First Check-in! Divine Veins!

Chapter 2: First Check-In! Divine Veins!

So the plot of The Great Ruler hadn't even started yet.

No wonder the system had been late.

This guy, who had been thinking about coasting as a slacker, instantly transformed into an overpowered cheater.

Mu Yuan had already forgotten how to properly express his joy.

"Congratulations to the host for the first check-in. Reward obtained: Divine Veins!"

Pleasure truly arrived without warning.

"Divine Veins! Holy shit, this reward is way too broken. With this, cultivation is as easy as playing—so satisfying it's ridiculous!"

Mu Yuan knew that the most important reason Mu Chen was able to rise in just a few short years, stand at the pinnacle of the Great Thousand World, and step into the unprecedented Ruler Realm was because he possessed a God Vein.

And it was the Nine Divine Veins, a rarity unseen for thousands of years.

Soon, Mu Yuan felt something new taking shape inside his body.

He could also clearly sense the Spiritual Energy drifting between heaven and earth.

"What the hell, I haven't even started cultivating yet, and I'm about to break through to the Sensing Realm?"

Amid his surprise, Mu Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

For years, he had been unable to sense the Spiritual Energy of heaven and earth, yet just now, the mere implantation of Divine Veins had shattered the shackles that had plagued him all this time.

"Divine Veins really are insane. I just wonder if mine are the Seven Divine Veins, Eight Divine Veins, or Nine Divine Veins?"

Divine Veins were graded from seven to nine, with those possessing the Nine Divine Veins having the strongest cultivation talent. However, with Mu Yuan's current strength, he couldn't yet probe the specifics of the Divine Veins within him.

"Haha, that's only natural. Not just in our East Courtyard—I think even in the entire Northern Spiritual Academy, there aren't many people our age who can compare to Brother Mu Chen. If you don't believe me, ask Brother Yuan?"

At that moment, a gray-clad youth who was quite familiar with Mu Chen laughed heartily.

Many of the youths immediately turned their gazes toward Mu Yuan.

"Su Ling, you're right. Little Mu is indeed remarkably outstanding among our peers in the Northern Spiritual Territory. After all, he's the only one from our entire Northern Spiritual Territory who has ever participated in the 'Spiritual Road.'"

"Everyone who joins the Spiritual Road is a freak. People who come out of there are basically already reserved by the Five Great Academies."

Hearing Mu Yuan's evaluation, Su Ling looked quite pleased, as if he were Mu Chen himself.

However, in the next second, Mu Yuan unexpectedly shook his head.

"Huh?"

The youths were caught off guard by Mu Yuan's reaction and exchanged confused glances.

"I heard from someone that Brother Mu Chen was the first person ever expelled from the Spiritual Road before its time was up."

A youth hesitated for a moment before speaking quietly.

After all, this wasn't exactly a secret in the Northern Spiritual Academy, or even the entire Northern Spiritual Territory.

But then, he asked incredulously:

"Even so, Brother Mu Chen's abilities are no less impressive than those genius prodigies from all over the Great Thousand World."

"How could anyone in our Northern Spiritual Academy possibly be better than Brother Mu Chen?"

The youths nodded in agreement. Su Ling also raised an eyebrow imperceptibly and snorted coldly:

"Exactly. Brother Yuan, don't listen to rumors. It must be that someone in the Spiritual Road was jealous of Brother Mu Chen's cultivation talent and used tricks to force him out."

"I know Little Mu better than any of you. Of course, I don't believe the outside rumors."

Mu Yuan knew perfectly well why Mu Chen had been expelled from the Spiritual Road.

He was the infamous Blood Calamity of that road.

"It's just that what I'm saying is the truth. Before now, there really was no one in the Northern Spiritual Academy or the Northern Spiritual Territory who could surpass Little Mu. But starting from now, there is."

Mu Yuan spoke honestly.

Hearing Mu Yuan insist on this point over and over, Su Ling and the others were deeply skeptical, but still asked out of curiosity:

"And who is that?"

