Below Kṣitigarbha Pavilion.
The elders looked at Elder Sun, wondering what good plan he had.
Sensing the gazes of the crowd, Elder Sun stroked his beard and slowly spoke.
“You don’t have to be so anxious and impatient.”
“How about we do not get up to any tricks and each create an academic schedule to teach Ye Ping what we are good at?”
“For example, I’m good at the Qi-watching technique so if Ye Ping likes it and thinks I’m more suitable to be his teacher, we won’t have to fight anymore.”
“Likewise, if Ye Ping likes alchemy, refining pills, and array formations, he is free to choose for himself. We don’t have to argue about anything and let Ye Ping decide, what do you think?”
Elder Sun spoke slowly as that was the only solution he could think of.
After he said that, the elders were a little surprised.
They pondered carefully for a long time.
‘Hey! This is actually a good idea.’
“This is a good idea, I think it’s feasible.”
“I think it’s feasible too. Not bad.”
“Elder Sun, your idea is very good, it’s hundreds of times better than the Academy Master’s suggestion.”
“That’s feasible, each of us will impart a portion of knowledge to Ye Ping, and it’s up to him to choose. Whether or not we can take him in as our disciple will depend on our abilities.”
“This is a great idea.”
The elders nodded. The more they thought about it, the more they thought that the solution was great.
Everyone had a chance to become Ye Ping’s master and the determinant was the type of Dharmic Dao Ye Ping liked.
All of a sudden, everyone was full of confidence. They believed that Ye Ping would definitely shine if he was their disciple.
However, at this moment, someone suddenly spoke up.
“But what if Ye Ping’s aptitude is too good and not only do we fail to teach him, we end up leading him astray?”
Some elders couldn’t help but speak up in disgruntlement.
However, after hearing his words, the elders smiled in contempt.
“Elder Zhou, aren’t you being a little too exaggerated? Ye Ping may have an extremely high aptitude but he won’t say that about us, right?”
“Yes, yes, I just don’t believe it. I am the best alchemist in Jin Nation and I have to be taught by him?”
“It’s normal that you look down on yourself but don’t look down on us too. I’m the best array formation master in Jin Nation, does he have the ability to set up an array that I can’t?”
“You’re thinking too much.”
The elders said nonchalantly while Elder Zhou didn’t say much.
“I think what Elder Sun said is exactly right, let’s follow that. ”
The crowd still felt that Elder Sun was right.
The Academy Master also nodded in agreement, thinking that it was extremely feasible.
“In this case, we’ll do as Elder Sun said and create an academic schedule. Whoever can take Ye Ping as their disciple will depend on their abilities.”
“Let’s stop arguing now, lest Ye Ping sees it and thinks that we are too impulsive and irritable. Let’s go back to the main hall for a discussion,” Li Mocheng said.
After all, it was rare for there to be a genius in the Jin Nation Academy, and if Ye Ping saw them arguing, it would make them seem less impressive.
As Li Mocheng said that, the elders agreed and then followed Li Mocheng to the main hall.
Although it was a good approach, the problem was who would be the first to teach Ye Ping. That was an issue that they now had to discuss.
At the same time, in the Sutra Pavilion.
Ye Ping was sitting cross-legged in a deserted place with a pile of books in front of him.
Ancient people could read ten lines at a glance, but Ye Ping could read a hundred books at once.
Hundreds of books were laid out in front of Ye Ping and the pages were being flipped automatically while a massive amount of information flooded Ye Ping’s brain.
In the Kṣitigarbha Pavilion of Jin Nation, there were a total of 1,432,650 books.
70% of them were information, historical records, and strange tales. They were not cultivation method secret manuals.
On the other hand, Ye Ping managed to gain a massive amount of information from reading the books.
The more knowledge gained, the more Ye Ping’s state of mind changed.
Just like that, time passed bit by bit, and in the blink of an eye, seven days and seven nights had passed.
During those seven days, the entire Jin Nation Academy was discussing about Ye Ping.
How could a newly matriculated disciple not shock the Jin Nation Academy by beating up the third generation and fourth generation disciples alone?
Even the first and second generation disciples were astonished and they really wanted to see who Ye Ping was.
However, since Ye Ping went to Kṣitigarbha Pavilion seven days ago, he had never come out again, which made them even more curious.
