One day...
Three days...
Five days...
Chu Qing did not wait for those people to make their move.
Then he understood:
"Are they waiting for the end-of-month assessment?"
"Looks like the assessment task they arranged for me is anything but ordinary!"
"Unfortunately... they are far too timid and overcautious."
"This much time is enough for me to open a third Heaven-Connecting Path!"
Chu Qing swallowed an unusual pearl, lay in the pool of secret medicine, and cultivated like mad.
The progress of his third Heaven-Connecting Path rose bit by bit.
At that moment:
The Martial Academy's higher-ups were discussing how to deal with Chu Qing.
"Unless we deploy a few Aberrants or New Realm martial artists."
"Otherwise, killing him will be harder than ascending to Heaven!"
"Rather than startling the snake in the grass, it is better to kill him with one blow!"
"Send him to the forbidden zone!"
Many higher-ups frowned. "The forbidden zone is dangerous. He probably knows that too."
"What if he resists, or even abandons his Martial Academy status?"
One higher-up sneered. "He came to the Martial Academy for its Heaven-Connecting Resources!"
"Before he opens his second Heaven-Connecting Path, he will never leave."
The others fell into thought.
"That's right. The Martial Academy's appeal to all those prodigies now lies only in the various limit-breaking methods and resources of the Three Great Limits."
"That Chu Qing probably wants to open a second, perhaps even a third Heaven-Connecting Path!"
"He is purely wasting resources!"
"Heh heh, there are plenty of people who waste resources every year."
"One more makes no difference, one less changes nothing!"
In the end, they concluded that Chu Qing could not yet leave the Heaven-Connecting Resources and limit-breaking methods behind.
They finally reached a unanimous decision:
Chu Qing's assessment task would be placed