Heaven rewards diligence, but there are always fairies plotting against me.

Seeing Lin Xuan's confident expression, Chu Chang couldn't help but roll his eyes and mutter, "How many dishes did he drink to be so arrogant?"

Lin Xuan heard this but remained oblivious. Instead, he smugly put his hands behind his back, walked onto the arena, and laughed arrogantly, "Brother Chu, I admit your strange weapon does have some merit. But I, Lin, am a genuine seventh-level Body Tempering Realm cultivator! And you are merely at the fifth level. This gap in cultivation level cannot be easily bridged! Now that you cannot use your strange weapon, how can you defeat me?"

Chu Chang opened his mouth, wanting to sincerely tell him: Actually, I had already secretly reached the seventh level of the Body Tempering Realm a couple of days ago.

Chu sighed, "Brother Lin, you've changed. You clearly said before that cultivation level isn't an absolute issue; as long as your martial arts skills are superb, you can still achieve a comeback."

"That's because my martial arts skills are really strong, you know?" A smug look flashed across Lin Xuan's face.

He was defeated in one move during the previous assessment, making him a laughing stock among the disciples.

This time, he must seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, defeat Chu Chang in the same clean and decisive manner, and reclaim the dignity that belongs to him!

"Alright, then I'll reluctantly agree to this today and see just how good your invincible martial arts really are."

Chu Chang shrugged and lazily walked towards the center of the arena. "Come on."

"Take this! Blazing Fist!"

Lin Xuan let out a low shout, and his true energy suddenly circulated throughout his body. A faint, blazing red light flickered on his right fist.

With a stomp of his foot, he charged straight at Chu Chang's face like a tiger descending a mountain.

Faced with this powerful punch, Chu Chang seemed to be stunned, standing still without dodging or avoiding, and didn't even assume a defensive stance.

Upon seeing this, the disciples watching from below the stage exclaimed in surprise, "Holy crap, why isn't he moving? Is he scared stiff?!"

"Definitely. Without that treacherous sword that slices through people's clothes, how can a mere fifth-level Body Tempering cultivator possibly block a seventh-level Body Tempering cultivator's Fiery Fist?"

"Sigh, defeated in a single move. Indeed, the absolute gap in skill level is not so easy to bridge."

Song Qing stood below the stage, his lips curling into an uncontrollable, wild grin, as if he could already see Chu Chang coughing up blood, collapsing to the ground, and being carried off the stage.

Just as Lin Xuan's fist wind had already stirred up the wisps of hair on Chu Chang's forehead, Chu Chang moved.

He merely raised his right hand seemingly casually, but the extreme Yang energy within his body erupted like a volcano in an instant.

"Burning Waves and Overlapping Shadows Hand!"

Chu Chang silently chanted in his heart, his palm drawing a nearly overlapping crimson afterimage in the void. It struck first, passing through Lin Xuan's fist wind with unparalleled precision, and lightly imprinted a palm on Lin Xuan's chest.

"Bang!"

A dull thud of flesh colliding rang out.

Before Lin Xuan could even hide his smugness, he felt an overwhelming, scorching force surge towards him.

He flew through the air like a kite with a broken string, tracing a perfect parabola before flying off the stage and crashing heavily to the ground with a thud.

Quiet.

A deathly silence.

He participated in the assessment twice in a row and was defeated in one move both times.

Lin Xuan, who had fallen off the stage, stared blankly at the sky, his mind a complete blank.

His lips twitched twice, as if he wanted to struggle to explain that "I haven't used my full strength yet," but the burning true energy in his chest made his throat taste sweet, and finally his head tilted to the side, and he completely fainted.

Looking at Lin Xuan lying lifeless on the ground, and then at Chu Chang on the platform who was calm and composed, with even his hair perfectly styled, the disciples watching almost popped their eyes out.

"Holy crap? This strength... this fluctuation of true energy..."

"Something's not right! This guy isn't even at the fifth level of Body Tempering!"

A sharp-eyed disciple couldn't help but gasp, exclaiming, "Damn it, this guy is already at the seventh level of the Body Tempering Realm!!"

Although the seventh level of the Body Tempering Realm is nothing to the disciples here.

Lin Xuan was caught off guard and suffered such a great loss.

So, everyone originally thought Lin Xuan was just lucky, but it turns out the real lucky one was someone else.

"Ten days ago, he was only at the fifth level of the Body Tempering Realm. How did his cultivation level improve so quickly?"

"He's definitely on drugs."

One disciple spoke frankly.

