Chapter 1429: Sky Mirror Sand

"The Sky Mirror City is extremely vast, though it is also clearly divided into distinct zones. The central area of the city is exclusively reserved for the four great ancient academies — the most prestigious of all."

"Beyond that, the outer ring is occupied by the holy academies of the four Inner Shenzhou regions. The overall strength and heritage of these holy academies are far beyond what our Outer Shenzhou holy academies can compare to."

"And the outermost area is where our six Outer Shenzhou holy academies are located."

"The holy academies of our Eastern Region Shenzhou are all gathered here."

Li Luo followed Xi Chan, Lv Qing'er, and the others into Sky Mirror City, passing through street after street, until at the spot Xi Chan pointed to, he saw a stretch of tower buildings.

These towers were all built of green wood, with vines coiled around them, exuding an air of quiet seclusion.

The holy academy teams from Eastern Region Shenzhou, upon arriving at Sky Mirror City, would all gather here.

"Your Sacred Void Star Academy arrived far too slowly."

Just as Li Luo was curiously looking around, a voice suddenly came from afar, and with a ripple in the void, a figure appeared before everyone.

It was a middle-aged man wearing a crimson academy uniform; waves of scorching energy flowed around him, causing the air temperature to grow burning hot.

A powerful oppressive aura radiated outward.

"Vice Principal Chen Chi."

Xi Chan recognized the middle-aged man and quickly offered her greetings.

At the same time, she told Li Luo, Lv Qing'er, Li Hongyou, and the others: "This is Vice Principal Chen Chi of our Eastern Region Shenzhou's Skyfire Holy Academy."

"Skyfire Holy Academy?" Li Luo's heart stirred slightly. This holy academy felt quite familiar, because Lu Ming came from there.

The vice principal named Chen Chi swept his gaze across the group, and a look of surprise and confusion immediately surfaced on his face: "Sacred Void Star Academy only sent you? Where is Vice Principal Su Xin?"

Mentor Xi Chan gave a bitter smile: "Doesn't Vice Principal Chen Chi know the current situation of Sacred Void Star Academy? Vice Principal Su Xin simply cannot get away."

Vice Principal Chen Chi frowned tightly. He had indeed heard of the strange disaster that occurred in Daxia, but he hadn't expected it to be so urgent that even Vice Principal Su Xin couldn't come participate in the Sky Mirror Pagoda.

And without Vice Principal Su Xin leading the team, what could these people from Sacred Void Star Academy accomplish by coming?

Were they really here with a casual, half-hearted attitude?

In the end, Vice Principal Chen Chi sighed helplessly. He was quite familiar with Vice Principal Su Xin, and seeing Sacred Void Star Academy in such a state of decline now, he felt a pang of pity for them.

Mentors Xi Chan, Cao Sheng, and Mi Er were also speechless. The situation of Sacred Void Star Academy was even worse than Vice Principal Chen Chi had imagined; the fact that the three of them could come was already the result of Vice Principal Su Xin's all-out efforts at arranging things.

"Your Sacred Void Star Academy was still the champion of the last Holy Grail War. According to past precedent, this Sky Mirror Pagoda should claim one main-force seat for Eastern Region Shenzhou, but relying on you alone, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold onto it," Vice Principal Chen Chi said helplessly.

"What is a main-force seat?" At this moment, Li Luo, who was standing beside, asked curiously.

Vice Principal Chen Chi looked at Li Luo and said in surprise: "You're also a mentor of Sacred Void Star Academy? So young?"

Li Luo smiled and said: "I am Li Luo, greetings to Vice Principal Chen Chi."

Vice Principal Chen Chi muttered the name, feeling it was somewhat familiar. He thought for several breaths, then suddenly exclaimed in shock: "The Li Luo who represented Sacred Void Star Academy and won the title of strongest student of the One-Star Court in the Holy Grail War back then?"

Li Luo smiled and nodded, saying: "I have a rather good relationship with your academy's Lu Ming. I wonder how she's doing now?"

"Lu Ming is now the strongest Fire Seed of our Skyfire Holy Academy..." Vice Principal Chen Chi replied with a hint of pride.

"That's truly impressive," Li Luo praised.

He figured that the Fire Seed of Skyfire Holy Academy was probably similar to the Seven Star Pillars of their Sacred Void Star Academy, and calculating the timing, it fit perfectly.

Vice Principal Chen Chi sized up Li Luo, suddenly understanding something, and his expression changed as he said: "You — you're now a mentor of Sacred Void Star Academy? You've stepped into the Marquis Realm?!"

