Dual Cultivator with a cultivation system

Chapter 602: Ch-602: A Quest

When he stepped onto the 35th step, he felt the pressure increase again, making him frown. This time, it felt like millions of diamonds, instead of metallic needles, were stabbing into a concrete surface.

The elder, who had gone somewhere and returned, looked at Wang Ming with wide eyes. ’He already passed when he reached the 30th step. I should stop him.’

Just as he was about to stop him, a voice sounded in his head, and he stiffened. ’Stop, don’t interfere. I want to see the limits of my personal disciple.’

’Personal disciple?’ the elder cried out inwardly. His body turned stiff as he looked at Tian Chenyu in disbelief. He couldn’t believe that the sect leader was taking a personal disciple. If the others knew, they would die of envy and look at Tian Chenyu with hatred, especially those who had failed to gain the sect master’s approval.

There have been instances where others—even top Eternals—wanted to become his disciples while walking the path of the sword, but no matter how talented they were, they were all rejected. The elder could not help but wonder what he saw in the lad from the Tian Family that made him take him as his personal disciple.

Gulp.

Then a thought popped into his mind, which made him swallow a mouthful of saliva. ’Did he also share the soul cultivation technique with him?’

He knew how coveted the soul cultivation technique was, something that could cause wars between nations ruled by Eternals.

On the other side, Du Hai was calmly taking a sip from his spiritual tea while watching Tian Chenyu climb the stairs through a glass orb. The crystal orb could show images of any place in the sect. If he were not of high moral character, he would be like certain old men who remained in power for decades and peeked into the women’s baths using the crystal orb.

"Not bad," Du Hai said, pleased by Tian Chenyu’s performance. Then his eyes glimmered when he saw the scene.

"Damn, this is Sword Aura," Tian Chenyu said through gritted teeth as he felt the pressure and attacks on him increase a hundredfold.

He immediately summoned his sword spirit.

Roar!

A massive golden dragon phantom materialized behind him. It lunged toward Wang Ming and directly covered his body as a thin layer of golden light enveloped him.

The audience watching from the sidelines were startled when they saw the appearance of the golden phantom.

"Heavens, what the hell was that?"

"That was a sword phantom. As expected of an Eternal who is a Core Disciple. But that one is a dragon—I have never heard of such a phantom."

"Damn, my sword phantom is only a cat and looks completely unremarkable. Once that dragon appeared, it was trembling in fright."

"Bro, you should be grateful that you have a sword phantom. I have been trying for decades and have not even seen the slightest sign of mine. I wonder if I will awaken one in my lifetime."

Most of them were ignorant and had awakened weak sword phantoms or had not awakened one at all. They looked at Tian Chenyu with envy, having never seen or heard of such a phantom in their lives.

Only a few individuals recognized the dragon, and their eyes shrank to pinpricks. One of them who recognized it was the elder.

’Heavens, isn’t this the legendary Dragon Phantom? No wonder he got picked by the sect master as his personal disciple,’ the elder cursed inwardly while looking at Tian Chenyu climbing the stairs.

Also, some of the elders who had no idea he had been picked by Du Hai were already planning to take him under their wing and make Wang Ming their personal disciple. The fame they would get from teaching such a prodigy would be unprecedented.

55th step.

67th step.

Tian Chenyu was climbing leisurely, as if he were wearing diamond armor, and the arrows that struck him caused no harm. However, that changed when he reached the 80th step.

81st step.

"Fuck," Tian Chenyu cursed as he felt the pressure bypass the thin layer covering him. He immediately started feeling pain in his body as blood began to trickle down.

Bang!

Suddenly, one of his limbs directly exploded into a blood mist, causing everyone’s expressions to change. To their horror and disbelief, this did not deter Tian Chenyu as he kept climbing.

"What the hell? Does he even feel any pain?"

"I knew Eternals were built differently. Even though most of them are arrogant and overbearing, they have the ability to back it up."

Bang!

Another arm of Tian Chenyu shattered as he reached the 90th step.

"Chenyu, are you alright?" Mu Bingxue, seeing this, widened her eyes and immediately moved to check on him. But her eyes widened further when she saw the destroyed limb regenerate, only to be destroyed and regenerated again instantly.

Bang! Bang!

"How is his regeneration this absurd? Even though some Eternals have passive healing, this is too ridiculous. This must be some kind of technique or physique ability," Du Hai, who was watching with a frown, concluded in his mind. He knew some Eternal families had passive regeneration abilities, but nothing comparable to Tian Chenyu. According to his knowledge, the Tian Family had no such self-healing ability, let alone this type of regeneration, so he concluded this was a special physique ability.

Wang Ming, even though he was feeling pain, did not bother. Due to his Immortal Regeneration technique, he had no fear of destroyed limbs, as they would regenerate. He was more focused on the task that the system had suddenly assigned to him.

[Quest: Become a Core Disciple]

[Description: Climb all 100 stairs]

[Rewards: One ticket to get any one item from the system shop for free. Works up to Level 4 of the Cultivation Shop]

’This... I must get it.’ He had his eyes on many things from the shop. If he got the ticket, he would be able to save a large amount of points, which he could use to buy other items he needed.