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“…The ultimate evaluation is an enviornment competitors. Its content material is up so that you can resolve, together with utilization of talismans, immortal methods, spell formations, and beasts. You have to to pick three formal disciples from Hongmeng Academy to compete towards. The winner who wins three matches in a row will probably be admitted.”

On the excessive platform carved with white jade, the appointed disciple in control of the evaluation learn out the content material of the competitors.

Beneath the stage, the freshmen ready for the evaluation to start circled round.

“Chaoyun, that surnamed Jiang is taking a look at you once more.”

Within the crowd, Ye Chenxing pulled Ji Chaoyun’s sleeve. The examiner, Jiang Cheng, sat within the entrance of the viewing seats, trying of their route with a smile.

Ji Chaoyun raised his eyes; their gazes met, earlier than he faintly retracted his personal. “Don’t trouble.”

Ye Chenxing opened his mouth and wished to proceed persuading him, however the identify of the primary disciple who participated within the entrance examination was then referred to as out from the excessive platform.

As anticipated, it was Ji Chaoyun.

Beneath everybody’s watch, Ji Chaoyun rose up and landed steadily on the excessive platform.

The appointed disciple bowed to him and requested, “Immortal pal, what sort of competitors would you want to decide on?”

Ji Chaoyun answered, “I need to take a look at on martial arts; no magic arts or magical weapons are allowed within the take a look at. If the weapon falls on the bottom or any a part of the physique leaves the white jade platform, it’s a loss.”

As quickly as he mentioned this, the appointed disciple stiffened. He subconsciously checked out Jiang Cheng within the viewers.

Jiang Cheng made no secret of his taunt. “Not utilizing magic arts? Do you suppose that the doorway examination of Hongmeng Academy is to have a mortal struggle? Really, although your mortal physique has ascended, you continue to can’t win on stage.

Ji Chaoyun’s expression remained unchanged. “The foundations didn’t point out this being forbidden.”

“By no means thoughts, don’t you remorse it.” Jiang Cheng tilted his head barely and mentioned to the particular person subsequent to him, “Go, proper the unsuitable.”

Behind him, a good-looking younger man stood up, tapped his toes, and gently descended in entrance of Ji Chaoyun.

The viewers was in an uproar.

As quickly as Ji Chaoyun had requested to compete by utilizing martial arts, many individuals current had already responded. A lot of the disciples of Hongmeng Academy had been born with immortal information. When it got here to immortal arts, they stood a lot larger in comparison with their mortal self-cultivation counterparts. Solely when evaluating with swordsmanship would the percentages of successful be even higher.

However Jiang Cheng despatched Tune Zhifei.

This Tune Zhifei had ascended from the Mortal Realm, identical to them. He’d created his personal swordsmanship fashion on the earth, and had established his sect with this sword methodology.

Tune Zhifei’s martial fashion was surely—

—Too impulsive.

For some time, all those that knew the friction between Ji Chaoyun and Jiang Cheng thought so.

In these hundred years, Hongmeng Academy opened their mountain to recruit wandering immortals. If Ji Chaoyun misplaced, he must wait one other hundred extra years to enroll. For immortals, 100 years was nothing, however to climb up Hongmeng Mountain meant that they’d gone by extraordinary hardships. Who was prepared to cease proper on the gate of Hongmeng Academy?

However Ji Chaoyun held no concern about these. His wrist turned, and a slender immortal sword appeared in his hand, its silvery radiance shortly fading. The non secular aura was sealed.

Reverse him, Tune Zhifei drew out his scimitar1 and in addition withdrew its non secular aura.

Tune Zhifei appeared on the sword in Ji Chaoyun’s hand, and he appeared somewhat regretful. “Climbing Hongmeng Mountain is just not straightforward. Why trouble to impress that dude?”

“Provoke?” Ji Chaoyun mockingly repeated. He wished to say one thing, however held again. He raised these darkish and silent eyes, and coldly said, “I’ve by no means provoked anybody.”

“You…”

Ji Chaoyun saluted Tune Zhifei. “Grasp Immortal needn’t say a lot. Allow us to get began.”

The golden gong sounded on the white jade stage. Tune Zhifei took the lead.

The scimitar whistled previous the air, like a dragon darting by the sky. A white mild flashed, the blade quickly approaching Ji Chaoyun’s physique. An unavoidable transfer.

Immediately, Ji Chaoyun’s determine abruptly twisted. His physique curved in an especially nimble method and dodged the incoming scimitar.

Strands of blue silk fell to the bottom beneath the blade. Jiang Cheng’s expression modified.

Tune Zhifei didn’t see how the opponent evaded his strikes. His eyebrows jumped instinctively, and the opponent’s sword had pierced by its chilly sword drive. Tune Zhifei hurriedly blocked with the again of his scimitar. The shrill sounds of the blades clashing echoed on the white jade stage.

Ji Chaoyun’s determine was skinny, even showing somewhat weak, however nobody anticipated that his swordsmanship had such a killing intent, his strikes chilly and harsh with a touch of cruelty.

