Chapter 2310: Chapter 2314: Is It Him?
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
As Lu Zhichen’s words fell, tens of thousands of students leaped into the air, like a swarm of locusts crossing, rushing towards the Demonic Beast Forest.
The elders who had followed from each academy also soared into the air, releasing their Divine Senses to lock onto their academy’s students, ready to rescue them at any moment of life-threatening danger.
"Let’s go too!"
Jiang Chen turned and glanced at Lei Kai and the others beside him, speaking softly.
"Junior brother, you must secure the first place among the same realm in this examination! Although it doesn’t have any substantial effects, it can still bring fame to our academy, right?"
Yun Tao chuckled as he spoke.
"Alright!"
Jiang Chen nodded. Without further ado, they all took flight, leaping towards the forest.
This forest was too vast. Tens of thousands of students flew into the air, and in the blink of an eye were obscured by trees, as if a handful of sand had been thrown into a swamp, completely vanishing.
Looking up, some bold students flew through the air, directly traversing the edge of the forest from above.
Su Qingluan glanced at the backs of Jiang Chen and the others, then moved to come beside Lu Zhichen.
"How is that kid’s cultivation of using the body as an array going?"
Lu Zhichen glanced at Jiang Chen and asked softly.
"Why? Worried he won’t make it through?"
Su Qingluan chuckled lightly and replied.
"You know the information about this year’s examinees. In other realms... even Lei Kai has little hope of taking first place in the same realm. If even he fails, Changlin Academy might be stripped of its branch academy title!"
Lu Zhichen spoke with a complex expression.
The four branch academies of Changling Main Court aren’t fixed; they’re contested by junior academies for these titles, based on the following grand evaluation after the entrance exam.
If an academy manages to continuously secure first place in the same realm five times in a row during the grand evaluation, they have the right to contend for this title. However, if a titled academy fails to get first place in any realm five times consecutively, it will lose its title.
Changlin Academy has already failed to secure first place in any realm for four consecutive times. If it fails again, it will be reduced to a regular junior academy.
This is akin to the excellent primary and secondary schools on Yuan Star, except in this Void Nether Realm, the competition is even fiercer and more brutal!
"Jiang Chen seems unaware of this situation."
Su Qingluan spoke softly, a complex expression flashing in her eyes.
"This is likely because Elder Jiu and the others don’t want to put too much pressure on Jiang Chen, so they’ve deliberately kept it from him. It’s said that he has always been training in the Southern Maniac Mountain, rarely visiting the academy’s school grounds or interacting with its students. In addition to Elder Jiu and the others intentionally keeping it a secret, it’s normal for him not to know!"
Lu Zhichen speculated.
His speculation was indeed very accurate. Hu Yiqiu and the others hadn’t told Jiang Chen about the academy’s current situation to avoid putting pressure on him.
The goal Jiang Chen had set for himself, to challenge the first in the Late Divine Infant Realm, was already considered quite pressured by Hu Yiqiu and the others.
This was an examination involving students from all over the Canglan Continent. Even with the diversion of other five major academies, there were still about one-sixth of the genius students. Achieving first in the same realm among these students was no easy feat, let alone challenging higher-level first places in the same realm.
The quality of excellent students emerging from this examination far surpassed those top cultivators in the same realm at the Mingqian Banquet.
The Mingqian Realm is one of the most remote and overall weakest regions on the Canglan Continent, incomparable to people of the same realm from other regions.
If it weren’t for the fact that the old dean of Changlin Academy was from the Mingqian Realm, he wouldn’t have established the academy here.
...
When Jiang Chen and the others arrived, a figure watching the commotion at the edge of the Demonic Beast Forest suddenly changed his expression, rushing towards the central area.
This figure was only at the Initial Stage of Virtual Refinement Realm, yet along the way, he barreled straight ahead, fearlessly advancing towards the central area, even when passing through territories occupied by Unity Realm Stage demonic beasts.
And those demonic beasts, whose territories were invaded in passing, upon sensing the aura of that figure, retracted their fangs and stayed quietly in place, as if they hadn’t seen a thing.
In the central area of the forest.
"Your Majesty!"
A call came, and Queen Medusa and others turned their heads in the direction of the voice. A graceful figure was flying rapidly towards them, a look of shock on her face.
"An Na, what’s the matter?"
Noticing the expression on the newcomer’s face, Medusa furrowed her brow, a cold glint flashing through her eyes. Could it be that someone in this Demonic Beast Forest dared to lay hands on An Na?
This woman rapidly approaching was the only surviving member of the Snake Woman clan, the same one whose Divine Soul was captured alive by Jiang Chen on the Spatial Battlefield, possessing the purest blood of the Medusa family, An Na.
"Your Majesty, he’s here! Jiang Chen, Jiang Chen is here! Jiang Chen is also entering the Changling Main Court!"
An Na looked at Medusa with a complex expression, unsure what expression to use to report this matter.
"What? Jiang Chen? Are you sure?!"
Upon hearing this name, Medusa’s face changed suddenly. She stood up from her seat in excitement, looking at An Na.
Buzz!
Immediately, even before An Na could reply, a powerful Primordial Spirit wave emanated from Medusa’s body, and a formidable Divine Sense swept through all the academy students who had entered the forest.
"Sa Sha! Don’t interfere with the examination!"
Su Ruoyun did not stop her, but gently reminded.
Hearing this, Medusa’s body trembled, and the powerful Divine Sense became obscure.
Upon seeing this, Su Ruoyun breathed a sigh of relief, looking at An Na with a bewildered expression: "Who is this Jiang Chen? Do you have some sort of vendetta with him?"
"He..."
An Na opened her mouth but then fell silent.
She didn’t know how to explain her and Medusa’s relationship with Jiang Chen; if there was indeed a vendetta, it was probably of her and Medusa’s making!
"It’s him! Never thought he would come too!"
Medusa sensed that familiar aura, her face changing, and she glanced toward the forest’s edge with a complex expression, sighing lightly.
"Medusa, what’s wrong? Did someone come to offend you? Tell me, I’ll kill them!"
Jin Peng quickly spoke up, his eyes fervently set on Medusa.
Medusa ignored Jin Peng, taking a deep breath, sitting back down on her seat, slowly closing her eyes, a single tear running down her face, revealing an expression of deep regret.
