Everyone was dumbfounded.

The Jin Nation Academy was the most supreme academy in Jin Nation which many geniuses and outstanding talents dreamed of entering.

Every year, the geniuses who were not selected by the Jin Nation Academy would slip into dejection.

However, they didn’t expect Ye Ping to not be tempted by Jin Nation Academy, and he even seemed to think that the Jin Nation Academy was really ordinary.

‘Terrible disciple!’

‘Terrible disciple!’

‘He’s such a sinful disciple!’

Daoist Tai Hua was in agony. He could forgo the Spirit Stones but not the Jin Nation Academy.

There were rules in Jin Nation that stated explicitly that any sect that could produce disciples who could enter Jin Nation Academy would be advanced straight to a second-rank sect.

If the sect was a second-rank one in the first place, it would be advanced to a first-rank sect.

If Ye Ping joined the Jin Nation Academy, it would be a glorious thing for the sect.

They would be advanced to a second-rank sect.

It was simply like a milestone for Daoist Tai Hua.

Second-rank Sect!

The Qingyun Dao Sect had not been advanced to a second-rank sect even though it had been passed down 18 generations. If he could do it, it would be a supreme glory.

However, Ye Ping turned the chance down right away.

Daoist Tai Hua’s heart was dripping blood as he was filled with anguish.

He knew why Ye Ping refuted.

It was because Ye Ping was too preoccupied with the assumption that the Qingyun Dao Sect was really a hidden sect.

After all, compared to the hidden sects, Jin Nation Academy was indeed less attractive. However, the problem was that they were not a hidden sect.

“Grandmaster, what should we do?”

At this moment, Li Yu’s voice sounded as he looked at Daoist Tai Hua.

“Don’t panic, your master should have encountered some problems these few days. Let’s wait a few days, I’ll try to talk some sense into him.”

Daoist Tai Hua first calmed Li Yu down, and at the same time, he also understood that this kind of thing absolutely could not be rushed. He knew that he had to lead Ye Ping to join the Jin Nation Academy willingly.

Ye Ping would definitely be displeased if he forced him and that would easily reveal some clues. Hence, he had to do it step by step and wait for a few days before talking to Ye Ping about it calmly.

“Okay, Grandmaster, I shall stay here. Let me know if there’s anything you need my help with. Although I can’t do hard labor, I know how to command people to work.”

Li Yu nodded.

He really wanted Ye Ping to go to the Jin Nation Academy.

One reason was that he wanted to avenge his sister, and the other was that he wanted to bring some glory to Jin Nation. The opening of the Jin Nation Academy signified that the Ten Nations Grand Tournament was round the corner.

In previous years, the Jin Nation had always been at the bottom of the ranks of the Ten Nations Grand Tournament. However, if Ye Ping participated, he believed that they would be able to emerge at least among the top five.

If they could get a good ranking in the Ten Nations Grand Tournament, he would receive great credit.

In all, for personal reasons and what not, Li Yu hoped that Ye Ping would be able to join the Jin Nation Academy, but he also understood that Ye Ping wasn’t interested so he could not be too impatient about it.

He would wait for his Grandmaster to make arrangements.

“Oh, it’s nothing much, Luochen, Lingrou, hurry up and take His Highness to get some rest. Make sure you serve him well.”

Daoist Tai Hua instructed.

He wanted Xu Luochen to hurry and entertain them.

“Grandmaster, save the honorifics. Since I’ve acknowledged Ye Ping as my master, I’m your Grand-disciple. Feel free to tell me if there is anything I can help you with in the future.”

Li Yu patted his chest and said.

Daoist Tai Hua nodded with a bitter smile and told Xu Luochen to hurry up and arrange a resting place for Li Yu. He told him not to take Li Yu’s words seriously.

He really did not have the guts to command Li Yu. If Li Yu wasn’t bent on making Ye Ping his master, Daoist Tai Hua honestly would not have the courage to even talk to Li Yu.

After all, he was the Crown Prince of Jin Nation!

He was the future king!

In the face of Li Yu the future king of Jin Nation, he, the Sect Leader of a lowly sect, was just a nobody.

Daoist was well aware of that.

Just like that, the 800 guards left. There were naturally people to protect Li Yu and they were undoubtedly just there as handymen who performed miscellaneous tasks. Now that there was no longer a need for them, they could go back.

At this moment, below the rear cliff of Qingyun Dao Sect.

Ye Ping returned to the back of the cliff and continued to comprehend the Dao of array formations.

He was almost enlightened, but he was suddenly interrupted by the spiritual energy fluctuation that caused a delay in time.

Now that he knew what had happened, Ye Ping continued to comprehend the Array Formation Dao at ease.

These days, Ye Ping had already read through the book of basic array formations hundreds of times and memorized 12 of the array diagrams in it.

There were four killing array formations, four trapping array formations, two defensive array formations, one spirit-calming array formation, and one spatial array formation.

The first eleven array formations were relatively ordinary, with the most profound one being the spatial array formation.

Ye Ping was most interested in the spatial array formation.

The so-called spatial array formation gave one the ability to cross hundreds to thousands of kilometers.

For example, the Qingyun Dao Sect was a total of 1,500 kilometers away from Qingzhou Ancient City.

With Ye Ping’s previous speed, it would take about three days to get there.

Even if he used Sword Kinesis Flight, it would take him one day.

However, if he used an array formation, he would be able to cover that distance with a single thought.

However, spatial array formations were also the most troublesome and difficult.

Ye Ping planned to try it.

Yes, he wanted to try it.

There was no harm in trying anyway.

At the thought of this, Ye Ping waved his hand and more than ten stones landed on his hand in an instant.

Array artifacts were required for setting up array formations.

However, Ye Ping did not have an array artifact, and hence, he decided to use stones.

After all, Wang Zhuoyu had mentioned in his insights that everything in heaven and earth could be turned into an array artifact.

Hence, Ye Ping decided to try using stones as his array artifacts. If he succeeded, he would be somewhat talented. If he failed, it would be normal too.

Ye Ping laid the 27 stones neatly according to the array diagram, forming an array pattern.

After the array formation pattern was formed, Ye Ping closed his eyes immediately.

He began to comprehend the spatial array formation.

Two hours.

Four hours.

Six hours.

Ye Ping entered the state of enlightenment.

In his mind, the guidance array diagram appeared. Ye Ping wanted to set up a spatial array formation, but he decided to see if he could activate the spatial array pattern before anything else.

Just like setting up the time array formation, if he could activate the spatial array pattern, his success rate would increase greatly.

At this moment, the sun and moon, mountains and rivers, heaven and earth, stars, grass and trees, essence array patterns all emerged.

However, at this moment…

A word suddenly lit up brightly.

“Space”

At the next moment, the 27 stones arranged around Ye Ping suddenly started vibrating.

Immediately afterwards, Ye Ping’s figure disappeared right on the spot.

At the same time, in the middle of a large mountain, thousands of people gathered there.

They were all students of the Jin Nation Academy who were wearing robes that were embroidered with the words “Second Generation” and “Third Generation”.

Thousands of people were surrounding an ancient altar.

In the next moment, a middle-aged man appeared under the altar.

“Greetings, Academy Master!”

The crowd chorused immediately.