novelhk Chapter 179, Cangxue Academy
Chapter 179, Cangxue Academy
The sky was a deep blue, dotted with fluffy white clouds. A gentle breeze blew, and the sunset was beautiful. The lake shimmered, the banks were lined with shady trees whose branches swayed in the wind, and the ground was covered with lush green grass, interspersed with scattered wildflowers of various colors.
Under the shade of the trees on both sides of the road, a group of students who had just finished school walked by, chatting and laughing as they walked, and some of them gestured wildly.
"...I still think that's what the mentor meant. Look, with this kind of force and my long arm, the power increases by at least 10%!" As he walked, a tall boy swung his arm in a wide arc and chopped it down in the air, making a piercing sonic boom.
"No, no, you're wrong." The dark-skinned boy next to him threw a punch, compressing the air in front of him and making a dull sound. "That's exactly what the instructor meant. He taught fist techniques, not sword techniques. You can't use sword techniques to explain fist techniques. They're not the same."
"No, no, no, my mentor said that if you master one method, you can master all methods. Domains and laws are fundamental. Once you've learned a secret technique, the important thing is to apply it, not to be rigid. My mentor taught fist techniques, that's true, but I can also use it in sword techniques. That's flexible application, the kind of application my mentor advocates."
"No, your idea is not wrong, but you don't even have a domain right now. Talking about laws is too far removed from your current situation. You should focus on what you can use right now, instead of thinking about something as distant as laws."
"I think so too." During the argument, a student next to them chimed in, "The assessment is in three days. The ten best students will be selected to participate in the joint exam. Thinking about that now is useless. You should consider something more practical. In addition, the final assessment is in a month. If you can't pass, you won't be able to continue receiving free training. If we have to pay for these things ourselves, then there's basically no hope for our future cultivation."
"A student who doesn't want to enter the Senate isn't a hard-working student. We should look further ahead!" the tall young man insisted.
"It's good to look further ahead, but first you have to make sure you take each step carefully," a fellow student advised him.
Who do you think will get into the top ten in this assessment?
"Senior Brother Qi must have one."
"Yes, Senior Brother Qi has already comprehended a domain ability, and it's even a triple domain. He'll definitely get a spot, and he might even be number one."
"I think Senior Sister Tan is also a good candidate. She's only one step away from mastering the domain, and she might just achieve it someday."
"Senior Sister Tan is a bit lacking, but her combat skills are very strong. I don't dare to fight her when I see her."
"My mentor said that Senior Sister Tan said it's a practical type, and that it often performs exceptionally well in real combat."
"Look! Where is Senior Sister Tan!" One of the many students, who was gesturing wildly as they walked, suddenly spotted a female student near the academy gate and called out to her.
At the academy gate, a petite girl took out a student information card under the stern gaze of the gatekeeper. After receiving permission to leave the academy, she glanced back before exiting the gate.
As for provoking the gatekeeper? Forget about it. They're a group of geniuses; when they entered the academy, they were all at the ninth level of the Planetary Realm, and under twenty years old. Now, not one of them isn't at the Eternal Realm. But that gatekeeper is at the Cosmic Realm, ninth level, seventh level of the Domain Realm.
As the highest-ranking academy on Cangxue Star, every student there is a prodigy. They are selected from batches of geniuses across various planets, with only the best of the best gaining entry. All training is completely free, and they even offer scholarships and matchmaking services. It can be said to be the base of powerhouses in the entire Cangxue Star System, and each of them will be a genius who determines the future of the Cangxue Star System.
Every year, Cangxue Academy selects the ten most outstanding talents from among a thousand geniuses to participate in the joint examination, competing with 703 other star systems for one thousand places at Qingyuan Academy.
Qingyuan Academy is the highest-level academy headed by Grand Elder Zhongli. It boasts the most comprehensive training system, and many elders are required to teach there. Even the weakest instructors are at the ninth level of Domain Lord. Based on the information revealed so far, over 80% of the elders in the Senate are graduates of Qingyuan Academy, with the most outstanding elders being future Grand Elders.
Far above the academy, three powerful figures strolled leisurely. One of them, a woman with long silver hair, looked down at the youngsters below, nodded, and said to the middle-aged man beside her, "Not bad, there should be a few good prospects this year."
If the students of Cangxue Academy saw these three people, they would recognize that the middle-aged man was their newly appointed dean, a powerful expert at the ninth level of the Domain Lord realm, and the other middle-aged woman was the vice dean, in charge of the academy's daily affairs, also a powerful expert at the ninth level of the Domain Lord realm.
"Among this batch of students, Qingqi and Qingtan have a high probability of entering Qingyuan Academy. One has excellent talent, and the other has strong combat ability. As for the others, their chances are not great," the middle-aged man said with a smile.
"Having two promising talents is already quite good," the silver-haired woman said. "A few years ago, your academy didn't have a single good prospect. Considering this year, you've already made great progress."
"You're newly appointed, so you should know how your predecessor was dismissed. This matter was ordered personally by Grand Elder Zhongli, and all 243 elders in the Senate voted unanimously. Executing only his entire family of 79,376 people without implicating the whole clan is already an extraordinary act of mercy. In your position, you should know how dangerous this kind of thing can be. The positions of deans in various star systems have excellent prospects. After making contributions and becoming elders, they all have the opportunity to go to the initial universe. Don't ruin your own life."
"Don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who would betray their own people. I came from the secret realm, so of course I know the rules. In the past, this would have meant the execution of the entire clan." Colluding with outsiders to harm one's own people and making bloodline potions for sale? Hundreds of thousands of years ago in the secret realm, such scum would not only have been wiped out, but everyone involved would have been investigated and punished, and their entire clan would have been executed!
"The Senate has elders who periodically inspect various academies. I hope that this is the first and last time such an event occurs. The five Grand Elders, including myself, have unanimously decided that if it happens again, their entire clan will be exterminated." The silver-haired woman looked at the middle-aged man beside her. "Our clan has only enjoyed hundreds of thousands of years of peace. No one can disrupt this stability. If anyone does, let the blood of their entire clan cover the entire planet."
"I don't know about other academies, and I can't control them, but in this Cangxue Academy, in this Cangxue Star System, anyone who dares to harbor such thoughts, I'll personally slaughter their entire clan!" The middle-aged man looked at the many students in the academy below. These vibrant and spirited young people were the future of the Cangxue Star System, and the hope of the Qingyuan Clan. Anyone who wanted to destroy this future, to extinguish this hope, he, despite his old age, wouldn't mind sending their entire clan to their deaths prematurely!
"Very good, remember what you said." The silver-haired woman nodded, then continued, "I still need to go to the Qingying Star System, so I won't stay any longer. You can do as you please."
A spaceship that had been cloaked overhead opened its hatch, and the silver-haired woman stepped out and entered the ship. The ship then accelerated and left Cangxue Star.
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PS: Just a filler chapter. Some people, after a few days of peace and quiet, suddenly don't know why they were able to have such a peaceful life.