Ying Hui, however, didn’t pay attention to everyone’s amazement and simply said, "Meng Ruocun has already gone to Central City as a trainee and won’t return until half a year later. At that time, she will join us in the Four Schools Exchange Competition.
During her absence, everyone will move up one place in the rankings."
Upon hearing this, the crowd became even more astonished, and the discussions among them grew fervent, their faces showing envy towards Meng Ruocun.
After all, Central City is the metropolis where the celestial immortals of Heaven currently reside, representing the strongest force on the human side, with the most numerous and most powerful cultivators.
Though there is no Dao School there, the city does have the Heavenly Academy.
Every year, they select cultivators from all places and levels and impart Daoist teachings to them, focusing on intensive training.
Even from the East Hua Dao School, Zhao Shouyi, Lv Chongyang, and Ying Hui had participated in Heaven’s centralized training programs.
This time, Meng Ruocun was also selected as an exceptional talent in the third realm and thus took part in Heaven’s intensive training.
Jiang Weishan’s eyes flickered with waves of disappointment when he heard this news, as he had intended to challenge Meng Ruocun today.
However, most of the others were happy, as advancing one place for no particular reason and getting an additional hundred points each month was certainly a cause for joy.
After casually mentioning Meng Ruocun’s news, Ying Hui’s gaze swept across the students and suddenly frowned, "Where’s Zhou Bai? Why hasn’t this lad arrived yet?"
Just then, a series of thunderous booms sounded, and as everyone looked outside, they saw Zhou Bai enter with a gigantic sword over two meters long on his back. Every step he took resonated thunderously upon the floor.
Liu Bingxin’s complexion changed immediately when she saw the enormous sword behind Zhou Bai. How much had the Dao School spent on swords for Zhou Bai to practice with? That’s too biased.
Zuo Dao also showed fluctuating expressions, his eyes continuously scanning the sword body of Pure Jun, seemingly assessing whether his own mystical sword could compete with this object, eventually frowning intensely.
Ying Hui glanced at Zhou Bai and said, "Alright, now that everyone is here, let’s begin the assessment. Everyone has been very diligent in their cultivation these past two months, and everyone has improved, which pleases me.
Next is the practical combat assessment..."
Just as Ying Hui turned to look at Qian Wangsun, Zheng Wentian spoke up from the side, "Teacher Ying, since I’ve entered the special training class, let’s follow its rules, shall I? I am the last one ranked, aren’t I?"
Ying Hui fell silent for a few seconds, then nodded and said, "Alright, you pick who to challenge."
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"Naturally, the first place," Zheng Wentian smiled and looked towards Jiang Weishan, "But since the real first place isn’t here, I’ll challenge you first."
Jiang Weishan stepped forward and politely clasped his hands, "Please enlighten me."
Zheng Wentian stepped up as well, politeness on his face but a hint of contempt flickering in his eyes.
From the side, Zhou Bai curiously asked, "Who is this? A new student?"
Qian Wangsun briefed him on Zheng Wentian’s background and added, "This guy must have reached the third realm quite some time ago, and he has chosen the Nine Yang Diagram as well."
Qian Wangsun stroked his chin and said, "The human-diagram cultivation path mainly focuses on the Primordial Spirit’s strength. Among peers, whether it’s the power of the Primordial Spirit or its might, it’s unparalleled compared to other paths.
It is said that in ancient times, cultivators of this path were called Qi Refinement practitioners."
And cultivators drawing on the third realm map had attained a meticulous level of control, along with the ability to multitask. They could infuse various extraordinary forces from heaven and earth into their Primordial Spirit, causing its power to surge tremendously.
The Dao School didn’t possess this Nine Yang Chart; it’s exclusive to the Celestial Court. It is said to involve infusing the power of the Nine Yang Holy Water into the Primordial Spirit, bestowing it with extreme masculine and unyielding strength. It’s uncertain how powerful it is."
Zhou Bai cast an unexpected glance at Qian Wangsun, surprised at how much more the guy knew. It seemed he hadn’t slacked off in his studies recently.
It was then that Zheng Wentian on the stage burst into laughter toward Qian Wangsun, "You seem to know quite a lot. Today, let you witness my Nine Yang Sacred Force."
As he spoke, Zheng Wentian’s body erupted in a flux of crimson-gold light—this was the power of the Primordial Spirit.
Facing a third realm celestial cultivator, Jiang Weishan didn’t dare to be careless.
A faint golden glow radiated from his entire body, his skin turned a bronze color. Simultaneously, his Primordial Spirit shifted, transforming Primordial Spirit power into physical strength, constantly elevating his physique. From the get-go, he boosted his defensive power to the limit.
Amidst Jiang Weishan’s serious efforts, Zheng Wentian smiled faintly. With one palm strike, he unleashed a giant crimson-gold hand—his Primordial Spirit power—striking across the space towards Jiang Weishan.
Ying Hui thought to himself, ’The Nine Yang Palm from the Nine Yang Chart’s third point of condensation?’
Zheng Wentian’s Primordial Spirit power, merged with Nine Yang Holy Water, transformed into the Nine Yang Sacred Force cultivated from the Nine Yang Chart.
This force, as tangible as reality, now took the form of a gigantic palm. The vessels and lines on its surface were distinctly visible, as though it were real.
As the gigantic palm moved through the air, it compressed it violently, bursting layers upon layers, demonstrating its terrifying force.
And with the Nine Yang Palm approaching, Jiang Weishan felt waves of immense heat in the air, as if he were stepping into a blazing furnace.
Students around them cried out and retreated, unable to stand the rising temperature.
Only Zhou Bai stood still, unfazed. His defensive power was now significantly strong. Zuo Dao glanced at Zhou Bai, gritted his teeth, and also remained motionless.
With an enraged roar, Jiang Weishan’s golden light exploded, and he unleashed a fierce Sky Roar Earth Core Palm against Zheng Wentian’s scarlet-golden giant palm.
As the punch was released, the ground beneath Jiang Weishan cracked, the gravitational pull in the surroundings seemed to waver momentarily, becoming entangled in Jiang Weishan’s punch.
Sky Roar Earth Core Palm—a technique that drawing on Earth’s gravitational force, converted the pull of Earth Primordial Magnetism into his utmost strength, the most dominant and masculine among Jiang Weishan’s martial arts.
In the sounding gale, Zheng Wentian’s crimson-gold palm clashed mightily against Jiang Weishan’s Sky Roar Earth Core Palm.
Amidst the thunderous crashing sounds, Jiang Weishan felt an overwhelmingly rampant, searing force collide with his hands. It was like a volcanic eruption, magma slamming against him. His feet plunged into the ground by more than ten centimeters.
Ah!
’The difference is too great! His power is far stronger than mine.’ In his furious roar, Jiang Weishan’s Primordial Spirit power surged, almost entirely converting into physical strength, finally halting the downward force of the crimson-gold palm.
To the side, Ying Hui inwardly sighed, ’It’s unwinnable.’
’The divine charts of the same level from the Celestial Court are inherently harder to cultivate than those of the Dao School, requiring more precious materials, and are indeed somewhat stronger.’
’This Zheng Wentian has cultivated five out of the nine celestial points of the Nine Yang Chart. Having infused his Primordial Spirit power with Nine Yang Holy Water, it has transformed into the Nine Yang Sacred Force, which is not only ferociously strong but also as solid as a city wall. Its temperature can exceed two thousand degrees, and his Primordial Spirit power must be over 3800.
In contrast, Jiang Weishan just recently entered the third realm barely exceeding 3000 in Primordial Spirit power and has only cultivated one celestial point. The gap is simply too vast.’