Chapter 142: Chapter 142: Dragon and Tiger List

Returning to his small courtyard, Shen Haoran eagerly unfurled the scroll Elder Huo had given him. Four large, golden words leaped into view: "Dragon and Tiger List!"

As his eyes swept across it, he saw the scroll was covered in densely packed names. The Dragon and Tiger List recorded the top five hundred disciples in the entire Sect!

Breaking into the top five hundred was no easy feat. How many disciples did the Five Elements Sect have? Among the Five Great Halls—apart from the strange outlier, Red Flame Hall—every other hall had at least ten thousand disciples! And wasn’t every single person who managed to enter one of the Five Great Halls a prodigy in their own right? One could only imagine the difficulty of breaking into the top five hundred from among tens of thousands of such geniuses.

Furthermore, every person who managed to squeeze into the top five hundred was highly skilled. Take the 500th place, for example. Shen Haoran’s gaze fell to the last name: "Li Ge, 500th on the Dragon and Tiger List, Tier Three Spirit General, Level Three Disciple of Cyan Wood Hall!"

"A Tier Three Spirit General is ranked dead last. This Dragon and Tiger List really has some weight to it," Shen Haoran said, licking his lips.

He continued to read up the list, growing more and more excited. "Zhang Fang, 410th on the Dragon and Tiger List, Tier Four Spirit General, Level Three Disciple of Thick Earth Hall!

Yao Qian, 337th on the Dragon and Tiger List, Tier Five Spirit General, Second Level Disciple of Linglong Hall!

Iron Fist, 250th on the Dragon and Tiger List, Tier Six Spirit General, Second Level Disciple of Golden Sun Hall!"

Shen Haoran’s eyes scanned over the names. The higher the rank, the stronger the disciple. However, once he reached the top two hundred, the power gap between the geniuses on the list grew smaller and smaller.

Between 200th and 50th place, the disciples’ strengths were all between Tier Six and Tier Seven Spirit General. But at the tenth spot, their power took a qualitative leap!

"Tian Cheng, 7th on the Dragon and Tiger List, Tier Eight Spirit General!

Xie Chen, 5th on the Dragon and Tiger List, Tier Eight Spirit General!" Within the top ten, almost everyone was a Tier Eight Spirit General or above! But there were three exceptions!

"Shui Ruolan, 8th on the Dragon and Tiger List, Tier Six Spirit General, Direct Disciple of She Hall Master of Linglong Hall!

Long Mo, 3rd on the Dragon and Tiger List, Tier Seven Spirit General, Direct Disciple of Elder Huo of Red Flame Hall!"

When he saw the last person, Shen Haoran’s expression turned grave!

"Ouyang Chen, 1st on the Dragon and Tiger List, Tier Six Spirit General, Direct Disciple of Chen Yu, the Sect Leader of the Five Elements Sect!"

This Ouyang Chen actually dominated the Dragon and Tiger List’s number one spot with the strength of a Tier Six Spirit General!

"As expected, this world isn’t short on geniuses!" Shen Haoran exclaimed. To make those geniuses at Tier Eight, or even Tier Nine, willingly submit to someone at Tier Six... it was clear just how terrifying this Ouyang Chen was!

However, Shen Haoran only found it more and more interesting. ’Ouyang Chen, is it? I look forward to fighting you!’

After casually browsing the Dragon and Tiger List again, Shen Haoran also found Long Zhen’s name. His ranking wasn’t bad either—26th on the Dragon and Tiger List, a Tier Four Spirit General. ’He really is a genius!’

After looking at the Dragon and Tiger List, Shen Haoran began to plan. He had only just broken through to the Spirit General Tier and wasn’t even considered Tier One yet. Moreover, the Spirit General Tier couldn’t be compared to the Spirit Pupil or Spiritualist Tiers. At the Spirit Pupil Tier, Shen Haoran could easily kill those at higher tiers, but at the Spirit General Tier, the difficulty was much, much greater!

Therefore, Shen Haoran planned to first stabilize his realm and then test the waters.

"He’ll do!" Shen Haoran’s gaze fell on the 500th name on the Dragon and Tiger List. Li Ge, from Cyan Wood Hall. ’Perfect for some practice!’

