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Chapter 898: Chapter 497: The Nascent Soul Formation Path of the Dance Tool Dao Academy_2 Chapter 898: Chapter 497: The Nascent Soul Formation Path of the Dance Tool Dao Academy_2 Core Formation success such an occasion surely calls for the teacher to share in the joy.

As he entered Building One, Chen Mobai encountered a familiar face.

It was Luo Hezheng, the custodian of the Taoist Academy’s treasury.

“Good to see you, Teacher Luo.”

During his time at the academy, Chen Mobai had obtained many precious resources from him, and the two had happily collaborated at offline Jumang Daoist Academy exchange meetings.

“You’ve actually… made it!”

Luo Hezheng had just come out of his office and was momentarily stunned to see Chen Mobai, but then he spoke with shocked eyes.

“It was just a fluke.”

In the presence of his elders, Chen Mobai continued to be modest.

“Director Che has taken on a fine disciple!”

Luo Hezheng said with emotion, then looked Chen Mobai up and down with a satisfied face. As a teacher at the Dance Tool Dao Academy, he took pride in having such a talented student in the academy.

You must know, when he first heard that Chen Mobai was attempting Core Formation on his own, he was quite skeptical.

He believed the chance of success to be less than ten percent.

Now, the facts had proven he had underestimated Qualification of Deification.

Indeed, he was the academy’s most outstanding student since Ancestor Baiguang.

After watching Chen Mobai go upstairs to find Che Yucheng, Luo Hezheng couldn’t contain his joy and shared the news in the faculty group chat for all to see.

[I ran into Chen Mobai, and he succeeded in Core Formation!]

Upon the release of this message, the previously quiet chat group suddenly exploded.

[Is that true?]

[He actually made it?]

[No wonder there has been no activity in the Red City Mountain Spirit Vein for the past half month.]

[As expected of him, I always said he would make it to Core Formation, there is nothing in this world he can’t accomplish.]

Before they knew it, the group began to brag about Chen Mobai’s various achievements at the academy, all saying how they had high expectations for him when he was still a student.

Meanwhile, Chen Mobai himself had already knocked on the office door of Che Yucheng.

“Come in!”

At the sound of the familiar, hoarse voice, Chen Mobai gently pushed open the door and walked in.

“Teacher, I’ve formed my core!”

Chen Mobai softly announced to the silver-haired old man sitting by the window, drinking tea and reading a book, a statement that made him tremble all over.

Setting down his teacup, Che Yucheng locked eyes with Chen Mobai, and his weathered gaze revealed an unprecedented sense of gratification.

“Good!”

He said affirmatively, rising from his seat by the window and taking steps toward Chen Mobai. He extended his lean right hand to rest on his disciple’s shoulder, bestowing upon him the highest praise a teacher can give.

“You are indeed my disciple! You may graduate now.”

“No matter what, I will always be your student.”

With a respectful expression, Chen Mobai performed a ceremonial bow to Che Yucheng, acknowledging that at least one-third of his own achievements were due to the elder before him.

“I hope that a thousand years from now, I can be remembered by the Immortal Gate because I was your teacher.”

Never before had Che Yucheng been this overjoyed. He patted Chen Mobai’s shoulder, laughing heartily with nostalgia.

“The teacher is already a part of the academy. As long as the academy exists, you will always be remembered.”

The master and disciple sat near the window, with Chen Mobai as ever playing the role of disciple, pouring tea for Che Yucheng.

“Right, we should announce your Core Formation.”

Che Yucheng suddenly remembered this and returned to his desk, switched on his computer, and began to draft a public announcement on behalf of the Dance Tool Dao Academy.

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Immortal Gate Live Streaming Network.

As the foremost website in the short video domain, countless cultivators had opened accounts here for live streaming.

With three billion cultivators in the Immortal Gate, nearly half would spend their leisure time watching short videos or even live streams.

Nie Wenzhen had his own account; he used to be a famous host in the Immortal Gate, but though he was banned from the entertainment circle for inciting public division, he could still continue live streaming online.

After being banned, he stopped pretending altogether.

He openly revealed himself as Chen Mobai’s number one detractor, criticizing how the Dance Tool Daoistic lineage was monopolizing power in the Immortal Gate, oppressing a cultured and talented artist like himself, leaving him to host funerals in small eighteenth-tier cities to make ends meet.

Today, after just having escorted an old cultivator to the funeral parlor, he found a spot to open a live broadcast on his phone while waiting for the cremation.

As soon as the broadcast began, he saw a comment about Chen Mobai and immediately unleashed his antagonism as a detractor.

“What, you’re saying he’s attempting Core Formation autonomously at Crimson Mountain without taking any Elixirs?”

“It’s impossible to succeed! I’m putting it out there today, if he manages to succeed in Core Formation this time, I’ll live stream myself entering the crematorium.”

“I’m not an irrational hater; given his talent, reaching Core Formation or even ‘Nascent Soul Formation’ is possible, but there’s no way he can do it like the Head of Immortal Affairs with Enlightened Core Formation—he doesn’t have the talent.”

“Let me tell you, this whole Qualification of Deification is a sham.”

“Throughout history in the Immortal Gate, so many talents have emerged, some even the direct descendants of the Deity Transformation, backed by a living Deity, achieving Core Formation in their thirties or forties. And in the end, how many of them have reached Divinity Transformation? Not a single one!”

“Even if he can reach Core Formation, it’s only by enduring sixty grueling years and then, with the help of Elixirs, that he’ll manage to do it.”

“Clearly, he’s burdened by his own reputation and wants to pull off something big to further cement his image as the bearer of Qualification of Deification. But as a respectable elder, I still need to advise him: don’t succumb to vanity. Why not just wait the sixty years honestly and make use of the Dance Tool Dao Academy’s privileges to acquire the Golden Elixir Spiritual Medicine to Break Through Realm?”