Their guess was correct; in addition to his own cultivation, Chu Chang did indeed take the pills given to him by Lin Ruoxue.

Chu Chang dusted off his hands, completely ignoring the stunned onlookers around him.

He walked off the stage with a calm expression, and amidst the strange looks from the crowd, headed back towards the drawing area.

Finally, he stopped in front of Song Qing, whose face was pale, grinned, revealing a set of white teeth: "Senior Brother Song, now... I should be considered to have passed the assessment, right?"

Song Qing clenched her jaw tightly, feeling a burning pain on her face.

He never expected that Chu Chang would win!

"...Of course it counts." Song Qing squeezed out these words through gritted teeth.

"That's good." Chu Chang patted his chest, showing a relieved expression. "Otherwise, I would have thought that Senior Brother Song was deliberately targeting me, and that he would have caused some trouble later."

Caught red-handed in public, Song Qing's temples bulged with veins, and he practically roared as he tried to prove his innocence: "You're overthinking it! This senior brother is upright and honest, everything I do is for fairness! Fairness! Fairness, my foot!!"

"Haha, Senior Brother, you're really funny. You tell stories like you're telling a whole series of tales." Chu Chang laughed heartily.

Song Qing took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart, a venomous glint flashing in his eyes.

He suddenly sneered and deliberately raised his voice, saying, "Chu Chang, although you have now passed the assessment and officially become a disciple of my Enforcement Hall, according to the rules, the top three from this assessment will be selected from among the successful candidates. How about it, do you want to continue drawing lots? I think your strength is quite good, why not consider it? If you can make it into the top three, the sect's rewards are extremely generous."

Chu Chang naturally knew this rule.

The Enforcement Hall, as a powerful institution within the sect, is a large and influential organization.

It is said that the first place winner of this assessment will not only receive a secret manual specially authorized by the Law Enforcement Hall's Sutra Repository.

You'll also get a full three hundred taels of silver, as well as five bottles of Qi-Nourishing Pills to aid your cultivation!

As for the rewards for second and third place, although they are not as good as those for first place, they are still enough to make ordinary outer disciples envious.

Seeing that Chu Chang remained silent, Song Qing assumed he was afraid. A mocking smile appeared on his lips as he deliberately provoked him: "Fine, if you're too timid to fight back, then pretend I didn't say anything. After all, the battles to come won't be like the childish games Lin Xuan played earlier."

The surrounding disciples began to whisper among themselves: "It's already a miracle that Chu Chang was able to barely pass; he definitely won't continue drawing lots."

"That's right. Knowing when to quit while you're ahead is the smart thing to do. If you keep going, not only will you reveal all your cards, but if you run into a really ruthless person, you won't even know how you died."

Just when everyone was convinced that Chu Chang would back down, Chu Chang reached out and placed his hand on the lottery box, his tone unusually calm: "Who said I'm not going to compete? I want to continue the assessment."

"Good! You've got guts!" Song Qing was overjoyed and quickly gestured for Chu Chang to draw lots, secretly cursing him for drawing a tough opponent.

Chu Chang rummaged through the box expressionlessly, then pulled out a wooden plaque. After reading the words on it, he handed it to the disciple in charge of recording.

When the disciple saw the name on the wooden plaque, his expression changed slightly, and he exclaimed in surprise, "My opponent... Wang Jianren!"

Upon hearing this name, the disciples watching gasped in shock, and the crowd erupted in chaos!

"My God, it's Wang Jianren?!"

"How could I have drawn this monster in human form?!"

"Wang Jianren possesses immense strength and an incredibly sturdy physique. In previous assessments, all his opponents were instantly defeated by his sheer brute force and brutal charges. This time, Chu Chang has truly kicked a hornet's nest!"

"This guy's luck has run out."

Hearing the exclamations around him, Chu Chang raised an eyebrow, a thought flickering in his mind: Immense strength? Unparalleled physical prowess?

They wondered who would prevail in a pure strength contest with their "extremely yang constitution".

It should be noted that when he was in the Gu family, he was only at the fifth level of the Body Tempering Realm, but his strength was already invincible in the Body Tempering Realm!

Now, at the seventh level of the Body Tempering Realm, his strength has increased two levels.

"Junior Brother Chu, you are really lucky. The next assessment is tomorrow, so you must prepare well."

Chu Chang shrugged indifferently and said, "I've already proven my strength. I'd like to ask, will I still be able to use the strange weapon tomorrow?"

"sure!"

To Chu Chang's surprise, Song Qing actually said that.