Chapter 59 They Don't Understand!

  Mountains behind Nanhua Temple

  The fish and the tortoise sit on the ground discussing symbols, isn't it delightful?

  Zhu Yu accumulated a month's worth of questions and insights about Fu Dao, covering an extremely wide range of topics.

  Today he poured out all of these in one breath, and studied them together with Yan Jing, making Yan Jing so happy that she almost danced with joy.

  Yan Jian is a master of practical symbols, and Zhu Yu is even more specialized in studying practical symbols.

  His unique "Demon-slaying Eye" is a practical symbol specifically aimed at Shinkui, and there are many more ingenious ideas that make one applaud.

  The two of them were deeply engaged in conversation, and the more they talked, the more enthusiastic they became. Discussing the symbol with Zhu Yu was not just about resolving his confusion, but also because Zhu Yu's symbolic thinking had a huge impact on him. He was originally obsessed with symbols, and when he met Zhu Yu, another genius who was equally obsessed with symbols, he naturally became deeply engrossed in their conversation.

  While Zhu Yu also dispelled many doubts by asking Yan Jing for advice.

  Especially his recent study of "Pangu Diagram" has many insights, and he wants to achieve it with Fu Dao. There are many difficulties in this, most of which were solved today.

  This gave him an extra expectation for his own goal.

  The two of them talked for two days and two nights.

  At last, all the questions had been debated, and Yan Jing suddenly came to his senses. He slapped the ground heavily and said, "It's bad, it's bad! The meeting in the hall has begun, and I've forgotten that Jiuxiao Yunwai is outside! It's all your fault, you little brat, for asking so many clever questions and making me completely absorbed!"

  "Hmm, right, Xiao Yu. This time's Elite Hall selection, I think your strength shouldn't be weak now, should it? Why don't you sign up and give it a try?" Yan Jing said with a serious expression, his goat-like beard raised.

  "Master, spare me! What's the point of being a so-called elite disciple? I'm not even close to that level now!"

  "Besides, I've already bowed to your greatness and distanced myself from worldly affairs. Since you're already being criticized, if I were to join the Elite Hall now, wouldn't that be equivalent to showing weakness to those who gossip? Once we become elite disciples, when we discuss practical symbol dao, I reckon we'll be criticized again for being heretical!"

  The vermilion fish smiled and said with a proud tone, "Master, they don't understand our Tao of symbols! Why bother, must we use our cold face to stick to their hot buttocks?"

  "Haha!" Yan Jing burst out laughing, thoroughly amused.

  "Good! That's a great phrase of our Xiang Dao, they don't understand it! Right! This saying is too good, Xiang Dao is vast and profound, we are self-sufficient, we call ourselves the Basic Xiang Pai!"

  "Let's not mention the Jingying Hall affair. What a waste of good time, not used for quiet cultivation and refinement, but instead indulging in fame and profit!"

  After finishing speaking seriously, the master and apprentice looked at each other and burst out laughing...

  Then for many days afterwards, the entire Nanhai Institute was plunged into the frenzy of the Elite Hall challenge, while Zhuyu remained calm and stayed in the back mountain to meditate on the symbols.

  The secluded villa of Yanjing Shizun, almost monopolized by him, the environment is quiet and elegant, with clouds and mist lingering all year round, various auspicious cranes and birds flying in and out of the clouds and mist, like a paradise on earth, a fairyland among men.

  Cultivating immortality is timeless, and before I knew it, a month's time had slipped away unnoticed.

  ……

  The Genius Challenge lasted for three months in total.

  Within three months, any disciple who has signed up in advance can apply to challenge the Elite Hall. The Elite Hall consists of 108 disciples. Challengers must first go through layers of assessment by the Elite Hall, and winners can challenge any one of the disciples. If they succeed, they will be honored as an elite disciple.

  If a challenge fails, you can issue another challenge to other elite disciples. This can continue until the Elite Hall Challenge is closed for three months.

  But once the disciples of Jingying Hall lose, they will temporarily withdraw from Jingying Hall.

  Within a three-month time limit, defeated elite disciples can issue challenges to other elite disciples. If the challenge is successful, they can still become an elite disciple.

  The three-month deadline has ended, all challenges have come to an end, and the Elite Hall challenge has been closed. The 108 elite disciples have thus been determined.

  As the Jingying Hall challenge was in full swing, the entire Nanhai Institute fell into a state of complete madness.

  Such a cruel challenge rule undoubtedly puts tremendous pressure on all elite disciples, especially the lower-ranked elite disciples who are almost challenged every day.

  Some of the challengers are top-notch Red Robe disciples, while others were elite peers last year, only to become losers this time around.

  This year's Elite Hall challenge is more intense than in previous years.

  Each hall has many excellent seedlings, with extremely strong impact. In the first round of challenges, six elite disciples were pulled down from their horses, which is absolutely a shocking data for the entire institute.

