Chapter 570: 569. Chapter 564: The Great Dao Corridor Is About to Change Weather

569. Chapter 564: The Great Dao Corridor Is About to Change Weather

"What artifact are you planning to use?" Seeing Ji Luo asked.

Ding Huan shook his head: "I don't know yet. I'll cultivate first."

The realm of Immortal Sovereign Level One is simply too low. Although Xie Kuangren was severely wounded by him and Zuo Shanwei, this is a place with strict rules—there's no guarantee a second Xie Kuangren won't appear.

With some divine crystals still on him, he should quickly boost his strength.

……

Misfortune leans on fortune; fortune hides within misfortune.

This saying fits perfectly with the Contest Dao Class at Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy.

If those eight disciples of Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy hadn't joined the Contest Dao Class, they would never have met Dao Master Ding Huan.

Without meeting Dao Master Ding Huan, they wouldn't have even secured a ranking, let alone obtained the standard Dao certification from Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy.

Because they joined the Contest Dao Class and received Dao Master Ding Huan's teachings, they gained such great honor.

They became objects of everyone's envy; each of the eight received two rankings, and each bore the halo of a first-place finish.

After the Great Dao Corridor Dao Arts College Competition, the eight disciples of Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy were showered with all possible favor, their fame reaching its peak.

With their current halos, they could join any Dao Arts Academy and be the most welcome presence there.

Anything that reaches its peak usually plummets sharply afterward.

This was exactly what happened to these eight disciples of Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy.

After they returned to Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy, things suddenly reversed.

Having earned their rankings, these eight disciples became arrogant; they no longer respected the academy's dean, demanded to leave the academy, and even ignored their own Dao Master, Ding Huan.

Whether they truly disrespected their Dao Master Ding Huan was unknown to outsiders.

But the statement about leaving Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy was publicly made by Seeing Seeing Ji Xing, and many people heard it on the Great Dao Corridor Square.

According to Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy's official notice, Seeing Seeing Ji Xing, the top combatant, openly claimed their Dao Master Ding Huan was merely lucky—that was all.

Their good results came because Seeing Seeing Ji Xing obtained a scroll of Divine Dao Scripture.

The eight disciples of the Contest Dao Class also saw their results skyrocket because of this scroll of Divine Dao Scripture.

Not only that, their Dao Master Ding Huan also gained the same benefits.

Because this scroll was too extraordinary, Dao Master Ding Huan seized it from them.

Yuan You, dean of Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy, considered Seeing Seeing Ji Xing's claims utterly absurd.

As dean of Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy, Yuan You believed Seeing Seeing Ji Xing and the other seven not only disrespected their teacher but also slandered their Dao Master.

Yuan You addressed the entire academy's faculty and students: ninety percent of their success came from Dao Master Ding Huan's instruction.

Even if their Dao Master Ding Huan truly took Seeing Seeing Ji Xing's scroll of Divine Dao Scripture, as disciples, Seeing Seeing Ji Xing and the others could not blame their Dao Master.

They certainly could not attribute all credit to their own efforts.

Seeing Seeing Ji Xing and the others violated the fundamental principle of respecting one's teacher.

Although Yuan You, as dean of Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy, did not wish to punish his own disciples,

he also served as a supervisor for the Great Dao Corridor Immortal Inspectorate, and he must deal with these disciples who betrayed their teacher and defiled the Dao.

In the end, Yuan You ruled using the Great Dao Corridor's One Hundred Thousand Laws combined with the Immortal Inspectorate of Xiancheng.

Seeing Seeing Ji Xing had his cultivation stripped and was expelled from Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy; after that, Seeing Seeing Ji Xing vanished without a trace.

Qian Xunhaoyi and Fan Qingsi were to be executed on the spot for refusing the verdict.

Fortunately, Vice Dean Gu Min pleaded for them, arguing that as first-time offenders, their actions were understandable.

The Immortal Inspectorate stripped them of their cultivation and expelled them from the academy; they were later adopted by Vice Dean Gu Min.

Long Xiyue was taken away by the Long Immortal Clan; Lin Zhenruo and Lei Zuocheng were taken away by their respective Immortal Clans.

Zhuo Qi and Li Yunmu also disappeared after being expelled from the academy.

As for the promotion slots they had earned, they were naturally handed over to Yonghuang Divine Arts Academy for handling.

This matter was a mixture of truth and falsehood, but as long as no one stood up for these eight disciples, they would inevitably sink into obscurity.

Even if some knew there were issues, they wouldn't take it seriously.

If this incident had stirred up the Great Dao Corridor for a while, another event drove the authority of the Great Dao Corridor Immortal Inspectorate to an all-time low.

That was the incident at Tianxing Dao Arts Academy, the Great Dao Corridor's second Dao Arts Academy.

In the Great Dao Corridor, there are three and a half Divine Veins.

Anyone in the Great Dao Corridor knows about these three and a half Divine Veins.

Of these three and a half Divine Veins, the first belongs to the Immortal Inspectorate, the second to the Western Ruins Immortal Corner, and the third to Tianxing Dao Arts Academy.

A man in black armor, alone and wielding a spear, forcibly stormed into Tianxing Dao Arts Academy and publicly extracted its half-Divine Vein.

At the time, nine Immortal Emperors from Tianxing Dao Arts Academy attacked him, and two Immortal Emperors from the Immortal Inspectorate joined the assault.

The black-clad man killed four Immortal Emperors, suffered only minor injuries, and calmly departed.

His whereabouts remain unknown; he simply vanished.

But that wasn't the strangest part. The strangest part was that after this incident, Xie Kuangren, director of the Great Dao Corridor Immortal Inspectorate, did not appear at all.

