Departure

Inside the main hall.

The bigwigs of the Dao-Seeking Academy were having a heated discussion about the quotas for this training trip to the Great Void Secret Realm.

Chu Feng sat quietly to the side, sipping his tea, showing no intention of interjecting.

An hour later, everyone reached a complete agreement.

The dean announced, "Since everyone agrees, I hereby declare that the number of disciples going to the Great Void Secret Realm this time will be sixty True Disciples. The top twenty in the True Disciples Competition will all receive a spot, and the remaining spots will be selected by the nine academies."

There are forty inner disciples. The top ten in the inner sect competition and the top ten in the Outer Sect Grand Competition will directly obtain a spot. The remaining spots will be selected by the nine academies.

Ten elders or heads of the academy will accompany them, with one person from each academy. Except for the Miscellaneous Dao Institute, the other nine academies must send Nirvana Realm experts.

Does anyone have any further objections?

Everyone present replied in unison, "We have no objections."

After the meeting, Chu Feng left the main hall together with the Profound Fire Pill King.

The Profound Fire Pill King, "Little Feng, this time I will have the Azure Lotus Marquis from my Pill Dao Institute lead the team. Before we go, I will treat you two to a meal, so that you can look out for each other on the way."

"Thank you for your kindness, senior, but I should be the one hosting," Chu Feng said with a smile.

Profound Fire Pill King, "Alright, I'll give you this opportunity. I've heard from Qian'er that you're a first-rate cook. I'd like to have a taste this time."

Chu Feng: "No problem."

News of the limited spots in the Great Void Secret Realm quickly spread throughout the entire Dao-Seeking Academy.

The disciples were giving it their all to compete for the remaining sixty spots.

Apart from the two newly initiated disciples, the other four members of the Miscellaneous Dao Institute automatically received a spot to enter the Great Void Secret Realm, and they continued their cultivation as usual.

That night, Chu Feng soaked his feet while enjoying a massage from Elder Bing.

Just as he was engrossed in his thoughts, Elder Bing's cold voice reached his ears.

"Mr. Chu, there's something I'd like to tell you."

"Explain."

Chu Feng didn't even blink.

"I plan to return to Heavenly Spirit Institute to cultivate in seclusion and break through to the Nirvana Realm." Elder Bing stopped what he was doing after saying that.

Upon hearing this, Chu Feng abruptly opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was Elder Bing's beautiful face. He blurted out instinctively, "That's good news! How's your Taiji Sword Technique coming along?"

Elder Bing subconsciously avoided Chu Feng's eyes and whispered, "It's almost mastered. I'm thinking of using the time to complete my Taiji Sword Technique and go into seclusion to Sword Intent Great Perfection and comprehend the True Essence of Sword Dao."

Chu Feng's lips curled into a slight smile, "Congratulations."

"Thanks to Mr. Chu's guidance, Bing Yan was able to shorten the time it took to break through to the next level," Elder Bing said.

"..."

A moment later, Chu Feng personally escorted Elder Bing away from the Miscellaneous Dao Institute. Watching the elder's departing figure, he didn't think much of it and returned directly to his room, casually picking up a novel and immersing himself in the world of the Spring and Autumn Annals Period.

Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Early that morning, Chu Feng, unusually, got up early and glanced at his attribute panel.

"Eight hundred years of cultivation, I wonder if that's enough?"

He selected a holy sword from the storeroom of the Miscellaneous Dao Institute, a sword that his cheap master had once boasted about, and hung it at his waist. Holding a folding fan in his hand, he walked towards the main gate, waving it as he went.

We pay our respects to our Master.

Xiao Chen and his fellow disciples were already waiting at the entrance.

No need for formalities.

As Chu Feng spoke, he turned his gaze to Xu Caichen.

"Caichen, while I'm away, you must learn to take care of yourself. If you encounter any trouble, use your Literary Qi to activate the Sword Qi within this jade pendant, and then go to the Pill Dao Institute to seek justice from Senior Profound Fire Xuanhuo."

Xu Caichen respectfully accepted the jade pendant and said, "This disciple will obey Master's orders."

Chu Feng then waved his hand and said, "Let's go."

"Promise!"

After Xiao Chen and the others responded, they followed Chu Feng and flew towards the square of the Dao-Seeking Academy.

In the past year or so, all four of Chu Feng's disciples have made progress. Xiao Chen has cultivated to the Third Level of Heavenly Origin, Cao Youqian has cultivated to the True Fate Ninth Layer Realm, only one step away from the Heavenly Origin Realm.

Qin Qin cultivated to the sixth level of True Fate Realm, while Little Fatty traveled back and forth between the Mist Marsh and the Dao-Seeking Academy, and his cultivation also reached the Ninth Level of Dao Foundation Realm, only half a step away from the True Fate Realm.

When they arrived at the square, the disciples from the Dao-Seeking Academy who were participating in this Great Void Secret Realm training also arrived one after another.

This time, the person in charge of leading the team was the head of the External Affairs Institute, King Hengjiang.

Chu Feng, being the junior, was the first to step forward and greet him, "Senior Hengjiang."

King Hengjiang stroked his beard. "Little Feng, long time no see. You're still as carefree and cheerful as ever."

Chu Feng laughed and said, "Not at all, I envy you, senior, who can summon 100,000 troops with a wave of your hand and sweep across the land."

"Hahaha..."

King Hengjiang laughed heartily, "This is the first time I've found you so interesting, lad. Let's have a good drink once we're on the flying boat. The elders from the other courtyards should be arriving soon."

No sooner had he finished speaking than several figures flew in from the horizon.

Two of them were old acquaintances of Chu Feng. Looking at that aloof figure, he stepped forward with a hint of surprise and said, "Elder Bing, are you also going to the Great Void Secret Realm with the group?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone around looked at Chu Feng and Elder Bing with gossipy eyes.

After all, the gossip about the two had already spread throughout the Dao-Seeking Academy. A woman washing a man's feet late at night—could their relationship be anything but ordinary?

Not to mention that Elder Bing would normally need ten or twenty years to break through to Nirvana, but after meeting Chu Feng, he only spent two years to break through.

No one would believe that Elder Bing didn't learn from Chu Feng when she washed his feet at night.

Elder Bing nodded slightly. "Hmm."

Chu Feng then realized that Elder Bing had broken through to the Nirvana Realm: "Congratulations on Elder Bing's breakthrough to the Nirvana."

King Hengjiang smiled and said, "Little Feng, you two don't need to reminisce yet. You'll have plenty of time once you're on the flying boat. Let's go, our disciples are still waiting for us."

"Good."

Chu Feng felt that there was something hidden in King Hengjiang's words, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what was so strange about them.

A moment later, more than a hundred people from the Dao-Seeking Academy boarded the flying boat.

There weren't many people at the Miscellaneous Dao Institute, so King Hengjiang arranged six rooms for them.

Besides Chu Feng and his five disciples, Xiao Chen's protector, Mountain-Moving Marquis, was also among them.

The Great Void Secret Realm is a million miles away from the Dao-Seeking Academy, and it is not within the territory of the Dao-Seeking Academy or its affiliated forces.

Even by airship, it would take three months to arrive.

However, three months is just one period of seclusion for a cultivator.

Chu Feng, on the other hand, drank with King Hengjiang and Azure Flame Marquis every day, and eventually brought Mountain-Moving Marquis along as well.

March passed in the blink of an eye. On this morning, Chu Feng was still asleep when he was woken up by a series of knocks on the door.

"What's up?"

Xiao Chen's voice came from outside the door. "Master, we've arrived at the Great Void Secret Realm."