In the guest hall.
Chen yaoting was chatting with Huang Jing and the others when he saw Fang ping jogging in.
As soon as he entered, before anyone could say anything, Fang ping said with a big smile,"Congratulations, old Chen, for breaking through to rank-8 and forging a golden body. It's undying and indestructible, and its might shakes the four Seas ..."
Chen yaoting glanced at him and said with a faint smile,"Forget about the flattery. You're already a rank-6, you should have the bearing of a powerhouse."
The speed of this kid's breakthrough was beyond imagination.
It was July of 2009 when he first met Fang ping, a rank-3 martial artist.
"Now, only eight or nine months have passed, and he's already rank-6.
Some people didn't count this speed in detail, otherwise, they would be so shocked that their jaws dropped.
"However, he's already at rank-6, yet this kid doesn't look like a powerhouse at all. Chen yaoting doesn't even know what to say.
Fang ping snickered."Even if I'm a rank-8, I'm still a child in front of elder Chen. Besides, I'm only 19 and a half years old. I'm indeed a child ..."
"Cough, cough, cough!"
At the side, Huang Jing coughed lightly. 'Have some shame.'
"You may be shameless, but mcmau still wants it.
Chen yaoting could not help but laugh. Chen Haoran, who was standing behind him, looked even more embarrassed. Yes, he was very embarrassed. He felt that Fang Ping's words made him blush on his behalf.
Fang ping could not be bothered with Chen Haoran. This guy had an awkward look on his face. Fang ping felt that there was no need to remind him. He had wanted to remind him that Qin Fengqing was going to find trouble with him.
Now it seemed that he should just let old Qin beat him up.
After a few words of congratulations, Fang ping took out a transparent crystal box from his arms and said with a smile,"Elder Chen, you've broken through to rank-8, so I didn't prepare much. This is just a small gift as a token of my appreciation."
After saying that, Fang ping placed the box on the table.
Chen yaoting took a glance and raised his eyebrows slightly. Beside him, Huang Jing and Tang Feng could not help but look at this fellow.
Is this kid going to betray us?
Tang Feng and Lu fengrou's breakthroughs ... Fine, he had given them divine weapons, so let's not talk about it.
Old Chen is an outsider. You gave him several hundred-honing fruits, but didn't you say you didn't have many left?
Moreover, Chen yaoting had no use for this. Wasn't it a waste?
Chen yaoting was a little surprised. This kid Fang ping was being generous now.
As he was thinking, Fang ping chuckled."Old Chen has broken through rank-8, and I've also entered rank-6. There's not much of a difference in time. What a coincidence!"
Chen yaoting's face stiffened when he heard this.
"So ... You want me to give you a present to congratulate you on entering rank-6?
This kid wanted to give him some gifts first so that he could get more back?
At the side, Huang Jing and Tang Feng had the urge to cover their faces.
Was there a need?
Fang ping saw Chen yaoting's stiff expression and coughed drily."Old Chen, this junior still owes you half a heart essence. Why don't you just give it to me?"
Chen yaoting laughed again. It turned out that this was the reason for all the trouble.
He had only been joking back then. If he really wanted it, he would have done so long ago. Why would he wait until now?
However, this kid was also a straightforward person, still remembering this.
A few hundred-honing fruits were worth more than half a piece of heart marrow. In reality, the difference was not big, but the hundred-honing fruit was rarer.
"Since you've brought it up, I'll give it to you as a gift for your breakthrough," Chen yaoting said with a smile as he thought of this.
"Thank you, elder Chen!"
Fang ping thanked him profusely. Huang Jing and Tang Feng, who were at the side, were a little surprised. Did this kid really take it seriously?
The hundred-tempering fruit ... Even if you want to give it away, you shouldn't give so many of them.
Fang ping did not mind this. He said nonchalantly,"Old Chen, Yunxi has entered middle-stage rank-4 two days ago. Her cultivation from now on will mainly focus on honing her five internal organs. The effects of the hundred-honing fruit are pretty good."
Everyone understood what he meant.
Don't think that it's a gift for you, it's not actually a gift for you.
It was better to give the hundred-honing fruit to Chen Yunxi.
As for Chen Haoran, who is drooling behind you, don't even think about it.
Chen yaoting laughed for real this time and said, "That's enough. Stop playing around. I'll give these hundred-honing fruits to Yunxi later."
Behind him, Chen Haoran felt lost.
Since the old man had spoken, there was no share for him.
Fang ping did not care what he was thinking. Old Chen's debt had been paid off, and a small worry in his heart had been resolved.
Without thinking too much, Fang ping chuckled and sat down beside Tang Feng.
The grandmasters didn't say anything, but Chen Haoran felt that it was necessary for him to leave.
It was too hurtful!
He was the junior of the junior generation. He had to stand up straight, let alone sit.
Where was Fang ping?
There was no way to compare people.
When Fang ping entered, he was carefree and at ease, talking and laughing. He even sat down so naturally, while everyone else acted as if it was only natural. This attitude ... Chen Haoran felt that he should go out and take a breather.
It was really hard to feel Fang Ping's influence in mcmau if one did not go there.
