"Special recruitment? Which academy?"
Chu Sheng had originally wanted to discuss taking leave with Wu Qingshan.
Instead, he was told that several of Great Xia's top academies had personally called, specifically requesting to recruit Chu Sheng.
"Which one? Little Chu, aren't you underestimating yourself a bit too much?"
"Great Xia has five top academies in total, and every single one of them called!"
Opening Meridian Fifth Layer indeed did not meet the requirements for special recruitment.
But rising three layers in four days was simply too terrifying.
And that was under circumstances with hardly any resources.
With such talent and aptitude, his future achievements would absolutely be beyond measure.
Therefore, the instant the top academies received Chu Sheng's information, they decided to recruit him specially.
"Use these next two days to think about what conditions you want to ask for. Be bold—the top academies won't be stingy."
After hanging up, Chu Sheng was still somewhat dazed.
He had originally been thinking of testing his way into a top academy. Now, it seemed he had miscalculated.
Still, he really needed to give those conditions some careful thought.
As for the trip to the Earth Abyss, he still had to go.
It would also give him more bargaining chips when the time came.
Early the next morning, at the E-rank Abyss west of Baian City.
Unlike the F-rank Abyss,
Chu Sheng's appearance as a high school student was particularly conspicuous here.
Because this abyss was filled with first-rank Demonic Beasts.
High school students were generally only in the Body Tempering Realm. Even the very best students had only just entered the Meridian Opening Realm.
How could they possibly be a match for these Demonic Beasts?
Ordinarily, no high school student would come here at all.
On the elevator platform,
quite a few people cast strange looks at Chu Sheng.
"Whose kid is this? He's so young, yet he dares come here. Aren't his family afraid something might happen to him?"
"Hehe, a genius, I guess. Geniuses naturally fear neither heaven nor earth."
"He really doesn't know how treacherous society is. Someone will teach him a lesson..."
Chu Sheng found it irritating. He frowned and spoke very politely.
"Excuse me."
"Could you TM shut up?"
As he spoke, he no longer concealed his aura.
Its forcefulness far surpassed that of an ordinary Opening Meridian Fifth Layer cultivator!
Politely stopping everyone's baseless gossip and speculation Justice Points +200
The elevator platform instantly fell deathly silent.
Especially the young man who had just used the word "genius" to mock him.
At such a young age, he was already at the Opening Meridian Fifth Layer.
If that wasn't genius, then what was?
What a fucking slap in the face...
Among everyone on the elevator platform, aside from Chu Sheng, the highest realm belonged to an old man at the Opening Meridian Seventh Layer.
Moreover, the man was already nearing seventy, and his blood and vitality had clearly begun to decline.
Seeing the resentful expressions on several people in his group,
the old man coughed twice and shook his head.
He spoke in a grave, earnest tone.
"Young man, don't be so high-spirited. We're only doing this for your own good."
Chu Sheng glanced at him.
"You old bastard, when I said shut up, did that somehow not include you?"
With a blade in hand, Chu Sheng was full of confidence.
As long as they were both in the Meridian Opening Realm, he feared no one.
The old man flew into a rage at his words. He was just about to raise the longsword he used as a cane when a sharp clang rang out.
No one even saw what had happened.
The longsword had already snapped into two pieces.
The sound of the broken blade falling onto the elevator platform was especially crisp.
When they looked at Chu Sheng again, their eyes were filled not only with shock, but also creeping terror.
Severing a first-rank weapon in one strike.
What kind of terrifying strength was that?
Opening Meridian Fifth Layer? No, this youth was definitely hiding his true ability.
"Can you stay quiet now?" Chu Sheng asked.
"Y-yes... yes."
The old man instantly became more than sixty years younger, nodding repeatedly like a grandson.
That strike had just cut his weapon,
but what would have happened if it had struck his body instead?
It would definitely have been worse than merely turning black and blue...
