Lu Qing did not interrupt, but his ears kept listening.

"Why is this year different? Could these prodigies also have to take exams to enter the Inner Sect Courtyard like us?"

A disciple wore a dazed expression, heavily struck.

"No way?"

Inside the lecture classroom, the futon seats naturally had their own distinct arrangements.

Those clearly dressed in fine silks and satins gathered together, while others huddled elsewhere.

The voice speaking and revealing the inside story came from the futons at the front.

"Even these geniuses cannot enter the Inner Sect."

"It is still quite fair, right."

"Heh, this matter is true; they also have to be assessed just like us."

"Yet you are dreaming too wishfully. When the time comes, we will have to compete against them in the introductory sparring tournament. Our rankings will determine our monthly stipends for the future. A baseline stipend exists, but if you want better resources, you must fight your way up."

An arrogant-looking youth stood up, glanced around at the people here, and sneered with a cold expression.

"Moreover, even if they do not enter the Inner Sect Courtyard, masters within the Inner Sect were already decided long ago. With a master backing them, what is there to fear?"

"What wishful thinking."

The youth spoke in a sneering tone, utterly looking down upon the surrounding people.

The surroundings erupted in an uproar.

"You!"

But when some people saw his face, their previously indignant expressions quickly subsided.

"Damn it, have you grown tired of living?! His name is Gu Xing."

"He is a member of the Gu Clan, and Gu Xuantian is his older brother."

A disciple hurriedly tugged at the person next to him who wanted to run his mouth, whispering about his background.

People from the Gu Clan.

Lu Qing instantly understood why the moment this youth spoke, the previously lively discussion hit the stop button.

People from the Gu Clan clearly looked extraordinary.

However, listening to this Gu Xing's tone, there was likely some hidden story within.

Hearing that these were matters concerning a great cultivation Clan, he did not dwell on it. Instead, he thought of a point Gu Xing mentioned: cultivation resources were very important.

This batch of prodigies did not enter the Inner Sect Courtyard, but instead competed together with these people from the Outer Sect. By then, the scene would surely be extremely intense.

Looking at most of the disciples who heard this, their expressions were varied.

Lu Qing sat steadily. He would just cultivation steadily and step-by-step. To say nothing else, just a moment ago, this month's Lifespan dropping effect had appeared.

【Skill effect activated: Randomly dropped 10 years of Lifespan.】

Having gained ten years of Lifespan out of thin air, Lu Qing was in a pleasant mood.

Of course, on the surface, his expression was still similar to the disciples beside him, both feigning deep thought while actually letting their minds wander to the ends of the earth.

He was a destined longevity seed; fighting and killing did not suit him.

"They are coming." The crowd clamored.

Making it out like a big celebrity's entrance, Lu Qing also looked over following the crowd's gaze.

Anyway, blending into the mainstream was not unusual; he strove to cultivation steadily.

A dozen or so figures appeared.

There were both men and women.

Uh.

Hearing the people beside him praising them.

"Wow, they truly are geniuses, extraordinary and out of the ordinary."

Please forgive his frankness, but whether he looked with his left eye or his right eye, he couldn't see anything extraordinary about them. At most, they were dressed more lavishly and behaved a bit more steadily.

As someone whose Divine Soul had already matured for decades, Lu Qing had no way of voicing such sighs at this moment. He could only watch with his eyes while a faint sarcastic remark flashed through his mind.

Of course, time is forgotten in cultivation within the Cultivation World. By the next time they met, perhaps every single one of them would carry the extraordinary aura of a prodigy.

He thought inwardly.

The futons at the very front had all along been unoccupied by anyone.

Lu Qing had been puzzled earlier, occasionally even flashing a sigh wondering if attending classes in the Cultivation World also had the tradition of obedient good students?

Now it seemed he had indeed thought too much.

That place at the front was clearly reserved for this batch of people.

Lu Qing's position could be considered the Doctrine of the Mean. Looking left and right, nobody would want to fight over this spot, nor would he fall back to the rear and suffer people rolling their eyes in contempt, only to trigger a scenario of thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west.

An Elder soon appeared.

It was still a white-haired old man, possessing the bearing of an immortal, sitting upright on a cloud couch.

Without even glancing at the people below, he directly began explaining the precautions for cultivation, omitting even an introduction.

He was evidently rushing against time to give them this lecture.

Because he recognized who this old man was.

A fleeting glance upon the back of the White Crane Boy was what he had unintentionally seen just a moment ago.

This was also why Lu Qing suddenly felt a bit peculiar inside; his obsession with Alchemy could be seen from the explosion a glimpse ago.

Now that the other party was coming to lecture, presumably the pace would be very fast.

Lu Qing poured his whole heart and mind into it. There were no pen and paper here; he had to rely entirely on his own brain.

He would memorize as much as he heard, and even if he had a pen, whether he could keep up with the speaking speed of Elder Yu on the stage was also an unknown question.

"Cultivation begins with Meridian Opening. Our Dao Academy has all sorts of various methods, but Divine Ability visualization is the most suitable for initiation. Now, follow my words, look at the Visualization Chart before you, and enter closed-eye meditation..."

A ray chart appeared before Elder Yu.

The visualization object was a sheet of magma.

Scorchingly hot heat waves rolled, and clusters of spray appeared within the magma, only to disappear within the magma.

Lu Qing looked over, and the rushing heat wave surged into his eyes.

"Heaven supplements excess, the physical body is insufficient, spiritual essence moves automatically, the foundation of the Dao..."

Lu Qing subconsciously closed his eyes. At the very beginning, he could clearly hear Elder Yu's voice by his ear.

But very quickly, wisps of scorching heat radiated from between his brows, and then from the crown of his head, slowly spreading through all four limbs and bones, with wisps of warmth appearing within his muscles and bones.

This feeling was extremely obvious.

He felt wisps of hot airflow, resembling flowing magma, penetrating from the air into his physical body, the crown of his head, between his brows, and his spine. Every single meridian of his physical body seemed to have hot air flowing through it.

Hot!

Unimaginably hot!

The next moment.

He did not know how much time had passed.

Lu Qing felt that that river of magma had appeared right inside his consciousness.

Rumble!

Words were unnecessary.

His spirit instantly radiated a burst of vitality.

Crack!

Crack!!

His bones connected with his meridians made a commotion.

His physical body resonated internally, successfully initiating into cultivation and Meridian Opening!

Lu Qing's mind cleared up, and he instantly felt his body become a hundred times lighter, as if he had previously dragged a heavy physical body to live in this world.

But right now, it was lightness—an unimaginably light feeling.

The sole feeling was—refreshing.

"Hahaha, I've entered."

"Heheh, I've entered too."

When Lu Qing opened his eyes, he saw that those with good Aptitude at the front had already opened theirs.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, quite a few people successively began entering as well; some were overjoyed, while others wore reluctant expressions.

Looking up again, he discovered that that Elder Yu above was no longer here, who knew when he had left.

That sheet of magma ray chart was still suspended high above.

The dozen or so youths and maidens on the futons in the surrounding front who had also entered Meridian Opening successively got up and left this place.

As for the many others who had not entered the Meridian Opening Realm, nobody cared about them.

New disciples entering; Lu Qing only felt that perhaps after today, the newbie protection period would pass.

His path of immortality cultivation would also officially begin.

Meridian Opening was merely the first step.

What he needed to think about now was that he was preparing to learn spells.

Lu Qing's spirit was clear and his consciousness was lucid.