Tianshu Academy has been passed down from ancient times, and its foundation is almost equivalent to the history of the Human Race.
Every generation, exceptionally talented individuals came here to seek the Dao, only to be defeated by even more exceptionally talented individuals on the same path.
Some people might be like cranes among clouds in their prefectures, counties, or states, standing proudly alone.
But Tianshu Academy is different.
As the Great Xia Holy Sect, the head of the Seven Great Immortal Sects, Geniuses are everywhere here.
You chase desperately, day and night without rest, only to find that effort is just a lie.
They even speculated that when he entered his dreams at night, Ji You might have sighed helplessly, 'Why was I born if Chu River was also to be born?'
But with that sudden burst of light and surging Qi waves, all the sighs turned into panicked exclamations and countless figures suddenly standing up.
The entire Wudao Field instantly became chaotic, like cold water splashed into hot oil.
"He... what's wrong with him?"
"Is he going to explode?"
"Explode what? He's sensing the Heavenly Book! Ji You is sensing the Heavenly Book!"
Hearing the commotion throughout the field and the Tiger's Roar and Dragon's Cry in the sky, Chu River and Lu Qingqiu, who were in Wudao, also woke up with a start, first slightly stunned, then turning their heads in disbelief.
At this moment, Ji You was enveloped in Mystic Light, with an inexplicable Qi surging around his body.
It was carefree, auspicious, peaceful, and stable.
There were ripples of wind swirling around him, but they did not penetrate the Mystic Light, only stirring his long hair.
He himself had his eyes tightly closed, without much expression, the only peculiarity being the constant flashing of Spirit Light from his glabella.
Seeing this scene, Chu River and Lu Qingqiu were utterly astonished.
For nine days, they had sat here from morning till night, consuming countless Spirit Pills and expending countless Spirit Stones.
Lu Qingqiu aimed to catch up with Chu River, who was always slightly ahead of her, while Chu River needed to pay attention to Lu Qingqiu, who was always hot on his heels.
As for Ji You, they had long since stopped paying him any mind.
This rural self-cultivator spent only half his time in Wudao each day and had yet to even condense a single Mystic Light.
Even the Instructor said that among those at Junior Third Realm Completion vying for Inner Courtyard spots this year, only the two of them stood a chance; Ji You was merely an unexpected foil.
Yet today, it was he who sensed the Heavenly Book.
But why him?
Chu River was the most unbearable of them all, his face pale as he stared for a long time, then turned to Ban Yangshu: "Senior Brother Ban, is there something wrong with his Heavenly Book sensing? I feel like there's a problem somewhere?"
"No, sensing the Heavenly Book is just like this."
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Upon hearing this, Chu River's face grew even paler.
As someone raised from childhood to be a favored Son of Heaven and a direct disciple of an Immortal Sect, he had always adhered to one belief.
If ten people are chosen, I am among them; if five are chosen, I am among them; if one is chosen, it must be me.
And now that person was not himself, and he immediately felt that the Heavenly Dao was unjust.
After a moment of daze, several people noticed Chu River's inability to accept it and suddenly recalled what had been said earlier.
This is Tianshu Academy, and as the Great Xia Holy Sect, you will always encounter Geniuses superior to yourself, existences that will leave you forever beyond reach.
But this time, the roles were reversed...
Ban Yangshu was also filled with emotion at this moment, watching for a long time, then suddenly remembered something and was slightly startled.
He knew that sensing the Heavenly Book would trigger such an anomaly, but one thing was very strange.
Anyone who has sensed the Heavenly Book knows that you first see a faint light, then follow the light, and only if you gain an Opportunity will you sense the Heavenly Book.
However, the mere act of following the light will exhaust one's Divine Thought.
But he had clearly seen that Ji You was not in a state of Wudao just now, and was even awake, so how did he suddenly sense it?
"Senior Brother Ban, what will he see in the Heavenly Book?"
Lu Qingqiu had already recovered at this point and couldn't help but ask.
What would he see in the Heavenly Book? That's what Ji You wanted to know before he followed the light in.
And after a darkness more profound than night descended, he finally saw everything before him.
