The Curtain Falls

"Sorry, I accidentally broke through to the middle stage of the Spiritual Movement Realm last night."

Mu Chen smiled lightly as he looked at Liu Yang and spoke softly.

"……"

This statement hit Liu Yang harder than a thousand arrows piercing his heart.

Dean Xiao and the other two on the high platform felt a mix of amusement and helplessness. Breaking through just like that? Since when did breakthroughs become child's play for the Mu brothers, so easy to achieve?

"Little Mu, well done."

Mu Yuan gave him a thumbs-up.

"It's all thanks to your guidance, Brother Yuan."

Seeing Mu Yuan's calm and collected demeanor, without a hint of surprise, Mu Chen knew that even with his breakthrough to the middle stage of the Spiritual Movement Realm, he was still no match for Mu Yuan.

It seemed he still needed to train harder.

"Two rising stars from the Mu family!"

Snapping out of their shock, the students from the West Courtyard Heaven Tier exclaimed with emotion.

Under Mu Yuan's dazzling brilliance, they had almost overlooked Mu Chen, who had qualified for the Spiritual Road.

That was the Spiritual Movement Realm! Advancing in cultivation was even more difficult than in the Sensing Realm.

In just ten days, even if they had advanced from the middle to the late stage of the Sensing Realm, it would have been impossible.

In terms of talent, Mu Chen was likely on par with Mu Yuan.

"Quite a lot of pressure."

They actually felt a sense of pressure from both Mu Yuan and Mu Chen.

Liu Yang was truly unlucky to encounter these two monstrous brothers.

He had lost this match utterly and completely.

With that thought, everyone's gaze subconsciously shifted to Liu Yang, their eyes filled with a hint of pity.

Pfft!

Liu Yang couldn't help but spit out another mouthful of blood.

His vision went black, and he directly fainted on the stage.

Mu Yuan's punch had inflicted an indescribable terror upon him, shattering his mental fortitude.

Mu Chen's release of his spiritual energy had dealt him another blow.

The double blow had completely devastated Liu Yang's pride.

Mu Yuan and Mu Chen had left an indelible shadow in his heart.

From this day forward, Liu Yang would no longer be the proud Liu Yang he once was.

"Can't even handle a little shock like this."

"My plan backfired!"

Mu Yuan felt a bit dejected.

If he remembered correctly, in the original plot, after Liu Yang lost to Mu Chen, he had become enraged and produced the Spirit Breaking Bead, intending to fight Mu Chen with his life.

The Spirit Breaking Bead was a spiritual artifact with immense destructive power. Powerful cultivators could compress potent spiritual energy into these small beads.

The user only needed to activate it to unleash a formidable spiritual energy attack.

Manufacturing Spirit Breaking Beads required a special metal called Spirit Gold, which was quite expensive. Furthermore, creating Spirit Breaking Beads demanded extremely precise control over spiritual energy, and the failure rate was very high, making them exceptionally rare.

He had intended to provoke Liu Yang a little, hoping he would reveal that treasure.

Who would have thought it would have the opposite effect?

"From the moment I descended into the Great Thousand World, I may have already triggered a series of butterfly effects."

In his past life, the occasional flap of a butterfly's wings in the Amazon rainforest could cause a tornado in Texas.

What Mu Yuan had done over the years was far more than just a few flaps of wings.

The future landscape of the Great Thousand World might even change because of him.

Suddenly, a rapid whooshing sound echoed through the air. A tall, slender figure, radiating a powerful spiritual energy fluctuation, shot towards the stage like an arrow and landed beside Liu Yang.

"Liu Mu Bai!"

Mu Yuan looked up and met his gaze. That handsome face belonged to Liu Mu Bai.

Liu Mu Bai picked up Liu Yang and checked his injuries. Relieved that his life was not in danger, he let out a sigh.

However, even with the resources of the Liu Domain, these injuries would keep him bedridden for at least half a month.

Liu Mu Bai gave Mu Yuan a deep look:

"Junior Mu Yuan, you've truly outdone yourself."

However, his schemes were clearly more profound than Liu Yang's. Instead of showing anger, he smiled and said:

"Thank you, junior disciple Mu Yuan, for showing mercy to Liu Yang. Oh, you'll be a Heaven Tier student from now on. I'm very interested in you, and I hope we can spar sometime in the future."

"You're too kind, senior disciple Liu."

Mu Yuan narrowed his eyes and smiled back.

Despite the smile on Liu Mu Bai's handsome face, Mu Yuan's eyes did not miss the gloomy, icy coldness flowing deep within them.

Liu Mu Bai was indeed quite outstanding, and he also knew how to endure.

It's just that Mu Yuan had read nine hundred and ninety-nine novels, and had seen all sorts of arch-villains depicted in them.

For example, Jiang Qin from "The Handsome Siblings" who betrayed his master for glory, and Yue Buqun, the hypocritical sect leader of Mount Hua from "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer," and so on.

Compared to them, Liu Mu Bai was nothing more than a small frog in a big pond.

"Senior disciple Liu, I'd like to spar with you too when the time comes."

Like father and son fighting on the battlefield, and brothers fighting each other, Mu Chen also looked at Liu Mu Bai, the corner of his lips curling up slightly. He had also sensed that hint of gloom in Liu Mu Bai's eyes.

This guy was indeed a bit more troublesome than Liu Yang, but he was still a bit short of those perverts encountered on the Spiritual Road.

On the stage, the Mu brothers and Liu Mu Bai all wore smiles, but those with keen senses could still feel the undercurrent of confrontation beneath their smiles.

"Mu Yuan and Mu Chen are really something, to be able to stand their ground against Brother Liu without backing down."

"It's a shame Liu Yang has already been defeated. Otherwise, a two-on-two match between the Mu brothers and the Liu brothers would have been even more intense."

"In the future, when the Mu brothers enter our Northern Spiritual Academy's Heaven Tier, things are bound to get lively..."

The senior disciples from the West Courtyard's Heaven Tier couldn't help but click their tongues in admiration upon seeing this.

After Liu Mu Bai left with Liu Yang, the academy examination essentially came to a close.

Mu Chen symbolically chose an opponent.

"Come out."

The person Mu Chen called out was a student from the West Courtyard.

The young man's body trembled, and his face turned somewhat pale, but he still walked towards the stage.

Ranked third in the Earth Tier, he was only half a step away from entering the Spiritual Movement Realm. However, looking at Mu Chen standing before him, he had lost all confidence, his aura completely gone.

"Are you ready?" Mu Chen asked.

"Yes."

The person's voice was trembling. The next moment, Mu Chen strode towards him.

Bang!

Everyone saw the person being sent flying by Mu Chen, who was bathed in a dark, ethereal glow.

Thus, all three top seats of the Earth Tier, which had previously been held by the West Courtyard, were now defeated.

Following this, other individuals continued to step onto the stage to display their realms and challenge opponents.

Although there were some exciting moments, none of them brought the same level of shock as Mu Yuan had.

As the sun began to set, the academy examination neared its end and finally concluded.

Dean Xiao announced the results of the examination on the spot. Naturally, the East Courtyard had stolen the show. Mu Yuan, Mu Chen, Tan Qingshan, and other Earth Tier students who had entered the Spiritual Movement Realm successfully advanced to the Heaven Tier.

"Ji Xuan, let's have a good fight this time!"

Having entered the Heaven Tier, Mu Chen knew he was getting closer to the Five Great Academies. The unresolved grievances from the Spiritual Road, we'll settle them in the Five Great Academies.

"Hey..."

Just then.

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