Chapter 391 (1/2)
Chapter 391 – Punishment Spiritual Combat Doll
Disorder and liveliness was inevitable within the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy. Even after the complete scattering of the brilliant rays in the sky, the entire Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy was still in an excited and frenzied state. Buzzing about from the chattering of countless people, all of the discussion topics were about the strange phenomena that sprung out from Mu Chen.
All of them had assumed that Mu Chen had still failed in the given one month span. However, who would have expected that Mu Chen would pull such a spectacular reversal at the final moment. Thinking about the spectacle that had unfurled before them, one wouldn’t be able to count how many people had their eyes opened wide, brimming with amazement and astonishment.
As the atmosphere of the entire Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy flared up, in a large hall within the central region of the academy, Dean Tai Cang and the other Elders had their gazes converged on the light screen before them. The scene shown within it was precisely the phenomena created from Mu Chen’s breakthrough.
“That little fella…he actually broke through successfully. Formidable.” Hall Master Mo You couldn’t help smacking his lips as he sighed in admiration. That Mu Chen stayed silent for the later half of the month. They never imagined that he would show them such a counterattack at the night of the final day. This spectacle had caused even them to become secretly stupefied.
Hearing his words, Elder Zhu Tian and the other Elders nodded their heads in agreement. That Mu Chen was truly worthy of his reputation of being able to contend for supremacy with a heavenly-blessed child like Ji Xuan. His talent truly was rather astonishing.
“Dean, since Mu Chen has broken through to Heavenly Completion Stage, what about the ‘Divine Spiritual Mountain’?” asked Mo You as he looked towards Dean Tai Cang, who was sitting in the headmost position.
Gently patting the armrest, a solemn expression appeared on Dean Tai Cang’s face. Faced with Mu Chen’s successful breakthrough, even he was slightly surprised. However, while feeling admiration and happiness for Mu Chen’s talent, he was also starting to get slightly hesitant of his previous commitment to him. Being such an outstanding student, if Mu Chen was properly guided and nurtured for the next half a year, he might be able to gain some honor for their Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy in the upcoming Great Spiritual Academy Competition. However, if anything was to occur during the “Divine Spiritual Mountain”, it would truly be an enormous loss for their academy.
Seeing the expression present on Dean Tai Cang’s face, Elder Zhu Tian and the other Elders didn’t chime in their thoughts and questions. From the looks of it, they understood the apprehension Dean Tai Cang was feeling. It truly would be too unfortunate to lose such an outstanding student.
“Why don’t we make this point clear to Mu Chen? He should understand that the current him isn’t too suitable to participate in the Divine Spiritual Mountain,” said a white-haired Elder in a deep voice.
“This way will cause the morale of the students to suffer too huge of a blow. For the past few days, the deal between Mu Chen and the Dean has propagated throughout the academy. If we are to renege on this, it might not be too good.” After thinking awhile, Mo You added in while shaking his head.
“However, it’s still better than to lose such an extraordinary student…”
“This is indeed troublesome…”
“……”
As the Heavenly Seated Elders started to openly discuss on this matter, a decision wasn’t made even after an hour. Naturally, all of them wanted their Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy to participate in the “Divine Spiritual Mountain”. After all, this truly was the greatest occasion that occurred within their Northern Heavens Continent. Due to their academy’s absence in this occasion for the past few years, it had caused many rumours and tongues to wag about. Being unable to refute them, their academy had always kept their silence on this matter. Nevertheless, thinking about this always made them feel sullen.
If Mu Chen really wanted to participate, and could even achieve an outstanding performance at the Divine Spiritual Mountain, they would be able to refute those slanderous rumors. This would truly bring quite a good benefit for their Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.
However, it would simultaneously bring about the danger of losing an extraordinary student as Mu Chen.
Should they take the risk for such danger?
Sitting in the main seat, Dean Tai Cang silently looked at the five Heavenly Seated Elders undergoing their bantering and discussion. After a long while, with a wave of his hand, he silenced their voices, before slowly speaking out, “Since I’ve made this deal with Mu Chen, and he has successfully achieved this goal, we truly don’t have any reason to continue to obstruct him.”
“That’s…” Tthe five Heavenly Seated Elders looked towards Dean Tai Cang. Did this indicate his approval for Mu Chen’s participation?
“However…”
After hesitating awhile, Dean Tai Cang continued speaking out in a deep tone, “Truly, this matter is filled with danger. Therefore, we can’t be careless, and need full confidence before approving his participation. Mo You, inform Mu Chen to come to the punishment platform tomorrow. If he’s able to pass the final test, I’ll approve of his participation for this upcoming Divine Spiritual Mountain!”
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The next day
When the news about Mu Chen’s final test was spread around the academy, the atmosphere within the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, which had rose to a frenzy yesterday, instantly turned explosive.
Freshman Region
After resting for the night, Mu Chen appeared in the public square under Luo Li’s accompaniment, leading to the crowd of emotion-filled Goddess Luo Association members to gather around them. Chirping and chattering rang out, causing them to appear exceedingly lively and noisy.
Waving her hands to scatter the emotional crowd, Ye Qingling frowned as she spoke out, “ “Why is there still a test for you? Haven’t you successfully broken through to Heavenly Completion Stage? Could it be that the Dean and the Elders are regretting their deal?”
“The Dean and the Elders are taking my safety into consideration. After all, the people participating in the Divine Spiritual Mountain are the true elites at the peak of the younger generation of the Northern Heavens Continent. Even Mo Longzi’s not considered the strongest in that group,” replied Mu Chen with a smile. There wasn’t any resentment in his tone, as he was extremely clear on the origin of the Dean and Elder’s hesitation.
“Today’s test might not be that simple. Be careful.” Luo Li said softly.