Chen Haoran's emotions were fluctuating, but Fang ping did not really care.
At this point, Fang ping stopped fooling around. He listened to the grandmasters 'conversation with a serious attitude.
Seeing his attitude, Chen yaoting and the others no longer cared about him and continued the previous topic. Chen yaoting said,""The opening of the Tiannan catacombs this time will probably be a fierce battle. At present, the number of high-ranked martial arts universities that have been recruited is already close to 30."
"If that's the case, at least a hundred high-ranked martial artists will be gathered when Tiannan catacombs opens!" Huang Jing said with a frown.
"Martial arts universities are not the main force in catacombs battles.
The main force was the military!
"Martial arts universities have already recruited 30 grandmasters, so the military department will only have more.
In addition to the house of guardians and the other realms, the opening of Tiannan's catacombs had gathered more than a hundred grandmasters, which was not considered a lot at all.
As they spoke, Fang ping could not hold it in and whispered,"Elder Chen, Vice-Chancellor, has the military department recruited a martial arts Grandmaster?"
Huang Jing nodded slightly and said,"I didn't tell you about yesterday's matter regarding our conscription order." "This time, mcmau ... Three people have been conscripted. Old Wu must go, while mcmau will be in charge of the other two."
"Mcmau is sending three grandmasters?"
Fang ping was a little surprised. Then, he said in dissatisfaction,"This is too much!"
It was not that mcmau was not putting in any effort, but it was indeed too much to recruit three people at once.
"Over at Magic City catacombs, mcmau also needs a Grandmaster to hold the fort now. Liu polu will probably go to Magic City catacombs.
In this way, excluding old Li, four out of the five grandmasters had been recruited.
Huang Jing was not too concerned about this. Instead, he said in a deep voice,"It doesn't matter if it's just a few people. It's just that the scope of the recruitment order this time is wider. Currently, there are a total of 62 high-ranked martial arts universities.
Such a ratio ... Had only been there during the capital city catacombs battle back then.
The gathering of a hundred high-ranked martial artists had only happened during the capital city catacombs 'battle back then.
"I'm worried...That the situation in Tiannan catacombs this time is worse than expected. There might be an all-out war in the entire catacombs!"
Chen yaoting sighed as well."That's indeed a possibility. Tiannan catacombs has a total of 11 cities, 11 rank-9 castellans, 11 Guardian monster plants and monsters, and about a hundred rank-7s and 8s. Among the 23 catacombs in Sino nation, it's one of the weaker ones.
But now, since so many people have gathered here, I'm afraid that the government and the military have judged that a full-scale war is about to break out. "
Under normal circumstances, if it was not a full-scale battle, the number of human grandmasters would be fewer than the other party to avoid unnecessary conflicts.
"But now, the Tiannan catacombs have yet to open, and the military department is already mobilizing.
Fang ping made a judgment in his heart. Could it be that those Paragon old ancestors had news, and the situation this time was extremely bad?
"Elder Chen, are you going too?"
Chen yaoting nodded slightly. Scmau was not considered strong. At least from the Grandmaster level, he was the only one.
He had just broken through to rank-8 and was one of the top combat powers in the martial arts university.
He had to recruit so many grandmasters, and scmau was one of the top ten famous schools.
Fang Ping's heart felt slightly heavy. It seemed that something big was going to happen when the Tiannan catacombs opened.
A hundred grandmasters had gathered. This time ... How many of them would not make it back?
In Sino nation, there were only a total of 450 rank-7, 8, and 9 grandmasters who were currently on the ranking.
"There are so many people guarding 23 catacombs.
Now, there were a hundred grandmasters gathered in the South. It was simply terrifying.
Chen yaoting and the others did not care about Fang Ping's thoughts and continued to chat. After chatting for a while, Fang ping interrupted again,""Vice-Chancellor, will the Paragon make a move this time?"
Huang Jing muttered,"usually not, the possibility is not high." Even during the capital city catacombs battle, there had never been a situation where paragons fought each other.
He didn't know much about Paragon experts in the past, but he roughly understood a little now. Both sides were more at a stalemate and restrained each other.
"The attitude of the catacombs 'restricted zone is only one ... We can't have more people than them!
Once there are too many, on the one hand, their forbidden zone will send reinforcements, and on the other hand, it will encourage the cities in other regions to put pressure on us.
That's why in every war, we have fewer people than them. Of course, it's not much less. This is also because the apex experts have fought for some rights for us. Otherwise, just from the perspective of those below the apex, I'm afraid we would have been exterminated long ago. "
There was a huge difference in the number of powerhouses between humans and the catacombs. If it were not for those apex powerhouses holding them back, they might really have been annihilated.
At the thought of this, Fang ping rubbed his chin and said,"Even if we have fewer Paragon powerhouses than them, it shouldn't be much less. In that case, we're not considered too weak. Why is the gap so huge when we're at the high ranks ..."
"Do you know what era our top powerhouses are from?" Chen yaoting chuckled. It was hard to say. It might have been a few hundred years ago, or a few thousand years ago ... That was hard to say.
