Apotheosis

"Matters about the All Peaks Competition? All right," Zen said and nodded. In any case, it would be quite important to understand the strength of the other disciples participating in the upcoming All Peaks Competition.

Meanwhile, in a decent pavilion on the top of Drizzle Peak, six disciples in black robes gathered.

They were the top second to seventh inner disciples from the Drizzle Peak.

The senior disciple, Yehudi, used to be the top first place until Zen outperformed him in the assessment test, and he didn't challenge the latter to win back his rank.

"Yehudi, I do think you have the power to challenge Zen. You are the best amongst all the disciples!" one of them said huffily.

"I agree. Yehudi, you must not let a young boy outrank you. His nature level is only second-grade, while yours is the top grade," another one seconded what the former disciple had said.

"What could be worse than to invite that boy over and discuss the All Peaks Competition with him? As a young boy who has just been promoted to an inner disciple, what qualifications does he have to sit among us?" one more disciple burst out angrily.

Apparently, most of them were not impressed with Zen being the first rank since he was too young.

Although he outperformed everyone in the test, it didn't warrant the disciples' respect towards Zen. For the inner disciples, Zen didn't deserve to be the top first.

According to the rules of the test, the ranking assessment must be carried out in the magic array, and the rankings would be determined by the inner disciples' score.

If an inner disciple was not satisfied with his own ranking, the way to dispute it was to challenge the inner disciple who outranked him.

The ranking would be decided based on the challengers' true strength in the battle ring.

With the previously concluded test, Zen outranked everyone by gaining 55, 000 points. He replaced Yehudi in the top first rank. Now, if Yehudi was not convinced by the r

nd the All Peaks Competition was only seven, they should be united as a team.

A few moments later, someone knocked on the door, and one of the disciples in black robe bellowed, "Come in!"

It was Cleve. When he heard the permission, he pushed the door open and whispered to Zen, "Yehudi and other senior disciples are already inside. You can come in there and join their discussion."

Although Cleve's strength was stronger than most disciples of the Drizzle Peak, he wasn't strong enough to be part of the top seven. As a result, he was not eligible to attend the meetings related to All Peaks Competition.

Zen thanked Cleve and stepped inside.

Yehudi looked at Zen, then stood up and said with a smile, "Are you Zen? This is our first time to meet you so forgive us if we don't recognize you. Nice to see you here. I'm Yehudi!"

"Nice to finally meet you, Yehudi. I've heard so much great things about you!" said Zen sincerely, greeting with his cupped fists.

"Please take a seat here," Yehudi said heartily as he pointed to the top seat next to him. The top seat originally belonged to him, but now he was willing to give it to Zen.

Zen didn't have any knowledge of the inners' seat arrangement, so he just accepted Yehudi's instruction. He walked over and took the top seat as Yehudi offered.