Chapter 20: Famous in the Outer Courtyard

The Heavenly Tian Shuyuan has been passed down since ancient times, and its foundation is almost equal to the history of the human race.

Every generation has had brilliant talents come here to seek the Dao, only to be defeated by those even more brilliant on the same path.

Some people might be like cranes in the clouds in the prefectures and counties, proudly independent.

But the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan is different.

As the Great Xia Sacred Sect, the head of the Seven Great Immortal Sects, geniuses are a species that basically crawls all over the ground here.

You chase desperately, day and night without rest, only to find in the end that effort is just a lie.

Just like now, everyone had already given up on sensing the Little Little Tian Shu and was waiting with bated breath for Chu He to tell them what would be in the book.

But with that sudden burst of heavenly light and churning air waves, the quiet Enlightenment Field instantly erupted with panicked exclamations and countless figures standing up abruptly.

Inside and outside the field, the crowd was in chaos, just like cold water splashed into hot oil!

"He... what happened to him?"

"Is he going to explode?"

"Explode what explode, he sensed the Little Little Tian Shu! Ji You sensed the Little Little Tian Shu!"

Hearing the uproar filling the field and the tiger's roar and dragon's chant in the sky, Chu He and Lu Qingqiu, who were seeking the Dao, also woke up with a start. They were slightly stunned at first, then turned their heads in disbelief.

At this moment, Ji You was in the profound light, his whole body surging with an inexplicable aura.

Free, auspicious, peaceful, and stable.

There were wind waves rotating from his whole body, but they wouldn't pass through the profound light at all, only stirring his long hair.

As for him, he closed his eyes tightly and didn't have too many expressions. The only strangeness was that spiritual light flickered continuously from between his brows from time to time.

Seeing this scene, Chu He and Lu Qingqiu were stunned.

Countless days and nights, they had sat here from morning till night, using countless spirit pills and consuming countless spirit stones.

Chu He was guarding against Lu Qingqiu, and Lu Qingqiu was guarding against Chu He.

And that wild private cultivator only had half the time to seek the Dao every day, and until now, he hadn't even gathered a streak of profound light.

Even the instructors said that among the Lower Three Realms perfectionists competing for the inner courtyard spot this year, there were only the two of them, and Ji You was just an accidental foil.

But today, there was heavenly light roaring for him, and the Little Little Tian Shu sensing.

Chu He stared with a pale face for a long while, then turned to look at Ban Yangshu: "Senior Brother Ban, is there something wrong with his Little Little Tian Shu sensing? I feel like there's a problem somewhere?"

"No, sensing the Little Little Tian Shu is just like this."

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Chu He's face turned even paler after hearing this.

As someone who had been cultivated as a heaven-sent genius and a personal disciple of an Immortal Sect since childhood, he had always believed in one philosophy.

If ten people are chosen, I am among them; if five are chosen, I am among them; if one is chosen, it must be me.

And now that this person wasn't himself, he suddenly felt that the Little Little Tian Shu was unjust.

After being dazed, a few people saw Chu He's inability to accept it and suddenly remembered what had been said before.

This is the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan. As the Great Xia Sacred Sect, you can always see existences more talented than you, making you look at their dust for the rest of your life.

But this time, the protagonist was swapped...

Ban Yangshu was also full of emotion at this moment, watched for a long time, and then remembered one thing, slightly stunned.

He knew that sensing the Little Little Tian Shu would trigger this kind of phenomenon, but one thing was very strange.

Everyone who had sensed the Little Little Tian Shu knew that you would first see a streak of faint light, then chase the light, and only if you had the opportunity would you sense the Little Little Tian Shu.

But he had clearly seen just now that Ji You was not in a Dao-seeking state and even had his eyes open, so how did he suddenly sense it?

Ban Yangshu couldn't figure it out, his eyes drifting, and he saw a large group of outer courtyard disciples coming upon hearing the news.

