Cultivation with a System in the Modern World
For the first time in years, the whole world’s gaze was fixed on Phoenix Academy.
The atmosphere in the waiting chamber for the final participants was starkly different. Though adorned with rich tapestries and furnished with carved oak, it felt more like the den of predators than a place of rest. The fifteen surviving contestants sat or stood in silence, each sizing up the others. Some whispered quietly, others meditated with eyes closed, but most carried expressions of cold determination.
Jin, the bald monk with calm hazel eyes, sat serenely cross-legged, his breathing steady, hands clasped in prayer. Aric, unable to contain his restlessness, paced before him. Finally, he stopped and placed