Lin Wu was a bit confused by this but figured it out on his own.

"So you picked a fight with a Nascent Soul realm cultivator despite knowing?" Lin Wu questioned.

"Yes…" Wang Xiong answered, his tone getting a bit anxious now, understanding that he may be in more trouble than expected.

~Sigh~

Lin Wu was now thinking of how to recover from this. He didn't want his first pawn to fail before it even started. Now that Lin Wu was in the nascent Soul realm, he knew the difference between a core condensation realm cultivator and a nascent soul realm cultivator.

The chasm between them was quite vast. It was the reason why there were so many peak stage core condensation realm cultivators but few nascent soul realm cultivators. Only a few would survive the heavenly tribulation and come out on top as nascent soul realm cultivators.

In fact, most cultivators were so scared that they would intentionally stop cultivating after they reached the peak stage of the core condensation realm because they were scared of dying to the heavenly tribulation lightning.

What they would do instead is accumulate resources so that when their lifespan of three hundred years was close to end, they would speed up to the pseudo nascent soul realm and then approach the heavenly tribulation.

They thought that by keeping it a final option between life and death was the best thing and they would reduce their chances of dying.

But it was this very indecisiveness that often caused them to fail. Over the years, the more they waited, the more scared of death and weaker they would become. This would deter them from achieving their optimum condition and thus make them fail the tribulation.

Still, most commoners and average cultivators did not know about this. They just thought about enjoying their long life. Only the cultivation sects and aristocrats knew that the earlier one entered the Nascent Soul realm, the better their chances of survival were.

Because their bodies would be younger, they would have a higher vitality which would increase their chances of survival. One didn't have to be as young as Shirong either. Shirong was in his early thirties as of now, and even Wang Xiong was in his forties.

Most Core condensation realm cultivators would try to break through to the Nascent soul realm in their 200's as that was the period of time needed for them to reach the peak stages of the core condensation realm.

"Is… there a problem, senior?" Wang Xiong asked, seeing that Lin Wu had become silent.

"This person you are going to fight, is he the only one in nascent soul realm or is there more?" Lin Wu questioned.

"There are three of them, that is a group. But I'm only going to fight against one of them that is at the infant stage of the Nascent Soul realm." Wang Xiong spoke.

"What about the other two what stages are they at?" Lin Wu questioned, still feeling unsure.

"They both at the Child stage of the nascence soul realm." Wang Xiong answered.

~Sigh~

"Are you confident in defeating him? And that too… without taxing yourself too much as you did in the trials?" Lin Wu questioned again.

"I… with the inheritance I believe I can take him down, surely." Wang Xiong replied.

"And do you think that the other two won't interfere after you have defeated him?" Lin Wu asked.

"They… they would never. If they did, they would be breaking the rules of the sect." Wang Xiong said quickly.

Lin Wu held his silence for a bit, as he knew how these people would really act.

"Tell me the entire thing from the start. Don't miss anything, I want their personalities and what they do as well." Lin Wu spoke.

"Okay, senior." Wang Xiong said, before beginning the entire explanation.

Lin Wu listened to the man for about two hours before he got the gist of it. The situation was kind of what he had guessed. Just some core disciples taking advantage of lower ones. And when they protested, they want to put them in their place.

By now he was also sure that the other two nascent Soul realm cultivators won't take it lightly if their friend is defeated. What Lin Wu was particularly concerned about was their core condensation realm authority.

This gave them a few benefits that others did not have, for example proposing a duel one-sidedly. They won't need the agreement of the other side and could force them to take it, and this could be done once a year. Usually, this was only done among those of equal status, but there were no particular rules that were there to prohibit them from targeting juniors.

This was mostly because there wasn't much chance they would do so, and these duels were done for a certain reward. There wasn't much they could get from a junior disciple anyway, and thus it was useless for them to use this chance.

But Lin Wu knew these disciples would be hot headed and try to do something when their ego was challenged.

"How long do you have till the duel?" Lin Wu finally questioned.

"The duel is in five days from now." Wang Xiong answered.

Lin Wu thought for a moment before asking, "can you break through to the Nascent Soul realm in that time?"

"Um… if it was before I would have been, but with the inheritance, my physique is slowly changing, which I had not expected. The spirit Qi I have in my core is being used to temper my physique. This is why I think I can defeat the Nascent soul realm cultivator." Wang Xiong said.

"Alright… is there a restriction on the weapons that you can use?" Lin Wu further asked.

"No, there is none. The only restriction is on certain talismans and poisons that are considered to be lethal." Wang Xiong answered.

Lin Wu listened to everything and came up with a plan.

"Okay, now listen to me closely and do as I say…"