35: What would you do if I could ring it?

Yan Ruxue was originally chosen by the Grand Priest of Wind and Snow Country to be his disciple.

But to her surprise, Yan Ruxue had just arrived in Wind and Snow Country when she unexpectedly awakened the Ice Wind Physique.

Upon hearing the news, the Ice Emperor immediately took her as a disciple and even bestowed upon her the title of princess.

Her status and position were now vastly different.

However, she was not the only princess conferred in Wind and Snow Country.

So, her purpose for coming this time was to attempt to ring the heavenly dao bell.

If she could enter Heaven Sect Academy, she would truly be able to establish a firm foothold in Wind and Snow Country in the future.

Hearing Yan Ruxue unceremoniously reject him, the Ninth Prince wasn't angry.

He just smiled and said,

"It doesn't matter if we're not close now. After I ring the heavenly dao bell this time, I will go to Wind and Snow Country to propose marriage. We can get to know each other slowly then."

"That depends on whether you have the ability," Yan Ruxue sneered.

"You'll know whether I have the ability very soon."

The Ninth Prince confidently approached the heavenly dao bell, then channeled his spiritual power into both hands and pressed them against the heavenly dao bell.

As the spiritual power entered the heavenly dao bell, the bell body swayed slightly, as if it was about to be rung.

Someone below the stage couldn't help but exclaim, "The heavenly dao bell is moving! Is it about to be rung?"

"It shouldn't be that simple; this degree of shaking is still far off," another burly man, who clearly had some insight, said.

Indeed, the heavenly dao bell only vibrated slightly for a moment before returning to calm.

The Ninth Prince, full of unwillingness, tried several more times, but with the same result each time, and could only give up in frustration.

Yan Ruxue saw the Ninth Prince of Yan Country suffer a setback, but she didn't mock him.

Not being able to ring it was normal; even she didn't have much confidence, and could only try her best now.

She also extended her slender hands and placed them on the heavenly dao bell.

Her ice spiritual power was transmitted through her hands into the heavenly dao bell.

A white light shot up from the heavenly dao bell, and then the bell body only violently shook for a few seconds before stopping.

"What's going on? It's said that when a light shoots up from the heavenly dao bell, it's a premonition that the heavenly dao bell is about to be rung. Why is there no movement?"

Yan Ruxue thought with some suspicion.

She had originally been delighted, thinking it was about to ring when she saw the heavenly dao bell violently shaking and a white light shooting up.

She hadn't expected this outcome.

"It must have been due to a momentary distraction just now," she thought, deciding to try again.

The result was the same operation, and still the same outcome.

Finally, she shook her head and walked off the trial stage, somewhat defeated.

Seeing that even two well-known prodigies failed to ring the heavenly dao bell, the prodigies from other forces also couldn't help but want to try.

The outcome was predictable.

Except for a true disciple of Taixu Sect, who made the heavenly dao bell tremble a few times, everyone else who went up to the heavenly dao bell found it completely motionless.

Just as everyone was feeling a bit dejected and preparing to leave, two figures suddenly landed on the trial stage.

It was Lin Mu and Xu Liying, who had rushed over.

As soon as Xu Liying landed, she saw herself and Lin Mu standing on a high platform.

A crowd of people below the stage were all looking at them, and she was momentarily at a loss.

"This seems to be the heavenly dao bell?"

Just as Xu Liying was feeling uneasy, Lin Mu suddenly spoke.

He had heard people mention the heavenly dao bell before.

Hearing this, Xu Liying also looked over and indeed saw a bronze bell behind them.

She couldn't help but go up and touch it. Then she heard someone below the stage remind her.

"Little sister, if you want to ring the heavenly dao bell, you need to inject spiritual power with both hands."

This person seemed to bear no ill will.

He was just kindly reminding Xu Liying, who seemed a bit clueless.

Of course, he also had the intention of making a good impression in front of a beauty.

