Jian Cangqiong and his companions revealed a look of bewilderment, shook their heads amusingly, then had to admire Hu Yiqiu's cleverness!

If he were to deny it outright, the elders might still harbor suspicion, but after such a maneuver, even if the elders suspect something, it won't be too deep. With the passage of time, it will gradually be forgotten. After all, Hu Yiqiu's reasoning is too convincing. If the Son of Heavenly Dao existed, it definitely wouldn't be Changlin Academy that discovers him.

"Elder Wine-crazed, even if one has a top-tier Five Elements Dao Affinity, it's still surprising to comprehend three Great Daos in just a few days, especially with two being Integration Paths, right?"

One elder spoke softly.

"Did you see that old immortal's straightened back?"

Hu Yiqiu pointed to Li Yukun: "There was his statue, my wine gourd, Young Jiang's talent, plus our personal guidance, and his observation of my breakthrough. If he can't comprehend anything from that, isn't his talent wasted?"

The elders paused for a moment, only then noticing Li Yukun, who had always slouched, now stood with a straightened back, and the wooden carving he treasured and hid among the junior generation was gone!

"Ah, so that's it!"

"In that case, though it's still shocking, it makes sense!"

The elders nodded in agreement.

Hu!

Hu Yiqiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, muttering inwardly, "Finally got through it."

Darn kid, always causing trouble for this old man.

...

"Ah-choo!"

Jiang Chen, who was touring the academy with Lei Kai, sneezed, scratching his head, wondering how he caught a chill despite being at the Divine Infant Realm Early Stage?

"This is the Archive Pavilion. Here, you can exchange points for various cultivation resources. Spirit Grass, Elixirs, Weapons, and other items can be exchanged..."

"Here is the Archive Hall, which contains various cultivation technique texts. You can use points to exchange for reading time, but they cannot be taken out..."

"This is..."

With Lei Kai's explanation, Jiang Chen understood the role of points and the method of exchange.

Points are stored in the student command token, akin to Spirit Stone or gold and silver outside, and can be exchanged for everything related to cultivation. Going to the Five Great Opportunity Places to cultivate also requires exchanging points for time.

Within a certain range in the Five Great Opportunity Places, a sensing formation is set up. Once you enter, points are automatically deducted, stopping when you exit. If you run out of points, the formation automatically transports you out.

Besides distribution based on level, points can also be obtained by taking tasks from the Mission Hall, which offers various tasks. Smaller tasks include cleaning mountain paths and delivering letters. Some people live far from home, can't directly use the teleportation array to arrive, and don't want to delay cultivation time, hence releasing home letter delivery tasks.

Larger tasks include escort missions and tasks to eliminate evildoers and uphold justice.

Jiang Chen calculated quietly, being the top core student at the Divine Infant Realm Early Stage currently earns a hundred points per month. If he solely cultivates at the Five Opportunity Places, it certainly isn't enough, let alone exchanging for cultivation resources, making task completion inevitable.

However, he doesn't wish to engage in tasks that waste time and aren't meaningful, planning to exhaust his current points before seeking suitable trial tasks at the Mission Hall.

Following Lei Kai along the way, Jiang Chen increasingly felt that Changlin Academy was not simple.

There were formations everywhere, capable of instant transformation into battlefields. This feeling made Jiang Chen wrinkle his brow slightly, wondering why Changlin Academy seemed ready for anything at all times?

...

At night, Jiang Chen returned to Southern Maniac Mountain, sitting at the stone table in the courtyard, contemplating the academy's layout as Ouyang Ruoxue quietly sliced leaves beside him.

Changlin Academy is situated in the midst of eight high mountains, in an inland basin.

The shortest of the eight mountains reaches over ten thousand meters high, like eight pillars piercing the clouds.

The basin between these eight mountains spans dozens of miles, featuring assorted buildings on the vast surface.

Starting from the north, at the foot of the northern mountain is the Jing Si Pavilion where the dean resides, one hundred meters to the left of Jing Si Pavilion is the Jingge Tower, and one hundred meters to the right is the Archive Hall.

A bamboo grove separates Jing Si Pavilion from Jingge Tower and Archive Hall, and students of Changlin Academy detour around this grove when visiting Jingge Tower and Archive Hall, showing respect with a bow.

One hundred meters south of Jing Si Pavilion lies the residences of the elders of Changlin Academy.

Each elder resides alone in a three-story pavilion.

Due to the Protecting Institute Great Formation set up on the mountains, cave estates cannot be built on the mountains, as it might hinder the formation's operation at times.

The three-story pavilion area stretches over ten miles in length and five miles in width, resembling a long strip. Within this strip area lies dense forests, crisscrossed by paths leading to Jingge Tower and the Archive Pavilion, ensuring academy students avoid disturbing elders' cultivation by traversing through the woods.

The pavilions within the forest number thirty-six, yet besides Jian Cangqiong and the four Great Elders, there have never been thirty-six elders, and certainly not Integration Realm elders. This certainly elicits deep thought.

South of the elder's area lies the residence area for the Void Refinement Realm instructors.

A river runs east-west between the instructors' area and the elders' area, and south of the river is the instructors' residential zone, with varied structures—pavilions, wood huts, stone houses, even thatched cottages, altogether numbering seven hundred twenty residences, yet Changlin Academy has never had so many Void Refinement Realm instructors.

South of the instructors is the area where students reside.

The students' living area is divided into three configurations; closest to the elders' area are twenty standalone two-story pavilions, the residences for core disciples, each core disciple having their own two-story pavilion. South of the two-story pavilion area are twenty three-story pavilions, housing elite disciples, with five sharing a pavilion.

Further south are over a hundred large five-story pavilions, bigger than all preceding pavilions, each floor containing ten rooms, accommodating ordinary disciples.

South of the residential area lies a small Martial Arts Arena, used by students for sparring in their leisure. South of the arena are various educational palaces, each emanating unique Great Dao aura—these are where students learn, and each educational palace has a small arena.

South of the educational palaces are several grand halls, including reception halls, banquet halls, and discussion halls.

South of these grand halls lies a huge Martial Arts Arena nearly ten miles in circumference, with numerous arenas, the central being the largest challenge arena, spanning over two hundred meters.

South of the Grand Martial Arts Arena is a grassy field covering several hundred meters, with a small river running through, and south of this grassland lies Southern Maniac Mountain.

The gate to Changlin Academy isn't directly south but slightly east of south, where the maze formation necessary to pass through to enter is set between Southern Maniac Mountain and Pure Rock Mountain, the walls of the maze are merely the cliffs between the mountain peaks.

East, south, west, and north mountains exhibit Great Dao pressure, and Pure Rock Mountain and the other four mountains exert outward pressure with Great Dao. Thus, outsiders cannot climb over the mountains to enter.

As for flying, it's forbidden above Changlin Academy beyond ten thousand meters unless surpassing the highest limit of Great Dao pressure, requiring a super expert at the Integration Realm Peak to fly into Changlin Academy.

"Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Formation, Seventy-Two Earth Sha Formation... two rivers... Two Yi Formation, and Five Elements and Bagua Formation, the Three Talents Formation formed by Jing Si Pavilion, Jingge Tower, and Archive Hall, such numerous great formations, what is Changlin Academy defending against?"

Jiang Chen lightly furrowed his brows, revealing a trace of contemplation in his eyes.

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