On their way to the Enlightenment Platform, Ye Xuan learned from Ji Xueyao that the Fourteen Absolutes and Seven Secrets corresponded to the Seven Towers of Yunque.
Tianshu governed formations, Tianji governed combat, Tianquan governed swordsmanship, Kaiyang governed the body, Yuheng governed music, Tianxuan governed the soul, and Yaoguang governed techniques.
The Seven Secrets corresponded to the strongest inheritances of the Seven Towers. When Great Gan was first established, the First Emperor placed the Fourteen Absolutes and Seven Secrets into a single Dao treasure and concealed it within the Enlightenment Platform. It could not be passed down privately; one could only comprehend it independently.
To this day, five disciples from the previous generation had comprehended five of the secrets.
Jun Wuji had caused golden light to surge from the Enlightenment Platform after only an hour, obtaining the Heavenly Pivot Nine Breaker Secret Method.
After entering Yunque, Xuan Zhou had comprehended the Heavenly Authority Sword Art on the Enlightenment Platform on his very first day, taking two hours.
After that, the chief direct disciples of Tianxuan, Yuheng, and Kaiyang had all obtained secret techniques in succession.
The current class of Yaoguang Tower had few students, and no one had yet comprehended the Yaoguang Secret Method.
As for Tianshu Tower, ever since Yunque was established, it had had only Ji Xueyao as a disciple. Since she had become the tower master upon entering the academy, the tower had lost its qualification to comprehend the inheritance.
It could be said that comprehending one of the Seven Secrets was the mark of a chief direct disciple.
As for the other students, merely comprehending one of the Fourteen Absolute Arts was already extremely difficult.
As for the legendary Unique Dao Treasure, no one even knew what sort of inheritance it truly was.
When Ye Xuan and the other two arrived at the Enlightenment Platform, they found it already surrounded by students.
Almost all the newcomers from this year had arrived.
The six tower masters sat in the air, all hoping that the new students under their command would comprehend an inheritance and seize the initiative.
As for those new students, they naturally knew that if they wanted to stand out, they had to comprehend the Dao first and seize the points!
That way, when the rankings were set for the first time, they could erect their own statues on the Academy Avenue. This was the dream of every student.
Therefore, when Ye Xuan and Chu Wan'er prepared to ascend the platform, Ling Yan and Zhuo Jing had already sat cross-legged upon it and begun comprehending.
"What is he here for? Does he want to comprehend the Dao at Yunque too?"
"He only relies on the Forbidden Body. Does he really think he's a genius now?"
"Let him go up. Then Master Ji will realize that he's a good-for-nothing!"
Ye Xuan's appearance once again drew curses and jeers from the academy's students.
Ye Xuan was now the academy's public enemy!
The other tower masters also turned their gazes over. Aside from the Yaoguang Tower Master, all of them wore looks of disdain and contempt.
Ye Xuan paid no attention to those hostile gazes. He ascended the Enlightenment Platform with Chu Wan'er and sat cross-legged among it.
The instant Ye Xuan's Divine Sense seeped into the Enlightenment Platform, he discovered that this so-called Enlightenment Platform was actually a magical treasure!
It was filled with formations, as well as the martial arts and divine ability insights left behind by powerful experts of the past. Interwoven together, they had made it extraordinarily abstruse!
There were three layers of formations, each more complicated than the last. The final layer was even enveloped within an incomparably vast sword domain.
That was right—the sword domain ranked above sword intent and sword force in the way of the sword!
With the sword domain sealed away, it was no wonder no one had comprehended the so-called Unique Dao Treasure to this day!
However, for Ye Xuan, this was simpler than simple. If he wished, he could comprehend all the inheritances sealed within the Enlightenment Platform in an instant.
But that would be far too earth-shattering. It would be no fun if he frightened these academy cultivators out of their wits.
He might as well play along with them.
