Chapter 30 First Place Reward
In the evening, the convoy that had been galloping all day finally stopped slowly.
Chu Tian, who had been practicing with his eyes closed, exhaled a breath of turbid air. After opening his eyes, he raised his hand to lift the curtain in front of him. His sight passed over the coachman and he saw three long queues of convoys several miles long entering the city at the same time!
"Third Prince, there are twelve passages to enter the capital, four directions of southeast, northwest, and northwest. Each direction has three gates. Usually, there are not so many people entering the city at the same time. It is because Tianji Academy is about to hold an enrollment examination tomorrow, which has attracted a large number of warriors from all counties across the country to enter the city!"
The coachman introduced.
Chu Tian nodded, looked up at the majestic city hidden in the darkness several miles away, and endless thoughts surged in his heart.
In this direction alone, there are so many convoys entering the city at the same time. It is conceivable that with the other three directions, how many convoys will enter the city at the same time!
This time, the enrollment examination of Tianji Academy is destined to be extremely competitive.
After a while, Chu Tian lowered the curtain and waited patiently.
After more than half an hour, the convoys of Chu and Su went through strict inspection and paid the entry fee before slowly driving into the city.
Then, it took more than half an hour to successfully find a remote inn and stay there. Then they came to a nearby registration point and registered for the four people who participated in the enrollment examination.
It was quiet in the middle of the night.
In the room, Chu Tian, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes, got up, walked to the table, poured himself a cup of fragrant tea, and drank it slowly while thinking.
After half a month of desperate practice, his cultivation successfully broke through to the eighth level of the marrow washing realm of the body refining realm, and the impurities and dirt in the bone marrow of all parts of the body had been discharged from the body in large quantities.
After washing the marrow, Chu Tian felt that the affinity between himself and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth seemed to have improved significantly, and he could even clearly feel the spiritual energy of heaven and earth floating in the surrounding void.
You know, most people will only start to feel the spirit after entering the ninth level of the body-refining realm, but Chu Tian actually achieved it one step ahead.
Unfortunately, at present, he still cannot absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the void for his own cultivation.
Not long after, Chu Tian put down the teacup in his hand, opened the five fingers of his right hand, and grabbed forward suddenly. A silver bow half a person's height was instantly tightly grasped in his hand.
After being transformed by Ba Lao, the silver bow has become a human-level top-grade weapon. Compared with before, its power has increased by at least half.
As for the human-level top-grade bow and arrow martial arts taught to him by Ba Lao, he has practiced it hundreds of times and is completely familiar with it.
In addition to these, Chu Tian also reserves a large number of explosive flame beads and a secret killer mace, which is enough to deal with the dangerous situations that may arise in the assessment.
Although he has made such perfect preparations, Chu Tian dare not take it lightly.
The young warriors participating in this enrollment assessment come from all counties across the country. There must be hidden dragons and crouching tigers. If you underestimate others, you may pay a huge price.
One night passed in a flash.
The next morning, the Chu and Su families left the inn at the same time. After walking for a distance, they came to a large square in the central area of the capital as usual.
On the square, there were already countless people. At a glance, it was so dark that there was almost no end.
Chu Tian stood in the crowd, his eyes swept through the crowded crowd, and he smiled bitterly. The situation was indeed similar to what he expected.
Looking at so many people gathered, Chu Xi, Chu Li and Su Xishui were also a little dumbfounded.
Suddenly, the bustling and noisy square became quiet, and everyone looked up and looked in the same direction.
In the distant sky, a green rainbow light flew over. In the rainbow light, a vague figure could be seen, with his hands behind his back, his eyes sweeping across the ground.
On the left and right sides of the green rainbow light, there were three extremely huge griffins flapping their wings at high speed, following closely.
On the back of each griffin stood a black-robed warrior.
In just a few breaths, the green rainbow light flew to the sky above the square, and the light faded, turning into a tall old man in a green robe, standing in the air.
The old man looked to be in his sixties, with deep eye sockets, a mustache, sparse hair that was slightly gray and hung on his shoulders, and his hands were behind his back.
Then, six huge griffins also flew to the sky above the square, flapped their wings slightly, and stopped on the left and right sides of the tall old man.
"This tall old man can fly in the air, and his cultivation must have surpassed the Lingyun realm and reached a higher level!"
Chu Tian looked up at the green-robed old man standing in the air, muttering to himself, with a deep shock on his face.
In Qianyanghou Mansion, in addition to Chu Changqing, there were several other Lingyun realm elders, so Chu Tian could be said to be very familiar with Lingyun realm warriors.
Warriors in the Lingyun Realm can only stay in the air for a short time, and cannot fly in the air for a long time like the old man in green clothes in front of him.
Although the old man in green shirt did not release his own aura on purpose, Chu Tian could still clearly feel the explosive power hidden in the old man's body from a long distance.
Immediately, his eyes swept over the six huge and imposing griffin beasts, and his heart was secretly trembling. These six griffin beasts were all Lingyun Realm monsters.
