Chapter 18: Let Me Be Your Dog!

Fang Qingxue seems to have left.

The many demon‑hunters on the Magic Ship were stunned, staring blankly at Chen Zheng.

They aren't dreaming, are they?

Chen Zheng unexpectedly won the favor of the White‑Clothed Fairy, receiving a snow seal as proof to join an immortal sect within three months.

Feather Ascension Sect!

That is the top power in the entire Xuan Huang Xuan Xuan Huang Da Shijie Shijie Xuan Xuan Huang Da Shijie Shijie, claimed as one of the Ten Immortal Paths, with countless immortal masters and a might that shakes billions of miles of territory.

No one doesn't want to apprentice to this sacred cultivation site.

But the Feather Ascension Sect isn't that easy to enter.

Its standards for recruiting disciples are high.

Applicants must be under twenty, have a clean background, have cultivated to the Fifth Tenfold Divine Power realm, and possess a recommendation slot to qualify for the assessment.

Of course, regarding cultivation alone, many warriors can meet that criterion.

If one gets into the Feather Ascension Sect's recruitment sphere and manages to obtain a recommendation slot, there may still be hope of passing the outer‑door assessment.

For example, Chen Mo of the Chen family and the former Chen Zheng both met the Feather Ascension Sect's outer‑disciple assessment standards.

Yet the Feather Ascension Sect is far beyond the Great Northern Ocean, so distant that an ordinary person would struggle to reach it in a lifetime.

To reach the Feather Ascension Sect, one must cross the boundless sea, traverse countless unknown countries, desolate mountains, treacherous waters, and perilous lands, where death on the road is all too easy.

Encounter any demon or bandit, and you're finished—let alone seeking a master to learn from.

Even if you miraculously survive and finally reach the Feather Ascension Sect, it will be many years later.

By then you'll be over twenty and no longer meet the sect's recruitment standards.

Warriors at the Ninth or Tenth Tenfold Physical Body level could reach the Feather Ascension Sect within three to five years.

But it's meaningless.

Those who have cultivated to the Ninth or Tenth Tenfold Physical Body are ninety‑nine percent over thirty‑or‑forty years old.

Like Li Qiu, Chen Xingye and others, who long ago lost the potential to enter Shen Tong Mi Jing, what would the Feather Ascension Sect want with them?

All these reasons are why Chen Zheng never left Golden Feather Island before, to seek apprenticeship at the Feather Ascension Sect or other sects.

The Xuan Huang Xuan Xuan Huang Da Shijie Shijie Xuan Xuan Huang Da Shijie Shijie is enormous.

"Congratulations, Young Master Chen!"

Many demon‑hunters recovered from their shock, clasped fists, and congratulated Chen Zheng.

Yet some wore sincere faces while feeling sour inside, a tangle of envy and jealousy.

Chen Zheng's chance to join the Feather Ascension Sect means he will most likely pass the assessment with his strength.

It's like a carp leaping the dragon gate in one day—no longer comparable to them.

They, also demon‑hunters like Chen Zheng, weren't favored by the White‑Clothed Fairy and granted a celestial bond?

Is the gap really that huge?

Sigh!

This world is so unfair.

"Congratulations, Young Master Chen."

Siblings Li Qiu and Li Rong stepped forward to congratulate, their minds a little dazed.

All because of the magical experiences of the past two days.

First, Xu Guanshi asked them to look after Chen Zheng, the small figure at Physical Body Seventh.

They readily agreed.

Little did they know that during their interaction with Chen Zheng, they discovered he was a true dragon; even Tenfold Physical Body warriors were defeated, no magical artifact could pierce his flesh, and he also won the Feather Ascension Sect's fairy's favor.

All of this is hard to believe.

They had assumed Chen Zheng was a disciple of some Great Immortal Sect, but they were wrong.

Yet in fact it's all the same.

Chen Zheng will soon become a member of the Feather Ascension Sect and soar skyward.

"It's nothing."

