Agreeing to Chu Feng, Sky Swallowing Art!

"The Four Great Academies each have their own focus, and their admission standards vary."

"However, all Four Great Academies have a strict rule: students must be at least a Fourth-Rank martial artist," Chu Feng said with a light smile.

"Fourth-Rank?" Lu Chuan's eyes widened instantly, his face filled with shock.

My goodness.

Fourth-Rank is just the minimum admission standard? That's too high a requirement.

One must know that in Lin City, a Fourth-Rank martial artist is enough to establish a sect and build a force.

Even in ordinary martial arts universities, a Fourth-Rank can serve as a teacher.

Yet, at the Four Great Academies, a Fourth-Rank is barely qualified to apply.

The gap is simply too immense.

"Shocked?"

Chu Feng smiled as he looked at Lu Chuan, "Consider this: if the Four Great Academies dare to boast that their students will be Ninth-Rank upon graduation, how can their requirements for students possibly be low?"

"If they admit a weakling, wouldn't that ruin their reputation?"

"Take my Azure Dragon Academy as an example. Besides the strict Fourth-Rank realm requirement, we also have high standards for students' martial arts talent."

"The minimum requirement is Seventh-Rank talent."

"Of course, the higher your martial arts realm, the lower the talent requirement becomes."

"If you were a Ninth-Rank, then even with First-Rank talent, the academy would still accept you."

Lu Chuan rolled his eyes at Chu Feng.

Does he even need to say that? A Ninth-Rank realm is enough for graduation; why would Azure Dragon Academy refuse?

But then again, if Lu Chuan had to take the exam himself, he really wouldn't be able to get into the Four Great Academies.

Just the most basic Fourth-Rank realm alone would disqualify Lu Chuan.

After breaking through to Third-Rank, Lu Chuan had tested his cultivation speed.

Circulating a full Great Heavenly Cycle only yielded three points of realm. At this rate, it would take Lu Chuan at least ten years to break through to Fourth-Rank.

This is quite normal.

Lu Chuan's martial arts talent is only Fourth-Rank. While it might be decent in Lin City, it's utterly insignificant across the entire Dragon Country.

Even after Lu Chuan mastered the Evergreen Spirit Art to the perfect stage, the limitation of his talent still made his subsequent cultivation extremely difficult.

It seems I need to collect some treasures that can enhance talent.

"Oh, right, there's something I need to tell you."

As Lu Chuan was lost in thought, Chu Feng's voice rang out again, "The path of martial arts is inherently competitive! As a martial artist, you cannot fear competition; you must even actively embrace it."

"Only by doing so can you forge ahead relentlessly until you ascend to the pinnacle of martial arts."

"You must understand that competition often represents resources. The more competition there is, the more cultivation resources there will be."

"Every martial arts powerhouse in this world has countless white bones beneath their feet."

"If you wish to cultivate smoothly to the peak of martial arts, I advise you to dispel that notion as soon as possible."

Chu Feng's words made Lu Chuan's eyes instantly firm.

Competition? So what?

He's not afraid!

Besides, if he refused now, he probably wouldn't even have the qualifications to compete!

As martial artists, why should we fear competition!

With that thought, Lu Chuan raised his head, his gaze falling upon Chu Feng. "I agree to join Azure Dragon Academy!"

Upon hearing this, a smile spread across Chu Feng's face.

Got another one tricked.

Cough cough...

Can't really say tricked, since everything I said was true, just with minor differences in certain aspects.

For example, the enemies of my faction are not limited to Azure Dragon Academy, not even to humanity.

"Good!"

"Since you're willing to join my Azure Dragon Academy, I, as your teacher, should definitely give you a welcoming gift."

"Take this cultivation technique."

With that, Chu Feng produced a deerskin booklet from who-knows-where and handed it to Lu Chuan.

Taking the deerskin booklet, Lu Chuan couldn't help but complain, "It's the technological era now, do we really need to be this retro?"

"Can't you just transfer it online?"

As soon as he said this, Chu Feng looked at Lu Chuan with a hint of surprise, "Don't you know that the more powerful a cultivation technique is, the higher the requirements for its medium?"

"Basic cultivation techniques can be transmitted over the network, but techniques with ranks can only be circulated if they are recorded on specific materials."

Lu Chuan was taken aback.

There was such a thing?

So it wasn't that these people were being old-fashioned, but that they had no other choice.

After the brief interlude, Lu Chuan shifted his gaze to the cowhide booklet.

The cowhide booklet was emblazoned with three large characters: Sky Swallowing Art!

Merely these three characters sent a wave of immense dread through Lu Chuan, as if he were being stared at by some ancient monstrous beast, about to be devoured the next second.

This cultivation technique was extraordinary!

"This is a fragment of the Sky Swallowing Art. It should be enough to support you until you reach the Sixth-Rank realm. Take it. After you break through to the Sixth-Rank, come back to me to apply for the follow-up techniques," Chu Feng said.

"This is only a fragment?"

Lu Chuan was shocked. If a mere fragment possessed such power, how formidable must the complete Sky Swallowing Art be?

He suspected that just seeing the name alone could likely kill a Third-Rank Martial Artist.

No wonder Chu Feng didn't simply give him the complete Sky Swallowing Art.

"Thank you, Brother Feng."

After a brief perusal, Lu Chuan quickly accepted the cultivation technique, intending to study it thoroughly once he returned.

"I'll give you a week to prepare. After a week, we'll head back to Azure Dragon Academy," Chu Feng stated.

"Okay."

Lin City, Lin Family.

"My strength is still too weak."

Having witnessed Chu Feng's power, Lu Chuan deeply felt his own inadequacy.

During the battle in Lin City, he couldn't even get involved. In higher-level battles, he wouldn't even qualify as cannon fodder.

Furthermore, he was set to depart for Azure Dragon Academy in a week.

Azure Dragon Academy was filled with prodigies; any random student plucked from there would likely be stronger than him.

"If I want to make significant progress in a short period, my only hope is the Sky Swallowing Art."

This Sky Swallowing Art was extremely overbearing and mysterious.

Unlike normal cultivation techniques, the Sky Swallowing Art didn't rely on cultivation to gain spiritual energy; instead, it relied on devouring!

Devouring treasures! Devouring spiritual herbs! Devouring the flesh and blood of all races!

Anything related to spiritual energy could be devoured by the Sky Swallowing Art and converted into the Martial Artist's realm!

In this regard, the Sky Swallowing Art was quite similar to the Simplification System.

One provided realms, the other provided simplification points.

"Who created such a terrifying cultivation technique?"

The more Lu Chuan read about the Sky Swallowing Art, the more astonished he became.

The profundity of this technique far exceeded Lu Chuan's imagination. It was even said that once the Sky Swallowing Art progressed to a certain level, it would allow the Martial Artist to condense a special physique: the Devouring Physique!

Special physiques were innate advantages!

Even the lowest-level special physique was equivalent to Ninth Rank talent!

This meant that the Sky Swallowing Art could artificially create a monstrous talent!

Of course, condensing the Devouring Physique was no easy feat. Setting aside the immense resources required, merely comprehending the Sky Swallowing Art would filter out the vast majority of people.

According to the records of the Sky Swallowing Art, the number of individuals who could condense the Devouring Physique throughout history did not exceed a handful.

From this, one could gauge the difficulty of the Sky Swallowing Art.