Chapter 57: Re-entering the Academy!

  Since ancient times, until today's billion-year-old Xiuzhen Great Civilization, the road to immortality for humans has become increasingly difficult.

  Everything is due to the weakening of the heaven and earth's life force, the depletion of the heavenly treasures and earthly resources that were nurtured between them, and many ancient cultivation methods have gradually lost their value.

  The Great Civilization of Human Immortalization completely overturned the ancient cultivation methods, and only then did today's various schools such as the Way of Talismans, the Way of Swords, the Way of Alchemy, etc. come into being.

  Zhu Yanzi's words greatly broadened Zhu Yu's horizons.

  He said: "Father, what is the most superior method of cultivation among all the methods now?"

  Zhu Yanzi smiled and said, "It's hard to say. In the past thousand years, the Symbolic Way has flourished and reached a high level of civilization, but it has declined. Take your Southern Ocean Institute for example. Until now, not one person among the symbol cultivators has been able to comprehend their innate symbol and break through to the Void Boundary Realm."

  In this regard, the sword cultivators are extremely prosperous. Currently, almost all of the top existences in the Southern Sea are sword cultivators. After entering the Pre-Heaven realm, they begin to nurture their life-bound flying swords. Once their life-bound flying swords take shape, they step into the Void Boundary and truly touch the gates of the Immortal Dao.

  "The Puppet Path and the Symbol Path are almost the same, highly civilized but difficult to break through. As for Beast Cultivation, it has always been lukewarm, there have always been people who can recognize their main spirit beast entering the void realm, but there has never been a true prosperity!"

  He shook his head and said, "But it's hard to say everything, after all, thousands of years ago, the world was dominated by the Symbolic Cultivation. Countless symbolic cultivators comprehended their innate symbols, killing in all directions, and other types of cultivators retreated in droves. After that great war on the Immortal Path a thousand years ago, the Symbolic Cultivation declined..."

  "However, no matter what kind of method it is, the different paths all lead to the same destination, and can basically be summarized into two major categories: refining Qi and refining the body. Whether it's sword cultivation, talisman refinement, puppetry, beast cultivation, or ghost cultivation, they are all ultimately Qi cultivators, just with different methods of practice."

  "That being the case, wouldn't the cultivation of divine and demonic bodies be fundamentally unsuitable for the era of Great Truth Civilization? Why are there still so many body refinement techniques around today?"

  Zhu Yanzi chuckled and said, "In this era of great civilization, whether it's the prosperity of sword cultivators or the strength of talisman cultivators, wanting to ask about the path to immortality is increasingly difficult. Therefore, physical cultivation is the most direct way to achieve the Dao!"

  Although the entire world's vitality has weakened, there are still some sacred places in the underground demon realm that have suitable environments for physical cultivation. Therefore, even in the modern era of great spiritual civilization, there is never a lack of powerful physical cultivators. The divine magic of body refinement is too powerful, its legacy is very ancient.

  Pangu, the first great god who opened up the sky and earth, was the first to cultivate his body against heaven. Later on, Nuwa, Hou Yi, and other super existences were all of the same kind, with bodies that defied heaven.

  So, currently in the entire Huaxia immortal realm, everyone thinks that the existence closest to the path of immortality is the Divine Demon Cultivation Body...

  "It's tough! But it's precisely because it's tough that it's closest to the path of seeking immortality, and only then is it truly possible to seek immortality!"

  Zhu Yu was deeply moved by Zhu Yanzi's words.

  It's precisely because it's difficult that one can truly ask a immortal!

  What a rich and philosophical inference!

  The red fish fell into deep thought for a moment.

  Zhu Yanzi gazed lovingly at her son for a moment without disturbing his thoughts, then slowly backed away.

  He had one more thing to say, that is, all kinds of physical repair methods. This "Chaos Opens the Sky Chart" is really too difficult...