Though it was only a sequence of forwards and backwards, within the hearts of everybody current, all knew.

Tune Zhifei would lose.

“Zheng—”

Above the white jade stage, a loud noise rang out, adopted by an extended scimitar which rolled down the stage.

Earlier than heading up the platform, Ji Zhaoyun had set the principles. As soon as the weapon fell on the bottom, it was a loss.

Silence shrouded the white jade stage. Then, an extended whereas later, thunderous applause shook the place.

Tune Zhifei’s expression was unexpectedly unperturbed. He straightened up and gave a ceremonial salute to Ji Chaoyun. “This immortal pal’s martial arts is eloquent. This one is satisfied.”

Ji Chaoyun: “You might be too sort.”

Tune Zhifei left the white jade stage. As Ji Chaoyun checked out his retreating again, his gaze met Jiang Cheng’s.

“Grasp Immortal Jiang Cheng, are you coming?”

His voice, although extraordinarily mushy, was deafening. Tune Zhifei paused, and the cheers above and under the white jade stage halted.

Among the many silence, Ji Chaoyun checked out Jiang Cheng calmly and requested, “You, do you need to struggle me?”

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“…The one you’re speaking about is him?”

Behind the white jade stage stood a tall and exquisitely constructed residence. Trying from the within out, it had a panoramic view of the entire white jade enviornment, the very best viewing level.

Somebody reclined towards the cloud-shrouded cover curtain and took a sip of the wine cup.

“Sure, Your Highness, it’s that child,” the folks surrounding him hurriedly responded. “There are only some folks within the academy who can examine to Tune Zhifei. To have the ability to simply overcome him, this baby appears to be value a factor.”

“No.” The person put down the wine cup. Simply at this second, his sleeve was blown away by the wind, revealing a pair of slender, pale white fingers with well-defined bones.

The person tapped his fingertips on the desk and mentioned leisurely, “Tune Zhifei didn’t attempt his finest.”

“What? Did Tune Zhifei go straightforward on him?”

“It may well’t be. I heard that Jiang Cheng introduced yesterday to not let that surnamed Ji take one step past the gate of the academy. How might Tune Zhifei dare to permit beneath his nostril—”

“Tune Zhifei’s persona is upright. Possibly he couldn’t stand Jiang Cheng’s bullying strategies anymore?”

This particular person’s phrases stirred up a thousand waves. Up above on the beautiful storey, everybody was centered of their dialogue.

“Who mentioned he went straightforward?” The person raised his eyebrows, effortlessly halting the dialogue. “I simply mentioned that Tune Zhifei didn’t attempt his finest.”

“The scimitar is for killing, with extraordinarily evil tendencies. As soon as the scimitar is out, somebody would bleed. On this small ring, would he dare to struggle a freshman along with his full power?” he lazily said. After a pause, he sneered.

“Jiang Cheng, this fool, taking part in with the brand new child however inflicting himself to be performed in the long run.”

The beautiful constructing they had been at was referred to as Dengyun Tower, the tallest constructing in Hongmeng Academy.

Dengyun Tower had a large unobstructed view, holding an enormous assortment of books, however it was not open for unusual disciples’ utilization. The one one who had the proper to make use of the Dengyun Tower was the champion of every event of the Hongmeng Academy.

And since fifty years in the past, this place was the only real property of a sure particular person.

The second prince of the Feng clan, Feng Qi.

Feng Qi enrolled within the academy greater than 50 years in the past, and went by 5 top-ranking competitions, successful the highest spot each single time. He was the one one who dared name Jiang Cheng, the tenth-ranked grasp on this academy, ‘an fool’.

None dared proceed this sentence. Within the upstairs of the beautiful constructing, it was all hush.

After a second, somebody out of the blue opened his mouth. “Look, Jiang Cheng is on stage!”

“He really needs to do it himself? It gained’t be a real victory if he wins, but when he loses, it’ll be a shame. What’s he pondering?”

“Don’t rush, I simply heard that it was that surnamed Ji child who took the initiative to get Jiang Cheng to come back on stage.”

“What? Isn’t this asking for his personal demise?”

Because the folks mentioned, the golden gong sounded and the combating ring was reopened.

Trying down from the Dengyun Tower, the 2 figures flashed on the white jade platform, their actions so quick that the struggle might hardly be distinguished with the bare eye.

Feng Qi squinted his eyes, a glance of curiosity regularly showing of their depths. “Who advised you that the child surnamed Ji used his full power?”

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There was a loud noise on the white jade stage, and the 2 figures jumped away from one another. Jiang Cheng staggered again a number of steps, and his sword edge stabbed into the bottom as he stabilized his physique.

Trying intently, a skinny layer of chilly sweat had shaped on his brow.

Ji Chaoyun held his sword to the facet, quietly saying, “It’s ineffective. You can’t beat me.”

“How, how might it…” Jiang Cheng’s expression was extraordinarily gloomy.

