Jiang Heng descended from the arena and arrived at the waiting area.
"Starting today, you are the arena master. You can arrange a time for accepting challenges. You must remember to come every day. If you miss a day, and there's a challenger available, they will replace you as the new arena master."
The steward registered Jiang Heng's information and recorded 10 contribution points for him that day.
"Alright, let's make it every day after lunch."
Jiang Heng nodded and, after completing the registration, left on his own.
On the arena, others had already started their battles.
After exchanging for two Blood Qi Pills using contribution points, Jiang Heng returned to his small courtyard and began intense cultivation.
With the Blood Qi Pills consumed consecutively and the effects of the Primordial Genesis Art, they were quickly digested and converted into potential points.
Two hours later.
The Blood Qi Pills were completely digested.
With 20,000 potential points credited, Jiang Heng immediately upgraded his most critical secret technique, the Silver Statue Technique, to the third level.
His defensive power soared once again!
In the following days.
Jiang Heng spent his time exchanging for two Blood Qi Pills each day, secluded in his courtyard for cultivation. At noon, he spent half an hour on the Dueling Platform accepting challenges.
With his current strength, holding the arena was merely a formality.
During these peaceful days, time quietly passed.
One month later.
Inside Jiang Heng's courtyard.
With his cultivation now at the tenth level of the Physical Realm, the overflowing vigor and powerful movements still stirred up violent gusts of wind.
The sound of the wind howled incessantly.
After a long time, Jiang Heng closed his fists and checked his personal panel.
Host: Jiang Heng.
Cultivation: Tenth Level of the Physical Realm (23/100000).
Primary Cultivation Art: Primordial Genesis Art (Heaven Level) (Initiate).
Martial Arts Techniques: Mountain Breaking Fist (Profound Level) (Perfected), Swift Wind Steps (Profound Level) (Perfected).
Secret Technique: Silver Statue Technique (Profound Level) (Perfected).
Potential Points: 160,700.
His current cultivation had already reached the Tenth Level of the Physical Realm.
All major cultivation techniques had also reached the Profound Level, Perfected.
His strength had undergone a tremendous transformation.
The reason he hadn't continued to increase his cultivation was that he wanted to participate in the upcoming sect competition.
Winning the championship would lead to generous rewards. Moreover, with such a prominent record, he would receive special attention from the sect and possibly become a sect disciple, enjoying abundant sect resources.
"Upgrade! Silver Statue Technique!"
"Ding! Consuming 100,000 potential points. The technique is being deduced, please wait."
"Ding! Deduction completed! Please name the new technique."
Without hesitation, Jiang Heng said, "Golden Statue Technique!"
"Congratulations to the host for learning the Golden Statue Technique (Earth Level) (First Stage)."
A massive surge of warmth appeared inside Jiang Heng's body out of thin air, merging with his skin. His body began to strengthen once again, faintly radiating a golden light.
Jiang Heng couldn't help but pound his chest and feel the astonishing hardness. He couldn't help but exclaim, "It's so tough!"
Jiang Heng's confidence stemmed not from ignorance but from his understanding of martial arts knowledge obtained from the Sect's Scripture Pavilion.
The level of cultivation techniques, although categorized into Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow levels, usually only reached the Yellow level for the Physical Realm. Even reaching the Profound level was extremely rare.
This was similar to the equipment grading system in the games he played in his previous life. In theory, each level of equipment had corresponding grades like bronze, silver, gold, and even divine artifact levels.
However, in practice, lower-level equipment typically only ranged from common, bronze, to silver. It wasn't until higher levels that divine artifacts truly appeared.
The same applied to cultivation techniques. Heaven-level techniques were already of high quality, and for the Physical Realm, the Earth and Heaven levels were virtually non-existent. However, Jiang Heng's system didn't follow these norms.
As long as he had enough potential points, even Yellow-grade techniques could be endlessly upgraded. This had led to Jiang Heng's martial arts prowess far surpassing anyone of the same level.
"So, it's time for me to crush everything," Jiang Heng said with a grin.
Tomorrow would mark the beginning of the annual sect competition, where he would truly enter everyone's sight.
The next day, Jiang Heng, for once, didn't practice. He casually strolled out of his small courtyard early in the morning and headed towards the square in the middle of the outer sect disciples' area.
Along the way, many fellow outer sect disciples who were also going to the sect competition recognized Jiang Heng's identity and greeted him politely.
Jiang Heng nodded and smiled in response.
Over the past month, Jiang Heng had dominated the position of the champion on the duel platform, and this had become widely known among the outer sect disciples.
Whether they had watched his battles or not, they all knew there was an exceptional genius in the outer sect who appeared handsome but fought like a raging beast.
Perfect-level martial arts, perfect-level body techniques, invincible physique, and a sixfold martial cultivation level—far superior to ordinary outer sect disciples with a tenth-level cultivation.
After all, the impact of having a perfect-level martial technique on combat strength was enormous!
Countless people predicted that Jiang Heng had a chance to enter the top twenty in the competition, and if his cultivation improved, even the top ten wasn't out of reach.
Considering Jiang Heng's age, he was undoubtedly a peerless genius!
When Jiang Heng arrived at the edge of the square, he saw that the square, covering several square kilometers, was already crowded with people.
Countless outer sect disciples wearing blue robes chatted merrily on the square.
At this moment, a round-faced young man carrying a bundle approached, wearing a smile.
"Brother, would you like some information about the outer sect's experts? It's only one contribution point."
Jiang Heng stopped and turned to look at him.
"I don't have any money."
The round-faced young man continued to smile.
"I see you're Brother Jiang. You can have this information for free as a way of building good relations."
He took out a thin booklet from the bundle and handed it to Jiang Heng while saying, "I'm Liang Pingwei, a member of the Wanhe Hall, responsible for gathering information about experts within the sect."
"But Brother Jiang, please rest assured, this is just a compilation of basic public information. It's mainly for promoting the fame of the top experts and making things convenient for everyone."
"In the future, if you meet a brother from Wanhe Hall, please remember our kindness."