Not long after, the Blood-Robed Youth also released his grip as if he had been shocked by electricity.
The young man was named Xue Jiu. He was the Young Palace Lord of Nine Killers Palace and, more importantly, the undisputed Crown Prince of Tianxiao Continent's dark side.
At that moment, Xue Jiu's expression shifted unpredictably, sometimes regretful and sometimes furious.
" The Ancient Stone Tablet is actually the examination passage for the Low-Level Academy affiliated with Taiyuan Divine Court. Damn it, I actually failed!" Xue Jiu was furious inside, but his eyes glimmered with an incredibly heated light.
"If I can pass the examination and successfully enter the Low-Level Academy affiliated with Taiyuan Divine Court, my status in the Main God Hall will definitely soar. At the very least, I'll be promoted to a Level 3 Contractor."
"According to the historical trajectory, every time the Ancient Stone Tablet appears, it remains for a month." Xue Jiu's eyes flickered as he clenched his fists tightly. "This month is my final chance!"
But immediately afterward, Xue Jiu furrowed his brows. "But breaking the limit is incredibly difficult, unless..."
Xue Jiu's eyes brightened slightly. "Unless my strength makes a great leap forward in a short period."
At this thought, Xue Jiu couldn't help thinking of the cauldron he had long yearned for. "Su Qingyao, you're mine!"
"Even Xue Jiu failed."
Aboard the many flying boats, the eyes of countless young prodigies trembled.
On a large stone, Jun Xiaoyao sneered. "Xue Jiu, if even I couldn't accomplish it, do you think you can?"
Only those who had experienced it themselves understood the difficulty of the examination.
It was practically Eighteenth Level of Hell difficulty.
Jun Xiaoyao had nearly swept through all opponents of the same realm on Tianxiao Continent without defeat, yet before the Witch Race of the same realm, he had been utterly powerless to fight back.
Hearing this, Xue Jiu's eyes turned cold. He did not respond to Jun Xiaoyao and instead turned to leave directly.
It wasn't that he feared Jun Xiaoyao. He simply looked down on him.
As a Level 2 Contractor of the Main God Hall, his horizons were incomparably broad. He knew how vast the world was, and he simply didn't think much of these native prodigies from Tianxiao Continent.
"Heh."
Seeing Xue Jiu ignore him and leave, Jun Xiaoyao let out a cold laugh. Deep in his eyes, an extremely biting killing intent flashed.
The successive failures of the two Peerless Prodigies caused countless examinees to shrink back, while also triggering a huge uproar.
Deep within the imperial palace.
Lu Yuan sat quietly by the lake, fishing. However, his divine sense had long since left his body and was surveying the vast land from the sky.
The voice of the Heavenly Mandate Great Villain System kept ringing in Lu Yuan's ears.
Ding! Discovered a Child of Destiny Ding! Discovered a Child of Destiny Ding! Discovered a Child of Destiny ...
"There are more and more prey. But there's no rush for now. It still isn't enough." Lu Yuan smiled faintly and withdrew his divine sense.
By the lakeside, Er Gouzi lay crouched beside Lu Yuan. Looking at him curiously, Er Gouzi asked, "Master, to get onto the Ancient Stone Tablet's ranking, you have to break the limit, right?"
Lu Yuan nodded.
Lu Yuan wasn't surprised that Er Gouzi knew about breaking the limit. Er Gouzi had originally descended from the Upper Realm, so it was nothing strange for him to know about it.
Er Gouzi wagged his tail and flattered him. "A small place is a small place. In all these countless years, it has produced only three Limit Breaking Prodigies. But even those three Limit Breaking Prodigies would be nothing but a joke before you, Master, a Prodigy Supreme who has broken the limit at least three times, right?"
After flattering him, Er Gouzi asked what seemed like an insignificant question.
"Master, how many times have you broken the limit? I think at least three times."
Hearing this, Lu Yuan said gently, "Er Gouzi, are you testing me?"
Er Gouzi's entire body trembled, and he hurriedly pressed his head to the ground.
"Er Gouzi wouldn't dare."
After glancing at Er Gouzi, Lu Yuan said, "Just this once. Also, you don't need to test me. You only need to understand that your master is invincible among those of the same realm forever, regardless of location or world."
Er Gouzi's pupils shook with astonishment, and he inwardly sucked in a cold breath.
