The operation to annihilate the Demonic Dragon Palace lasted for nearly ten days, before it finally came to an end on the Northern Heavens Continent. When the numerous experts of Hokuang Reiwon retreated, all of the forces within the Northern Heavens Continent knew that the Demonic Dragon Palace, which had once been able to contend against Hokuang Reiwon, would no longer appear in the Northern Heavens Continent …
Regarding this point, many of the forces sighed inwardly. However, it was fortunate that Hokuang Reiwon didn't have any intentions of seeking hegemony. If not, there might not be any forces within the Northern Heavens Continent that could contend against him.
However, even so, after witnessing the true brilliance of Hokuang Reiwon, some of the peak forces had changed their attitudes. In the past, due to Hokuang Reiwon's lukewarm attitude, some of the peak forces didn't particularly place Hokuang Reiwon in their hearts. However, after this incident, they finally discovered that this ferocious tiger that crawled within the Northern Heavens Continent only liked to take a nap. Once this tiger woke up, its fangs would still be incomparably ferocious.
While the entire Northern Heavens Continent was shaken by Hokuang Reiwon's annihilation of the Demonic Dragon Palace, Hokuang Reiwon's group appeared to be exceptionally jubilant, with countless students cheering for them. For the past few years, every time a student from Hokuang Reiwon went out to train, they would receive threats from the Demonic Dragon Palace. If they were unlucky enough to bump into Mo Xingtian or Mo Longzi, they might not have the chance to return. Therefore, every time a student went out, they would be extremely cautious and cautious.
And now, this malignant tumor that existed within the hearts of every student had finally been removed. How could they not be overjoyed?
In the Freshman Area, in the small building, Mu Chen sat cross-legged on the balcony as he looked at the cheering Hokuang Reiwon. Shortly after, he raised his head and looked at the endless azure sky. Flocks of Spiritual Beasts flew across the sky as the crisp cries of cranes resounded between the heavens and earth.
It had only been slightly more than a year since he arrived at Hokuang Reiwon. However, Mu Chen could clearly feel his growth. When he had entered Hokuang Reiwon a year ago, he was merely a Freshman that hadn't even officially stepped into the Heavenly Fusion Stage. But now, he had already stepped into the Heavenly Completion Stage. Furthermore, he possessed the highest prestige within Hokuang Reiwon.
The youth had already unknowingly started to transform, becoming dazzling and eye-catching.
A faint smile rose from the corners of Mu Chen's mouth. If his dad knew about this, he would definitely be proud of him. Naturally, the most important thing was that he had actually found his mother. Although she was only a spiritual body, it gave Mu Chen boundless confidence. He believed that as long as he continued to grow stronger, there would come a day when he would be able to fulfill his promise to his dad.
"Dad, don't worry. I'll definitely bring mother back!"
Mu Chen softly muttered to himself as he tightly clenched his fists.
"Are you still thinking about Aunt Jing?"
A gentle voice suddenly rang out from behind him. Mu Chen turned his head around and saw a young girl dressed in a black dress standing behind him. The young girl's long hair hung down, her skin was as white as snow, and her eyebrows were thin and shapely.
Her peerlessly beautiful face was akin to porcelain, giving people a feeling of being unable to let go of her.
Mu Chen was slightly dazed for a time as he stared at the young girl. Over the past year, the young girl seemed to have become more and more graceful, and her figure had also become more and more perfect. Below her slender and fair neck was a pair of soft breasts wrapped in a dress, with a perfect curve. Her slender and willowy waist, and her slender and smooth legs …
While he was growing up, the girl beside him had also become more and more beautiful.
Mu Chen was a little restless.
When Luo Li saw Mu Chen's gaze tightly fixed on her, there seemed to be flames surging within Mu Chen's eyes, causing her face to turn slightly red. Mu Chen was becoming less and less concealing his inner thoughts in front of her.
"Haven't you seen enough?" Luo Li was finally unable to endure Mu Chen's invasive gaze, her face turning red as she angrily said.
Mu Chen leapt down and wrapped his hand around Luo Li's slender waist. Moving closer to her sparkling earlobe, he whispered, "Little Luo Li, look at how much my mother likes you. When are you going to give her a grandson?"
Luo Li was first stunned, before her face instantly turned as red as fire. She stared at Mu Chen with incomparable embarrassment and anger. This fellow was getting more and more overboard. He even dared to say such words!
Mu Chen chuckled when he saw Luo Li's embarrassment and anger. Just as he was about to tease her a little more, he saw Luo Li's hand cover the hilt of her sword. With a light flick of her slender fingers, the Luo God Sword in her hand was half-unsheathed. A cold light shot out and shone on Mu Chen's throat. The chill caused Mu Chen to faintly shiver.
"Cough."
Mu Chen coughed dryly. He carefully grabbed Luo Li's hand and pushed the scabbard back with a resentful expression.
Luo Li rolled her eyes at him. However, when she saw Mu Chen's resentful appearance, she hesitated slightly. With a red face, she tiptoed and gently kissed Mu Chen's lips with her soft red lips.
That touch of warmth caused one's heart to tremble.
Placing her hands on Mu Chen's chest, Luo Li pushed the latter a step away. With an alluring crimson red on her lovable face, she said in an annoyed tone, "Don't be mischievous. The Dean's calling for us."
"The Dean's calling for us?" Mu Chen gawked.
"It's regarding the Gate of the Northern Heavens. There's still half a year before the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament. We have to do our best to increase our strength as soon as possible. If not …" replied Luo Li in a soft voice.