  "The elite" is because of these two words, countless people are crazy for it. Being a South Sea Academy Elite Disciple is a great honor, and at the same time, it is also a symbol of identity and strength.

  The disciples of Nanhaiyuan in the fairy world have a high gold content.

  The Southeast Sea, South Sea, West Sea and North Sea are collectively known as the Four Seas, under the jurisdiction of the Four Seas County.

  The entire four seas and nine provinces are also known as the boundless rivers and mountains, stretching across ten thousand miles.

  A cultivator who wants to make a name for himself in this vast land must enter the Academy and become an elite disciple, which is the best shortcut.

  As an elite disciple of the college, it means that they will attract the attention of various major sects. The sects generally issue tasks specifically for the elite disciples of each college, giving them more opportunities to gain experience and also allowing them to have more resources from their respective sects.

  Some factions look at the elite disciples and even get strong support from various factions behind their backs. Once these disciples step into the pre-heaven, they can immediately join these sects and become important existences of the sect.

  The vast territory of Huaxia World spans tens of billions of square kilometers from north to south and east to west, with a population of countless trillions.

  The entire world is divided into five major immortal countries, namely the Qin Immortal Country in the west, the Chu Immortal Country in the south, the Song Immortal Country in the center, the Jin Immortal Country in the north, and the Qi Immortal Country in the east.

  The four seas were under the jurisdiction of Zhuxian State.

  The Chu Xian Guo has a total of 36 counties, and the four seas county's vast territory is just an inconspicuous corner of the entire immortal country.

  The entire Chu State has countless sects and families, these sects and families have almost covered all the Xianjing elites.

  For a cultivator, being able to join a powerful family and sect often means having more advantageous resources on the path of immortality.

  The entire sect and family have a strict hierarchical division, divided into seven ranks.

  There are two fifth-rank forces in Siming County, namely Wuling Pavilion in the county town and the County King's Mansion.

  Wuling Pavilion is a powerful force in the local Four Seas County, while the County King's Mansion is a fifth-grade force under the jurisdiction of Chuxianguo, aiming to govern the entire Four Seas County.

  The families that govern the various cities of the Four Seas County are basically seventh-grade powers, such as the Zhu, Yun, Zhang, and Gao families in Nanhai, which are all seventh-grade families.

  The various major sects active in the Four Seas County, such as the Qianxin Sect, the Cangbao Sect, and the Wan Shou Sect, are all sixth-grade forces of the county city. These forces either rely on the County King's Mansion or rely on the Wuling Pavilion to exist.

  The Nanhua Academy in the South China Sea is a Xianxia academy under the jurisdiction of the Duke's Mansion, so theoretically speaking, the elite disciples of the Nanhua Academy are very likely to enter the Duke's Mansion's line of sight.

  In fact, most of the strong men in the current county king's mansion and its affiliated forces come from the Xianmen academies of various cities in the four seas.

  For example, Qianxin Zong's current total inspector, Wanhuaxianzi, was a genius disciple of Beihai College back then.

  The "One-Word Wisdom Sword" Jiang Huixian, renowned in Nanhai today, was the genius of Nanhai Academy back then.

  So, becoming an elite disciple often means taking a solid step forward.

  The immortal world has a saying: "If you don't enter the pre-heaven, you'll be ordinary." As an academy disciple, wanting to step into the pre-heaven and become an elite disciple is almost the only hope.

  The competition was fierce before the game, and the battle was intense.

  The winner of the challenge is overjoyed and rises to heaven in one step. The unfortunate loser, on the other hand, is as if struck by five thunderbolts, and life is not worth living.

  Such a thrilling life-and-death duel was not only driving the challenger and the challenged mad, but also ordinary disciples and low-level disciples were going crazy.

  The challenge of Nanhaiyuan's Jingying Hall is also bound to attract attention from many forces.

  Representatives of various sects frequently enter and exit the Nanhai Institute, and brothers' colleges such as Donghai Institute and Xihai Institute also have masters and high-ranking disciples coming to observe. The four major families in Nanhai City are also highly concerned about the challenge to the Elite Hall.

  Nanhai Sound Gui almost every day broadcasted the relevant news of Nanhai Institute's Elite Hall assessment, and the entire city of Nanhai seemed to be attracted by the Elite Hall assessment of Nanhai Institute.

  Someone's disciple succeeded, and their family background, school background, growth background, everything will become a topic of conversation for everyone after dinner.

  One disciple succeeded in the challenge, and the whole family and school followed with glory.

  When a disciple is expelled from the Elite Hall, the entire family and sect are dimmed.

  The entire Southern Sea Institute, as for the assessment of Elite Hall, perhaps only Yan Jing and Zhu Yu this master-disciple pair were truly unmoved.

  As a respected mentor of Lingfu Hall, he is extremely irresponsible and doesn't take care of anything, spending most of his time practicing talismans.

  But Zhu Yu was even more so, completely closed off and meditating, with no sense of time in the mountains, while outside there were upheavals and chaos, he was utterly unaware...