Rise from 1984

  Zhu Dahao's emotions were extremely excited, his hopeful gaze looked at Ye Chen. If he had this cultivation and strength, he would probably hate to personally take the stage and drive away the 50th Luoshu Pavilion Master Chen Rongyuan. But he didn't have that kind of strength, so he could only pin his hopes on Ye Chen, a brother he hadn't known for long, hoping that Ye Chen could make a breakthrough and greatly boost the morale of the scattered cultivators.

  Ye Chen blinked slightly in surprise, glanced at the excited Zhu Dahao, and also at Qian and Feng who were equally tense and suppressing their excitement, then calmly began to think.

  He is not as complicated as Zhu Dahao thought.

  His only purpose in snatching the 50th hut was to save time on his cultivation, cultivate faster and strive to break through the fifth layer of Qi Refining as soon as possible.

  As for being able to gain the support of many loose cultivators in Qing Shan Lake, Ye Chen was somewhat surprised. When he first considered seizing the 50th hut, he had not expected that many loose cultivators would be stirred up and excited by his actions.

  "First take down the 50th hut and then talk!"

  Ye Chen said, "Since we're preparing to take over the 50th hut, we must be prepared! I want to know all the information about the master of the 50th hut, Chen Rongyuan, including his expertise in magic, spiritual instruments, and personality. The more detailed, the better. For this, we'll need the help of Brother Zhu, Brother Qian, and Sister Feng!"

  Ye Chen thought for a moment, then said, "After figuring all this out, I'll make my move and challenge Chen Rongyuan. With a clearer mind, I'll have more confidence. If we need to buy secret manuals or spiritual instruments, we'll still need to make a trip back to the Immortal City. As for spirit stones, I have some here, but it will require troubling a few of you."

  "It's no big deal, don't worry!"

  Zhu Dahao, Qian Shanli and Feng Yan all nodded in agreement.

  "I'll go and get in touch with some familiar loose cultivators, to help Brother Ye gain an advantage, so that the Chen family's cultivators won't think you're isolated and alone, and bully you."

  "Qian, go and investigate, dig out all the details about Chen Rongyuan! He stayed in hut 50 for a period of time and received many challenges, he must have revealed some secrets. Try to get all his details by today."

  "Feng Mei, you run a trip to Xian City for the next two days and sell back what Ye Lao needs. It's also a waste of his time running around in Xian City."

  Zhu Dahao quickly dispatched the matter.

  Ye Chen and the three of them carefully discussed it and set a time for the challenge, which was three days later.

  Zhu Dahao, Qian Shanli and Feng Yan bid farewell and left the first hundred hut, walking down the mountain in big strides.

  Feng Yan turned back to look at the serene mountain peak and suddenly said, "Ye's temperament is very calm, just now when Zhu brother was stirring him up like that, he didn't have any impulsive thoughts, he still followed his own thinking and challenged the 50th hut master in an orderly manner."

  "I, Old Zhu, have a good eye for people, don't I? As soon as Ye came to Qing Shan Lake, I saw that he was different from the others! He's only fifteen or sixteen years old, and yet he can remain so calm, this is indeed the material of someone born to do great things! As long as he can take down the 50th hut, entering the Nine Great Immortal Sect will be a sure thing, what remains to be seen is how outstanding he'll become after entering the sect!"

  Zhu Dahao had some pride in his voice.

  "We're all twenty-four or five years old now, and we've only just reached the third layer of Qi Refining. We'll soon be over the age limit of twenty-five, and I'm afraid we won't have a chance to enter one of the Nine Great Sects. Let's give our full support to Brother Ye in his attempt to join the Nine Great Sects. If he succeeds and becomes someone important in the sect, then we'll have a powerful backer and be able to stand firm in Tianyun City. Otherwise, with our current abilities, we're rootless and without foundation, and it will be extremely difficult for us in the city."

  "Ye brothers are mature beyond their years and becoming a third-generation disciple of the Immortal Sect shouldn't be a problem! If one day they become true disciples of the Immortal Sect, that would be a truly powerful backing."

  Qingshan Lake, challengers go to seize the Luoshe, generally directly climbing the peak and kicking the Luoshe is fine.

  However, the challenge between 126 hut owners is more serious and formal to show the seriousness of the challenge. It's not that this hut owner just made a decision and immediately went to kick another hut owner's door.

  But rather the next battle post, a date is set and a formal challenge takes place.

  Below the "war post", only the owner of the house has the qualification, and also has the priority to challenge. Non-owner cultivators do not have this qualification and must queue up in order to challenge. Once the challenge is successful, the two owners will swap positions. If the challenge fails, they can only challenge again after a month.

  Ye Chen's battle notice was delivered to the hands of Chen Rongyuan, the master of hut number 50, by Zhu Dahao.

  "The 100th hut owner Ye Chen formally declares a challenge to the 50th hut owner Chen Rongyuan!"

  This news spread rapidly and widely three days before the challenge.

  It spread to thousands of tents on the banks of Qing Shan Lake in almost a day, becoming a topic of enthusiastic discussion among scattered cultivators and young family members around the bonfire at night.

  "Do you know who Ye Chen is?"

  "It's said that Ye Chen has just arrived at Qing Shan Hu and a month ago, he took over the 100th hut from Liu Qing. He firmly occupies the 100th hut now and has gained some fame! It's said that his strength is much stronger than Liu Qing's. However, very few people know about his background."

