Soul Emperor Martial God

"Is it not worse than the Heavenly Hidden Academy?" Xiao Yi shrugged, withholding comment.

"What?" The vice dean's expression was displeased, "Boy, do you think my Black Cloud Academy is inferior to the Heavenly Hidden Academy and regret it?"

"No." Xiao Yi shook his head.

"Then why did you ask?" The vice dean smirked.

Xiao Yi replied calmly, "I just want to understand the major powers here in the Central Region, to compare these great forces' levels."

"As for the rest, I'm not concerned."

"Oh?" The vice dean said playfully, "Boy, Heavenly Hidden Academy, every Heavenly Talent flocks to it."

"Who wouldn't want their Martial Arts Dao predecessors to be as strong as possible?"

Xiao Yi shook his head, "Naturally, the stronger, the better."

"However, I prefer the saying, 'A master leads you to the door, cultivation depends on yourself.'

"As long as someone can clarify some Martial Arts doubts for me, that's enough."

The vice dean showed an expression of appreciation, "Such disposition is quite remarkable."

"Have you had a Martial Arts Teacher before? To teach you such temperament, they must be an amazing Martial Artist."

"Yes, indeed, they were extraordinary." Xiao Yi smiled knowingly.

Time gradually passed, and an hour went by in a blink.

"Elder Yun Yuan should almost be here." The vice dean glanced at the thick black clouds in the sky and said.

Just at that moment, a light flickered from within the vice dean's chest.

"Oh?" The vice dean looked at it in confusion, then took out the glowing object from his chest.

It was the Floating Trace Scroll.

The vice dean frowned and opened the Floating Trace Scroll, his face changing dramatically.

Xiao Yi also glanced at the opened Floating Trace Scroll, with a face full of confusion.

He remembered that the floating text on the Floating Trace Scroll had been, starting from the second line, a list of the Martial Arts Elders' names and records.

But those texts started from the second line, with the first line completely blank.

Back then, the first thing that caught his eye was the second line, featuring Senior Yun Yuan.

But now, on the Floating Trace Scroll, the once-blank first line appeared with the word 'Luo' and a time record of 5 minutes.

"This word 'Luo'..." Xiao Yi looked questioningly at the vice dean.

The vice dean spoke in a deep voice, "The appearance of information on the Floating Trace Scroll signifies the dean has come out of seclusion."

"The dean's surname is Luo."

"Why only the word Luo?" Xiao Yi asked, puzzled.

The vice dean smiled proudly, "Because the word Luo is sufficient to represent everything."

"Sufficient to represent everything?" Xiao Yi frowned.

"Alright." The vice dean chuckled, "Boy, you might have another choice now."

"Tsk tsk, the dean's last emergence from seclusion was who knows how many years ago."

"Lucky you, joining us at exactly this moment."

Xiao Yi, upon hearing this, let out a wry smile.

He naturally understood the vice dean's implication.

Yet he shook his head.

"5 minutes?" Xiao Yi wryly smiled, "I have too many Martial Arts doubts, so let's forget it."

"5 minutes?" The vice dean smiled playfully, "More than enough, no, I should say, more than ample."

"Alright, it's settled."

"I'll inform Senior Yun Yuan there's no need to come, and go directly to the dean."

With that, the vice dean happily left quickly, mumbling, "It's been many years since I chatted with the dean, this is just right."

"Hey, vice dean..." Xiao Yi's expression turned anxious, hurriedly chasing after him.

However, with his level of cultivation, how could he possibly keep up with the vice dean's speed?

By the time he caught up with the vice dean, they were already before a palace.

And the vice dean had already briskly entered the palace.

"I'm doomed." Xiao Yi's face changed color.

If he were to exchange his high task rewards worth 110 for 5 minutes of guidance, he feared he'd be driven mad.

Xiao Yi was about to catch up, but his steps paused.

He knew that for great powers, there would always be places akin to Forbidden Lands.

Moreover, in his perception, the palace before him inexplicably gave him a sense of trepidation.

This trepidation did not stem from a sense of mortal peril.

It felt more as if he were looking up to a divine figure in the clouds, an irresistible urge to look up in awe arose within him.

"No..." Xiao Yi's expression suddenly shifted.

Before he could react, his expression became dazed and vacant...

The palace before him was no longer in sight.

Instead, his thoughts soared continuously.

Looking up, his thoughts soared, gradually surpassing the clouds, passing beyond the horizon.

In his eyes lay the endless stars, and even the boundless Void.

This sense of being lost did not cause him any pain or discomfort.

Instead, he felt admiration, excitement, and joy.

The endless stars seemed more like countless Martial Arts rules.

The boundless Void seemed to contain all Heaven and Earth Ultimate Truth.

Being within, it was as though he roamed the Void, seemingly seeing all the Martial Arts Knowledge he had ever wanted knowledge of, each he yearned to learn.

"Break!" Xiao Yi suddenly roared.

"Pff." A mouthful of bloody spittle was spat out, his face a ghastly white, but his dazed expression returned to normal, his cold eyes regaining clarity.

"What an astonishing Martial Arts Power." Xiao Yi was utterly shocked to the extreme.

He could not imagine how much Martial Arts the person within the palace had mastered, how much of the Heaven and Earth Ultimate Truth they had comprehended.

At this time, the vice dean slowly walked out of the palace, looking at Xiao Yi with a satisfied smile.

"Not bad; I thought you would get lost in it, unable to extricate yourself from the countless Heaven and Earth Martial Arts, and I'd need to wake you up."

"I didn't expect you to wake up on your own."

"Go ahead, the dean is waiting for you."

"But remember, you only have 5 minutes."

Xiao Yi nodded, his eyes revealing a hint of anticipation.

Hopefully, he could gain something, or else he would suffer a great loss.

He swiftly walked into the palace.

What met his eyes was a setting neither overly luxurious nor ordinarily mundane.

At the forefront, there was a mat.

On the mat sat an elder.

Xiao Yi gazed directly at the elder, stunned.

For some reason, the elder before him gave Xiao Yi a peculiar feeling.

Not like looking at other elders or seniors, feeling either admiration or astonishment at their formidable cultivation.

Xiao Yi didn't know how to describe this feeling.

He only felt... very natural.

Yes, natural.

The elder's appearance was not as he imagined, no deep and inscrutable aura, nor a solemn and steadfast like Mount Tai demeanor.

There was nothing.

Only an... elegance.

The elder before him sat peacefully, his clothing not extravagant, yet exceedingly neat, elegant, and composed.

"Senior... no, Senior Luo." Xiao Yi approached the elder, bowing.

The elder nodded, his serene expression devoid of authority or solemnity, merely indifferent.

"Sit." Two simple words flowed from the elder's mouth.

Xiao Yi sat casually on a mat.

The elder's fingers lightly touched the air, and a glow emerged from it.

The glow resembled a Starlight River.

Within the river, starlight was constantly reincarnating and dissipating.

"When this Starlight River completely dissipates, our conversation will end."

"You may begin asking now."

The elder's voice was calm.

Xiao Yi's expression turned anxious, his mind quickly organizing the Martial Arts queries he needed to ask.

...

Second update.

(Owe one more update, plus an update missed a few days ago, making two in total. Will make up tomorrow.)