Chapter 512 - The Mystic Stone (1/2)

“Hey, Junior Brother, would you please stand in the queue?” a Senior Brother asked.

Only at this time did Xiao Chen come to his senses. He clasped his hands and said, “I’m sorry.” Then he walked back to his team. The teenager behind him saw that Xiao Chen had stared at the floating island in the distance for a long time. He whispered his question, “Brother Chen, what’s the matter?”

Xiao Chen shook his head and smiled. “It’s nothing.” He thought that perhaps he had overthought. After all, she couldn’t appear in the Cloud Mist Academy.

“All right. Everyone, please be quiet.” A Senior Brother counted the number of people and then said to an elder with a solemn look behind him, “First Grandmaster, there are a total of 544 people. All of them have arrived here.”

The old man nodded, but there was no smile on his face. He looked very stern. Then he flicked his sleeves, and suddenly little bits of golden light flew out, flying to everyone’s chests. Immediately, a white badge was automatically put on everyone.

“From now on, all of you will be the disciples of the Cloud Mist Academy,” declared the First Grandmaster.

The new students were excited when they heard that. They looked at the badges on their chests as if these badges were the most precious things in the world. However, when they looked up, the majestic older man was gone.

The previous Senior Brother smiled awkwardly and said, “The Eldest Senior Master has been busy. He is always like this, so please don’t mind.”

Since these new disciples were very delighted now, they naturally did not pay attention to these details. However, in the distance, some senior disciples shook their heads and sighed in a low voice. “This group of new disciples is not talented enough. Though their cultivation realms are not bad, their cultivation grade are too low. It seems that the First Grandmaster was a little disappointed and didn’t even want to talk to them.”

“Unlucky guys, haha.” Some senior disciples even chuckled at their misfortunes.

Xiao Chen looked around with special attention and discovered that all these senior disciples were wearing green badges. The lowest cultivation level of them was the initial stage of the Nascent Soul Realm. Beyond that, the cultivation of these people gave him a very different feeling. It seemed that their cultivations were very pure, much purer than those of the people outside. The unsolid Nascent Soul Realm cultivators outside were no match for these senior disciples. The cultivations of the latter were even much purer than Xiao Chen’s when he was at the Nascent Soul Realm. This fact slightly shook Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen thought to himself, “This Cloud Mist Academy is indeed not an ordinary academy. Merely these dozens of ordinary disciples are already comparable to these elite disciples of some sects in the Violet Manor.” Suddenly, Xiao Chen felt a little stressed. Perhaps, this place was indeed where the strong gathered.

“All right, everyone, please be quiet.”

A senior disciple, who welcomed these new arrivals, smiled and said. Although the First Grandmaster looked down on the group of new recruits, he needed to do his duty well. After that, he motioned to the two Junior Brothers next to him. The two Junior Brothers immediately took out something from the Divine Vessel and distributed them to each newcomer.

These were green crystals that were half the size of a thumb with a faint halo outside, and it seemed that there were flows of Mystic Power inside. Each of them gotten, and they all looked at the crystals in their hands curiously. “What are these crystals? They seem to be different from the Spiritual Stones.” They wondered.

Xiao Chen also held the green crystals in his hand. Since his sensory ability was stronger than others, he immediately felt the pure Mystic Power in the crystals. These crystals were completely different from the Spirit Stones that contained the spirit energy. Usually, the higher the grade of the Spirit Stones, the purer and intenser the spirit energy would be.

A cultivator could absorb the Spiritual Qi and the spirit energy into his body and convert them into the Mystic Power, which could then be stored as the True Energy in his body. When it was needed, the cultivator would release the Mystic Power. By doing so, he would be able to either exert the mighty power or activate the vital force between heaven and earth. It depended on the cultivator’s cultivation realm and the purity level of his Mystic Power.

However, what these green crystals contained now was precisely the pure Mystic Power, which could be used by cultivators directly. At this moment, Xiao Chen seemed to have understood why every disciple in the Cloud Mist Academy had very pure cultivation—the Mystic Power crystals definitely had contributed a lot.

A Senior Brother who welcomed new arrivals smiled and said, “This is a Stage-1 Mystic Stone. I’m sure that all of you have seen the difference between the Mystic Stones and the Spirit Stones. In the Cloud Mist Academy, the Spirit Stone is not that important. Instead, the Mystic Stones is of crucial importance. You can change the Mystic Stones into many things that you want, or you can directly refine the stones to improve your cultivation grade. According to your performance, the corresponding number of Mystic Stones will be distributed to you each month…”

“Wait a minute!” Xiao Chen suddenly interrupted him. The Senior Brother looked at him with a smile and asked, “Junior Brother, is there anything that you’d like to ask?”

Xiao Chen frowned and asked, “Doesn’t the cultivation grade that you just mentioned refer to the cultivation realm?”

The Senior Brother smiled and said, “I will give you the answer later, so please don’t be anxious.” After saying this, he looked at the others and said, “Then, please come with me. You need to pass through the Long-Gate Pass in front of you before you officially become the disciples of the Cloud Mist Academy.”

Right after that, those new arrivers walked to the square after the few Senior Brothers. Of course, they stayed in their previous teams. The dozens of teenagers still followed behind Xiao Chen and Chu Qi.

Along the way, Xiao Chen learned something about the Cloud Mist Academy. Those who wore green badges were the previous batch of disciples. The Cloud Mist Academy would recruit new disciples every three years. Thus, it meant that they had stayed at the Cloud Mist Academy for at least three years. As for the batch of disciples who arrived here before those green-badged disciples, they wore purple badges.