utside.Thanks to the generous patrons who donated yesterday: One Song Drunkenness, Charm Third Nephew, Delicious Charm Nephew, Lazy and Indolent, Mischievous Watermelon, Field, Reader Li Gang, Stubbor...Chapter 680: Different Aspirations for Each Person

"Chamberlain"

Hao Ren stopped and turned to look at Lao Luo, somewhat surprised.

"Special Envoy Hao, please follow me," Lao Luo stood up and led Hao Ren out of the small room.

The修煉場所of these Chamberlains are located on the top floor of the Dragon God Hall, higher than the quarters reserved for Grade 4 Scrutinizers.

As a Grade 3 Scrutinizer, in principle, Hao Ren should not be allowed to enter this area. However, with Lao Luo leading him, he encountered no obstacles.

This Lao Luo merely handles some inventory work for the treasure vaults but can freely move around within the Dragon God Hall, suggesting that he has been working here since its establishment and is quite experienced.

The closer one gets to the top floor, the denser the spiritual energy becomes.

Having just returned from Demon Sea, Hao Ren was not particularly surprised by this increasing concentration of spiritual energy.

However, the density of spiritual energy on the Dragon God Hall's top floor is almost half that of Demon Sea’s inner sea, which is also extremely formidable—far surpassing the spiritual energy density of the Sixth Celestial Realm. It would be hard to find a place with comparable levels of spiritual energy even on land.

Lao Luo respectfully bowed and stepped aside when he brought Hao Ren to the entrance of the top floor, allowing him to enter by himself.

"Thank you, Senior," Hao Ren watched as Lao Luo walked down the steps one by one before turning around and entering a corridor.

The Dragon God Hall constructed with black stone exudes solemnity. Walking inside, light from outside cannot penetrate in, nor does the spiritual energy seep out; it's akin to large caves carved into mountain sides.

Hao Ren walked straight towards the farthest giant stone door and placed his token into an indentation on it. The stone door automatically opened.

In the dimly lit room were nine imposing chairs, each occupied by a cultivator. Yue Zilong sat in the third chair from the right, wearing black robes with a lifelike five-clawed golden dragon perched on his shoulder.

The other eight cultivators Hao Ren had never seen before; he couldn't discern their cultivation levels or even tell if they were Dragon Sect members by sensing their aura.

It was said that three of the nine Deputy Chamberlains in the Dragon God Hall had reached the peak of Heaven Rank, and the remaining six should all be high-level Heaven Ranks at least, Hao Ren thought to himself.

Six Night Pearls were mounted on both sides of the room, emitting a faint white light.

A stone wall right ahead had a broad-shouldered man sitting in front of it. However, he did not face Hao Ren but instead faced the black and cold stone wall.

The stone wall was inscribed with two large characters: "Heaven and Earth," exuding grandeur that stirred something within Hao Ren’s heart just by looking at them.

"You… are Hao Ren, right" The back-facing figure suddenly said.

"Yes." Hao Ren stood in the center of the secret chamber and answered.

The lighting in this room was rather dim; night pearls were embedded into the walls on both sides. The nine deputy chamber masters had their backs to the light, making it blurry for Hao Ren to recognize anyone except Ye Zilong. He could not see the other deputy chamber masters’ faces clearly but noticed that they varied in height and build.

"Take this Penglai Chasing Immortal Token." A golden disc rose from inside the chamber master’s chest, floating before Hao Ren.

Hao Ren reached out to grasp the token, placing it into his芥子空間. This was a token given by Zhen Yuanzǐ for completing a task and not a gift to Hao Ren, so there would be no problem if the Dragon God Temple’s chamber master kept it.

The nine deputy chamber masters around the secret chamber looked at Hao Ren with newfound respect; especially Ye Zilong hadn’t expected that Hao Ren could complete an in-and-out round trip within Wàn Yo Sea within such a short time.

He knew there was some connection between Hao Ren and Zhen Fei, but the demon kings of Wàn Yo Sea were not just one person; those demon kings might not give face to Zhen Fei. For Hao Ren, who entered Wàn Yo Sea at the Exchange Level realm, it remained extremely risky.

But if there truly was no inspector capable of taking on this task, then the chamber master or a deputy chamber master would have had to personally make the trip—a situation that would have belittled Zhen Yuanzǐ’s perception.

Hao Ren went to Wàn Yo Sea in his capacity as an inspector and delivered the item into Zhen Yuanzǐ's hands, thus bringing honor to Dragon God Temple—Wàn Yo Sea might be treacherous, but Dragon God Temple could still send people back and forth safely.

"Did Penglai’s island master put up any obstacles" The chamber master asked again.

"Set a Seven Kills Formation that I managed to break." Hao Ren replied.

Hearing this, the bodies of the nine deputy chamber masters sitting in armchairs beside them all jolted.

They knew Zhen Yuanzǐ had an eccentric personality and would test their strength when Dragon God Temple’s inspectors arrived at his immortal island. Yet they hadn’t expected him to set up his most formidable Seven Kills Formation.

Even more unexpected was that Hao Ren could break this formation!

"Very good, very good…" The chamber master nodded with satisfaction while facing the wall.

Hao Ren’s mission on the surface might have been delivering an item, but in reality, he went to Penglai Immortal Mountain within Wàn Yo Sea as a messenger. The stronger Hao Ren was, the higher Zhen Yuanzǐ's estimation of Dragon God Temple would naturally be.