The strict laws and enforcement of the Great Dao Corridor are the very foundation of its order.

Even if someone dared to kill casually, if the killer couldn't be found, Xie Kuangren would personally intervene.

The Tianxing Dao Arts Academy incident cast a shadow over the entire Great Dao Corridor; many began to wonder whether, with sufficient strength, the Great Dao Corridor's One Hundred Thousand Laws meant nothing.

Everyone knew that after such an incident, all it took was for Xie Kuangren to appear.

Even if Xie Kuangren couldn't capture the one who forcibly extracted the half-Divine Vein, he could still stabilize the Great Dao Corridor and uphold the One Hundred Thousand Laws.

Yet Xie Kuangren simply refused to show himself.

……

Ding Huan ended his seclusion.

In one and a half years, he advanced from Immortal Sovereign Level One to Immortal Sovereign Level Six.

He emerged because Seeing Ji Luo's divine crystals had been exhausted.

"Old Ji, further cultivation is pointless for now—I'll find an Xiancheng and look for body-forming materials for you."

Ding Huan knew Seeing Ji Luo had long been waiting for him to do this; otherwise, Seeing Ji Luo had nothing to do but refine his divine thoughts.

"Thanks, little brother," Seeing Ji Luo hurriedly said. "I've checked some records—we should go to Wanshi Xiancheng on the Great Road Corridor. It's the first Xiancheng on the Great Road Corridor, and it has everything."

Seeing Ji Luo said quickly.

Over these years, while Ding Huan was in seclusion, he had studied which locations in the Great Road Xianchengs were most likely to hold body-forming treasures.

"Then let's go—to Wanshi Xiancheng." Ding Huan had set out specifically to find body-forming materials for Seeing Ji Luo, so naturally he followed Seeing Ji Luo's advice.

Without Seeing Ji Luo's help, he'd be stuck at Immortal Sovereign Level One at most.

"No disguise?" Seeing Ji Luo asked, surprised to see Ding Huan hadn't altered his appearance or concealed his cultivation.

"No need," Ding Huan waved his hand.

He had read many descriptions of the Great Road Corridor; its strongest figure was Xie Kuangren.

Xie Kuangren had been half-killed by him and Shit Beetle working together, and he absolutely wouldn't appear anytime soon.

With that guy's injuries, he wouldn't recover for centuries.

As for the other Immortal Emperors, if they dared come after him, let them try.

He was Immortal Sovereign Level Six—why fear the Immortal Emperors here?

Wanshi Xiancheng was the first Xiancheng on the Great Road Corridor; Ding Huan didn't need to ask anyone—he found the place using the Fangdian Array Maps he had purchased.

"They're wanted posters for Shit Beetle?" Before entering the Great Road Xiancheng, Ding Huan's divine sense landed on the wanted posters outside.

Even though Zuo Shanwei wore a black veil over his head and face and dressed entirely in black, even a faceless portrait was instantly recognizable to Ding Huan as Shit Beetle Zuo Shanwei.

The reason the Great Road Corridor was hunting Zuo Shanwei was clear—he had drained half the divine vein from Tianxing Dao Law Academy.

Tianxing Dao Law Academy was the Dao Law Academy of the Great Road Corridor Immortal Alliance, whose leader, Dong Jie, was an honorary supervisor of the Immortal Surveillance Bureau.

With half the divine vein stolen, it was no surprise they issued a wanted poster.

Seeing Ji Luo's divine sense also swept over the wanted poster, and he couldn't help remarking, "This kid's got brains—I'd bet when he emerged, he was already an Immortal Emperor."

"Old Ji, no—I need to do something first, then go to Wanshi Xiancheng," Ding Huan said.

"You want to steal a half-divine vein too?" Seeing Ji Luo instantly understood Ding Huan's intent.

"Of course. Otherwise, when Shit Beetle becomes an Immortal Emperor, he'll come after me first," Ding Huan said without hesitation.

Other people becoming Immortal Emperors didn't concern him at all.

But Shit Beetle was different—he had received the Piju inheritance; the higher his cultivation, the stronger he became compared to peers.

Even with his Great Cosmos Art, he wouldn't underestimate Shit Beetle.

"The Great Road Corridor has three half-divine veins. The easiest to steal is Tianxing Dao Law Academy's, next is Xixu Dao Law Academy's, and the hardest is the Immortal Surveillance Bureau's."

"You want to steal Xixu Dao Law Academy's, right?" Seeing Ji Luo, hearing Ding Huan's words, immediately knew which one he intended.

Ding Huan chuckled: "Of course—but not me who steals it. Shit Beetle will. I'll draw the Immortal Emperors away; you help me extract the half-divine vein. Deal?"

Seeing Ji Luo laughed heartily: "Easy. Let's go. Xixu Dao Law Academy isn't far from here—your Cosmic Cauldron can get you there in half a day at most."

"But if, with my array skills, extracting a college's half-divine vein gets detected, then I'm incompetent."

……

Xixu Dao Law Academy.

Since Tianxing Dao Law Academy's half-divine vein was stolen, guards have constantly watched over Xixu Dao Law Academy's half-divine vein.

As for defensive immortal arrays, they were layered one after another.

Ding Huan arrived at Xixu Dao Law Academy and looked at the top-tier Level Nine defensive immortal array and Level Nine trapping-killing immortal array before him—his heart remained utterly calm.

He himself was nearly a Level Two Divine Array Emperor; if Seeing Ji Luo had sufficient power, he could even set up a Level Four Divine Array.

Facing these Level Nine immortal arrays, what was there to fear?

Perhaps, as Seeing Ji Luo said, stealing the half-divine vein wouldn't even stir the protecting Immortal Emperors of Xixu Dao Law Academy.