Seeing Shen Haoran’s harmless-looking smile, Elder Yan and Changmao simultaneously offered a moment of silence for this Li Ge. "Alas, the poor child..."

BANG... Just as Shen Haoran was pondering how to break into the top three of the Dragon and Tiger List, his door was violently kicked open!

"Brother Long, you’re finally back!" Long Zhen cried, tears and snot streaming down his face as he lunged at Shen Haoran!

"Stop!" Shen Haoran quickly reached out, planted a hand on Long Zhen’s head, and held him in place!

"Huh? Brother Long, are you looking at the Dragon and Tiger List?" Long Zhen glanced at the scroll in Shen Haoran’s hand.

"That makes sense. With your strength, it’s about time you fought for a Profound Level Cultivation Room or better!" Long Zhen muttered to himself. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"Wait? What Profound Level Cultivation Room or better?" Shen Haoran asked, confused.

"Uh... Brother Long, didn’t you get the Dragon and Tiger List so you could get ranked and cultivate in a Profound Level Cultivation Room?" Long Zhen stared at Shen Haoran, dumbfounded. ’You mean you don’t even know about this?’

"No, Elder Huo told me to break into the top three of the Dragon and Tiger List, so I’m just studying it, aren’t I? What is this Profound Level Cultivation Room you’re talking about?" Shen Haoran asked.

Seeing that Shen Haoran didn’t know, Long Zhen rolled up his sleeves and said with a serious expression, "Do you know where the Five Elements Sect was built? It’s right on top of a massive Spirit Vein in the Red Flame Mountain Range! The Sect’s ancestors went through untold hardships to inscribe an array that draws out all the Spiritual Power from that Spirit Vein, creating a huge Cultivation Field!

"This cultivation paradise is divided into four levels: Celestial, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. The higher the level, the denser the Spiritual Power. The Yellow Level Cultivation Rooms don’t require any qualifications; all disciples can enter. But for Profound Level and above, you must be an expert on the Dragon and Tiger List. Those ranked between 500th and 200th are qualified to enter the Profound Level Cultivation Rooms. Those between 200th and 11th can enter the Earth Level Cultivation Rooms. Of course, even within the same level, some rooms are better than others. The higher your rank, the better the room you get. That’s why all those Martial Artists fight desperately to raise their rankings!

"As for the Celestial Level Cultivation Rooms, only those ten freaks on the list can get in!"

"Ohh~" Hearing this, Shen Haoran nodded. ’So that’s how it is!’

"And those Cultivation Rooms are incredibly precious! Take me, for example. One day of cultivation in an Earth Level Cultivation Room is equivalent to half a month outside! Who wouldn’t be green with envy at that kind of speed!" Long Zhen said.

"One day is equal to half a month?" Shen Haoran exclaimed after hearing this. He was genuinely green with envy now. If the Earth Level rooms were already that fast, wouldn’t the higher Celestial Level rooms be even more insane? At that thought, Shen Haoran grew impatient, eager to see them for himself!

"Sigh, the top ten on the Dragon and Tiger List are just too monstrous. Otherwise, I’d challenge them one by one and get into a Celestial Level Cultivation Room myself!"

Long Zhen grumbled.

Hearing this, Shen Haoran just smiled. He had to break into the top three of the Dragon and Tiger List, no matter what!

"What did you come looking for me for?" Shen Haoran asked, suppressing the burning excitement in his heart.

When Shen Haoran asked his question, Long Zhen’s face crumpled again. "Brother Shen, I’ve been waiting for you for so long! Please, teach me how to pick up girls!"

Hearing this, Shen Haoran’s face darkened. "Get to the point!"

"Oh..." Long Zhen gave an awkward laugh, wiped away his snot and tears, and took out a large, black wok. "My master told me to bring this over. He said..."

BANG... Before Long Zhen could finish, another loud crash echoed. The remaining half of Shen Haoran’s doorframe was kicked away. Shen Haoran’s face went black as he cursed inwardly, ’Holy hell, what did my door ever do to anyone?!’

"Shen Haoran, get your ass out here!"