Zhou Leng said, "The Martial Stone-man helps cultivation, but it's only for those who have learned the corresponding Innate Martial Arts. So now, I'll play the demonstration of Innate Pavilion Martial Arts by the Martial Stone-man, and you can choose one to learn. I'll translate the Divine Texts."

"Once you reach the highest mountain, you can find the corresponding Martial Stone-man for combat learning."

"Can we start now?" The disciples were extremely surprised.

They originally thought it would take a long time before they could learn Innate Martial Arts.

"You can start now."

Zhou Leng took out the recording, categorized them, and had the disciples watch it, then let them choose the martial art they most wanted to cultivate.

Most people chose Zhou Leng's "Void-Breaking Finger" or Song Juesi's "Celestial Tide Palm," while another group learned "Great Storm Fist" with Zhang Xinglie, and only a few learned other external skills.

The group was already among the forefront of the first and second tiers of the Vitality Stage, combined with their Ancient River Sect experience, it only took two days to learn the basic moves.

They constantly gathered for discussions, and some even wanted to test through practical combat.

Zhou Leng had an idea in his mind, saying, "Everyone, it's not just the Sea Sirens' strength and numbers in the water that have been suppressing us humans. I know where the Sea Siren camp is, so why don't we Ancient River Sect disciples go for something big, and verify the Innate Martial Arts in actual combat, how does that sound?"

"Let's go!" Zhang Xinglie immediately stood up.

"Not bad." Song Juesi smiled and nodded, not showing his sharpness.

"I'll go too!" Li Yuanhe couldn't hold back.

With one call, everyone began preparing.

Rao Mingxian first found Rao Mingjun, saying, "The Ancient River Sect disciples are going to carry out collective activities, they should return in about two days. If you want to go treasure hunting, don't wait for me."

Rao Mingjun asked, "Can't you take us?"

"This... is a collective decision." Rao Mingxian said.

"What exactly are you going to do?"

Rao Mingxian helplessly said, "I can't say that either."

Rao Mingjun looked at Rao Mingxian, slowly saying, "You've truly grown up."

"Brother, I have no choice, after all, I am also an Ancient River Sect disciple. You'll be able to join eventually, and then you'll be fine."

Rao Mingjun smiled, saying, "I was just saying it casually. Since you can stay close to Zhou Leng, find out more about him. Otherwise, being clueless leaves the Rao Family in a passive position."

Rao Mingxian silently nodded.

"Alright, go ahead."

Shortly after, a total of 35 people from Ancient River Sect, led by Zhou Leng, ran with Qi Manipulation and arrived near the Sea Siren camp.

Everyone first adjusted their breathing, recovering their True Qi, and then under the cover of night, they sneaked into the Sea Siren camp and joined together to kill enemies.

Zhou Leng, Zhang Xinglie, and Song Juesi each fought independently, like three sharp swords, shining like frost and snow, slicing through the night.

The rest worked in groups of three or four, joining forces to kill enemies.

After days of cultivation together, they already formed basic tacit understanding.

When they struck, it was like a pride of lions hunting.

In just a few minutes, over a hundred Sea Sirens were killed.

The Sea Sirens, worthy of being a powerful race of the Ten Realms, even when ambushed and multiple were killed, quickly gathered together and regained morale.

The remaining two hundred plus Sea Sirens charged at the Ancient River Sect disciples.

Zhou Leng, Zhang Xinglie, and Song Juesi stood at the front of the team, launching an assault.

The three were like a lawn mower; no matter how strong the Sea Sirens were, they couldn't last past three moves.

Most Sea Sirens fell with just one move.

Zhou Leng and Zhang Xinglie purely killed with enthusiasm, exchanging injury for injury for efficiency, neither dodging nor avoiding.

Song Juesi, however, was completely different from the two. His attacks exceeded everyone present, almost like methods from a higher world.

Each of his moves, seemingly ordinary beyond ordinary, were just the most basic martial arts, without a trace of worldly air.

Others seemed to be fighting, while he appeared as an old man, calmly practicing fist in a park.

