Volume 2: Jade Promise Chapter 20: The flying dragon in the sky, the latent dragon in the abyss (I)
The final cutoff number for the Yisu Academy assessment was announced soon.
There are a total of 660 two-star warriors seeking to enter the Yisu Academy this year, and from these 660 people, the final four winners will be selected. They will be selected into the Yisu Academy and begin training for at least one year and at most four years.
Although graduation rate is very important, the aristocratic academy will not, like other academies, force students to strive for three stars in order to pursue graduation rate.
For the aristocratic academy, if any student dies from the guiding star of the third life palace after climbing the Su Shi Wen Xing Tower, the instructor will be responsible.
Injury is common after a failed star-guiding attempt.
But in the aristocratic academy, if a death occurs due to failure in attracting stars, it is considered dereliction of duty!
The deacon of every aristocratic academy knows that the two-star warriors who are able to enter the aristocratic academy are not only the students of their academy, but also the precious wealth of all mankind.
On the morning of the assessment, there was a drizzling rain.
More than 600 martial artists waiting for the exam crossed the inner streets and entered the academy area early in the morning with temporary nameplates.
The entire inner street is just like the university town that Tang Zheng had seen in his previous life, with different area planning such as squares and lecture halls. The gardens and roads are also very carefully planned. Between the teaching buildings, there are also functional buildings such as dormitories and canteens.
Of course, every street in the inner street also has restaurants, teahouses, bookstores and even flower shops run by franchised merchants, providing more additional services to the instructors and students of the entire academy.
There were more than 600 warriors waiting to take the exam, and including the people who accompanied them, there were a total of 2,000 people who finally gathered in Yisu Square. The entire square was packed.
In the center of the square was a high platform. In addition to a large seat, there were 20 seats distributed like a jury in a court. In front of each seat, there was a strange stone...
"Is that stone used to test potential?" Tang Zheng looked at the people dressed in Yisu Academy instructor uniforms sitting in the twenty seats. One of them was Ouyang Luoluo.
"Stone? Test potential?" Tang Xiaotang and the others once again refreshed their understanding of Tang Zheng's newbie level, "How can a stone test potential?"
"Well. Isn't it always written like this in novels..." Tang Zheng touched his nose.
Not only Tang Xiaotang, but even the candidates next to her who were taking the exam had stomachaches caused by Tang Zheng.
"That stone is just an ordinary pearlescent stone. It can glow when injected with star power." A warrior on the side laughed so hard that his waist bent.
"Which little place are you from? Haven't you ever seen a pearl stone?" Another warrior was even more exaggerated, almost laughing to the ground, "It seems that you have problems with basic knowledge. I don't think you will pass the assessment."
"The assessment is related to this kind of unpopular knowledge?" Tang Zheng didn't think this was basic knowledge.
"If the second round of the written test is just about something as simple as pearlescent stones, then thank God." The warrior laughed and stretched out his hand. "My last name is Long. I'm 25 years old, which should make me a few years older than you. You can call me Brother Long. I guess I'm destined to fail like you... Can we be friends?"
"The last name is Long... Your name isn't Long Aotian, is it?" Tang Zheng said subconsciously.
"Do you know my brother Long Aotian? Ha, I'm his younger brother, my name is Long Chuidi!"
"..." Tang Zheng couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth several times.
Long Chuidi is a chatterbox and he can't stop once he starts talking.
He has been a "senior failed student" since he took the entrance exam for Yisuli Academy at the age of 18, so he knows much more than Tang Zheng and others.
As soon as he opened his mouth, not only Tang Zheng and Tang Xiaotang, but also many other warriors nearby pricked up their ears to listen.
"You only know that there are 660 warriors taking the test this year, but you may not know that among this year's warriors, I know of three who have reached the peak of the two-star level, and eight or nine who have naturally lit up one of their fate palaces... There are not enough places to share among them, and the others... don't even have to think about it this year."
When several warriors heard this, their expressions changed.
It is indeed just as Long Chuidi said, four places are too few. Even for the peak two-star warriors and warriors with great talents, there are not enough places to go. How can they get a share?
Long Chuidi introduced the warriors who were sitting on the platform like a jury one by one...
"The one in the middle is the deacon of Yisu Academy, Leng Buchen. He is the eldest son of the patriarch of Changyuan Leng Family and a very capable person. However, his mother is the concubine of the Leng family and his talent is not that good. He was assigned to be in charge of Border Town Academy and has been doing it for thirty years."
"The two people sitting next to Leng Buchen are the first deacon Ouyang Luoluo and the academy's assessment instructor Li Xiaoren. Haha, they can be regarded as Leng Buchen's 'left and right protectors'. One helps Leng Buchen deal with the affairs inside and outside the academy, and the other is responsible for the communication between the academy and the Changyuan Leng family. Ouyang Luoluo is straightforward and a good person, while Li Xiaoren is more difficult to deal with."
