Just like when I came, the carriage did not stop except for necessary convenience and rest when I returned. It was just that there was less solemn atmosphere and urgency, and I was even able to look at the scenery outside the carriage window.
Although this world is full of stress and pain, the scenery is wonderful. The mountain peaks in the distance are majestic and beautiful, covered in lush green. The stream flowing in the distance is as clear as a ribbon, with small fish occasionally jumping out of the water. The woods beside the road block the dazzling sunshine, but there is still a trace of warmth shining on pedestrians through the gaps.
The scenery here can only be compared to Mount Emei, which is a famous scenic spot, let alone the city below the mountain.
However, the group did not enter the towns along the way, but headed all the way to Windfire City, and finally arrived at the First Martial Arts Academy after half a month. This trip to support Mengcheng took nearly a month on the road alone, another half month on the mission, and the year will be over in two months.
When a few people entered the academy, they found that every martial arts training table at the entrance of the academy was already occupied. After a while, they felt that they were all children who had not yet entered the warrior class. But it's normal to think about it. All the children who became samurai went to the border or traveled abroad. Even if there are children above the level of warriors in the academy now, they all returned later, and there will definitely not be many of them.
Among these children, there are familiar first-grade children who are also freshmen, and there are also older second-grade children. Huang Zhan naturally knew what was going on when this scene appeared, and turned back to Ma Mingyao and the others.
"There should be more than a month left for the year-end competition, and the announcement of the last-place elimination system should have been posted. If you want to stay in the competition, you can't be ranked at the bottom. Although only 10% of the people have been eliminated, it is already a lot. .”
Before Ma Mingyao, Temusheng and Zhou Ming left, their strength was already at the top among civilians. After experiencing a beast wave, they were just a hair away from the warrior realm, leaving some family members behind. In the next few months, if you go to the training room to practice, even a samurai can attack it.
In the battle before them, even in the eyes of Ma Mingyao and the others, their actions seemed a bit immature. But Ma Mingyao and the others also understood that before heading to the border, even if they were better than these people, they were not much different. Just like in that martial arts competition, they were crushed even though their cultivation levels were about the same. It was because they didn't have the instinct and thinking to fight. In the end, it's just a hand-to-hand fight with one person throwing one punch. The one who can resist one more punch will win.
But after experiencing blood and fire, you will understand the true meaning of fighting and the use of moves. Now compared with these children, although it is difficult to win within three or five moves, ten moves are definitely enough.
Looking at the lively scene in the academy, Huang Zhan curled his lips and said to Yi Ran and the other four, "If those children in the second grade are unable to step into the samurai class in more than one month, they will be eliminated and leave the academy. After two years in the academy Those who have not yet entered the ranks of the samurai show that their talent is worrisome, but with only two years of training, they can have a good future in the world, and the two years of hard training are not in vain."
After watching the children's competition for a while, Huang Zhan led a few people to the notice office to see how this year's year-end martial arts competition would be held and the prizes that everyone was most concerned about.
Although it is cruel to eliminate the last 10% of the children, it is actually to stimulate everyone to practice harder and not to waste time and the hopes of their loved ones. Therefore, the competition also has generous rewards.
Today's notice board has been used for decades. Even though it is made of high-quality wood, it has become dry and cracked after being exposed to wind and rain. But the paper affixed to the bulletin board was very delicate, even in thickness and bright in color, not inferior to the letter from the frontier army. The handwriting on it shows everyone's style, less domineering than a commander but more elegant than a strong man.
After seeing the rules on the notice board clearly, Yi Ran and Ma Mingyao became very excited.
As long as everyone enters the top 100, they will have elemental stones and silver coins issued by the principality. The elemental stones can be taken to the practice room and used. As for the coins, needless to say, the rewards are very practical and not bad. In addition to elemental stones and silver coins, the top ten will also receive special rewards, and the seventh to tenth will be rewarded with a potion that can quickly improve their cultivation. However, the more this potion is taken, the less obvious the effect will be. Four to six will be rewarded with a cultivation technique that is more powerful than Qingyun Jue in addition to the following rewards. The top three will receive a high-end martial arts book in addition to the subsequent rewards.
For first-grade civilian children, the top ten may still be very far away, but elemental stones and silver coins are also very attractive. As for civilian children with strong talents after the second grade, they can also catch up and enter the top ten. It is not impossible. Starting from the third grade, it has never been a dream for ordinary children to win first place.
Among the first-year freshmen, there are only about thirty people who reached Samurai more than a month ago. Even if someone breaks through this month, there won't be too many. Therefore, if Ma Mingyao and the other three can break through Samurai before the competition, the probability of getting into the top 100 is still Very big. Now they are extremely confident in their own strength, and the space ring contains a lot of flesh and blood of alien beasts and money, allowing them to make further progress in a short period of time.
There is no suspense about Yiran taking the first place among the new students. That position should belong to Li Yiyi. However, after having Yiran, even Li Yiyi had to admit that Yiran's strength far exceeded hers.
After everyone read the first announcement, they all secretly made up their minds to quickly cultivate the Breakthrough Warrior and work hard for the reward. Only Huang Zhan frowned when he saw the notice for Chapter 2, and then laughed loudly.
