The four Han Feng people came to the Honglu Tower, where everyone gathered, and looked up at the square boulder several feet high.
On the huge stone, there was a tower-like pattern that was very similar to the shape of the Honglu Tower, and it was divided into nine floors.
At this moment, except for the last four floors, there are flashing red dots within the scope of every floor.
In addition, there are also some names engraved on the corresponding positions of each layer outside the tower-like pattern.
Han Feng was quite curious about this and couldn't help asking Nangong Qi what those red dots were.
Nangong Qi explained.
"The Hong Furnace Tower is divided into nine levels. Each level is a level of checkpoints. Only by passing these levels can you go to the next level. These red dots are the people who are passing through the levels in the Hong Furnace Tower at this moment."
Han Feng nodded, looked at the names corresponding to each floor, and wondered.
"What about these names?"
Han Feng noticed that the names next to the patterns on each layer were obviously not equal to the number of red dots in them. Obviously, they could not be the names of these people who broke through the level.
Nangong Qi said: "These are the record holders for the shortest time passing through each floor of Honglu Tower. Each floor can only record a maximum of twenty people. All the records set by the academy's disciples in the past are here."
At this moment, Jin Buhuan also looked envious.
"The people who can leave their names on this are basically the most influential students among the students of Tiannan College in the past. I don't know when my name will also appear on it."
Lu Yun'er on the side mocked.
"It's just you? You can still dream on the first five or six floors, but you can't even think about the next three floors!
Especially for the ninth level, in the thousands of years since Tiannan College was founded, only three of the disciples have passed. "
After hearing the words of the three people, Han Feng couldn't help but be surprised and began to look at these names seriously.
At first glance, Han Feng was stunned on the spot.
First floor: Zhang Dingnan...
Second level: Zhang Dingnan...
Third floor: Zhang Dingnan...
…
Ninth floor: Zhang Dingnan...
From the first level to the ninth level, the number one record holder on each level is actually "Zhang Dingnan".
Han Feng stared for a long time with his eyes wide open, and finally made sure that he had read it correctly.
Seeing the surprised expression on Han Feng's face, Lu Yun'er said with a smile.
"Hehe... Gang Leader Han, aren't you surprised? The first time I saw that the first place in the nine-level clearance records was the same person, I was also surprised.
But if you know about Governor Zhang’s experience in the academy and the various records he has set, you won’t be surprised. "
Han Feng became even more surprised when he heard this and asked subconsciously.
"My eldest... uh... Lord Governor, did he set many records in the academy?"
Lu Yuner said proudly.
"Of course, you will know if you go to the Classics Pavilion and read the history of the academy.
Since the founding of Tiannan College, Governor Zhang has been the record holder in almost all competitions for students of all generations!
By the way, there is also the Inner Sea Trial. Tiannan College has not been among the top twenty in the past two hundred years.
Only when Governor Zhang was practicing in the academy, he led all the elite disciples and achieved third place, second only to the "National Education Academy" and "War God Academy".
Speaking of which, these so-called "influential figures" in the college today are simply weak compared to Governor Zhang back then! "
Listening to Lu Yun'er's eloquent story, Han Feng's shock became more intense.
I didn’t expect that my eldest brother would make so much history at Tiannan College!
If placed in the school of the previous life, this can no longer be described as "academic master", this is a proper "great god"!
Thinking again of his eldest brother's friendly smile when he told him to practice hard at Tiannan College, Han Feng suddenly felt a strong sense of "dominance"!
After being shocked for a long time, Han Feng asked calmly.
"Since the Governor has set so many records in Tiannan College, why do we rarely hear anyone talking about him in the college?"
In Han Feng's view, based on the feats his eldest brother has achieved, the students in the college may have already "revered him as a god" and his legends are spreading everywhere. Why do they rarely hear from him? .
Ordinary disciples might not be able to answer Han Feng's question, but Lu Yun'er and the other two were different.
As direct descendants of the seven major families, they naturally know more than others.
Lu Yun'er looked around and saw no one around, so she whispered to Han Feng.