Chen Zheng tucked away the snow seal Fang Qingxue gave him, waved at the Li siblings, his face unchanged.

If he hadn't yet obtained the True Demon Ten‑Thousand‑Calamities Unbreakable Body, this snow seal would have been extremely precious to him.

It was almost his sole chance to turn things around, but now its effect is not that great.

Not that he's arrogant or complacent.

With his ability, wherever he seeks apprenticeship, as long as he shows a bit of strength, he is very likely not to be turned away.

This is a fact.

But now is not the time to consider that; he'll study it later when he has time.

He pulled Li Qiu aside and asked, "Does Manager Wang have any kinship with the Gathering Treasure Tower Master?"

Li Qiu was startled and instinctively replied, "No, he's just an ordinary manager; there are over twenty managers like him in the Gathering Treasure Tower."

"Hmm."

Chen Zheng gave a slight nod, patted Li Qiu's shoulder, and said, "I have other matters; you siblings may rest in the cabin."

He said that while turning toward the cabin entrance.

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In the far corner of the innermost cabin room, Manager Wang, who had been kicked unconscious by Chen Zheng earlier, slowly awoke from his stupor, forcing his body to sit up.

"Hiss... I'm still alive?"

He clutched his sunken chest, gasping in pain, yet felt relieved that Chen Zheng hadn't killed him.

Wang Guanshi looked around, and seeing Chen Zheng not in the room, a deep venomous resentment flashed in his eyes.

"Chen Zheng, you killed my wife and turned me into this state; you beast, just wait for me. When I get back to Ban Yue Fang Shi and report to the building master, that will be your end…"

Clack clack clack…

Footsteps and some scraping sound suddenly came from outside the room, startling Wang Guanshi, who was cursing Chen Zheng in his heart.

He quickly rolled onto his side, lowered his eyelids, and pretended to be gravely wounded and dying.

He must endure humiliation and bear the burden!

But his eyes never fully closed; through the slits he secretly observed the movement outside the door.

Soon he saw a figure dragging a corpse step into the room—it was Chen Zheng.

The corpse was that of a middle‑aged beautiful woman.

"……"

Wang Guanshi's eyelids twitched wildly, sensing great danger.

Especially after seeing Chen Zheng close the door and leisurely drag his wife's corpse step by step, he could no longer help but shake his whole body wildly.

He sprang up from his feigned death, staring at Chen Zheng in terror: "No… don't kill me, I'm willing to be your dog, no, ah…"

Pfft!

Wang Guanshi's scream abruptly stopped.

Because Chen Zheng's five fingers had already pierced his crown, all the way in.

The Nether King True Body's internal cultivation method activated, draining blood!

Cultivation complete.

His power rose to that of seven mysterious yellow fiery horses.

Next, Chen Zheng steered the Magic Ship northward, and after more than two shi chen, he was about to reach Ban Yue Fang Shi.

Shortly after he left, Fang Qingxue reappeared, arriving at the cave entrance on the Island Mountain Peak where the Heavenly Demon emerged.

Swoosh!

A figure followed closely, landing beside Fang Qingxue.

He was a young man of about twenty‑seven or twenty‑eight, tall and upright, his hair tied into a topknot secured with a jade hairpin, his facial lines gentle and his demeanor elegant.

"Qingxue, he's just a mortal boy with a little talent; why must you personally recommend him into the Feather Ascension Gate? And you let him, after mastering Shen Tong, go to Purple Lightning Peak to find you? Ha, I think even after ten lifetimes of cultivation he still cannot step into the Shen Tong Mi Jing."

"Qingxue, I know your mountain peak is newly built and lacks manpower; as long as you give a word, I will immediately leave the Pre‑Heaven Demon Sect and serve you front and rear."

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ps: Many readers comment that the protagonist should join the Taiyi Gate; here's an explanation: the previous book's protagonist has already been to the Taiyi Gate, so going again wouldn't be good, the story would be similar, and it would seem like a Chinese‑to‑Chinese translation.

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