"Yiran, Yiran, come here and take a look at this."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Tianming's reaction was even more excited than Yiran's. He immediately moved over to take a closer look, because he had just come to the academy, and he had just learned about the rewards for Huiwu at the end of the year, and he didn't know there was a second one. Notice.
The content of the second notice made Zhao Tianming smile happily, which immediately made Yiran and the others full of curiosity. They quickly walked over and looked at it with wide eyes.
The paper was made of the same material and the handwriting was the same, indicating that it was written by the same person, and the content on it surprised everyone.
It turns out that all third-year students and above can choose to challenge on their own to determine the ranking of the whole hospital. The rewards for the top 100 in the whole hospital are even more enviable. Although the difference is one level and one year less training, for those with strong talents, they can definitely defeat those who are older than themselves, or even those who are stronger than themselves.
Therefore, the college has set up a college-wide ranking competition to make the competition more intense and make the children work harder to practice. However, because only the top 100 students in the hospital are rewarded, only children in third grade and above can participate in this ranking competition. Because children in first and second grade have just started practicing, it is almost impossible to get into the top 100 in the hospital.
However, the announcement stated that now all students in the academy can participate in the ranking competition as long as they are warriors. This change itself has no meaning, but it gives Yiran an opportunity to participate in ranking matches.
You must know that according to rumors in the academy, many of the top geniuses in the fifth and sixth grades have entered the level of great warriors, but Yiran has already reached it now. Not to mention that fighting for the first place is a given, but at least there is no problem in the top 100, and even the top ten can be fought.
Huang Zhan also knew about this ranking competition, but he didn't know why the rules were suddenly changed. In the past few years, Huang Zhan had never seen this rule change, and he couldn't help but feel a little baffled. It seemed that this rule was changed by Yi Ran. Because Li Yiyi, the strongest among the freshmen, is only a four-star warrior, it is impossible to enter the top 100. It is said that there are children in the second grade who have entered the Seven Star Samurai, but they may not be able to enter the top 100.
If Yiran hadn't happened, it wouldn't have made any difference whether this rule was changed or not.
The rewards of ranking matches are also very enviable, and it is for this reason that countless geniuses are full of motivation. As long as you enter the top 100 in the ranking competition, you can have a first-level weapon tailor-made by the royal blacksmith. All the materials for the weapon are provided by the royal family. This is not the most critical thing. The most important thing is that if the person who once customized the weapon enters the top 100 again, he can provide materials by himself to continue to improve the weapon!
In other words, if you can enter the top 100 every year and have precious weapon refining materials, you may be able to create a third-level peerless weapon for yourself. Even the weapons used by the ten masters are only of the third level, because the third level and above are spiritual weapons and are no longer available to ordinary people.
The weapons used by the two martial arts masters of the top ten families were all made by those who were ranked among the top 100 in the academy when they were young. Later, they were strengthened to the third level. Even if their strength continued to improve and they were constantly incorporating cherished materials, they would always remain the same. Weapons cannot be forged into spiritual weapons.
The added reward for the top ten in the ranking match is a third-level body tempering potion, Blood Refining Powder. Blood Refining Powder is the most powerful body tempering potion that a martial artist’s body can withstand, and it can also be refined by the alchemist of the Wind and Fire Principality. The most advanced body tempering potion.
You must know that only Zhao Yiyao in the Fenghuo Principality has reached the level of a fourth-level pharmacist, and he does not have the energy to refine a large amount of fourth-level potions. Therefore, in the Wind and Fire Principality, third-level potions are already considered the best.
As for the reward for first place, it is even more exciting, that is, you can go to the treasury to choose an item of your choice. This reward is an unparalleled temptation that even the geniuses among the ten major families cannot resist.
There are countless peerless treasures in the national treasury, including potions, martial arts, weapons and techniques, which are definitely the most precious in the Wind and Fire Principality. As far as potions are concerned, fourth-level potions are definitely out of the question, and even fifth-level potions might still exist. As for the weapons, even the third-level weapons are definitely not in the minority. As for the others, not to mention, the royal family's heritage cannot be compared to even the ten major families put together.
The iron-clad Tang family, the Fenghuo Principality, and the ten major families of the flowing Fenghuo City!
Seeing that the top player in the ranking competition could choose a unique treasure from the treasury at will, Yiran was also excited. No one would think that he had too many trump cards, let alone that he had just made his first fortune. Money pauper. The most lacking thing on the path of cultivation is money!
With firm eyes and a smile on his lips, Yiran secretly determined to win first place and gain the qualification to go to the treasury!
When the second-grade children passing by noticed that they were watching the notice about the ranking competition, they couldn't help but point and whisper behind their backs in amusement.
But they forget that what they can't do does not mean that others can't do it. Just as they forget that many people in the second grade went to the border to support but they did not go, just as they selectively forget that if they had not set foot before Huiwu, When you become a samurai, you have to say goodbye to the First Martial Arts Academy.
Some people keep fighting to survive, while some people choose to practice just because of the wishes of their elders.
Some people continue to take risks and fight to improve the strength of monks, while some people are unwilling to take risks and work hard, just hoping to live longer in their leisure zone.
There is actually nothing wrong with everyone having their own ideas. They just want to live the way they want. What is wrong is the world.
