A certain house in the outer mountains.

　　Chen Yuan sat on a chair as he calmly took a sip of tea. Before him stood a young man in blue with a respectful expression. His face was ordinary, but his eyes appeared a little devious, somewhat similar to a wolf.

　　"Teacher Chen, you were the one who agreed that I would get a first cla.s.s disciple quota." Said the young man in blue with a pained face.

　　Chen Yuan waved his hand and replied, "I too did not expect things to turn out this way. Mu Wuji forcibly shoved someone in."

　　Chen Yuan indifferently said, "Hehe, Han Shan. I was the one at fault this time. I will return everything."

　　The youth in blue called Han Shan hurriedly said, "How can I take back the gifts I've given teacher Chen."

　　Chen Yuan nodded in admiration. He lightly tapped the table as he said, "Although Zhou Yuan has become a first cla.s.s disciple, it's not like you don't have any chance at all."

　　"According to the rules, compet.i.tion is encouraged amongst the new disciples. You are currently at the second layer Alpha-Origin, while Zhou Yuan is merely at the quasi Alpha-Origin. You only need to find a chance to challenge him, and once you succeed, you will naturally replace him as a first cla.s.s disciple."

　　"Tomorrow will be good. That kid will have already enjoyed a night in the little house, so he will not be overly unhappy even if beaten back to where he belongs."

　　Joy immediately flitted across Han Shan's eyes when he heard this. "Does teacher Chen mean that..."

　　Chen Yuan glanced at the former and said, "If you defeat him in front of everyone, I will take away his first cla.s.s disciple status and transfer it to you."

　　Han Sheng was over the moon. "Thank you for the advice teacher Chen!"

　　In his opinion, Zhou Yuan would not be any problem as long as he had Chen Yuan's approval. To Han Shan, it was just too easy to deal with a quasi Alpha-Origin.

　　Chen Yuan grinned widely as he waved his hand.

　　Upon seeing this, Han Shan tactfully withdrew.

　　Chen Yuan toyed with the cup in his hand as he watched the former leave. He chuckled to himself as he said, "Zhou Yuan is not tactful at all. I've already waited for a good half of the day, if he had voluntarily come to offer me generous gifts, I may have sheltered a little. Unfortunately…"

　　"He's just too stupid."

　　"Although it isn't appropriate for me to personally go after you, if you are eliminated in accordance to the rules, even the two elders above me won't have anything to say."

　　In the outer mountains, besides himself as the manager, there were two outer mountain elders. However, these two elders usually did not give any attention to such matters. Hence, it could be said that Chen Yuan was the greatest authority in the outer mountains.

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　　Night gradually arrived, enveloping the mountain forests. On the contrary however, the outer mountains only grew even more busy.