Chapter 1252: Chapter 1252: The Foundations of Black Cloud Academy
Cloud Ascending Path, at the peak of the mountain.
"Hiss." Xiao Yi took a deep breath.
At the moment he struck the Dawn Bell, an invisible force pounded him, making him feel utterly uncomfortable, almost unable to withstand it.
The crisp sound of the bell seemed capable of penetrating the soul.
The bell’s sound lasted only a few seconds.
"Phew." Xiao Yi exhaled in relief.
Yet, before he could fully relax.
Boom... Boom... Boom...
Pounding auras suddenly surged in from all directions.
"Hmm?" Xiao Yi’s expression changed.
Before he could react, figures exuding astonishing auras were already floating around him, controlling the air.
"Hmm? Elder Yun Yuan, Elder Hei Xuan, Hui Deacon..."
Xiao Yi looked at the swiftly approaching figures with a shocked expression.
These figures were evidently the elders of the Academy.
However, Xiao Yi could recognize only a few, like Elder Yun Yuan and Hui Deacon.
Nevertheless, the aura emitted by these academic elders filled Xiao Yi’s heart with immense dread.
In his perception, the weakest aura from these academic elders was above a Martial Arts Emperor.
The strong ones, he couldn’t perceive clearly.
And there were at least a dozen academic elders whose aura he could not sense at all, unable to discern their Cultivation.
"Hiss." Xiao Yi took another deep breath.
Is this the foundation of Black Cloud Academy?
Is this the strength of martial arts elders within Black Cloud Academy?
In the distance, the vice-dean’s expression changed, "Indeed, they are all alarmed."
Beside him, Qing Lin also showed a shocked face, "Tsk, tsk, all the old fellows have come."
"Elder Tianchi, Elder Jingfeng, Elder Wuya... I haven’t seen them in many years."
At the peak of the mountain.
The sharp eyes collectively focused on Xiao Yi beside the Dawn Bell.
Soaring auras surrounded the area.
Xiao Yi instantly felt uncomfortable.
He realized that his own strength was utterly immobilized under these surging auras.
These auras seemed like a vast ocean.
And his own aura, like a leaf afloat on this raging sea, without any resistance, even liable to be shattered and destroyed at any moment.
"Why did you ring the Dawn Bell?" An elderly voice bellowed first.
"Do you know what it means to ring the Dawn Bell?"
"The Black Cloud Academy is at peace, yet you dared to ring the Dawn Bell, alarming the entire Black Cloud Academy?"
The cold gazes around made Xiao Yi feel uncomfortable.
"I..." Xiao Yi wanted to say something.
The surrounding academic elders certainly found no anomalies within the Academy.
Slightly relieved, they suddenly realized this young disciple caused such a disturbance, alarming many closed-door academic powers who emerged.
Whoosh... Just at this moment, a figure flickered forth.
It was the vice-dean.
"Vice-dean." The surrounding elders nodded.
"Elders, do not rush." The vice-dean chuckled, shielding Xiao Yi.
Merely one step, yet he helped Xiao Yi bear almost half the aura.
Seeing this, the academic powers frowned, then restrained their aura.
Of course, their aura would not press on the vice-dean.
"Vice-dean." An elder furrowed his brow, "Since when has the Academy’s rules become so lax?"
The vice-dean understood his meaning, chuckled, and said, "Elder Lie Huo, be patient. This child is named Xiao Yi, a new disciple who entered at the year’s beginning, unfamiliar with many rules."
"A new disciple?" The elder squinted his eyes, "Even as a new disciple, unfamiliar with the rules, it does not mean he can casually ring the Dawn Bell."
"You should know, with the Dawn Bell ringing, how turbulent the entire Academy would be."
"Without major affairs, the Dawn Bell must not ring."
"Hehe." The vice-dean listened to the elder’s questioning words, yet remained unhurried, merely chuckling.
"Elders heard the Dawn Bell’s sound and were alarmed."
"Can you not notice, the one who rang this bell is just a young disciple?"
"In the elders’ view, breaking the Cloud Ascending Path record, a feat no one achieved for many years, finally completed, is not considered significant?"
"The Dawn Bell indeed must not ring without major affairs."
"Yet today, Black Cloud Academy produced a monstrous talent aged merely 24, exhausting merely four months to break through Cloud Ascending Path and ring the Dawn Bell."
"Is this not considered significant?" The vice-dean teasingly smiled.
"Hmm?" The surrounding academic powers heard the words and suddenly their pupils shrank.
Alarmed by the Dawn Bell’s sound, they thought a major affair occurred within the Academy and rushed here.
In their haste, they became flushed in judgment.
After all, the Dawn Bell hadn’t been rung for years, and its representative significance was immense.
Once they found no issues within the Academy and relaxed.
They overlooked that the one who rang this bell was merely an exceedingly young academic disciple.
The surrounding elders immediately came to realization.
Their originally sharp eyes instantly dissipated, replaced by a face full of kindness.
"Indeed." The elder who questioned earlier nodded repeatedly looking at Xiao Yi.
"It’s been years since any young disciples broke through the Cloud Ascending Path, even I can’t remember."
"Today, it was broken through, indeed ringing the Dawn Bell to celebrate is appropriate."
Around them, other elders gradually showed faces of praise.
"Only 24 years old, and exhausted merely 4 months to break through Cloud Ascending Path?"
"Impressive, truly impressive, which elder’s praiseworthy disciple is this child?"
"None." The vice-dean shook his head.
"This child has undergone trials, thus possessing today’s strength."
"None?" The surrounding elders’ eyes instantly lit up, the looks at Xiao Yi changed from praise to deep affection.
"Young man, I’m Tianchi, interested in practicing with me?" An elder first gazed at Xiao Yi, saying kindly.
"Elder Tianchi?" Xiao Yi furrowed his brow, the next second, his expression changed.
"Senior Tianchi?"
The name Tianchi was absolutely familiar to him.
A renowned power from hundreds of years ago, a famous Fire Control Ability in the Central Region.
Yes, this person surpassed Martial Arts Emperor, a Great Power of the current age.
"Tianchi? Heh." Beside him, another elder scoffed.
"Open your eyes wider and see clearly, this child’s eyes are sharp, his sword intent surges, he is a Sword Cultivator."
"How will your Fire Control skill teach him?"
"Young man, I’m Jingfeng." Elder Jingfeng smiled lightly looking at Xiao Yi.
"Elder Jingfeng? Wind Shock Sword?" Xiao Yi’s pupils shrank.
The Wind Shock Sword is renowned even before the three Peak Sword Cultivators in the Central Region.
It is one of the strongest Sword Dao Great Powers in the Central Region.
However, this person was renowned much longer, but how his strength compares to the three Peak Sword Cultivators remains unknown.
"Heh." The vice-dean saw this and sighed bitterly.
"Elders, rushing here, since there’s nothing within the Academy, why not return to seclusion?"
"I still must hurry to convey a message."
"As for Xiao Yi, having traversed Cloud Ascending Path, there are still subsequent matters."
"The grand event is only a few months away; if the elders are willing, there is plenty of time to visit Xiao Yi in the coming days."
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Second update.