Thus, half an hour passed in the blink of an eye. Chu Wan'er's eyes abruptly opened, and the next moment, under the utterly shocked gazes of the crowd, brilliant runes surged forth like a spring.
Then they converged toward Chu Wan'er!
Such an extraordinary phenomenon immediately drew the attention of all the newcomers on the Enlightenment Platform.
"Only half an hour? Isn't that a little too fast?"
The Kaiyang Tower Master's burly body trembled as he stared wide-eyed.
"Indeed. Even if she comprehended one of the Fourteen Absolute Arts, half an hour is still absurd!"
The Yuheng Tower Master frowned, deeply puzzled.
Only the beautiful woman of Yaoguang Tower had flickering light in her eyes, her heart filled with incomparable excitement.
Even if it was one of the Fourteen Absolute Arts, it still proved that Chu Wan'er's comprehension was extraordinarily high.
After all, even Jun Wuji three years ago had needed more than half an hour to comprehend one of the Fourteen Absolute Arts!
"Buzz, buzz, buzz!"
But at that moment, the runes atop the Enlightenment Platform grew more numerous and brighter. In the end, they transformed into an ancient secret character a hundred zhang tall, gathering above Chu Wan'er's head!
"Something's wrong. This isn't one of the Fourteen Absolute Arts—it's one of the Seven Secrets!"
"Half an hour to comprehend one of the Seven Secrets?"
"She's broken Jun Wuji's record, using only half the time!"
In an instant, the tower masters came to their senses and were all greatly shocked.
Chu Wan'er's comprehension was actually even higher than Jun Wuji's—and she had crushed him by more than twice over?
"It's the Yaoguang Seal, the secret technique of my Yaoguang Tower!"
The Yaoguang Tower Master was ecstatic. She secretly swore that no matter what, she would make Chu Wan'er join Yaoguang Tower!
After obtaining the secret technique, Chu Wan'er walked down from the platform. However, because her comprehension had disturbed them, Ling Yan and Zhuo Jing could no longer calm their minds and comprehend the Dao. After another half an hour, they each comprehended one of the Fourteen Absolute Arts and withdrew.
If they wanted to comprehend one of the Seven Secrets, they could only find another opportunity.
Yet when the two looked at Chu Wan'er now, their gazes had changed. Such a favored daughter of heaven would have been an extraordinary genius even among the great clans of the Central Region.
She was already married!
At that thought, they both turned their gazes toward Ye Xuan, who was still sitting cross-legged on the Enlightenment Platform. Their eyes were filled with jealousy and resentment!
"Hmph, a good-for-nothing is a good-for-nothing. An entire hour has passed, and he hasn't even comprehended a single one of the Fourteen Absolute Arts!"
"Ji Xueyao, your judgment really is terrible!"
The Tianxuan Tower Master's tone remained as cutting as ever.
The other tower masters shook their heads as well. As expected, the Forbidden Body could not be relied upon!
Ji Xueyao could not be bothered to explain.
Another half an hour passed, and only Ye Xuan remained on the Enlightenment Platform.
The onlookers had already lost patience. Waiting for someone with the Forbidden Body was meaningless.
"Buzz!"
But just then, light suddenly surged from the Enlightenment Platform, and runes appeared in its wake.
"Tsk, tsk, it's definitely one of the Fourteen Absolute Arts!"
Although they had been somewhat made to eat their words, comprehending one of the Fourteen Absolute Arts in an hour was nothing remarkable. If Ling Yan and Zhuo Jing had not been disturbed, they would definitely have been much faster.
"Something's wrong. It isn't just one inheritance!"
The Yaoguang Tower Master abruptly frowned and cried out.
The crowd froze, then hurriedly looked over. Only then did they discover it.
At that moment, the runes atop the Enlightenment Platform were actually converging above Ye Xuan's head like hundreds of rivers rushing into the sea.
In the blink of an eye, they transformed into fourteen rays of light!
Ye Xuan had comprehended all the Fourteen Absolute Arts in only an hour and a half!?
What the hell!
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