There was no way the Wuxiang Envoy could accept this!
This time, Wu Zuo Shi would also monitor things from the shadows, ensuring that both Baili Dongjun and Jiang Mu Ming were brought back to Beyond Heaven!
"Fortunately, we haven't discovered any trace of him so far."
"Hopefully, he won't show up..."
After all, this time Wu Zuo Shi had personally set out. He was a powerhouse infinitely close to the Half-step Profound Spirit realm!
Two days later.
Qianjin Platform.
The Academy Grand Examination!
One student after another streamed into Qianjin Platform to take the examination.
Among them were naturally Baili Dongjun and Ye Dingzhi.
Besides them, King of Qingcheng Mountain and his group, Song Yanhui of Peerless City, Little Gambling King Yin Luoxia of Thousand Gates, and many others also came.
"Sister, hurry! There's still a seat here!"
Yin Luoxia pulled a woman in an elegant, peach-blossom-colored dress over to sit down.
The woman was none other than Yue Yao, the Imperial Daughter of Northern Queendom, who had assumed an alias and come to participate in the Academy Grand Examination to cooperate with Wu Zuo Shi!
"Brother Ye, why don't you sit with us?"
Baili Dongjun also invited Ye Dingzhi to sit down with him.
Once everyone had taken their seats,
the Eight Princes of Northern Li appeared one after another on Qianjin Platform.
They sat upright on the elevated platform.
Ling Su, the page serving Young Master Liu Yue, stepped forward.
"Now, I will announce the examination question!"
The next moment,
a banner suddenly appeared, bearing four large characters.
Ask the Heart, Seek the Way!
"Ask the Heart, Seek the Way? What does that mean?"
"Why don't I understand how we're supposed to take the examination?"
"How is this year's question completely different from those of previous years?"
Below, the examinees participating in the Academy Grand Examination began discussing it among themselves.
"Silence!"
Young Master Liu Yue, one of the Eight Princes of Northern Li, swept out with the folding fan in his hand.
A powerful gust shot forth.
Everyone immediately fell silent.
Then,
another of the Eight Princes of Northern Li, Young Master Zhuo Mo Lei Mengsha, stepped forward.
"Hehe, next, it's my turn to explain the examination question to everyone."
"Actually, there are two questions!"
"'Ask the Heart' is the Preliminary Test, while 'Seek the Way' is the Second Test."
"Only those who pass both trials will be qualified to participate in the Final Test of my Jixia Academy!"
Once Lei Mengsha started speaking, he could hardly stop.
But this was precisely the occasion for him to shine.
"As for the first trial, it's very simple. As long as you stand on Qianjin Platform for the time it takes to burn a stick of incense,"
"you'll know whether you can pass the Preliminary Test."
No matter how Lei Mengsha explained it,
the people below still couldn't understand. Their hearts were filled with confusion.
It was called "Ask the Heart," but could standing on Qianjin Platform truly reveal one's true heart?
In the tall building overlooking Qianjin Platform,
King Qing Xiao Xie, who wanted to find someone among these examinees to serve him,
thereby building up his strength and competing for the throne,
couldn't help frowning.
"What kind of examination method is this? If it only tests the heart, how can it reveal the examinees' strength?"
"What Academy Second Master? He's simply an incompetent fool!"
King Qing Xiao Xie was deeply dissatisfied. He angrily hurled away the wine cup in his hand and immediately wanted to leave.
But when he thought of the throne that might be within his reach,
he still held himself back.
Besides, he wanted to meet this Academy Second Master who had suddenly appeared.
He wanted to see whether he could be of use to him.
After all, this was the Academy Grand Examination whose questions he had set today. It was impossible for him not to appear!
Below Qianjin Platform,
the examinees discussed things for a long time but reached no conclusion. It seemed that only by going up onto Qianjin Platform
could they find out what this trial was truly testing!
"I am Duan Baiyi of the White Robe Sect. I'm willing to be the first."
From within the crowd,
a young master dressed in white stepped out.
With a light leap, he arrived on Qianjin Platform.
The examinees below focused their attention one after another, wanting to see what this first trial was actually testing.
"Good!"
A hazy voice drifted over.
The next moment,
mist suddenly floated onto Qianjin Platform.
When the mist dispersed,
Duan Baiyi had already vanished.
"Where am I..." When Duan Baiyi regained consciousness,
he found himself beside a river.
He had forgotten many things from before.
For some reason, he held a rusty iron sword in his hand. In his panic, the long sword slipped from his grasp.
It fell into the river.
"My sword!"
Just as Duan Baiyi was about to retrieve it, he saw bubbles gurgling up from the river. After a wave of ethereal immortal energy drifted past,
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