However, the senior members of the academy had also issued an order to prevent the news of Ye Ping from being spread and to disallow discussions. However, even then, there was still some news that got out.
After all, nothing could be kept under wraps forever.
On this day, Li Yue appeared in the Kṣitigarbha Pavilion.
At this moment, she held a light red piece of paper in her hand and walked into the Kṣitigarbha Pavilion.
Soon, Li Yue saw Ye Ping.
Not far away, Ye Ping was still flipping through books. He had not closed his eyes for seven days and seven nights, and had read at least hundreds of thousands of books that allowed him to gain lots of knowledge.
Seeing that Ye Ping was still reading, Li Yue stood at the side quietly and dared not disturb him.
Just like that, in the blink of an eye, another day had passed.
Finally, when Ye Ping finished reading the last book, he exhaled a long breath of turbid air.
He read a total of 795,432 books in just eight days and eight nights.
He almost read 100,000 ancient books in one day and finished them all.
Such an incredible reading speed and volume was not something that ordinary people could achieve.
Only a demon like Ye Ping could finish reading close to 800,000 books in eight days.
After exhaling a mouthful of turbid air, Ye Ping closed his eyes and rested a little.
The 800,000 books of strange tales gave Ye Ping a new knowledge of the world.
The information spanned across various genres.
In these eight days, Ye Ping’s knowledge was greatly enhanced, and it was because he knew so many things that Ye Ping’s mentality also underwent many subtle changes.
However, what surprised him the most was the information about this world.
In Ye Ping’s impression, the world of immortal cultivation should not be considered large and people would cultivate immortality to achieve the Dao, and then ascend to become immortals and ancestors.
However, the world he lived in was not that simple.
The novels often made immortal cultivation out to be very simple. There was a type where if one continuously absorbed spiritual energy, they would be able to ascend soon.
However, Immortal Ascension was extremely difficult and complicated in this world.
The difficulty of immortal cultivation could be explained by the fact that there would be one immortal in a hundred years in ancient times, and one immortal in a thousand years.
It was simple. In ancient times, one would ascend to become immortal within a hundred years, but now, an immortal would appear in thousands of years. That was how difficult it was to achieve Immortal Ascension.
Besides, Ye Ping also found out that the nation he was now in was called Jin Nation and there were Ten Nations in total.
Li Nation, Chen Nation, Jing Nation, Nan Nation, Qing Nation, Zhao Nation, Chu Nation, Yan Nation, Jin Nation, and Wei Nation.
Among them, Li Nation, Chen Nation, and Jing Nation were the most famous, with the Jin Nation being ranked nine and at the bottom. That was also the reason why Ye Ping was more and more disapproving of the teaching method of the Jin Nation Academy.
Since they were already at the bottom, they would be wiped out of the Ten Nations sooner or later if they didn’t undergo a reform.
However, there were also other nations, but those ten were the strongest ones within the jurisdiction of the Great Xia Dynasty.
The Great Xia Dynasty was above the Ten Nations.
That was a true country and it was called a dynasty. The Great Xia Dynasty had jurisdiction over 321 nations, of which the strongest ten were called the Ten Nations.
The Great Xia Dynasty was located in the north and further up was the rest of the world which was divided into five areas.
The Great Qian Dynasty was located in the center of the world.
The Great Zhou Dynasty was located in the eastern part of the world.
The Great Li Dynasty was located in the southern part of the world.
The Great Ze Dynasty was located in the western part of the world.
The Great Xia Dynasty was located in the northern part of the world.
Those were the five major dynasties that governed the entire immortal cultivation world.
Of course, there were also other powerful forces apart from the five dynasties, but the five dynasties were the most terrifying.
There were records.
There were also the Divine Palaces, Holy Lands, Demon Lands, Forbidden Lands, 33 other immortal islands and 3,000 immortals.
It wouldn’t be too much to say that there were hidden experts everywhere.
However, Ye Ping knew through those books that it was a fight of luck.
The so-called fight of luck was the key thing in Immortal Ascension.
There were records in the ancient classics that during ancient times, cultivators had to have immortal positions in order to become immortals and metamorphose into saints to go through Immortal Ascension.
Hence, there had been instances where immortals emerged in a hundred years or even ten years.
However, the ancient glory fell, and there were various speculations but the outcome was that they had fallen.
The immortal positions did too.
Since the end of the ancient era, the immortal positions vanished too. Hence, no one could go through Immortal Ascension in tens of thousands of years.
