Volume 2: The Demonic World Chapter 331 Getting a Spot
The competition system of the Academy Competition is to choose one of the many colleges to participate in, choose the one you are good at, and then be selected through internal competitions based on your own rank.
To put it simply, first-level instructors will compete with first-level instructors, second-level instructors will compete with second-level instructors, and third-level instructors will also participate in the competition.
Then the best teams will be selected from each college within the academy and arranged to compete with other academies.
Du Ji chose the first-level competition of Tiangong Academy at the registration office.
Under Lin Qianxing's instruction, Du Ji is now a first-level mid-level [Apprentice] and has mastered many skills.
The two Taoist skills he possessed were the lower first-level [Gaze] and the middle first-level [Endurance].
The effect of staring is that it allows Duggie to focus his vision and see things more clearly and in more detail.
The holding force makes his strength stronger.
The first-level Taoist occupations are almost all status-enhancing Taoist skills. Du Ji is considered lucky to have obtained these two Taoist skills.
There are many students from Tiangong Academy who have signed up for the competition, not to mention those at the third and second levels.
The first level is the largest, with more than 300 in total.
Of course, this does not mean that there are only so many first-level [apprentices] in the academy. After all, a student will not have only one Taoist position.
These more than 300 people are just the students who chose to participate in the Tiangong Academy competition.
Even Tiangongyuan has relatively few of them.
There are more than 700 students in the Fighting Academy competing for the first-level spot.
The situation at the School of Business and Economics was even more exaggerated, with more than a thousand students competing for a first-level spot.
This shows how fierce the competition is for this position.
It has to be intense, because the rewards for winning are too generous.
Even if you just participate in the academy, there are monetary rewards.
If you are able to win and get a place, you will be given a corresponding [Skill Contract] directly.
It is not easy for a Taoist practitioner to master an additional Taoist skill.
Apart from the Dao skills acquired directly when taking up a job or improving one's status, if one wants to learn an additional Dao skill under normal circumstances, one really has to start from scratch. If one wants to learn and use it initially, it will definitely take a lot of time.
Moreover, the Taoist skills learned in this way are not as easy to use as those obtained directly through Taoist promotion.
Therefore, for ordinary people, having a [Skill Contract] is equivalent to saving you several years or even dozens of years of hard work.
It is precisely because of this that the students in the academy are attracted to it.
In Tiangong College, more than 300 students including Du Ji were arranged in the square.
Everyone has different materials and tools in front of them. The key to this competition is to see how you can use these materials to create a work of art within a fixed time, which will then be evaluated by the judges of the academy.
As an auxiliary puppet, Lin Qianxing openly helped Du Ji to process materials on the scene.
It is not uncommon for other students to use puppets for assistance.
Students are mostly made of flesh and blood with limited physical strength, and many jobs require a certain amount of strength.
Without the help of puppets or certain tools, it would take students an unknown amount of time to make an item.
Time is limited and materials are restricted, so it is obviously a bit difficult to create an excellent work.
This is a test of accumulation and adaptability.
As the sand in the hourglass slipped away, some students had already finished their works and started to receive comments.
And in front of Duggie, a huge arm appeared.
This is a partial design made by disassembling the mechanical arm of Lin Qianxing's own armored body.
The makeshift robotic arm could not be equipped with an energy device and could only be driven by manpower. It was a bit difficult just to put it on.
Fortunately, Du Ji has the Taoist skill of [Endurance], so he can show it off a little.
After Duggie finished, he presented it in front of several judges.
Among them was Zhang Jin, the former president of Tiangong College.
After reading it once, they gave it to Duggie to demonstrate it and asked about the principles and ideas.
Duggie explained everything very clearly and there was nothing too difficult.
"It's a very good armored torso and arm. Considering your current level, it is already very difficult to make one, not to mention that you made it in such a short time with only these materials. Many of the substitution material combinations are very clever. I give it A grade." A referee said.
"There is still a lot of room for improvement, but considering your rank, I will give you an A."
"First-class!"
"First-class!"
The referees were indeed knowledgeable, so Duggie directly got the highest score among the top four teams so far.
This was almost equivalent to an internally-decided quota, and many students who were in the process of preparing for the exam couldn't help but feel a little shaken when they saw this scene, and some mistakes occurred.
The referees had no problem with that.
The reason why we don’t review the results together after the game is precisely because of this consideration.
For a qualified craftsman, mentality is also very important and he should not be easily disturbed by the outside world.
Of course, if you act fast enough and produce excellent work first, you will not be disturbed, but instead you will disturb others.
As the hourglass ran out of time, the results of this internal competition in the academy came out .
Duggie got the only first-level spot.
This is understandable. Although it was Du Ji who competed with these students, the design was by Lin Qianxing.
With Lin Qianxing's background, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he beat up the primitive people.
At this time, the vacancies for the second level of Tiangong Academy were also announced.
The person who got this spot was a student named Cheng Wen Ze, who was a second-level extreme-level [Wood Manipulator].
The nature of this Taoist position can be understood as "advanced carpentry".
For the second-level competition, you can choose any materials you want.
So Cheng Wen Ze directly made a half-human-high animal-shaped wooden puppet with his bare hands on the spot.
