Chapter 1445 - 1449: Not Every Effort Is Rewarded

Compared to Cheng Fangtian's miserable state,

Yun Hao stood there calmly, his face unchanged, as if nothing had happened at all.

"Sect Leader Xiu Yun, invincible in the world!"

"Moon Gazing Sect, do you yield?"

"Hahaha, those so-called grand sects of the Immortal Realm are powerless before our Sect Leader Xiu Yun!"

"Oh dear, Moon Gazing Sect's Deputy Sect Leader, acting all high and mighty, yet was injured by our Sect Leader in just one move, how infuriating!"

Ah Yun led the Cultivation Cloud Sect disciples in loudly ridiculing Cheng Fangtian and the remaining Moon Gazing Sect disciples.

The disciples of the Moon Gazing Sect, naturally unwilling to concede, shouted insults in return.

For a moment, the scene turned chaotic, turning into a verbal battle!

Cheng Fangtian felt the severe injuries threatening to overwhelm him as he looked at the composed Yun Hao across from him, disbelief flashing in his eyes.

He couldn't believe he had lost so miserably.

With just one move, he was defeated!

Three thousand years of cultivation amounted to nothing; before Xiu Yun, he still had no resistance!

"Why? I've clearly broken through the constraints of the Peak of Ninth Grade and reached the legendary Divine Realm, yet the gap between us remains this vast?"

Looking at the calm Yun Hao standing with his hands behind his back, Cheng Fangtian couldn't help but ask.

"I've told you, the First-Layer Divine Realm is just the beginning. You didn't believe it then; do you believe it now?"

Watching Cheng Fangtian, Yun Hao said loudly.

After hearing Cheng Fangtian's words, Yun Hao shook his head, not feeling arrogant at all, but rather as if educating a younger sibling.

"Aren't you also at the First-Layer Divine Realm? Why is there such a big gap between us?"

Cheng Fangtian looked at Yun Hao defiantly. When Yun Hao made his move earlier, Cheng sensed that Yun Hao's cultivation level was about the same as his, both in the First-Layer Divine Realm.

"This is why I left here three thousand years ago, after several lifetimes, and returned merely in ten years!"

Yun Hao spoke while looking into the distant horizon.

"Because I am Yun Hao, that's all!"

Hearing Yun Hao's words, a saying came to everyone's mind.

Posturing without showing off is the most lethal!

"Cheng Fangtian, when you came to ask me to be your master, I didn't take you in. Do you remember what I told you then?"

Yun Hao ignored what others thought and looked at Cheng Fangtian across from him.

Cheng Fangtian actually sought Yun Hao as a master?

And was refused?

Everyone was stunned, unable to believe Yun Hao's words.

Cheng Fangtian, the Deputy Sect Leader of Moon Gazing Sect, was of immensely high status and position.

Someone capable of being Cheng Fangtian's master must be a greatly revered figure.

"How could I forget? You only said one thing to me, but that one thing motivated me to keep striving until now!"

A hint of nostalgia emerged in Cheng Fangtian's eyes, "You are unsuited for cultivation, go back!"

"There were many sects willing to accept me back then, but I refused all of them."

"Because I knew they were too weak. Only Xiu Yun was the strongest, and I wanted to join your sect, like you, defeating many Divine Realm experts with a sword!"

"But when I was full of enthusiasm, seeking to enroll in your sect, you didn't even run an assessment, and simply told me I am unsuited for cultivation!"

"Who are you to say that? Do you know how much I sacrificed trying to be your disciple? I trained day and night..."

Cheng Fangtian's words were agitated as he glared ferociously at Yun Hao.

These words had been buried in his heart all these years.

He was outstanding, with many sects wanting to take him in.

Why was Yun Hao so unwilling to accept him as a disciple?

Even when Yun Hao disappeared over three thousand years ago.

He trained step by step to achieve the position of the Moon Gazing Sect's Deputy Sect Leader.

His cultivation had reached the First-Layer Divine Realm.

Yet, Yun Hao's earlier words remained like a sharp thorn, penetrating deeply into his heart, inducing cries of anguish each time he remembered.

"Not all efforts reap rewards. As a child in the Mortal World, I fought alone. I wondered why other kids got to go to school, to amusement parks with parents, while I fought every day, living worse than animals!"

"But gradually, I realized that complaints and unwillingness belong to the weak. Only the weak perceive numerous injustices, lament their hardships. What strong people utter is usually bravado!"

"What do the weak complain about? Simply that their gain does not proportionally reflect their effort!"

"Just like you now, and like when I rejected you!"

"You complain now after years of cultivation, yet still can't defeat me. Do you think about whether you've been cultivating correctly all these years?"

Yun Hao calmly said to Cheng Fangtian, who appeared unstable.

"Also, if you hadn't chosen to cultivate the technique I once practiced, your cultivation might be stronger, likely reaching the Second-Layer Divine Realm!"

"But choosing my former cultivation technique destined you for tragedy, for it's an incomplete technique. No matter how you cultivate, you'll only become nourishment for my return to strength, contributing to my journey back to the peak!"

Hearing Yun Hao's words left everyone puzzled.

What did Yun Hao mean by nourishment?

Was Yun Hao going to eat Cheng Fangtian?

It's a joke, right?

No matter how powerful, he couldn't consume people.

That's utterly disgusting...

"What do you mean?"

Cheng Fangtian fixed his eyes on Yun Hao, tightly asking.

He recalled that when he joined the Moon Gazing Sect, the Sect Leader gave him three cultivation techniques to choose from.

One was used by Moon Gazing Sect disciples, another was found by sheer chance by the Sect Leader.

The last one was Xiu Yun's former cultivation technique!

Then, Cheng Fangtian had almost without hesitation chosen Xiu Yun's technique.

His thought was simple then.

If you won't take me as a disciple, I'll secretly cultivate your technique.

Then, one day, when I succeed and stand before you, using your technique to challenge you, I'll see what expression you'll have.