When the world thought that no immortals would appear in this world of immortal cultivation again, an emperor of the ancient dynasty ascended in front of everyone.
All of a sudden, the world was shocked. After hundreds of years of calculations, they finally found the opportunity of Immortal Ascension.
Luck.
The ancient era of immortal positions had passed and was replaced by the era of luck.
In this era, one would have to vie in terms of luck in order to become an immortal.
The fight for luck was approved by heaven and earth.
The simplest method was to unify the world and have the dynasties compete for luck.
If one established a dynasty and unified the world, they would be able to obtain the luck of heavens and directly go through Immortal Ascension. In fact, it would not be an individual, but a group of people becoming immortals.
If one did not wish to use such a method, they could resort to others, such as trying to reach the extreme of the Sword Dao and use the supreme sword intent to prove the supreme Sword Dao.
There were also the Dao of alchemy and array formations.
No one was sure of what method it was, but it was not recorded in detail in the secret manuals.
The only thing that was known was that there were 3,000 Great Dao and many ways to prove the Dao. Regardless of right or wrong and stance, what mattered was that one’s ideas followed Heaven’s will.
Hence, the paths of faith, dynasty, invincibility, teleology, and even literature could be used to enter the Dao.
There was only one core point, and that was “contend”.
Regardless of the path chosen, one had to strive to be the best.
The world’s luck was limited and could not be distributed to everyone, nor could everyone become immortal.
Some mighty figures deduced that the luck of heaven and earth could only allow a small number of people to become immortal at the same time.
If one had gone through Immortal Ascension, no one would be able to become immortal for hundreds or even thousands of years in the future, not because of a lack of strength, but because of a lack of luck.
However, when a dynasty reigned over the world, it might result in the lack of an immortal for tens of thousands of years in the world of immortal cultivation.
There might even be some incredible things that would happen, which might be detrimental to the world of immortal cultivation.
That was also the reason why so many sects were fighting against the dynasty.
What the major dynasties wanted was not as simple as ruling over other dynasties as they wanted to truly unify all the sects.
However, the problem was that they dared not attack the sects, for fear of creating trouble.
In short, this world was far larger, tumultuous, and grander than one could imagine.
It was also because of this that Ye Ping felt that the Qingyun Dao Sect was remarkable.
Ye Ping did not read only those strange tales, but also theories about aptitude, talent, cultivation level, Sword Dao, and many others.
At this moment, Ye Ping finally understood how strong he was.
For example, in the Sword Dao, there was a clear division of Sword Dao aptitude.
Taking a hundred years to condense the sword momentum was considered superior.
If one took ten years to condense the sword momentum, they would be considered a genius.
If one took a year to condense the sword momentum, they would be the genius of the nation.
If one took a month to condense the sword momentum, they would be a supreme Sword Dao genius.
What about condensing the sword momentum in one day?
Even if Ye Ping did not know much, he completely understood how strong he was at this point.
Be it in terms of his realm, physical body, or Qi and blood, or sword technique, he was a supreme existence.
That was also the reason why Ye Ping understood how terrifying the Qingyun Dao Sect really was.
He was just a wastrel, but he managed to become so strong within less than three months of being in the Qingyun Dao Sect.
‘If I had better aptitude, won’t I ascend?’
Thinking of this, Ye Ping felt a little upset.
However, it didn’t matter because at least he was doing well now.
Of course, after reading books for so many days, there was one thing that Ye Ping guessed right.
The Jin Nation Academy was indeed very mediocre.
There were barely any talents in the entire academy and even the Academy Master seemed very average.
However, Ye Ping had nothing to regret. Since his master had told him to go to the Jin Nation Academy, his master definitely had his plans in mind.
The supreme sword intent was indeed hidden there.
However, he had to comprehend it himself.
At the thought of this, Ye Ping couldn’t help but settle on his goal.
He wanted to comprehend the supreme sword intent.
If he could comprehend it, he would leave and return to the sect.
Of course, if he really comprehended the supreme sword intent, he would owe the Jin Nation Academy a favor.
If the Jin Nation Academy faced any difficulties, he would be able to help.
Ye Ping did not plan to acknowledge a master after joining the Jin Nation Academy, but if he comprehended the supreme sword intent, he would owe the Jin Nation Academy a favor.
At this moment, he retracted his attention.
