Dongcang City, Sword Discussion Pavilion.
"Contest No. 078, martial artist Wang Busheng, forfeits!"
"Contest No. 082, martial artist Luo Tianyi, forfeits!"
"Contest No. 088, martial artist Ye Fan, forfeits!"
"Contest No. 093, martial artist Lin Dong, forfeits!"
The artifact spirit's voice echoed through the Sword Discussion Pavilion, leaving countless competitors utterly bewildered.
What was going on? Why had so many martial artists forfeited?
Had the Martial Academy started holding mixers?
"Didn't you notice? The ones who forfeited are all Martial God Realm Martial Dao Prodigies!"
"Hey, now that you mention it, they really are. They all just advanced to the third-grade realm."
"I heard they were injured!"
"What? Did they follow Ji Zhong to Savage Heaven?"
"No, no. I heard from someone at the Martial Academy that they were hurt by the wind!"
"The wind? What wind?"
"The Samadhi Divine Wind from yesterday's latest Journey to the West!"
At the Martial Academy's main hall, Xiang Jixuan frowned as he looked at the group of martial artists sitting cross-legged before him, then sighed.
They were all prodigies!
Yet now every one of them looked listless and pale!
"Marquis Wu is messing around blindly!" Xiang Jixuan grumbled inwardly before shouting at the gathered prodigies, "All of you, recuperate properly!"
"Those in the third-grade realm are forbidden from summoning the Samadhi Divine Wind!"
"That divine wind is a Divine Ability of the Cultivating the Heart realm. If you practice it recklessly, you'll naturally suffer backlash!"
"Wait until your state of mind is firm enough, then use the wind to temper yourselves. Take it step by step. Understand?"
The gathered prodigies replied weakly, "Understood."
"You people..." Xiang Jixuan shook his head. "You cultivated too quickly and thought too highly of yourselves. Your states of mind were unstable. Now that this divine wind