"The Star-Seeking Tower can only accommodate a limited number of warriors each time... Alas, ordinary warriors like us basically have no chance of being selected into the academy... If you want to give it a try, forget about the first and second levels. The key is to get the five points in the third level!"
Long Chuidi popularized a lot of common sense to the warriors present. Finally, following this topic, he proposed the idea of sticking together for warmth.
His suggestion immediately aroused the interest of many warriors.
"Since so many brothers are interested, then... how about after the second level assessment, I will host the Xuegong Tavern on the inner street. Anyone who is interested can come. I just have an idea, but I can't think of any specific ideas. Then we can discuss how to do it together?"
"Okay, okay." Many warriors agreed.
…
The noise in Yisu Square soon died down.
On the high platform, Leng Buchen, the head steward of Yisu Academy, thanked everyone for coming on behalf of the Changyuan Leng family. After some encouraging words, the assessment officially began.
Of course, it was impossible for the six hundred and sixty warriors to get a chance to go on stage alone. They were divided into sixty groups, with ten people in each group. Each group had only a quarter of an hour to be evaluated on the stage.
Tang Zheng estimated that on average, each person would have less than two minutes.
"Now please welcome the first group, Ye Qihuan, Chen Zhenyu, Zhuo Fengxiao, Gu Linyuan, Nangong Yi, Huangfu Wen, Qian Ruo, Yang Hufang, Li Zhi, and... Jiang Wuyan..."
As soon as Jiang Wuyan's name came out, several people in the audience raised their heads.
As the leader of the Zhaixing Sect, Jiang Wuyan could definitely go to the Fucheng Academy. His choice of Yisu Academy almost guaranteed him a place.
So, there are actually only three places this year!
After the first group went up to the podium, every instructor on the stage used their star power to check their star veins. For a moment, the starlight emitted by the constellations behind the ten two-star warriors was incomparably bright and dazzling.
Especially behind Jiang Wuyan, the dazzlingly bright Seven-Pavilion Pagoda constellation represented his strength at the peak of the two-star level!
The first group of people on the stage were of different ages, and their star powers varied, but what shocked the audience was that the first group actually had two peak two-star players, Yang Hufang and Jiang Wuyan!
Many of the warriors in the audience looked pale...
They knew that it was difficult to get into the aristocratic academy, and they also knew that the competition would be fierce this year, but they did not expect it to be to this extent.
"It turns out that potential cannot be measured by stones." Tang Zheng touched his nose and said as he felt the surging fluctuations of star power on the stage.
Be it the chief deacon, the ten deacons, or the other instructors, the fluctuations of star power were very fast. It only took them a dozen or twenty breaths to retract the star power and begin questioning each warrior.
"Chen Zhenyu, at what age did you light up the first life palace?"
"Gu Linyuan, why did you choose Yisu Academy?"
"Qian Ruo, your astrology is quite special. If possible, I would like to hear your description of your astrology talent?"
"Jiang Wuyan, you grew up on the border. Tell me about your views on the border and your actual combat experience..."
It was very noisy on the platform, with deacons or instructors constantly asking questions.
The warriors also had to hurry up and speak more in their responses, because each instructor would generally only ask a warrior one question. If they could answer properly, it was very likely that the pearlescent stone in front of the instructor would light up for them.
Soon, the Q&A session for the first group was over.
A woman standing to one side began to call out the names of each warrior one by one: "Ye Qihuan..."
As he announced the first name, part of the pearlescent stones in front of the deacons and instructors lit up.
"Oh my god, turn on the light?" Tang Zheng felt as if this was familiar.
After the woman called out Ye Qihuan's name, she saw the pearlescent stone in front of Leng Buchen light up.
And two of the ten deacons around him had pearlescent stones glowing.
Among the ten instructors in the back row, four had their pearlescent stones lit up.
Long pounded the ground and hissed, "There are three full marks in the first round. Leng Buchen's opinion alone accounts for one point, the opinions of the ten deacons account for one point, and the opinions of the ten instructors account for one point. She was able to win this point from Leng Buchen, which is a big advantage."
Below a large sign, below Ye Qihuan's name, was written a score of "one point and six points", which was neither high nor low.
The scores of other people were also immediately evaluated.
The lowest scorer in the first group was Li Zhi, with only a "three-point" record below his name, while the highest scorer was undoubtedly Jiang Wuyan.
He got a full point from Leng Buchen. All ten deacons lit up their pearlescent stones. Among the ten instructors, except Li Xiaoren, the other nine also lit up their pearlescent stones.
Therefore, the score recorded under Jiang Wuyan's name was a high "two points and nine points", which made many warriors in the audience envious for a while.
"The second group, Ling Tian, Tang Yunxuan, Fu Yang, Ji Ke, Nan Mujin, Lin Ruoshan, Meng Fenghua, Tang Zixie, Qin Mulin, Liu Xingjiu..."
"Fenghua! Zixie!" When Tang Zheng heard the names, he looked at Meng Fenghua and Tang Zixie.
