Chapter 10 – What Time Will He be on the Green Cloud? (1/2)

“It seems like I didn’t do anything wrong.”

Chen Chang Sheng looked at the mid-aged woman and said “Since I didn’t do anything wrong, then why do I have to change so much?”

After saying this, his expression did not change but his breathing had unnoticably became slightly heavier.

Only those who knew him well enough would know that these details indicated he was already very angry.

The mid-aged woman’s face became serious and said, “Aren’t you afraid of death?”

“I…. am very afraid of death.” Chen Chang Sheng’s voice was as hard as iron, “…..therefore the first thing I planned to do when I came to the Capital was to cancel the engagement at the Divine General’s Estate. Even yesterday I was preparing to cancel the engagement after getting into Heavenly Academy or Star Taker Academy, but sorry, now I have truly changed my mind.”

The mid-aged woman stared at him. Her eyes became slightly cold.

Chen Chang Sheng looked back at her quietly and said, “Unless you realize what you did wrong, remember my name.”

The mid-aged woman remained silent for a really long time.

“Actually I favor you verymuch.”

She looked at Chen Chang Sheng. The emotion in her eyes was somewhat complicated “For these past few days I had always been observing your life, I have never seen a youngster who was so good at self-regulating, and in the four entrance exams, what you showed was very rare. You deserve praise…..I sometimes would even think, if I have a daughter, it should be a good choice to marry her to you.”

Chen Chang Sheng didn’t know what to say, but he was praised by someone. He felt that he should reply so he thought for a while and said two words, “Thank you.”

Picking this moment to say thank you was somewhat ironic, cute, and very respectable.

The mid-aged woman looked at the wall behind the school’s gate and said “But unfortunately, in the entire world no one thinks the young Lady should marry you.”

Chen Chang Sheng followed her sight and saw many names on the green stone wall. This was the back of the main entrance to the academy, therefore this couldn’t be the list of people who got accepted. Then what was this list? He suddenly remembered that he saw similar lists on the back of the entrance to Heavenly Academy and Star Taker Academy. There were many names carved on top of them.

There was a sentence carved on the topmost of the green stone wall – “The strong gale will offer strength, and I will enter the azure cloud.”

After reading this sentence, Chen Chang Sheng thought back to the records in the books, and knew the list of names carved on the green stone wall was the mythical Proclamation of Azure Clouds.

There were countless powerful cultivators on this continent, but geniuses always start when they were young – The Proclamation of Azure Clouds was the tier list for cultivators under the age of twenty. All of the people who entered the proclamation were either the core students of different countries, different sects, different academies, or geniuses who held special talents. If they didn’t die in the middle of seeking The Way, then these people would all become cultivators with true strength.

The reason for the academies in the Capital to put up the Proclamation of Azure Clouds was to use the famous names on the list and give the students a model to chase after and enhance the connection between schoolmates. But the effect wasn’t as well as they expected – the students knew they had no chance to enter the proclamation, so they were only respectful, jealous, or even fearful of those names on the list.

The Proclamation of Azure Clouds didn’t care about people’s knowledge, level, sect, gender, but only strength. The single limitation was that the people who entered the proclamation cannot be older than twenty years of age. There were a few times in the past where a lower level cultivator had won against higher level ones and were immediately placed in front – this condition was despised by many.

When the Council of Divine Ordinance first created the ranking, this condition was questioned many times, but the answer of the council was simple and powerful – no matter knowledge, level, or even manner and characteristics, all mixed together was strength. The condition of the proclamation was to test strength, and the best way to test it was victory and defeat.

Chen Chang Sheng glanced over the names on the proclamation. Those names were strange to him. Sometimes he could even see some weird names, and they probably belonged to young cultivators from Yao territory, and some genius from the southern forest. Suddenly, he saw Tang Tang’s name on the thirty sixth spot. Chen Chang Sheng thought back to Heavenly Academy and the blue shirt youngster explaining the story of his name, Tang Thirty Six, Chen Chang Sheng laughed happily. He was proud of him.

Finally, his eyes landed upon the highest point of the list, and saw the only name that stood there. The name on top appeared to be lonely, cold, and proud. He knew that name, he knew the name very well – Xu You Rong.

“The Proclamation of Azure Clouds lists all the young geniuses all over the world. The Zhou Dynasty is full of talented people. Even just in the Capital there are more than ten people on the list. Four people from Heavenly Academy, three from Star Taker Academy. But it’s not especially well, when comparing to the Longevity Sect and Scholartree Manor in the south. It wasn’t until the young Lady of the estate entered the proclamation did the North and South even out……”

The middle-aged woman looked at the list and her pride could easily be seen, but of course she didn’t need to hide her pride. She said, “Two years ago My Lady entered the proclamation for the first time and entered first place. From that day onward she never got lowered in her ranking. The young geniuses behind her couldn’t compete. No, it was too difficult for them to even approach her.”

Chen Chang Sheng looked at the name on top of the list and remained speechless. These four years he kept the marriage vow on him and he read it many times. He knew her name and knew how old she was. After calculating, this Miss Xu entered the proclamation at the age of twelve and was invincible…… The bloodline of Sky Phoenix was truly miraculous.