Chapter 2406: Chapter 2410: Was It on Purpose?
"Let’s go too."
Looking around, Jiang Chen noticed that everyone else had started walking forward, leaving only a few of them chatting here.
"Alright!"
A few of them nodded and began to walk forward.
Swish!
Suddenly, a figure ahead erupted with Great Dao Divine Light, clearly unable to withstand the Dao suppression any longer, and had to rely on the power of the Great Dao.
Jiang Chen glanced over casually, then continued to walk forward.
Step by step, he moved forward, the pressure of the Great Dao around him growing stronger, leaving some other disciples gradually behind.
Fifteen minutes later, Jiang Chen had reached a distance of sixty meters.
Yes, sixty meters!
In fifteen minutes, Jiang Chen, without erupting Great Dao Divine Light, only managed to cover a distance of sixty meters.
Behind him, bursts of Great Dao Divine Light erupted from others, and some even couldn’t hold on any longer, sent away from this desert space by senior disciples along the way!
Looking ahead, Jiang Chen saw several figures ahead of him, including Jian Wuheng, Feng Qingyang, and Lin Shanshan.
The Dao suppression here seemed to be pure suppression!
During this distance, Jiang Chen wasn’t intentionally hurrying, instead, he slowly moved while carefully sensing the Dao suppression here, hoping to comprehend the Great Dao of the fallen Saint.
But after fifteen minutes of sensing, he didn’t feel any trace of the Great Dao power, only the vast pressure!
It seemed this place was merely for testing qualifications!
Having come to a conclusion, Jiang Chen no longer dragged his feet and walked briskly forward.
Outside the desert space.
The massive light screen in mid-air was divided into four areas, corresponding to the four trial areas of the new disciples.
"Ha ha, our Hidden Peak Academy’s disciples are stronger! Look, that little guy Cheng Kang is about to reach the endpoint of their area!"
A burst of loud laughter echoed, as Lu Wangcheng pointed at the third area on the light screen, looking smug.
"Dean Lu, didn’t you see Elder Jiu’s disciple is also closely following? It’s still uncertain who’s going to reach the endpoint first!"
Zhang Jiucheng scoffed, noticing that Changming Academy’s seed disciple Cai Jianlin was currently first, but he was tied with Changhe Academy’s Sun Qianshan.
At a glance at the light screen, the disciples in each area could roughly be divided into three sections.
The first section’s disciples had mostly erupted with Great Dao Divine Light but were struggling to support themselves before seventy meters.
The second section ranged from seventy meters to ninety meters, where most of them reached their limits, with only a few still forcing themselves onward.
The third section was beyond ninety meters, where each area had only two or three people progressing slower than tortoises.
As they had said, the early part of Divine Infant Realm’s third section had only two people, Changming Academy’s Cai Jianlin and a Changhe Academy disciple under the banner of Changlin Academy, Sun Qianshan, whose performance could be considered to benefit Changlin Academy.
In the Late Divine Infant Realm section’s third part, Cheng Kang from Hidden Peak Academy led, followed by Yun Tao, then Mu Ling’er and Mu Qianrou.
"Speaking of which, where’s Elder Jiu’s other disciple? Isn’t that little Jiang Chen supposed to be ranked first overall? Why isn’t he in the first tier?"
Just as Lu Wangcheng was about to mock Zhang Jiucheng, he suddenly thought of Jiang Chen.
Due to Jiang Chen, their academy lost an Acquired Taoist Body disciple, which made him quite angry, yet since both were branches under Changling Main Court, and Jiang Chen recruiting Yan Hu was within the rules, he had no outlet for his anger.
Upon hearing Zhang Jiucheng mention Hu Yiqiu’s disciple, he immediately thought of Jiang Chen and looked toward the second section of the disciples on the light screen.
Everyone reacted and glanced at that section, knowing Jiang Chen was the overall first, with all primary academy deans and elders aware of his name, further impressed by his challenge to a higher rank the day before.
"There... he’s in the third tier?"
"What’s going on? Why is he still within seventy meters?"
"Hasn’t he walked past seventy meters yet? This doesn’t seem to align with his rank, does it?"
"What’s there not to align? The overall ranking isn’t a power ranking. Tasks completion or acquiring points can be strategic, right?"
The primary academy deans found Jiang Chen’s figure at sixty meters in the Mid Divine Infant Realm area, triggering quiet discussions, and some gazed at Hu Yiqiu and Jian Cangqiong with playful eyes.
"Elder Jiu, your disciple was planning to challenge the higher rank, but it seems he won’t even qualify for it!"
Lu Wangcheng’s face lit up with joy, ridiculing and feeling a sense of relief, glanced at the Divine Infant Realm Peak area’s image, and his face turned gloomy again.
In the Divine Infant Realm Peak area, someone had already crossed the hundred-meter distance, none other than Yan Hu, recruited by Jiang Chen!
"Whether my disciple qualifies or not, that’s not for Dean Lu to worry about. Dean Lu would be better off feeling sorry that the Divine Infant Realm Peak area’s first place doesn’t belong to your Hidden Peak Academy!"
Hu Yiqiu spoke calmly.
Everyone was taken aback, then turned to the fourth area, bursting into suppressed laughter upon seeing Yan Hu at the endpoint, evidently aware of Lu Wangcheng’s futile attempt yesterday.
Lu Wangcheng’s face darkened, "Hmph! If not for relying on the disciple originally from our Hidden Peak Academy, with only your Changlin Academy’s students, surely the branch title wouldn’t even be upheld!"
The academy deans in the same area as Changlin Academy were stunned, glanced at the massive light screen, and their hearts ached.
Especially Fengchen Academy’s dean, regretted letting Feng Qingyang join Changlin Academy’s team and bear its title.
They had all witnessed Jiang Chen’s initial evaluation performance, and later in task assessments, Feng Qingyang acknowledged his inferiority to Jiang Chen, leading them to relinquish the struggle for the branch academy title with Changlin Academy.
But now, Jiang Chen’s performance seemed underwhelming, leaving some of the stronger primary academy deans regretful.
"Dean Lu, some words are premature right now. Have you ever seen a disciple walk to sixty meters without erupting Great Dao Divine Light?"
Jian Wuheng’s calm voice rang out.
Everyone glanced, startled, at the light screen, realizing they hadn’t noticed the absence of Great Dao Divine Light from Jiang Chen, given its dazzling brilliance making it hard to discern who emitted it!
"What?!"
"Jiang Chen hasn’t erupted Great Dao Divine Light yet?!"
"How could he withstand the Dao suppression up to sixty meters without releasing the power of Great Dao? Just how strong is his Great Dao Comprehension?!"
"Is this guy... doing it on purpose?"
