My Master Knows It All

521: Chapter 1814: The Grand Preceptor Goes to Sea_6 521: Chapter 1814: The Grand Preceptor Goes to Sea_6 Upon entering the sea of flames, the phantom grasses around her began to tremble violently, disappearing wildly under the blaze.

Wood is always overcome by fire.

Yet she made no pause, charging forward.

In the blink of an eye, the phantom images of grass on her had vanished, and the scorching flames were already burning her flesh, but still, she pressed on.

Her gaze was fixed firmly on the area around Cao Zhen’s chest.

They were far apart, but with the full power of her Golden Core Stage cultivation unleashed, she reached him in the blink of an eye, thrusting her long spear fiercely forward.

In an instant, the spear was covered in the phantom images of vines with barbs all over them, and in that moment, the spear seemed to be formed solely from those vines.

Cao Zhen looked at the incoming spear without a hint of panic on his face; he did not even step back, as a golden light suddenly shot out from the heretical Golden Core above his head.

Golden light poured down, forming a golden protective aura that completely enveloped Cao Zhen, and within the golden light, there was the sound of tigers roaring and dragons chanting.

Dragon and Tiger Golden Body.

This time, his Dragon and Tiger Golden Body was cast from the heretical Golden Core.

As the spear descended, a phantom image of a dragon and a tiger suddenly shot out from his body, charging towards the spear as if to devour it entirely.

The next moment, the spear touched the Dragon and Tiger Golden Body and seemed to hit an insurmountable barrier, unable to advance further.

At the same time, the terrifying force transmitted through the spear caused Cao Zhen’s body to uncontrollably stagger back three steps.

Terrifying strength!

Surprise crossed Cao Zhen’s face; due to the Record of Deities and Demons, his physical strength far exceeded others at the same cultivation realm, and even among those with a Golden Core, he was extremely powerful.

After all, his Record of Deities and Demons came from Xiang Ziyu, and Xiang Ziyu’s Record of Deities and Demons had reached the zenith of the Golden Core Stage.

And yet, he was still forced back by this spear.

The woman before him possessed strength far beyond what her cultivation realm should allow.

From afar, the leader of the Hundred Peaks Sect sighed lightly as he watched Cao Zhen being pushed back, lamenting for Qiao Jingyao, “What a determined child.

Her physical strength is extremely powerful, probably because she knows that her Divine Skills are not strong enough.

To compensate, she must have desperately enhanced her physical strength.

But physical strength…

everyone relies on close combat Protective Divine Powers to improve it.

She clearly lacks such Divine Skills and seems to have enhanced her strength solely through various rigorous training methods.

Such a talented and determined disciple would be wonderful for our Hundred Peaks Sect, but alas, she belongs to that Celestial Plum Sect, not receiving the best guidance and wasting such a treasure!”

Cao Zhen could feel the terrifying power contained in that spear thrust, but that was all—he was merely forced back.

The spear of Qiao Jingyao could not break his Protective Divine Power.

His Protective Divine Power was none other than the Dragon and Tiger Golden Body of Dragon and Tiger Mountain!

And in his view, Qiao Jingyao’s strike had only brute force; it could not compare to his Dragon and Tiger Golden Body in terms of Divine Skills.

As for that spear.

Cao Zhen even felt that it could hardly be considered a Divine Weapon.

This thrust was her all-out effort, the full strength of a Golden Core with five different phenomena.

If she had a Divine Weapon in her hand, it would not have resulted in merely this much.

In the Hundred Peaks Sect, many disciples in the Core Formation Stage possessed divine weapons, and some even had two.

But now, a genius disciple with all five of his Golden Cores exhibiting phenomena had not a single divine weapon.

It was clear how destitute the other party’s sect must indeed be.

It was truly a sigh-worthy situation.

From a distance, Qiao Jingyao’s mentor watched as his disciple’s full-powered strike failed to break the golden body, a trace of self-blame flashing in his eyes.

Their Celestial Plum Sect was just too poor.

Although both he and the sect leader were in the Golden Core Stage, neither had ever had their own divine weapon.

It wasn’t that they couldn’t trade for divine weapons with their resources, but they felt it wasn’t necessary because those resources couldn’t fetch particularly powerful divine weapons anyway.

Average divine weapons wouldn’t significantly enhance their combat power.

Instead of wasting those resources on asking someone to forge two divine weapons, it was better to leave them for their disciples to focus on their cultivation.

In the end, their sacrifices were rewarded; the Celestial Plum Sect now had two genius disciples in the Golden Core Stage.

Before the start of the Immortal Struggle for Martial Supremacy, they had thought of forging divine weapons for their disciples, but time was too short.

Besides, their disciples had said that they wanted to preserve those resources for the cultivation of their junior brothers and sisters; they did not need divine weapons.

If they truly needed divine weapons, they would rely on themselves to acquire them.

Therefore, his disciple didn’t even have one divine weapon in hand.

She might well be the only one in the Golden Core Stage without a divine weapon at the Immortal Struggle for Martial Supremacy.

Perhaps, he had made a mistake in the beginning.

He sighed deeply, for humans are creatures of emotion.

Having spent a long time with Qiao Jingyao, he had long since come to treat her as his own daughter.

Countless times he had watched her exhausted from cultivation, even nearly going mad from cultivation in her desperate attempts to advance.

He did not know how many times he had felt regret.

He regretted bringing Qiao Jingyao to the Celestial Plum Sect after discovering her talent.

He believed that, had he not taken Qiao Jingyao away, her talent would have been noticed by someone from another Immortal Sect.

More than once, he had thought that perhaps if Qiao Jingyao had joined another sect—such as one of the top ten Immortal Sects—she might now be a proud talent who had achieved the Ten Different Phenomena of Golden Elixir Great Perfection.

He felt regret, yet he still kept Qiao Jingyao in the Celestial Plum Sect.

He hoped that Qiao Jingyao would be able to revitalize the Celestial Plum Sect.

This was his selfishness.

Qiao Jingyao, feeling the spear that could not advance an inch, continued to frantically channel her own power.

This was the best opportunity; if she defeated her opponent, a reincarnated person with great abilities, everyone would know of the Celestial Plum Sect.

That way, they could recruit more genius disciples and might have the chance to obtain more resources.

She had to defeat the opponent, no matter what.

Although the opponent was a reincarnated individual with great abilities, he was only in the Core Formation Stage, while she had reached the fifth level of the Golden Core, each core exhibiting a phenomenon.

How could she lose to him?

If she lost to him, how could she face the cultivation and resources the sect had invested in her, how could she face her master’s efforts!