A faint wrinkle appeared on Mu Chen's forehead. Although Hokuang Reiwon was one of the five Great Spiritual Academies, its foundation was the shallowest. In recent years, it had been ranked at the bottom of the five Great Spiritual Academies. If they were unable to obtain a decent result in the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament, there might be people who would take advantage of this and strip them of their title as one of the five Great Spiritual Academies. Although it was only a title, it was an extremely important thing for a spiritual academy.
"Let's go."
Nodding his head, Mu Chen pulled Luo Li along, before shooting straight towards a large hall at the centre of Hokuang Reiwon.
A few minutes later, Mu Chen and Luo Li had already entered the large hall. Within the large hall, unexpectedly, Shen Cangsheng, Li Xuantong, Su Xuan, He Yao, Zhao Qingshan and the other top ten figures of Hokuang Reiwon's Heavenly Rankings were already present. Furthermore, seated at the head seats were Dean Tai Cang, the Northern Sea Dragon, as well as the five great Heavenly Seated Elders. Such a scale appeared exceedingly solemn.
Upon the arrival of Mu Chen, everyone within the large hall immediately cast their gazes over, their gazes filled with complicated emotions and admiration. Ever since the battle at the Divine Spiritual Mountain, where Mu Chen had slain Mo Xingtian, he had already solidified his title as the strongest student of Hokuang Reiwon. Although he had yet to challenge Shen Cangsheng's position as the overlord of the Heavenly Rankings, everyone was clear that he possessed the ability to do so.
Upon arriving at the large hall, Mu Chen and Luo Li could also feel the solemn atmosphere present within. Exchanging glances, they walked into the large hall, standing beside Shen Cangsheng and Luo Li, before exchanging smiles with each other.
Upon seeing Mu Chen, Dean Tai Cang gave a faint smile as well. He was getting more and more satisfied with this youth. After so many years of Hokuang Reiwon, another monstrous genius had finally appeared within them.
"Fellow students, the reason why I've called all of you here today is due to the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament half a year from now."
Sweeping his gaze around the large hall, Dean Tai Cang's expression gradually turned solemn as he slowly said, "I've told everyone before that our Hokuang Reiwon has always been ranked last amongst the five Great Spiritual Academies in every single Great Spiritual Academy Tournament, with even the results of some of the other elite Spiritual Academies having surpassed us. This has caused our Hokuang Reiwon to endure an extremely great amount of pressure for the past few years. If we continue to have poor results in this Great Spiritual Academy Tournament, I believe that the title of one of the five Great Spiritual Academies will be removed from our Hokuang Reiwon's head."
Silence filled the large hall as Shen Cangsheng, Li Xuantong and the rest had solemn expressions on their faces. Having cultivated in Hokuang Reiwon for so many years, they had feelings for this place as well. They were proud of Hokuang Reiwon. If Hokuang Reiwon were to be removed from the title of one of the five Great Spiritual Academies, it would be hard for them to accept it.
Over the past few years, Hokuang Reiwon had always been particular about fairness, not giving special treatment to those students with outstanding talent, nor did they give those students superior status or status. Therefore, it was extremely hard for Hokuang Reiwon to absorb those genius students with outstanding talent. After all, the majority of those people were prideful and arrogant. In the other Spiritual Academies, they were high and mighty, towering over ordinary students, enjoying various kinds of special privileges. To them, there were too many benefits. Therefore, they would naturally not be willing to easily join Hokuang Reiwon.
Other than that, the other four Great Spiritual Academies all had a long and deep background, with their founding times being much earlier than Hokuang Reiwon. It was said that within those four Great Spiritual Academies, all of them possessed the ultimate secret cultivation grounds, which were able to greatly increase the strength of their students, causing those already talented students to possess even more astonishing strength. On the contrary, although their Hokuang Reiwon also possessed the "Gate of the Northern Depths", due to it being closed a few years ago, it caused the strength of their elite students to be far inferior to those of the other four Great Spiritual Academies. Therefore, it was extremely hard for them to obtain any results in the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament, resulting in them becoming a laughing stock in the end.
However, this time, their Hokuang Reiwon would open the "Gate of the Northern Depths" once again. Therefore, they should be able to close the gap between them.
"Dean, I wonder exactly what kind of outstanding students are present in the other four Great Spiritual Academies this time?" asked Mu Chen after pondering for a brief moment.
Shen Cangsheng and the rest had also cast their gazes towards Dean Tai Cang. Clearly, they were also extremely curious about this question.
"The other four Great Spiritual Academies have a more robust background compared to us, with them absorbing more geniuses. Furthermore, some of them have even used special methods to recruit them," said Dean Tai Cang with a helpless smile. "Therefore, according to the information that we've obtained, up until now, our Hokuang Reiwon is still at a disadvantage in terms of quality and quantity of elite students."
"Recently, there have indeed been four extremely outstanding geniuses surging out from the other four Great Spiritual Academies. Furthermore, all four of them are Freshmen that have only entered the Spiritual Academies for slightly over a year …"
Whoosh.
Within the large hall, an uproar rang out from everyone, with astonishment and astonishment present within their eyes. It was one thing for their Hokuang Reiwon to have a freak like Mu Chen. However, even the other four Great Spiritual Academies had people of such abnormal levels?
Mu Chen's eyes narrowed as he raised his head and stared at Dean Tai Cang. In a soft voice, he asked, "What's the name of that person from the Holy Spirit House?"
Shooting a deep look at him, Dean Tai Cang slowly spat out a name that caused Mu Chen's gaze to turn completely ice-cold.
"Ji Xuan."
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