In Hexia City, in the meeting hall of the North Xuan Academy, six foundation-building monks sat in a square room with a faint scholarly fragrance. Their faces were serious, but they could not hide the wounds on their bodies.
They are the teacher group of Bei Xuan Academy. The strength of the seven foundation-building teachers in total makes Bei Xuan Academy the number one in the north, not to mention the Palace Master known as Bailu Sanren.
It is said that the master of the White House has extraordinary strength and is a master who can compete for the dean of the Heshan Academy. However, he is old and has voluntarily given up to the younger monks to lead the palace while he comes here to retire.
In the meeting hall, in addition to the palace master and Fairy Yelan, several teachers have arrived, some of them looking quite embarrassed.
Except for Li Xuanye who stayed in the academy, all the teachers participated in the crusade against the Ghost Snake Cave. However, they encountered an equal number of foundation-building masters in the Cold Stone Mountains. Only Ye Lan broke through the interception with the speed of Bai He.
After being frustrated, others could only cease fighting with the enemy and evacuate.
In this encounter, all six teachers were seriously injured. Some of the spirit soldiers were missing, and some of the spirit beasts were injured. Although they did not die, they still suffered heavy losses.
Li Xuanye, the deputy palace master and the master of the alchemy hall, sat in the first seat on the right and felt apologetic when he saw his colleagues.
"Everyone, I'm really sorry. If I accompanied you all on this trip, it might not be like this."
Gu Yan, the master of the Sword Hall, was a tall and steady man. He held the sword box with his injured left arm and said: "Deputy Palace Master, you don't have to blame yourself. This time when I went to eliminate demons and defend the road, no one expected to encounter obstacles, and
If we can't defeat it for a long time, it's because of our own lack of strength."
The leader of Wanfa Hall, Liu Yun, has pale eyebrows, thin body, and exhausted spiritual energy. He didn't even have time to replace his damaged robe.
He was the first to bear the brunt of the ambush and was the most seriously injured. At this moment, he was extremely angry: "Haha, the Liu family and the Sui family are so brave. If they dare to use such masters to deal with the academy, they are not afraid of being blamed by the palace master?!"
Li Xuanye comforted him: "Brother, don't be so angry. The palace master has already gone to the Liu family to argue with you after hearing about this."
"Theory?" A teacher panicked, "How can the Palace Master's temperament mean that he is going to theory? He wants to beat the head of the Liu family to death!"
"It's bad, it's bad. If this matter is reported to the palace lord, it's fine. If the palace lord goes to seek revenge on his own, we have to make the big thing trivial even if it's reasonable!"
The teachers suddenly became panicked, as if the misfortune caused by the palace master made them more nervous than the harm done to the academy.
"His grandma, you cowards are at worst going to have a real fight with them. We have been tricked and have to think about everything. Then the reputation of the Academy should not be laughed at?"
Although Liu Yun is older, he has always had a bad temper, and he was also hurt physically and mentally by being plotted. He definitely wants to regain his reputation.
"Ding ding ding——" Gu Yan knocked on the floor with his sword case and expressed his agreement to fight again. He was devoted to practicing swordsmanship, but during the fight he was teased and beaten by a swordsman, which also affected his self-esteem.
shame.
Li Xuanye watched the two sides slowly quarreling. Some said that the overall situation was the most important thing, while others wanted to take up their swords to seek revenge. As a result, the two sides became more and more fierce and almost started fighting with their own people. However, Li Xuanye had never been around his colleagues.
The airs could not be kept down at this time, and a fight was about to break out.
"stop fighting!"
A terrifying breath came from the door, and all the old, weak, sick and disabled were restrained, and they did not dare to breathe.
"Palace Master!"
The master of the Academy, Bai Lu, was dressed in a white robe and stood at the door holding a cane. Although he was short and stooped, his eyes were extremely sharp, like a lion that was not angry but boasted of its power.
Bai Lu patted the dust on his body, jumped up and sat on the main seat under the greetings of everyone, and then cursed loudly.
"Trash, idiot, idiot! How come you can't even defeat a group of opponents who are hiding their spells and not using their full strength!"
"And you can forget about it if you can't defeat it, so you can't come back secretly, ah? It's good for you, you were beaten like a bunch of beggars, and you came back in the open. You're afraid that others don't know that our academy has been defeated, right?"
A teacher said aggrievedly: "I told you that the injury was done to ward off demons and protect the Tao, so it is not a shame..."
