Chapter 9 - Battle (1/2)

Translator: Lordbluefire  Editor: Lordbluefire

“Senior…” Lin Feng’s heart trembled as he clasped his fists nervously.

“Little fellow, well done. You actually only spent a mere ten seconds to break free from the illusions. However, if I were you, I will wait a little more before I exit.”

The old man narrowed his eyes. He smiled and looked at Lin Feng.

Lin Feng’s heart stirred. A moment later, he understood what the old man meant.

For this third test, his results were too shocking and even caused the Great Emptiness Dao Bell to ring. If he went out now, it would be equivalent to telling everyone that the dao bell rang because of him.

It was the taller trees that got uprooted in a windstorm. Lin Feng understood the logic of this saying very well.

“Many thanks for senior’s advice!” Lin Feng thanked the old man.

When he inclined his head again, the old man had disappeared.

After the melodious bell chimes rang three times, it stopped completely.

“Ai, the bell chimes have stopped. How strange. Back then when the fifth-generation vice headmaster caused the Great Emptiness Dao Bell to ring, it rang for a total of six hours before the bell chimes stopped. Yet now, the bell only rang three times.”

” Ai…look, Lin Feng has exited. He took about a minute to pass the illusory test and did so even quicker compared to Bai Yifei. This Lin Feng is a ten-star talent, at the sixth-level of the Martial Student Realm, he already possessed 9,000 jin of strength. Also, he only needed one minute to exit the Great Emptiness Illusory Realm. He is truly a heaven-defying monster.”

The four branch vice headmasters were incomparably excited as they discussed this.

Right now, the four branch courts were thinking about how they should get Lin Feng to join them.

Naturally, the four branch vice headmasters had no idea that the sound of the bell chimes was sealed away by that mysterious old man. No one else would be able to hear it. If not for him, the bell chimes would still be ringing out at this moment.

“Lin Feng has exited. That’s an ancient fiendgod we are talking about, yet he defeated the fiendgod’s will so quickly.”

“How monstrous. A monster has emerged in the Jialan Academy.”

After Lin Feng had exited, the test continued.

The remaining students who had passed the second test went in for the test, and in the end, a total of 312 students successfully passed the third exam.

These 312 students would join the four branch courts of the inner court.

“Lin Feng, my Purple Light Branch Court will allow you to name your conditions. Are you willing to join us?”

“Lin Feng, as long as you join my Falling Moon Branch Court, I can instantly impart the ultimate art of our branch court, the ‘Nine Heavens Falling Moon Art’, to you.

“Lin Feng, why don’t you join my Constellation Branch Court? We will definitely spare no expense to nurture you. Whatever cultivation resources you need, we will definitely satisfy you no matter how difficult it might be.”

“Lin Feng, join my Long River Branch Court. Although right now, the authority and strength of the Long River Branch Court are the weakest, the headmaster is someone who understands yellow-tier and mystic-tier formation arts. Your willpower is so strong and you have the talent to learn spirit formations. When the headmaster returns from his trip, he will definitely be happy to impart you spirit formation techniques.”

The four branch vice headmasters did their best to invite Lin Feng.

The conditions they had given caused all the other students in the surroundings to feel endless envy.

As for Bai Yifei, who stood at the side, his expression grew even uglier to behold. If there was no Lin Feng, the one getting all the attention now would be him, right?

But because of Lin Feng, no one was interested in him any longer.

Bai Yifei felt incomparable hatred and jealousy for Lin Feng in his heart.

But now, Lin Feng was in a dilemma. Out of the four branch courts, which one should he choose?

By logic, he should first eliminate the Long River Branch Court.

Because, the Long River Branch Court embraced the Dao via sword, and the Dao of Sword was viewed as a Minor Dao by everyone.

Among the four branch courts, the students of the Long River Branch Court were the least; their strength was also the weakest.

As for Gongming Yang, the vice headmaster of the Long River Branch Court, his words about spirit formation actually just something he wanted to use to attract Lin Feng.

Because everyone knew that the personality of the Long River Branch Court’s headmaster was extremely bizarre and his movements were elusive. Although the headmaster understood spirit formation techniques, he had never accepted a disciple before.

But even so, Lin Feng still decided to choose the Long River Branch Court.

Firstly, it was because he himself loved the sword.

Roaming the world with a sword strapped behind his back, how cool would that be?

The rage of an ordinary man would instantly cause blood to splatter on the ground.

A flask of wine, a sword in his hand, a horse as his mount. How carefree would that be?

The second reason was because Gongsun Changge was a student of the Long River Branch Court.