I'm here in the martial arts world just to find love.

The martial arts sparring, though not particularly loud, was quite in-depth and lasted for about an hour.

Jiang Chao, having gained a deeper understanding of martial arts, left the camp with satisfaction.

Under the cover of night, the boy moved silently to the edge of a lake and plunged into the cool water.

The night passed quickly.

The next day.

Before dawn, the river tide, which had been cultivating itself at the bottom of the lake all night, leaped out of the lake.

Perhaps due to having previously consumed a large amount of dragon meat, Jiang Chao's adaptability to water has reached a new level.

In the past, although he could maintain his breathing underwater by circulating his internal energy, he could never do it as effortlessly as he did tonight.

Moreover, after cultivating all night, the depth of his internal energy had clearly increased to a higher level.

Feeling the strange changes within his body, Jiang Chao was overjoyed and also wanted to ask others who had also eaten the dragon's flesh if they had experienced similar changes.

Jiang Chao first sought out Lu Jing, an apprentice at Huichuntang Medical Clinic.

When Jiang Chao approached the man, the medical apprentice who had been busy all day the previous day was still fast asleep.

After waking the other party and explaining his purpose, the sleepy-eyed Lu Jing followed Jiang Chao to the lakeside.

Then, at Jiang Chao's prompting, he jumped into the lake.

  

A moment later, the boy poked his head out and shook his head at the river tide on the shore.

"No change."

Jiang Chao on the shore gestured for the other party to come up. Then, he circulated his true energy, which dried the lake water off Lu Jing, who was shivering from the cold lake water. He frowned slightly.

"Could it be that only those who have cultivated martial arts true qi can benefit from the dragon meat like I have?"

Jiang Chao pondered to himself, then returned to his camp and waited for dawn.

After daybreak, Jiang Chao found a Moon Goddess Palace disciple who had shared the dragon meat that day.

That disciple was the female disciple who first met Jiang Chao and boldly inquired about his legendary childhood. Her surname was Ye, and her given name was Ling.

The girl was beautiful and lively, and about the same age as Jiang Chao. She had been given a piece of dragon meat by Jiang Chao, and although she ate it with great difficulty, she still finished it with tears in her eyes.

It seemed that she didn't want to go against Jiang Chao's good intentions.

After explaining her purpose to the other party, the girl, who had gotten up early to practice breathing exercises, immediately brightened up and took the lead in using her movement technique to rush towards the distant lakeside.

Seeing this, Jiang Chao quickly followed the other party.

A moment later...

Soaked to the bone, Ye Ling leaped out of the lake and, like Lu Jing before her, shook her head at Jiang Chao.

Jiang Chao was now completely at a loss.

Could it be that the long-running martial arts sparring with Li Muqing last night had nothing to do with the dragon meat they had eaten before?

To verify this, the action-oriented Jiang Chao went to find other people who had shared the dragon's flesh a few days earlier.

Without exception, these people were all disciples of the Xuanmen sect and the core prodigies of the four major martial arts families.

The group of talented young people from the Xuanmen sect and the four great families didn't actually have a very bad impression of Jiang Chao.

Although Jiang Chao was suspected of disrespecting his elders that day, considering his background and the fact that he was so young yet could suppress the evil dragon with his own hands and bring back a piece of its tail, they still had some respect for this grandmaster's son.

Like father, like son; a good teacher produces outstanding students.

He truly deserves the title of "the son of a unicorn".

Therefore, when Jiang Chao came to them with doubts, none of these prodigies refused and all responded to Jiang Chao's invitation.

So, early in the morning, a scene unfolded by the lake that seemed incredibly strange and bizarre to many people in the martial arts world nearby.

The prodigies of prestigious sects gathered by the lake, and then, under the command of a handsome young man in white, they formed two columns and jumped into the lake.

Among these disciples from prestigious families were many who had served as referees in yesterday's arena. What was even more shocking was their attitude towards the young man in white.

They listened to whatever was said and obeyed orders without complaint, even when they were soaked to the bone.

Those who watched this scene from afar were utterly astonished, speculating about the origins of the white-clad youth and what this group of people were doing.

Could this be some kind of secret ritual among disciples of a prestigious sect?

Some people speculated on this, yet found it absurd.

Although the world is a vast and wondrous place, this kind of thing just seems completely baffling!

Regardless of what others speculated, Jiang Chao diligently recorded the identity information of each of the talented individuals who showed him respect, as well as their feedback upon surfacing after entering the water.

After the last woman emerged from the lake, Jiang Chao finally realized that the strange changes he had experienced in the lake the previous night had nothing to do with the dragon meat.

"Could there really be some kind of dual cultivation method in this world?"

The boy secretly pondered.

"Thank you all for your support. I am very grateful. If you need anything in the future, please feel free to ask. I will do my best to help."

Jiang Chao clasped his hands in thanks and sincerely expressed his gratitude to everyone.

"Young Master Jiang, you're too kind."

"It's a trivial matter, nothing to mention."

"Brother Jiang, let's have a drink sometime."

"Young Master Jiang, let's have a friendly spar sometime."

Among these people, some rather bold female disciples even hoped that Jiang Chao could exchange martial arts insights with them when he had free time.

Jiang Chao naturally accepted all these invitations and requests without hesitation.

They promised to fulfill all their promises after the martial arts tournament concludes.

After seeing off the enthusiastic prodigies, Jiang Chao returned to the temporary territory of the Moon Goddess Palace.

Su E and Lady Chu had already been awakened by the loud commotion. Seeing Jiang Chao return, Lady Chu was the first to step forward and inquire:

"Jiang Qilin, what have you been doing so early in the morning?"

Chu Nvxia was already used to Jiang Chao's strange behavior, but today it was really too outrageous. The commotion caused by those Xuanmen prodigies and aristocratic scions was so great that the rumors could be heard even in the Moon Goddess Palace's camp.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chao laughed heartily and then briefly recounted the events of that morning to the group.

In fact, both Lady Chu and Su E had already heard about what happened to Jiang Chao this morning from the female disciples of the Moon Goddess Palace and Lu Jing.

Asking again now was simply to hear Jiang Chao tell the reason himself.

Upon hearing Jiang Chao describe the changes in him, the female knight-errant Chu's expression was complex. She stared at Jiang Chao for a long while before sighing and saying:

"Jiang Qilin, you won't have another title to bear from now on, will you? Jiang Jiaolong..."

Jiang Chao's lips twitched. "Miss Chu, could you please change your habit of giving people random nicknames?"

Chu, the female knight, curled her lip. "Who told you to become more and more inhuman? If this gets out, Jiang the Monster will definitely be his title..."

Jiang Chao: "..."

Speaking of which, the members of Lady Chu's family, namely the Chu family, a prominent martial arts family in Western Shu, were not seen.

Whether it was due to unforeseen circumstances on the way or some other reason, in any case, no representative of the Chu family, a prominent martial arts family in Western Shu, was seen at the martial arts tournament.

Chu was quite disappointed by this. She had originally intended to take this opportunity to challenge the disciples of the sect in order to prove herself to the elders who were leading the group.

However, the elders did not give her that opportunity.

This is another reason why she showed little interest in the martial arts tournament.

Right now, what interests her most is undoubtedly Jiang Chao in front of her.

This prodigy young man is drifting further and further away from humanity.