The six black-robed warriors on their backs were able to stand easily at this moment, and they were naturally more powerful Lingyun Realm warriors!
Although the old man in green shirt had not spoken yet, everyone at the scene had guessed that the other party must be a senior figure from Tianji College who was specially here to preside over today's enrollment assessment.
"I am Huang Wantong, the vice president of Tianji College, responsible for presiding over this enrollment assessment. Within ten breaths, except for the warriors participating in the assessment, all irrelevant people will leave the square!"
After a breath, the old man in green shirt spoke.
The old man's voice was not loud, but with his profound cultivation, every corner of the huge square could hear it clearly.
"Son, you must seize this opportunity and strive to enter Tianji College!"
"Good grandson, whether our family can rise again in the future depends on your performance today."
"Little brother, you must work hard. Big brother has failed the exam three times in a row. This time, you must complete Big Brother's unfulfilled wish!"
After a quick encouragement, the irrelevant people quickly left the square.
The square, which was originally crowded with people, was suddenly cleared of most of them, leaving only about a few thousand people standing in place.
Most of these thousands of people looked nervous. Since the enrollment assessment of Tianji College is almost different every time, they don't know what they need to test next.
Huang Wantong nodded with satisfaction after seeing the situation on the ground, and then said: "The location of this assessment is not in the capital, but in a forest called Pocket Forest not too far away from the capital!"
After that, he waved his hand gently.
Swish!
Swish!
...
Instantly, a strong wind blew, and six griffins suspended in the air swooped down at the same time and landed steadily on the ground of the square. Then six black-robed warriors jumped down from the backs of the griffins.
"Take out the identity jade talismans you got when you registered. After passing the verification, these six griffins will send you to the Pocket Forest!"
Huang Wantong's voice came from mid-air.
Soon, the six black-robed warriors began to check the identity jade talismans one by one. Those who did not pass the verification would be directly driven out of the square.
While checking the identity jade talisman, Huang Wantong continued: "In the Pocket Forest, all the Lingyun Realm monsters have been cleared in advance, and the remaining ones are the fierce beasts of the Refining Body Realm, the Earth Roller!"
"This enrollment assessment tests your actual combat ability. After entering the Pocket Forest, try your best to kill more high-level Earth Rollers and obtain their beast cores. After three days, rush to the outside of the forest on time. According to the number of beast cores obtained by each person, the points will be calculated. This academy will only admit the top 100 in the end!"
As soon as the news of only admitting the top 100 was announced, there was a huge commotion in the square.
Many people's faces were very ugly. You know, there are at least two or three thousand young warriors who have signed up for the assessment in the square.
Only the top 100 are admitted, which means that most people will be eliminated!
Chu Tian took a deep breath, and his face was also slightly gloomy.
The Earth Roller mentioned by Huang Wantong just now refers to a lizard that likes to live underground. It is not only difficult to find, but also extremely difficult to deal with, and very dangerous.
From this, it seems that this enrollment test is more intense and cruel than he imagined.
Huang Wantong seemed to be completely unaware of the changes in the faces of the people below, and continued to speak to himself: "Those who are lucky enough to enter the top ten in points can get a special reward, and the warrior who can get the first place..."
At this point, Huang Wantong deliberately stopped, looked down at the people on the ground, and said lightly: "The warrior who can get the first place can directly make a request that is not excessive to Tianji Academy, and Tianji Academy will try its best to meet it!"
"What, if you get the first place, you can directly make a request that is not excessive?"
"Oh my God, the reward for the first place is too good!"
"First place, I must get the first place, and then ask Tianji Academy to let all my dozen cousins enter Tianji Academy to practice!"
After hearing the reward for the first place, the square was boiling.
Huang Wantong looked at the boiling crowd below, smiled slightly, and said: "In the next three days, the six of them will patrol over the Pocket Forest non-stop. If you encounter an insurmountable danger, you can shout for help and they will rescue you in time, but once you are rescued, you will lose the qualification to enter the academy for training!"
After hearing this, everyone secretly made up their minds that no matter what, they must not call for help, otherwise, all their efforts would be wasted.
The speed of the six black-robed warriors' inspection was incredibly fast. It took less than half an hour to complete all the inspections.
Hundreds of people were directly expelled from the square because they failed to pass the inspection.
Immediately, under the command of six black-robed warriors, one young warrior after another jumped onto the back of the griffin beast, sat cross-legged, and held the feathers tightly with both hands.
With a cry, six huge griffin beasts flapped their wings at the same time, left the ground, and flew quickly to the northwest.
Due to the large number of people participating in the assessment, it was impossible to transport them all at once.
Chu Tian, Chu Xi and the other two stood next to each other, patiently waiting for the return of the six griffin beasts.
Not long after, the six griffin beasts returned at the same time, and Chu Tian and others jumped onto one of them, tightly holding the feathers on the back of the monster beast, and slowly flew up from the ground.
Not long after, a dense forest of medium size that looked like a pocket appeared in the sight of Chu Tian and others.