  The path to becoming an immortal is as difficult as ascending to heaven. A young man's passion and enthusiasm, undaunted by hardship, bravely charging forward - this is the root of it all. Too many words can be harmful and useless.

  ……

  After returning from Yunmengze, Zhu Yu closed himself at home for five days.

  In five days, he secluded himself for cultivation, consuming a "Ling Crystal Stone", and his cultivation base greatly increased.

  In addition, he still focuses his main energy on the study of symbols. He studies practical symbols and works hard to improve his latest research achievement "The Eyes of Exterminating Immortals".

  "The Eye of the Immortal" has a wonderful place where it can discover and accurately locate the Shenguai, but this is not enough. Recently, Zhu Yu has been studying how to use "The Eye of the Immortal" to identify Shenguai, and if possible, invade other people's Shenguai to grasp more effective information.

  It has to be said that this is a very challenging topic.

  In addition, Zhu Yu was also studying and pondering over the "Pangu Diagram".

  Zhu Yanzi said that in the near ancient era, "Lingjing Stone" was a hard currency for cultivation in the immortal world, and by the time of the Xiuzhen civilization, the main purpose of "Lingjing Stone" was to refine elixirs.

  The current most precious "Guben Dan" and "Xiantian Dan" refining, both require the huge spiritual energy contained in the "Lingjing Stone".

  Zhu Yu was greatly perplexed by this point.

  To know, the Ling Jing Shi in his hand, he can directly use it for cultivation. He grasped the "Ling Jing Shi" and the Pangu diagram would rotate strangely, then a strong spiritual power would grow inside his body. But why did the outside world use such precious "Ling Jing Shi" to refine elixirs?

  This shows that the spiritual energy in "Ling Jing Shi" can't be directly absorbed by other cultivators except for himself.

  Upon discovering this, Zhu Yu's interest in "Pangu Tu" immediately grew stronger.

  He thought that if he could figure out the structure of a certain part of the "Pangu Diagram", would it be possible to imitate the structure of the "Pangu Diagram" to create a symbol, which the cultivator can use directly with the help of the "Lingjing Stone" to cultivate?

  If one can create something so against heaven's will, wouldn't it be...

  The mere mention of money made him extremely excited.

  He deeply understands his own path of cultivation, and the cost is an absolute bottomless pit.

  The more money, the better; this way, the driving force for studying and applying the practical Tao of Zhu Fish will have a powerful source...

  ……

  Nanhai Temple

  School has finally started!

  Innumerable disciples from all over the South China Sea gathered at the college, and the college was bustling with people.

  The young apprentice returned home to rest for over a month, bringing back a big basket of all sorts of heavenly rumors, family scandals, and salacious gossip. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he couldn't wait to pour out all these things to share with everyone.

  New disciples from all over the South China Sea region were even more enthusiastic and ambitious under the leadership of their family elders.

  Almost every day, there is news coming out of the hospital, some new disciple directly entering the Red Dust Apartment, some female disciple from a certain family, stunningly beautiful, being hailed as the male otaku's goddess and so on.

  But even more explosive news comes from the Elite Hall of the Academy.

  The annual elite disciple selection and assessment of Jingying Hall is about to begin.

  The names of top red robe disciples from all the halls in the entire Shenguai platform are almost filled, and after a year of cultivation last year, many halls have emerged with post-heavenly sevenfold or even eightfold disciples. Some have been in the Devil's Domain for a long time, fully developing their talent potential, becoming hot candidates for impacting elite disciples.

  There are 108 elite disciples in the entire college, and some people rush to become elite disciples, while others will fall from the altar. Therefore, the annual assessment of the Elite Hall is absolutely the most popular, the most explosive, and the most heart-wrenching event in the entire college.

  Not only are all the disciples of various halls going crazy, but even the masters, executives and elders of each hall are extremely concerned about the assessment situation of the Elite Hall.

  After all, the number of elite disciples is related to the status and ranking of a certain hall in the entire institute. Which hall can afford not to take it seriously?

