The Red Robed Taoist Master listened to Gong Xiangyu’s words, his expression slightly moved, seemingly very satisfied as he nodded.
“And what about you?”
He turned his head to ask Chen Mobai.
“Jumang Taoist Academy, I guess.”
“Oh, from your tone, it seems like you chose reluctantly. Why? Don’t the Four Great Taoist Academies attract you?”
The Red Robed Taoist Master was a bit curious. He was quite interested in Chen Mobai, the only one in this round who had reached the seventh level of Qi Refining.
“I have a friend who wants to study at Jumang Taoist Academy. I’m a bit worried about her being there alone.”
Chen Mobai hesitated for a moment, finally choosing a very simple and unadorned reason.
As soon as he said this, hundreds of students below the stage were in an uproar.
Gong Xiangyu, who had just loudly declared his grand ambition in front of the Golden Elixir Taoist Master, felt utterly defeated at this moment.
Everyone knew that Danxia City had a spiritual root talent who was guaranteed admission to Jumang Taoist Academy this year.
“Old Chen is too romantic.”
Lu Hongsheng, who had come specifically to cheer for Chen Mobai, finally understood why Chen Mobai could win the favor of the spiritual root talent. This kind of enlightenment and realm, he could never learn in his lifetime.
To be able to confess to his girlfriend on such a grand stage, amidst the questioning of the Golden Elixir Taoist Master, Chen Mobai was definitely the first since the opening of the Immortal Gate.
But they didn’t know that Chen Mobai didn’t mean it that way at all.
He just couldn’t think of a sufficient reason.
Saying it was for the expectations of his parents and relatives was too bland. Compared to Gong Xiangyu’s ambitious goal of Deification, it seemed even more hollow.
Chen Mobai thought of many reasons, but none of them seemed to surpass Gong Xiangyu’s grand ambition of “Achieving the Way of Deification”.
Since he was going to be overshadowed by Gong Xiangyu anyway, he simply followed his heart and chose a reason he had once promised to Qing Nv.
But he had no idea that this reason almost shattered Gong Xiangyu’s Dao heart.
It was too heart-wrenching!
This guy was so cunning. The competition hadn’t even started, and he was already attacking me with his words.
Gong Xiangyu reminded himself to stay calm. He slowly activated his Deification technique, calming his turbulent emotions.
“Hmm, young man, do you know that each of the Four Great Taoist Academies will only admit one person at most. If you want to go to Jumang Taoist Academy, your friend might not be able to go.”
At this moment, the Red Robed Taoist Master suddenly said this, causing Chen Mobai to be stunned.
He really didn’t know that the Four Great Taoist Academies had this rule.
Shang Qing, who was outside the ring, moved her lips slightly. She wanted to say that even if the two were in conflict, Jumang Taoist Academy would definitely choose Qing Nv over Chen Mobai. But with the Red Robed Taoist Master present, she chose to keep quiet after some thought.
“Then I’ll choose Mending the Sky Academy.”
Unable to go to Jumang Taoist Academy, Chen Mobai thought for a moment and chose another one.
“Why?”
Why do you have so many questions?!
If it weren’t for the fact that the person in front of him was a Golden Elixir Taoist Master, Chen Mobai really didn’t want to answer.
“More than half of the masters of the Three Great Halls of the Immortal Gate are from Mending the Sky Academy. I hope to be able to control the Immortal Gate in the future, with millions of cultivators moving at my will. Going to Mending the Sky Academy would make this path the simplest.”
Compared to Gong Xiangyu’s “Achieving the Way of Deification”, Chen Mobai felt that his desire to become the “Master of the Immortal Gate” was a bit mundane.
“So, in his heart, Qing Nv’s position is even higher than that of the Master of the Immortal Gate!”
Below the stage, Lu Hongsheng once again felt that his realm was too low.
Look at Chen Mobai. If any girl heard these words and knew that her position in a man’s heart was even higher than that of the Master of the Immortal Gate, she would probably be so excited that she would faint.
Gong Xiangyu felt that his Dao heart, which had just healed, was once again shattered. He felt that he would never be able to snatch Qing Nv from Chen Mobai in this lifetime.
This man’s heart-wrenching scheme was too insidious and vicious.
“Hahaha, what an interesting young man.”
The Red Robed Taoist Master finally stopped asking. He laughed heartily and flew up, leaving the stage to Chen Mobai and Gong Xiangyu.
“His score is too low, our academy can’t accept him.”
The representative of Mending the Sky Academy in a white suit said softly after the Red Robed Taoist Master returned.
“I know, I won’t interfere.”
The words of the Red Robed Taoist Master made the representative of Mending the Sky Academy breathe a sigh of relief. He was afraid that this Golden Elixir Taoist Master would cherish talent and want to keep Chen Mobai in Mending the Sky Academy.
The Golden Elixir Taoist Masters of the Immortal Gate had a very special privilege, which was to unconditionally guarantee a student’s admission to one of the Four Great Taoist Academies.
This privilege could only be used once in a lifetime.
The Red Robed Taoist Master still had this privilege because he was young and had no descendants.
Upon hearing his words, Lan Haitian and Shang Qing also breathed a sigh of relief.
If the Red Robed Taoist Master insisted on keeping him, even the spiritual root talent wouldn’t be able to compete for the admission quota.
Among them, Kunpeng Taoist Academy, due to its great reputation, has always been the first choice for those Golden Elixir Taoist Masters to place their students. Shang Qing was afraid that the spiritual root talent she had obtained would slip through her fingers due to such dramatic events and be picked up by the other three Great Taoist Academies.
After the Red Robed Taoist Master made his stance clear, the three of them all relaxed and began to watch the competition with ease.
The representatives of the Ten Great Academies, on the other hand, began to whisper to each other, discussing what kind of conditions they should offer to snatch people after Chen Mobai was eliminated.
“It’s starting.”
Boom!
Gong Xiangyu clenched his right fist, the air surging. A faint phantom densely covered with scales, resembling a snake’s body or a dragon’s tail, followed his movement and heavily bombarded Chen Mobai.
Bang!
Chen Mobai released a wooden shield talisman, but the green shield had just appeared when it was shattered into countless wood chips by the terrifying fist force.
In the dust, strands of snake-like phantoms emerged, carrying a terrifying force that could tear and shred everything, and penetrated Chen Mobai’s neck.
“The Art of Spirit Control!”
Lan Haitian watched this scene, his eyes burning.
Kunpeng Taoist Academy, which was vaguely known as the number one Taoist Academy in the world, was not only because of the Six Control Sutras, but also because the founder left a giant Kun spirit pet of Deification level to guard it after his death.
Kunpeng Taoist Academy was also the first beast control inheritance in the Immortal Gate.Gong Xiangyu indeed has a firm heart in seeking the Dao, having cultivated the Beast Mastery, the most difficult yet potentially the most rewarding spirit control technique.
“This spirit that is compatible with his divine consciousness should be at the second level. If he can form a golden core in the future, he might even be able to transform into a dragon,” the red-robed Taoist master commented, and Lan Haitian nodded in agreement.
Originally, he had some expectations for Chen Mobai, but after seeing Gong Xiangyu’s spirit control technique, he knew that this round was likely beyond reversal.
Splash!
At this moment, a strange sound of rippling water echoed.
Chen Mobai’s figure emerged from the dust. Around his neck, a whirlpool had somehow formed, like a soft water shield. It was constantly rotating and dissipating, completely neutralizing Gong Xiangyu’s terrifying punch that was several times stronger than a human’s.