Inside Jiang Ren"s courtyard.

"Haha, I truly never expected you to grow so fast. When you had just arrived in the Sky-splitting Sword Sect, I had a feeling that something similar to what happened yesterday. You had actually become a true qi realm Ranker in the blink of an eye! "

Thinking back to what happened at that time, Jiang Ren couldn"t help but sigh. The reason he had Ling Dao stay in the Sky-splitting Sword Sect was only to fulfill his brother"s request. In the following days, he gradually got to know Ling Dao better, and now, they were even more like family.

Because of Jiang Zhong, the two of them became so close. Now that Ling Dao had risen to the true qi realm, Jiang Ren was naturally extremely happy. The stronger Ling Dao was, the better. Otherwise, with just his strength and position alone, he wouldn"t be able to protect Ling Dao at all.

"You don"t know? I had taken in disciples before, but unfortunately, they ended up in terrible straits. Some had become disciples of others, some had left the Sky-splitting Sword Sect, and some had died outside. That"s why I"m not willing to accept you as my disciple.

Only, I didn"t expect that even if you weren"t my disciple, those elders and disciples would still go after you. What"s more, you"ve never been at a disadvantage. and may even be able to stand out in the outer sect compet.i.tion and become number one! "

Under the moonlight, Jiang Ren was already drunk. Before he finished speaking, he suddenly dropped onto the table. Seeing that Ling Dao had broken through to the true qi realm, Jiang Ren was genuinely happy, happier than if he had broken through.

"Grandpa Jiang, go to sleep!"

Ling Dao carried Jiang Ren onto the bed and after covering him with the blanket, he left the place. Upon breaking through to the true qi realm, his situation had instead become even more dangerous. Naturally, he could not lower his guard, and even more so, could not become arrogant.

Merely the strength of his Early Stage of the Zhenqi Realm, among the inner sect disciples, it was really not enough. Just by becoming an inner disciple, one could become a Sky-splitting Sword Sect, but there were still profound pract.i.tioners within the inner disciples.

Moreover, Teng Shaofeng"s master, Ji Yuanliang, and Xia Xinyao"s master, Xiao Yashuang, were all inner sect elders. Ling Dao had offended them before, if he had the chance, they would definitely beat him to death.

Early morning of the second day, Ling Dao left his room. Becoming an inner disciple was very simple, as long as you could display the cultivation of your true qi realm. The first time, it was Jiang Ren who brought him here, allowing him to become a Sky Cracking Sword Sect Disciple. The second time, it was Zhuang Xin who brought him here, allowing him to receive the prize for being the champion of the outer disciple compet.i.tion.

This time, he came by himself for the sake of becoming an inner court disciple. Even if the inner sect was a dragon"s lagoon or a tiger"s cave, Ling Dao would not cower. When fighting, he would defend; when fighting, he would fight; when fighting, he would fight; when fighting. His life was very tough.

"Elders, I have already broken through to the true qi realm. I am here to request to become an inner disciple!"

Originally, the two elders were still sitting in their seats, but after seeing Ling Dao, they immediately stood up. If it was any other outer court disciple that wanted to become an inner court disciple, they wouldn"t be like this at all. But they would definitely not forget that Ling Dao was an exceptional genius. As long as he did not die prematurely, he would definitely become a peerless Ranker in the future.

"Little brother, sit, sit!"

"Isn"t it just becoming an inner disciple? Just a small matter. Leave it to us!"

Furthermore, Sect Master Duan Zhenghui had already informed them of this matter, and told them to retrieve a lower graded sword as a reward for Ling Dao. Duan Zhenghui"s reasoning was that since Ling Dao had defeated the disciples of the Black Tortoise Sword Sect and True Martial Sword Sect last time, and made a great contribution, of course he had to reward them heavily.

If not for the fact that Duan Zhenghui knew that he had superior talent, that ten whirlpools of spirit energy had condensed above his head when Ling Dao broke through to the true qi realm, it would have been impossible for Duan Zhenghui to reward Ling Dao with one lower graded sword. One had to know, in the Sky-splitting Sword Sect, many elders did not possess lower graded sword.

"The command medallion, clothes, and key are all here. Please accept them!"

Even Ling Dao did not expect to actually be able to get another lower graded sword. Taking the sword from the elder, he slowly drew his sword. On the hilt of the sword, there were two large words, "Scorching Sun".

The last outer sect compet.i.tion champion was rewarded with a seven forms of scorching yang. The origin of this sword"s name was precisely because of the seven forms of scorching yang. Even the two elders were somewhat envious when they saw the Scorching Sun Sword in Ling Dao"s hands.

The two elders still wanted to send Ling Dao out, but were politely rejected by him. After exiting the pavilion, Ling Dao headed towards his own residence. When he went back to pack up, he could head for his new residence. In the future, he would have his own courtyard, which would be much more convenient.

The news of Ling Dao breaking through to the true qi realm to become an inner disciple quickly spread. There wasn"t much of a reaction within the outer sect. With Ling Dao"s abilities, becoming an inner sect disciple wasn"t really anything difficult. Within the inner sect, those who hated Ling Dao laughed coldly.

"Injuring my brother, you can"t not take revenge for this. When you"re an outer court disciple, it"s not good for me to make a move on you, but now that you"re an inner court disciple, your future days will be very difficult! "

After Zhou Xing"s brother, Zhou Xinghe, heard about Ling Dao becoming an inner disciple, he immediately sent people to pay attention to his movements. A little fellow who had just broken through to the true qi realm was simply too easy to deal with.

In the outer sect compet.i.tion, Teng Shaofeng wanted to kill Ling Dao, so Ling Dao injured Teng Shaofeng. At that time, Ji Yuanliang had wanted to force himself out, but unfortunately, Ling Dao had not given him the slightest amount of face.

"We clearly said that the first place belongs to Xin Yao, but if you don"t listen, then when you enter the inner court, you"ll suffer!"

It was said that women held grudges the most, so Xiao Yashuang was naturally no exception. Ling Dao had stolen Xia Xinyao"s first place among the outer sect disciples, so she did not take her words to heart.