Soul Emperor Martial God

Leaving Black Cloud Academy, Xiao Yi headed straight for the nearest Wind Shattering Hall.

Regarding Black Cloud Academy, in fact, Xiao Yi had many doubts and questions.

He even wondered if he had come to the wrong Black Cloud Academy.

Normally, a famous academy would not only have a mere few hundred disciples.

Take Heavenly Hidden Academy for example, a hundred thousand disciples, not an exaggeration, and each one is a Martial Arts Genius.

Other renowned academies also boast tens of thousands of disciples, sometimes even more.

Black Cloud Academy, although ranked 12th, just outside the top 10, the mere hundreds of disciples really are surprising.

A well-known academy, would certainly not lack disciples.

Of course, maybe the deputy dean's words 'not accepting heavenly talents, only taking monsters' might be one of the reasons.

However, Xiao Yi still felt incredulous and a kind of inexplicable confusion.

Since he stepped into Black Cloud Academy just now, the academy was almost empty.

Not to mention disciples, even Martial Arts Elders, or ordinary martial artists, there were hardly any.

The whole Black Cloud Academy was eerily silent, a silence that was unsettling.

That kind of silence seemed lifeless, like an empty Ghost Domain, giving one the chills.

He did not release his perception earlier.

After all, Black Cloud Academy is not a place to be taken lightly, how could one easily explore it?

But intuition told him, if he had released his perception earlier, there would surely be no more than a few dozen people in Black Cloud Academy.

"What exactly is going on with Black Cloud Academy?" Xiao Yi squinted his eyes.

Although Black Cloud Academy seemed somewhat bizarre.

Nonetheless, Xiao Yi trusted the deputy dean.

Likewise, he trusted his intuition, the deputy dean was definitely not an evil cultivator or someone with malicious intent.

Perhaps everything could wait until after completing the task, and return to Black Cloud Academy to discuss further.

Now, he was heading towards Wind Shattering Hall, wanting to look up some information.

Of course, nothing confidential.

Just intended to get a general understanding of Black Cloud region.

An hour later, Xiao Yi arrived at Wind Shattering Hall.

This Wind Shattering Hall was seen earlier when journeying with the deputy dean, located within Black Cloud City.

A dozen minutes later, Xiao Yi walked out from Wind Shattering Hall.

After some reading, he roughly understood the Black Cloud region.

The whole Black Cloud region is even larger than he imagined.

In terms of area, it is more than twice the size of Fangcun Territory.

At the same time, the number of forces within the region is astonishingly many.

Take Black Cloud City, for instance, the number of forces within is not less than hundreds.

And Black Cloud City is just one major city within the entire Black Cloud region.

Looking at the entire Black Cloud region, it is a mix of fish and dragons, chaotic and tumultuous.

Moreover, among the Ancient Eight Halls, this place holds six halls; the various sub-halls of the six halls are spread throughout the Black Cloud region.

Within the region, records of murders, robberies, and battles between martial artists on the task scrolls he browsed alone were astronomical.

That number is over ten times that of Fangcun Territory.

Xiao Yi even believes, if it weren't for the major and minor sub-halls of the six halls, the entire Black Cloud region would be even more chaotic.

"Black Cloud Academy, Black Cloud region." Xiao Yi muttered to himself.

"Interesting."

Xiao Yi suddenly chuckled, his smile filled with a long-lost sense of anticipation.

In his heart, a similarly long-lost restless feeling stirred.

One of the reasons he came to the Central Region was to witness its unique splendor.

Leaving Wind Shattering Hall, Xiao Yi opened the task scroll given by the deputy dean.

On the scroll, the first thing visible was the word "task."

The task description contained only one sentence, 'Within three days, head to Floral Spirit City'.

Following that, the entire scroll had a large blank space.

Only until the very bottom did it appear, the rules concerning the task personally penned by the deputy dean, etc.

The so-called rules allow the participants to complete the task by any means and method.

Simply put, there are no restrictions.

"I see." Xiao Yi nodded.

As for that blank space, it is because the scroll contains some prohibition.

Once he arrives at Floral Spirit City, new task content will appear in the blank space.

In other words, this scroll will guide participants to complete the task step by step.

"Floral Spirit City." Xiao Yi muttered quietly.

In the next second, his figure flickered, controlling the air and flying up.

Soon, he was out of Black Cloud City, heading straight for Floral Spirit City.

Floral Spirit City is a major city located ten thousand miles away from Black Cloud City.

At the same time, it is a commercial city, with no weak martial artist forces within.

Two days later, Xiao Yi arrived at Floral Spirit City.

However, there were temporarily no new task tips on the task scroll.

Xiao Yi had to randomly find an inn to stay at and also learned a bit about Floral Spirit City.

Inside Floral Spirit City, there is a large demon hunting hall sub-hall.

And centering around Floral Spirit City, within tens of thousands of miles, it is densely populated with demon hunters.

Outside Floral Spirit City, there are several large demon beast forests, and further away, there are several dangerous places.

While densely populated with demon hunters, there are also many alchemists, trading companies, etc.

Elixir trading is one major factor of Floral Spirit City's commercial prosperity.

In Floral Spirit City, aside from the City Lord's Mansion, there's another major force called Floral Spirit Sect.

From what Xiao Yi learned, Floral Spirit Sect is the longest-standing and most prestigious major force here.

Within the sect, strong individuals are abundant.

Xiao Yi wandered around Floral Spirit City idly while also waiting.

But the task scroll remained long without showing any task reminders.

"What kind of task assessment could be here?" Xiao Yi wondered to himself.

If it involves killing demon beasts and assessing strength, there are many large perilous places near Black Cloud City.

If it is to see a prosperous commercial city, Black Cloud City is actually more bustling than here.

Xiao Yi shook his head, unable to figure it out.

In the inn, Xiao Yi sat cross-legged and began cultivating.

Since he was waiting, he decided not to waste cultivation time.

The fierce Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy continued to flow from the heavens, transforming into pure primordial power upon entering his body.

With his current cultivation, the speed of absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy was already very fast.

Certainly, for his exceptionally large Qi Spring, it was just a drop in the bucket.

Ultimately, a large amount of cultivation items is needed to fill it.

However, it has been some time since he broke through to Heavenly Extreme Fourth Layer.

The Qi Spring elemental power height is already close to the Fifth Layer.

Now, only need to resolve the subsequent cultivation doubts, to directly elevate the Qi Spring elemental power height to the Fifth Layer, then naturally breakthrough to Heavenly Extreme Fifth Layer.

Xiao Yi thought secretly.

Until the third day, night fell.

The night grew darker, the bright moon wheel slowly shifted.

As the deep night passed, when the night reached its densest.

"The third day is over." Xiao Yi slightly frowned.

At this moment, a shimmering glow appeared on the task scroll.

Characters emerged from thin air on the scroll.

Xiao Yi glanced at the task description on the scroll, his complexion immediately changed.

The task description also contained only a few words.

'Before dawn, slaughter Floral Spirit Sect'.

Xiao Yi squinted his eyes, after confirming he didn't misread, he put away the task scroll.

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First update. (Take a day off, owed two updates, will make up tomorrow.)