"Quite the character."
Mo Ling smiled and said nothing more.
He knew that geniuses tended to have their own peculiar personalities.
Not to mention that he himself was a genius.
"I've long heard of you two brothers. Looks like I'll be under some pressure from now on."
With that, Mo Ling turned and left.
Mu Chen watched his retreating back and smiled as well. He had formed a rather favorable impression of the burly youth.
Before long, a figure slowly entered. It was Master Mo.
He glanced at Mu Yuan and the others, a trace of surprise flashing through his eyes.
Then he waved his hand, and several streaks of light shot into the stone pillars.
At once, even denser spiritual energy gathered toward the training ground.
Master Mo had clearly activated the Spirit Gathering Array to its fullest.
Mu Yuan's expression brightened. With this much spiritual energy, he would have enough to condense the third Dragon Elephant phantom.
He immediately entered a cultivation state once more, greedily drawing the spiritual energy into his Void Apertures and refining it.
Half a day of cultivation soon passed quietly.
Mu Yuan had gathered enough spiritual energy within his Void Apertures and began preparing to condense the third Dragon Elephant phantom.
Just then, the spiritual energy in the training ground suddenly became turbulent.
Nearly everyone felt a powerful suction force erupt from Mu Chen's body.
With an almost plundering, overbearing force, it seized the dense spiritual energy within the training ground.
"What is Mu Chen doing?"
"He's absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth so violently. Isn't he afraid of bursting to death?!"
"..."
Startled whispers erupted throughout the training ground. Everyone wore uncertain expressions, clearly encountering such a situation for the first time.
Master Mo frowned as he stared at Mu Chen for a while before finally speaking.
"Don't panic. The Spirit Art he cultivates is breaking through. There is no danger."
Hearing Master Mo's steady voice, the students were immediately stunned.
Just what rank was the Spirit Art Mu Chen cultivated? How could it cause such an impressive spectacle?
At the very least, it had to be a mid-grade Spirit Rank Spirit Art or above, right?
Mu Chen naturally knew nothing of the disturbance in the training ground.
At that moment, he was immersed in the delight of his Spirit Art's breakthrough.
Foundation Establishment!
The Great Pagoda Scripture had entered the Foundation Establishment stage.
Mu Chen's consciousness sank into his sea of qi. The wisps of dark spiritual energy there had now taken on a modest scale, intertwining like a black nebula, mysterious and unfathomable.
Above that spiritual energy, a sheet of black paper floated silently. Though the energy swirled around it, it remained like an inanimate object, utterly motionless.
Suddenly, Mu Chen's heart jolted.
He discovered that faint dark points of light had lit up throughout his body. Once those points connected, they formed Spiritual Veins!
"This must have something to do with Mother!"
Mu Chen took a deep breath and murmured inwardly.
"I wonder whether these Spiritual Veins are stronger or weaker than Brother Yuan's? Still, with my current strength, I should be able to catch up to Brother Yuan, right?"
As he thought this, Mu Chen involuntarily glanced at Mu Yuan.
Yet that one glance left him stunned, and then his eyes widened.
It was not just him. Master Mo and the others also turned their gazes toward Mu Yuan, their eyes filled with shock.
The spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from Mu Yuan's body were growing stronger and stronger. They were already pressing toward the mid stage of the Spiritual Movement Realm, as though a single light touch would pierce through that final barrier.
"First Mu Chen, then Mu Yuan. The Mu brothers are each more monstrous than the last."
"More than that, did you notice? There seem to be several towering phantoms behind Mu Yuan. They're giving off an enormous sense of pressure."
"The world of geniuses is beyond our understanding."
The students were all stunned.
With Mu Chen's example before them, they understood that this phenomenon had been caused by Mu Yuan's cultivation of a Spirit Art. It was likely another mid-grade Spirit Rank Spirit Art or higher.
"God Elephant Suppressing Prison Force, condense Dragon Elephants!"
Mu Yuan immersed himself in pushing the God Elephant Suppressing Prison Force to its limit in one go.
Crack!
It was the sound of a butterfly breaking free from its cocoon.
At the instant the third Dragon Elephant phantom condensed into form, it felt as though an egg had shattered within Mu Yuan's body.
Immediately, astonishing Golden Spiritual Energy shot from Mu Yuan's body straight into the sky.
Mid stage of the Spiritual Movement Realm.
Spiritual energy howled and churned behind his body. Vaguely, three enormous beasts with elephant bodies and dragon heads could be seen. Carrying wild, violent auras that seemed capable of trampling everything beneath them, they strode forth from the depths of the void with thunderous steps.
The third Dragon Elephant phantom!
Mu Yuan now possessed the power of three Dragon Elephants.
These Dragon Elephants were descendants of the Divine Beast. When they roared toward the heavens, even the galaxy would tremble. They were overlords among Divine Beasts that had dominated the ancient era.
Mu Yuan's spiritual energy was comparable to the power of three Dragon Elephants. One could imagine just how terrifying that was.
Once he condensed nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Dragon Elephant phantoms, he would possess the legendary power of the Divine Beast and be able to suppress hell itself.
The might to suppress prisons.
Mu Yuan had finally taken a small step forward in this invincible divine art.
"Well, dreams are beautiful, but reality is cruel. I'm improving, but Brother Yuan is improving even faster! I still need to work harder."
Mu Chen smiled helplessly.
"These two have quite a good father, preparing a decent Spirit Art cultivation method for each of them."
Luo Tong snorted coldly, his words filled with unwillingness and jealousy.
In truth, the Spirit Art he cultivated was not weak either. It had also reached the low-grade Spirit Rank, but it still seemed somewhat inferior to what the Mu brothers cultivated.
This left Luo Tong extremely irritated.
Master Mo was not as shallow-minded as Luo Tong.
The higher the rank of a Spirit Art cultivation method, the harder it was to cultivate, and breakthroughs were even more difficult.
Mu Yuan had not cultivated his Spirit Art for very long, yet he had broken through once again. His talent was truly formidable.
"Perhaps the Spiritual Veins within him are not as simple as Earth Grade Spiritual Veins."
Master Mo smiled faintly.
He knew that Ji Xuan, who possessed Heaven Grade Spiritual Veins on the Spiritual Road, had caused the Five Great Academies to fight over him fiercely.
Although Mu Yuan had started late and had been on the path of cultivation for less than a month, the talent he had displayed made it no difficult matter for him to meet the qualifications of the Five Great Academies.
And Mu Chen, who had obtained the qualification for the Spiritual Road, was no less impressive.
It seemed that Liu Mu Bai of the West Courtyard had finally encountered worthy opponents.
"Today's cultivation lesson ends here. Arrange the rest of your time as you please."
Seeing Mu Yuan successfully advance, Master Mo could not help smiling.
"Yes!"
The students all answered respectfully.
Master Mo waved his hand and did not linger any longer, strolling out at an unhurried pace.
The moment Master Mo left, the atmosphere in the training ground immediately relaxed. Laughter and chatter spread through the hall, though many gazes remained fixed on Mu Yuan and Mu Chen.
At that moment, the system's long-absent voice sounded in Mu Yuan's mind.
"Ding! Congratulations, host, for triggering the Check-in System. A check-in mission is now being issued!"
"Check-in location: Spirit Art Room!"
"Check-in duration: three minutes. Completing the check-in mission will earn a reward. Leaving midway will be considered a failure!"
The corner of Mu Yuan's lips lifted slightly.
The check-in mission had finally arrived again.
He rose to his feet and said.
"Let's go too."
"Where to?"
Tang Qian'er asked.
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