He couldn’t even beat a freshman child?

There was totally no sound across the combating ring, all eyes seemingly piercing him. Feeling this unprecedented humiliation, unwillingness churned in Jiang Cheng’s thorny gaze. His glare deepened. “It isn’t all the time sure who wins or loses!”

A number of imperceptible non secular strands rose from his fingertips and sank into the lengthy sword. Then, Jiang Cheng’s physique rose into the air, his sword piercing straight in the direction of Ji Chaoyun.

“I’ve mentioned it—” Ji Chaoyun was about to swing his sword to satisfy the blade. In that instantaneous, he instinctively sensed one thing. A glimmer of astonishment flashed in his eyes.

Nevertheless it was too late. The sword he swung couldn’t be retracted. The blades clashed at one another as if on course.

Ji Chaoyun abruptly stepped again earlier than the weapon was launched. His total arm was shaken severely, pained and numbed. His thoughts blanked out for a second.

Earlier than Ji Chaoyun might consider how this particular person out of the blue reversed the scenario, Jiang Cheng’s last transfer stumbled on him. The sword’s edge mirrored the murderous intent, showing into Ji Chaoyun’s eyes.

Immediately, out of the nook of his eyes, a vivid, uncontrollable mild flashed throughout.

He couldn’t catch this sword—

he was going to lose.

However a golden mild out of the blue flew out from the gang, unnervingly hitting Jiang Cheng’s blade.

Jiang Cheng was compelled to deviate and Ji Chaoyun didn’t let this chance go him by. He lifted his leg and swept out, kicking Jiang Cheng within the chest. The latter’s complete physique flew again with this kick.

Jiang Cheng rolled again a number of ft, and hurriedly stabilized himself on the fringe of the white jade stage, by no means utterly rolling off it.

However most of his physique was already exterior the white jade stage.

Jiang Cheng had misplaced.

Not a sound could possibly be heard. Jiang Cheng’s face turned blue after which shortly purple. Exhausted, he stood up and yelled, “Which bastard did—”

“When you cheat whereas combating a newly enrolled child, Jiang Cheng, shouldn’t you be ashamed?”

A relaxed and clear voice sounded out leisurely. Ji Chaoyun was startled. The blood on his face drained, and he dropped his head to look under the stage.

The gang parted on each side, and a lone determine walked out.

The speaker wore a lightweight gold brocade gown with a purple gold phoenix sample embroidered on it, giving it a way of grace and class. Amongst this clear and bitter winter, the place disciples wore uniform attires, it appeared misplaced in Hongmeng Academy.

His eyebrows had been sturdy and good-looking, and beneath his slender and sharp eyes, there was a small purple birthmark on the edge. With a lazy look, he portrayed an indiscernible chilly vanity.

“Your place because the chief examiner is over,” Feng Qi mentioned, “I’ll inform the Supervisory Committee to vary the particular person. Scram.”

Jiang Cheng gritted his tooth. “You useless phoenix, you don’t suppose—”

Feng Qi coldly interrupted, “Little younger grasp Jiang, when you don’t scram proper now, are you ready for the Immortal Elder to personally head to Dufeng Island to elucidate every part to the island’s grasp and spouse?”

Jiang Cheng’s voice choked. His face flushed purple, and gritting his tooth, he squeezed out, “Tremendous… I’ll depart!”

Jiang Cheng cursed and jumped off the white jade stage. The appointed disciple judged the scenario and instantly introduced that Ji Chaoyun had gained one other match.

However Ji Chaoyun didn’t care about any of this. He stared at Feng Qi along with his eyes, his pale, drained face stuffed with disbelief.

Is it you?

“Little Dragon, be good. I actually ought to go.”

“I don’t need to depart both, however… I’m sorry.”

“I will probably be again, Little Dragon. Await me to come back decide you up.”

You… have returned, proper?

Ji Chaoyun’s lips moved, as if quietly calling out a reputation. However nobody heard what he was saying. All of the freshmen ready for the evaluation had been cheering and celebrating Ji Chaoyun’s second straight victory.

Beneath this heated environment, solely Feng Qi sensed it. He turned his head to have a look at Ji Chaoyun, with a slight doubt in his eyes.

“…Pal Ji, there may be one final match left. Who do you need to struggle with? Pal Ji?”

Somebody was calling him, however Ji Chaoyun heard nothing. He stared at Feng Qi, his eyes greedily tracing the opposite’s face.

He couldn’t bear in mind how lengthy he hadn’t seen this face. 200 years, 300 years, and even longer.

The lengthy march of time was lengthy sufficient to obscure all recollections. He blankly stared on the particular person under the stage, with out even noticing that the restlessness and dialogue within the viewers had stopped.

The folks beside Feng Qi stepped away silently, leaving solely Ji Chaoyun and Feng Qi quietly taking a look at one another in entrance of the white jade stage.

After some time, Feng Qi stretched out his fingers, feeling somewhat amused. “What, you want to struggle with me?”