Rookie King Rises with Force!

"You're becoming harder and harder to read. Even Liu Yang, with his Human-grade Spiritual Meridian, wasn't your match..."

"Spirit Movement Realm Mid-stage... How did you manage that? I remember you had only just broken through to the Spirit Movement Realm."

Yesterday,

after the Two Academies Competition ended,

Mu Chen immediately became the center of attention among the East Courtyard's Earth Tier Disciples, surrounded by admiring Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters.

Even Tang Qian'er couldn't squeeze her way in.

Therefore,

early this morning, Tang Qian'er came to find Mu Chen.

While leading him toward the Heaven Tier Students' Training Ground, she couldn't help asking.

"What does Liu Yang count for? I never even considered him worth my attention."

Mu Chen spoke calmly.

No one in the entire Northern Spirit Academy, not even his father, knew what he had truly experienced on the Spirit Road.

Forget Liu Yang—even Liu Mubai wouldn't be much in front of him.

"Don't get too full of yourself. Heaven Tier Students are nothing like Earth Tier Disciples. There are plenty of people even I find troublesome."

"Oh, right... Those Old Foxes who weren't qualified to enter the Five Great Academies and stayed behind in the academy—you'd better not provoke them."

Tang Qian'er scolded him.

"Don't worry. As long as they don't provoke me, I won't provoke anyone else."

Mu Chen nodded.

Following behind Tang Qian'er, he quickly headed toward Northern Spirit Academy's only Third-grade Spirit Gathering Array.

"Heaven Tier Students..."

"I'm really looking forward to this!"

Before long,

the two stopped in front of a towering great hall.

Outside the hall,

quite a few students in the Spirit Movement Realm were entering it.

Feeling the dense spiritual aura rolling through the hall, anticipation flashed through Mu Chen's eyes.

"So this is the Third-grade Spirit Gathering Array!"

Even the Mu Region did not possess a Spirit Gathering Array of such a grade.

"Let's hurry inside. If we arrive too late, there won't be any good spots left."

Tang Qian'er nodded.

Then, the two of them entered the great hall together.

"Hey, brat, this isn't where you cultivate. Get lost!"

The moment they entered the hall,

they heard a burst of commotion.

Looking toward the source of the argument, Mu Chen spotted someone familiar.

Tan Qingshan!

Tan Qingshan was also a new student who had advanced to become a Heaven Tier Student in this competition. He had once been the number one Earth Tier Disciple of the East Courtyard.

During the Two Academies Competition, Tan Qingshan had neither cowered nor acted arrogantly, directly challenging Liu Yang.

Although he had lost,

Mu Chen had formed a rather favorable impression of Tan Qingshan.

Tan Qingshan was cultivating in a spot close to the center of the array. From the looks of it, some Senior Students were giving him trouble...

"Students who've just joined the Heaven Tier are generally supposed to cultivate on the outskirts..."

"What are you doing?"

Before Tang Qian'er could finish, Mu Chen had already walked toward Tan Qingshan.

Tang Qian'er: "..."

She had guessed that Mu Chen would be unhappy to see a new student being bullied,

but this was far too reckless.

She had only just warned him not to provoke those Senior Students, yet he hadn't listened to a single word.

"Brother Mu..."

Seeing Mu Chen appear, gratitude surfaced on Tan Qingshan's stubborn face.

At the same time,

the Heaven Tier Students cultivating nearby opened their eyes and looked toward Mu Chen and Tan Qingshan, the two newcomers.

"You're Mu Chen, right? I'm Jiang Li, and he's Teng Yong."

Upon seeing Mu Chen, Jiang Li and Teng Yong frowned slightly. Jiang Li even extended a hand in greeting.

Clearly,

they had also heard about the Two Academies Competition and knew that Mu Chen, who had come from the Spirit Road, was no ordinary person.

Mu Chen glanced at the two of them.

He did not take Jiang Li's hand and instead asked, "What do you want with him?"

Mu Chen's action made Jiang Li and the others look rather displeased. Jiang Li pointed at Tan Qingshan and said,

"Nothing. We just wanted to exchange spots with the new student."

"Exchange spots?"

"Does Northern Spirit Academy have such a rule? If you want a good spot, come earlier next time."

Mu Chen replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, "You aren't bullying a new student, are you?"

"Jiang Li, what are you doing?"

