New Dao Academy Disciples, Longevity Dao Rhyme Enlightens the Young

The Training Ground of the Hongmeng Dao Academy was already packed with people, buzzing with excitement. Since Shen Hao had opened a scripture lecture hall at the academy, people from all across Hongmeng had sent the children of their households there, hoping they could enter Shen Hao's tutelage and learn the true essence of the Longevity Dao Rhyme. Today was the day the academy recruited new disciples. A full thousand children had gathered at the Training Ground, awaiting Shen Hao's examination.

On the eastern side of the Training Ground stood a three-foot-high stone platform, where Shen Hao sat upright. He wore a bright yellow Daoist robe, faint golden Dao Rhyme curling around him. His gentle gaze swept over the children below, and a slight smile rested on his face. Zi Xuan stood beside Shen Hao, holding a bamboo scroll that recorded each child's name and background in detail. Elder Mu Chen sat to the right of the stone platform, stroking his grizzled beard as his bright eyes watched the children below. From time to time, he nodded in praise.

"Children, all of you who have gathered at the Dao Academy today are fated with the Longevity Dao Rhyme." Shen Hao's gentle yet powerful voice echoed into every corner of the Training Ground. "The Longevity Dao Rhyme is not some unfathomable supreme art. It is the responsibility of protecting Hongmeng. To learn the Longevity Dao Rhyme, you must first carry all living beings in your heart, then remain unyielding and steadfast, and finally respect your teachers and honor the Dao."

The children below all straightened their backs, their burning eyes fixed on Shen Hao, filled with anticipation. Among them were children of the Stone Race, born with boundless strength; children of the Feather Race, with tiny wings growing from their backs;