"Open the Gate of the Northern Heavens …"
As Shen Cangsheng's words fluttered across the sky, the surrounding air seemed to freeze for an instant. The faces of Dean Tai Cang and the various Elders slightly changed, while their gazes turned dark and gloomy. Clearly, none of them had expected that Shen Cangsheng would actually raise such a request.
The Gate of the Northern Heavens could be considered as the final training ground for Hokuang Reiwon. However, due to the death rate being too high, Hokuang Reiwon had finally decided to close it after weighing the pros and cons. It was precisely due to the lack of this most important training ground that Hokuang Reiwon's results over the past few years had started to decline, causing its title as one of the Five Great Spiritual Academies to be in imminent danger.
If the external reason for the other Spiritual Academies using special methods to snatch away those elite geniuses was the closure of the Gate of the Northern Heavens was the internal reason for Hokuang Reiwon.
In fact, many powerful Spiritual Academies possessed their final training grounds. They were considerably important, as they were able to allow the strength of some elite students to advance by leaps and bounds. However, compared to the other four Great Spiritual Academies, Hokuang Reiwon's existence was, after all, the shortest amount of time. Therefore, some of its foundations were still lacking.
Mu Chen was also startled by the suddenly frozen atmosphere. It had only been a year since he arrived at Hokuang Reiwon. Therefore, he naturally didn't know anything about the so-called Gate of the Northern Heavens. However, from the gazes of Dean Tai Cang and the rest, he was able to faintly sense the uniqueness of the Gate of the Northern Heavens.
"The Gate of the Northern Heavens is too dangerous …" After pondering for a while, Dean Tai Cang slowly said.
"Dean … may I ask …"
Shen Cangsheng smiled faintly and looked straight at Dean Tai Cang. In a low voice, he said word by word, "Is there a smooth road on the road of the strong?"
The entire place was silent. Only Shen Cangsheng's low and deep voice slowly reverberated, causing countless students to look at the figure that was as straight as a spear with splendor in their eyes. Unconcealable respect appeared in their eyes. This was Shen Cangsheng, the overlord of their Heavenly Ranking. Even though he was gradually being surpassed by Mu Chen, he still possessed an unshakable position in the hearts of many students.
Mu Chen gently exhaled a puff of white air and gave Shen Cangsheng a thumbs up.
Dean Tai Cang was silent for a while. Finally, he smiled helplessly and said, "I was actually taught a lesson by a brat who is still wet behind his ears …"
Elder Zhu Tian and the rest also smiled.
"The Gate of the Northern Heavens wasn't perfect in the past. After its closure, we've done our best to fix the flaws. After all these years, there's been some results. However, it's still extremely dangerous."
Looking at Shen Cangsheng, Dean Tai Cang smiled and waved his hand. "However, since you've already said that, I'm afraid that I'll be blamed for asking for it if I find any more excuses. Forget it. Let's open the Gate of the Northern Heavens once again. However, there's a restriction. Only the top ten students on the Heavenly Ranking have the qualifications to enter. Furthermore, it's completely voluntary."
Hearing his words, a smile of relief appeared on Shen Cangsheng's face. With a hearty chuckle, he said, "Then, I'll apply to enter the Gate of the Northern Heavens."
"Count me in as well," said Li Xuantong with a faint smile.
Not too far away, He Yao looked at the extraordinary Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong, before casting his gaze once again towards Su Xuan, who was in another direction. A gloomy look flashed past his eyes. Gritting his teeth, he stood up and said, "Me too!"
He Yao's voice had clearly caused many people to be startled, with even Su Xuan shooting an astonished look at him. However, her beautiful eyes still remained indifferent, without much fluctuation. He Yao's actions in the hunting grounds had clearly aroused her disgust. Although she didn't really like He Yao, she was, at the very least, able to interact with him as an ordinary friend. However, after that incident, she no longer had any contact with He Yao, treating them as strangers.
He Yao's gaze had always been looking at Su Xuan. Upon seeing the indifferent expression in her eyes, his face grew increasingly dejected. Indeed, he had been momentarily muddled by what had happened back then. All he wanted was to defeat Mu Chen and wipe away the humiliation he had suffered. Naturally, he had never thought of truly harming Su Xuan … after all, she was the girl he liked.
"Dean's words earlier were too touching. Therefore, I'm thinking of giving my all to fight for Hokuang Reiwon. However, if we don't enter the Gate of the Northern Heavens, I'm afraid that we'll be surpassed by the geniuses of the other elite academies."
Said He Yao with a somewhat bitter smile. Truthfully speaking, he possessed rather handsome facial features. However, he gave off a somewhat gloomy and cold feeling. Nevertheless, there were quite a few young girls within Hokuang Reiwon that were captivated by him.
"Good job, boss!"
The members of the Demon's Gate looked towards He Yao with slight astonishment. Clearly, this was different from his usual gloomy and cold demeanour. This caused the members of the Demon's Gate to feel somewhat excited, as He Yao's decision had caused them to feel proud.
"It's truly rare for this fellow to be so hot-blooded."
Su Ling 'er was also somewhat astonished as she moved closer to Su Xuan and spoke in a soft voice.
