Looking at Chu Liang's smiling face, Cheng Jian felt an indescribable bitterness.
News of Chu Liang forging a top-grade Golden Core had long spread throughout Shu Mountain. Coupled with his outstanding performance lifting him above Xu Ziyang and Jiang Yuebai at both the Mountain God ceremony and the Sky Ladder Path, he had repeatedly come out on top.
Therefore, the expectations within their Sect for him were very high. Even though he hadn't been in the Core Formation stage for long and was not as capable in actual combat as Xu Ziyang and Jiang Yuebai, it wouldn't be surprising if he managed to dominate and win against fellow disciples in the Divine Consciousness Realm.
Cheng Jian could accept that.
However, Chu Liang had to win in such a nearly illegitimate way — by using a compounded magic artifact and a similar ambush technique.
This made Cheng Jian feel as nauseous as though he'd swallowed a fly.
