132: Knowledge is power

The All-Universe Academy Exchange Tournament officially kicked off, and the first event was not a contest of force, but rather—the "All-Universe Knowledge Quiz."

The rules were simple: contestants would enter a strange space called the "All-Universe Library" and answer difficult questions randomly generated by the library's artifact spirit, covering the history, secrets, and principles of the Law across countless planes.

The more questions answered correctly, the higher the score.

This event caused many academies that specialized in combat to groan, but it played right into the hands of Cloud Court.

Besides Cultivating, Void Academy placed great importance on the Legacy of knowledge across the heavens and myriad worlds, and Nie Li had even organized the various collected classics and anecdotes into a massive database.

Long Qianyuan led his team members into the library space, and looking at the floating light screens filled with questions composed of pure information streams before them, he grinned: "I'm good at this! Revered Master said, knowledge is power!"

The questions were bizarre:

[Please briefly describe the Soul fluctuation frequency curve of the 'Abyssal Worm' during its seventh molting.]

[What are the lyrics to the third stanza of the Creation Anthem sung at the birth of the 'Star Spirit Race'?]

[Please analyze the hedging and annihilation model of the 'Annihilation Black Tide' and the 'Green Light of Life' at the level of the Law.]

Students from other academies scratched their heads in frustration, and some even started making things up.

On the Cloud Court side, however, the team members were unhurried, their consciousnesses connected to the internal database of Cloud Court (optimized by Crystal Pupil and the Law simulator), allowing them to provide answers with ease, achieving a one hundred percent accuracy rate!

The scores on the light screens soared crazily, leaving everyone else in the dust!

"Cheating! They must be cheating!" a student shouted unconvinced.

The library's artifact spirit responded coldly: "Detection confirmed, the Cloud Court students' answers comply with the 'Truth' Law."

Long Qianyuan even had the leisure to add a comment while answering an obscure question about "Research on the seasoning dosage during the final battle between the Ancient God of Cookery and the Annihilation Flavor Venerable": "According to my Revered Master's personal experience, the 'Chaos Essence Salt' the God of Cookery used back then was about this much..." He even gestured with his hand.

The artifact spirit was silent for a moment, then awarded an unprecedentedly high bonus score!

In the knowledge quiz segment, Cloud Court took first place with crushing momentum, leading by a wide margin on the leaderboard and dropping jaws everywhere.

The second event was "Secret Realm Treasure Hunting."

All contestants were thrown into an ancient Secret Realm filled with danger but also teeming with Opportunity, tasked with finding and bringing back the most valuable treasures within a specified time.

Inside the Secret Realm, students from other academies displayed their various Divine Abilities; some relied on Bloodline sensing, some drove treasure-seeking Spirit Beasts, and others formed teams to forcibly explore dangerous areas.

But the Cloud Court team, after entering, simply found a prime spot with good Feng Shui... and started a picnic.

"Team leader, aren't we going to look for treasures?" a team member asked, unable to help himself as he watched Long Qianyuan pull out tables, chairs, gourmet food, and even a pot of "Floating Life Like a Dream Tea" from his storage ring.

Long Qianyuan poured himself a cup of tea calmly: "What's the rush? Revered Master taught us that you have to let the treasures come to you."

He released a wisp of the pure Chaos Mother Qi within his body, mixed with the unique Dao Rhyme bestowed by Yun Feng, which spread quietly like the ultimate bait.

Before long, something jaw-dropping happened!

Heaven And Earth Treasures, ancient Magical Artifacts, and even sentient Secret Realm spirits from all over the Secret Realm, like cats that had smelled fish, emerged from their hiding spots one after another, turning into streaks of light as they scrambled to fly toward the spot where the Cloud Court team was picnicking!

They fell around them with a clatter, piling up into a small mountain!

A spiritual ancient sword even flew voluntarily in front of Long Qianyuan, its blade humming, conveying an intention to acknowledge him as its Revered Master!

A sentient 'Ten-Thousand-Year Vermilion Fruit' rolled shyly to his feet, indicating its willingness to be eaten by him!

A Secret Realm spirit transformed into the appearance of a small sprite, gazing longingly at the teacup in his hand...

Students from other academies worked hard and risked their lives to find just one or two treasures, but when they looked back, the Cloud Court side was already emitting sky-high treasure light, to the point where the people were almost invisible!

They were so angry they almost coughed up blood!

"How the hell is this possible?!"

"Are they here on vacation?!"

The treasure hunting segment ended, and Cloud Court once again took first place with an indisputable "harvest."

After finishing at the bottom for two consecutive events, some academies that prided themselves on being powerful could no longer sit still.

The third event was a team combat simulation, fighting against powerful Law projections in a virtual battlefield.

According to the draw results, Cloud Court's opponent in the first round was none other than the "Savage Academy" that had previously been slapped into the ground by Long Qianyuan!

The captain of the Savage Academy, a youth with a fierce Aura who was said to possess the Bloodline of ancient giant beasts, stared fixedly at Long Qianyuan, the flames of revenge burning in his eyes: "The virtual battlefield doesn't have a floor for you to slap! This time, I will let you Cloud Court know what true power is!"

Long Qianyuan yawned and said to his teammates: "Revered Master said that combat should focus on efficiency. Listen to my commands in a moment."

The battle began!

The five members of Savage Academy instantly transformed into beasts, turning into five hideous giant beasts, and charged toward the Cloud Court position with the power to tear through the Void Realm! Their Aura was earth-shattering!

Gasps erupted from the spectator stands, as everyone believed that Cloud Court would be locked in a bitter battle this time.

But they saw Long Qianyuan unhurriedly extend a finger and lightly trace a line against the sky of the virtual battlefield.

"In this place, transformation is forbidden."

His words carried the weight of the Law! It wasn't a true modification of the Law, but rather a form of extremely high-level "Law interference" he formed by mobilizing the Chaos Mother Qi and combining it with his understanding of the Law!

The five giant beasts that had lunged into mid-air flashed with light, and their massive bodies rapidly shrank as if leaking air, instantly being beaten back into human form. They fell from mid-air with thuds, landing in a daze, completely bewildered!

Before they could even react, Long Qianyuan spoke again: "In this place, gravity is increased ten thousand times."

Boom!

The five members of Savage Academy felt as if the entire Universe was pressing down on them, and they were instantly pinned firmly to the virtual ground, unable to move even a finger, their faces full of terror and despair!

The other Cloud Court team members hadn't even had time to make a move.

The battle started and ended in less than three seconds.

The entire venue was deathly silent.

Everyone was looking at Long Qianyuan as if he were a monster. This was no longer combat; this was toying with the Law! It was a dimensional-reduction strike!

Long Qianyuan clapped his hands and showed an innocent smile toward the referee's stand: "Referee, can you announce the result? We're in a hurry to go back and drink tea."

The news quickly spread back to Cloud Court.

Nie Li reported the "grand occasion" of the exchange tournament to Yun Feng.

Yun Feng listened, just gave a faint "Hmm," and then added: "Tell them to come back once they've had enough fun. Don't always bully the little kids outside; it's bad for our reputation."