  "From one hundred to fifty in one go, isn't that too overbearing?! I've never heard of any other cultivator daring to do this!"

  "In the midst of the scattered repairs, the highest-ranking Wang Ran is the 53rd cottage. If Ye Chen directly challenges the 50th cottage and succeeds, then Ye Chen will directly replace Wang Ran and become the strongest Qi-refining mid-term scattered repairman in Qing Shan Lake. If he succeeds, he will be my most respected scattered repairman, I'll follow him!"

  "On the day of the challenge, we'll also go take a look at the excitement and cheer on Brother Ye!"

  "Go! This battle must be watched. I'm looking forward to it, and among our scattered cultivators, several excellent ones will appear, and we'll have a chance to show off!"

  This challenge beyond fifty cottages has caused excitement and attention from many scattered cultivators.

  It was almost a one-sided affair, with many scattered cultivators standing on Ye Chen's side, eagerly hoping that Ye Chen could defeat Chen Rongyuan and seize the 50th hut, greatly boosting the morale of the scattered cultivators. Although Ye Chen's successful challenge would not bring them direct benefits, its stimulating effect on the scattered cultivators' morale was extremely obvious.

  Those young juniors of the small family clan didn't think so, "Everything depends on real strength, no matter how loud you shout, it's useless." "Wait for the result of this battle to come out, and then say these things, it's not late."

  The Fiftieth Hut.

  Chen Rongyuan wore a light blue shirt, looking dignified and majestic, sitting cross-legged with a cold and stern expression.

  In front of him was a blood-red battle notice, exceptionally eye-catching.

  Chen Rongyuan immediately summoned some close monks, followers of his, and Chen family monks after receiving the battle letter. Even some other small families' monks came to inquire about the situation upon hearing the news.

  At this moment, opposite Chen Rongyuan were more than a dozen Qi-refining early-stage cultivators, discussing countermeasures together.

  "Brother Chen, Ye Chen has directly rushed over fifty houses and is charging towards you, I'm afraid he's up to no good!"

  "Don't look at his current ranking of 100th in the hut, but there are many rumors that his strength far exceeds his ranking. In the past month, almost no cultivators have come to challenge him, which is a testament to his abilities! His battle record is scarce, with only one notable fight against Liu Qing, and outsiders rarely know his true capabilities."

  "I don't know about Ye Chen's strength, this battle is probably going to be very difficult to win."

  Everyone was worried and discussing it.

  "Send a few capable brothers to challenge him in the next two days! Go and feel out his strength......However, I'm afraid none of our brothers can match Liu Qing's strength."

  "This plan is useless! Ye Chen already has many scattered cultivators following him. My younger brother has sent someone to investigate, and after Ye Chen issued this battle notice, he had already arranged for the scattered cultivators to take turns challenging him in an orderly manner, but they were all his people, just pretending to fight without exerting any effort. According to the rules of the Lu's challenge, the Lu master can only accept three challenge quotas per day, and those who exceed this number can refuse the challenge. The people we arranged cannot even get in line to fight him, let alone probe his bottom line."

  "This move of his is sinister enough!"

  "Brother Chen, how about we arrange for the brothers to take up the challenge quota of fifty sheds three days later? When Ye Chen arrives, Brother Chen can refuse the challenge on the grounds that it exceeds the quota by three names, making it impossible for him to challenge!"

  Someone hastily suggested.

  "Do you want me to avoid the fight? If this gets out, everyone will say that I'm not as good as a loose cultivator and still afraid of him. It would bring shame and lose face for my Chen family! How can my Chen family stand in Tianyun Xianyuan City?"

  Chen Rongyuan's eyebrows jumped up and he scolded angrily.

  "Brother Chen, little brother didn't mean it that way! It's just that if Ye Chen can use this move, we can too."

  That man hastily said.

  "It's useless! Ye Chen is the owner of the hut, and after posting a battle notice, he has the priority to challenge, and can be ranked in front of all challengers. No matter how many challengers we arrange to take the 50th hut challenge position, he can bypass them and directly challenge me... unless there are other three hut owners with higher rankings than him who challenge me, which would only delay his challenge by one day... However, this battle has already been widely publicized, and at this time, no other hut owner will come to challenge. Even if they do, it's meaningless. If I'm defeated by Ye Chen, I'll be directly demoted to 100th place, and my prestige will definitely plummet. The other big and small hut owners are all waiting to see me make a fool of myself!"

  Chen Rongyuan felt a heavy pressure, stood up, came to the window of the hut, and took a long breath.

  Only two short months until the departure from Zhongyao Tower, he didn't have too many thoughts, as long as he could occupy the hut and quietly pass these two months, the opportunity to enter the Nine Great Immortal Sects would be very great. Smoothly completing the family's heavy hopes.

  But he didn't expect that at this critical moment, a mysterious challenger would suddenly appear, making him very uneasy.

  Chen Rongyuan furrowed his brow and thought for a moment, then turned around and said in a cold voice, "No matter what, Ye Chen has come to challenge me, I will accept the challenge! Let him know that I, Chen Rongyuan, can occupy the 50th hut, it's not easy to provoke me. He wants to replace my position and drive me to the 100th hut, it's not that simple."