122 Light Path (2/2)
As he stepped on the peak of the Dharmic Armament faculty, Wang Baole laughed at the sky.
After some small talk, Liu Daobin prepared a feast in honor of Wang Baole. Only when the moon was high in the sky did the drunk Wang Baole return to his cave abode. After burping, Wang Baole drank a mouthful of some Ice Spirit Water to sober himself up. He took out his voice transmission ring and sent a voice transmission to his parents, informing them that he was already a True Breath expert and that he had entered Upper Academy Island.
”Aren't I amazing, Old Wang?” Wang Baole said, pleased with himself.
His parents' delighted voices soon traveled out from the voice transmission ring. After talking to his parents for a long time, Wang Baole saw that it was getting late, so he stopped the voice transmission. Sitting on the veranda of the cave abode, Wang Baole looked at his surroundings, appreciating the silence. His feeling of not wanting to leave grew stronger.
How time flies. One year ago, I'd just stepped into the Dao College, and now… I'm going to enter Upper Academy Island! Wang Baole sighed, but after thinking of his gains in the Spirit Breath Village, his mood improved.
Let's not speak about turning over the treasures to the Dao College first. When the Dao College is done recording everything and gives me their tabulation, I can take a portion of the items back or to exchange them for something valuable. Even if it's just that blue bead, it will be a huge gain! Wang Baole thought, his heart starting to beat fast.
At this point, his right hand reached into his pocket. When he pulled his hand out, he drew out a gray bead. This bead had originally been blue, but after dimming, it had become gray.
When he held it in his hand, there did not seem to be anything special. However, Wang Baole knew its origins, and the fire in his eyes blazed.
If I'm not wrong, this object is the long, blue spear that I condensed with my devouring seed… That means that there is only one of these in the entire Federation, right? Even though I currently don't know how to use this, this treasure is definitely special!
After some research, Wang Baole wondered if he should ask the Little Missy in the mask. After all, if it was just what he had discovered in the Five Peaks, it was not important. But the clues from the Spirit Breath Village were also related to the mask. Wang Baole felt that he should sound her out.
As he thought this, Wang Baole immediately took out the Hallucination Pillow to enter the hallucination realm. After a while, when he returned, his gaze held some doubts. In the hallucination realm, that mysterious Little Missy had actually held her silence on this matter. No matter how he asked, there was no response.
Not telling me? Wang Baole rubbed the area between his brows. This Little Missy was too mischievous. He had a conjecture about the bead, however, and he planned to test it out when he reached Upper Academy Island.
After putting the bead away, Wang Baole closed his eyes and revisited his memories of fighting and using Dharmic Artifacts in the Spirit Breath Village. This was a habit that he had cultivated after reading the high officials' autobiographies, a way of concluding.
After a while, Wang Baole opened his eyes. He touched his chin and started to think.
Learning how to create Spirit Qi waves is only one of the gains, but my Dharmic Artifacts are too monotonous. Other than exploding… they only explode. Other than injuring the physical body and eliminating enemies, perhaps Dharmic Artifacts could be used for greater effect on mental states!
Deep in thought, Wang Baole thought of how Li Yi and the others had looked like they were about to break down when the puppets escorted them away.
Hmm, this is a topic that I can research. Next time, I need to find a chance to experiment and create a Dharmic Artifact that can affect people's mental state. It will strike fear into people's hearts the moment they look at it, and they will surrender without fighting! Perhaps with this Dharmic Artifact, the weak can defeat the strong!
Wang Baole's eyes lit up. He felt that he had truly gained too much from this trip to the Spirit Breath Village.
As he pondered, Wang Baole was happily cultivating himself. Gradually, the sky grew bright. When it was morning, he had just finished his meditation and discovered a crowd right outside the door of his cave abode. Visitors came and left in an endless stream, especially those True Breath students from the Dharmic Armament faculty who had just returned. Previously, the journey had been too rushed, so they did not have time to build friendly relations with Wang Baole. Now that they had returned, they immediately came to visit.
These visits continued for five days. Only when Wang Baole received the entrance letter from Upper Academy Island from the Chancellor did it become peaceful. Thus, he packed his bags and looked at the cave abode that he had lived in for a year, his anticipation growing.
At dawn on the sixth day, a gong resounded throughout the Lower Academy Island. This gong could be heard all over, and the sound continued for a full five minutes. No matter what they were doing, every student could hear the sound, and all of them walked out of their rooms. As the sound continued, they saw various True Breath figures from each faculty sprinting toward the Chancellor's peak.
”They are going to Upper Academy Island…”
”I wonder when we can also enter Upper Academy Island!”
Liu Daobin stood outside the accommodation for the Dharmic Armament faculty. Vaguely, he could see Wang Baole's figure from among the figures sprinting toward the Chancellor's peak. Although he looked normal on the outside, his heart was feeling melancholic.
”I have to work hard so that the distance between the Head Prefect and I won't be too large. If not, I won't be able to catch up to him!”
On the mountaintop behind him, Goatee had also walked out. He was also looking at the distant figure of Wang Baole, his gaze showing his encouragement and satisfaction. He could still picture Wang Baole's blood-covered image during the Hallucination exam.
On Alchemy faculty peak, Zhou Xiaoya also silently walked out of her accommodation and gazed at the Chancellor's peak. After a long time, her expression showed determination and longing. She tightened her small fist and muttered softly under her breath.
”Brother Baole, the alchemic recipe that I handed over has already gone for inspection. As long as it passes the inspection, I have the possibility of entering Upper Academy Island!”
Under the gazes of countless students from the Lower Academy Island, these few hundred students from various faculties who had ascended to the True Breath realm in the Spirit Breath Village gathered at the Chancellor's peak. Very soon they reached the square on the Chancellor's peak.
They were the people who had returned from Spirit Breath Village and the first group who would enter Upper Academy Island. There would be the second group later filled with people who took the make-up exams and those who had ascended in each Dao College's own mystic realm. They would subsequently be sent to Upper Academy Island.
Right now, at this square, the few hundred people stood without a sound. Their anticipatory looks were all directed in front at… the Chancellor!
”Upper Academy Island, please open the mountain gates!” The Chancellor turned and swung his sleeve. His voice was like thunder, traveling toward Upper Academy Island, which was shrouded in fog.
In an instant, the sky changed, the winds reversed, and a loud roar echoed in the firmament. The fog around Upper Academy Island parted. A stream of pure light, like a bridge, suddenly shot out from within Upper Academy Island's fog and connected to Lower Academy Island's Chancellor peak, forming a light path!