed with people, all waiting for the start of the challenge.

"The time has arrived. Yang Lingchen, Zhang Li, come up to the Arena and fight!" Sun Hongda announced loudly.

Yang Lingchen's figure flickered, and like a gust of wind, he instantly appeared in the center of the Arena.

"Stinky brat! Today, I will let you know what the consequences of acting cool are!" Zhang Li's eyes were extremely cold, and his voice carried a chilling frost.

Although he was ranked last among the Core Disciples, Zhang Li's Combat Power was not weak. Since he started his journey, he had never been defeated by someone one Realm lower than him, so he did not believe Yang Lingchen could defeat him.

"Are you going to fight or not? Is there any point in all that yapping?" Yang Lingchen said coldly.

"You are courting death."

Zhang Li shouted sharply, stomped his feet hard, and leaped high into the air. He swung his right hand through the air, and instantly, a dazzling light condensed into a massive palm print in the Void Realm, slamming heavily toward Yang Lingchen.

Clearly, Zhang Li had used his full strength for this move. Although the opponent's cultivation level was lower than his, Zhang Li's personality was that he would not attack unless necessary, but once he did, he would definitely go all out.

Facing Zhang Li's full-force strike, Yang Lingchen didn't take it to heart at all. He lightly struck out a Fist Aura with his right hand, instantly shattering Zhang Li's palm print.

The remaining power of this sharp and dazzling Protective Aura, after shattering Zhang Li's palm print, did not weaken in the slightest and continued to blast toward Zhang Li's chest with an unstoppable Aura.

"Bang...!"

"Pfft...!"

Zhang Li had no power to resist and spat out a mouthful of blood. His body was sent flying backward by this Fist Aura, his chest caving in on the spot, looking utterly miserable.

Silence. At this moment, the scene was completely silent.

Everyone's eyes revealed expressions of shock.

No one expected that this kid who had just joined the Heavenly Dao Alliance would, with a casual punch, shatter Zhang Li, who was at the seventh level of the Heavenly Dao Realm, and even severely injure him.

Even the assessment Elder, Sun Hongda, was stunned on the spot.

He had originally thought that Yang Lingchen was just a young man who was arrogant and didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth. He hadn't expected the other party to actually defeat Zhang Li.

"Elder Sun, this Disciple should have passed the assessment, right!" Yang Lingchen said, politely cupping his fists.

"Yang Lingchen has successfully completed the challenge. From this day forward, he is promoted to Core Disciple." Sun Hongda announced loudly.

Afterward, he re-issued a Core Disciple Identity Token to Yang Lingchen.

After receiving the Core Disciple Identity Token, Yang Lingchen was taken away from the plain battlefield by the two sisters, Lin Muxue.

After some arguing between the two sisters, it was finally decided that for the first half of every month, Yang Lingchen would Cultivate under Lin Muxue, and for the second half of the month, he would Cultivate under Lin Muya.

Since today happened to be the beginning of the month, Yang Lingchen went to Lin Muxue's mountain peak to Cultivate.

Yang Lingchen had no objections to the two sisters' decision; after all, they had no malicious intent toward him, and they were top-tier beauties.

The following days were quite leisurely for Yang Lingchen. During the day, he would pay his respects to his two beautiful Revered Masters, and at night, he would Cultivate in the haotian jade space.

At the same time, to ensure his safety, Yang Lingchen found a hidden cave deep in the Cangxuan Mountain Range and set up a Star Domain Teleportation Array inside. This way, if he encountered irresistible danger, he could return to the Archaic Star Domain through this Star Domain Teleportation Array.

After the Star Domain Teleportation Array was set up, he also set up an illusion formation and a defensive formation around the cave, making it very difficult for others to discover it.

Of course, even if someone discovered this cave, it would be impossible to activate this Teleportation Array.

Because when setting up this interstellar Teleportation Array, Yang Lingchen had set a Soul induction. That is to say, apart from him, no one else could activate this Teleportation Array. This could effectively prevent it from being discovered by others, which would then bring a devastating disaster to the Archaic Star Domain.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

During this month, Yang Lingchen's cultivation level had completely stabilized, and his strength had further improved.

"Yang Lingchen, what level is your strength at now?" Lin Muxue asked curiously.

After two months of getting along, she found that Yang Lingchen's strength was like a mystery, giving her a feeling that she couldn't see through him.

"Guess." A faint smile appeared on Yang Lingchen's handsome face.

"Stinky brat, are you getting big-headed now? Honestly confess, what level is your strength really at?" Lin Muya said. Her personality was clearly more impatient.

"Ahem, ahem!" Yang Lingchen coughed lightly and said with a smile: "Under the guidance of my two Revered Masters, this Disciple's strength has now practically surpassed that of my teachers."

"Stinky brat! You mean to say that your strength is stronger than both of us?" Lin Muxue said indignantly.

"Stinky brat, are you getting a bit big-headed? With just your little bit of strength, you've surpassed us?" Lin Muya scolded coquettishly.

"This Disciple didn't say that, but the two Revered Masters can understand it that way if you wish." A faint, ambiguous smile curled at the corners of Yang Lingchen's mouth.

"Stinky brat, today I will weigh your mettle." Lin Muya said coquettishly, and immediately struck a palm toward Yang Lingchen.

"Stop." Yang Lingchen quickly said to stop her.

"Why, are you scared now?" Lin Muya said coquettishly.

"My two beautiful Revered Masters, under your guidance, this Disciple's strength has indeed surpassed you. If you don't believe me, why not both attack together to instruct this Disciple."

A provocative smile appeared on Yang Lingchen's face.