"Regarding Governor Zhang... it seems that the college is deliberately suppressing it and not letting everyone talk about it."
"Hmm...deliberately suppressing it?"
Han Feng became more and more confused after hearing this.
Lu Yuner said again.
"I also heard from my family elders about this. Back then, Governor Zhang was so popular in Tiannan College that even the younger generation of the major martial arts academies in the empire could not compete with him.
As the pride of Tiannan College and a personal disciple of the dean, the dean intends to train Governor Zhang to be the next dean of Tiannan College.
But it is said that Governor Zhang finally rejected this proposal and decided to join the empire.
Originally, there was no distinction between the academy and the empire, which was fine, but Governor Zhang chose to join the military.
You must know that before this, Tiannan College had always been supported by the officials. The rise of Governor Zhang also made the officials attach great importance to it, so they also increased their investment in Tiannan College.
Unexpectedly, Governor Zhang chose to join the military and became a "vanguard of the main war faction."
In the eyes of the officials, this move was tantamount to betrayal. Some big shots became angry and implicated Tiannan College.
For more than ten years after that, Tiannan College was suppressed. It originally had hope of rising, but instead it plummeted, and the college's resources also hit rock bottom. It has only gradually improved over the years. "
Speaking of this, Lu Yun'er couldn't help but sigh.
"Hey... Although Governor Zhang has now become the Governor of Xichuan Province and has made a lot of compensation to Tiannan College, his "betrayal" back then made all the teachers and students of the college who were implicated feel very unhappy.
To this day, there are still many strong men of the older generation in the academy who hate Governor Zhang deeply and consider him a traitor to the academy. Therefore, although the academy has not erased Governor Zhang's history, it has also secretly suppressed news about him.
Nowadays, the relationship between the Governor's Palace and Tiannan College is also very delicate. "
After listening to Lu Yun'er's story, Han Feng couldn't help but fell into deep contemplation.
It turns out that behind all this, there is actually a factional dispute between the "military and political circles" of the Qianlan Empire.
However, no matter what his eldest brother's reputation is in Tiannan College and how others judge him, in Han Feng's heart, he only has respect and admiration for him!
But at this moment, Nangong Qi reminded him loudly.
"Okay, Junior Sister Lu, it's better for us to talk less about these things. Let's go to the Hong Furnace Tower."
When Lu Yuner heard this, she stuck out her tongue and said no more.
Outside the Honglu Tower, there is a mentor and several instructors who personally guard the gate of the tower.
If you want to enter the Honglu Tower, you have to pay two hundred merit points at a time.
This price is not a small figure for the average intermediate disciple.
Therefore, most passers-by choose to enter the Honglu Tower after they have made considerable progress in their cultivation and want to comprehensively test or hone their combat prowess.
The four of them, Han Feng, came to the registration office together and paid their merit points directly, and then each of them received a jade talisman.
The instructor warned the four of them.
"After you enter the Honglu Tower, remember that the jade talisman cannot leave your body. Once you encounter a danger that you cannot face, crush the jade talisman and it will be automatically transported to the outside of the tower. Otherwise, if you fall into the tower, you will also be destined to suffer this disaster!"
Unlike when he was a junior disciple, whether it was trials or various tasks, the risk factor was extremely low, and he would usually be protected by a mentor.
In Tiannan College, after being promoted to an intermediate disciple, the difficulty of all the tests faced will increase exponentially. Death is not uncommon and is inevitable.
After all, most of the students in these colleges will go to the battlefield to fight for the empire in the future.
If the academy's tests are too safe and simple, they will only be a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered on the battlefield.
After the four people collected the jade talismans, they prepared to enter the Honglu Tower.
The entrance of Honglu Tower is located directly south of the first floor of the pagoda, an elliptical light group emitting red light.
Han Feng led the three of them and stepped into the light group first.
The next moment, he felt his mind sinking slightly, and he felt dizzy.
After just a moment of discomfort, when he opened his eyes again, he had appeared in a brand new space.
