Eternal Heavenly Emperor

Feng Yuan's routine had been completely seen through by Chu Hao, and he was defeated with just one strike!

Of course, it was unrealistic for Chu Hao to defeat Feng Yuan so effortlessly from the start, but having observed for so long and coupled with his superior analysis and deduction skills, along with the might of the triple wave, it would indeed have been strange if he couldn't defeat his opponent in one move.

As Feng Yuan lay on the ground, only able to moan and whine, he had completely lost all combat power.

The skin on Hu Jianren's face twitched uncontrollably. Just over two months ago, Chu Hao was a fool in his eyes, but in such a short period, that same fool had surpassed him in strength!

How incredible!

An absolute genius!

Chu Hao walked over to Feng Yuan and began to search him.

"What, what are you doing!" Although Feng Yuan had lost his fighting ability, he hadn't fainted.

"Can't you see? It's a robbery!" Chu Hao said offhandedly, and his hands didn't stop moving even for a moment. He revealed a slight smile as a jade pendant appeared in his hands!

He was certain that this was the key to Feng Yuan's sudden increase in strength—a Treasure Artifact!

"Give it back to me!" Feng Yuan demanded, eyes red with fury. This Treasure Artifact was hard-earned, found in an ancient tomb, capable of enhancing his strength by a whopping 3000 pounds, equivalent to increasing his power by forty percent!

With this artifact, he could even clash with a first-tier Great Mahayana realm martial artist!

"Idiot, haven't you seen this is a hold-up?" Chu Hao knocked on Feng Yuan's forehead. "When you were out in the city, was this how you reacted when someone robbed you? Alas, you're like a little seedling in a greenhouse, never having weathered a storm. Seems like you need some proper toughening up!"

Feng Yuan's face turned green with anger and he protested, "This is the academy, not the city outskirts!"

"Then you should feel lucky. Otherwise, you would have lost not just your possessions, but your life as well!" Chu Hao laughed. "And if you had run into bandits with special hobbies, even your 'chrysanthemum' wouldn't have been safe!"

"You just wait, I will not let you get away with this!" Feng Yuan raged with fire in his eyes. "I am the Fu Family's son-in-law; don't go too far!"

"Tsk, Eastern Sect fighting the Western Faction, yet you bring up the Fu Family to scare me. Saying that just makes you lose face!" Chu Hao spoke carelessly, continuing his search without pause, and soon found a bottle of pills. Unstopping the bottle, he was greeted with a burst of fragrance.

"My Fire Origin Pills!" Feng Yuan screamed.

Fire Origin Pills!

These were valuable indeed. Though not as potent as the Fire Spirit Pill, which could boost strength by 2000 pounds at once, these pills could provide a 100-pound increase each time, and with a sufficient number, could be taken daily, making their overall effect only half as effective as the Fire Spirit Pill.

Chu Hao counted them, only four—not many, but one would need 40 days under the academy's normal distribution to acquire that many, so it was quite the bounty. He said, "Thank you, Senior Brother Feng, I'll graciously accept this!"

Feng Yuan was so frustrated that he couldn't catch his breath and fainted.

Hu Jianren, watching all this, couldn't help but silently lament that the era always belonged to the young, and he had grown old.

After rummaging through Feng Yuan's belongings, Chu Hao nodded towards Hu Jianren and said, "Teacher Hu, let's go!"

Teacher Hu nodded, following Chu Hao away somewhat dazedly, not really aware of when they'd parted ways. He returned to the training grounds of the Earthly Institute, absent-minded for the entire morning.

Disregarding him, Chu Hao headed directly to the mission distribution plaza of the Heavenly Court.

The layout here was similar to the mission plaza in the city center, with notice boards erected and pieces of paper pinned to them. Each piece of paper represented a mission, and the fact that they were still pinned there meant no one had completed them yet.

The missions were categorized into five levels of danger, using the colors purple, red, gold, blue, and white to indicate the levels, with white being the lowest and purple the highest.

Chu Hao scanned them one by one.

"White mission: Hunt down a Sky Hook Beast in the Blackwood Forest. Note: An adult Sky Hook Beast is at the third-tier Middle Mahayana realm and moves alone. The danger level is not high. Reward: Ten points."

"Blue mission: Hunt down a one-horned white bear in the Blackwood Forest. Note: An adult one-horned white bear is at the fourth-tier Middle Mahayana realm and usually moves in pairs. If the mission takers are only at the fourth-tier Middle Mahayana realm themselves, it is recommended to form groups of two to three. Reward: Thirty points."

Chu Hao nodded. Although the one-horned white bear had only a single-tier higher strength than the Sky Hook Beast, the difficulty increased significantly due to there being two of them, and it was tough for one person to handle.

He pondered for a moment; although he was at the fourth-tier Middle Mahayana realm, his own combat power was already beyond that, and with the addition of a Treasure Artifact, tackling two one-horned white bears would be a piece of cake.

He looked further down.

"Purple mission: Eliminate the bandit group Seven Wolf Stockade, entrenched in the Blackwood Forest and Grey Flat Mountain area. Note: Seven Wolf Stockade has over three hundred members, and currently has six leaders, four of whom are at the fourth-tier Middle Mahayana realm.

The Big Stockade Leader and Second Stockade Master's strength are extremely powerful, rumored to be at the fifth-tier Great Mahayana realm and fourth-tier Great Mahayana realm, respectively. The precise location of the Seven Wolf Stockade is unknown, and these bandits are extremely vicious and cunning, expert at setting traps and ambushes—proceed with utmost caution. Reward: One thousand points."

"The Seven Wolf Stockade!" Chu Hao's eyes sparkled.

