C16

"Alright, we've delayed for another day today. Tomorrow, I will bring you to the other halls to familiarize yourself with the road and to acknowledge you as my disciple." Zhou Lengqiu left the courtyard as she instructed the others.

At night, Senior Brother Sun Zheng appeared in Li Hao's residence.

"Youngest junior brother, be careful when you go to the other halls tomorrow." After the two talked for a while, Sun Zheng reminded Li Hao.

"Senior Brother, why is that?" Li Hao asked curiously.

"Heh, what can there be? Jealousy!" Sun Zheng did not try to hide it, and instead laughed: "As long as someone enters the Spirit Grass Hall, there will be a few people who will come to challenge us."

"Challenge?" Li Hao was startled, and could not help but ask curiously what was going on.

"We, the Spirit Grass Hall, have different statuses and positions. We can obtain the chance to cultivate the moment we enter the outer court. We won't have any chores to bother us either, so we naturally cause the outer court disciples to be jealous." Sun Zheng smiled and said: "Especially from the martial arts hall, many of them have already endured for many years before passing the examination to enter the martial arts hall, and they have even obtained the qualifications to cultivate. But it was with great difficulty that they were able to enter martial arts hall, unlike you, who could directly enter the Spirit Grass Hall. "

Li Hao nodded. If he changed his position and thought about it, he probably would not feel comfortable too.

However, being able to understand was one thing. How could he give up the opportunity to go back to the service hall s in the outer courtyard?

Was he stupid or were they stupid?!

"Of course I'm not afraid of a challenge, but it's just a loss of face." "I'm not surprised that I lost since I just arrived." Li Hao opened his mouth and said, "That would mean losing the prestige of our Spirit Grass Hall ?"

"Who cares about face. However, this is not a matter of losing face." Sun Zheng shook his head, looked at Li Hao and laughed.

"Actually, it was nothing to begin with, us Spirit Grass Hall naturally wouldn't lose face." Sun Zheng stroked his chin. "Even if you have just arrived, no one will be willing to come challenge you."

Li Hao heaved a sigh of relief, and said: "Since that's the case, then what is there to worry about?"

"Youngest junior brother, please let me finish." Sun Zheng sipped on his tea: "Logically speaking, no one would challenge you, but this is bad because your cultivation speed is too fast, as long as you reach the 3rd level of the Refinement Stage, you can be challenged by other disciples."

"I ?" Li Hao was suddenly speechless. Was it because he had cultivated too fast?

"In the past, none of us would have dared to challenge someone who was at the 3rd level of the Refinement Stage. After all, they were all polished bit by bit. We are not afraid at all for someone who was at the 3rd level of the Refinement Stage."

"Wait, Senior Martial Brother Sun means that only someone at the 3rd level of Refinement Stage can challenge it?" Li Hao heard the other party's implied meaning.

"Yes, but the things on you are a bit special. Tomorrow, there will be a lot of people taking the opportunity to challenge you." "Although you are only at the 3rd level of the Refinement Stage, you have just broken through and your cultivation is still shallow, so you are the best opponent for them." Sun Zheng continued.

"Feelings think of me as a soft persimmon?" Li Hao smiled speechlessly.

"Soft persimmon? What is that thing? " Sun Zheng asked curiously.

"Oh, it's nothing. You're just looking at me like I'm the weakest."

"Heh heh, after winning the challenge, the temptation rewards will be too big. If I were those fellows from martial arts hall, I would definitely not let go of this opportunity." Sun Zheng did not care about Li Hao's words and directly explained: "Do you know that if you are chosen, they can take the opportunity to become my Spirit Grass Hall's disciples? As for junior brother ? I'm afraid that he'll have to return to martial arts hall!"

"You can do this?" Hearing this, Li Hao's scalp immediately became full. Tomorrow, he could already feel that it did not seem to be easy.

"But you can rest assured, eldest senior sister asked second senior sister to bring you along. I believe that considering this level, those disciples of the martial arts hall have already been repaired by second senior sister who knows how many times. They don't dare to bully you based on that." Sun Zheng smiled and comforted his.

"No wonder second senior sister suddenly came over this afternoon to teach me Spring Rain Sword." Li Hao said.

"Mm, everything has been dealt with. There are more important things that need to be done. Follow me to the courtyard." Sun Zheng said, he stood up and was about to leave.

"Senior Brother, what else do you want?" Li Hao said puzzledly, and followed the other party out.

