CHAPTER 839: CHAPTER 839: FOUNDATION ESTABLISHMENT STAGE FIVE

"My dear disciple, my wish has finally been fulfilled. Now, how about I hand over the position of Sect Leader to you?"

In reality, there wasn’t much else of value to offer, only the position of Sect Leader sounded somewhat prestigious, so Jiang Zheng was ready to step down.

Of course, he also had his own selfish motives. After all, Chen Nan was doing a much better job than he was as the Sect Leader; with Chen Nan in charge, the Qingshan Sect could develop even better.

At the same time, he truly wanted to be lazy.

Chen Nan’s face changed drastically upon hearing this.

This old man is trying to harm me!

"Master, you should keep the position of Sect Leader yourself. I still want to find time to cultivate."

Being the Sect Leader sounds prestigious, but in reality, you have to manage everything within the sect and plan its development. Chen Nan wasn’t concerned with such empty titles.

"Ah, very well. When you want to be the Sect Leader, just let me know, and I’ll hand it over to you directly." Jiang Zheng sighed helplessly, nodding.

Having a Golden Core Stage cultivator in the sect already placed them as a third-tier sect, albeit the weakest among them.

Seeing that the Shuiji Pill was effective, Chen Nan called his disciples over and gave each of them a pill.

"This elixir can improve your aptitude. While it won’t be a complete transformation, it will make your aptitude somewhat better. But after taking it, you’ll experience immense pain."

"Whether or not to take it is up to you."

A disciple named Wang Sheng received the pill and swallowed it in one go.

"Senior Brother, I know you would never harm us. And given our low aptitude, how could we pass up this chance for change?"

The other disciples did the same, and after taking the pill, they sat down in the square. Soon, they felt excruciating pain, letting out cries of agony.

However, Chen Nan was quite pleased with their attitude. With such a heart, even if their aptitude wasn’t high, they could go far.

On the side, Tang Zhirou hesitated as she watched others in pain, but when she saw Chen Nan looking her way, she lifted her head proudly.

"Hmph, who’s afraid of whom? I’m still thinking of surpassing you!"

After saying this, she took the pill. The result surprised her; although the Dantian shattering was painful, it was completely bearable.

Her aptitude only improved slightly.

After the other disciples underwent Dantian reconstruction, they all noticed changes in themselves.

If previously, their aptitude was very low, now it was mediocre. Though the improvement didn’t seem much, it brought them to tears of joy.

Finally, they were no longer seen as aptitude rubbish by everyone.

Moreover, some even took this opportunity to directly break through their current realm.

Especially Wang Sheng, who leaped from the Third Layer of Foundation Establishment to the Fourth Layer!

"Thank you, Senior Brother!"

After the breakthrough, Wang Sheng stood up and deeply bowed to Chen Nan, his gratitude evident.

The other disciples also excitedly thanked him, showing even greater respect.

Tang Zhirou frowned as she looked at Chen Nan. "Were you playing me? Why do they have such good effects while mine is so slight?"

"The Shuiji Pill works best on those with poorer aptitude, while those with better aptitude see weaker effects."

Chen Nan explained with a smile, and then he also took a Shuiji Pill.

The effect on him was even weaker than on Tang Zhirou, the improvement in aptitude was barely noticeable, but it was better than nothing.

However, with this pill, he unexpectedly broke through his current realm.

Like Jiang Zheng’s previous breakthrough, Chen Nan immediately sat down and began absorbing the spiritual energy of nature.

Even though he was just a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he couldn’t trigger any worldly phenomena, but the speed at which he absorbed spiritual energy was even more dramatic than Jiang Zheng.

Others could visibly see the spiritual energy forming a vortex on the mountain, pouring into Chen Nan’s Dantian.

The scene was as spectacular as it was shocking.

They even felt that the spiritual energy on the mountain was depleting at an alarming rate, yet Chen Nan showed no signs of stopping.

Even if ten Fourth Layer Foundation Establishment cultivators were absorbing this much spiritual energy, they might explode!

But it still wasn’t enough for Chen Nan, who directly took out a large amount of Spirit Stones from his storage bag to absorb.

"My god, is Senior Brother even human?"

"No wonder he’s a seventh-grade Alchemist, just the density of his spiritual energy is far beyond our comparison."

"Senior Brother is mighty!"

Tang Zhirou also stood there in awe, clearly understanding the gap between her and Chen Nan.

Just breaking through to the Fifth Layer of Foundation Establishment seemed as dramatic as Jiang Zheng breaking through Golden Core.

How could she ever catch up with such a monster?

After a long while, Chen Nan absorbed over a thousand low-grade Spirit Stones before stopping, and his realm was steadily at the early stage of the Fifth Layer of Foundation Establishment.

"Congratulations, Senior Brother!"

Wang Sheng was the first to cup his hands and bow.

The others also shouted in unison, "Congratulations, Senior Brother!"

Chen Nan waved his hand with a smile, "No need for this, go inform the Beast Taming Sect, Luojian Mountain, Ten Thousand Array Sect, Undying Sect, and Medicine Immortal Valley that the Sect Leader has broken through to Golden Core and will hold a Golden Core ceremony in three days."

"Yes, Senior Brother!"

The disciples responded and set off quickly.

Jiang Zheng observed all this with a slight smile.

Even though he refused the position of Sect Leader, wasn’t he doing exactly what a Sect Leader should do?

"Haha, this feeling of being a hands-off Sect Leader is really nice."

Seeing Jiang Zheng’s delight, Chen Nan walked over and poured cold water on his enthusiasm.

"Master, we don’t have many people on the mountain, so we might need to borrow some from Medicine Immortal Valley. Also, the ceremony will require quite a few Spirit Stones..."

"My good disciple, leave everything to you!"

Hearing the mention of money, Jiang Zheng was instantly troubled, clutching his head and hastily leaving.

Chen Nan let out a deep sigh, wondering why he ended up with such an unreliable master.

He turned and tossed a bag of Spirit Stones to Tang Zhirou.

"Junior Sister, the ceremony is up to you. I still owe quite a few elixirs to the Undying Sect."

Having said this, he quickly ran to the Alchemy Room.

Tang Zhirou gritted her teeth, cursing Jiang Zheng and Chen Nan a hundred times in her heart, but she still took the Spirit Stones to handle everything.

...

"The Chen Nan you’re looking for has joined the Qingshan Sect and become a seventh-grade Alchemist."

At the Immortal Cultivation Market, an all-knowing cultivator said to Liu Tong.

Liu Tong’s first reaction was disbelief, "Impossible, he’s just a Third Layer Foundation Establishment cultivator. How could he be a seventh-grade Alchemist?!"

It’s known that typically, a seventh-grade Alchemist requires at least the cultivation at the Peak of Foundation Establishment and talent in alchemy.

He had waited for three months in the workshop and got this kind of news?

A seventh-grade Alchemist was of Elder status even in their Yuantian Sect.

Clearly a little worm, how did he suddenly become an eagle?