As the top prodigy entering the Immortal Phoenix Sect through the grand competition, many stewards and Star Lords naturally took notice of Lin Su.

However, since Ji Qinghuan did not take him as a disciple, he had no intention of apprenticing under anyone else.

After courteously refusing again and again, those stewards and Star Lords realized Lin Su had no interest in becoming someone's disciple and gave up on the idea of recruiting him, opting to choose other new disciples instead.

Finally, the initiation ceremony of joining the sect came to a complete close.

Refusing the invitations from other new disciples, Lin Su went alone to the Merit Hall.

After exchanging the various useless resources he gathered from the battlefield of prodigies, he exchanged them for more than ten thousand merit points, then decisively used three thousand to secure the residence rights in a top-tier Disciple Hall for three months.

According to his estimation, with the meditation speed in the meditation room of the top-tier Disciple Hall, three months would be enough for him to complete the remaining twenty percent of his progress and break through to the seventh rank.

The immediate priority was to contract with ghosts.

After pondering for a moment, Lin Su walked to the counter where merit tasks were posted and respectfully greeted the steward, "Senior, I would like to post a merit task."

"What kind of task? Tell me briefly," the steward glanced at Lin Su and asked casually.

"To gather unique beasts within the Eastern Extreme Domain, offering rewards of 1 to 100 merit points depending on the specific situation," Lin Su calmly said.

"Hmm?" The steward blinked, "When you say unique, do you mean rare species?"

"No, I mean ones that behave differently from normal unique beasts," Lin Su thought for a second, then spoke after organizing his words, "For example, a species that is supposed to be aloof, but the beast is very friendly with humans."

"Or a species that doesn't like light but the pet beast loves sunbathing."

Steward: "???"

"What kind of strange request is this?" he couldn't help but ask.

"It's kind of a personal preference of mine; I like collecting such unique beasts," Lin Su lied with a straight face.

Walking all over the Eastern Extreme Domain on his own is too inefficient, he might as well post tasks and let other sect disciples have a shot.

Lin Su believes that after Qiuqiu's reincarnation, it would definitely be different from ordinary unique beasts, with noticeable differences.

In this way, maybe he could find it.

The news of him becoming the top of the dueling nations competition should have spread across the entire Eastern Extreme Domain, if Qiuqiu had any contact with humans, perhaps it would come to the Immortal Phoenix Sect to seek him out.

With two routes, one will surely lead to success.

This is Lin Su's thought.

"Alright, I'll help you post this merit task later. Since the task requirements are somewhat special, I'll pre-deduct two thousand merit points from you; any issues with that?"

"No issues." Lin Su was a bit heartache at the merit he just acquired being halved in a blink, but he knew it was a necessary expense.

After paying the merit, he did not linger and promptly took up a residence in one of the top-tier Disciple Halls.

For the short term, he wouldn't step out of the Disciple Hall until he broke through to the seventh rank.

…

"Brother Zhou Zhu, that kid called Ji Heng has already entered the Disciple Hall."

Outside a quiet room door, Li Yuanhua spoke with an unpleasant expression, "That kid is really willing, swapping for the best top-tier Disciple Hall as soon as he arrived."

"The restrictions of the top-tier Disciple Hall are extremely strong, they're beyond my ability to break. If this guy hides inside and doesn't come out, I'm afraid there's nothing we can do about him."

After a moment of silence, a voice came from within the quiet room, "At the initiation ceremony, did Ji Heng take anyone as his mentor?"

"He did not." Li Yuanhua shook his head.

Though he was too embarrassed to appear in front of the new disciples, he was still constantly paying attention to the initiation ceremony.

"If that's the case, he's not to be feared." The voice from the quiet room came again, "Yuanhua, you've worked hard regarding my brother's matter."

"With the relationship between you and me, there's no need to say that." Li Yuanhua shook his head, "It's just that the suppression failed; I fear that kid is not an easy one to deal with."

"No worries, I will resolve this matter once I break through to the eighth rank."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuanhua immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He admitted, he indeed underestimated.

That Ji Heng's pet beast's strength was absurdly strong.

But the level of the other party's Beast Taming Space is only the sixth rank, even if they could briefly break through to the seventh rank, they would still be a hall-level Beast Tamer.

While Zhou Zhu breaking through to the eighth rank would make him an epic-level Beast Tamer.

The gap between the dominion and emperor rank is insurmountable.

So if this matter couldn't be settled, once Zhou Zhu breaks through, it will naturally be resolved.

"Brother Zhou Zhu, how much longer do you need to break through?" he couldn't help but inquire.

There was a slight pause of silence from inside the quiet room, then a voice sounded again.

"Breaking through from the seventh to the eighth rank, not only increases the maximum capacity of the pet beast in the Beast Taming Space but also adds an extra contract slot; the difficulty is comparable to breaking through two ranks at once."

"I've been in seclusion for three months already; another two months, and I should be able to break through."

"So difficult?" Li Yuanhua couldn't help but click his tongue.

Zhou Zhu's talent is better than his, yet breaking through was still so difficult.

He feared that breaking through to the eighth rank in the future would take him even longer.

"If that's the case, then I won't disturb Brother Zhou Zhu anymore." He bowed with a fist to the quiet room and then left.

Inside the quiet room, a young man with black hair draping down like a jade crown knelt upright, like a gentleman, only with an occasional flicker of shade in the depths of his eyes.

A new disciple named Ji Heng...

Zhou Zhu didn't care much.

He had grudges with quite a few disciples within the sect; compared to them, Ji Heng was just a small character.

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