"Eldest Senior Sister truly cares about you. This is because you entered the 3rd level of the Refinement Stage and arranged for me to be your sparring partner tonight so that you can properly comprehend the Spring Rain Sword Art. Junior Brother, I won't waterproof you." Sun Zheng said as he pulled Li Hao and walked out.

At night, a sword light occasionally flashed past Li Hao's courtyard, and Sun Zheng's unique tsk-tsk sounds of praise only stopped when the middle of the night had passed.

On the morning of the second day, Li Hao had already opened the gate with a face filled with glory.

Even though he was exhausted last night, under Sun Zheng's guidance, his mastery of the Spring Rain Sword became even more proficient, to the point where he was gradually touching the doorstep.

During the second half of the night, he relied on meditating and resting. The effect was surprisingly good, and it was even more effective than sleeping.

After breakfast, Second Senior Sister Zhou Lengqiu appeared in front of Li Hao.

"Let's go, did Sun Zheng even explain it to you last night?"

"Yes, it has already been agreed upon." Li Hao nodded his head, following behind him, he tightened his grip on the sword in his hand, he was truly nervous.

This time, the martial arts hall will send out three disciples to challenge us. This is a rule, I think they wouldn't dare to mess around. When the time comes, you better not embarrass the people of our Spirit Grass Hall. " Zhou Lengqiu's voice was still cold, but it was rare for Li Hao to hear the concern in the other party's tone.

Exiting the island where the Spirit Grass Hall was located, Li Hao followed his second senior sister and once again entered the Spring Rain Peak.

Second Senior Sister Zhou Lengqiu should be very famous among the outer court disciples. At this time, seeing that Zhou Lengqiu had appeared, many disciples had to bow and greet him. Some of them were even quite curious about the Li Hao behind him.

But these people obviously knew of Li Hao's identity, and from time to time they would look at him with envious eyes.

Very quickly, the two of them arrived at the outer court martial arts hall area. There were already some people waiting here.

Presumably, these people knew of the arrival of Li Hao and Zhou Lengqiu.

Seeing the figure of one of the female disciples in the front row from afar, Zhou Lengqiu's footsteps paused for a while before returning to normal.

He turned to Li Hao and said: "Be careful of the female disciple in front."

After which, he walked up without explaining.

Li Hao didn't have time to think anymore and followed along.

"Greetings, Senior Sister Zhou." Seeing Zhou Lengqiu coming over, everyone spoke in unison.

"There's no need to be courteous, everyone knows about what happened today. This is to show our Spirit Grass Hall's disciples the way, I hope our fellow brothers and sisters can take care of us."

Zhou Lengqiu did not hold back, and pushed Li Hao to the front.

"Li Hao greets all senior brothers and sisters." Li Hao cupped his fists and bowed in accordance to the sect's rules.

"There is no need for Junior to be so polite. He reached the 3rd level of the Refinement Stage in just a short period of time. He is truly a fearsome talent." However, as the senior sister, I will not give up such a good opportunity. Just as Li Hao finished speaking, a clear voice spoke out.

Li Hao was startled, he looked at the talking girl, and realised that she was his acquaintance!

This woman was one of the female disciples who guarded the mountain that he had met when he had just entered the Spring Rain Sect!

"So it's senior sister. I didn't expect to see you here." Li Hao replied: "I hope that Senior Sister will show mercy."

The woman smiled and revealed her dimples. She said, in a clear voice, "Haha, even junior apprentice brother can't do that. I won't give up such a good opportunity."

As he spoke, he glanced at Zhou Lengqiu.

However, Zhou Lengqiu nodded and did not say much.

"Hahaha, Junior Sister Zhou is here to visit martial arts hall! Welcome, Senior Brother!" A hearty voice suddenly sounded and a man in a green robe walked out.

He saw that the other party's face was like jade. He was handsome and looked like a genius. Most importantly, the other party actually had an aura of dust on him.

Li Hao admitted that even though he did not look bad, when facing this man, he had no choice but to admit that this man looked like someone who could make others jealous.

After this man came out, he only glanced at Li Hao once before wearing a warm smile as he looked at Zhou Lengqiu.

Li Hao could even see the passion and love in the other party's eyes.

An indescribable uneasiness rose in the heart of the Li Hao who didn't know why.

"This is the, the senior brother of the outer court martial arts hall." Zhou Lengqiu didn't react at all to the look in the other party's eyes. She spoke to Li Hao and then directly entered the courtyard without paying any attention to the other party.

The other party did not mind, as if they were used to Zhou Lengqiu's treatment. They could only shake their heads and laughed bitterly, then led the disciples of the martial arts hall in.