The bald man landed, his back to Luo Erpao, glaring at Long Kui’s master.
This guy had just tried to make a move.
“Little Dezi, what were you trying to do just now? Believe it or not, I’ll slap you back into the womb!”
Long Kui’s master shivered, not daring to speak.
Silence descended, but it lasted less than three seconds.
Then, Luo Erpao sprang up with a ‘swoosh.’
“You little Xuanzi, believe it or not, I’ll slap you back into the womb?”
Clang!
A sound of metal clashing echoed.
Chu Tian nearly dropped his jaw.
Luo Erpao was over two meters tall, and the bald giant was even taller, easily over two and a half meters.
With that leap, he swung his fist and smashed it onto the giant’s bald head.
The giant, unprepared for such an assault, took the full brunt of the blow.
However, Chu Tian faintly saw a玄玉 (Xuan Yu) colored light flash across his body.
It was the passive trigger of a protective skill, but it was suppressed.
This display left everyone in stunned silence.
Only the giant turned around, groaning in pain.
A look of grievance was etched on his face.
The beautiful woman beside Luo Erpao was equally astonished.
They all knew who this giant was.
He was their senior martial uncle.
One of the highest-ranking individuals in Yuan Shi Academy currently.
Furthermore, this senior martial uncle was different from others; he wasn't particularly sharp.
He wouldn't show any deference based on seniority.
They, the younger generation, had all been beaten by him countless times.
Luo Erpao was too reckless; he was truly in trouble now.
Everyone there believed Luo Erpao was doomed.
Only Chu Tian, remembering the shout the bald giant had made when he arrived, took it to heart. Everyone else dismissed it as the bald giant rambling.
What “Little Ancestor”? Who would even remember such a title?
However, the next scene made everyone’s eyeballs truly drop.
“Ow, Little Ancestor, why are you hitting me? Wasn't I standing up for you?” The bald giant turned, looking at Luo Erpao with a wronged expression.
His repeated use of “Little Ancestor” finally made everyone recall the earlier shout.
“You’re asking me why I’m hitting you?”
Slap!
Luo Erpao leaped up again, striking the giant’s bald head.
“Who the hell said they’d come pick me up after my 14th birthday?”
Slap!
“This young master is already 15!”
Slap!
“Making me wait a whole year… shouldn’t I hit you?”
Slap!
“If I hadn’t come myself this year, would you have made me wait even longer?”
Slap!
Luo Erpao spoke a sentence and delivered a slap.
From the second slap onwards, the bald giant hunched his body, almost extending his head for Luo Erpao to hit.
Chu Tian found it amusing. Was the giant afraid of Luo Erpao, finding it tiring to jump?
The mentors and the old man beside them wore peculiar expressions.
The beautiful young woman standing by Luo Erpao’s side covered her mouth.
Her eyes showed disbelief.
When had they ever seen this senior martial uncle so docile?
Such an unprecedented event was happening right before their eyes.
Among these people, the old man’s gaze gradually changed.
He was martial brothers with the bald giant and naturally understood him better. Although this senior brother was simple-minded, he was extremely respectful of his teachers and masters.
His current behavior reminded him of how he acted when he was young and facing elders.
Now, facing a child like Luo Erpao,
For him to behave this way, coupled with the technique Luo Erpao had used earlier, “Hun Yuan Hong Tian Pao” (Primordial Heaven-Shattering Cannon), which was the lost secret skill of his senior brother’s Primordial lineage, lost for nearly ten thousand years.
The last person to master this skill was the final dean of Yuan Shi Academy, and the lineage master of the Primordial lineage: Xu Qing Zi.
He was also the supreme being of Yuan Shi Academy, and even the Yan Huang Domain.
He disappeared over nine thousand years ago, and the “Hun Yuan Hong Tian Pao” cultivation method could no longer be practiced by anyone.
The Primordial lineage was left with only the superior heart method of “Hun Yuan Xuan Yu Jue” (Primordial Profound Jade Art).
But without the offensive techniques, it was inferior to other lineages.
The Primordial lineage began to recruit fewer students from then on.
To this day, on Hun Yuan Mountain, there seem to be only six or seven people.
The exact number is no longer paid attention to.
Hun Yuan Mountain is the only barren peak among the nine mountain peaks.
That peak was like the giant’s head.
“Little Ancestor, you’re already 15?”
Slap!
This sound wasn’t from Luo Erpao hitting him; it was the giant slapping his own head.
“Oh no, oh no, quickly, come with me!”
The man became somewhat frantic, grabbing Luo Erpao without explanation.
