Chapter 35

"Is there anything I should prepare?"

Jiang Mu Ming shook his head with a light smile.

"The only thing you can do right now is cultivate well."

"Don't look around."

"Don't listen to what you shouldn't."

Outside the Academy.

A crowd of noble scions waited for the Academy's entrance exam questions to be announced.

They had spent no small price and pulled every connection they could to get the questions in advance.

But when Lei Mengsha came out and announced the exam topic—

It immediately stirred up an uproar!

"Be yourself? That's absurd! What kind of exam question is that?!"

"What Academy Second Master? I think he's just a fool. Who doesn't know how to be themselves?!"

"How are you supposed to decide a winner with this?!"

Everyone was deeply dissatisfied with the topic.

After all, it was completely nonsensical. Was the Academy's Second Master going to teach them how to be themselves?

This simply couldn't serve as an exam question!

But among the crowd, a few people had a glint of curiosity in their eyes, with faint smiles tugging at their lips.

"Be yourself... how interesting."

"No wonder they said no preparation was needed. Being yourself really doesn't require any."

Ye Dingzhi, disciple of Southern Jue's First Sword Immortal Yu Sheng Mo and son of General Ye Yu, stood with a sword cradled in his arms.

He had traveled the world for years.

This was truly the first time he had seen something so amusing.

Coming to Tian Qi City had been the right call.

"Be yourself? That's the hardest possible question."

Among the crowd, a Daoist with two thin mustaches shook his head quietly.

Saying "be yourself" was simple.

But in reality, how complex was it? Those who could truly be themselves were either youths new to the world—

Or the elderly who had seen through all of life's vicissitudes.

These three simple words held a vast depth of knowledge.

It seemed this suddenly appearing Second Master of the Academy was no coincidence, nor was it Li Changsheng acting on a whim.

He was definitely a man of great insight!

"Interesting. I can't even recognize myself clearly."

"How will you judge whether I'm being myself?"

"And how would you know what's my disguise?"

"Or what's the real me?"

On a rooftop.

A woman in red, sharp and clean in appearance, idly toyed with a dice cup.

She was none other than Yin Luoxia, Daughter of the Thousand Doors.

"Little sister is known as the Little Gambling King."

"The most important thing in the Thousand Doors arts is controlling your own emotions and expressions."

"It's said that those who master the art of deception—"

"Can even show a thousand faces to a thousand people, setting traps with their own body to lure others in."

"This round should be no trouble for little sister."

Beside Yin Luoxia, a woman in white with a light veil over her face spoke softly.

"Sister Yue Yao, that may not be the case."

"Since the Academy's Second Master dares to set this question, he must be quite confident."

"On the other hand, you, sister, are kind-hearted."

"For this trial, I think as long as you stay true to your heart, you'll likely pass."

As the Daughter of the Gambling King, Yin Luoxia had already roughly guessed what kind of test lay hidden beneath this exam question.

But what use was guessing?

Since the other party dared to pose this question, it meant the Academy Second Master was confident he could make people reveal themselves without realizing it—

their true selves!

Nearby, gentle as water, Yue Yao's eyes couldn't help but show a trace of confusion.

Stay true to her heart?

But the very reason she had come to Tian Qi City

was not her true heart at all.

Beyond Heaven had suffered repeated setbacks in the Southwest Dao and Gan Dong City, enraging the Wuxiang Envoy. This time, no matter what, Baili Dongjun had to be brought back.

However, that was Wu Zuo Shi's task.

Yue Yao's task, on the other hand, was to bring Jiang Mu Ming, who had suddenly appeared in Tian Qi City, back to Beyond Heaven as well.

The man clearly possessed the cultivation of the Carefree Heaven Realm, yet he opposed Beyond Heaven, infuriating the Wuxiang Envoy.

For now, Yue Feng City had secluded herself and refused to emerge. On the surface, Yue Yao was the Acting Sect Leader of Beyond Heaven, but in truth, the Wuxiang Envoy controlled everything.

And Jiang Mu Ming, as Yue Yao's husband, had betrayed Beyond Heaven.