Degrade from Nobility to a Humble Slave

Many outer disciples learned more by watching a battle and could take what they saw into their refinement process which allowed them to make breakthroughs of their own.

Plus, with how mundane the daily practices were, a fight for revenge was in itself quite entertaining to watch.

What made it more exciting was the considerable gap in the strengths between the two fighters competing with one at the organ refining level and the other half-step into the nature level!

If Leo, half-step into the nature level, was comparable to a lion, then Zen at the organ refining level was akin to a rat. They were not on the same level at all.

Most people were certain that the competition would be finished fast and that it was a given that the outcome would be an overwhelming victory by Leo.

Leo got to the battle ring early accompanied by his companions.

Today there was also a middle-aged man with Leo.

The clothing the middle-aged man wore denoted he was a servant. He was wearing a gray cloth and a bandanna on his head.

When the outer disciples noticed the pattern with the Eight Diagrams* embroidered on his gray cloth, no one dared to look down upon him.

the Eight Diagrams were eight trigrams used to represent the fundamental principles of reality in the Taoist beliefs, and seen as a

emblem belonged to one of the seven top noble clans, the Zhuge

seven noble clans were the most powerful and influential families in the entire empire. Although the middle-aged man was a servant, no outer

master said this man must die today, no matter what the cost is," emphasized the servant strongly. There was a condescending expression in his eyes as he glared at Leo. Even though Leo was half-step into the nature level, the

who was unhappy given the servant's attitude, tried not to show any expression. After all, his future depended on this servant's master. "I know." He nodded and replied with as even a tone as possible. "Don't worry. The intensity of

Leo's response, the servant nodded. "Good! Don't you want to be promoted as an inner disciple? My master promises to assign you to the Blackrock Peak next month and advance you to the level as an inner disciple if you complete

master!" stated Leo giving a short bow as he hastened

clans to become inner disciples, but it was difficult for civilians

since he joined the Drizzle Peak, and in that time

from how the outer disciples were treated. Inner disciples received the

a Peak though, a disciple had to stand out from the tens of thousands of other outer disciples. While Leo was

for five long years, someone made Leo an offer to move him to the second-ranked Peak, Blackrock, and even better - Leo would be promoted to an inner disciple, just as his patience ran out, and all he had to do was to kill Zen! It was too good a deal for Leo

impossible for him to not

recently entered Drizzle Peak, Leo saw him as a stepping stone to a better future

of realizing his dreams, Leo's face brightened with

back out after agreeing to fight me, would he?' he wondered starting