Sacred Martial Divine Sovereign

2Ao Lingchen was very surprised when he walked out of the room. He didn't expect to meet someone he knew as soon as he came out.     2

    

He saw Ouyang Yu standing in front of his door. He looked at Ouyang Yu, who had just walked out of the room, and smiled indifferently. "Why are you surprised to see me here? I have been waiting for you here for a long time!"    

    

"I am a bit surprised, but why are you the only one here? Did the others come out?"    

    

Ao Lingchen nodded his head lightly and looked at Ouyang Yu with a surprised expression. He then looked around.    

    

It was not that Ao Lingchen thought that he had a lot of face and that there would be many people waiting to welcome him even if he went out. However, since Ouyang Yu was waiting here, logically speaking, Mo Yiyun and the others should not be here.    

    

"There's no need to look. I'm the only one here. Everyone wants to come here and wait for you to come out of your seclusion. However, it's not easy to enter the Spirit Refinement Tower now, so everyone will take turns to come here. I happen to be free today, so I came here."    

    

While they were talking, Ouyang Yu took a step forward and patted Ao Lingchen's shoulder with his palm. "Kid, not bad. You have been in seclusion for such a long time. It seems like you have gained a lot. Judging from your Qi, I don't think you have broken through to the Martial Sect Stage."    

    

Ouyang Yu said with a smile. He could naturally sense the powerful Qi that was faintly discernible on Ao Lingchen's body.    

    

"You are not bad either. You have also stepped into the Martial Sect Stage!"    

    

Looking at Ouyang Yu, Ao Lingchen was very puzzled about the Spirit Refinement Tower that he was talking about. However, his expression remained calm as he replied calmly. In his opinion, it was very normal for the former to be able to break through. After all, before entering the secret realm, his cultivation base had already stepped into the Peak of Martial Spirit.    

    

"Also? No way, could it be that you have really broken through to the Martial Sect Stage?" The smile on Ouyang Yu's face gradually disappeared, and it was replaced by astonishment. He was just casually talking about it just now. He naturally knew that Ao Lingchen's strength was not any weaker than Wu Zong. However, he also knew that his cultivation base was only at the Martial Spirit Middle Period, and that he had only been in seclusion for a short period of time. He had actually made such a huge breakthrough!    

    

"En, my luck is pretty good, and I just happened to make a breakthrough!"    

    

Looking at the stunned Ouyang Yu, Ao Lingchen teased and nodded his head. He seemed to have recalled what Ouyang Yu had said just now. It seemed like he didn't really notice that he had broken through to the Martial Sect Stage. It was ___ who had broken through to the ___ and came here to show off.    

    

"Let's go, we're going back!"    

    

Ao Lingchen smiled and walked towards the entrance.    

    

"What a freak!"    

    

Looking at the figure that had disappeared into the distance, Ouyang Yu's heart skipped a beat. He didn't have any comment about someone who could fight a Martial Sect Stage with just a Martial Spirit like Ao Lingchen.    

    

He didn't want to make any comment about Ao Lingchen, but only Ouyang Yu himself knew how bitter his heart was. Although he wasn't jealous of this brother, he didn't feel good about it.    

    

Warm sunlight shone down from the sky. Ao Lingchen and Ouyang Yu walked out of the Spirit Refinement Tower. There were people everywhere in front of the door. Their heads were crowded like a black ocean. It seemed like everyone was waiting in line to enter the Spirit Refinement Tower to cultivate.    

    

Ao Lingchen looked at the crowded people and finally understood why Ouyang Yu said that it was not easy to enter the Spirit Refinement Tower.    

    

His eyes swept across the crowd with doubt. Ao Lingchen said, "Why did everyone become so enthusiastic? Why are so many people queuing to enter the Spirit Refinement Tower to cultivate?"    

    

Listening to Ao Lingchen's puzzled voice, Ouyang Yu spoke with a solemn expression. You just came out of seclusion, so you don't know what happened in the sect when we were cultivating in the Spirit Refinement Tower. The Stellar Sect sent an invitation letter."    

