Translator: CinderTL
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"Director Zhou, congratulations! You've returned with a full load."
"This time, Director Zhou has taken it all, becoming the biggest winner."
"With so many resources at once, the Zhou family is bound to rise to new heights."
In the Summit Tower, various voices of congratulations and well-wishes echoed continuously.
Zhou Yi wore a beaming smile as she exchanged pleasantries with other directors and business owners.
Her gaze occasionally drifted to the big screen, where Li Chunjun was arriving alongside Shi Fu Hu and Ye Sheng, her eyes filled with satisfaction.
Her mind was already racing with thoughts on how to reward him for his future contributions.
Taking him as a consort.
Clearly, it was a good choice.
Just thinking about Li Chunjun's impressive figure as he slayed one innate martial artist after another made Zhou Yi feel a rush of heat.
In contrast to others, Master Qing was clearly focused on a different aspect.
"No experience, all relying on talent."
He carefully analyzed Li Chunjun's fighting style.
There were traces of swordsmanship.
It should be the Nine Heavens Thunder Sword Technique of the Chiyang Sword Sect.
However, this sword technique has a wide inheritance; anyone with even a slight connection to the Chiyang Sword Sect could learn it.
Aside from the swordsmanship, he lacked all other secret techniques, skills, and experience.
He didn't seem to have any expert guiding him from behind.
Instead, he appeared to be an exceptionally talented individual, relying on his own exploration to reach this point step by step.
The key was...
If the exploration time reached ten years, or even five years, he wouldn't find anything wrong; at most, he would think his talent was astonishing.
But...
One month!?
Wasn't this a stroke of fortune!?
"Soon, very soon, I'll be able to confirm it; I must be patient."
Master Qing silently thought: "Perhaps the opportunities he possesses are even better than that little brat's."
...
Among the crowd, some were joyful while others were troubled.
Zhao Tong, who had lost a trump card subordinate, Blood Fang, along with Directors Zhang and Liu, wore grim expressions.
The three parties had secretly conspired to set a trap, intending to take a bite out of the Zhou family.
In the end, they not only failed to take a bite but ended up breaking their own teeth.
Each family lost an innate martial artist, and some "controversial" interests had to be handed over.
These losses added up to be quite a blow for each of them, all of whom had fortunes in the tens of millions.
After all...
Recruiting innate realm experts was not an easy task for them.
But now that it had come to this, no matter how dissatisfied they were, they could only endure and accept it.
They could only wait for another opportunity to avenge their humiliation.
The lively atmosphere in the hall continued for a moment, and Master Qing also stood up: "Alright, everyone, let us now see this peak warrior who has emerged from the battle of the heroes and discover what wishes he needs fulfilled."
His words prompted everyone in the hall to rise.
A powerful innate martial artist naturally deserved their attention.
Moreover, it was Master Qing who spoke.
One had to give face to Master Qing.
...
Outside the hall.
This was Li Chunjun's first time deeply entering the Summit Tower.
Previously, although he was near the Summit Tower, he was still in the area of the Qingluan Resort.
But this was understandable.
An innate martial artist...
In any city, they would be considered a significant figure; in some cities where martial arts were not prominent, there might not even be any innate martial artists.
But a martial artist is still a martial artist; in front of the privileged class—cultivators, who truly transcend the rules—no matter how strong a martial artist is, they will always be a step lower.
They would be seen as the most trustworthy and capable assistants, but they would never be assumed to be on the same level as them.
The vehicle came to a stop.
Shi Fu Hu led Li Chunjun into the courtyard.
As he followed this body-refining cultivator into the inner courtyard, Li Chunjun's gaze discreetly assessed him.
He knew that body-refining cultivators were innate martial artists who had broken the limits of the human body.
But just how strong were they after breaking those limits...
He did not know.
'Theoretically, a first-level body-refining cultivator and a first-level qi-refining cultivator should correspond to the 11th level of life, but becoming a cultivator not only enhances the physique but also connects the small world of the human body to the vast world outside.'
Li Chunjun thought to himself.
The momentum of heaven and earth.
This is the stage of great transformation for cultivators.
He clearly wouldn't think that being at life level 11 would allow him to truly contend with a first-level body-refining cultivator.
Of course, if he also completed the transformation, that would be another matter.
...
Under the guidance of Shi Fu Hu and Ye Sheng, Li Chunjun entered a hall that resembled a grand auditorium.
Before he arrived, he could already hear the noise coming from inside.
As Li Chunjun stepped in, a loud voice, seemingly from the host, rang out: "Now, let us welcome the extreme warrior who has reached the peak in this session of the Summit Battle!"
In the next moment, the doors opened.
The gazes of two to three hundred people in the hall simultaneously fell on Li Chunjun, who was following Shi Fu Hu.
At the same time, a not-so-enthusiastic round of applause erupted.
The only ones truly applauding were the few who had placed bets on him, but since he had no fame, the number of influential people betting on him was not large.
As a result, compared to the applause, many people looked at him with indifference, rejection, and even disdain.
He had made them lose money.
Of course, Li Chunjun's gaze did not linger on them either.
Theoretically, their lives would have no intersection.
Now, it was no exception.
At this moment, in the best viewing area on the fourth floor at the front of the hall, several figures appeared.
As these figures arrived, the previously noisy and chaotic atmosphere in the hall gradually quieted down.
Almost everyone's gaze fell on the central figure among them, an old man in a green robe.
The helmsman of Summit Tower.
A white-gloved high-level qi-refining cultivator.
The North Star of the entire underground world of Xuanzhou!
In a province with a population in the eight figures, he absolutely belonged to the ranks of the top hundred figures!
Master Qing!
Such a guest of a provincial-level family, no one among the influential people in the hall dared to disrespect.
"Indeed, you have given me a great surprise."
Master Qing spoke with a smile.
Clearly not using any amplification device, his voice could be heard throughout every corner of the hall.
He looked at Li Chunjun with eyes full of appreciation: "An innate martial artist at eighteen, and he has displayed unexpectedly great strength, stepping on the corpses of three innate martial artists to reach the peak. Such achievements are truly outstanding in the history of the Summit Battle."
This statement awakened some of the influential figures who had originally looked at Li Chunjun with unkind eyes.
Despite their status as influential figures in their respective cities, with fortunes in the hundreds of millions or connections at the level of government officials, in front of a young powerhouse who had stepped on other innate martial artists to reach the top...
They clearly seemed somewhat lacking.
Even if they lost money and wanted revenge, it was best to weigh whether they had the capability to do so.
"Now, we have arrived at the final and most important moment of each Summit Battle."
Master Qing said, without needing to give an order, all the lights in the hall focused on Li Chunjun.
"Tell me, victor of the Summit Battle, what is your wish! As long as it is reasonable, Summit Tower will spare no effort to fulfill your wish and make it come true!"
(End of the Chapter)
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