In recent years, Tianyuan College has been worshiping the mountain year after year. Especially in recent years, the disciples of Tiannan College have been defeated every time they worship the mountain.
In the eyes of the Tiannan Academy disciples, this may just be a shame.
However, the top management of Tiannan College saw a deeper side.
That is the allocation of resources of the academy and its ranking within the empire.
Including Tiannan College and Tianyuan College, there are dozens of official martial arts academies in the Qianlan Empire. Each martial arts academy has a corresponding official ranking based on its overall strength.
The empire will also allocate resources accordingly based on rankings. Colleges with higher rankings will naturally have more resources.
Due to limited resources, the battles between various martial arts academies are more intense than imagined.
Tiannan College and Tianyuan College are both the two largest martial arts colleges in the northwest, and they are both second-rate colleges. Originally, the resources allocated to the two colleges should be similar.
However, because Tiannan College has a long history and is considered a veteran student of the empire, it has always been allocated more resources than Tianyuan College, and its ranking has always been above Tianyuan College.
Everyone at Tianyuan Academy has long been dissatisfied with this.
However, although Tiannan College's status in the empire has plummeted since the death of the seventh generation president, falling to the level of a second-rate college, the millennium-old foundation is still there, and Tianyuan College is still unable to compare with it.
Especially twenty years ago, Zhang Dingnan came out of Tiannan College and was so popular that Tianyuan College saw no hope of overtaking it and even resigned to its fate and stopped competing with Tiannan College.
However, since Zhang Dingnan left Tiannan College.
The hearts of Tiannan College were shaken internally, and externally it was suppressed by officials. Amid internal and external troubles, the college once again declined, and its overall strength declined year after year.
Tianyuan College seized this opportunity, suddenly emerged as a new force, and began to visit Tiannan College year after year.
The senior officials of Tiannan College are very aware of the other party's intentions. They simply want to use this opportunity to suppress Tiannan College, break Tiannan College's confidence, and declare to the world the power of Tianyuan College.
In this way, it may not have much effect in the short term, but over time, Tiannan College's confidence will be frustrated, and it will be lowered when Tianyuan College takes the initiative.
Tianyuan College, on the other hand, has gained confidence and has made rapid progress. It is only a matter of time before it surpasses Tiannan College in the rankings.
The senior leaders of Tiannan College have also discussed many countermeasures, but the results have been very limited.
Due to the suppression by the officials, even though Tiannan College has passed the most difficult moment, its resources are still severely reduced, and the number of strong people trained every year is very limited.
On the other hand, Tianyuan College now has the secret support of the officials. The college is rich in resources and its strength is increasing year by year. On the contrary, strong people have emerged, showing a prosperous state.
As one goes and the other goes, there is a big gap in strength between the disciples on both sides.
However, even if they were aware of the hidden danger, Tiannan College was helpless.
Warriors have warrior rules. Since the other party takes the initiative to come to worship the mountain, they must meet the challenge.
If it retreats without fighting, Tiannan College will surely be ridiculed by other martial arts colleges and will find it difficult to gain a foothold in the empire!
All the senior officials of Tiannan College in the palace were tacitly aware of all this.
Therefore, when he heard Zhou Shan's intention, Gu Xuanji did not show any abnormality and just said calmly.
"Well, what Zhou Daoyou said makes sense, Tianyuan College and Tiannan College are close neighbors, and they should encourage each other.
Since the disciples of your academy are here, I, the disciple of Tiannan Academy, should also seek advice and learn from them.
However, now that it is time for the Inner Sea Trial, most of the elite disciples of our academy have already gone to Nanhan Province, I am afraid..."
Hearing this, Zhou Shan waved his hands and smiled.
"No problem, no problem, this visit to the mountain is for the purpose of exchange and learning at our Tianyuan College.
Our two academies do not need to send out senior disciples, we only need to let some intermediate disciples compete. "
"oh……"
When Gu Xuanji heard this, his eyes flashed slightly and he nodded.
"That's okay, but I don't know how Brother Zhou would like to communicate and learn from each other?"
