Lu Chen stayed at Qishi Mansion for a time, chatting with friends he knew, including Zixia, the Yaochi Saintess, Yao Yuekong, and Pang Bo. He also witnessed the grand spectacle of prodigies from all Five Regions gathering together.
This mysterious academy, which opened once every ten thousand years, nurtured the prodigies of the Five Regions to select the finest among them and send them onto the Emperor Road through the starry sky.
Yet Lu Chen knew just how cruel that Ancient Road toward the Great Dao was. Every step truly ran with blood; it could be said to have been built from countless corpses. Of the hundreds of outstanding young prodigies here, barely a handful would be able to set foot on that road.
Although he believed his potential no longer fell short of anyone else's, he still needed to reach an extremely high realm before daring to tread it.
"Young man, would you be willing to join Qishi Mansion?" One day, a deputy mansion master invited Lu Chen to join the academy.
"Thank you for your kindness, Senior, but I've grown accustomed to my freedom. I'll have to decline!" After considering it for a moment, Lu Chen shook his head and refused. Apart from that Emperor Road through the starry sky, Qishi Mansion seemed to have nothing he wanted.
As for that Ancient Road, he could naturally set foot on it once he was strong enough.
"Very well! Young people all have their own ideas." The deputy mansion master did not insist, merely shaking his head with a sigh.
After his brief stay at Qishi Mansion, Lu Chen prepared to return to the Eastern Wasteland. He was now at the Immortal One realm, where his cultivation primarily involved tempering his divine sense to make it stronger.
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