123 Dharmic Armament Pavilion! (1/2)
The moment the light appeared, all the True Breath cultivators, who had been silently waiting, felt their hearts shake. Wang Baole stood in the crowd, looking at the gathering light coming from Upper Academy Island and at the bridge that the light formed, feeling his anticipation rising.
”Upper Academy Island isn't your final stop but another stop on your life's path! Next, I will personally escort you to Upper Academy Island. Follow me, and let's go!” the Chancellor said before turning and stepping onto the light bridge.
Behind him, all the True Breath students immediately followed him onto the light bridge, walking toward Upper Academy Island, which was in the middle of Green Forest Lake.
As they neared, Upper Academy Island became clearer in their eyes. Upper Academy Island had always been mysterious to them, with mist covering it throughout most of the year. Even if they were currently walking on the light bridge, they still could not see past the opaque fog covering Upper Academy Island.
It did not take long. The Chancellor stopped upon reaching the edge of the fog and turned to look at all the students behind him.
”Upper Academy Island is the core of Ethereal Dao College. There is always a heavy gust of wind isolating it from everything else, so you can only see fog, but now, you will soon see… the real Upper Academy Island!” As he finished speaking, the Chancellor turned and took a step forward into the fog, disappearing into it.
Everyone's anticipation grew even stronger and they stepped into the fog. Wang Baole inhaled deeply and followed, melding into the fog. It seemed as though he had walked into water—everything was blurry. Other than the light bridge below his feet guiding him, he could not see anything clearly.
Even though he knew that there was no danger, Wang Baole's natural instinct was to be wary, and the Spirit thread circulated within his body. Before long, he suddenly heard the crowd in front of him gasp.
”Heavens, this… this is Upper Academy Island!”
”It's completely different from what I imagined.”
”Is… is this paradise?”
Hearing the gasps from the front, Wang Baole's eyes glimmered, and he increased the pace of his steps. Soon, he stepped out of the mist, and a wave of thick Spirit Qi hit him. The surrounding mist disappeared in that instant. As even more gasps traveled toward him, he saw… the world beneath his feet!
Below his feet, there was a huge platform floating in midair. If one looked at it from above, it seemed like a chess board. Standing on the platform, Wang Baole looked around him, feeling a wave of emotion in his heart.
The water in the lake below him was clear, but it was not how Wang Baole had imagined Upper Academy Island. Instead, in that azure sky, in the sea of clouds, there were huge floating islands!
Each island was about as big as the Lower Academy Island. If it was just that, however, it would not have been as shocking. The reason everyone was so shocked was because… these ten islands were more like ten enormous mountain peaks floating upside down in midair!
On each suspended mountain, there were mountain ridges, creating numerous mountaintops. In the sea of clouds, they could see countless buildings and structures, with strange flora and fauna all over these ten suspended mountains. There was even a fragrance pervading the air.
Under the ten suspended mountains were countless vines. The vines were thick and thin, their lengths alarming, and each of them was connected, stringing all ten suspended mountains together. There were even more flourishing vines that hung from Green Forest Lake.
This was Ethereal Dao College's Upper Academy Island, drastically different from the Lower Academy Island!
The fog in the area was the array formation hiding everything and isolating it. On some level, it was as though the space had contracted. Looking from the outside, the boundaries of the area were not too big, but in actuality, the land was much, much bigger than Green Forest Lake.
All of this shook the hearts of the people who had entered. Wang Baole's eyes were also wide, and waves of emotions rose and fell in his heart. Upper Academy Island had far exceeded his imagination.
The Chancellor, who had been walking in front, smiled. He was not surprised at everyone's shock. After giving them a moment, he coughed dryly, and the sound traveled into the students' ears like thunder, silencing them.
”Upper Academy Island's structure is similar to the Lower Academy Island. There are ten suspended mountains, each mountain representing each pavilion, each a counterpart to the Lower Academy Island's faculties! Actually, the Lower Academy Island's structure was modeled after Upper Academy Island.”
After introducing Upper Academy Island, the Chancellor cupped his fists toward the ten mountains ahead.
With this gesture, the ten mountains immediately glowed, which produced ten beams of light shooting forward. These beams connected with the platform that they were standing on, forming ten bridges.