The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 1882: Chapter 1882: Defiance

Core Disciple!

Within the Hongjun Heavenly Palace, before Jing Yan, there were only thirteen core disciples. Now, Jing Yan is the fourteenth core disciple. At the same time, Jing Yan is the first core disciple to join the Nuwa Divine Palace.

"Nuwa Palace Master, no need to see me off!" Vice Palace Master Ye Zhen waved, and his figure exited the Nuwa Divine Palace.

This time, Vice Palace Master Ye Zhen came to the Nuwa Divine Palace mainly to confer the status of core disciple to Jing Yan, but also wanted to take a look at Jing Yan himself. Otherwise, even if conferring the status of core disciple, the Vice Palace Master wouldn’t need to come personally.

"Jing Yan, work hard in your cultivation and strive to step into the All Things Realm soon!" Nuwa Palace Master nodded to Jing Yan and continued, "If there’s anything unclear during cultivation, feel free to come to me."

"Yes!" Jing Yan replied respectfully.

Following that, Nuwa Palace Master also disappeared in a flash.

"Jing Yan... Senior Brother!" At this time, the members of the Nuwa Divine Palace in the hall looked at Jing Yan with extremely complex expressions.

The people like Taiyi, who previously called Jing Yan brother, now changed the way they addressed him.

Within the Hongjun Heavenly Palace, the hierarchy among different disciple levels is distinct. Outer disciples call inner sect disciples ’Senior Brother.’ Inner sect disciples must also address core disciples as ’Senior Brother.’

In the entire Nuwa Divine Palace, Jing Yan’s status among the disciples is undoubtedly the highest. Other disciples, upon seeing Jing Yan, must respectfully pay their respects and call him ’Senior Brother.’

Don’t look down on Jing Yan’s cultivation in Taoist Realm; even disciples of the All Things Realm cannot disrespect him and must honestly call him ’Senior Brother.’

The ultimate forces like the Hongjun Heavenly Palace highly value peerless geniuses because stepping into the All Things Realm is not difficult for these top-tier geniuses, and they can generally reach the peak of the All Things Realm, with hopes of touching upon the Controller Level.

Whereas those with relatively lower talent struggle to impact the Controller Level. There are exceptions, like Nuwa Palace Master, who, when first entering the Hongjun Heavenly Palace, did not have extraordinary talent but eventually stepped into the Controller Level. This event shocked the Five Ultimate Forces for quite some time.

"No need for excessive courtesy, everyone," Jing Yan said to them with a smile.

"Earlier, when you said you were a core disciple, we didn’t believe you. We even contradicted you. Please, Senior Brother, don’t take offense," one person said with a bitter face.

"No problem, we are all disciples of the same palace, and should work together in unity," Jing Yan said with a shake of his head.

Seeing Jing Yan’s easygoing nature, everyone felt relieved. Some bolder ones even stepped forward to ask about quite private matters, such as where Jing Yan originated from before coming to the Hongjun Heavenly Palace.

Jing Yan answered most of these questions, telling them that he originated from a universe nurtured by the Primordial Ancient Tree Seed, and had not been in the Endless Chaos for long.

After talking for a while, Jing Yan bid farewell to everyone. Instead of leaving the Nuwa Divine Palace, he went to the Secret Technique Room of the palace.

Though the amount of secret techniques in the Nuwa Divine Palace’s Secret Technique Room isn’t as abundant as in other divine palaces, there are still many.

In the Secret Technique Room, Jing Yan randomly picked a few to study. Studying secret techniques isn’t necessarily about cultivation itself. Right now, Jing Yan possesses the top-tier Hongmeng Dao Pattern and Ancient Tree Inheritance chaotic-level secret skills; thus, cultivating other secret techniques wouldn’t have significant benefits. However, in studying various secret techniques, he might gain insights that unexpectedly benefit his cultivation of the Hongmeng Dao Pattern and Ancient Tree Inheritance.

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"Have you heard? Our Hongjun Heavenly Palace has gained its fourteenth core disciple."

"What? Core disciple?"

"Yes! Core disciple! This person is the lifeform named Jing Yan, brought back by the Nuwa Palace Master, rumored to be just a Taoist Realm lifeform."

"Haha! Are you kidding? Taoist Realm, becoming a core disciple? In our Hongjun Heavenly Palace, there’s only one Taoist Realm disciple, and that’s Brother Qing Lian. What kind of person is Brother Qing Lian? Although he is in the Taoist Realm, he can compete with those in the All Things Realm. He is a remarkably rare existence throughout the Endless Chaos."

"No joke, it’s the truth. If you don’t believe it, you can ask around. Just ask any member of the Nuwa Divine Palace, and you’ll know it’s true."

The news of Jing Yan becoming a core disciple soon spread within the Hongjun Heavenly Palace.

Initially, most people didn’t believe it. However, as time went by, the information about Jing Yan becoming a core disciple was confirmed. Many witnessed Vice Palace Master Ye Zhen confer the core disciple status to Jing Yan.

"Core disciple? By what right?"

"Humph, I’ve cultivated for millions of years and have reached the Fifth Step Dao Method Realm, just one step away from the All Things Realm, yet can’t be promoted to core disciple. That Jing Yan, how can he be promoted to core disciple right after arriving at the Hongjun Heavenly Palace?"

"I’m not convinced!" An inner sect disciple named Feng Chi roared.

"Feng Chi, you being unconvinced won’t help! Jing Yan’s promotion to core disciple is confirmed. I’ve heard Vice Palace Master Ye Zhen personally went to the Nuwa Divine Palace to confer the status." One inner sect disciple next to Feng Chi said coldly.

Regarding Jing Yan being conferred core disciple status, most outer and inner sect disciples were simply shocked and found it unbelievable. However, a small number were burning with jealousy, feeling Jing Yan was unfit to be a core disciple.

After all, they had never heard of a martial arts genius named Jing Yan in the Endless Chaos before. The name was unfamiliar as if it appeared overnight, brought back by the Nuwa Palace Master to the Hongjun Heavenly Palace, then quickly conferred core disciple status.

Especially some top inner sect disciples felt indignant towards Jing Yan. They believed if the heavenly palace were to confer a core disciple status, it should be given to them, not a newcomer.

"I, Feng Chi, will see what that Jing Yan kid is capable of!" Feng Chi said with a gloomy face, his voice low.

"Feng Chi, you better not act recklessly!"

"Indeed! That Jing Yan, after all, has been given core disciple status. Being discourteous to him could lead to punishment from the heavenly palace."

"Better to bear with it!"

"We inner sect disciples should not be disrespectful to core disciples!" Some inner sect disciples said fluently.

These outstanding inner sect disciples mostly thought little of Jing Yan, but due to the heavenly palace’s regulations, they dared not publicly defame Jing Yan.

"You all got scared?"

"Hm, then don’t come. I, Feng Chi, am not afraid!" Feng Chi promptly dashed off, flying toward the Nuwa Divine Palace.

The other inner sect disciples exchanged glances, then followed.

At this time, Jing Yan was still in the Secret Technique Room, studying various secret techniques.

"Is Brother Jing Yan here?"

Upon hearing someone call him from outside the Secret Technique Room, Jing Yan furrowed his brows but still flashed out of the room.