After the second round of round-robin points competition, the top eight teams can advance to the third round.
As for the content of this third round, Shenlong Academy is still keeping it secret from the outside world. They say they need to prepare the venue and promise to satisfy everyone.
Therefore, teams were given another five days of rest.
"I asked, why have you been acting so fiercely recently? I originally thought you were going to finish the entire competition."
In the library of Shenlong Academy, Xiao Jinian, who had been tricked by Ling Yao into helping him find clues, sat cross-legged on the ground, immersed in reading the book in his hand, and asked casually.
"Who made Ling Linhan come out of your Shenlong Academy and caused our Jianmen Sect to suffer a disastrous defeat? Jianmen Sect has to find some place to come back, right?"
Ling Yao raised his head and searched row by row in front of the densely packed bookshelf.
"Ha, in terms of overall strength, they are definitely not as good as your Jianmen, but they can't stand it. This competition format is best-of-five, not a big melee. Just consider yourself unlucky!
"But let me tell you, that guy has just arrived at the main hospital, and his reputation is almost bigger than mine! He is really too hated.
"If he hadn't practiced quickly and had senior people from the academy secretly protecting him, he would have been assassinated so many times."
Xiao Jinnian curled his lips, closed the page, and looked up at Ling Yao.
"Weren't you checking the people around him before? Why did you suddenly care about Nao Shizi's 'Tianxin Patriarch'?"
Ling Yao glanced at Xiao Jinnian, then quickly turned back and pulled out a palm-sized book from the bookshelf:
"I'm so busy."
Xiao Jinnian immediately rolled his eyes:
"Come on, there isn't even a secret book or technique in this ghost place. Usually, only the freshmen from remote areas come here to look up the public information. Is there anything in this ghost place that needs to be concealed?
"I gave up the great date and came to the library with you. Is that what you're telling me?"
Ling Yao pressed the booklet in his hand on Xiao Ji Nian's head, looked at Xiao Ji Nian's pretentious squealing, and said with disgust:
"No need to be secretive? Then why can't I find any information on 'Tianxin Patriarch'?"
Xiao Jinnian also scratched his head:
"How do I know this? You said before that you couldn't find a book after searching for more than a week. I was surprised!
"Although Patriarch Tianxin doesn't have any great achievements or great achievements, and rarely appears in records, he is still in the True Yuan realm, and he can always make a few achievements.
"I remember a few months ago, the teacher asked me to find out the history of the Longchuan area before the establishment of the Wolong Kingdom. I also saw this name! That book is nearby, it can't be wrong!"
Ling Yao had a dead look on his face, moving his left hand up and down, pointing at the large bookshelf behind him:
"Here, nearby. Is this the neighborhood you mentioned? I've almost read a thousand books with you around here. Has the name 'Tianxin' ever appeared?!"
"Uh uh uh... maybe, that book just happened to be borrowed?"
"Didn't you say it was mentioned in more than one book?"
"Then...all were borrowed?"
"..."
Ling Yao took out another book and pressed it on Xiao Jinnian's head.
"Whether I believe it or not, you believe it anyway, right?"
Xiao Jinnian grimaced, took down the two books on his head, and held them in his arms:
"That's strange. Could it be that the teachers from the Capital Academy were taken away? But why?
"Teacher has clearly said before that Tianxin's cultivation philosophy is considered an anomaly among cultivators. It is a different approach and has no reference value. On the other hand, isn't there nothing worth covering up?"
Ling Yao paused while flipping through the pages and looked up at Xiao Jinnian.
He knew that the "teacher" Xiao Jinnian mentioned was Xiao Jinnian's mentor after he was admitted to the hospital and worked at Shenlong College.
But to Xiao Jinian, this was no ordinary mentor. Because he was also the benefactor who brought Xiao Jinnian back from his childhood in the most chaotic Northern Wilderness area of Wolong Kingdom.
Xiao Jinnian once told him in a casual chat that when the teacher saw him for the first time, he was caught by a group of refugees and was almost thrown into a pot to make soup.
If the teacher hadn't redeemed him with dried meat, Ling Yao might have seen him in someone else's belly.
Regarding that teacher - he was the one who named Xiao Jinnian, and his birthday was the day he picked her up; he was the one who introduced him to cultivation, and he was the one who recommended him to enter Shenlong Academy.
Therefore, it is not difficult to understand the status of this "teacher" in Xiao Jinian's mind.
But since Xiao Jinian established a foothold in the main hospital and founded the White Fish Gang, his contacts with his mentor have become less and less, and he has only mentioned this person to Ling Yao very few times.
Noticing the way Ling Yao looked at him, Xiao Jinnian was stunned for a moment. Then he remembered that he hadn't mentioned his teacher to Ling Yao for a long time, so he had to explain to Ling Yao:
"I told you, before he met me, he had been in the Pure Phase state for a long time.
