Reborn as a Mountain: I Defy the Heavens with a Smile

"Huh? Why did the ten disciples stop suddenly? I think they can go further than a hundred and fifty meters, right?"

One of the disciples spoke with a baffled look while many others also raised the same question.

"It’s not about the limit of mystic Qi they can resist but the problem of depth. The further you go, the deeper it gets. Although you can use your spiritual Qi to make yourself float in the water, you need to divert some of your attention to do this. It might sound easy, but one mistake can lead to rapid breakthroughs, so unless one is one hundred percent confident, no one will gamble for short-lived benefits."

A disciple from first grade spoke. This was not really some secret, but not many can reach the hundred meters, not to mention hundred and fifty, so unless there was a promising disciple, no one would bother to explain this.

Although the tier of spiritual roots didn’t matter here, in the sect and outside the world did. Hence why not many knew about this. Even some of the disciples who were walking forward didn’t know, but once they reached a certain depth, they understood the difficulties and went back a few meters.

With the disciples stopping like this, the number dropped below fifteen, and once again this number was halved at the distance of one hundred and eighty meters.

Now only seven swam forward with their heads out.

Five of them were none other than Ye Chen, Ji Feng, Zhu Dong, Qin Lian, and Li Zhenyuan.

While the other two were from some second-grade sects.

"Hiss, who are those two?"

"Yeah, is anyone here who knows them?"

Some of the disciples asked with a jealous look, while some of them with a cold one.

There were many disciples from the first-grade sect who had to stop; how could they feel good after knowing some unknowns were still going forward? Ye Chen was alone enough to make them feel bad, not to mention now adding more from the second-grade sect.

Some of them even swore that as long as these two didn’t have any backing, they would challenge them to a fight.

How could others not guess their intentions, but the disciples from their sects seem to have some disagreement with these two and spouted everything?

"The one with blue hair is Xue Feng, and he is from the same sect as me, the Evergreen sect. He was originally a servant, but who knows what kind of luck he had and obtained an opportunity? So now he had mutated wind elemental spiritual root and thus was given the opportunity to come here," a disciple said with a hint of jealousy.

After him, another one followed.

"The one who left is Chang Bai, and he is the disciple of our grand elder. No one knows anything about him yet since the grand elder only announced it a day before we came to the mystic city. The grand elder even helped him to snatch the quota without any fight," the male disciple explained unhappily.

While hearing him, many disciples became stunned.

"You are from Rising Cloud Sect, right? I heard the grand elder was a magnanimous one and even fought against any evil inside the sect, so how could he do such a thing suddenly?" A male disciple couldn’t help but inquire.

"Who knows what happened? But there are rumors stating that Chang Bai is his illegitimate child."

The disciples continued to figure out what was the reason; meanwhile, Ye Chen and the six others swam past two hundred meters.

"Damn! I didn’t know that I was a genius!" Li Zhenyuan couldn’t help but mutter with a proud look.

At first, he had doubted whether or not he could reach a hundred meters, and it was because he was afraid that his big body might cause some trouble, but since nothing like that happened, he was pretty happy.

However, this was as far as he could go; nevertheless, he didn’t feel down at all and smugly glanced behind at the disciples, which seemed to say, How disappointing that you all are. Look at me; the most untalented person had reached farther than you.

Although the disciples didn’t know his inner thoughts, they felt provoked at his gaze and cursed him a thousand times. But this only made Fatty look at them with disdain before shifting his gaze towards the front.

"Hiss! Brother Ye Chen had got some fierce competition," he spoke with a deep breath.

Meanwhile, the disciples behind him were shocked and stunned.

"Hey, they are already at two hundred and twenty meters; that’s more than the previous year’s black horse!"

"Yeah, and they are still going on further!"

"I am not surprised that Crown Prince Ji Feng, Zhu Dong, and Qin Lian can go further, but for Ye Chen and the other two, that’s shocking."

"Humph! Maybe they are just pushing forcefully." Explore more stories at Freewebnovel

The disciple conversed with jealousy and admiration.

Of course, most of them admired Crown Prince Ji Feng as his fame spread all over the kingdom. Although he didn’t display any talent in cultivation at an early age, he was smart and was able to make important decisions in the city he was given to look over.

Then there was his academic talent, which made the older ones ashamed. Later his fame only increased as he was found to have a high-tier spiritual root. Although it wasn’t made public, many guessed that he possessed a heaven-tier spiritual root; if not, the royal family wouldn’t change their crown prince suddenly.

"Hey, do you think anyone can break the record of the farthest one had reached?" a disciple inquired suddenly.

Hearing him, many others became stunned and looked at the six figures who swam past two hundred and fifty meters.

"I don’t think this is impossible to do; however, it is also not easy. Don’t forget that the longest record is four hundred and eighty meters; furthermore, one had to cultivate there for two continuous weeks; only then would this be considered a record; if not, it’s all just a forced show."

"Yeah, you are right; however, don’t forget that the mystic Qi is very strong after two hundred meters, so the chances of someone forcing it are very low. By the way, you are from the Flame Dragon Sect, right? Look at your genius disciple Zhu Dong; he seems to be having a hard time and is hesitating whether or not he should continue going further."

A male disciple from the Su family said this as he pointed at Zhu Dong.

Hearing his words, everyone glanced forward only to discover his words were true.

"Look at his ugly face; he seems to have reached his limits."

"He must be feeling very bad since there is Ye Chen and even two unknown disciples going further than him."

The disciples who had beef with Flame Dragon Sect sneered loudly as Zhu Dong came to a stop at two hundred and eighty meters.

His face was black as he looked at the five figures who were still swimming forward with a calm look.

’How?! How could this be possible?! Why are those three going ahead of me?!’ He questioned with red eyes, looking at Ye Chen, Xue Feng, and Chang Bai.

As for Ji Feng and Qin Lian, he didn’t dare to compete with them, clearly knowing they were superior.

Just as he was angered at these results, Ji Feng and Qin Lian were surprised after finding there were two disciples from second-grade sects who were following them.

’Master predicted that this era would be the era of geniuses; looks like he was right.’ Qin Lian muttered inwardly, and his gaze became heated with fighting spirit.

Meanwhile, Ji Feng just took a deep look at these two before fixing his gaze on Ye Chen.

Although Qin Lian, Xue Feng, and Chang Bai gave him some pressure, his gut told him the toughest one is here, Ye Chen, who didn’t give any kind of pressure.

Of course, Qin Lian and two others also felt this, and their gazes became serious.

"Look! Those five had gone past three hundred meters!"

The disciples behind couldn’t help but look at them with wide eyes. Although many guessed they could go further, they still didn’t believe it. Furthermore, the majority of them were clinging to the fact that Ye Chen, Xue Feng, and Chang Bai were forcing.

"Aye, brother Ye Chen, you have stolen all of my limelight," the fatty Li Zhenyuan spoke with a dissatisfied look.

Hearing his words, the nearby disciples rolled their eyes at him and just ignored him. In this time, he had been claiming how big of a genius he was; although many refuted him, the fatty continued to pretend, making them give up on correcting him.

"Huh? Why did they stop suddenly?"

"Maybe they encountered some difficulty?"

Everyone became confused as they saw Ye Chen and others coming to a sudden halt simultaneously.