Chapter 285: Four Great Universities, Gathering of Geniuses!

Thousand Mechanism Pavilion was not far from the Reward and Punishment Hall.Those students who had obtained a large number of Heavenly Position Points simply stayed in the Reward and Punishment Hall to exchange for the items they needed.

As for the top ten talents among all the new students, they followed Tong Chengtai to the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion.

"Ling Feng, do your best!"

When passing by Lin Xian’er, the woman blinked at him, seeming to share in Ling Feng’s happiness.

Ling Feng pursed his lips and returned a faint smile. With this incident of altering the results, he owed her a favor!

Soon after, the group arrived at the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion.

The so-called "thousand mechanisms" imply endless changes and unfathomable heavenly mechanisms.

Within the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion lay the culmination of research into the stars, the universe’s wonders, and the mysteries of heaven and earth managed by the Heavenly Position Academy.

Therefore, the pathways leading to various secret realms, perilous lands, and holy lands, established by generations of predecessors, all converged here.

Tong Chengtai led the ten students briskly towards the entrance of the secret gateway of the Wind and Thunder Sword Tower before finally halting.

"We’re here."

Ye Nanfeng, who was clearly not a first-time visitor to the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, pursed his lips and turned his head towards Ling Feng, "Ling Feng, it must be your first time experiencing a transmission channel, right?"

"Uh..." Ling Feng touched his nose and said indifferently, "I suppose so."

In fact, the Array that had transported them out of the Mist Ghost Forest, in a sense, was also a Teleportation Array, and he even carried a special Token that allowed one-way teleportation to the Mist Ghost Forest.

Lee Bufan stood at the back of the team with a frosty expression, seemingly disinclined to pair up with anyone.

Tong Chengtai took out a golden Token from his chest and walked up to the stele that activated the Secret Realm Gate. After inserting it gently, a flash of light sparked and layers of halos flickered to life, with surrounding objects beginning to warp. Soon after, they stepped into a pitch-black corridor.

Next, Tong Chengtai waved his hand and ten golden glinting talisman papers materialized, flying towards each student.

"Fellow students, everyone should keep a Return Token. After you come out of the Wind and Thunder Sword Tower, you can burn this talisman to immediately return to the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion. I think, at most, in two or three days, you all can return here."

"Yes." The students secured their Return Tokens, knowing that losing this precious item, and having to make their way back to the Heavenly Position Academy from another corner of the Eastern Spirit Domain—and passing through the perilous Yiijian Sect on the way—

Hum, with their strength, the odds would likely be against them.

"This is very good." Ling Feng secured his own Return Token. With this, when he returned, he could take part in the practice match that team captain Goo Tengfeng had strived to organize.

North Court Team 2, huh? Wait for my return!

"Alright, students, enter one by one and good luck to you all!"

After Tong Chengtai finished speaking, the Transmission Channel faintly exuded an Absorption Power, sucking in all of the students.

In the blink of an eye, everyone entered the mysterious Void Gate, and on the other side of that gate lay the legendary Wind and Thunder Sword Tower.

"Ah, if I had known that the Grand Commandant Mansion had already made arrangements, why would I have bothered to play the villain?"

Watching Lee Bufan’s disappearing figure, Tong Chengtai sighed lightly and turned to leave the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion. In three days at the latest, this batch of elite students should be returning to the Heavenly Position Academy, one after another.

Of course, if they failed to return, it would also mean that they had fallen.

After all, the Wind and Thunder Sword Tower, while being a place rife with great opportunities, also concealed dangers.

Opportunity often comes hand in hand with risk.

Darkness surrounded them, faint and uncertain, allowing them to sense a strange fluctuation.

Teachers had taught about this fluctuation in class, calling it the Time-space Tide.

Even the most stable Transmission Channel could not completely avoid the Time-space Tide; it was just a matter of intensity.

The darkness was not long-lasting, and finally, a streak of light appeared. Everyone knew they had arrived at the Wind and Thunder Sword Tower!

One by one, all the students emerged from the Transmission Channel into a world that seemed stained with blood.

In the sky floated clumps of deep red clouds, and the earth beneath seemed saturated with blood, also a deep red.

This was the remains of Yiijian Sect, a once-powerful sect.

In everyone’s view ahead lay an immense lake, stretching countless miles, with waters as eerily red as fresh blood, obscuring everything within.

And these seemingly placid waters often hid lethal dangers.

"Ling Feng, just follow me later. I do know a thing or two about the Wind and Thunder Sword Tower," Ye Nan Feng said with a grin.

As an A-class Disciple, with several years spent at Heavenly Position Academy, he naturally knew a thing or two about the Wind and Thunder Sword Tower.

As for Jun Moxie, the one who ranked first, he flew towards the great lake without saying a word.

The other students quickly followed suit.

Being the winner of the Beast Hunting competition, everyone somewhat took Jun Moxie as the leader.

Ling Feng looked around and noticed that dozens of Martial Artists had already gathered on the lakeshore. Judging by their attire, they were divided into three groups.

Clearly, they represented the students from True Dragon Academy, Sea Blue Academy, and Wenyuan Academy.

These individuals were also top-tier talents with at least Forty Meridians or even Fifty Meridians.

"Hmph, the people from Heavenly Position Academy sure put on airs, always arriving fashionably late!"

A sharp, sneering comment came from the ranks of True Dragon Academy.

"As the foremost among the Four Great Universities, Heavenly Position Academy’s grand entrance is fitting, is it not?"

Jun Moxie stood his ground, his eyes glittering with a sharp light, exuding a dignified and commanding presence.

"What arrogance!" retorted the talent from True Dragon Academy, clearly agitated. "Your mere Heavenly Position Academy claims to be the leading university of the four? Hmph, your Sword Team has been utterly defeated by our brother Yaan Jinghong of True Dragon Academy! How dare you claim to be the first?"

Yaan Jinghong was the pride of True Dragon Academy, and it was his emergence that had brought such glory to the academy, even making them overlook Heavenly Position Academy.

"How could you understand the foundation of being first?" Jun Moxie’s gaze turned icy, "If you disagree, dare you fight me?"

"You..." The expert from True Dragon Academy hesitated, his expression changing slightly. It was not that he necessarily feared Jun Moxie, but seeking opportunities at such a time and fighting Jun Moxie to the death was indeed the height of foolishness.

"Alright, Brother Du, we haven’t entered the Wind and Thunder Sword Tower yet. We need to work together," interjected a man in a deep blue robe, playing the peacemaker.

This individual was Li Yunlong, the leader of Sea Blue Academy’s delegation this time and clearly also someone who had opened more than Fifty Meridians. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ ɴovᴇl(F)ɪre.ɴet

"Hmph, only because you, Li Yunlong, asked!" snapped Du Shaoling from True Dragon Academy, and said coldly, "Now that the students from all four universities have assembled, it’s time to enter the Wind and Thunder Sword Tower!"