"He also felt that he would never have a chance to make a breakthrough in this life, so he focused all his attention on a research in the college and didn't even have time to teach me personally, so he found a way to send me directly to the main hospital to study.
"Originally, it was nothing. We still kept in touch and met frequently. But later, he seemed to have major differences and conflicts with other teachers during the research.
“In order to preserve the research results, the college kicked him out of the research group and did not even assign him any teaching tasks.
"Actually, it's just that no one has said it clearly. In this situation, the college is afraid that he will leak the secret and puts him under house arrest. Even I have to apply to the college before I can visit him.
"Actually, I'm not afraid of this trouble, but the teacher suddenly became very reluctant to see me.
"I finally met my boss several times. As soon as I asked him what happened and if there was anything I could do to help him, he immediately kicked me out.
"So I mentioned him to you less often. After all, I don't know much about his current situation."
Ling Yao narrowed his eyes: "So, what he is studying is related to the history of the era of outstanding people thousands of years ago? So he suddenly asked you to understand it before?"
Xiao Jinnian spread his hands:
"Probably? He never told me this, and I only inferred it from the books he read.
"So he suddenly asked me to check these things myself some time ago. I was quite surprised why he suddenly changed his attitude."
Ling Yao lowered his head and weighed the book in his hand:
"Maybe I figured something out; or maybe it's almost too late and I have to risk it for you to do something."
"Ha-who knows."
Xiao Jinian's tone seemed to be unconcerned, but Ling Yao knew that he was definitely not as unconcerned as he showed.
After all, this was the leader of the White Fish Gang who was prospering in the main hospital. Xiao Jinian behaved like a large adult Er Ha when he got along with him, and now when he met Liu Yuya, he turned into a cute young Er Ha.
But usually, this guy is very shrewd. There was no reason why he couldn't think of things that Ling Yao could think of.
It's just that at the moment, with his strength in the Cave Void Realm, what he can do or dare to show is still very limited.
Regarding the internal affairs of Shenlong Academy, Ling Yao definitely didn't know as much as Xiao Jinian did.
But Ling Yao has an abnormal information channel - the Tucao servant in the sea of consciousness, which is not comparable to Xiao Jinnian.
To be able to leave a treasure like Jiutian Chongyun Pagoda and the inheritance that allowed Ling Linhan to advance by leaps and bounds, this "Tianxin Patriarch" is probably also a big shot in the True Yuan Realm.
In Ling Yao's view, Shenlong Academy suddenly withdrew all relevant information in the near future, which was a bit of a cover-up.
Even if the college suddenly held a large-scale exchange competition, it was probably just a part of its plan.
The clues Ling Yao had were like jade beads scattered on the ground. Each one made people feel how shocking the entire chain of beads would be, but he could never find the chain that connected them.
Complaints always say that everything that happens to Ling Linhan is nothing more than a "routine" and a "plot"...
But those developments that seemed illogical to them seemed to be full of mystery and conspiracy in the "reality" where Ling Yao lived.
This gap also made him feel a stronger sense of crisis.
"I can't explain it, but I have a hunch. Shenlong Academy... although I know you have great feelings for the academy.
"But it's the teacher who treats you well, not the rest of the academy. Don't trust them too much."
Ling Yao suddenly closed the book in his hand, put it back on the bookshelf, and pulled Xiao Jinnian up from the ground.
"I'm worried that your college is doing something big. Be careful and don't get tricked by the college and count money for them."
Xiao Jinnian did not answer this question.
If he had heard Ling Yao say this to him a few years ago, before anything happened to the teacher, he would have thought that Ling Yao was just thinking and worrying.
But now... he had to admit that maybe Ling Yao's worries were justified.
But after all, he is still a student of the college, and it is impossible for him to directly express his distrust of the college.
Therefore, he just did not refute and changed the subject:
"What, you're leaving? Aren't you going to check?"
"No more checking. If Shenlong Academy wants to keep it secret, in an open library like this, no matter how hard we check, it will be in vain."
Ling Yao stretched and walked outside the library.
"We've been squatting here for three days. It's time for the announcement from Shenlong Academy to come out, right? This third round of your competition is so mysterious that all sects are very nervous."
Xiao Jinnian followed Ling Yao's footsteps and twisted his neck:
“The confidentiality was very good this time. Even we old students had no idea about the content of the game.
"Everyone in the college is also very curious about what the hell the college wants to do... Hey, there is a difference between the outside and the inside. After three days in the room, the sun feels so dazzling."
When Ling Yao just walked out, he narrowed his eyes slightly.
But he opened his eyes before Xiao Jinian, and then saw...
He stopped in silence.
Xiao Jinnian, who was walking behind him, bumped into his back:
"Oh, let me go, Guangzhai, why did you stop suddenly! Did you see a ghost?"