"Stupid!" Bai Lu didn't listen at all and continued to curse.
"How many times have I told you, if you can't beat them, just shake them, shake me. Do they still dare to be arrogant when I'm here? Don't you have my transmission talisman? Why don't you use it?!"
"It's better now. If we can't go to the Ghost Snake Cave, the reputation of the academy will plummet. The most terrible thing is that you are all injured. What if something goes wrong, and you sick people will be responsible?"
After Bai Lu finished cursing, he breathed a sigh of relief and felt much more at ease.
The scolded teachers all lowered their heads obediently, not daring to say a word of dissatisfaction. After seeing that Bailu Sanren stopped speaking, you and I looked at each other, and finally pushed Li Xuanye to Bailu.
Although Li Xuanye was timid, he still had the courage to ask: "May I ask the palace master, is the head of the Liu family dead or disabled?"
Bai Lu was so angry at these words that he blew his beard and glared: "Who do you think I am, an evil cultivator? I already said that I went to argue with Liu Tao, how come I ended up taking people's lives here?"
Li Xuanye was overjoyed: "Liu Tao is not dead? That's great, but a few foundation-building masters died, but that's okay, the academy can take care of it..."
"Not dead, not even dead!"
Bai Lu punched Li Xuanye until his eyes were blinded and his blood surged. He waited until the latter regained his breath before continuing.
"I asked them not to act rashly and not to hinder Yelan's investigation. In exchange, I will not report this ambush to Heshan Academy."
"Why is this?" The teachers were shocked. They didn't understand why Bailu made such an agreement with Liu Tao. Wouldn't his beating be in vain?
"It's for the students."
Bai Lu sighed: "When the assessment students were asked to evacuate, there was no news about two people. They should have been left in the Cold Stone Mountains. If I are tough to the end, then they will definitely ambush Ye Lan again. By then, whether it is Ye Lan or that
Both little guys are in danger."
Li Xuanye sighed: "I know those two little guys. One has a rare double spiritual root, and the other is quite ambitious. But if he falls into the hands of evil cultivators, he may be in trouble..."
"The academy is based on the kindness of teachers and students. We must not chill the hearts of the disciples." Bai Lu looked firmly, "Whether he is dead or alive, we will know when Ye Lan comes back."
Everyone nodded, and the atmosphere was calm and depressed.
"Palace Master, Teacher Yelan is back, and he's bringing two disciples with him!"
When Bai Lu heard this, he slapped his thigh and flew out with the cane. The others also wanted to catch up, but they had to pretend to be reserved, changed their clothes, and pretended to be a good example before walking out.
Outside the gate of the academy, many examinees who took the exam were crowded at the door, waiting for the time to announce the results. Suddenly, there was a burst of exclamations, and a white crane flew from the sky.
The big white crane slowly fell, Ye Qianming and Li Gandang jumped down, and held their hands towards Ye Lan on the white crane.
"Thank you sister for your help, otherwise we would have been too late!"
Yelan stuck out her tongue and smiled, hugged Xiaobai who was struggling weakly and said, "Okay, you and I don't have to be so polite. My physical condition will take some time to resolve. You, the fox, will be the experimental subject. I'm leaving now."
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After that, Yelan flew up to the sky on the white crane and met the flying teachers.
On the ground, as soon as Ye Qianming landed, he was squeezed out of the crowd and the Yu family brothers and sisters shouted.
"Brother Qianming!" Even though he was as steady as Yujin, he excitedly patted Ye Qianming on the shoulder and kept saying, "I knew you were capable, Qianming, but you worry me to death!"
Behind him, Yuyao was wearing a close-fitting silk dress and looked at him awkwardly.
"Yuyao is also very worried about you. Although she is reserved now, she has not heard from you these days. When Uncle Xu said that you were probably dead, she cried a lot!"
Yu Jin whispered in Ye Qianming's ear, and Ye Qianming bowed with great emotion.
"Thank you, Miss Yuyao, for still thinking of me."
"As long as you can talk, please tell me how your life has been these days?" Yuyao stopped covering up and said with a smile.
So Ye Qianming told the two of his experience in the Ghost Snake Cave, and even the people who were listening were interested in it. However, for safety reasons, he concealed key information such as Yin Xuanzi to prevent him from being guilty.
Just as the three of them and Li Gandang were enjoying the joy of reunion, Liu Hui on the other side was furious: "How can he be alive? Didn't it mean that there is no one alive in the Ghost Snake Cave?"
