On the second day of school, the new students were assigned to an island before they could even get to know each other.
The team consists of thirteen instructors and 169 freshmen who will participate in practical training. For safety reasons, real-time monitoring has been deployed in every nook and cranny of the island.
Logically speaking, He Piaojian, being a Fusion Realm cultivator, shouldn't need to participate in this training. However, just for fun, he suggested to the teachers that he suppress his cultivation level to the Open Source Eighth Tier, which was just right.
After discussing it, the thirteen teachers nodded in agreement.
The training trip to the island was merely to reach an uninhabited area; their true objective was for a spatial ability user to establish a secret realm there.
The teachers first sealed off the area around the island, and after confirming that everything was in order, they retrieved the 'key'.
A beam of light shot into the sky, but due to the Barrier, it did not affect the area outside the island.
The world beyond the secret realm is a completely different place, teeming with all sorts of ferocious beasts.
Before entering, the school said that if you can't even deal with some large animals, you might as well drop out early, let alone deal with the creatures of the Guixu.
Apart from those with close relationships, none of the students chose to stick together; they scattered and ran off to different parts of the secret realm the moment they entered.
He Piaojian took a deep breath of the air, put his hands on his hips, and turned to talk to Fan Daoyi: "Dao Yi, what do you think?"
This statement has a strange sense of déjà vu...
"How can you watch it? Lie down, sit, or stand. Choose one."
This was somewhat different from the expected answer, and He Piaojian jokingly dismissed it. "Dao Yi, you've gone astray. I bet it's Li Fire, it must be her who brought it!"
"Actually, you can look at yourself, "Fan Daoyi thought to himself.
"Hmm," he replied calmly.
The conversation had died down, He Piaojian didn't know how to continue. He glanced around, took out a folded map from his pocket, unfolded it, and started a new topic.
This was a backdoor obtained by extorting money from Principal Fu.
"Just go to these few marked points." He held the map up to Fan Daoyi's face and pointed.
With a thought, a faint sense of resistance appeared in the space, like a thin plastic film that could be easily passed through with a gentle poke.
However, as a competent ordinary person at the Initial Illumination Realm enlightenment, one should not forcibly Teleportation at this moment, but should declare that the ability is invalid.
He Piaojian had been waiting for a while, but the person hadn't moved an inch, so he asked before Fan Daoyi could, "What's wrong?"
"Cheating is shameful," Fan Daoyi.
He Piaojian's gaze darted around. "Ahem, how can something obtained through skill be called cheating?"
"Was the principal of Renmin University a voluntary candidate?"
"Of course."
As they exchanged answers, He Piaojian discerned some clues.
"Your Teleportation isn't working anymore, is it?"
Fan Daoyi didn't speak; he just smiled casually.
"Uh, really?"
"Please believe in your own thoughts."
"Wait, why are they even implementing anti-cheating measures?!"
Having followed Fan Daoyi's Teleportation, He Piaojian also developed a sense of laziness. This saved time and allowed him to move at will, so why bother with the time-consuming and laborious journeys through mountains and rivers?
Before the low spirits could even begin to build, a loud noise suddenly came from afar.
Sensing the danger, he instantly looked up at the scene, and with one hand behind his back, a few darts slipped from his sleeve.
The enormous sound was followed by a violent earthquake, which altered the surrounding environment. The mountains rose and fell, and the arched hills continuously pushed the figure into the center, creating an encirclement.
As the crowd gathered, the noise of their conversation was palpable, and everyone expressed their doubts and slight dissatisfaction.
"Was this done by the school?"
"What does this mean? Why are we being forced to come together?"
"I was just about to lose all my health fighting the ferocious beast, and then this happened, causing the beast to disengage and regain full health!"
The crowd was chattering, completely confused about what was going on.
Then, an eerie silence fell.
"Huh, it seems like two people are missing?"
A faint voice counted the number of people, and they each took one of the eight sides to stand.
This was a clue that Fan Daoyi and his companion noticed from their vantage point.
Before the mountains had completely changed, the two of them seized the opportunity to climb the mountain step by step.
As the mountain peaks curved inwards, increasing the slope, He Piaojian plunged his throwing dart into the ground, using the momentum to push upwards again.
Unfortunately, due to some errors in his steps and ideas, he bumped his forehead directly into the top mound of earth. Just as he was about to be trapped, Fan Daoyi grabbed He Piaojian by the back of the neck.
In a flash, his figure landed high behind the mountain peak.
As his body plummeted due to gravity, He Piaojian reacted swiftly, throwing another dart that pierced deeply, hooking the man onto it.
Once the mountain's strange movements subsided, he firmly grasped the very top with one hand, and lay prone on the side peak, occupying the high vantage point.
His disheveled state was vastly different from Fan Daoyi's. He had clearly Teleportation with Fan Daoyi, yet he landed vertically in mid-air, while Fan Daoyi, by sheer coincidence, stood atop a mountain, untouched by a speck of dust.
"Can I suspect you did this on purpose?" He Piaojian patted the mud and dust off his clothes as he climbed to the top of the hill.
Fan Daoyi's expression remained calm, showing no sign of lying or guilt. "I forcibly broke through that spatial blockade, which affected my positioning."
The lies in his words were actually quite clumsy, but who was He Piaojian? He simply believed them.
As for Fan Daoyi's character, he knew him well! Everyone praised him, saying he was a kind person who was willing to help with any troublesome matter.
After a brief chat, their attention returned to the central area. Judging from the test questions He Piaojian had extorted... there was no such step in the process; the test questions had been altered without authorization.
From the high vantage point, one could clearly see eight people gathered around him, each taking a different direction.
From below, one might think that only people with social anxiety are on the fringes, but from an overall perspective, these eight people are mutually opposed from all directions, their lines intersecting and converging at the center.
Fan Daoyi remembered something and turned to He Piaojian, "He Piaojian, the map."
He Piaojian took out the crumpled map and, based on the current position of the sun, located the cardinal directions on the map.
Connect the dots in all directions to find the middle, and it fits perfectly into this position.
"Found them! The two missing people were here after all."
!
Upon hearing the sound, He Piaojian instantly became alert.
The mountains moved again, and muddy hands grabbed their trouser legs, pinning them to the spot. At that moment, a mud figure emerged from the ground, gradually transforming into human form.
Fan Daoyi looked down at his trousers, where mud stains were particularly noticeable. He realized that black could sometimes look quite dirty.
He Piaojian immediately launched an attack, throwing all his darts. But the darts struck the person in front of him like mud, passing through him only to be reassembled by the mud.
He quickly assessed the guy's strength in his mind; he was also a Fusion Realm.
If they're not a teacher from the Dawnlight Academy, then just guess one of the remaining possibilities...
First, they pinned the blame on that heinous sect. "The Four Fiends Cult?"
The clay figure's expression shifted slightly, revealing a playful smile, "I didn't expect that after decades of not appearing in the world, our reputation wouldn't have diminished."
"You guys pulled off several big attacks not long ago; you're notorious for your intimidation."
The clay figure was clearly taken aback; he seemed unaware of this situation.
After all, in their plan, if Fan Daoyi hadn't accelerated the process ahead of time, the Wang Family of Azure Cloud City would still be hiding in the city, secretly cultivating that huge Fusion entity.
The Insect Mother would not have revealed her whereabouts in advance unless she realized that Fan Daoyi had completely devoured her eggs.
All of this was preemptively secured by the Four Fiends Cult.