"I concede, Junior Brother," Jiang Boyun said, sheathing his sword and cupping his hands. His sword intent was gradually receding. Although his appearance was somewhat unkempt, no one dared to underestimate him. All the disciples of Seven Profound Valley looked at him with admiration.

"Senior Brother Jiang is invincible!"

"Ooh! Ooh!"

After a brief silence, cheers erupted from the crowd. He was the prodigy of their Seven Profound Valley, and they shared in his glory.

Lin Ming couldn't help but smile wryly at this scene. Although he had been impressive enough in this martial arts competition, losing to Jiang Boyun meant that even taking second place would be overshadowed.

Only his close friends, family, and teachers would pay attention to him.

Of course, he held no resentment in his heart. On the arena, victory or defeat depended entirely on strength. He had already given his all, and although he had lost, he had no regrets.

Moreover, he was confident that he would be able to catch up with Jiang Boyun's pace in the future. Jiang Boyun was more than two years older than him. Given two more years, and with the help of the magic cube, he was confident that he could overtake Jiang Boyun.

Jiang Boyun, on the other hand, was not overwhelmed by the joy of victory. Just as he had said before the battle, Lin Ming's talent was indeed very high, at least stronger than he was now. If he stopped here, it was only a matter of time before Lin Ming surpassed him.

Therefore, he dared not slacken. Lin Ming regarded him as a rival, and Jiang Boyun also regarded Lin Ming as a formidable enemy. He looked forward to continuing to compete with Lin Ming in the future.

Soon, the Seven Profound Valley's main sect distributed rewards to the disciples who had achieved excellent results. This martial arts competition had come to an end, but Shi Zongtian and others knew that the matter was not over. This competition had attracted the attention of a strong expert from Divine Phoenix Island, and they couldn't have come for no reason.

They hadn't revealed themselves yet, but they didn't dare to relax their vigilance. After all, they still wanted to train geniuses like Lin Ming and Jiang Boyun themselves. Even if Divine Phoenix Island was more powerful, people were always selfish, and they all hoped that these two could become guardians of the sect.

The next morning, Jiang Boyun was practicing his sword in his small courtyard as usual. As the number one disciple of the Sword Sect, he had his own separate courtyard, and his treatment was no worse than that of an outer elder.

Now that he was the number one person in Seven Profound Valley, he was receiving a lot of attention, but he didn't slack off in the slightest. After seeing the vastness of the starry sky, he could no longer tolerate himself staying in place. If he wanted to reach the summit, he had to put in the effort.

Therefore, winning first place didn't change his life. He still practiced his sword when he should, and cultivated when he should. If people didn't know better, they would think he hadn't participated in the competition, let alone won first place.

Just then, a flame suddenly lit up in front of Jiang Boyun. It was a sound transmission talisman. After hearing the message within, Jiang Boyun was also stunned. The message was from the Vice Valley Master of Seven Profound Valley, asking him to go to the main hall of the Seven Profound Valley's main peak immediately to meet the Divine Phoenix Island's envoy.

"Divine Phoenix Island's envoy..." The word "Saint" was not simple in Divine Phoenix Island, so the identity of this envoy was likely very high.

Thinking of this, Jiang Boyun immediately found Jiang Xuan and explained the matter to him.

Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "If I'm not mistaken, Divine Phoenix Island should want to recruit special disciples. If you're willing, go to Divine Phoenix Island to cultivate later. When your cultivation is successful, you and I, master and disciple, will naturally meet again."

Jiang Boyun was stunned, but then he understood Jiang Xuan's meaning. Jiang Xuan already had the intention to leave, and this time he was not planning to take him with him.

"Your martial path must ultimately be walked by yourself. I can lead you into the door, but I can't take you to the peak. How to practice your ambition in the future, how to find the sword path in your heart, all depends on yourself," Jiang Xuan said again.

He had always been like this when accepting disciples. He would guide his disciples into the door, and then let them walk their own path. Only after that could they be considered his personal disciples.

Jiang Boyun's heart was filled with thoughts, as if he had thousands of words to say, but in the end, he only said one sentence, "Disciple will remember Master's teachings!"

Jiang Xuan had already given him much guidance, and had even passed on his most powerful techniques. He had already given him enough. If he still couldn't walk his own martial path, then no amount of guidance would be useful.