At 7:15 PM, Heavenly Tian Shuyuan Women's Dormitory.

Fang Ruoyao was sitting on her bed, continuously feeling the circulation of spiritual energy, when she was suddenly woken up by the noise outside the window, her eyes a bit dazed.

She finally felt the true spirit in her body this morning, so after spending a night and under the guidance of Pei Ruyi, she finally successfully entered the Initial Realm of Awakening Spirit.

From learning the General Outline of Dao Source to finally feeling the Heavenly Spirit, she spent ten days.

Although it was only the most elementary state of the Lower Three Realms, she was still greatly encouraged.

Because she knew that Ji You was still stuck in the perfection of the Lower Three Realms without making any progress.

This made her feel that what she said back in Yuyang County, "I may not be worse than him, it's just that my start is later than his," wouldn't just be empty words.

She couldn't keep using the name of Ji You's fiancée; that would eventually be exposed.

So, she had to surpass Ji You.

However, at this moment, she suddenly saw a senior sister pass by her window in a hurry, then a second, a third, a fourth...

Finally, a disheveled senior sister also ran out of the women's dormitory.

This senior sister seemed to be called Qiao Rong, who had been in the academy for four years, but her spiritual sense was not strong, and she couldn't afford the cost of long-term pill consumption, so she was stuck at the step of sensing the Heavenly Dao and couldn't improve.

Two years ago, she gave up on directly observing the Heavenly Dao and began to study sensing the Little Little Tian Shu.

Finally, the heart that was hanging died, and she had been rotting ever since.

In another half a year, she might be cleared out of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, but being cleared out is being cleared out, and it's not like there's nowhere to go.

The Heavenly Tian Shuyuan also has affiliated small sects and manors, just like the relationship between the Fengxian Mountain Manor and the Profound Origin Immortal Mansion, distributed throughout the world, returning once a year for the sect's sacrifice to heaven.

And this Ding Shijie Qiao Rong hadn't been interested in anything in recent years; the only thing she was interested in was the thing she couldn't get, which was sensing the Little Little Tian Shu.

"Is it Chu He or Lu Qingqiu?"

After thinking about it, Fang Ruoyao felt it should be Chu He.

Young Master Chu is a descendant of a noble family of the Immortal Sect, possessing the temperament of a noble young master, usually not smiling, but actually quite eye-catching among female cultivators in the outer courtyard.

Especially for people like her who came from small places, they had never seen such a person, and they always discussed it for a long time at night.

"Young Master Chu is truly a god-like figure..."

"It seems Lu Qingqiu won't get the inner courtyard spot this year."

Fang Ruoyao pondered for a long while, never remembering her former fiancé, and then immediately got out of bed and followed the crowd to the Enlightenment Field.

Under the night color, the Enlightenment Field was packed with people. It was the first time the young lady of the Fang family knew that there were so many disciples in the outer courtyard.

At this time, some people even stepped on spiritual light, suspended on the lake, stretching their heads to peek toward the middle of the Enlightenment Field.

It seems that every generation has had brilliant talents who once rode alone, shattering the Dao hearts of many disciples of the same period, leaving so many people stuck in place.

Fang Ruoyao also followed on tiptoe to look forward, but found that her gaze couldn't cross the crowd at all.

However, at this moment, someone saw her, slightly stunned, remembered the rumor she had personally acknowledged, and pulled the surrounding fellow cultivators to retreat to the left and right sides.

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"What's going on..."

Since entering the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, Fang Ruoyao had become invisible.

After all, this is a place where status is discussed based on cultivation and family background. Her cultivation is the lowest, and her background is also low, so it should naturally be like this.

But now, the scene of everyone making way for her made her suddenly feel a bit flattered.

But there were also some who were dazed and didn't know, standing in place without moving, but after being whispered to by fellow Daoists, they suddenly realized and retreated to both sides.

With doubts and confusion, Fang Ruoyao walked in a bit nervously.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 21 =====