Myriad Daos of the Heaven

However, seeing that neither of the two men said anything, the onlookers didn’t pay them any more attention.

They simply assumed the two had really just been accidentally knocked away by that young Grandmaster.

But many more people were scorning them in their hearts.

’Two Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators, sent flying by a young Grandmaster? What a bunch of trash!’

When Duan Fei’s two followers finally recovered from their daze a moment later, they could no longer see Jiang Jichen’s figure, only the contemptuous gazes of the crowd.

"Damn it, Lingchen, you despicable villain! I’ll never let you get away with this!"

The two of them felt utterly humiliated and enraged, roaring inwardly.

But faced with the scornful looks from the crowd, how could they not understand the meaning behind them?

’It’s just... being sent flying by a young Grandmaster is just too humiliating!’

They didn’t dare linger any longer and scurried away in disgrace.

...

After shaking off Duan Fei’s two followers, Jiang Jichen soon arrived at the Heavenly Sword Academy!

To Jiang Jichen’s surprise, the Academy was in the middle of recruiting disciples.

Geniuses selected from the various countries of the Southern Continent were being sent over one after another.

In addition, the great Noble Families and Sects were sending their scions directly to have their Talent Bloodlines tested for the entrance assessment.

Thus, the massive Jade Plaza in front of the Heavenly Sword Academy’s main gate was a bustling, lively scene, teeming with people.

The vast majority were young Cultivators, their hearts pounding with passion, filled with dreams and burning fervor.

Of course, many were also accompanied by attendants or guards.

As for the geniuses selected from the various countries, they would be admitted directly into the Academy without needing to undergo the entrance assessment.

The people here were mostly the talented youths from the four great powers and Yunshui City. They had not participated in the selection, but had come personally to the Heavenly Sword Academy to be assessed.

After a sweeping glance over the people in the plaza, Jiang Jichen’s gaze fell upon the architecture of the Heavenly Sword Academy.

The main gate was forged from High Level Spirit Jade and was, in itself, an immense Spirit Gathering Array, equivalent to a Silver Three-Stars Cultivation Arena!

’What an extravagant display!’

Jiang Jichen sighed inwardly.

’No wonder this place is the ultimate dream for the young Cultivators of the Southern Continent. The benefits of cultivating at the Heavenly Sword Academy are simply too great.’

Merely standing beneath the gate of the Heavenly Sword Academy was equivalent to being in a Silver Three-Stars Cultivation Arena.

A Silver Three-Stars Cultivation Arena was a place that, even in a second-rate Noble Family, few scions could enter at will.

But as long as you could enter the Heavenly Sword Academy, all of this became commonplace.

To be in such a Cultivation Holy Land at all times... it would be difficult *not* to advance quickly.

He remembered back in the Jiang Family, just for a single Five-Star Bronze Cultivation Card, the family’s disciples had come to his door to threaten him, determined to seize it by any means necessary.

It was easy to imagine just how impoverished the Cultivation Resources of a Small Country were!

But once a genius from one of those Small Countries entered the Heavenly Sword Academy, their Cultivation would surely... advance by leaps and bounds.

However, the extent of your progress ultimately depended on the potential of your bloodline and talent...

It was as if the Heavenly Sword Academy provided a stage for you to perform on, but in the end, how far you could go still depended on... yourself!

Jiang Jichen sighed to himself, his gaze falling upon the ancient calligraphy spelling out "Heavenly Sword Academy."

Sword Intent!

A terrifying Sword Intent!

Upon seeing the name, Jiang Jichen immediately had this sensation, and his Seven-Colored Divine Soul trembled slightly.

The words "Celestial Sword" in particular felt like two true celestial swords being unsheathed, ready to tear open the heavens.

Sword Intent shook the universe, its cold light shining for ten thousand miles!

The Anomaly that arose in his mind was terrifying, but that was only his first impression. When he looked again, the words seemed ordinary, and the feeling was gone.

But this only made Jiang Jichen feel the power and terror of the Heavenly Sword Academy all the more.

Jiang Jichen didn’t study it further. Instead, his gaze passed through the gate and into the Heavenly Sword Academy itself.

Inside was an immense world filled with rows of buildings. Martial Arts Stages, Cultivation Arenas, Cultivation Illusion Realms, and more were visible everywhere.

There were also blooming Spirit Flowers, flourishing exotic trees, and thickets of strange grasses.

There were also gardens full of Spirit Medicines, fantastic beasts galloping about, and Spiritual Birds soaring through the air...

This didn’t look like an academy at all; it was more like an Immortal Realm or a Holy Land. The atmosphere was simply extraordinary.

However, Jiang Jichen didn’t linger on the sights. He had come here to find Zuo Feng and see how his test was going.

They had left Positioning Talismans on each other, and at such a close distance, he could easily sense the other’s location without even needing to activate it.

With a flicker of his Divine Thought, Jiang Jichen sensed Zuo Feng’s location.

He was at the first trial for all of the Heavenly Sword Academy’s applicants: the talent test!

Only by passing this test and having one’s talent meet the requirements could one proceed to the next trial.

It was very pragmatic, and very cruel!

Thus, those with ordinary bloodline talent had absolutely no chance of entering the Heavenly Sword Academy.

No matter how hard you tried, it was useless.

Here, bloodline talent determined your starting point!

Therefore, for someone with ordinary talent to achieve success in cultivation was difficult. So very difficult!

To rely on oneself and forge a heaven-defying path was harder still. So much harder!

When Jiang Jichen arrived, he saw long lines of people leading straight to the testing hall.

It happened to be a recruitment day, so there were far too many people!

Furthermore, at the bloodline talent testing area, most of the applicants were children between the ages of seven and twelve, all of them accompanied by powerful attendants.

Some children even had several attendants with them, their presence and pageantry extraordinary.

When Jiang Jichen found Zuo Feng, he saw him standing alone in the crowd, looking forlorn.

He was small and thin and was constantly being pushed back, always ending up at the very end of the line.

As more people arrived, he was continually shoved further and further back, completely powerless to resist.

Because the other children all had powerful attendants, and he... did not!

Standing in the distance, Jiang Jichen saw Zuo Feng get picked up by a powerful attendant accompanying another child and tossed to the back of the line. The child looked coldly at Zuo Feng and said, "Trash without a single attendant. Your bloodline talent must be the absolute worst. You should hurry up and get lost instead of wasting everyone’s time!"

This child wore clothing embroidered with a clan emblem. He was clearly a Young Master from some Great Family, his face a mask of arrogance.

At that moment, a group of children up ahead—the same ones who had just pushed Zuo Feng back—burst out laughing and pointed at him. "He really is trash! Look, his Cultivation is only at the First-level Mortal Realm, and he actually has the nerve to come for the test?"

"Sigh. Even someone with a trash-tier bloodline shouldn’t be stuck at such a low Realm, right? There can only be one explanation: he’s the trash of all trash!"

"Haha..." 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

The children all laughed mockingly. Their Cultivation was already between the Sixth and Ninth Level Mortal Realm, and there was even an unbelievably monstrous talent who had reached the Innate Realm!

This was simply incomparable to what a Small Country could produce. They were born into Great Families and Sects with astonishingly high Talent Bloodlines and had access to endless Cultivation Resources. It was only natural for them to have such high Cultivation at their age.

Zuo Feng stood there, his expression placid. His gaze swept over the children before he spoke indifferently, "I’ll remember all of you. Once I enter the Academy, it won’t be long before I challenge each and every one of you. I will crush you all under my feet. When that time comes, I hope you’ll still be able to laugh so happily!"