Invincible among those of the same realm, regardless of any place or any world, forever.
Those words were too grand, too arrogant—arrogant enough to reach the heavens.
Yet they revealed Lu Yuan's power and confidence.
Time slowly passed. The following day, two pieces of news shook Tianxiao Continent.
The first piece of news: Empress Qingyao had failed in her challenge of the Ancient Stone Tablet.
The second piece of news: Lin Hao, the Holy Son of Primordial Sacred Land, had successfully challenged the Ancient Stone Tablet in the dead of night. The instant he succeeded, he ascended to the Upper Realm, as if he were afraid of something.
These two pieces of news left countless people stunned.
No one could have expected Empress Qingyao, hailed as the greatest prodigy of the past thousand years, to fail in her challenge.
Even fewer had expected the previously obscure Lin Hao to succeed in the challenge and become the Fourth Person of Eternity.
This was something even the Divine Son of the Jun Family, the Young Palace Lord of Nine Killers Palace, and the Empress of the First Central Empire had failed to accomplish.
Deep within the imperial palace.
Lu Yuan was also stunned for a moment when he heard the news.
"Lin Hao is actually a Limit Breaking Prodigy? Interesting. I really underestimated that brat."
"Young Master seems to pay special attention to Lin Hao?"
Su Qingyao knelt beside him, her charming eyes wide with curiosity.
Lu Yuan shook his head with a smile. "It's not that I pay special attention to him. It just feels like a sheep has escaped from my pen. What a pity."
Su Qingyao's beautiful eyes were filled with confusion. She didn't understand, but then she suddenly thought of something and asked, "Young Master, do you know about Taiyuan Divine Court?"
"Hm?"
At the mention of those four words, a sharp glint shot from Lu Yuan's eyes. He turned toward Su Qingyao and asked sternly, "Where did you learn about Taiyuan Divine Court?"
This was the first time Lu Yuan had revealed such a serious expression. Su Qingyao then told Lu Yuan everything about the contents inside the Ancient Stone Tablet.
After listening, Lu Yuan's eyes were filled with incomparable surprise.
"The Ancient Stone Tablet is actually the examination passage for an academy affiliated with Taiyuan Divine Court. Interesting."
But immediately afterward, Lu Yuan shook his head and sighed. "What a pity. It's only a Low-Level Academy. The Low-Level Academies affiliated with Taiyuan Divine Court are scattered throughout the Cosmic Heavens. There are at least a hundred quadrillion of them, if not a thousand quadrillion."
Putting away the surprise in his eyes, Lu Yuan looked at Su Qingyao and said seriously:
"I originally didn't care about the Ancient Stone Tablet. Of course, I still don't care much about it now. It's merely an affiliated academy. Even if I dared to enter, they wouldn't dare accept me. But to you, it's a tremendous opportunity."
Su Qingyao's expression shifted slightly.
Lu Yuan said, "Taiyuan Divine Court is an overlord force in the Infinite Multiverse."
Seeing the confusion in Su Qingyao's eyes, Lu Yuan smiled and explained, "Take Tianxiao Continent, for example. Tianxiao Continent is merely a Subordinate Lower Space-Time of the Dark Continent. There are countless lower space-times like Tianxiao Continent surrounding the Dark Continent."
"Any somewhat famous force on the Dark Continent has Subordinate Lower Space-Times under its command. Some powerful forces may even possess a hundred quadrillion or a thousand quadrillion lower space-times."
"And the Dark Continent is merely a corner of the Primordial Great Realm. The Primordial Great Realm is only one of the countless Great Realms in the Qingling Realm Domain. Taiyuan Divine Court is an existence transcending the Qingling Realm Domain, and every Great Realm has forces affiliated with it."
Hearing Lu Yuan's words, Su Qingyao's breathing grew somewhat rapid. This was the first time she had seen the true world through someone else's account.
Even though it was only a verbal description, Su Qingyao could still sense its boundless vastness.
At that moment, Su Qingyao suddenly felt somewhat oppressed and constrained. She suddenly felt that Tianxiao Continent was like a cage, making her uncomfortable.
"So, although it's only a Low-Level Academy affiliated with them, to you, it's the second greatest opportunity you'll ever encounter in your life."
"The greatest opportunity is becoming my maid."
As Lu Yuan said this, he gazed at Su Qingyao.
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