Teaching everyone the importance of keeping quiet in public places Justice Points +100
Looking at the three hundred Justice Points he had picked up for free, Chu Sheng felt incomparably refreshed.
A splendid start. Presumably, his gains in the Earth Abyss would be quite good as well.
The elevator platform descended to the bottom.
No one still dared to move.
Only after Chu Sheng left and walked more than ten meters away did they dare step off.
That was simply too terrifying. Young people these days, holy shit.
"I remember the most talented one was the Sun Family's young master, wasn't he? He advanced to Opening Meridian Triple Layer two months ago. How is this guy already at the Fifth Layer?"
"Please, read some news. At yesterday's city prodigy tournament, an Opening Meridian Fifth Layer cultivator named Chu Sheng suddenly emerged. It must have been him."
"If that useless coward in my family could be even half as capable as him, I'd laugh myself awake in my dreams."
"That's the direction where the Phantom Wolves are, right? Is this his first time here? How does he dare run over there..."
There was a saying in this Earth Abyss,
called "the two things not to touch."
First, do not touch Dung Ball Beasts. They stank, and they had no valuable materials.
Second, do not touch Phantom Wolves. They were too cunning and excelled at lurking and surprise attacks, making the casualty rate far too high.
Chu Sheng followed the map westward, and his destination was precisely the Phantom Wolves' habitat.
No one killed Dung Ball Beasts either, but they stank.
There was no need to torture himself.
With Combat Intuition, Chu Sheng did not need to worry about lurkers or surprise attacks at all.
If it could lurk right under his nose, then it was this.
As he headed west, the light grew dimmer and dimmer.
Before long, Chu Sheng spotted a black giant wolf lying atop a rock.
Ordinary people indeed would not find it easily.
But in Chu Sheng's eyes, this idiot was simply impossible to miss.
As he drew closer, before the Phantom Wolf could attack, Chu Sheng raised his hand and swept out with a slash.
The Phantom Wolf, together with the boulder it had been crouching on, exploded outright.
Justice Points +5
That was 2.5 times the amount from an unranked Demonic Beast.
As the saying went, it was not much, but it was steady.
After a whole day, earning one or two thousand Justice Points would absolutely not be a problem.
At the same time, in the Sun Family compound in the south of the city.
"Something this huge happened to the family, and none of you told me! If not for Second Mother, I would probably still be kept in the dark!"
The speaker was a young girl with features as picturesque as a painting.
Her voice was usually soft and gentle, but now it was nearly breaking.
Her own younger brother had been beaten into such a state that he might not even be able to take the National College Entrance Examination.
Yet she, his older sister, had been the last to know!
Sun Zhanting looked coldly at the woman beside him.
"Big mouth!"
Then he looked at the young girl and said,
"We didn't tell you because we were afraid of affecting your state of mind. I'll handle this matter. Your breakthrough is imminent, so hurry back to school."
"No. My state of mind has already been affected. Unless I cripple him with my own hands, I simply can't settle down and break through."
Sun Zhanting fell silent at that.
Just then, the person previously sent out to gather information hurried back.
"Uncle, Chu Sheng went to the Earth Abyss west of the city, and he's alone!"
The girl's pretty face turned cold as she said icily,
"I'll go cripple him, and while I'm at it, I'll help Xiaochuan take back the breathing technique!"
"Wait!"
"Fifth, go with Ling'er. You know what to do."
The Sun Family's fifth son, Sun Qi.
Like Sun Ling'er, he was at the Opening Meridian Ninth Layer.
Sun Qi nodded.
After all, Chu Sheng was a genius at the Opening Meridian Fifth Layer. When cutting grass, one had to pull up the roots.
Rather than merely crippling him, it would be better to quietly dispose of him in the Earth Abyss without anyone knowing.
As the two walked out of the courtyard, they immediately felt a chill sweep over them.
"Why did the wind suddenly pick up out of nowhere?"
The two frowned, but did not take it too seriously.
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