"Well, go. After you go to Divine Phoenix Island, I will also leave," Jiang Xuan waved his hand. The Lower Realm didn't really attract him, and he wouldn't be here if it weren't for the magic cube in Lin Ming's hands.

Now he had also accepted a disciple, so next, he should go see what the magic cube, one of the three great divine artifacts, was like.

"Yes!" Jiang Boyun said respectfully, and then left the other courtyard and headed towards the main peak of Seven Profound Valley.

…

When Jiang Boyun arrived, many people had already gathered on the square in front of the main hall. In addition to the Seven Profound Valley disciples he was familiar with, there were also many disciples from other Third-Rank sects.

Among them were also several acquaintances of his, all top geniuses from various sects. He had also fought with them before.

But no matter what the results were in the past, they couldn't possibly be his opponents now. After climbing a sword dao mountain, although he hadn't fully comprehended it, his speed of progress in the sword dao was far beyond that of ordinary people. He was improving every day.

"Jiang Boyun is here!"

"I heard that his sword intent has transformed, and it's very amazing."

"As expected, he awakened the Sword Spirit Body. I heard that he disappeared some time ago and gained a great opportunity, which may be why his strength has greatly increased."

In front of the main hall, the other geniuses from the other sects also knew about Jiang Boyun winning first place in the competition. Now that they saw Jiang Boyun coming, they naturally whispered about it.

However, Jiang Boyun didn't care much about them. He went straight to where Jiang Lan Jian and the others were. After that, they also learned about the purpose of the Divine Phoenix Island envoy's visit, and they didn't dare to act rashly, obediently waiting in place.

Not long after, Lin Ming also arrived under the leadership of an elder. Jiang Boyun also signaled Lin Ming to stand with them. Although Lin Ming had not officially joined the Seven Profound Valley's main sect, he was originally a disciple of the Seven Profound Martial House of Sky Fortune Kingdom, so he was also considered a member of the Seven Profound Valley.

"Lin Ming? Is he the one who took second place in this competition?"

"Hehe, I heard he's a commoner martial artist. He used to cultivate in the martial house. To be able to win second place in the Seven Profound Valley competition, it seems that Seven Profound Valley doesn't have anyone powerful besides Jiang Boyun."

Lin Ming's appearance also caused some discussion. Those people were all geniuses from various sects, and they were well-informed. They had already known the rankings of the Seven Profound Valley competition before they came.

But Lin Ming had been unknown before, and he was also a disciple of a kingdom's martial house, which they didn't think was anything special. But he was able to get second place in the Seven Profound Valley competition, which was why they dared to underestimate this generation of Seven Profound Valley geniuses.

"Don't pay attention to them. Strength is never shown by talking. If we have the opportunity, we can prove it ourselves," Jiang Boyun said to the people beside him. After being by Jiang Xuan's side for a while, his state of mind had become more peaceful. He wouldn't waste time on things that didn't need attention.

"Yes." Lin Ming and the others nodded. It was useless for them to be angry here. Other people had mouths, unless they used their strength to shut them up, this kind of talk wouldn't stop.

But now was obviously not the time. The Divine Phoenix Island envoy was here, and even the sect masters of the various sects had to be respectful. How could they dare to act rashly?

"You probably don't know yet, the Divine Phoenix Island envoy is here this time because of a joint genius training program. Specifically, it's to divide the genius disciples of the nineteen Third-Rank sects nearby into three levels: Heaven, Earth, and Human, and jointly train them by Divine Phoenix Island and the major sects."

"The resources received by each level are naturally different, and the difference is quite large. Everyone wants their level to be higher so they can get more resources. Senior Mu Qinghong of Divine Phoenix Island has mentioned you and me before, and now they are all watching us. Don't be careless..."

Jiang Boyun reminded him through sound transmission. However, he still recognized Lin Ming's strength. Apart from the one or two geniuses who had entered the Houtian realm, the others were probably not Lin Ming's opponents.

Once the Panlong Steel Needles were used, unless they had a second level of artistic conception like him, or had a physical body close to the Xiantian realm, they would only be defeated.

Moreover, even those few who had entered the Houtian realm only had the advantage of age. Lin Ming was only sixteen years old now, while those few were already over twenty. With Lin Ming's cultivation speed, as long as he had a little time, it would be easy to surpass those few.

"A genius training program?" Lin Ming nodded, and he was also guessing which level he would be.