Innate Geng Metal Qi and an Immortal Clerk Appointment

After bidding Master Zhou farewell, Chu Bai wasted no time and went straight to the Spirit Pavilion at the heart of the Dao Academy.

The tower soared into the clouds. Up close, it was even more imposing: its blue-black walls looked cast from a single piece of Black Iron, their surfaces threaded with intricate, arcane formation patterns.

Even at the entrance, he could feel the astonishing spiritual pressure spilling from within, as though he stood before a slumbering giant beast.

Chu Bai took out the still-warm token and pressed it into the verification slot beside the door.

Humm—

A faint ripple of spiritual energy spread outward. No guard stopped him; instead, a translucent screen appeared before his eyes.

Countless points of light flickered across it like a river of stars. Each represented a separate blessed land.

Grade A student Chu Bai. Access verified.

A cold, mechanical voice sounded in his mind. "Thirty-two Grade A Blessed Lands are currently available. Please select a Five Phases attribute."

Chu Bai understood. Normally, he had heard, anyone spending Dao Merit to enter the Spirit Pavilion could choose only a broad Five Phases attribute. Whether they found better spiritual energy inside was entirely down to luck.

But the reward token in his hand evidently granted him a higher level of access.

He raised a finger and lightly tapped the character for "metal" in the air.

The screen changed at once. The broad category split into dozens of images, each carrying a different sharp aura, with a short description in seal script beneath it.

Chu Bai scanned them.

[Thousand-Jun Suppressing Qi]: Born in the ore veins of an underground magnetic mountain. Heavy as a mountain. Drawing this qi into the body produces deep, steady Spell Power suited to heavy weapons.

[Condensed Sinking-Iron Qi]: Born