One punch, opening heads, splitting hearts, breaking necks, piercing chests.

Every hit landed on a vital point, without exception.

The efficiency in killing enemies was almost equivalent to Zhou Leng and Zhang Xinglie combined.

Yet he remained unscathed, arms like water, legs like wind, gracefully floating.

With the three at the front, the pressure on the others sharply decreased, allowing them to exhibit the cultivation fruits of the Ancient River Sect without reservation.

In no time, the disciples of the Ancient River Sect pierced through the Sea Siren's ranks.

The Sea Sirens did not flee, but instead their ferocity was ignited, reorganizing to counter the Ancient River Sect disciples once more.

They pierced through again, the Sea Sirens regrouped.

Three times they pierced through, three times the Sea Sirens regrouped.

Four times pierced through, no Sea Siren stood anymore.

The victorious Ancient River Sect disciples, smiling with triumph, though their eyes were particularly solemn.

Song Juesi sighed and said, "Truly, even after being repeatedly pierced through and fighting to the last one, the Sea Sirens neither fled nor surrendered."

Zhang Xinglie said, "So, the best respect towards them is to kill them all!"

"One day, we'll flatten the West Sea Demon City and annihilate the Sea Sirens," Zhou Leng said.

It was the first time the Ancient River Sect disciples jointly broke through the enemy, and they felt extremely exhilarated.

After organizing the spoils, Li Yuanhe picked out the important medicinal fruit and presented them to the three.

"Logically, these medicinal fruits should be auctioned. But we all understand that only you three can maximize their value. The stronger you three become, the more prosperous the Ancient River Sect's legacy, and the stronger humanity becomes. These medicinal fruits are not ours to give up, but they are chosen by the Ancient River Sect, by humanity, for you."

Zhou Leng and the other two swept their eyes over the disciples of the Ancient River Sect.

In the night, everyone's gaze was like water, glistening slightly.

"Thank you all, fellow disciples!" Zhou Leng and the other two expressed their gratitude in unison.

The three received the most important medicinal fruits, while the remaining spoils were divided among the others.

They set fire to this place and returned to the Human Race camp.

As dawn approached, they arrived.

The tents stood tall on the green grass at the forest's edge.

Some were cooking and eating, some were practicing fist and meditating, a scene of prosperity.

The Ancient River Sect disciple smiled slightly and entered the camp.

Not a word was mentioned about what happened last night.

Only occasionally did he hear people discussing.

"Look, the number of the Sea Demon Race on the youth ranking suddenly decreased."

"In the past few days, the top three ranked sea demons have all died, I wonder which god of death they've provoked."

"This year has been truly unlucky for them..."

Rao Mingxian bid farewell to Zhou Leng and the others and walked to where Rao Mingjun was.

"Still can't say?" Rao Mingjun asked immediately.

"Can't say." Rao Mingxian replied.

Rao Mingjun sighed and complained deliberately, "You can't say this, you can't say that. When Zhou Leng grows up and destroys the Rao Family, will you be able to talk then? I really don't understand, what exactly has Zhou Leng given you to make you defend him like this, even at the cost of betraying the Rao Family."

Rao Mingxian replied, "Brother, I haven't betrayed the Rao Family. Zhou Leng really has no interest in being an enemy of the Rao Family. He is now the senior brother of the Ancient River Sect, and all sides will seek to cooperate with him. If we make good relations with him now, it is the most correct choice."

"If he can't make it out of the youth battlefield, in three days at most, everyone will forget him." Rao Mingjun replied.

"Brother, he is really different from you. You should not look at him the way you perceive yourselves. He is the hope of the Ancient River Sect and also the hope of Blue Star. You simply have no idea what contributions he has made for humanity."

When he first met Rao Mingjun on the youth battlefield, he kept praising Zhou Leng.

He solely wished for Rao Mingjun to be different from Rao Mingxing, to change his views on Zhou Leng.

But it seemed that Rao Mingjun could not comprehend or even hear him.

