The liver is a late bloomer!

Chapter 514 Shenmu Academy
"I am a Saint-grade alchemist, and I will eventually have to return to my clan, so I cannot join the Divine Race. But I would like to settle down in this outer world capital. What do you think?"

Xu Chen picked up his teacup, took another sip, frowned slightly, and handed a can of top-quality immortal tea to the waiter beside him.

The shop assistant took the can of immortal tea, opened a small hole, and immediately a large amount of profound and enlightening aura spread out.

"Distinguished guest, this is far too much."

The shop assistant swallowed hard. Although his cultivation level was low, his knowledge in the capital world was extraordinary. This can of immortal tea alone was worth at least several hundred catties of Dao Origin Immortal Crystals.

"I didn't tell you that it's in your shop. I'll make you this tea when I come here," Xu Chen said leisurely, looking at the shopkeeper with an expression that said, "You think you're dreaming?"

"Oh~"

The shop assistant looked somewhat embarrassed and ran to the back room with the can of herbal tea.

At this moment, Xu Chen looked at the shopkeeper who was deep in thought.

Is there a way?

"Indeed there are."

"There are ten academies in the capital, one of which specializes in teaching alchemy. Seniors can serve as professors in the academy."

"At that time, I can settle down in the capital world and receive a considerable reward every year."

"However, to become a professor, one must pass an examination. When teaching the God Clan students, professors from other races must also achieve certain results."

"If our esteemed guest wishes to learn more, please wait half an hour. I will gather the details for you." The shopkeeper's mind was rapidly communicating with his identity card and with various business partners in the capital.

“Okay, I can serve as a professor.” Xu Chen nodded slightly. Anyway, he could just send a clone to teach the students of the Divine Race. It wouldn’t be a problem.

"Your distinguished guest, please wait a moment."

At this moment, a mysterious and wonderful aroma of tea filled the entire shop, and the shop assistant came over with teacups and a teapot.

Xu Chen leisurely sipped the Enlightenment Tea.

Half an hour later, the shopkeeper handed Xu Chen a jade slip.

After examining them, Xu Chen nodded in satisfaction, feeling that these Dao Origin Immortal Crystals had not been wasted.

"Does our esteemed guest have any further questions?" Seeing that Xu Chen was satisfied, the shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief.

"Help me find a temporary cave dwelling near that academy," Xu Chen said, accepting the jade slip.

“That’s easy to say. You can check it directly through our clan’s Dao Network.”

As the shopkeeper spoke, he pointed out a three-dimensional light and shadow, and at the same time handed Xu Chen a jade slip.

"This is information about our clan's Dao Network. Presumably, there were similar existences in our clan in the past."

Xu Chen nodded and used his divine sense to examine the contents of the jade slip.

Xu Chen initially thought it was just a typical virtual world with an internet connection, but after actually checking it out, he was slightly shocked.

"It can actually transform physical objects into virtual ones and virtual objects into physical ones, allowing for direct transactions within the Dao Network."

Seeing Xu Chen's shocked expression, the shopkeeper was very satisfied.

“Senior, foreign races only need one pound of Great Dao Origin Immortal Crystal per year to enter the Dao Network. I believe your current strength is more than enough to afford it.”

Upon hearing the price, Xu Chen did the math and felt that the internet fee was quite expensive.

"You need to go to the Imperial Shrine in the capital to handle the relevant matters, senior."

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he waved his hand and cast a beam of light in front of Xu Chen.

The light and shadow created a three-dimensional cave, which was presented to Xu Chen in a very direct way.

"My senior and I found a more luxurious cave dwelling, a vast and expansive space, with..."

The shopkeeper's series of introductions resembled those of a professional rental agent that Xu Chen had seen in his previous life.

"A hundred-year rent, two thousand catties of Dao Origin Immortal Crystals."

“Long-term rentals can be cheaper, but the specific price needs to be discussed with the owner of that cave.”

"Your rhetoric sounds very professional," Xu Chen said, sipping his tea.

"Most clans want to settle down in the capital world, so they inevitably have to deal with real estate matters," the shopkeeper said modestly with a smile.

"Do you have any further questions, senior?"

"Is there any way to learn the supernatural powers and techniques of nobles?" Xu Chen asked.

Upon hearing this question, the shopkeeper's expression turned serious.

"The orthodox lineage of the Yushen Clan has been inscribed into the Great Dao Laws by our clan's Holy Lord. Apart from the Yushen Clan and other beings with Yushen Clan bloodlines, anyone else who tries to learn it will be killed by the Heavenly Dao Laws."

Hearing the shopkeeper's words, Xu Chen knew that there was no hope.

"pity."

“Senior, although I cannot learn the techniques and supernatural abilities of the Yushen Clan, my Yushen Clan still has many great Dao inheritances from other races.”

