Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 61 Five Major Training Schools

With a loud bang, the psychic machine that had been dormant in her storage bag automatically activated, instantly transforming into a black defensive wall behind her. Suddenly, a series of hissing sounds like metal rubbing against each other echoed in her ears, and she could even see a series of sparks bursting out.

But it was only for a moment. The next moment, the huge white rainbow suddenly disappeared, leaving only the sound of thunder and the howling wind in the sky. The layers of dark clouds in the sky rolled and flickered, and a huge black metal wheel could be vaguely seen flashing.

This is……

Qiu Ci's eyes suddenly widened and he asked anxiously, "System, did you see that?"

[What? Master?]

"That thing in the clouds ahead!"

[Let me scan. Huh? Master, I scanned the area a hundred miles ahead, but there's no data on any physical objects!]

"How is it possible? I clearly saw it. It was so huge..." Before she could finish her words, she found that there were only dark clouds in the sky, and there was no huge ship at all.

Was she seeing things? It was so huge, and it was a ring of metal, like the legendary... UFO?

[Master, how about I go over and scan it again? ]

"...No need." Qiu Ci shook his head and turned to look at the psychic machine body that had turned into a shield in front of him. There was an arc-shaped crack in the middle that was very obvious. Fortunately, they had strong self-repair capabilities. At this time, spiritual power had already gathered there, and the crack was visibly recovering.

"What happened just now?" She thought of the white rainbow. If the psychic machine hadn't come out, she would have really been cut in half.

[The psionic machine aggregate has an autonomous mechanism to protect the citizens of Blue Star. Just now, Master, you encountered a powerful wind blade attack that endangered your safety, and they triggered the protection mechanism.]

"Powerful wind blade?" Qiu Ci frowned. Is it really just a wind blade?

There were too many suspicious points about what had just happened, but she had no clue what was going on. She could only fill the gap on the boat first and search the nearby area again, but the white rainbow like just now never appeared again, and she could hear the anxious voice of City Lord Tang in her ears.

"Fellow Daoist Chu, have you completed your investigation? We can't hold on any longer."

"Come back immediately!" She could only flash back to the city gate. Although the Nine-Turn Five Elements Defense Formation was several times stronger than the previous defense formation of Yuanhai City, it required more spiritual power to support it. Before, only the three of City Lord Tang and the others who had reached the state of incarnation could support the original formation. Now, without her, it naturally wouldn't last long.

Sure enough, when she came back, the three of them were almost exhausted, and the formation in the sky began to shake. Qiu Ci immediately took control of the formation, released all the spiritual power in his body, and stabilized the formation again.

The three of them could finally breathe a sigh of relief, but they did not dare to relax at all. They were still concentrating on maintaining the formation and urging Yuanhai City to fly away from this area as soon as possible.

Perhaps because no one set any life-threatening flags, the journey was very smooth. Apart from the sky full of lightning and wind blades still heading towards the city, which were blocked by the formation, nothing else went wrong.

Half an hour later, City Lord Tang finally exclaimed, "We've reached the exit!"

As expected, a bright light appeared in the dark sky, like a holy light guiding everyone. The eyes of the three people lit up. They all changed their hand gestures and urged the city to fly over at the fastest speed.

In less than half an hour, the entire Yuanhai City had emerged from the Storm Sea and returned to the azure sky. [Ding! Base signal detected, coordinates: E55346, F44152.]

[Master, the base is right in front of us, but it's a bit far.]

The system's excited voice sounded in my mind.

Sure enough! There is a Blue Star base on Lanru Continent.

The dangerous area has been passed, and several people landed back on the city wall. The magic circle covering the entire city slowly darkened. Everyone had used up all their strength to deal with the crisis just now. Among the three, except Wen Qi who could barely stand by holding on to the wall, the city lord and Kang Chen had already collapsed on the ground in a disgraceful manner.

City Lord Tang gasped for breath, laughing as he did so, "Hahahaha... I finally made it out alive."

Qiu Ci also felt a little exhausted. After all, even the donkey in the production team could not hold on after outputting spiritual power for more than an hour. If it weren't for the dog system secretly taking out spiritual stones from the storage bag to replenish her, she would have fallen to the ground by now.

"Thank you very much for your help, Fellow Daoist Chu." Wen Qi leaned against the wall to recover, and the first thing he did was to turn around and bow to her to express his gratitude.

The other two also realized that if Fellow Daoist Chu had not been there, the three of them might have really died here, so they clasped their fists and said, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Chu." But they still couldn't get up.

"From now on, Fellow Daoist Chu will be an honored guest of my Yuanhai City. Feel free to tell me if you have any orders." The host of Tang City laid on the ground and patted DuangDuang's belly to make the promise.

"I really have something I want to trouble the City Lord with." Qiu Ci didn't hesitate and sat down against the wall.

"Oh, what's the matter?" asked City Lord Tang.

"This is my first time in Lanru Continent, and I don't know much about this place, so I would like to ask you about the situation, especially the situation of the academy." She asked directly.

"So, Fellow Daoist Chu also came for the academy." City Lord Tang smiled as if he was used to it. With the friendship they had just shared through hardships, he did not hide anything and directly told the details of what he knew.

The five most powerful academies on Lanru Continent are Dongci Academy, Anqing Academy, Shuangxing Academy, Hehuan Academy, and Xinglan Academy. The locations of these five academies are also quite unique, located in the four directions of the continent, with Shuangxing Academy located in the center.

Among them, Anqing College and Xinglan College have the largest number of cultivators practicing magic and sword, and their comprehensive combat power is also the strongest. The most powerful masters of magic and sword in the entire continent are the elders of these two colleges.

Dongci Academy specializes in four areas: alchemy, talismans, formations, and weapons. There are a lot of alchemy practitioners and talisman practitioners there. It is said that the only two eighth-level alchemy masters and eighth-level formation masters on the continent are both in Dongci Academy.

Although Hehuan Academy is as powerful as any other academy, it only accepts female disciples and does not accept male cultivators. The mentors and elders in the sect are all famous female cultivators in the continent.

Shuangxing College is more like a comprehensive college, with students specializing in all kinds of subjects. However, it is the college with the longest history and the deepest heritage among the five colleges.

"Rumor has it that Twin Star Academy is secretly home to a Celestial Realm cultivator. While I don't know if that's true, Twin Star Academy is the only one of the five academies with a late-stage Mahayana master as its dean," City Lord Tang said with a look of awe and admiration. "If Fellow Daoist Chu wishes to join an academy, I suggest you join Twin Star Academy. After all, the legendary Blue Academy is located there."

"Lan Yuan?" Qiu Ci was stunned. What was that?