Zhou Shandao: "Why don't we just send ten disciples from each side to compete in the ring like in previous years."
Gu Xuanji nodded. Over the years, both sides of the Tianyuan Academy have competed in this way, so naturally there is no objection.
Seeing Gu Xuanji nodding in agreement, Zhou Shan picked up a glass of wine and said with a smile.
"Fellow Daoist Ancient Daoist, in the past, every year when the disciples competed, we would take out something as a bet, and this year will be no exception."
Gu Xuanji said calmly and calmly.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou is so elegant, Gu will naturally not disappoint you. I wonder what you want to bet on?"
Zhou Shan still had a harmless smile on his face and said casually.
"That's the case, let's start by throwing some bricks and mortar."
With that said, Zhou Shan raised his finger and pointed towards the void of the main hall.
"go……!"
"Whoosh...!"
Everyone saw a yellow light shooting into the air and suddenly floating.
A small flag, only the size of a palm, appeared in mid-air, filled with yellow light and with inscriptions flowing on its surface.
But this small flag flew into the air, and actually rose up in the wind. In an instant, the flagpole became two feet long, and the long flag with surging yellow light was stretched out in front of the temple, nearly ten feet long.
The surface of the long flag was suddenly shrouded in fog and haze, and mountains, rivers, water, birds, insects and fish were faintly visible.
What is surprising is that the water on the long flag is flowing slowly, and the birds and animals on the flag are swimming and flying like living creatures... vividly.
In addition, what surprised everyone even more.
At the moment when the long flag was unfolded, pure earth-attribute energy spread throughout the entire Tiannan Peak within a radius of several thousand feet.
With the long banner as the center, they gathered in an instant, filling the entire hall with a yellow light.
"This is……?"
Seeing Zhou Shan sacrifice this long flag, everyone in the hall, especially the senior officials of Tiannan College, were all surprised.
Gu Xuanji also shrank his pupils, pondered for a moment, and said in slight shock.
"Mountain and River Flags!"
Upon hearing these three words, the senior officials of Tiannan College in the hall were even more shocked.
The two colleges are located in the northwest, and they know each other well. Naturally, they have also heard of the name "Shanhe Banner".
Rumor has it that this treasure was found by the third-generation dean of Tianyuan College from the belly of a big demon on the coastal battlefield. It has the power to "move mountains and stop rivers". It is one of the most important treasures of Tianyuan College.
At this moment, Zhou Shan actually took out this treasure as a bet for the discussion between the disciples of the two colleges. This really exceeded the expectations of the senior officials of Tiannan College.
Even Gu Xuanji couldn't help but feel a little surprised at this moment.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou, are you...sure you want to use this as a bet?"
Facing Gu Xuanji's surprised reaction, Zhou Shan still smiled and nodded.
"Since Zhou has already taken out this object, he doesn't dare to joke with the ancient Taoist friends.
Yes, today our Tianyuan Academy will use this "eighth-grade mountain and river flag" as a bet on this competition! "
Seeing that Zhou Shan really wanted to focus on this important treasure, Gu Xuanji couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly, feeling something unusual in his heart.
The other party actually took out such a heavy treasure as a bet, it must not be a whim.
Thinking back to today, Tianyuan College actually sent this very senior vice president to lead a team and mobilize everyone.
Gu Xuanji vaguely guessed something, the look of surprise on his face faded, and he immediately said calmly.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou brought out such a valuable treasure, which makes us a little embarrassed. We really don't know what we should bring out to compare with such a valuable treasure!"
Hearing this, Zhou Shan's narrowed eyes flashed with light and he said with a smile.
"Haha... Why did the ancient Taoist friend say this? Your courtyard has been established for more than a thousand years and has a profound heritage and countless treasures. How can you not find a treasure comparable to the mountain and river flags?"
Having said this, Zhou Shan paused again, pretending to think.
"Eh... By the way, fellow Taoist Gu, I heard that there is a spiritual river in your courtyard.
There is a mysterious "Spiritual Eye Orb" on the Linghe River. Why don't fellow ancient Taoists use this as a bet? "