He disregarded everyone else, not even his own junior disciple. He took Luo Erpao and vanished as a stream of Xuan Yu colored light towards the barren mountain peak.
As they left, everyone exchanged glances.
Everyone was thinking, what was all that about?
The mentors were helpless and prepared to go ask their junior uncle.
However, the old man flickered and disappeared without a word.
But the direction he went was towards the tallest mountain peak.
“Master, what should we do?”
Long Kui sidled over.
“Hmph, you’re on duty today, and you’re asking me? If you can’t even handle such a small matter, give up your title as senior disciple!”
Long Kui’s master, having just been admonished by the bald giant without daring to utter a word, naturally took his anger out on his disciple.
After speaking, he also turned into a stream of light and left.
Long Kui’s face was grim after being lectured by his master.
Seeing his senior martial uncles and uncles leave one after another,
He was left standing alone on the stage, with everyone’s gazes focused on him, as if he were an idiot.
This made him feel even more humiliated.
Seeing his gaze sweep across the crowd, no one dared to provoke him; they all turned away, busy with their own affairs.
Chu Tian felt he had thoroughly enjoyed this spectacle.
He hadn't been tested yet; there were a few people before him who had barely managed to climb up.
Someone then began arranging their entrance tests.
The sky gradually darkened, and night fell.
Long Kui had disappeared to who knows where.
Now, only Wen Yun and some of her junior disciples were conducting the tests.
There were over 20 people ahead of Chu Tian.
He stood at the end of the line, not in a hurry.
Finally, everyone ahead of him had finished their tests.
Out of 20 people, only three.
Their test results reached the standard for admission.
The rest were all eliminated.
“Senior Sister Wen Yun, can I test all of them one by one?”
It was finally Chu Tian’s turn, and he approached and asked.
His cheeky grin earned him an eye-roll from Wen Yun.
“Are you a spiritual cultivator or a body cultivator?”
Wen Yun asked after rolling her eyes.
“I’ve cultivated a bit of both, so I wanted to test them all to see which is stronger, so I can choose my department!”
Before this, Chu Tian had learned that Yuan Shi Academy divided cultivators into spiritual and body cultivators.
Spiritual cultivators were further divided into five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
There were also three rare elements: lightning, wind, and sound.
Body cultivation was much simpler.
Regardless of your spiritual roots, anyone with extraordinary physical strength and a naturally powerful physique could cultivate.
Of course, body cultivation also had requirements, namely the bone age standard, strictly requiring it not to exceed 16 years old, and a strength of over 1000 jin.
This standard was naturally derived from countless years of practice.
Because while strength could be increased through training, a 16-year-old child without talent would not possess a force exceeding a thousand jin.
Therefore, the admission quota for various academies was at least 1000 jin of strength.
Yuan Shi Academy was even more extreme, requiring 2800 jin of force to be considered qualified.
This weeded out many people with potential but who were ordinary.
Only those with superior talent could be admitted.
It was said that the standard used to be 1800 jin for admission.
The standard was only changed in recent years.
The person who changed the standard was that bald big shot.
He was the current leader of Hun Yuan Mountain.
Why say that? It was entirely due to his methods.
They were completely like bandits.
Hun Yuan Mountain had very few people,
Yet they demanded the same resources as other factions.
For this reason, Yuan Shi Academy held several meetings, and five sect leaders even jointly attacked the bald giant, fighting him to a draw.
The reason it was called a draw was not a true draw.
This guy was injured more severely than his five junior brothers.
After all, it was one against five.
However, this guy, at the cost of his injuries, also incapacitated the other five, with the lightest among them bedridden for over half a year.
After this uproar, the academy realized that negotiation was futile.
So they secretly reduced the supply to the Primordial系 (lineage).
For some reason, this simple-minded bald fellow somehow found out.
He directly led his disciples and raided the Yuan Shi Academy’s warehouse.
However, he only took what originally belonged to the Primordial lineage.
He also issued a threat: “If you play any tricks on me, I’ll break the legs of all your disciples and their disciples.”
This time, his junior sisters and brothers were all convinced.
This senior martial brother was truly not to be trifled with.
They couldn’t outright kill him, but this senior martial brother fought like he was risking his life.
He showed no restraint in his actions and did not hold back his blows against the disciples below him.
Long Kui’s master had been dealt with by him more than once.
One time, it was because Long Kui, in his youth, had bullied the bald giant’s disciple.
Under normal circumstances, masters wouldn’t interfere in disputes between disciples.
