Strongest Replication

Chu Hongwei was not convinced. Although his Cultivation Talent was not as good as Chu Zhongtian's, no one could say for sure which one of them would have greater achievements in the future.    

Furthermore, he was currently at the Third Layer of the Body Refining Realm. As long as he cultivated in seclusion for a while and used some precious resources to speed up his cultivation, he was confident that he would be able to break through to the Fourth Layer of the Body Refining Realm in no time and rise up to become one of the top experts of the family.    

As for Chu Zhongtian!    

He was only at the Sixth Layer of the Qi Refining Realm at the moment. It was also hard to say when he would break through to the Seventh Layer of the Qi Refining Realm. Since his cultivation realm was so far inferior to his, what right did anyone have to make him the next heir of the family?    

Upon arriving at the plaza, Chu Zhongtian greeted everyone with whom he was familiar. Even when facing people he did not know, he would still take the initiative to greet them with a warm smile.    

Of course, Chu Zhongtian had detected the cold glint from Chu Hongwei's eyes. However, he did not pay much mind to him whatsoever.    

Even though he was only at the Seventh Layer of the Qi Refining Realm, far from Chu Hongwei's current cultivation realm, he was confident that he could catch up to Chu Hongwei in no time, perhaps even surpass him.    

Not to mention, the selection of the next heir was entirely in the hands of the patriarch and the elders. To be more precise, the decision was in the hands of the experts of the Chu Family. Thus, no matter what kind of plan he was scheming, he would not be could be able to change that fact.    

If he were to be selected as the next heir, the Chu Family would definitely protect him from any potential threats he would face in the future. Perhaps he would even deal with them in advance. Thus, Chu Zhongtian was not at all concerned about Chu Hongwei's hostility towards him. In fact, he even hoped for Chu Hongwei to be more hostile.    

"Yuping, you're here!" Chu Zhongtian quickly found Chu Yuping and the others after greeting a dozen or so acquaintances. Upon seeing them, he immediately squeezed his way over.    

"Zhongtian, I didn't expect you to arrive so early!" Chu Yuping said with a surprised voice as he looked at the time, not expecting Chu Zhongtian to arrive 20 whole minutes early.    

Looking back at his memories, Chu Zhongtian was essentially a cultivation addict who rarely cared about anything else, let alone arriving early at the ancestral worshipping ceremony.    

"As the disciple of the Chu Family, I will naturally attend the annual ancestral worshipping ceremony," Chu Zhongtian said in a joking manner.    

"Xiao Tian, Chu Zhongba, Chu Xing, and the others are in front." Chu Yuping said as he pointed at Chu Zhongba who was standing in the center of the group.    

"I will stay with Brother Yuping," Chu Zhongtian said in a calm tone.    

Although he was undoubtedly the strongest person amongst the younger generation of the Chu Family, there was no place for him in the center of the plaza according to this current status.    

In fact, his current position was already somewhat against the rules. Even so, with his current reputation, no one would pursue this small violation.    

At three o'clock sharp in the afternoon, Patriarch Chu Tianyun arrived at the plaza with eleven inner court elders and over twenty outer court elders.    

Upon their arrival, the entire plaza turned dead silent.    

Looking at the high-spirited expressions of Chu Tianyun and the other inner court elders, Chu Zhongtian reckoned that they had some sort of good news to share and announce. Otherwise, why would the usually calm Chu Tianyun lose his dignified composure at such a time?    

"Fellow members of the Chu Family, today is the annual ancestral worshipping ceremony of the Chu Family..." Chu Tianyun proceeded to talk about the origin and glory of the Chu Family. Having long since heard of the same stories, Chu Zhongtian was naturally not interested in them at all. Thus, he pretended to listen carefully on the surface while slowly getting used to the changes in his body after breaking through earlier.    

No one knew what kind of joyous event took place to make the composed Chu Tianyun act like a completely different person today. Usually, his speeches would only last for a few minutes. However, he actually talked non-stop for more than half an hour this time.    

At first, the disciples below pretended to be listening attentively. But now, a small portion of them had already begun showing impatience on their faces. Upon seeing their expressions, the Grand Elder could not help but let out a light cough, reminding Chu Tianyun to end the speech as soon as possible.    

"My fellow clansmen, the future glory of the Chu Family will be entirely dependent on you as it will also serve as your glory." Chu Tianyun ended the speech with these last few encouraging words.    

With that out of the way, everyone from the Chu Family followed Chu Tianyun and commenced the ancestral worshipping ceremony. By the time they finished the standard procedure, more than an hour had already passed.    

Next was the highlight of the ceremony.    

At this time, the most outstanding individuals of different ages would display their strength one by one in order to win the attention of the patriarch and elders. At the same time, they would also be increasing their prestige and influence in the family.    

The event started with all the young and ordinary disciples going on stage to show their progress and capabilities. Due to their mediocre strength and prestige, however, the crowd was not very interested.    

Only the elite disciples of the adolescent generation who had reached the Body Refining Realm would incite any sort of excitement among the crowd.    

At that moment, one of the elite disciples displayed an Intermediate Martial Skill known as the Tiger Fist, causing many people to cheer for him. Taking a few glances at his performance, Chu Zhongtian shook his head in disappointment.    

The Tiger Fist was an Intermediate Martial Skill that was placed on the second floor of the library. Having gone through the library to select a suitable Martial Skill for himself, Chu Zhongtian had certainly come across that exact technique before.    

According to his understanding, there were two essential points of the Tiger Fist. The first was one's imposing aura while the other was their brute strength.    

[Imposing Aura: Mimics the aura of the particular Strange Beast. Used to intimidate one's opponent and stun them for a moment.]    

[Brute Strength: Crushing one's opponent with their strength alone.]    

However, the Tiger Fist that the young elite disciple displayed just now did not have either of those two factors. The only thing he did was show flashy moves that lacked any sort of practical use.    

With all the young elite disciples of the adolescent generation done, the more famous elite disciples in recent years were up next on stage.    

When Chu Zhongba walked up the stage, the entire atmosphere of the plaza waited in suspense.    

After all, Chu Zhongba used to be the leader of the younger generation. With both great strength and outstanding talent, he naturally attracted the attention of everyone present.    

Even Chu Tianyun and the dozen or so elders watched in anticipation. But instead of using a powerful Martial Skill, Chu Zhongba used a particular fist technique.    

The unfamiliar fist technique not only surprised Chu Tianyun and the other experts of the family, but it even made Chu Zhongtian widen his eyes.    

This was because the fist technique that Chu Zhongba used was the first variation of the Eight Trigrams Six Joint Fists that he had previously given him, the Qi Extermination Fist.