Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 40

Chapter 40: To get first place in the exam, isn’t it enough to just have hands?

Jiang Li felt just as disappointed as he had been excited about going to the unknown world.

This gray world held no interest for Jiang Li.

What could be so interesting about a world with only two things?

Its only use was to come here someday to try to overcome the tribulation and see if ascension was possible.

Perhaps this world was connected to the Immortal Realm.

This was the only way Jiang Li could console himself.

The system had memorized the coordinates of the gray world, and he only needed to spend a little over fifty thousand Source Points to reach it.

For Jiang Li, who could easily write out a Fusion Stage technique, Source Points were like an open vault; he could take as many as he wanted.

What? Someone would take on a mission for fifty Source Points? No, there definitely wasn’t such a person.

Jiang Li was filled with deep denial.

The remote communication symbol vibrated, and Jiang Li answered.

“Brother Jiang, the investigation you asked me to investigate has paid off. Former candidates for the Human Emperor claim none of them have seen the man in black,” another Human Emperor Palace leader contacted Jiang Li.

“That’s strange.”

Jiang Li couldn’t understand why the man in black was so sure he could become the Human Emperor. Or was he truly just spreading the magecraft?

“Then go to the Tianji Tower and submit a request. They’re quite unconventional. Ask them to investigate who taught Jiang Yixing the magecraft three hundred and eighty years ago.”

“Yes.”

Jiang Li continued to open numerous spatial rifts, but received no notification from the system that he had discovered an unknown world. It seemed his earlier discovery of the gray world was simply luck.

A few days later, the system issued a new task.

[New quest released: The Great Zhou Imperial Academy is about to begin enrollment. The four major academies serve as preparatory academies for the Great Zhou Imperial Academy, and 60% of their students will be admitted. You are not from one of the four major academies, and as a non-academy student, you are ridiculed by the academy students. Please achieve first place in the Great Zhou Imperial Academy exam.]

[This quest can be abandoned.]

[Quest Rewards: One drop of True Dragon Blood, one Monster Transformation Pill, and unlocking the special quest “Tracing the Immortal Realm”]

“Huh?”

Jiang Li automatically ignored the True Dragon Blood and Monster Transformation Pills. He asked, “What is Tracing the Immortal Realm?”

[The quest has not been activated,

so the host has no right to know.] Although this system was as deceptive as ever, it never lied. If it said it could teleport you, it would, and if it said it would give you something, it would give you something. Since this quest is called Tracing the Immortal Realm, doesn’t that mean that completing it will lead to finding the Immortal Realm?

Jiang Li was itching to complete this special quest and decided to take it.

Besides, it had been a while since he had been to the Great Zhou Imperial Academy.

Jiang Li was a student at the Great Zhou Imperial Academy, where he met Ji Zhi, then a mere prince.

Just as Jiang Li had broken through the Foundation Establishment stage, he was pursued and pursued. Driven to desperation, he burned his five elements spiritual roots, determined to die with his opponent.

The opponent was shocked. Burning spiritual roots was a madman’s act. While burning spiritual roots could grant a burst of immense combat power for a short period of time, it was also extremely dangerous and dangerous. Even if one survived, they would be reduced to a mortal without any spiritual energy!

In the Nine Provinces, having no spiritual roots was worse than death!

However, Jiang Li did not die, nor did he become a mortal. Instead, he forced his celestial spiritual roots to awaken prematurely.

His celestial spiritual roots concealed themselves, revealing the Five Elements spiritual roots. Only cultivators who cultivated through the Five Elements spiritual roots to the Nascent Soul stage would awaken them, allowing them to soar to the heavens.

Celestial spiritual roots were already rare, and cultivating through the Five Elements spiritual roots to the Nascent Soul stage was even more difficult. Combined, these two factors meant that a cultivator with celestial spiritual roots might not appear in a thousand years.

But there had never been a case where burning the Five Elements Spiritual Roots caused the Celestial Spiritual Root to awaken prematurely.

Jiang Li found himself returning from the early stages of Foundation Establishment to the ninth level of Qi Training, but with a more solid foundation. And after a while, he’d even reached the absurd tenth level?!

How could there be a tenth level in Qi Training?!

If he continued practicing at this rate, reaching the twentieth level, would he still be able to reach Foundation Establishment?!

Jiang Li couldn’t understand his transformation. He heard that the library at the Imperial Academy of the Great Zhou Dynasty had the largest collection of books, so he decided to search there to see if he could explain his situation.

Although he didn’t find the books he was looking for, Jiang Li systematically studied cultivation at the academy. Based on the theoretical knowledge, he deduced that he possessed Celestial Spiritual Roots and had awakened prematurely. After

becoming the Human Queen, Jiang Li would give a lecture at the Imperial Academy every thirty years to repay her kindness in teaching and answering questions.

…

“How quickly! Five hundred years have passed! I was a student when I left the academy, and I’m still a student now.”

It was the entrance season, and students from all over the country were taking the entrance exams, filling the hotels.

Jiang Li paid a fortune to rent a nearby inn to prepare for the entrance exam.

The system’s previous quest reward unlocked the Source Point reading function, and the next task was to get first place in the entrance exam. The implication was clear: he was supposed to use this new function to study and ace the exam.

But Jiang Li thought it was a joke. He’d gotten first place in the entrance exam for the Great Zhou Imperial Academy without the help of the system, and five hundred years later, he’d become a Mahayana cultivator. His horizons were vast, and tackling a simple entrance exam was a piece of cake.

Using the system was an insult to his intelligence!

The Great Zhou Imperial Academy boasted a long history, dating back to the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It was located in a corner of the Great Zhou Imperial City, occupying a vast expanse amidst the pricey land

. Yet, no one dared to complain, as every emperor in the Great Zhou Dynasty had graduated from this place. Consequently, hotels in the area were extremely expensive, unaffordable for the average person. Three or four people typically shared a small room, living in tight quarters, diligently studying day and night.

Even students from the four major academies displayed a studious demeanor.

Jiang Li strolled around with his hands behind his back, looking relaxed and contented, completely out of tune with the tense learning atmosphere.

Some people couldn’t stand Jiang Li’s appearance and were about to make a sarcastic remark when they were stopped by their companions.

“What’s wrong? Why are you stopping me? I just hate people who just slack off!”

“You must have become stupid from memorizing books. People like you can tell at a glance that they have studied very well and are confident!”

Another companion echoed, “Look at those people in our academy who rank at the top of the exams. They all look like they don’t work hard. They sigh and groan after the exam, but when the results come out, they are the first in the class.”

“Yeah, yeah, he sleeps more than anyone else in class. After the exam, he says this question is wrong and that question is wrong. I thought that being the first in the class was just like that, but when the results come out, he is still the first in the class and I am still the last.”

The man who wanted to mock was persuaded by his companion and immediately realized that, yes, how could those who come to the Great Zhou Royal Academy to take the entrance exam be just for a formality?

It was a close call. He almost got slapped in the face. It’s better to study hard and don’t show up and let others slap him.

(End of this chapter)