But this great figure was extremely protective of his disciples. That time, Long Kui’s master had broken someone’s arm.
And that night, he was sent to the treatment center of the Wood Elemental Academy.
The entire academy leadership was alerted.
His injuries were truly horrific.
All four limbs were broken, shattered bones.
And it was from his fingers to his shoulder.
His lower body was crushed from his toes to his thighs.
Every bone was dislocated, and bone fragments were embedded in his muscles.
But the force was applied so precisely that none of his meridians were damaged.
Initially, the entire academy was mobilized to find the culprit.
But nothing was found.
Half a year later, he woke up and revealed the truth: he had been squeezed by the bald giant.
The reason was that he had broken his disciple’s arm, and his master had come out and crippled his limbs.
He had also said: “Kid, you’re lucky. You didn’t injure my disciple’s meridians, so I won’t injure yours.”
From then on, people from other academies cautioned their disciples not to provoke members of the Primordial faction.
However, being spirited youths, accidents were inevitable.
But after the accidents, there were always consequences.
Whether it was disciples being bullied or grand-disciples being bullied,
Ultimately, this fellow would directly show up.
One time, it was Long Kui, who arrogantly provoked a contemporary disciple of the Primordial faction.
The reason was trivial, like a sesame seed. While eating in the academy’s mess hall, he said, “These big and strong guys eat so much.”
At that moment, the bald giant happened to be walking to the entrance of the mess hall.
He grabbed the kid and lifted him up.
He asked, “So what if they eat a lot? Are you envious?”
Seeing this person, Long Kui was stunned and remembered his master’s instructions to never offend him.
Long Kui nodded as if he had a seizure and said, “Yes, Grand Martial Uncle! Eating a lot is great, I just can’t eat that much!”
He thought that by agreeing with the man, he would be forgiven.
Unexpectedly, the bald giant narrowed his eyes, grabbed him, and took him to the kitchen to make two hundred steamed buns.
He forced Long Kui to sit there and stuffed all two hundred buns into him.
Long Kui almost choked to death.
From then on, Long Kui felt like vomiting at the sight of steamed buns.
This was the bandit leader of the Primordial faction in Yuan Shi Academy.
The Qing Zi generation, Qing Xuan Zi.
Chu Tian overheard these stories from other people’s discussions while waiting in line.
He immediately felt that this great figure, Qing Xuan Zi, truly had the qualities of a master. His protectiveness of his disciples had reached a new height.
It seemed quite good to be able to join the Primordial faction. No one dared to provoke them, and if he wanted to wander anywhere, others would probably avoid him.
However, Chu Tian’s thoughts didn’t last long; he dismissed them.
The reason he asked Wen Yun if he could test all of them was.
He wanted to make a stunning debut.
Only by doing so could he gain higher authority.
Because he heard someone say that the Yuan Shi Academy’s Scripture Pavilion.
Was not accessible to just anyone. Ordinary students could only borrow books from the first floor.
Core students could access the second floor.
Registered disciples could access the third floor.
Disciples who were formally accepted could access the fourth floor.
The Scripture Pavilion had a total of 9 floors.
As for the floors beyond that, Chu Tian didn’t hear what kind of status was required to enter.
It was estimated that the few people discussing it didn’t know either.
He had originally planned to enter the academy as an ordinary disciple and browse the library there.
But he didn’t expect so many requirements.
So he would make a stunning debut to show them, and obtain a higher status.
Chu Tian had known for a long time that he cultivated the five elements.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so useless at the beginning.
It was precisely because he was too balanced.
The five elements, unable to break their balance, restrained each other.
The so-called five-elemental interaction within him was the fundamental reason for his uselessness.
It wasn’t just because his mother had removed his dantian that he became useless.
Even without a dantian, if he had one element that stood out.
He could have escaped the fate of five-elemental interaction.
And he was also known as the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body.
This meant that cultivating all five elements required immense energy.
To cultivate the five elements and eventually reverse the five-elemental interaction, achieving five-elemental generation.
Only then could the power of the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body be truly activated.
But the Blue Star Chu Tian lived on was a declining era, with insufficient spiritual energy for him to cultivate.
Therefore, if he hadn't met Dao Tian, he was destined to be useless his entire life.
Wen Yun, hearing Chu Tian’s request to test all of them,
She rolled her eyes again.
However, there was no rule stating that entering students could not try every test.
“Then what will you test first?” Wen Yun asked.
Chu Tian looked at the test crystals behind him.
“Hmm… I’ll test the five elements first!”
Wen Yun nodded and led Chu Tian to the metal and stone testing area.