A Chance

The sect leaders quickly gathered their own disciples and went back to their respective residences.

Sheng Tian decided to join his fellow sect brothers and sisters and jumped onto the cloud Long Chen had conjured.

Once everyone got on, Long Chen waved his sleeve and the cloud rose into the air. Sheng Tian turned to his left and saw the disciples of the Lotus Fairy Valley get on a massive pink lotus. Yue Ling'er looked up and saw Sheng Tian looking down before giving a slight smile.

Sheng Tian waved before being interrupted by Long Chen.

"Ahem!"

All 47 disciples including Sheng Tian turned to look at Long Chen.

"I'm sure you all know where we are going next," he began, "the Soaring Sky Peacock Race and the Scarlet Flame Serpent Race require our help, and so I want to turn this into a little competition for you all"

The disciples silently whispered to one another and glanced at Sheng Tian from time to time. They knew that they had little chance of winning against Sheng Tian's monstrous combat capabilities.

"No need to worry!"

Long Chen waved his sleeve and 47 balls of light flew into each of their identification badges. Sheng Tian took out his badge and saw a number 0 appear when he held it out flat on his palm.

"I temporarily modified your identification badges so whenever you kill a Xuan Beast, their aura will be marked in your badges," Long Chen explained.

"Everything under Foundation is 1 point, first to third is 2 points, fourth to sixth is 3 points, seventh to ninth is 4 points. If you manage to kill someone that is above that, you will obtain 5 points"

"Once we get to the battlefield, you will aid our allies while trying to get as many kills as possible. I will warn you that if you deliberately harm our allies for points, you will be severely punished!"

Unease was clearly written on most of the disciple's faces. Xuan Beasts have much more powerful bodies than humans and have a natural suppression over them.

Sheng Tian closely examined every single one of his fellow sect disciple's cultivation bases and sighed. The Sky Sword Sect was truly lacking in powerhouses. Most of the disciples were at the sixth level of Foundation while only 4 were at the ninth level. There weren't even anyone who managed to get past that level besides Long Chen!

"Master"

"Hmm?"

Sheng Tian stepped forward on the cloud and bowed, "I propose that I train my fellow sect disciples until we get to the battlefield. I can raise their cultivation bases while honing combat experience and resistance to bloodline suppression"

"Oh?"

"Wow! Will we really receive training from the number 1 genius!?"

Everyone broke out into chatter at the thought of being taught by Sheng Tian. After he had saved their sect from falling and even taken first place from the Sacred Blood Palace, Sheng Tian had become a pillar to rely on for everyone in the Sky Sword Sect.

"Are you sure you can handle it? We have at most a month and that isn't much time at all"

Sheng Tian smiled with confidence, "I'm certain that I can train every single person present into a powerhouse for the sect"

"Can we really become an elite?"

Sheng Tian turned to the person who had asked the question. It was a timid looking young woman with light brown hair. She shivered slightly when Sheng Tian laid eyes on her.

He nodded, "So long as you endure hardship, it isn't a pipe dream to become one of the strongest!"

Everyone's spirits seemed to have been roused by Sheng Tian's words. If he had such confidence, why couldn't they?

The timid woman seemed to have gotten bolder after hearing that, "I-I'm willing!"

Weng!

Sheng Tian condensed a wisp of his qi and blood before sending it at the young woman's forehead. Before she could react, the wisp had already settled inside her Dantian.

Bang!

""What?!""

Instantly, the young woman was brought from the sixth level of Foundation to the seventh. Furthermore, her qi compressed several times and its purity had reached a higher level.

Even Long Chen was surprised, as he could tell that Sheng Tian's methods were stable and did not harm the receiver's foundations or Dao Heart.

"Ho? Is that how you plan on raising their cultivation bases?"

Sheng Tian shook his head, "That was just the beginning, I also plan on personally refining pills suitable for everyone"

he turned back to the disciples, "Who's next?"

There was a moment of silence as everyone glanced at each other before...

"M-me!"

"No me!"

"I raised my hand first!!"

Chaos ensued shortly after as every disciple raised their hands. Long Chen released pressure to calm everyone down while Sheng Tian condensed 45 more balls of blood qi.

"Everyone will have a chance. Get into a meditative position"

Long Chen made a hand seal and flicked his hand. The cloud that was originally only big enough for everyone to stand on instantly became big enough to accommodate everyone being seated.

The disciples sat neatly in rows as Sheng Tian bestowed upon them some of his blood qi. This much was nothing to him and can be recovered in mere minutes.

Weng!

Huge waves of energy scattered into the air as one after another, the disciples broke through one minor realm. Visible aura could be seen being whipped by the passing wind and Sheng Tian formed a simple barrier to prevent any outside forces from entering.

"I-I broke through!"

"Me too!

Bonk!

"Hurry and go back into meditation," Sheng Tian said, "You wouldn't want to lose the realm you've just gained because you were careless"

"Y-yes!"

Seeing everyone enter a meditative state, Sheng Tian took out a few medical ingredients and refined a pill on the spot.

Fwoom!

After a few minutes, the flames dissipated to reveal a handful of black colored pills.

"Hmm..."

Long Chen shook off his surprise and walked over to examine the pills, "What is that? I've never seen such an odd recipe"

"Oh, this? I just threw together a few random herbs and blended them together"

"What!"

What Long Chen didn't know was that Sheng Tian's Nine Dragon Alchemy Control allowed him to forcefully merge incompatible materials together. Thus, he was able to create these pills with beneficial properties just by throwing in some random herbs.

"Anyways, this should be enough to bring everyone up to the ninth level at the very least"

Snap!

Exerting a bit of strength, the pills were crushed and a medical fragrance spread into the air.