Nascent World

But from the serious expression on Qingxue's face, Ye Long knew she wasn't talking nonsense.

Could this Shen Hui really have something extraordinary about him?

The students in Shen Hui's class also began discussing it among themselves.

"No way. Qingxue actually said on her own that Shen Hui is even more talented than she is?"

"And she even recommended that Shen Hui join the Ye Clan. She definitely wasn't joking."

"They must have had some kind of interaction during these past three days."

Ye Long looked toward Shen Hui, whom Qingxue had indicated, but continued asking Qingxue:

"Qingxue, are you really not going to reconsider?"

Qingxue shook her head.

Apart from official organizations like the World Association,

joining other organizations would earn you a great deal of resources for cultivation,

but it would also limit your freedom.

For example, you might have to participate in battles between worlds to plunder resources from other worlds,

or fight on behalf of your own faction in conflicts between different forces.

After all, people cultivated you so they could gain more benefits from you.

It was a mutually beneficial arrangement.

However, every year, basically everyone who received an invitation chose to join a faction.

Only exceptionally confident geniuses who could grow without relying on abundant resources would refuse.

Otherwise, there was no helping it-the offers were simply too good.

Qingxue's refusal naturally meant she was confident enough in herself.

Seeing this, Ye Long had no choice but to let it go.

"If you decide to join a faction later, you can give our Ye Clan first consideration. Our doors will always be open to you."

Then Ye Long turned to Shen Hui.

Based on what Qingxue had said, he thought he could try inviting Shen Hui to join.

After all, the Ye Family could afford to take on one more person.

"You're Shen Hui, right? I know something about your situation."

"Although you awakened a useless world, a hero still emerged from it. That's certainly worthy of admiration."

"But I think I can see the limits of a world like yours at a glance."

"Still, since Qingxue recommended you, I'd like to invite you to join our Ye Clan."

"We can't offer you resources as generous as Qingxue's, but they won't be bad either."

The other students grew even more envious. They all thought they were definitely stronger than Shen Hui.

Yet even someone like Shen Hui could receive an invitation to join the Ye Clan.

Ye Long really was generous.

Everyone turned to look at Shen Hui.

They also knew about Shen Hui's circumstances: he was an orphan, and he was poor.

There was no way he would pass up such a good opportunity.

But Shen Hui's answer left them all stunned.

"Thank you for the invitation, but for now, I have no plans to join any faction or organization."

Shen Hui politely declined. He didn't want to be constrained.

Besides, his world couldn't be improved simply by investing a large amount of resources in it.

Ye Long hadn't expected Shen Hui to refuse. For anyone, this opportunity was a ticket to a higher social stratum.

But since Shen Hui had declined, there was nothing more to say.

Ye Long didn't feel embarrassed. After all, joining was a matter of mutual willingness.

"All right, I won't keep your class any longer."

With that, Ye Long left.

He seemed arrogant, but he was still fairly polite.

Qingxue came over to Shen Hui and asked in a quiet voice:

"Why didn't you join? Given your potential, joining the Ye Clan might give them a way to improve the situation in your world."

Shen Hui replied, "The path I'm taking has never been taken before, so I can only explore it myself. Relying on other people won't help."

Time passed little by little. After about half an hour,

all the schools had arrived at the practical test site.

A middle-aged man with a powerful presence appeared out of thin air in midair.

Everyone turned to look at him.

To do something like that, he had to be a powerhouse whose world was at least level five.

He had projected his World Origin Power onto himself,

granting himself the corresponding powers of his own world.

Everyone immediately recognized him.

"That's the city lord, Wang Xinhai!"

"I can't believe the city lord personally showed up to oversee the practical test this year."

"Yeah, in previous years, they just picked a high-ranking official at random to come. This year, it's the city lord."

"I remember the last time the city lord appeared in person was when someone broke the practical test record. Could someone break it again this year?"

"Who knows? But if anyone can, it's definitely someone from one of the major families."

Wang Xinhai hovered in midair and addressed all the students below:

"Young people, the future hope of humanity, today is the day of your practical test."

"I hope you can give it everything you've got and prove yourselves."

"As in previous years, your rankings will determine what resources you receive to help improve your worlds."

"And this year, there will also be a special reward."

At this, Wang Xinhai paused.

The students below began discussing it.

"A special reward? What is it? I've never heard of this before."

"I don't know. There wasn't one in previous years, and they didn't announce anything in advance this time."

"But it probably has nothing to do with us. It's not like you can get into the top few places."

"That's true. Still, that was a little too harsh."

Wang Xinhai continued, "This was decided at the last minute yesterday, together with the World Association."

"Two days ago, an unowned Nascent World was captured. After inspection, it was found to contain no major dangers."

"Some of the entry slots for the Nascent World have been allocated to this practical test."

"Anyone who makes it into the top ten will earn a slot to enter the Nascent World."

When the students below heard about the Nascent World, they all erupted with excitement.

"Damn, it's a Nascent World!"

"How many years has it been since a Nascent World last appeared? And now there's another one!"

"There are so many opportunities in there! If we can get inside, we'll take off!"

"I'm giving this everything I've got. I have to win one of those slots!"

Shen Hui's eyes lit up too.

A Nascent World was a special kind of world.

To give an example, a Nascent World was like the beginning of chaos, the era when all things first came into being.

It was different from worlds like theirs, which were created using World Origin Power.

Everything inside it had arisen naturally, with all things emerging from chaos.

Only worlds that came into being naturally could have a Nascent World.

And the word "Nascent" meant that the world was in the initial stage of its growth and development.

It was basically still filled with Chaos Mist, and for people like Shen Hui,

Chaos Mist was an extremely precious resource that could be converted into World Origin Power.

Not only that, but during this initial stage, the Chaos Mist would also give rise to other rare treasures.

All of these were valuable for improving Shen Hui and the others' worlds!