NOVPUBInside Heavenly Dao City, Xu Zimei and another walked along the main street and casually picked an inn.
"This place is really bustling," Da Zhi, a monk, remarked with a smile.
"The enrollment of Heavenly Dao Academy is indeed something," laughed an inn attendant nearby.
"During these seven days of enrollment, the entire Supreme Domain’s attention is fixed on us."
"Are we planning to enter Heavenly Dao Academy?" Da Zhi asked, looking at Xu Zimei.
"Let’s check it out, since Destiny hasn’t taken shape yet and there’s nothing else to do," Xu Zimei nodded.
"I heard that the standards of Heavenly Dao Academy are the highest among all academies on the continent."
Da Zhi said, "Do you think the two of us can make it?"
"I can, but your chances are slim," Xu Zimei said with a laugh.
Although his words were half-joking, they were based on reason.
It is said that each year, hundreds of thousands, even millions, come to Heavenly Dao Academy.
But Heavenly Dao Academy only enrolls a thousand people each year.
Among these thousand, there are also students directly recommended from the four major branches: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Vermilion Bird.
Even some Saint Heirs and Saintesses from the Imperial Rule Immortal Sect come here.
They are preparing for Destiny, and Heavenly Dao Academy is the best choice.
Compared to these individuals, Da Zhi really doesn’t make the list.
"I also have my advantages," Da Zhi argued stubbornly.
"Though I’m not strong in combat, I am quite renowned in our Pufa Cult.
Especially our unique divination techniques of the Pufa Cult.
These are all bonus points."
Xu Zimei smiled and didn’t argue.
Da Zhi was right about that; just the fact that their elder could use cause and effect to find him was remarkable.
After eating, the two eventually made their way to the front of Heavenly Dao Academy along with the crowd.
Exaggeration aside, when they were still five or six hundred meters away from the great gate of the academy, they were forced to stop.
The crowd in front was impenetrable, impossible to squeeze through.
This long line had formed here, and to register for the assessment, one had to wait their turn.
Even if you were a Saint Heir from the Imperial Rule Immortal Sect, you’d receive no special treatment and had to queue up like everyone else.
...
The two stood at the end of the line, waiting.
At that moment, a commotion nearby caught their attention.
"Kid, cutting in line because I respect you, don’t be ungrateful," shouted a young man in a blue brocade robe.
The quarrel was between two young men.
The other young man wore a gray long robe adorned with many patches, which was somewhat dirty, evidently unwashed for a long time.
There was also a distinctive smell.
Moreover, the young man in the gray robe had messy hair and a dirty face, resembling a wild man. 𝓃ℴ𝓋𝓹𝓊𝓫.𝒸𝓸𝓂
"Heavenly Dao Academy doesn’t accept those who disrupt order, do you want me to report you?" the young man in the gray robe replied calmly.
"Kid, do you know where I come from?" the young man in the blue robe said proudly.
"I am from the Cloud Sea Hall, and if you prevent me from entering Heavenly Dao Academy today,
prepare for someone to collect your corpse tomorrow."
"Cloud Sea Hall, isn’t that an Imperial Rule Immortal Sect from our Supreme Domain," the people around started to discuss.
"Could he be the Saint Heir from Cloud Sea Hall, Guan Changlin?"
Hearing these discussions from the crowd, the young man in the gray robe didn’t mind.
He looked at Guan Changlin calmly and replied, "You should feel lucky this is at Heavenly Dao Academy, otherwise, you’d already be a corpse."
As the quarrel drew attention, several people in white robes flew over from the distance.
The word "Heavenly Dao" was written on the back of their robes.
Apparently, they were students of the academy.
"What’s going on?" a leader among them demanded sternly.
"Nothing," Guan Changlin quickly replied with a smile.
"Everyone quiet down, whoever dares to disturb the enrollment order must leave Heavenly Dao City immediately," the leader scanned the scene and spoke indifferently.
The people hastily nodded in agreement.
"Kid, you just wait," Guan Changlin warned after the group had left and then retreated to line up again.
The young man in the gray robe obviously didn’t care and continued to stand calmly in the queue.
Xu Zimei turned his head and noticed Da Zhi staring intensely at the young man in the gray robe.
"What’s wrong?" he asked, puzzled.
"It’s not simple," Da Zhi shook his head and commented.
"I just used a method of sensing Spirit Energy and noticed this guy is no ordinary person."
"There are many hidden dragons and tigers here at Heavenly Dao Academy, no doubt there are those you can’t see through," Xu Zimei said with a smile.
"It’s different," Da Zhi’s expression was very serious.
He said, "Honestly, my method of sensing Spirit Energy too is a true transmission.
Even those Saint Heirs and those who have Stepped into Immortality, I can generally sense.
You are the first person I’ve met whom I can’t see through, and he is the second."
"Really?" Xu Zimei took another look at the young man in the gray robe but couldn’t see anything extraordinary.
"Do you know what I saw in him?" Da Zhi continued.
"Emperor Qi."
"What Emperor Qi?" Xu Zimei asked, confused.
"The kind of fate only Emperors possess," Da Zhi answered.
"Simply put, this type of Emperor Qi is only present in those who bear Destiny.
Like the dragon Qi on an emperor, it’s a sign."
"You mean he is a Great Emperor?" Xu Zimei inquired.
"That’s why I said I can’t see through him," Da Zhi shook his head.
He replied, "If he’s not a Great Emperor, then how does he possess Emperor Qi?
That’s impossible."
While the two chatted, they couldn’t conclude much in a short time.
The test at Heavenly Dao Academy was quite fast.
The first test was the Tower of Heavenly Dao.
Every round, a hundred people could enter.
The tower had ten floors, and only those who reached the fifth floor or above could pass the first test.
Moreover, the higher the floor reached, the more points were obtained.
After the test, only the thousand people with the highest scores could enter Heavenly Dao Academy.
Xu Zimei looked up; the Tower of Heavenly Dao stood like a landmark of Heavenly Dao City.
It towered into the clouds, spanning above them.
In the shape of a pagoda, its whole body was of deep golden color, surrounded by dense Spiritual Energy.
With batches of people entering the Tower of Heavenly Dao, it remained unknown what they experienced inside.
The elimination rate was shockingly as high as ninety percent.
Such strictness was almost unprecedented.
After queueing for nearly half a day, it was finally Xu Zimei’s group of a hundred’s turn to enter the Tower of Heavenly Dao in the afternoon.
At the entrance of Heavenly Dao Academy, rows of tables and chairs were set up.
The teachers for the first test of the assessment numbered more than a dozen.
Each one of them was a renowned powerhouse of the continent.
They were all individuals who had emerged from Heavenly Dao Academy.
Included among them were ancestors from the Sunlight Sect, leaders from Heaven’s Walk Sect, as well as beings from the Monster Race and Third Eye Tribe.