Rao Mingxian was filled with an indescribable sense of powerlessness.

This feeling was so familiar, exactly like how it felt when he was beaten by his grandfather as a child.

Exactly the same.

Rao Mingjun slowly said, "So, did you tell him that Mingxing wants revenge on him? So, did the information about him that you passed to Mingxing and me go through his consent?"

Rao Mingxian remained silent, as with Rao Mingjun's intelligence, he had long deduced everything.

Rao Mingjun asked, "Were the more than three hundred sea demons killed by you all?"

Rao Mingxian remained silent.

Rao Mingjun turned his head towards where the Ancient River Sect disciples were, with his eyes brimming with overwhelming waves of shock.

If you exclude those Ancient River Sect disciples, even if the number of human martial artists in the camp doubled, it probably wouldn't be enough to kill over three hundred sea demons.

Moreover, as many Ancient River Sect disciples went, the same number returned.

Rao Mingjun looked at the youth ranking on the highest mountain.

Sure enough, the rankings of these people suddenly rose significantly, almost all entering the top thousand.

Those who could enter here were essentially the first echelon of the Vitality Stage in the Ten Realms.

Within the top thousand, then the first echelon of the first echelon.

People at this level all had the prospect of becoming Grandmasters.

Rao Mingjun, however, was only beyond the fifteen hundred mark.

Finally, Rao Mingjun's gaze fell onto Rao Mingxian on the youth ranking.

984th.

Rao Mingxian, a child from a barely noticeable branch family, someone who was beaten and scolded by his grandfather from a young age, someone who couldn't even have a seat at the dining table, had actually surpassed him.

Surpassed the eldest grandson of the main family.

Surpassed the true star of the Rao Family.

In the Ten Realms Youth Battle, dazzling and brilliant.

Rao Mingjun was stunned for quite a while, then sighed.

"Mingxian, in the past I underestimated you. In the future, you must shoulder the great responsibility of the Rao Family." Rao Mingjun said.

Rao Mingxian quickly replied, "I am just an ordinary member of the Rao Family. I still have to listen to the future Patriarch, which is you."

Rao Mingjun smiled and said, "We are all members of the Rao Family. There's no need to be so clear about it. From now on, the Rao Family's influence in the Demon Worship Sect will be under your jurisdiction."

Rao Mingxian stared blankly at Rao Mingjun, this familiar face felt extremely foreign to him.

His words pierced his heart like a knife.

Rao Mingjun smiled and said, "With you here, our Rao Family has more hope. Don't forget to continue collecting intelligence on Zhou Leng. We must eliminate the enemies of the Rao Family in the cradle."

Rao Mingjun turned and Rao Mingxian stood dazed.

After a long time, Rao Mingxian lowered his head, his eyes flickering with indescribable light.

Mad light, like an evil demon twisting.

In his ears, Rao Mingjun's words repeated over and over again.

"From now on, the Rao Family's influence in the Demon Worship Sect will be under your jurisdiction..."

So, the Rao Family's main family had long colluded with the Demon Worship Sect.

So, Rao Mingjun had known everything from the start.

He had long known that the Demon Worship Sect was forcing their family to rebel against humanity and join the Demon Worship Sect.

He had long known Shen Jun's order.

No wonder, when they previously encountered Shen Jun's team, Shen Jun didn't deal the killing blow, but instead talked and parted peacefully.

What role did the Rao Family's main family play in all of this?

The demon skill that Second Uncle presented to Grandfather for cultivation, was it arranged by the Rao Family's main family?

Was the Rao Family's main family planning to plant members of the Rao Family's branch into the Demon Worship Sect from the start?

If so, the fact that the Rao Family's main family knew about the affair at the Fifty-Ninth Middle School and acted to suppress it makes perfect sense.

Otherwise, the Rao Family's main family would never have risked so much to help a branch family.

Rao Mingjun's words weren't words of praise.

Instead, they accidentally exposed his true inner thoughts.

The Rao Family's main family was controlling everything.

Including the fate of Rao Mingxian's family.

It was a threat.

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