Su Xuan shot a look at He Yao with her beautiful eyes. Upon seeing her look, He Yao's body quietly straightened slightly. This time, he could see that Su Xuan's eyes weren't as cold as they used to be. Instead, there was a slight trace of normalcy within them, causing him to quietly feel slightly excited within his heart.
The atmosphere within the entire Hokuang Reiwon seemed to have been stirred up by the trio of Shen Cangsheng, Li Xuantong and He Yao. Quite a few students were rubbing their fists and palms together, wishing that they could rank within the top ten and truly fight for Hokuang Reiwon.
Feeling the atmosphere, a smile appeared on Xu Huang's face, while the blood within his body seemed to slightly boil. As a member of Hokuang Reiwon, it seemed that he shouldn't shrink back.
Therefore, under the gaze of Xu Qingqing's beautiful eyes that were filled with admiration and pride, he took a step forward.
On the other side, Zhao Qingshan and Mu Fengyang exchanged glances, before giving helpless smiles. If they were to shrink back at this moment, they might really be looked down upon. Their pride wasn't any weaker than others. Therefore, when Xu Huang took a step forward, they also walked forward.
In the next instant, countless students were excited to see that, other than Mu Chen, Luo Li and Su Xuan, all of the top ten of the Heavenly Rankings had unexpectedly stood forward. This scene caused the blood of everyone to boil and boil. Regardless of how the factions within the academy would usually fight against each other, at such a crucial moment, such unity had truly caused them to feel a sense of pride and arrogance.
Upon seeing this, Dean Tai Cang and the various Elders gawked, before exchanging glances with each other and giving bitter smiles. However, at the same time, they also felt gratified. When students were truly able to fight for the glory and glory of their academy, who would dare to say that this wasn't the success of their academy?
Waving his hand, Dean Tai Cang suppressed the boiling atmosphere that blotted the skies, before saying with a gentle smile, "In three days, we'll bring Mu Chen to the Divine Spiritual Mountain. After this matter, our Hokuang Reiwon will once again open the Door of the Northern Heavens!"
Cheers and shouts rang out from countless students. This time, for the sake of protecting their Hokuang Reiwon's title of being one of the five Great Academies, everyone was giving their all.
Looking towards the boiling spiritual academy, Mu Chen gave a faint smile as he slowly clenched his fist. Since everyone was working so hard, he couldn't fall behind. At the very least, he had to obtain some face for their Hokuang Reiwon in the grand event of the Divine Spiritual Mountain …
Within the jet-black giant hall, the atmosphere was gloomy and stifling.
All of a sudden, the Black Dragon Sovereign opened his eyes, while a gloomy and cold glint surfaced within them. Raising his head, he looked towards a dark corner of the giant hall, before saying in an indifferent tone, "I've confirmed the news. Hokuang Reiwon will be participating in the Divine Spiritual Mountain this time. As for the participant, it's the one who obtained the Great Meru Demonic Pillar, Mu Chen."
"Haha. Hokuang Reiwon truly has the guts to actually dare to participate in such a grand event like the one Hokuang Reiwon is still wet behind his ears …" A chilling glint surfaced within the darkness as a figure was faintly discernible, while a sinister laughter resounded within the giant hall.
"It's good that he's here … otherwise, how will our plan be implemented?
We've been enduring for far too long over the years. "
Said the Black Dragon Sovereign with a faint smile.
"Is everything ready?
That old fart bird Hokuang Reiwon is a big problem. "A gloomy voice rang out from another corner.
"Yes. Relax. There'll naturally be people to deal with that old fart bird."
Nodding his head, the Black Dragon Sovereign's expression turned exceedingly sinister as he slowly said, "This time, we'll let Hokuang Reiwon know that the strongest force in the Northern Heavens Continent will always be our Demonic Dragon Palace!"
"Furthermore, the Great Meru Demonic Pillar must be retrieved … that's the most valuable treasure of our Demonic Dragon Palace."
With a faint smile, the Black Dragon Sovereign said, "Since that brat dares to participate in the Divine Spiritual Mountain, that's for the best …"
As his voice rang out, he waved his sleeve, causing the space within the giant hall to intensely warp and distort, before transforming into a spatial passageway. Ear-piercing howls continued to ring out from within, akin to the roars of ten thousand demons. In the next instant, a frail-looking black figure slowly stepped out from within the jet-black passageway.
That figure was dressed in ordinary linen clothes, with a rather ordinary appearance. His eyes appeared to be greyish-black in colour, appearing akin to a pool of stagnant water, with not a single ripple of emotion present within them. On his back was a long black spear, with sharp whistling black shadows appearing to coil around the spear, emitting ear-piercing ghostly wails and wolf howls.
Standing there, not the slightest bit of movement could be seen, appearing akin to an ice-cold boulder.
"Xing Tian, prepare to participate in the Divine Spiritual Mountain three days from now. Your mission this time is to kill Hokuang Reiwon's Mu Chen, and snatch back the Great Meru Demonic Pillar that has fallen into his hands!" Looking towards the boulder-like figure that appeared to not have much vitality left, the Black Dragon Sovereign slowly spoke out.
Faintly raising his lifeless eyes, the ice-cold figure gently nodded his head, before turning around and leaving. From the start to the end, he did not say a single word.
However, that strangeness caused people's hearts to turn cold.
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