533: Chapter 533 The Academy Opening Ceremony

A wisp of blue flame spilled from the corner of Nie Ning's mouth.

Just as he was preparing to send the two of them to the afterlife with dragon breath, a figure suddenly walked out from the other side of the room.

Seeing this, Nie Ning was slightly taken aback, and a complex look appeared in his eyes.

After a few breaths, Nie Ning extinguished the dragon breath gathering in his mouth.

However, the energy Nie Ning had leaked was detected by the person inside the room.

By the time the person inside the room came to the windowsill to check, the street below was still bustling with crowds, and Nie Ning's trace was long gone from the nearby streetlights.

...

Nie Ning returned to the hotel where he was staying, heavy with thoughts.

He didn't expect that in just one day, he would encounter two acquaintances.

Bronk, Lilith's old flame.

The other was someone who had done him a favor, the former resident wizard of Ska City, Audrey of the Crimson Holy Blade!

Nie Ning felt a bit sentimental.

Because Belvis was too vast, he hadn't learned much about the Crimson Holy Blade organization, so naturally, he wouldn't have gone out of his way to look for Audrey.

After all, the agreement between the two of them had already been fulfilled, so there was no need to dwell on it so much.

It was just that seeing Audrey now still left him feeling a bit melancholy.

However, Nie Ning was more curious about why Audrey was with Bunir.

Now that the entire Nimesoya was surging with undercurrents, if Audrey was here, could the Crimson Holy Blade be nearby as well?

Leaping to the balcony upstairs, Amanra was sitting there leisurely, drinking tea.

"Your expression is a bit off. Did you encounter something troubling?"

Amanra put down her teacup and asked with confusion.

Nie Ning shook his head: "I just ran into an old acquaintance I hadn't seen in a long time."

Hearing this, Amanra didn't say much more.

The path of cultivation is always lonely.

Time flies, and things always change inadvertently; perhaps Nie Ning was just feeling sentimental about past events.

...

Two months later.

After two months, the academy finally completed its construction work.

The entire academy stood atop a great mountain, with various Transcendent facilities below, along with the dormitory area where students would live.

Because it needed to be used for a long time, the academy was built more meticulously, and everything was executed according to high specifications.

After all, it was the face of the Extreme Phase Demon Palace; if it were too poor, it would be pushed out by other forces in the city.

Yes, there were other academies in the city; for example, the people from the Yin-Yang Sect arrived in Nimesoya one day after them.

Besides that, there were some second-tier forces.

There were many smart people who, after seeing the actions of the Extreme Phase Demon Palace, were naturally unwilling to fall behind and wanted a piece of the pie.

The establishment of the Transcendent academy was a major transformation for this world.

Led by the major top-tier forces, it meant that the Belvis World would officially enter the era of universal Transcendent status.

Or rather, it could have entered the universal Transcendent stage long ago, but since Transcendent status represented chaos, the major forces had been cautious and had not taken any action regarding it.

Because to obtain Transcendent status, one must come into contact with Transcendent knowledge, and ordinary people cannot use Transcendent knowledge, so the first step was to let ordinary people obtain Transcendent power.

For the major Transcendent forces, letting ordinary people possess Transcendent power was not difficult—at least not below the third rank—and it was almost no different from eating or drinking water.

But ordinary people obtaining Transcendent power was not necessarily a good thing; if not controlled well, it would turn into a disaster that was difficult to manage.

It was just that the appearance of Liuguang City accelerated the timing of the transformation, forcing the major forces that were still hesitating to move forward with the wheels of the era.

Otherwise, falling behind by one step would inevitably lead to a disadvantage in the future; even top-tier forces could not withstand the crushing force of the era and would end up being obliterated in the crowd.

...

In front of the palace on the mountaintop, on a platform formed by an elemental light screen.

The Transcendents of the Extreme Phase Demon Palace stood in front of the palace, looking at the square below where tens of thousands of Transcendents and ordinary people were intermingled, and could not help but feel quite a headache.

Although everyone was experienced and worldly, only a few had teaching experience, let alone dealing with so many people at once.

Just the various tests were enough to make one dizzy, and even Nie Ning needed to step in to help.

Moreover, the nearly 50,000 people in the venue were only a part of it; in fact, there were an absurdly large number of people on the Yin-Yang Sect side.

Only now did Nie Ning feel the downside of joining a faction.

Because the deceit and schemes between factions were even more annoying!

In order not to fall behind, the Yin-Yang Sect specifically chose today to open alongside the Extreme Phase Demon Palace.

Of course, the Extreme Phase Demon Palace also intended to recruit students at the same time as the Yin-Yang Sect.

The reason was very simple: both sides belonged to top-tier forces, were influential figures, and direct confrontation was the style of major factions.

Moreover, there were not only students who wanted to enroll in the venue, but also people from various nearby forces; opening on the same day was to force these forces to choose a side.

They even invited the City Lord, and the Yin-Yang Sect did the same.

However, the City Lord of Nimesoya was a shrewd person; citing a busy schedule, he refused to attend the opening ceremonies of both academies, only sending people to deliver some congratulatory gifts.

After all, he was a ninth-rank powerhouse, and the Extreme Phase Demon Palace did not react much to this.

Because as long as they didn't take sides with the Yin-Yang Sect, everything could be discussed amicably.

If they took sides with the Yin-Yang Sect, Nie Ning guessed that Nimesoya would soon replace its City Lord.

Or they would send a stronger Transcendent to station in Nimesoya to prevent the Yin-Yang Sect from becoming the sole dominant force.

...

Taking advantage of the gap in Amanra's speech, Nie Ning began to observe the Transcendents below.

However, rather than observing, it was more like searching—searching for Bunir!

Because he had seen people from the Crimson Holy Blade arrive earlier.

Although he didn't see Audrey, Nie Ning felt that there was a high probability that Bunir would come here.

Relying on his sharp gaze, Nie Ning soon found Bunir.

The look in Bunir's eyes when he looked at Nie Ning carried a hint of confusion and astonishment, as if he couldn't believe he could see Nie Ning here.

After all, thinking back to the past, Nie Ning was just a mute servant by Lilith's side.

Nie Ning's eyes flickered as he began to think about how to deal with Bunir.

Although he really wanted to kill Bunir, Audrey's sudden appearance indicated that Bunir's identity might not be as simple as he thought.

Currently, his own situation was not very good, and acting rashly would likely cause trouble.

On the contrary, Bunir did not know his identity, nor did he know that he was the person who wanted to kill him back then.

As for the identity issue, Nie Ning had long since prepared a story to prevent encountering acquaintances.

For example, he was the offspring of a Belvis human and a Saint Ville human...

Because of the bloodline aura, the offspring born from both sides would not be subjected to too strong world suppression, and would gradually adapt to this world over time.

Now that he had the world tree leaf characteristic, even a ninth-rank Transcendent couldn't tell, and even Eva didn't seem to see any clues back then.

So for the current Nie Ning, identity was not a problem.

As long as he refused to admit it, no one could do anything about it.