  Soon, various reward policies for this elite hall assessment were introduced by each department.

  "The majestic order of the Divine Sword Hall, all disciples who pass this elite assessment will be rewarded with 10,000 crystal stones, 100 Body Tempering Pills, a premium flying sword, and a genuine Thousand Faith Sect flight artifact!"

  "The Lian Ti Hall's grand throne commands, all Lian Ti disciples who passed this elite assessment will be rewarded with 15,000 crystal stones, 200 Body Tempering Pills, and a high-grade cultivation room..."

  "The majestic and dignified Ghost King's throne..."

  "The Beast Tamer's Command..."

  ……

  Finally, the Lingfeng Hall's reward is as follows: all disciples of the Lingfeng Hall who passed this elite assessment will be rewarded with 20,000 crystal stones, 300 Body Tempering Pills, a high-quality flying sword, and a high-level killing illusion talisman...

  Each hall has offered a generous reward, which undoubtedly makes the already fiery Academy's Shingui platform even more fiery.

  The list of the most promising candidates to challenge the elite disciples was posted on the Xinggui platform, and the list of elite disciples who were likely to fall from the altar was also being hotly debated on the platform.

  All kinds of controversies and disputes have triggered countless verbal wars, and various hype has followed. Soon, the entire college was plunged into a state of frenzy.

  Dormitory 103, when Zhu Yu arrived at the dormitory, Chen Zhong, Shi Xiaogang and Sheng Qiang had already arrived.

  Sheng Qiang is now a Hongpao disciple, but he seems to be used to hiding in 103. He wears a red robe and shuttles among the many Heipao disciples, which is very eye-catching.

  The arrival of the crucian carp naturally caused a stir in the whole house.

  Chen Zhong smiled and leaned in, revealing his signature missing front tooth: "Boss, take a seat, you're the top! We were just discussing you! The post has already been sent out, and it's called 'Black Robe Disciple Challenges the Elite', what do you think of the name?

  "This time in the whole school elite disciple competition, Zhu Lao Da your cultivation is high and exceptional, are you also going to stir up trouble?"

  The vermillion fish was stunned for a moment, its eyes wide with amazement.

  Jingying Hall?

  Zhu Yu never thought that his own cultivation could challenge the elite disciples, and it wasn't like he didn't have a chance of winning.

  What does this have to do with crucian carp?

  Zhu Yu is now thinking with all his heart about how to get more of the ancient heavenly treasures, especially the Ling Crystal Stone, the more he gets the better.

  He is completely absorbed in his research on practical Taoist symbols, where does he have the mind to care about the competition among elite disciples?

  Chen Zhong seemed to have noticed Zhu Yu's confusion.

  He smiled slyly and said, "Old Zhu, we're not here to be serious, just stir up some trouble, hype it up! Now that the Xingui platform is hot, it's the perfect time for hype. We've already discussed a specific plan earlier."

  "Mainly it's about highlighting Old Master Zhu's wise and powerful image, his combat strength defying the heavens, and his fondness for fighting against injustice... how do you think that image is?"

  "Hehe"

  Everyone in the house burst out laughing and applauded together.

  Obviously, elite disciples are still supreme in their hearts.

  Zhu Lao Da Zhu Yu is impressive, but challenging the elite is something they don't even dare to think about. Their purpose of sending messages is still hype, stirring up trouble and causing a commotion.

  "Alright, you can do whatever you want, I'm too lazy to care about you guys! However, your cultivation must not be relaxed, especially you Chen Zhong. Even Shi Xiaogang is better than you. If in a year's time, you still can't wear the red robe, just wait and see how I'll deal with you..."

  "Hey, boss, Shi Xiaojian was just letting me, don't underestimate me, I...I have a strong and domineering side..."

  "Haha!" Everyone burst out laughing, and soon many people were in a joyful chaos, the atmosphere was extremely harmonious.