The Dragon God Temple had many experts; even a mere Exchange Level cultivator dared enter Wàn Yo Sea—how could they say there were no capable people in the Dragon God Temple

Sure, what these vice chamber masters had in mind was that Hao Ren would skim across the sea surface and quickly return. They never imagined that Hao Ren would trigger a great demon king under the sea, almost causing a war between the great demons!

This time, Hao Ren wasn't flying to the heart of the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons with his courage and wit as they thought, finding Mount Penglai Island, and then smoothly leaving the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons by relying on Master Zhenyuan's token. Instead, it was truly a life-or-death situation!

"You have accomplished an extraordinary feat and deserve a reward. However, you've already received your contribution points, so there shouldn't be additional rewards. Why don't we do this: You'll be promoted from a third-level inspector to a fourth-level inspector."

The chamber master continued.

The nine vice chamber masters were slightly surprised. Hao Ren had participated in the imperial examination of the Dragon God Temple and directly became a third-level inspector. In less than a month, he was promoted to a fourth-level inspector. The promotion speed seemed to be too fast!

In the history of the Dragon God Temple, only Su Han's progress was relatively quick. But when Su Han joined, he was already a Kun-grade expert and soon became a Qian-grade expert. During his tenure as an inspector, he made no mistakes whatsoever; he was only penalized once for the war between the East Sea and West Sea.

But Hao Ren becoming a fourth-level inspector was even higher than Su Han by one rank, instantly elevating from being Su Han's assistant to his "superior"!

"Zilong, do you have any objections" the chamber master asked.

"Hao Ren is the first inspector to venture into the inner sea of the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons and return safely. With such courage and quick thinking, he indeed deserves to be a fourth-level inspector," Zilong said.

The other vice chamber masters also indicated they had no objections.

If the Dragon God Temple wanted to recruit Hao Ren, even giving him several treasures would not matter much.

"Since you have no objections, then Zilong will change his token," the chamber master said.

Zilong slightly raised his hand, and Hao Ren's black token was suddenly taken away. In an instant, he received a new token with a four-clawed golden dragon carved on it, and the edge of the black token had a golden border around it.

To promote one fourth-level inspector in the Dragon God Temple required unanimous approval from the chamber master and nine vice chamber masters, along with rigorous assessments and strength tests. Hao Ren's promotion to fourth-level inspector was directly nominated by the chamber master and unanimously agreed upon by the nine vice chamber masters, making it the smoothest promotion process ever.

Hao Ren didn't even have time to react before he suddenly became a fourth-level inspector, the highest rank among inspectors and also the only one who wasn't at the Qiankun realm.

"Zilong, you all may leave. I need to ask him some questions alone," the chamber master said facing the stone wall.

The nine vice chamber masters stood up and walked past Hao Ren out of the secret room.

From their bodies, Hao Ren couldn't sense any spiritual energy; these nine vice chamber masters' concealment techniques had reached the peak!

With such strength, if they were to skim across the Sea of Ten Thousand Demons and use some magical treasures, the sea creatures wouldn't detect them, nor would the demon kings below.

The stone door closed slowly, leaving only郝仁and the Chamberlain.

Hao Ren thought that he would turn around slowly and take a look at what the Chamberlain looked like. Unexpectedly, he still faced the stone wall but released wave after wave of spiritual energy.

"I see that you have a body fit for immortals; your cultivation speed should be very fast. Has Zhenyuanzi mentioned anything about taking you as his disciple" The Chamberlain asked.

“Yes, but since I broke his Seven殺Array, he hasn't brought it up again,” Hao Ren replied.

"Zhenyuanzi is the ancestor of terrestrial immortals. Just one of his Ginseng Fruits can increase your cultivation by a thousand years. If you have ambitions to advance, I would be willing to take you as my disciple," the Chamberlain said.

Hao Ren looked at his back and hesitated for half a second.

The Chamberlain of the Dragon God Temple ruled such a super organization that he was almost like an alliance leader of the dragon clan. If he were to become his disciple, then it would truly be being second only to one person and above everyone else.

"I appreciate your kindness, esteemed senior," Hao Ren thought for a moment before saying.

Perhaps becoming the Chamberlain's disciple would allow him to take anything from within the Dragon God Temple as he pleased, and the nine Deputy Chamberlains would guide his cultivation with all their heart. However... Hao Ren didn't want to be too close to the Dragon God Temple internally.

He still felt that he was a person of the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace.

"Each person has their own aspirations... I won’t force you then," the Chamberlain said indifferently.

He fell silent for several seconds, and when he noticed Hao Ren still standing on the stone floor in the secret room, he added, "If there is nothing else, you can leave."

"There’s one thing," Hao Ren said.

"Speak,"

"When will the Dragon God Temple return what it borrowed from the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace" Hao Ren asked.

The Chamberlain facing the stone wall took a deep breath.

The spiritual energy emanating from his body suddenly increased in pressure.

Hao Ren's feet firmly planted on the floor, he stood steadily. Now that those nine Deputy Chamberlains had retreated and he was directly facing the supreme leader of the Dragon God Temple, it was time to ask about this question that had been bothering him for a long time.

"In this world, there are two things: power and rules," the Chamberlain raised one hand. "Which do you believe in"tioned."Hearing Su Han say these words, Zhao Kuo standing beside Hao Ren's eyes lit up.Seeing his reaction, Hao Ren knew that he was right—Zhao Kuo had participated in the Dragon Temple’s imperial exa...