The fact that Li Luo could appear here meant he already held the status of a mentor, but one had to know that every mentor of the holy academies who could come to the Sky Mirror Pagoda was at the Marquis Realm!

In other words, Li Luo had now stepped into the Marquis Realm?!

What kind of monstrous cultivation speed was this? One had to know that even Lu Ming, their strongest Fire Seed, was only at the Tian Xiang Jing now, yet Li Luo had already left her far behind.

"Vice Principal Chen Chi, Li Luo has not only stepped into the Marquis Realm, but is also at Unparalleled Second Grade," Mentor Xi Chan spoke up at this moment.

"What?! Unparalleled Second Grade!!"

Vice Principal Chen Chi cried out in horror, his eyes bulging like bronze bells, staring dumbfounded at this outrageously young man. Earlier, when he had guessed that Li Luo had already stepped into the Marquis Realm, he was already quite shocked, but who would have known that Li Luo was not only at the Marquis Realm, but at Unparalleled Second Grade!

One had to know that Lu Ming, who was in the same cohort as Li Luo, had only just reached the Tian Xiang Jing, which had already made him rather proud, but such an achievement was nothing compared to the Li Luo before him.

Unparalleled Second Grade was equivalent to a Fifth Grade Marquis-level powerhouse.

This level of strength had even surpassed that of veteran mentors like Xi Chan.

Such a monster was exceedingly rare even among the four great ancient academies — how could he appear in an Outer Shenzhou holy academy?

"So you are the reliance of Sacred Void Star Academy in this Sky Mirror Pagoda." After a moment of shock, Vice Principal Chen Chi finally came back to his senses, looking at Li Luo with a complicated gaze.

If the prodigies of the same cohort from the Eastern Region Shenzhou holy academies learned of Li Luo's current realm, they would probably suffer an extremely severe blow.

"However, Unparalleled Second Grade should allow your Sacred Void Star Academy to hold onto an ordinary seat, but if you want to compete for the main-force seat of Eastern Region Shenzhou, it's still a bit lacking," Vice Principal Chen Chi said.

"Alright, but could you first tell me what this main-force seat is?" Li Luo asked again, helplessly.

Mentor Xi Chan said somewhat apologetically: "I had originally planned to wait until we got here to explain the rules of the Sky Mirror Pagoda in detail... The contest for the Sky Mirror Pagoda is divided into two parts. The first part is called the 'Crossing Strife Zone.' The so-called Crossing Strife is the struggle for the Heavenly Domains from the second to the thirtieth floor of the Sky Mirror Pagoda. Within these Heavenly Domains lies an extremely wondrous substance called 'Sky Mirror Sand,' rumored to be an item of Li Li Tianwang."

"Sky Mirror Sand? An item of Li Li Tianwang?" Li Luo's eyes flashed. The core of the Sky Mirror Pagoda was the remains of a Li Li Tianwang — could these so-called 'Sky Mirror Sand' be produced by those remains?

Wouldn't that just be the ashes of a Li Li Tianwang?

Li Luo sighed inwardly. A Li Li Tianwang was truly the supreme existence between heaven and earth; even a set of remains could endure for so many years without perishing, while bestowing blessings upon generation after generation of juniors — such magnificent power was unimaginable.

"What is this Sky Mirror Sand used for?" Li Luo asked directly.

Mentor Xi Chan parted her red lips slightly and said slowly: "Sky Mirror Sand can help one Po Jing."

"Huh?" Li Luo seemed not to have heard clearly.

Mentor Xi Chan patiently explained: "Po Jing means breaking through one layer of realm. Many Marquis-level powerhouses have been stuck for years, blocked by barriers, and Sky Mirror Sand can help them break through those barriers and take a step forward."

"The higher one's Marquis grade, the more Sky Mirror Sand is needed for Po Jing."

"What's even more wondrous about this substance is that if one obtains enough Sky Mirror Sand, it may also trigger a Perfect Po Jing."

"The so-called Perfect Po Jing means... reaching the highest grade of Marquis Platform that the cultivator had previously forged."

Mentor Xi Chan paused, her autumn-water-like beautiful eyes fixed on Li Luo, and said: "For example, you — if you can trigger a 'Perfect Po Jing,' then your third Marquis Platform will continue to reach ten pillars."

Damn!

Li Luo sucked in a breath of cold air, cursing inwardly.

He finally understood why even those Li Li Tianwang-level powers would scheme over this Celestial Mirror Tower!

So this place has it this good!