"There are even complete Dao inheritances that can be cultivated to the Saint Venerable Realm, but the price is extremely high, and you must make outstanding contributions to the God Control Clan to purchase them."

"Understood." How could a powerful clan with an invincible saintly venerable figure allow him to easily fleece them?

"Could you help me with the college and the apartment rental?" Xu Chen said.

"Okay, I'll help you make the contact."

Half a day later, Xu Chen rented a temporary cave dwelling near the academy and arranged a time to go to the academy for the assessment.

Upon arriving at Shenmu Academy, Xu Chen was greeted by a Golden Core Realm instructor.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, if you want to become a Saint-grade alchemy professor in my academy, you must master ten Saint-grade pill formulas, and these must include Saint-grade pills that restore the origin, soul, spirit, and cultivation."

The instructors led Xu Chen on a celestial boat to fly over the Divine Tree Academy. This academy was so large that it was comparable to an entire human state, and it had hundreds of millions of students from the Divine Race.

"I have mastered the formulas for these few aspects," Xu Chen nodded slightly in response.

"That's good. Now I'll take you to the professors' circle."

The flying boat accelerated rapidly into the void, and finally arrived at a small world through a spatial passage.

Upon arriving here, Xu Chen sensed eight terrifying auras, each emanating from a Grand Venerable Realm expert.

Xu Chen was secretly shocked. There were eight Great Venerable Realm experts in just one academy, and this was only one academy in the outer capital world.

"Our Shenmu Academy has eight elders, each in charge of one of the eight areas of the academy."

"If you pass the assessment, you will become a professor at the Seventh Branch School."

As the two were talking, the flying boat passed through another teleportation portal and arrived outside a grand hall.

"The Seventh Elder is in the main hall. Fellow Daoist, you may go in directly."

The guard bowed to Xu Chen and then left.

Xu Chen then walked towards the main hall that exuded a terrifying aura.

A tall and imposing Grand Venerable of the Divine Race sat on the main seat in the hall, scrutinizing Xu Chen with his gaze.

"What race are you from? Why have I never seen you before?"

"With the lamp of Qi, blood, and spirit, the strength of its foundation, the concentration of its aura, and the shadow of the Great Dao within its body, it can rank among the top 100,000 talents of our clan simply by virtue of its aura."

"A race capable of nurturing a prodigy like you must not be a small one!"

The Grand Venerable Realm expert of the Divine Race, who was leaning back in the main seat, gradually became serious, his previously lazy expression turning solemn.

"This junior, Xu Chen, a human, has accidentally wandered into this spatial turbulence."

"Although my race has Saint Venerable experts, it cannot compare to yours," Xu Chen said, bowing.

"It's clear that a prodigy like you would be even stronger if you were in my clan."

"How about it? Consider joining my Divine Race and you might get a glimpse of the scenery above the Great Dao." The Saintly Venerable Realm expert looked at Xu Chen with a half-smile.

"I may have disappointed you, senior. My clan gave me life and raised me, and I cannot betray them even in death." Xu Chen wanted to say more, but the powerful elder waved his hand to stop him.

"No need to say anything more. You geniuses are all so arrogant. Once you reach the Saint Venerable Realm, you will know how difficult the Great Dao is."

"You don't need to take any more tests. You can directly become a professor of alchemy at my seventh branch school."

"Thank you, senior."

"Although there is no need for testing, we still have to follow the rules. We must cultivate at least a thousand immortal-grade alchemists within ten thousand years."

"It's natural."

"Step down, someone in charge will make arrangements for you later." The Seventh Elder waved his hand.

"I'll take my leave, senior."

As Xu Chen left the main hall, a Golden Immortal from the Divine Clan approached him.

"Professor Xu, there are several ways to teach students. Which one do you prefer?"

The steward handed Xu Chen a jade slip, which described the teaching methods for students. Xu Chen looked at it and chose to start teaching from the basics.

“Alright, Professor Xu, please wait patiently for three years. After three years, Shenmu Academy will begin recruiting new students, and Professor Xu can select 10,000 students to teach from scratch.”

"In addition," the steward said, handing Xu Chen a special celestial artifact.

"This is a celestial artifact connected to my clan's Dao Network. It has been renewed for a year. After Professor Xu connects with it using his divine sense, he will receive a basic inheritance of my Divine Clan's alchemy."

"Please teach these basics well in the early stages."

Xu Chen glanced at the immortal artifact in his hand and nodded.

In his temporary cave dwelling, Xu Chen looked at the information on his identity jade tablet.

The original one-year countdown has disappeared. Now, his identity is a professor of alchemy at Shenmu Academy, and he is no longer restricted from entering and leaving the capital world.

"The God-Controlling Clan is perfect in every aspect, and they are also very wealthy."

"At that time, I will be in the capital world, and Da Xu will be in the outer continent."