He had long heard of the brutality of this bandit group, infamous for kidnapping, plundering, and murder. He had his own encounters with them and knew these bandits were also very cunning and audacious, sending out members from their stockade to infiltrate and relay information about imminent targets.

He had wanted to eliminate this group for a while but lacked the strength until now.

—Of course, he still didn't have it; others would be manageable, but the Big Stockade Leader of the Seven Wolf Stockade possessed the strength of the fifth-tier Great Mahayana realm, which was far beyond his current capability to confront!

However, he was now thinking of following Madam Yun's advice to find a waterfall outside the city for intensive training, and as long as his strength exceeded the fifth-tier Great Mahayana realm, then he could take action!

After all, there was no time limit for this bounty, and he believed no one in the academy could complete it!

"To be safe, better to reach the seventh or even eighth tier before eliminating this group of bandits. That way, I'll remove a menace and earn points!" Chu Hao murmured to himself, turning to leave, but he was so engrossed that he didn't notice someone behind him, and he bumped right into them.

"My apologies—"

"Are you blind?" Chu Hao barely started to speak when the person already started cursing.

Chu Hao frowned, he had indeed lost focus just now, but so had the other person, and that was why they bumped into each other. Besides, it was nothing more than a light collision that wouldn't even cause pain, let alone injury!

Was there any need to verbally hurt someone over it?

"Filth from the Eastern Sect!" the person spat, "Get on your knees and apologize to me now!"

Chu Hao's anger surged, and he folded his arms, standing resolutely as he said, "What if I don't kneel?"

"Then I'll beat you until you do!" the person said coldly, "The new students these days really need to be put in their place, not even recognizing me, Feng Jingwen!"

As the two confronted each other, they immediately drew the attention of others.

"Hey, that's Feng Jingwen from the Western Institute! That guy ranks seventh in the Western Institute. He got too arrogant after advancing to the Great Mahayana realm a few days ago, and as a result, he was soundly defeated by our Eastern Sect's Brother Tang Yiwen. He must be harboring a lot of pent-up frustration now!"

"Hehe, this newcomer is in trouble meeting Feng Jingwen at this time, it's going to be bad!"

The students from the Eastern Sect whispered to each other, though not loudly, because among the students from the Eastern Institute present, there was no one stronger than Feng Jingwen, so naturally, they didn't dare to speak too loud and bring trouble upon themselves.

"Brother Feng, teach this newcomer from the Eastern Sect a good lesson!"

"Right, make this newcomer come to his senses!"

The students from the Western Faction took this opportunity to jeer.

"New kid, you better kneel quickly!" Feng Jingwen shouted, excited by the attention of the people around him. Only within the academy could he enjoy such treatment, since outside, his First Tier Great Mahayana realm cultivation was not considered expert level at all.

Chu Hao shook his head secretly; he had just fought a battle, and now he was about to fight again so soon?

"Wow wow, what a lively scene!" Just then, a youngster no older than seventeen or eighteen walked over, clapping his hands as he did so. Dressed in green, he was clearly a student of the Heavenly Court from the Western Faction.

"Another blind one?" Feng Jingwen spat. He had never seen this youth before, who was surely a new student who had just been promoted to Heavenly Court, "Do you need a lesson too?"

The youth smiled and asked, "Are you up for it?"

Feng Jingwen was infuriated yet laughed, "If you're brave enough, come here then!"

"Are you really going to do this?" the boy said with a strange smile, bending down and driving his hands into the crevices between the paving stones on the ground.

What on earth was this guy trying to do? Everybody was puzzled.

Pfft!

All eyes popped at the same time as the youth's hands forcefully wedged into the gaps between the tiles, prying apart two slabs of stone over a distance! These stones were two meters long, two meters wide, and nearly half a meter thick, weighing at least 10,000 pounds each!

Prying them open by sheer force... what terrifying strength!

What was even more frightening was that the youth very casually lifted one slab of stone, then lifted the second and third, stacking them one by one until he had a stack of six. He hugged the bottom slab, flexed his arms, and the stack of stones, several times his height, was hoisted up by him.

Everyone was dumbstruck.

Six stone slabs, at least 60,000 pounds of strength!

This unassuming youth was at least a Sixth Tier Great Mahayana practitioner!

My gosh!

Bang!

The youth let go, and all six stones fell to the ground simultaneously, causing the ground to tremble fiercely. He dusted off his hands and said to Feng Jingwen, "What were you saying just now?"

Feng Jingwen's entire face twitched, his mind spinning with three words: Sixth Tier Great Mahayana realm!

If the other party could easily lift 60,000 pounds in stones, it meant his maximum strength was definitely more than that! But even if the other party was just a Sixth Tier Great Mahayana realm, he was only at the First Tier!

How big was the gap between them?

Like that between an adult and a baby!

Teach the youth a lesson? He must be tired of living!

"Get lost!" The youth's smile faded as he said coldly.

Feng Jingwen did not dare to utter a single word, promptly bowed his head, and walked away without the slightest bit of temper.

Everyone else was also rendered silent, still not recovered from the shock.

Sixth Tier Great Mahayana realm!

So young! An absolute genius, unrivaled in history!

Chu Hao contemplated secretly; if he had started cultivating from the age of fourteen, and with enough Star Stones in support, he could have advanced to the Vajra Realm by now! No! Because before the age of thirty, the increase in strength is accelerated, he might even reach the Third Tier, Fifth Tier, or even Seventh Tier of the Vajra Realm!

This youth... could he absorb the power of Star Stones too? No, he couldn't, or his strength would have been far beyond the Sixth Tier Great Mahayana realm!

"Chu Hao, let me introduce myself—I'm Chi Zhong," the powerful youth walked over, extending his hand to Chu Hao.