    

"Stellar Sect? An invitation?" Ao Lingchen had a confused look on his face. He was full of doubts about the two things that Ouyang Yu had mentioned. He had heard a little about the former. It seemed like it was a major power. Their strength wasn't any weaker than the Essence Sword Sect, but what did this have to do with the Spirit Refinement Tower being so full of people?    

    

"Let's talk as we walk. It's too noisy here!"    

    

Ouyang Yu swept his eyes across the noisy crowd around him. He took a step forward in the air. This wasn't a good place to talk.    

    

Without pausing for a moment, Ao Lingchen stepped forward and followed closely behind, rushing towards the courtyard with Ouyang Yu in front of him.    

    

Along the way, after conversing with Ouyang Yu, Ao Lingchen finally understood why Spirit Refinement Tower was so crowded. He also understood what was going on with this so-called Wind and Cloud Gathering of the Five Sects.    

    

It turned out that this was a competition organized by the five major powers, including the Essence Sword Sect. This kind of competition didn't have a very high threshold. As long as one was above the Stage of Martial Spirit and was within the age of 25. Everyone could participate in this competition. This was not just a battle arena, but a battlefield. The selection method was similar to how Ao Lingchen and the others entered the Essence Sword Sect.    

    

However, there would be a ranking competition after a round of selection. Everyone who could get into the top ten would be rewarded handsomely. What kind of reward was it? It was different every year. Only when the selection began a month ago would there be information on this aspect.    

    

However, besides these so-called rewards, the ones that really made the Essence Sword Sect so fanatical were... It was because the higher ups of the sect had given the order. Anyone above the Stage of Martial Spirit would participate in this competition, and those who could enter the top 100 would be rewarded.    

    

Under the urging of the higher ups of the Essence Sword Sect, all the disciples in the sect naturally became more enthusiastic about this matter.    

    

During the conversation, besides knowing about the Five Sects Competition, Ao Lingchen also had a certain understanding of the things that were happening outside of the Essence Sword Sect.    

    

It turned out that the place they lived in was called Desolate Domain, and it was a corner of the Yuan Wu Continent.    

    

The Desolate Domain was extremely vast. Most of it was a mountain forest. Except for a few places where humans lived, it was almost the world of Devil Beast. It could be said that humans lived a very good life, but in fact, it was a chance to live with beasts.    

    

"I didn't expect that the situation of us humans in the Desolate Domain would be so bad." After Ao Lingchen heard the general introduction of the Desolate Domain from Ouyang Yu, he could not help but smack his lips. In the past, he thought that the Devil Beast was just a resource for humans to hunt and cultivate, but today he found out. It turned out that in the eyes of the Devil Beast, humans were the prey of blood.    

    

"It's not as bad as I thought. Although the four directions are the world of the Devil Beast, it's still not as bad as I thought. However, the Devil Beast is an existence with low intelligence after all. There are even top experts amongst us humans. As long as we don't enter the forbidden land of the Devil Beast, they won't be able to do anything to us. "Ouyang Yu said with a smile.    

    

"Apart from the Essence Sword Sect, do the five major sects also have those?" Ao Lingchen nodded. He only knew that the Essence Sword Sect was one of the five major sects. As for the Stellar Sect, he had never heard of the other three major sects.    

    

"The five major sects are the strongest five major powers in Desolate Domain." Ouyang Yu pondered for a while and said, "They have the title of First Palace, Second Sect and Second Palace."    

    

"First Palace, Second Sect, and Second Palace." Ao Lingchen muttered to himself as he listened to Ouyang Yu's statement. He turned to Ouyang Yu and said, "Are the two sects the Stellar Sect that our Essence Sword Sect sent the invitation to?"    

    

Ouyang Yu nodded and said in a low voice, "Yes, they are the Essence Sword Sect and the Stellar Sect. However, our Essence Sword Sect is the last existence in the Five Major Forces, and the Stellar Sect is the strongest."    

    

"Countdown?" Ouyang Yu's words made Ao Lingchen frown. He never thought that the mighty Essence Sword Sect in his heart could only be counted as the last in the Five Major Forces.