In terms of technical ability, he was considered to be the stronger one among them, so he naturally got the evaluation of top three and top B, and successfully obtained the quota.
Then the third-level lecturers competed.
There are a total of twenty-five third-level lecturers in Tiangong Academy.
This time they all showed their special abilities, and the methods they displayed were far beyond the imagination of ordinary students.
In particular, there was one lecturer who made a "Lei Yin Tube" on the spot.
He fired directly at the target several hundred meters away.
With a loud bang, the target and the wall behind it were blasted through. This was because the power was only adjusted to 30%, otherwise it might have hit the next door academy.
But unfortunately, he did not win.
The technical level of that thing seemed a bit weak in the eyes of the judges, and it was ranked only in the middle in front of the lecturers.
He himself seemed to agree with this assessment, and that the purpose of participating in this competition was to display his "arms".
The final winner was a lecturer named Wei Zhe.
He was a man wearing blue clothes, with a mustache, and looked to be about thirty years old.
His highest Taoist rank is the third-level extreme level [Source Refiner].
In this competition, he directly fused new third-order materials on the spot, and then used the new materials to casually create a toothpick.
The other lecturers were filled with hatred when they saw this scene.
This scene can be described as the ultimate humiliation.
But even so, Wei Zhe still got a top four rating.
What is there to say? He was able to cultivate new third-level materials on the spot. This is an absolute innovation. Even if he took it to the academy competition, he might still win in the end.
"Thank you for your kindness." Wei Zhe bowed and said with a smile.
The smug look on his face made all the lecturers want to beat him up.
However, due to face, I could only force a smile and express congratulations.
Thus, the three places for Tiangong Academy were confirmed.
Du Ji, Cheng Wen Ze and Wei Zhe.
After getting the quota, Tang Zheng, the dean of Tiangong Academy, personally presented the three of them with the [Skill Contract].
The [Skill Contract] that Duggie got was a first-level mid-level [Descaling].
The overall appearance of the skill contract is a piece of silver contract paper with complicated Taoist patterns on it.
Lin Qianxing observed and looked at it for a long time and finally came to a conclusion.
This thing is an alternative high-level talisman.
They all carry certain Dao pattern information and can be used after being activated.
After Du Ji signed the [Technical Contract], the next moment, the [Technical Contract] turned into a ball of silver light and directly entered Du Ji's body and disappeared.
And he also mastered the first-order intermediate Taoist skill called [Descaling].
Duggie casually placed it on a dusty stone slab, and the next moment, the dust was pushed aside.
This is a very practical Taoist skill, and it is not limited to cleaning dust or something. Whatever dirt you think it is, this Taoist skill can have an effect on it.
If it is developed, its scope of application is still very large.
The only problem is that the strength is a little low, and the precision of its use is closely related to one's own spirit .
Tiangong College has confirmed its quota, and other colleges have also gradually confirmed their respective quotas.
They will represent Kanghua Academy and take a spaceship to Miaoxuan Academy next month to participate in the academy competition.
If you win, in addition to various monetary and fame rewards, you will also receive a [Job Contract] of the corresponding rank.
Faced with these things, no one would not be moved.
Time passed, and soon it was the day for the academy competition.
With Wen He's affectionate farewell, Du Ji took Lin Qianxing on board the academy's spaceship.
On the spaceship, every student from Kanghua Academy seemed a little excited.
Du Ji led Lin Qianxing to his room.
The entrance was a bit low, and Lin Qianxing, who was more than a meter tall, could only bend over to enter.
Fortunately, the space inside is still large enough to at least move around.
The furnishings here are all high-end items. Even the ordinary-looking beds have spirituality.
Lin Qianxing placed his hand on a round metal sphere, and after gently turning it, the scenery around the spacecraft was projected directly in front of it.
Du Ji said with emotion: "As expected of an academy, it is a big deal. It takes at least a third-level craftsman to make a projector."
"Give me some time and I can do it." Lin Qianxing said.
Lin Qianxing was not bragging, although he was not an expert in refining equipment without the help of plug-ins, he could still make a little thing like this.
Boom~!
Suddenly, the engine of the spacecraft roared, and rows of golden flames spurted out from the lower part of the spacecraft. A layer of blue barrier rose outside the spacecraft, protecting the entire spacecraft.
[The spaceship is about to depart. Students and lecturers please be prepared. If you feel uncomfortable during the ship's journey, please go to the medical room in time or seek help from the lecturers of the School of Medical Economics...]
After the prompt from the voice transmitter was repeated three times in succession, the entire spacecraft suddenly took off and headed towards the Chuanxu Tower in the academy.
The Chuanxu Tower is a hundred feet high, with a square Chuanxu Gate on top.
At this time, all the Taoist patterns on the entire Chuanxu Gate lit up one by one, and the space in the center of the portal also began to ripple, connecting to another area.
[Going through the void and into the real, heading to the Miaoxuan Academy, estimated sailing time is half an hour. ]
Wow!
The moment the voice fell, the spaceship of Kanghua Academy also entered the Chuanxu Gate and traveled in the overlapping void.
Half an hour later, the spaceship of Kanghua Academy also emerged from the void, and in front of it were magnificent buildings.
That was obviously where Miaoxuan Academy was located.
