Chapter 433

As Su Chen's words fell, all the martial arts experts in the hall wore expressions of astonishment.

Wu Yazi had actually made the list.

He hadn't even made it into the top three, ranking only fourth on the Martial King List.

This result left every martial arts expert in the hall feeling incomparably shocked.

One had to know that Wu Yazi's "Northern Dark Divine Art" could freely absorb the internal energy of others to use as his own, without any side effects.

This meant that Wu Yazi's internal energy did not need to rely entirely on his own cultivation; every martial artist in the world was his source of internal energy.

Moreover, he was over ninety years old, a person of great longevity in the eyes of the world.

Precisely because of this, almost everyone was certain that Wu Yazi would be the top of the Martial King List.

Su Chen's commentary confirmed that Wu Yazi's internal energy was indeed terrifying, possessing a full two hundred years of Northern Dark internal energy.

This was not the internal energy cultivated from third-rate internal energy manuals, but the most top-tier Northern Dark internal energy.

This meant that Wu Yazi's internal energy was four, or even five times that of experts at his same level.

What a terrifying thing this was.

Unless one were an immortal cultivator capable of living for hundreds of years, no one else could reach this realm.

But upon hearing Su Chen's subsequent words, everyone's expressions turned to realization.

The peak of the Martial King Realm is still incomparably far from the Wu Huang Realm.

This statement seemed contradictory, but it was actually a very cruel truth.

Because wanting to cross the step from Martial King to Wu Huang is truly too difficult.

One only needs to look at the experts already commented upon to know.

Many brilliant and talented prodigies could reach the Martial King Realm around the age of thirty.

But for the decades that followed, they might remain stagnant.

Difficult! Difficult! Difficult!

Even famous experts like Mother Yin Ji, Yao Yue, Murong Bo, and Wang Chongyang could not break through despite decades of bitter struggle.

One can imagine how difficult this realm is to cross.

Therefore, judging solely by cultivation realm, the peak of the Martial King Realm is not truly considered absolute height.

For example, Yao Yue of the Great Ming also reached the peak of the Martial King Realm early on, yet she only ranked fourth on the Martial King List.

Clearly.

This Great Song Jianghu also has monstrous existences like the two Envoys of Reward and Punishment and the old man Wu Ming.

Thinking of this, everyone could not help but show excited and agitated expressions, one after another looking toward the white jade platform.

Waiting for the announcement of the top three of the Great Song Martial King List.

……

The ninth private room in the North District.

The three elders of the Xiaoyao Sect were all silent.

Originally, they had been certain they could sweep the top three of the Martial King List, but the result was a harsh slap in the face from reality.

Sweep the top three? They didn't even make it into the top three!

This was truly too shameful.

Especially since they had been so certain and full of confidence before; now, they were increasingly embarrassed.

Sitting on the remains of immortal cultivation techniques, yet reduced to such a state, all three felt they had failed the reputation of their immortal cultivation sect, the Xiaoyao Sect.

And failed their master, Xiaoyao Zi, even more.

"Sigh! How did the three of us end up in such a state, letting outsiders watch us as a joke for nothing."

After a long silence, Wu Yazi finally could not help but let out a long sigh.

Wang Yuyan said: "When Mr. Su commented on the Xiaoyao Sect before, he said that if the three elders of the Xiaoyao Sect had no discord, they could have broken through to the Wu Huang Realm long ago."

This sentence was an even greater critical hit.

It made all three feel as if they had no place to hide their faces.

Indeed!

With their lineage and the foundation of the Xiaoyao Sect, if they had been even a little more diligent, wouldn't achieving the Wu Huang Realm have been easy?

"If Master really returns one day and sees us like this, he would probably be disappointed."

Wu Xingyun muttered to herself, her face filled with regret.

"The Xiaoyao Sect created by Master is boundlessly powerful and should stand at the pinnacle of all sects; it is we who failed to manage it well."

Li Qiushui also sighed with emotion.

All three missed the top three of the Martial King List.

This made them forget their internal strife.

They only thought about how to win back a breath for the Xiaoyao Sect and their master, Xiaoyao Zi.

……

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Su Chen listened to the system prompt, his heartbeat suddenly accelerating by three points.

It seems the sixth Platinum Lottery Card is also secure.

Thinking of this, Su Chen could not help but feel energized, and he read out clearly once more:

"Third place on the Martial King List, Zhuge Zhengwo."

"Regarding this person, all of you Great Song Jianghu peers should be very familiar."

"He is the current Grand Tutor of the Great Song, in charge of the six ministries of the imperial court and the three hundred thousand Imperial Guards of the capital, truly the number one favorite under the Song Huang."

"Because of his repeated meritorious service, he was titled the Divine Marquis by the Song Huang, permitted to establish his own manor and authority."

"He is a sage of the Wu Lin, a friend of the Emperor, an immortal of the literary world, and a teacher of the chivalrous path; it seems there is nothing in the world he cannot accomplish."

"Back then, to make the imperial court restrain the Jianghu, he personally trained constables, taking only four disciples, and all four have already shaken the Jianghu; they are the Four Great Constables of the Divine Marquis Manor."

"But compared to these well-known matters, Zhuge Zhengwo has many unknown secrets."

"For example, he comes from the mysterious Zizai Sect, studying under the Zizai Sect leader, Wei Qingqingqing."

"For example, he once defeated and captured the 'Extinction King' Chu Xiangyu in two hundred moves before the Emperor."

"For example, he once broke Lei Sun's 'Fast and Slow Nine-Character Technique' without a sound, shocking Lei Sun into cutting off his own fingers to save his life."

"For example, he once defeated Cao Jingxiong's fast blade within nine moves and instantly took a cone from Zang Qike."

"He never shows his high-level martial arts before others, but in fact, his martial arts have long reached an unfathomable state of mastery."

"His self-created ultimate art, 'Half-Piece Brocade,' can quickly heal injuries and restore internal energy."

"The heavier the injury, the faster the healing; the more internal energy lost, the more astonishing the recovery speed."

"With this technique, no one below the Wu Huang Realm can defeat him."

"Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, he is temporarily ranked third on the Martial King List."

……

After these words were finished, everyone in the hall could not help but show expressions of surprise.

The Divine Marquis Zhuge Zhengwo!

This name is truly too familiar.

Even the martial arts experts from other empires are almost intimately familiar with this name.

As for within the Great Song, there is no one who does not know him.

It is only because Zhuge Zhengwo's life is too legendary, as if he were the embodiment of wisdom.

When the imperial family was in chaos, he quelled the imperial family's internal strife and helped the new emperor ascend the throne.

Later, when corruption was rampant among officials, he took control of the six ministries, clearing the court and the field, making the administration clean and bright.

Later still, when evil winds rose in the Jianghu, he personally trained four shrewd and powerful constables, sweeping up all the evil sects in one net.

It can be said that he shouldered the three great mountains of the Great Song: the imperial family, the imperial court, and the Jianghu.

Precisely because of this, Zhuge Zhengwo is deeply trusted by the Song Huang, possessing various powers of arbitrary decision, one person below, ten thousand above.

But no one knew that Zhuge Zhengwo's martial arts had also reached such a high level.