"Keep your voice down, don't let the academy teacher know that we have inside information..." Sui Fengyang on the side said quietly, pulling on the corner of his clothes.
"Hmph!" Liu Hui pulled Sui Fengyang's hand away and said with a sinister smile: "But it doesn't matter. Their search materials have been taken away by us during the sneak attack, and everyone was forced to leave the mountain early. There is not enough search material. This time I was selected.
Must be number one!"
He had this confidence, even though he searched and robbed, but because of time constraints, he only got the materials for the seven meritorious deeds, but it was still higher than others!
"Have your materials been robbed?"
Among the crowd, Ye Qianming said.
Yuyao glared at Liu Hui and others with her big eyes: "Although they are covering their faces, my brother's spiritual consciousness is strong and he has long seen that it was them."
Yu Jin nodded: "But there were only two of us, brother and sister, at that time. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to hold on, so I didn't break out. Protecting Yaoyao is the most important thing, but I'm afraid this result will disappoint my father."
"That's not necessary." Ye Qianming took the Najie from Li Gandang and handed them several times the amount of materials they needed. Seeing the stunned look on their faces, Ye Qianming was also quite proud.
"Qianming, I now believe that you and Brother Gandang have plundered the Ghost Snake Cave and nothing is left..."
Yuyao jumped up excitedly: "Okay, this time I can be assigned to a superior room and practice with Xiao Hei!"
Xiaohei is the ghost civet cat adopted by Yuyao. Now he has become Yuyao's spiritual pet and is taking a nap in the jade of Yaoshan Mountain.
"Start registering results now!"
Li Xuanye descended from the sky and stood in front of the door with his hands behind his back.
With a wave of his hand, the jade talismans on everyone's bodies flew into the air, collecting everyone's materials and turning them into streaks of rainbow light, which converged in front of Li Xuanye, and finally formed a jade slip.
Li Xuanye looked surprised when he got the jade slip, and then announced the results loudly. Everyone looked nervous because there was an accident in the third exam, which only lasted less than two days, and many people's materials were not collected at all.
"In this selection, a total of thirty people have entered the academy and become disciples of my academy. This is the list of the last twenty."
Li Xuanye enlarged the jade slip and turned it into a jade list, revealing the names of the last twenty people.
Many people exclaimed and were excited that they were on the list. This meant that they had entered a famous family, and the resources they received were different from before, and their future path to immortality would be endless!
Many people also shook their heads and sighed, and left the door in despair. They knew that they had no chance to enter the top ten and had no chance to enter the academy.
"Next is the top ten list. The top ten will receive additional rewards, and the first one will have the opportunity to practice in the spiritual pool!"
Ye Qianming and others raised their ears and listened, and one name after another came out of Li Xuanye's mouth.
"Tenth place, Sui Fengyang."
Just as Sui Fengyang was about to cheer, Liu Hui glared at him.
"Ninth place, Sun Tian..."
"Eighth place, Lin Feng..."
"Seventh place......"
"………………"
"Fourth place, Li Gandang."
"Okay, I won!" Li Gandang cheered. Although he only had three points of merit left after the second test, the materials for the third test were nine points of full merit. The total of twelve points also made him
Enough to rank among the best!
"Third place, Liu Hui."
"This is impossible!" Liu Hui shouted, but was stopped by Li Xuanye's look.
"Second place, Yujin."
"First place, Yuyao."
"Okay!" Yuyao happily hugged Yujin and cheered. The two of them had planned it before. Yujin would only take eight points of meritorious materials for the third test, while Yuyao would take nine points. In this way, Yuyao would
He will be ranked ahead of Yujin because his total meritorious service is slightly higher.
After these few days of trials, Yu Yao knew that Yu Jin wanted her to get better resources, use her talents, and think about her family, so she agreed seriously.
But Ye Qianming was confused.
"And me?"
Everyone thought about this question. Although Ye Qianming only had three points of merit after the second test, he and Li Gandang both had nine points of merit in the third test. Why was there Li Gandang but not him?
"Isn't it Ye Lan's fault? She wants to take revenge on me for exposing her shortcomings?"
Ye Qianming couldn't help but think wildly, but at this moment, Li Xuanye said loudly.
"In this selection, Palace Master Bailu Sanren has decided to recruit a direct disciple, Ye Qianming!"
Everyone looked at Ye Qianming in shock, but Ye Qianming opened his mouth wide and was completely shocked.
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