At that moment,

Tang Qian'er also walked over, her brows raised as she shouted sternly.

Jiang Li shrugged and said,

"Qian'er, you know the Training Ground's rules. A spot like this isn't for newcomers. I'm doing this for his own good, so he doesn't draw resentment."

"You!"

Anger filled Tang Qian'er's beautiful eyes as she was about to speak.

Mu Chen directly interrupted, "You mean one needs enough strength. I believe I have that strength. Tan Qingshan is my friend, so he has that strength too."

"If you don't accept it, let's go outside and have a match!"

Holy crap...

This newcomer was so overbearing.

Was he planning to step on the Senior Students to climb his way up?!

Seeing this,

the surrounding Senior Students were rather displeased by Mu Chen's forcefulness. Newly admitted Heaven Tier Students had always cultivated at the edges.

That had been the rule since ancient times.

After all, everyone had gone through it themselves, yet this person insisted on breaking the rule.

And this new student happened to possess strength no weaker than theirs, having even defeated Liu Yang, who possessed a Human-grade Spiritual Meridian...

"Breaking the rules the moment he arrives makes us Senior Students look utterly useless."

Just as Jiang Li and Teng Yong were caught in a difficult position, their faces darkening,

a deep voice came from behind them.

"Brother Luo!"

Upon seeing the newcomer, delight appeared on Jiang Li and Teng Yong's faces.

Many of the surrounding Heaven Tier Students stood up to greet him.

Luo Tong!

A Heaven Tier Student with Spirit Movement Realm Late-stage strength. However, Luo Tong had already passed eighteen and lost his qualification to enter the Five Great Academies.

He was one of the Old Foxes Tang Qian'er had mentioned.

Furthermore, he was the Young Master of the Luo Region, so few people dared to provoke him.

"You want to throw around your Senior Student authority in front of me too?"

Mu Chen's tone was indifferent.

He clearly did not take the other party seriously.

That was simply the truth. Though he was only at the Mid Spirit Movement Stage, his experiences and tempering on the Spirit Road gave him confidence that he could make up for the gap between them.

Upon hearing this,

Luo Tong's expression instantly darkened, and the atmosphere in the hall became incomparably tense.

"Teacher Mo is here..."

A voice rang out.

Everyone saw Teacher Mo, dressed in an Instructor's Black Robe, slowly enter the hall.

"Just you wait..." Luo Tong muttered a threat, then led Jiang Li and Teng Yong toward another area.

With Teacher Mo's arrival,

the noisy hall immediately fell silent. Every student found a place and sat down.

"Today's cultivation begins!"

As Teacher Mo's voice fell,

the spiritual aura within the hall surged once more, becoming several times denser than before.

Teacher Mo had activated the Spirit Array.

Feeling the dense spiritual aura around him, Mu Chen glanced about and noticed that the spot at the very center was vacant. He immediately walked over and sat down.

???

Holy crap...

Was he crazy? That was Senior Student Qing Luo's spot.

"Mu Chen is being far too reckless..."

Seeing this, even Tang Qian'er couldn't help shaking her head slightly.

Although Qing Luo often missed cultivation sessions,

no one had ever dared to occupy his spot. This was not only due to fear of Qing Luo's strength, but even more so out of respect for the number one Heaven Tier Student of the East Courtyard...

After a brief disturbance, everyone gradually entered a state of cultivation.

Buzz—

Suddenly,

the spiritual aura permeating the surroundings began to boil, gathering toward the central area.

This scene forced everyone out of their cultivation.

When they saw that the source of the boiling Spiritual Energy was Mu Chen, surprise flashed through their eyes, followed by dissatisfaction...

"This is..."

Seeing deep black specks of light spreading around Mu Chen's Whole Body, Teacher Mo was also slightly startled.

This was a sign that his Cultivation Method was breaking through!

The Mu Region had prepared a rather decent Cultivation Method for Mu Chen.

At this sight, the disappointment in Teacher Mo's eyes was gradually replaced by anticipation.

Earlier,

he had known what had happened here and had been somewhat displeased by Mu Chen's overly forceful actions.

But now, as Mu Chen's strength broke through,

that dissatisfaction quietly faded away. Teacher Mo thought to himself, As expected of a youth who came from the Spirit Road. With Qing Luo and Mu Chen, what does the West Courtyard have to compete with the East Courtyard?!