The martial artists of today were all from the modern era.
"There was once a period of Quietus in the world of martial arts. I don't know if human martial arts were prosperous before that, or if they were stronger than the catacombs.
However, the appearance of a period of Quietus in human martial arts was traceable.
"It's not the same in the catacombs. The other party has always been in a period of prosperity for martial arts. Those city Lords of theirs are all hundreds of years old.
Some rank-7 martial artists were also over a hundred years old.
In terms of cultivation speed, the other party is actually inferior to us. It's just the accumulation of time.
"In the past hundred years, Sino nation has accumulated close to 500 high-ranked martial artists.
"If this timeline is extended to 300 years, then the number of high-ranks in Sino nation would have long exceeded 1000 or even several thousand!"
Fang ping also knew that there was a period of quietness in martial arts. During the era of the sects, there was a period where rank-3 was revered.
He knew that the others didn't know much about this either, so he didn't ask much about it. Instead, he asked curiously,""Can a Paragon really live for thousands of years?"
Chen yaoting laughed."I'm not too sure. I don't want to go and listen either. It's meaningless to ask so many questions."
Fang ping stopped asking and continued listening to their conversation.
"This time, martial arts university grandmasters have been recruited, but there are no middle or low-ranked ones.
"It looks like the government has no intention of recruiting middle and low-ranked martial artists.
The order for the grandmasters was to arrive in Tiannan before may.
As for how many people there were, the grandmasters did not know.
After chatting for a while, Chen yaoting looked at Chen Haoran and Fang ping and said,"The two of you shouldn't stay here. Fang ping, take Haoran to see Yunxi. Let Haoran spar with the mcmau students, so that he won't be a frog in a well and not think about improving himself!"
The old man was still very strict with his grandson. The recent performance of several prodigy martial artists had been very outstanding, which made Chen yaoting even more dissatisfied with Chen Haoran.
He was only peak rank-4 now. He was too weak.
Chen Haoran felt a little helpless. Peak rank-4 ... In scmau, that was already very strong.
In all these years, scmau had only produced a few peak rank-4 graduates.
He had hopes of breaking through to rank-5 in the next few months. He might even become the first rank-5 graduate of scmau.
In the end, his grandfather was still very dissatisfied.
Fang ping did not say much after hearing that. He gave Chen Haoran a look, then strode out of the hall.
After the two of them left, Chen yaoting suddenly sighed and said,"This time, I'm going to Tiannan ... I don't know if I'll be able to come back. I'm not too worried about the others, but I'm a little worried about Yunxi. I'll leave Yunxi in mcmau. Please take care of her in the future."
"There's no need for Vice-Chancellor Chen to remind us about this. Chen Yunxi is an mcmau student. Naturally, we'll take care of her,"Huang Jing said in a deep voice.
"What I'm more worried about is that if the battle of Tiannan erupts, the other regions will be in danger as well. That would be troublesome." Huang Jing sighed.
"That's none of our business. The government will have to consider it."
"That's true ..."
……
Fang ping did not hear the conversation between the grandmasters.
There was no need to listen. With just a hundred grandmasters gathered in Tiannan, Fang ping understood that the opening of Tiannan's catacombs was much worse and more dangerous than the other catacombs 'battles he had seen.
Fang ping understood, and so did Chen Haoran.
The two of them did not speak. The silence was only broken when they found Chen Yunxi at the southern area.
Chen Yunxi, who was cultivating, had just learned that her grandfather had come. She appeared rather excited.
At this moment, Chen Yunxi had already built the last celestial bridge and stepped into middle-stage rank-4.
In the end, he had only said a few words when Chen Yunxi's one sentence pricked Chen Haoran to the point where he wanted to cry but had no tears.
"Brother, why are you still a rank-4?"
Chen Haoran had a helpless look on his face. After his sister entered mcmau, she was now looking down on rank-4 martial artists.
"Did they all become arrogant in mcmau?
In the past, his sister was so obedient and admired him, but now ... It was better not to mention it.
As the siblings chatted, Fang ping did not stay any longer. He actually had a lot of things to do, so he would let Chen Yunxi show Chen Haoran around first.
After Fang ping left, Chen Haoran chuckled. "How's it going? how's the progress?"
Chen Yunxi blushed slightly, then shook her head and said,"He said that he's only focusing on martial arts now and doesn't want to talk about relationships."
"I think this guy has some ideas. When we were with Grandpa ..." Chen Haoran chuckled.
After briefly explaining the matter of the hundred-honing fruit, Chen Haoran smiled and said, "I've asked around about Fang Ping's character. He's not the kind of person who gives out gifts at will. This kid is smart. He's already rotten meat in the pot, but he's still giving you something in a roundabout way. "
Hearing Chen Haoran's words, Chen Yunxi was rather excited.
"Didn't grandfather give him a gift in return?"he asked excitedly.
“……”
Chen Haoran suddenly felt a little tired. 'What are you thinking?
So, he really wanted his grandfather to give him some good things?
He gave it to you, and Grandpa still has to take out more. In the end, you two have your left hand and your right hand. What a beautiful idea.