He had learned too many things in one go and had to slowly digest what he had learned.
“Ah~”
Ye Ping stretched and smiled.
Indeed, knowledge is power. After learning so many things in one go, he felt that he had ascended.
Most importantly, he had learned a lot and had understood the basic things. Hence, he would not be considered clueless.
If he was cowardly when doing things, he would just end up being frustrated.
After understanding it, there was a drastic change in Ye Ping’s state of mind.
It was a true improvement.
One that was indescribable.
At this moment, Ye Ping finally snapped out of his thoughts and quickly discovered Li Yue’s figure.
“Senior Brother, you’re awake?”
Li Yue, who was standing not far away, could not help but speak immediately after seeing Ye Ping open his eyes.
“Yes, what is the matter, Junior Sister Li?”
Ye Ping was smiling tenderly as he looked at Li Yue and asked that question.
“Senior Brother Ye, the Academy Master asked me to bring this academic schedule to you.”
Li Yue answered while handing the notes to Ye Ping.
“Academic schedule?”
Ye Ping was somewhat curious as he took the academic notes.
Generally speaking, in the Jin Nation Academy, the disciples would be taught by Senior Brothers of the previous generation and there would be an elder coming over once every month to teach them.
“Just tell me what academic schedule it is.”
“Yes, we are also surprised. The academic schedule was issued by the academy seven days ago. There hasn’t been such a situation in the past.”
“However, I heard that the academy wants to strengthen the disciples because of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament, but the exact reason is unclear.”
Li Yue explained.
“Can I not go?”
Ye Ping took a look at the note and realized that it was extremely packed and there was basically something to do everyday.
“Senior Brother Ye, this is the rule of the academy, so it’s mandatory to go. However, if you can get a good evaluation, you won’t have to go.”
Li Yue was caught between laughter and tears.
Generally speaking, when one joined an academy, their goal would be to learn something, and the elders of the Jin Nation Academy basically represented the entire Jin Nation.
All elders in Jin Nation Academy were influential figures.
If not for the elders, no one would be willing to leave their hometowns and go to the Jin Nation Academy to study since there were so many geniuses in Jin Nation, such as the best alchemist and the best array formation master.
Wouldn’t it be good to stay in the sect?
“Good evaluation?”
Ye Ping muttered to himself, unsure of what it meant.
The so-called good evaluation meant that one would be able to comprehend three sentences for every sentence that an elder said, be it in alchemy or array formations.
That way, after learning for several months, one could choose not to attend it.
It was not that one would have to learn everything, but for the sake of other disciples, he would have to study the other things.
It was impossible for others to give up on learning just because one person had succeeded in learning.
Of course, if one was talented, the elders would basically make some exceptions and let them learn more.
That was what good evaluation meant.
At the thought of this, Ye Ping nodded and looked at the academic schedule in his hand.
The first column was “Sword Dao”
“Alright, I will attend it on time tomorrow. Thank you, Junior Sister Li.”
Ye Ping nodded and said.
After he said that, Li Yue could not help but smile and said, “You’re being too polite, Senior Brother Ye. Oh, by the way, there will be a lantern festival in a few days. I don’t know if you’re interested. Many talented disciples will attend it, it’s the grandest event in the capital of Jin Nation.”
Li Yue invited Ye Ping to the so-called lantern festival.
“Lantern festival? We’ll see.”
Ye Ping knew about the Lantern Festival, which was the grandest festival in Jin Nation. Jin Nation was civilized and through literature, and hence, the officials and people were more friendly and respectful to the literati. Thus the Lantern Festival was a grand festival in the hearts of the literati in all the Ten Nations.
However, the most important thing at the moment was comprehending the supreme sword intent of the Jin Nation Academy.
Ye Ping preferred cultivating to such a leisurely program.
“Alright, I’ll wait for a few days before asking Senior Brother about it. I’m not in a hurry anyway. In this case, Senior Brother Ye, I’ll get going.”
After saying that, Li Yue turned around and left.
After Li Yue left, Ye Ping continued to read books.
However, this time, he was not reading the book of strange tales, but the Sword Dao.
Just like that, in the blink of an eye, it was the second day.
At this moment, the sun hadn’t risen yet.
However, Elder Li had arrived in the Sword Washing Pool of the Jin Nation Academy with his eyes full of expectations.
The reason being, he was going to impart the sword techniques to Ye Ping today.