"A-nian-you said, who is the ghost? Huh?"
When Xiao Jinnian heard this familiar female voice, he immediately covered his nose and popped out from behind Ling Yao:
"Ya Ya Ya Ya Ya...? You, you, you, why are you here?"
Liu Yuya stood in front of the library in a charming manner, attracting a large number of college students to stop and take a look.
Finally, it was not easy to wait until the rightful owner came? Did you realize that these two unkempt things are what beauties are waiting for?
Very bad review!
"You said - why am I here?"
Liu Yuya fiddled with her hair and stared at Xiao Jinian with resentful eyes.
"We clearly agreed that after the second round, we would go on a boat trip to Longchuan and talk by candlelight...
"What happened? You stayed with him day and night for three days! Do you still have me in your heart? Huh?"
The passers-by looked at Ling Yao and Xiao Jinian with strange looks and pointed.
Ling Yao: Wait, why do I feel this description, you seem to be here to catch an adulterer, Xiao Jinnian is the one who was caught, and I am...
I'm not! ! ! !
As soon as Xiao Jinnian saw his sister coming, his mouth was lame and his legs could no longer speak. He could only walk over and hold the girl's hand.
Liu Yuya didn't take the joke too far. She spared Xiao Jinnian's face and kissed Xiao Jinnian's stubble on the spot. She gave Ling Yao a look of arrogance after her victory as "the empress of the palace" and dragged Xiao Jinnian's collar away.
Ling Yao was left messy in the wind: Oh, it turns out that on the surface it was "catching an adulterer", but in fact it was a show of affection between a couple and a couple, and it had nothing to do with me!
When Ling Yao, who still felt that what just happened was very mysterious, returned to Jianmen Cave as if sleepwalking, he was stopped by Ke Shuyu.
"Ling Yao! Have you seen the announcement from Shenlong Academy!"
As soon as Ling Yao heard this tone, he knew that things were not simple:
"I haven't read it yet. Has the announcement been posted? What is the format of the third round?"
Ke Shuyu was not surprised that Ling Yao didn't know anything, but he was particularly anxious and excited:
“The competition is a melee between eight teams. After a certain time limit, the marker scores obtained by the teams and the converted scores for the number of survivors are superimposed, and the top two teams with the highest scores are selected for the finals!
“This is not the key, this is not the key, the key is the venue of the game!
"They have opened a place of inheritance of an unknown power as the competition location! An unexplored and unexplored alien space! Any treasures found there will not be taken away by Shenlong Academy. All of them will belong to the team that found them!"
Ling Yao's lazy expression also became serious.
Being able to open up a different space in the great world of Mang Sheng and become a place of inheritance is at least the work of a powerful person in the True Yuan Realm.
Shenlong Academy actually discovered such a place, and generously shared it with other top forces in Wolong Kingdom through an exchange competition!
"Did you tell your fellow sect master and uncle? The unexplored and developed different space means that the treasure has not been taken away, but it also means that the space is not stable. If the space is broken by then, we will all die. It’s inside.”
Although the treasure is good, it must be taken with a life. Ling Yao would not understand this truth.
Of course, Ke Shuyu will not be obsessed with the treasure he has not yet obtained:
"Nonsense! Of course I have said it! But they can't figure out what the Shenlong Academy is doing.
"It's because the different space is unstable, and entering it can easily lead to turmoil, so we have a chance. Otherwise, why do you think Shenlong Academy doesn't send the Pokyong Realm in to directly take away the inheritance?
"The main gatekeeper is guarding the mountain gate. My master is in retreat, and Master Liang from Xingyao Peak is not at Jianmen. However, your Master Qiu from Yueyao Peak is already on his way. When the time comes, he will also help us guard.
"I just want to inform you and get ready quickly. That is the inheritance of a powerful person in the True Yuan Realm, and it is much more important than the ranking in the competition! When the time comes, don't hold Jianmen back!"
What Ling Yao was thinking was not on the same line as Ke Shuyu:
"It's going to be a big deal this time. Master will come, and other forces will also come to Jiangcheng from the Sky Breaking Realm. I don't know how Shenlong Academy will end up...
"And everyone thinks that inheritance is important and babies are important. In this third round of competition, people may die..."
Of course, at this moment, the other seven teams entering the third round are also unable to calm down.
All forces are working secretly, hoping to benefit from this opportunity.
“But if only the Prime Minister and below can enter, why not let the outstanding students of the college enter instead of inviting so many people together...?
"Looking for us to explore the way? Or is it for other reasons?
"Moreover, it is the inheritance of a powerful person in the True Yuan Realm..."
Ling Yao left a warning for himself
——This game, I’m afraid, is not as simple as everyone thinks!
No matter how all parties think about it, the start of the third round has arrived as scheduled.
