"Trying to break the formation? Did you... did you really set up a Maze Formation?"

Jian Wuheng looked at Jiang Chen in astonishment.

"Senior Jian, would you like to give it a try?"

Jiang Chen smiled slightly and spoke softly.

Jian Wuheng glanced at the Maze Formation and shook his head lightly. "Forget it, I don't want to embarrass myself. I'm clueless about formations."

"Junior, here you go."

Yun Tao handed over the Wooden Origin Pearl he won from Jian Wuheng to Jiang Chen.

"This is..."

Jiang Chen took a look at the Wooden Origin Pearl, reached out to take it, and his expression slightly changed.

Inside the Wooden Origin Pearl, there was a strong aura of the Wood Path, and the aura was exceptionally gentle.

"This is the Wooden Origin Pearl, a unique item of our Changlin Academy. With it, you can cultivate in the Qingmu Forest and draw upon the Wood Path there, allowing for a better understanding of the Great Dao."

Yun Tao explained softly.

"Qingmu Forest?"

Jiang Chen showed a hint of confusion in his eyes.

"Our Changlin Academy has five places of opportunity, namely..."

Yun Tao explained softly.

Changlin Academy is located at the southernmost end of the Mingqian Realm of the Changlang Continent for a reason. Among the eight mountain peaks surrounding the academy, there are five places rich in the aura of the Five Elements Great Path: one each on the southeast, southwest, northeast, and northwest directions, and the last at the foot of the North Mountain behind the academy.

The opportunity on the southeastern mountain peak is known as Pure Land Rock, and at the peak, there is a massive rock that is rich in the aura of the Earth Path.

The opportunity on the northeastern mountain peak is known as Clear Water Pool, and halfway up the mountain, there is a crystal-clear pool, with the aura of the Way of Water forming a Great Dao mist above the pool.

The entire southwestern mountain peak is an opportunity site called Fire Path Mountain, a dead volcano with magma rich in the aura of the Fire Path.

The opportunity on the northwestern mountain peak is Qingmu Forest, where there's a lush forest halfway up the mountain, evergreen all year round and gathering the aura of the Wood Path.

The last one at the foot of the North Mountain is the opportunity site for the Golden Path, Jingge Tower.

Jingge Tower is a true tower, containing a dense aura of the Golden Path inside.

All students at Changlin Academy focus on cultivating the Five Elements Great Path, and these five places of opportunity allow for a better understanding of the Great Dao.

The four mountain peaks are named after the places of opportunity: Pure Rock Mountain, Clear Water Mountain, Fire Path Mountain, and Qingmu Mountain.

After listening to Yun Tao's explanation, Jiang Chen glanced around at the eight mountain peaks and nodded lightly.

These eight mountain peaks naturally formed an Eight Trigrams Array, and the five places of opportunity formed the Five Elements Path, allowing a formation to draw upon the natural array and construct a Five Elements and Bagua Formation that envelops the entire academy!

"Senior Brother, who are those four seniors? I heard you call one of them the dean."

Jiang Chen thought of the four people in the formation and asked softly.

"Including our master, they are the academy's five great experts. Since the dean rarely acts, the outside world refers to the other four as the Changlin Four Great Experts."

Yun Tao replied softly, "The dean is Wuheng's father, he is..."

Dean Jian Cangqiong of Changlin Academy reached the early stage of the Unity Realm Stage a hundred years ago and hasn't acted in a hundred years. He specializes in Sword Dao, residing next to Jingge Tower at the foot of the North Mountain.

The Changlin Academy's Four Great Experts are also the four Great Elders: Dong Xian, Xi Nu, Southern Maniac, and Bei Mo.

These four experts haven't shown their prowess in front of the world for a century. A hundred years ago, all four were at the mid-stage of the Unity Realm Stage, residing in the east, west, south, and north mountains, named after their titles.

From Yun Tao's mouth, Jiang Chen heard something intriguing and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, wondering if Changlin Academy was a family business.

Dean Jian Cangqiong married Dong Xian Li Qingzhu, and Dong Xian is the daughter of Bei Mo Li Yukun. In charge of punishment, Xi Nu Dao Yeming is Jian Cangqiong's sworn brother, with only Hu Yiqiu being an outsider.

"Is Master often ostracized in the academy?"

Jiang Chen asked with amusement.

"Anyone hearing about the relationship among our academy's top experts for the first time might think so, but it's not the case."

Yun Tao paused, quickly understanding and chuckling, "Don't be fooled by Bei Mo Elder always joking with Master. They're playful that way. But if anyone dares to speak ill of Master, without waiting for Master to respond, Bei Mo Elder would definitely be angry first, and the dean respects Master greatly. I've even seen the dean bow to Master as a disciple."

"Bow as a disciple?"

Jiang Chen was a bit surprised; for the academy's dean to bow as a disciple to a Great Elder, there must be a story behind it.

"My grandfather once told me to respect Elder Wine-crazed more than him."

Jian Wuheng interjected.

Jiang Chen's eyes shifted, glancing at the valley and muttering to himself that Master's identity might not be that simple!

"By the way! Junior Jiang, you might encounter some troubles with the new students entering the academy this time."

Jian Wuheng suddenly remembered something and spoke softly.

"Me?"

Jiang Chen was slightly stunned and looked at Jian Wuheng in confusion.

"Elder Wine-crazed's Primordial Spirit was injured, unable to improve his strength. Some of the academy's other elders are eyeing Southern Maniac Mountain. The east, west, south, and north mountains are symbols of status and identity. Other elders can only reside in the other four mountains, even though they have places of opportunity, but there's one aspect that can't match the east, west, south, and north mountains."

Jian Wuheng explained softly:

"Due to the Academy's Great Array, the side of the east, west, south, and north mountains facing the academy has a constant Great Dao pressure, which is the Five Elements Path. Opportunity sites can help better understand the Great Dao, while the east, west, south, and north mountains help better consolidate the Great Dao."

"The mountain peaks with opportunity sites are open to all students, as long as you're a student of the academy you can go for comprehension and cultivation, but the east, west, south, and north mountains have a strong Great Dao pressure, needing Array Talismans for easy access."

"Without Array Talismans, you can't even climb the mountain. Array Talismans allow you to adjust strength, and by holding them, you can utilize the Great Dao pressure to refine and consolidate your own Great Dao Comprehension."

Jiang Chen blinked and softly said, "Can't you just make more Array Talismans?"

"This won't work, crafting Array Talismans is extremely difficult. The entire academy only has thirty pieces, five each for the four mountains, the remaining ten are in my father's hands, and every year there's an academy competition that decides who holds the talismans."

"The ten Array Talismans in my father's hands can't reach the top of the four mountains, where the four Great Elders reside, and the Great Dao pressure there is the purest, best suited for tempering one's own Great Dao."

Jian Wuheng shook his head, patiently explaining.

Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow: "What does this have to do with me? They should challenge Master, right?"

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