It was an infinitely tall mountain standing in a desolate plain, surrounded by primordial darkness, with wind, rain, and lightning intertwined at its peak, the weather extremely chaotic, like a completely disordered world.
He was standing at the foot of the mountain, but he found that he was not alone.
Also at the foot of the mountain stood a woman dressed in a red, smoke-gold embroidered Immortal-flowing skirt, with a pair of snow-white, delicate jade feet bare beneath the hem. Her long hair was not tied up but cascaded to her waist, and she, too, was looking at the mountain peak.
As if sensing someone behind her, the woman withdrew her gaze and slowly turned around.
Her loose hair framed a delicate, fair, melon-seed shaped face, with thin, moist red lips and long, slender willow eyebrows. Beneath her curled eyelashes were eyes like deep, secluded lakes.
She was not very old, seemingly similar in age to Ji You, but the blood-red gauze dress she wore made her appear cold, elegant, and imposing.
Indeed, there are beauties like jade within books...
Is this a Spirit Artifact?
No wonder everyone in the academy desperately tries to sense the Heavenly Book; so this is what it's all about.
Just as Ji You was analyzing the current situation, he saw a pair of delicate, rosy jade feet suddenly tap the ground. With a faint glow of Spirit Light, the woman floated before him.
"Who are you?"
"You... how are you in my mirror?"
The woman frowned as she looked at his glabella, then after a moment, she tentatively asked, "Are you a Spirit Artifact?"
Oh no, I've become a Spirit Artifact.
Ji You scrutinized her for dozens of glances, then spoke as kindly as possible: "I'm not a Spirit Artifact; I just arrived here too."
"Where did you come from?"
"I was meditating in the mountains when I suddenly saw a flash of Spirit Light, so I followed it to see, and then I ended up here."
Ji You saw that the woman also didn't understand anything, and moreover, he didn't know her identity, so he broadly condensed the process into one sentence.
First, he could confirm she wasn't a Spirit Artifact, otherwise she wouldn't have asked him if he was a Spirit Artifact.
Secondly, she should also be entering for the first time, as clueless as himself.
Finally, this woman was too beautiful.
Fang Ruoyao could only be called a delicate beauty, with exquisite but not grand features, which might be related to her family background since childhood.
Lu Qingqiu was indeed a proper Young Miss, with a bright and radiant appearance, but her eyes carried a slight trace of Demonic Qi.
As for the woman before him, she was almost perfectly flawless, and her temperament was even more extraordinary.
But Zhang Wuji's mother once said that such beautiful women are the most deceitful and should be guarded against.
Sure enough, when the woman saw that he knew nothing, she narrowed her eyes slightly: "That was just a test. To tell you the truth, I am a Fairy who has already Ascended, and this is the world I control."
"Then... may I ask for the Fairy's name?"
"How can a Fairy's name be casually told to you?"
Ji You thought for a moment, then prepared to pose a difficult question to break her composure: "I said earlier that I entered by mistake. Since I have disturbed the Fairy, please release me from the world you control."
"Don't tell the Fairy what to do."
The woman swept her eyebrows lightly, not falling for the trap at all, then walked barefoot with her snow-white jade feet towards the mountain, occasionally looking at the sky's light.
It was at this moment that Ji You felt the Heavenly Dao, which was extremely vague when his Divine Thought soared into the sky, was now within reach.
No wonder they all say that if one can sense the Heavenly Book, one can sense the Heavenly Dao. It seems that what is recorded in the Heavenly Book itself is the Heavenly Dao.
Ji You immediately looked up and stared at the constantly intertwining Mystic Lights.
But it was only this brief gaze, and a powerful pressure instantly descended, causing him to instantly fall to the ground in a dizzying state.
Only then did he realize that he was now observing the heavens with his Divine Thought. Although his cultivation speed was extremely fast, his Divine Thought was still very weak.
Compared to Chu River and Lu Qingqiu, who could replenish their Divine Thought with Spirit Pills daily, he actually had no advantage in this regard.
(Monthly votes and continuous reads haven't increased, so I reluctantly brought out the jade feet, begging for votes and continuous reads!!!)