"Right in front of you, close enough to touch."

Mu Yuan pointed at himself seriously.

Cough, cough, cough!

The surrounding youths immediately broke into dry coughs, unable to stop themselves from rolling their eyes.

As expected of the legend of the Northern Spiritual Academy.

Not only was he a huge lazybones, but it turned out he was also a drama queen.

If these youths hadn't known him so well, they might have actually been fooled.

He had been studying at the Northern Spiritual Academy for years and still hadn't stepped into the Sensing Realm.

And yet, even the worst student at the academy could sense the Spiritual Energy of heaven and earth and enter the Sensing Realm within half a year.

Mu Yuan had broken the Northern Spiritual Academy's record for the most mediocre talent in centuries.

Between him and his genius younger brother, Mu Chen, there was an almost insurmountable chasm.

A person so mediocre he could be called trash—and yet he dared to claim his talent surpassed Mu Chen's?

"Mu Yuan."

A cold, clear voice rang out from a platform not far away.

The youths looked up and saw several figures standing on that platform.

Among them was a tall girl in red robes, her skin like snow, her beautiful, oval face carrying a hint of allure.

"Can't you try a little harder?"

There was a trace of anger in her eyes as she glared at Mu Yuan.

Faced with the girl's inexplicable fury, Mu Yuan raised an eyebrow. He remembered how, as a child, Hong Ling used to chase after him, pestering him and insisting that when she grew up, she would be his bride.

His gaze involuntarily drifted toward her curvy figure, and his expression turned strange.

The little girl had grown up without him noticing.

"Hong Ling, we're still young. Let's talk about marriage later."

Mu Yuan spoke with a tone of earnest sincerity.

The moment those words left his mouth, the entire venue fell silent.

The youths on the platform felt a surge of rage burning within them.

This shameless bastard was openly provoking the pride and joy of their West Courtyard Heaven Tier.

The Northern Spiritual Academy was not only divided into East and West Courtyards but also into Heaven and Earth Tiers.

Mu Yuan and his group were from the East Courtyard Earth Tier, while those on the platform were from the West Courtyard Heaven Tier, whose strength far surpassed that of the Earth Tier.

Hong Ling was stunned.

Then, scenes from her childhood surfaced in her mind.

Her father was one of the domain lords of the Northern Spiritual Territory and had some connection with Mu Yuan and his brother's father.

The three of them had played together as children.

Back then, Mu Chen liked to follow her around, while she was the one who clung to Mu Yuan, begging him to tell her interesting stories.

She had been deeply captivated by those love stories, even imagining herself and Mu Yuan as the hero and heroine.

When she was sent to the Northern Spiritual Academy to cultivate, their fathers had met once and even cracked a highly inappropriate joke.

Thinking of this, Hong Ling's pretty face flushed bright red. Was this bastard deliberately twisting her meaning?

"What I meant was, the academy exam is coming soon, and you still haven't set foot on the path of cultivation. How are you supposed to pass?"

Hong Ling's chest heaved as she spoke, somewhat exasperated. She glanced down at Mu Chen, who was still sitting on the stone platform cultivating, and added:

"I hope you don't end up dragging down Mu Chen's future."

Mu Chen was the only person in the Northern Spiritual Territory qualified to participate in the Spiritual Road. Even though he had been expelled from the Spiritual Road, he was now beginning to make a name for himself since entering the Northern Spiritual Academy.

"The academy exam is a piece of cake for me."

Mu Yuan spoke with extreme calm.

A scholar who has been away for three days must be looked at with new eyes—let alone someone like him, who came with a system as a cheat.

If he, with a system as his invincible golden finger, couldn't pass the academy exam, then he truly was a hopeless loser.

"Three years now. You've never been able to sense the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth, yet you still strut around the academy boasting. Let me ask you, Mu Yuan—do you even know how to write the word 'shame'?"

A cold, sharp voice suddenly rang out. The youths looked up.

From a distance, several figures approached, led by a young man with a defiant expression.

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