As Xu Chen spoke, he looked at the Dao Net Immortal Artifact in his hand, and his divine sense couldn't help but enter it.

As if he were teleported, Xu Chen appeared in a grand hall in the blink of an eye.

A translucent, one-inch-tall, winged creature of the God Race flew to Xu Chen's side.

"Welcome to the Dao Net World. This is the exclusive connecting immortal artifact of Shenmu Academy. Inside is a copy of the alchemy inheritance of the Yushen Clan. Do you accept?"

"Received." Xu Chen nodded.

The last piece of information was directly poured into Xu Chen's mind.

"The alchemy of the Divine Clan combines the strengths of all schools of thought."

From these basic alchemy traditions alone, Xu Chen saw many traces of the integration of alchemy traditions.

"It's a pity that it can't be passed back to the human race, but it doesn't matter. The alchemy inheritance I received is also quite strong. I will improve it in the future and then pass it on to the human race."

Xu Chen carefully comprehended these alchemical traditions, sometimes nodding, sometimes shaking his head.

It took Xu Chen three days to fully absorb these alchemy inheritances.

"Want to give it a try?" A transparent, winged member of the Divine Race flew to Xu Chen's side and asked.

"I've already mastered it, no testing needed." Xu Chen waved his hand. In his eyes, this kind of inheritance was as simple as 1+1. Spending three days was just to absorb the essence.

"Tell me what's fun about Daodao.com?" Xu Chen asked the little Divine Race member who was in charge of guiding him.

"There are so many fun things to do. The Dao Network allows for the exchange between the virtual and the real, and everything you obtain can be manifested in reality. Therefore, the most fun thing in the Dao Network is the game."

"All sorts of games offer treasures that can be found in the real world."

"In addition, there are various gambling arenas and places to relax both physically and mentally."

The little god-like figure in charge of guiding the conversation gave a long and detailed introduction, while Xu Chen listened attentively from the side.

"Take me to the game where thousands of players can battle it out first."

Xu Chen became interested, not in the game itself, but in the fact that the things he obtained in the game could be turned into real objects.

On the contrary, the types of games here are not much different from those in the human realm, with no new tricks. It's the game that Xu Chen is going to participate in next, which he has played before in the human realm.

“Alright, but you need to bring at least one immortal artifact to enter. If you want to play, you need to conjure a few immortal artifacts from the real world and bring them over,” said the Little Divine Clan member.

"no problem."

Xu Chen stepped out and took out several spare immortal artifacts from his storage magic treasure.

Following the immortal artifacts connected to the Dao Network, Xu Chen formed hand seals and a special light shone on those artifacts.

Subsequently, the celestial artifact transformed from reality to illusion and flew into the Dao Net celestial artifact.

Upon entering the Dao Net World, Xu Chen immediately discovered the several immortal artifacts in the main hall.

"Let's go~"

A portal appeared in front of Xu Chen.

In the game world of a battle royale where thousands of players are fighting, Xu Chen holds a battle sword and looks at the several terrified geniuses of the Divine Race opposite him.

"It's boring~"

Xu Chen swung his sword and beheaded the last few remaining geniuses of the Divine Race.

"Although our overall strength is slightly better, there is still a gap."

"Xiaoyu, do you have any survival games with 10,000 players that allow you to start with acquired spiritual treasures?" Xu Chen asked.

"Yes, but alien races cannot participate," the little god said after a moment's hesitation.

"Why?"

“In the past, some incredibly powerful alien geniuses came to participate in this game, and winning a match would take away thousands of acquired spiritual treasures.”

"Oh, really?" Xu Chen was taken aback.

"The key is that many of them are actually Saint Venerable level experts playing the role of geniuses, and some of them are so disguised that even the Saint Lord can't see through their disguise."

"After it happened a few times, it was banned."

"I see."

Xu Chen nodded and asked the little divine being to take him back to his exclusive temple.

In his temporary cave dwelling, Xu Chen withdrew from the Dao Net world.

"It's time to bring the main body over."

A month later, outside the capital world, Xu Chen's clone returned to his main body and entered the capital world again.

Meanwhile, in the outer realm, Da Xu rented a large cave dwelling in a major city and began refining the unfinished spiritual treasure project.

Inside the temporary cave dwelling in the capital world.

Xu Chen modified the formation of his temporary cave dwelling and began formal cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Chen has been in the capital world for three years.

On this day, one of Xu Chen's clones left the cave and arrived at the Divine Tree Academy.

Within the seventh campus, a million children of the God-King Clan, all under the age of twelve, had gathered.

Including Xu Chen, a total of nine Saint-grade alchemists began to select from among the million Divine Race children.

"These are all children with talent for alchemy. Their aptitudes are not too different. Just pick the children you feel a connection with." The Seventh Elder's voice echoed throughout the campus.

(End of this chapter)