Chapter 163: Popular (2/2)

Alex opened his eyes and said, ”It should be fine to break through now, right?”

So he opened his status page and hit [Breakthrough] without even looking at anything. He used up 2.5 million Qi at once and broke through to the 4th realm of Organ Tempering.

He looked at Pearl and saw that he was done consuming the core as well. ”Come, let's go. Or we'll be late,” he said and let Pearl get back to his arm. He disappeared and walked to the leader's building.

When he finally reached the building, he saw that there was more than just his master. There were also Luo Mei, Liu Xin, and Meng Yun. He let the illusion drop and showed himself.

”You're finally here. I heard you've made quite a bit of ruckus out there today,” Wen Cheng said as soon as he came.

”Ruckus? Huh, Senior Brother, Senior Sister, what are you guys doing here?” Alex looked at them curiously.

”Of course, we came after hearing what you did, little brother,” Liu Xin said.

”What I did? Did the information about my fight with Huo Tu spread to you guys somehow?” he asked.

”Not just us, little brother,” said Luo Mei and continued, ”The whole sect knows about your match now.”

”Huh? Did the information spread that much?” he was shocked. ”Oh no, no wonder even the First Elder came to recruit me. I didn't think it would be such a big event.”

Wen Cheng's eyes perked up, as did Luo Mei's and Liu Xin's. Wen Cheng asked, ”Did you say the First Elder came to recruit you?”

”Yes. He came by my house with a senior sister, his disciple I think, and tried to make me his disciple.” He relayed what had taken place.

Wen Cheng's face got solemn, and asked, ”And? What did you say? You didn't reveal our relationship yet right?” he asked.

”Oh, no. I only told him that I was not interested in being anyone's disciple right now. He left after I told him that,” Alex replied.

”That should be enough, right master?” Liu Xin asked.

”I would say that's a crisis averted if you ask me,” Luo Mei said so too. However,  Wen Cheng fell into deep contemplation, and he finally said,

”Qiu Ju is not a man that would give up so easily. He will come back to recruit you a few times more. However, that is not the problem now. The problem is that you have been recognized by everyone in the sect as a genius, so the Elders will come after you to make you their disciple.”

”And not agreeing to a single one would make you the enemy of all of their disciples.”