Upon hearing the explanation from the person below the stage, Xu Liying quickly withdrew her hand. She knew her own capabilities.

After more than twenty years of cultivation, she had barely reached the third heaven of the Divine Roaming realm, a talent considered mediocre even in Yanshan Kingdom.

"Big Brother Lin, why don't you try? With your talent, you might be able to ring the heavenly dao bell."

Lin Mu had an invitation letter from Heaven Sect Academy and could directly ascend Heavenly Saint Mountain.

However, since Xu Liying said so, he also wanted to try and see what his talent truly was.

"You don't even know what the heavenly dao bell is, and you still want to ring it?" a sarcastic voice suddenly rang out.

As soon as this person finished speaking, it caused a burst of laughter.

Lin Mu turned to glance at the speaker and coldly said, "If I can ring the heavenly dao bell, what then?"

The person, hearing Lin Mu say this, confidently replied,

"If you can ring it, I'm at your disposal. If you can't, then give me the beauty beside you to be my concubine."

After speaking, he and his fellow disciples beside him burst into laughter.

Lin Mu looked at the few people in front of him, a cold light flashing in his eyes. Whether he could ring the heavenly dao bell or not, these few people were dead.

He said no more, turned, mobilized his spiritual energy, and pressed both palms onto the heavenly dao bell, his internal power rotating wildly.

Under the surge of his spiritual power, the heavenly dao bell began to sway violently from side to side, and a golden pillar of light shot up.

The few people who were still laughing were all stunned into silence by this sight.

The man who had made the bet with Lin Mu even sat down abruptly.

He cried out in panic, "Impossible, impossible."

Yan Ruxue and the Ninth Prince of Yan Country tightly clenched their fists, their expressions tense, their eyes fixed on the heavenly dao bell without blinking.

Just when everyone thought the heavenly dao bell was about to be rung, after several shakes, the light dissipated, and it surprisingly returned to calm.

"I said it was impossible. How could an unknown kid like him ring the heavenly dao bell?"

"Kid, a bet's a bet. You're not going to renege, are you?"

The betting man, who had previously been so frightened he couldn't speak, now started to yell again.

Lin Mu paid no attention to his words.

His mind shifted slightly as he thought, "heavenly dao stone! heavenly dao bell? Perhaps they are connected. I'll try again with the Power of the Heavenly Dao."

Thinking this, Lin Mu placed his hands on the heavenly dao bell again, silently mobilizing the Power of the Heavenly Dao.

Everyone below the stage saw Lin Mu wanted to try again and tacitly shook their heads.

Everyone who had gone on stage before Lin Mu had done the same, and no matter how many times they tried, the result was always the same.

However, this person could make the heavenly dao stone shake, so he must not be an unknown figure.

Perhaps he was a closed-door disciple of some old monster who had recently emerged into the world, it was hard to say.

Later, they would have to go forward and make his acquaintance.

On the stage, Xu Liying looked at Lin Mu, also feeling a bit guilty.

If she hadn't suggested Lin Mu try to ring the heavenly dao bell, he wouldn't have gotten into this trouble.

She was about to speak, telling Lin Mu not to continue trying, and to just take out the invitation letter and enter Heavenly Saint Mountain.

But before she could open her mouth, the heavenly dao bell vibrated again.

This vibration seemed a bit different from the last time; the frequency of the bell body's vibration was very fast.

As Lin Mu's Power of the Heavenly Dao continuously flowed into the heavenly dao bell, the vibrating heavenly dao bell suddenly began to rotate in place and emitted a loud sound.

"Dong."

Accompanying the bell sound was a seven-colored divine light that shot up into the sky.

The seven-colored divine light lasted for a quarter of an hour before disappearing. Only when the divine light vanished did the crowd below the stage recover from their surprise.

"He really rang the heavenly dao bell!!?"

Everyone looked at Lin Mu with fervent eyes.