Chapter 244 - 229: Is that black guy Chen Zhixing?

Chapter 244: Chapter 229: Is that black guy Chen Zhixing?

On the deck.

Chen Zhixing stared ahead, his eyes deep.

Immortal Tao Lineage, Longevity Family, Holy Land Sect, Primordial Ancient Race, Alien Race Great Demon, and the mysterious organization Embers.

These forces seem unrelated, yet they intersect continuously, forming a densely intertwined net that envelops the entire era!

The original plot of the "Great Cultivation" game has long become unrecognizable.

This is destined to be a once-in-a-lifetime golden era!

Some will rise in this era, soaring high into the skies, standing atop the world!

Others will fade away in this era, disheartened and lost.

And many more powers will reshuffle and redivide the cake of the East Profound Domain.

"Young Master, Qianyang Academy is not far ahead."

A respectful voice interrupted Chen Zhixing’s contemplation.

"Alright."

Chen Zhixing nodded, then turned back to look at the awkward figure and smiled:

"Dalong, going to Qianyang Academy to study, there’s no need to dress like this, right?"

Indeed.

The figure was none other than Xuu Dalong, the leader of the Black Dragon Gang, whom he hadn’t seen for long.

He had stayed at the Celestial Wave Sacred Lands for a full year, and then gradually another year passed.

Since he last gave Xuu Dalong the Void Transformation Realm pill and Cultivation Technique, it had been two years since they met.

In these two years, everything has changed.

The Third Young Master, once seen as idle and unambitious, had become the world’s most celebrated Celestial Chosen Protagonist!

And Xuu Dalong, rising from the lowest rung of the Cultivation Realm, where he bullied ordinary folk in the marketplace, broke through from a Nourishing Spirit Realm junior cultivator to the Peak of Clarity!

Though still weak, he could now be considered a "small figure" in the cultivation world.

Small figure or not, it’s still a figure of sorts.

As Chen Zhixing’s first follower, and the key player against the Celestial Chosen Protagonists Ye Chen and Ning Changyu, Chen Zhixing naturally wouldn’t neglect him.

This time, Xuu Dalong followed Chen Zhixing to Qianyang Academy, as arranged by Chen Zhixing to study there!

"Damn, this scholar’s robe and cap are so uncomfortable!"

Towering at nine feet, with skin like black charcoal and a face full of stubble, Xuu Dalong unbuttoned his tightly packed robe, revealing a chest full of dense black hair.

"Haha, it’s more comfortable this way, damn it!"

"You uncouth thing," Chen Zhixing couldn’t help but laughingly curse.

"Haha, so be it. I’ve always been a small figure, not one to learn the elegance of scholars, nor do I care to learn."

"At my core, I’m just a brute who knows to eat, drink, and curse loudly. Trying too hard to act like them only results in spewing profanities and being laughed at."

Xuu Dalong scratched his head and chuckled:

"Rather than being laughed at after being exposed, I’d rather just be laughed at openly."

"If not for the Third Young Master, I would’ve likely been butchered on the streets long ago, nowhere near today’s accomplishments."

Chen Zhixing shook his head with a wry smile and said four words:

"Fair point."

Time passed slowly.

Qianyang Academy gradually appeared not far ahead.

Looking down from the deck.

Through the clouds, a vast array of black palaces came into view, surrounded by mountains and waters.

That was Qianyang Academy, the foremost academic Holy Land in the East Profound Domain!

"Young Master, shall we descend now?"

Elder Zhaoguang, who was steering the large ship, came out from the cabin and asked.

"Let’s go down," Chen Zhixing nodded.

The next moment.

The entire thousand-zhang large ship began to slowly descend.

Inside Qianyang Academy.

"That... that’s the totem flag of the Ziwei Chen Family! The Ziwei Chen Family has come!"

As students recognized the contour of the flags on both sides of the large ship, the entire Qianyang Academy was in an uproar!

"The Ziwei Chen Family has come to our academy!"

"Who do you think it might be? Could it be Chen Zhixing?"

"It’s Chen Zhixing! There have been rumors in the academy, didn’t you know?"

"Quick, let’s go and see!"

"The Third Young Master Chen Zhixing of the Ziwei Chen Family! He’s the top on the contemporary Longevity Celestial Pride Rankings! Let’s go see what makes him extraordinary."

"Back then, the eldest son Chen Zhaosheng of the Ziwei Chen Family was at his peak. He had just entered Qianyang Academy and swept away all his peers; truly formidable. After Chen Zhaosheng’s fall, it was presumed that the Ziwei Chen Family would head into decline. Unexpectedly, the Third Young Master Chen Zhixing emerged even more fiercely!"

"Two celestial prodigies in one family... what a pity."

"Do you think if Chen Zhaosheng hadn’t died, how it would be now? Perhaps he wouldn’t be much weaker than the Third Young Master, right?"

"Enough with the idle talk, quickly get a spot, the ones near the gate are being taken fast!"

"Gasp~! Wait for me!"

All at once.

Numerous students of Qianyang Academy were alarmed, discussing while quickly heading to the academy’s main entrance.

Amidst expectant gazes, the large ship slowly docked in front of the academy’s gate made of stacked green stones.

Elder Zhaoguang, along with Xuu Dalong, disembarked from the ship.

"Eh? Who’s that black brute?"

"Where’s the Third Young Master Chen Zhixing? It’s said that the Third Young Master Chen Zhixing not only has extraordinary talent and power, the only one of his generation, but is also the first in all eternity to fight a Nirvana Seeker with his True Self! Beside this, he’s said to be handsome and elegant, like a Banished Immortal; it can’t possibly be that black brute, right?"

"That black brute’s face and chest are covered in hair, how disgusting! Ugh!"

"God, don’t tell me that black brute is the Third Young Master!"

"My fantasy is shattered!"

"That black brute is even baring his chest and belly, scratching his feet and picking his nose; truly disgraceful, utterly disgraceful!"

Amidst uncertain discussions.

An elderly man with a head full of silver hair hurriedly walked toward the academy’s entrance.

"I am Tian Xuanzi, the Ninth Palace Master of Qianyang Academy, here to welcome the Third... Hmm? Where is the Third Young Master?"

The smile on the silver-haired elder’s face froze as he dumbfoundedly looked at Elder Zhaoguang and Xuu Dalong.

Wasn’t it agreed that the Third Young Master would visit Qianyang Academy to study?

He had prepared many speeches specifically to introduce the academy to the Third Young Master.

But...

Everything was ready, and yet he’s nowhere to be seen?

Elder Zhaoguang gently stroked his beard and smiled:

"The Third Young Master dislikes being watched, so he went ahead alone and entered the academy through the side gate."

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At the same time.

Inside Qianyang Academy.

Perhaps because most students rushed to the front gate, the academy was rather quiet.

Chen Zhixing walked alone along the stone-paved paths of Qianyang Academy, casually glancing around.

The entire academy had artificial hills, pavilions, little bridges, and flowing water. Curved corridors connected the palace buildings entirely.

From time to time, birds chirped pleasantly, and the academy’s teachers lectured on cultivation knowledge, their voices echoing in his ears.

This gave Chen Zhixing, whose memories of his past life were growing vague, a sense of nostalgia.

"No matter the world, academies are always the most peaceful places."

Chen Zhixing sighed softly, walking forward casually.

Suddenly.

Chen Zhixing paused, his eyes gradually narrowing.

Ahead, a handsome man and beautiful woman were walking hand in hand, talking and laughing.