Chapter 54: Trial in the Magical Beast Mountain Range

Right in the middle of the day, Li Haizhu was already waiting outside his dormitory door. It required no guesswork to know why he had come.

Throughout the entire inner court, probably only Li Haizhu and Ye Nieshang knew the truth of what happened last night.

That purple talent forged by the Blood Inheritance Stone was not created by Yin Taixu; it was him.

"Young Master Tianchen, you are finally back. I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Li Haizhu immediately walked over and said.

He had even changed the way he addressed him.

Be that as it may, this was how reality worked.

On this continent, as long as you possessed sufficient talent and strength, you would naturally command sufficient status.

Chu Tianchen simply smiled. "Brother Zhu, you might as well just call me Tianchen."

Hearing this, Li Haizhu hurriedly nodded.

"I will take you to the inner court to prove to them that last night's purple talent was not forged by Yin Taixu, but by you," Li Haizhu said earnestly.

Chu Tianchen directly refused.

For the time being, he did not want to completely expose his talent to the world. He understood the principle that towering trees catch the wind better than anyone else.

As long as his talent remained unexposed, he could act as high-profile as he wished.

Once that terrifying talent was exposed, putting aside Liu Qingxin, Yun Yanran, and Lin Yurou, even the Human Emperor would likely shift his primary focus onto him.

Should that happen, his plans to establish a faction and run the medicinal pill business across the Eight Academies would all go down the drain.

"Brother Zhu, let what happened last night stay between the two of us, and let it pass for now."

"Keep it a secret for me."

"By the way, I have already corrected the flaws in that set of *Bursting Thunder Palms*."

With that, Chu Tianchen handed the scroll of the *Bursting Thunder Palms* to Li Haizhu.

Li Haizhu took the brand-new scroll of the *Bursting Thunder Palms*, his eyes filled with nothing but utter shock.

Refining martial arts techniques—even mere Yellow-tier techniques—was not something an ordinary martial artist could accomplish. Take this set of *Bursting Thunder Palms* for example; it had been studied by countless individuals across both the inner and outer courts, ranging from those in the Heavenly King Realm and Heavenly Gang Realm down to the Origin-Passing Realm and Spirit-Passing Realm, yet none of them had ever discovered its flaws.

Yet Chu Tianchen had merely glanced at it and not only pinpointed the errors but also corrected them.

If he had never studied this martial art before, what a terrifying comprehension ability this must be.

Since Chu Tianchen was unwilling to expose his talent, Li Haizhu naturally pressed the matter no further.

"Tianchen, there is another reason I came to see you today. Can you tell me what you saw on the Blood Inheritance Stone last night?"

Li Haizhu continued.

Hearing this, Chu Tianchen glanced at him.

"Brother Zhu, I have not yet fully comprehended the contents recorded on the Blood Inheritance Stone. Once I have studied it thoroughly, I will give you the answer."

"You are not from the Daqian Dynasty, are you?" Chu Tianchen asked abruptly.

Li Haizhu froze instantly, his thoughts pulled back into the past. After a full half-moment, he nodded heavily.

His gaze was suffused with pain and anger, suggesting that painful events had occurred in his past.

"I need to open my eyes."

"Tianchen, you must help me."

"I must uncover the truth of what happened back then."

Li Haizhu grasped Chu Tianchen's arm and said.

Chu Tianchen observed his eyes; they were indeed different from ordinary people's, carrying a trace of mysterious power within his pupils.

What he had seen on the Blood Inheritance Stone included records of innate heterochromatic pupils. The abilities of such pupils varied widely—some could capture souls with a single glance, while others could determine life and death instantly. In short, the stronger the pupil power, the more terrifying the might.

Feeling the emotional fluctuations within Li Haizhu, Chu Tianchen nodded heavily in agreement.

To be honest, he was quite curious himself as to what kind of state Li Haizhu would reach once his eyes were opened.

Perhaps he could even rely on him to locate his grandfather and father.

Chu Tianchen did not ask what had happened in his past or where he came from.

Because talking about those things right now was useless; even if he knew, he could not offer any real help at the moment.

Immediately afterward, he shared his idea of establishing the Chu Sect with Li Haizhu.

"Tianchen, your idea is great, but you have only just entered the outer court. Establishing the Chu Sect now will likely make you a target," Li Haizhu advised.

"Yesterday, you beat Lin Shengbin until he looked like a pig-headed monster; he will definitely retaliate against you."

"Creating the Chu Sect at this juncture will only make more enemies for you. In my opinion, it would be better to wait until you enter the inner court before putting this idea into motion."

Chu Tianchen replied seriously, "Once in the inner court, won't the resistance be even greater? Establishing the Chu Sect now will at most invite some mockery, and the factions in the inner court won't waste too much energy on me. But entering the inner court is a different story."

"I need the Chu Sect, and I need my own loyal subordinates."

"Since your mind is made up, you must count me in. I want to be the very first person to join your Chu Sect," Li Haizhu said eagerly.

"If Brother Zhu is willing to join, that would naturally be the best."

"Who in this outer court doesn't know you as the encyclopedia of martial arts?"

"I was reading the freshman handbook, and all new disciples will undergo a freshman trial one week after entering the academy, located in the Monster Mountain Range."

"Once I return from the Monster Mountain Range, I will begin preparing for the establishment of the Chu Sect."

"Brother Zhu, if you trust me, feel free to bring your friends in. Whether they are from the inner or outer court, we will accept them all."

"Let us join hands and forge a super legion!" Chu Tianchen said resolutely.

"Since you put it that way, I do indeed have a few candidates in mind. I will introduce them to you after you return from the Monster Mountain Range."

"However, Tianchen, I must warn you beforehand—these individuals have some old grudges with certain factions and have been suppressed quite severely. If we take them in, it will inevitably..." Li Haizhu began.

Before he could finish, Chu Tianchen interrupted him.

"As long as they are willing to fight side by side with us sincerely and help us grow strong and prosperous,"

"Then they will be members of the Chu Sect from that moment on, and whatever troubles arise, we will shoulder them together."

"Alright!"

"I believe in you!"

"The Yunhai Academy has been controlled by those nine sects for so long; it is high time some fresh blood was injected into it," Li Haizhu said passionately.

After their conversation concluded, Li Haizhu headed off to the Pavilion of Divine Arts.

As for Chu Tianchen, he returned to his own dormitory.

Over the next few days, all he needed to do was quietly cultivate and master the *Ice Soul Sword Canon* as quickly as possible. Doing so would grant him an extra layer of strength when participating in the freshman trial in the Monster Mountain Range.

Of course, he had no need to worry about the ferocious beasts within the Monster Mountain Range, because freshman trials were strictly confined to the outer periphery of the range. The beasts on the periphery were mostly first-rank and a few second-rank beasts, which were roughly equivalent to human practitioners in the Meridian-Passing and Origin-Passing Realms.

It was impossible for such beasts to harm him in his current state.

Even if he truly could not defeat them, he possessed more than enough escaping skills.

What he needed to watch out for was people—such as Lin Shengbin.

He estimated that Lin Shengbin would definitely seize the opportunity presented by the Monster Mountain Range trial to make a move against him.