One Year

In their view, it would be a waste to have a combat genius like Chen Fan research the Life-and-Death Cycle.

Faced with the ridicule and ostracism of the crowd, the Life School mentor known as "Old Freak Lin" simply snorted coldly.

He didn't refute, his cloudy eyes still fixed on Chen Fan, his voice carrying a deep-seated arrogance.

"It's not that my teachings are flawed, it's that those students... are too stupid!"

"How can a shallow foundation, like a stream in front of a door, bear the weight of my vast Stars?"

"But this child..."

Old Freak Lin paused, then spoke slowly and deliberately.

"No the same."

Chen Fan listened with a blank expression until he heard the sentence, "But this child is different."

A ripple finally appeared in his usually calm and still eyes.

He idly touched his nose, his gaze passing over the dazzling, well-off top factions, and looked with great interest at the lone green pillar of light.

Interesting.

This old man seems rather interesting.

The next moment.

Under the incredulous gaze of everyone, including the ninth-rank Vice Dean high above and the ten terrifyingly powerful illusory mentors.

Chen Fan moved.

He ignored the burning expectations of his Ancient Martial Arts School mentor.

He ignored the confident smile on the face of the New Martial Arts School's instructor.

They ignored the olive branches extended by all the top factions.

He started walking.

One step, two steps...

He walked straight toward the loneliest green beam of light, which represented the Life School.

All eyes were fixed on the child's figure that finally stopped before the dim green pillar of light.

That place is the Life School.

"Chen Fan!!"

A loud shout, like a thunderclap, shattered the deathly silence.

The voice of Gu Tianxiong, the mentor of the Ancient Martial Arts School, was filled with urgency.

"Have you thought this through? Lin Xuanqing's path is a dead end! A wrong turn! Your exceptionally rare foundation, if you go to him, it's tantamount to cutting off your own future, ruining everything!"

Before he could finish speaking, Zhou Yan, the instructor of the New Martial Arts School, also spoke up, his tone still refined, yet revealing a sharp edge.

"Chen Fan, your choice is far more important than your effort. The theories of the Life School have long been proven to be detached from the essential core of Martial Dao combat. If you wish to reach the pinnacle of Martial Dao and forge a truly Invincible Path of your own, my New Martial Arts School is your only and most correct choice!"

"My Steel School..."

"Chen Fan, think about it again!"

Words of persuasion, regret, and questioning rose and fell.

However, Chen Fan, who was at the Center of the Storm, simply raised his head slowly.

He first glanced at the illusory figure of the old man in the green beam of light, whose gaunt body was trembling with excitement, and a barely perceptible smile appeared on his lips.

Then, he lazily glanced at the other nine radiant Laws Pillar and spoke indifferently.

"Your way..."

He paused, then added.

"That's so boring."

One sentence left all the mentors who were trying to persuade him speechless.

Gu Tianxiong's facial muscles stiffened, Zhou Yan's gentle smile froze, and the other seven mentors looked at each other, unsure how to respond.

Boring?

Is a supreme divine skill that leads directly to the Ninth Grade Law Realm boring?

Is the priceless, miraculous embryo boring?

Is being the dean's personal disciple also boring?

What exactly does this kid want?!

Just as the entire arena fell into an eerie silence, Lin Xuanqing, the mentor known as Old Freak Lin, suddenly burst into a maniacal laugh that sounded like a broken bellows rubbing together violently from within the solitary green beam of light.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

His laughter was hoarse, yet it was filled with the triumph and exhilaration of something suppressed for centuries, finally released in one fell swoop.

"Fine! Fine! How incredibly boring!"

Lin Xuanqing's cloudy old eyes shone brightly at this moment. He stared intently at Chen Fan as if he were looking at a priceless treasure that had been lost and found again.

"From this day forward, you are my only personally instructed disciple in the past three hundred years, Lin Xuanqing!"

Before he could finish speaking, he was about to activate the beam of light, taking Chen Fan with him and making him disappear from the spot.

But at this moment

"Boom!"

A deafening roar shook the heavens and the earth.

At this moment, the faction mentors, led by Gu Tianxiong and Zhou Yan, simultaneously unleashed their power!

Nine powerful and vast laws of will instantly intertwined in the Void to form an invisible net, like Heaven-and-Earth Net, tightly locking the green pillar of light that was about to escape!

"Lin Xuanqing, you can't take him away!"

Gu Tianxiong's face turned ashen. He took a step forward and shouted in a thunderous voice.

"Chen Fan is the Human Race Qilin Prodigy! His future is crucial to our clan's Fortune for the next ten thousand years! How can we allow you to act so recklessly! Sending him down your dead-end path is a crime against our Human Race!"

This is quite a heavy burden.

Although the other eight mentors remained silent, their combined, terrifying pressure clearly demonstrated their stance.

Today, they will never stand idly by and watch this ancient gem be dragged into the mire by a madman.

Despite the combined pressure from the nine factions, Lin Xuanqing's hunched back stood ramrod straight, a hint of arrogance flashing in his cloudy eyes.

"A bunch of idiots!"

He sneered coldly, his voice full of disdain.

"You only see the dazzling flowers before your eyes, but you do not know that the true path to heaven is born from Annihilation! Your path is too smooth, too comfortable, and cannot nurture a true dragon!"

"Presumptuous!"

"Nonsense!"

It seemed that the mentors from the ten major factions were about to engage in a battle of laws in front of thousands of new students.

Lin Xuanqing took a deep breath, seemingly making some important decision.

With his hoarse yet incredibly firm voice, he proposed a Betting Agreement that stunned everyone.

Give him a year! And give me a year too!

Lin Xuanqing's gaze swept over his nine colleagues, and he spoke slowly and deliberately.

"If he fails to break through to the Undying Realm within a year of joining my Life School, then he may join any of your schools. I, Lin Xuanqing, will never accept another disciple in my lifetime!"

Upon hearing this, even Gu Tianxiong and the others fell into a brief silence.

Having Perfected Golden Body, has he entered the Undying Realm?

That's an insurmountable barrier!

Igniting the Undying Divine Fire is a perilous journey, requiring countless Prodigies to spend centuries trying to overcome it.

One year?

That's absolutely unbelievable!

All the instructors subconsciously looked at the child under the beam of light, who appeared calm and unconcerned about everything.

They suddenly realized that perhaps... this was indeed the best way to make everyone give up.

Just then, high in the sky, the ever-silent ninth-rank Vice Dean's majestic voice finally descended, delivering the final verdict.

"Can."

One word represents the ultimate will of the Star River Martial Academy.

Gu Tianxiong and the others exchanged glances. Although they were unwilling, they eventually slowly withdrew the intertwined will of laws.

They wanted to see how regretful this arrogant young man and this crazy old man would be a year from now.