Ye Chen hiked back to Beilu Academy from the Beilu Mountains, rested for a few days, washed away the fatigue from three months of hard training in the mountains, ate and drank enough, and replenished his energy, blood and spirit.
In mid-June of the year, the day came for the academy appraisal and assessment.
"Today is Beilu Academy's mid-year assessment. Whether you can pass or not depends on this time!"
Ye Chen put on a brand new green shirt, new cloth shoes, tied up a cloth belt, put on leggings, and methodically put on a pair of coarse cloth wristbands on his hands. He was already at the sixth level of the physical training stage, and he was strong enough to pass
I'm 70% sure of the opportunity, and I'm not in a hurry.
"Such a coarse cloth shirt is what I only wore when I was in the lower courtyard. Unfortunately, all my money is spent on training, and I don't have spare money to buy better mid-term warrior armor. Today is an important occasion, so I can only wear it.
This is the best suit to attend.”
Ye Chen smiled bitterly.
After tidying up his clothes, he left the hut and came to the bustling martial arts training ground of the academy.
The age of the students in the upper college varies greatly, ranging from 12 to 20 years old.
If you haven't passed the appraisal test at the age of twenty, you can just pack up and get out of the academy. After many students entered the Upper Academy at the fourth level of the body refining stage, they never reached the sixth level of the body refining stage, and had to leave sadly when they were twenty years old.
Ye Chen is fifteen years old this year, which is considered a middle age among the disciples of the Upper Academy. However, he entered the Upper Academy relatively late, and most of the people here are his senior brothers and sisters.
The disciples of Beilu Academy are in groups of three or two. Disciples from rich and powerful families are together, disciples from aristocratic families are together, children from rich businessmen and wealthy families are together, and ordinary civilians are together, forming a group automatically.
Students with different statuses are naturally separated from each other and generally do not mix together.
Of course, there are some mavericks. For example, Yan Han is almost alone at all times. He is so powerful and indifferent that no one wants to stand within a few feet of him to feel the cold air.
Ye Chen is a commoner, so when he meets those who are also commoners, he will exchange a few polite words. He will not ask for trouble to say hello to a disciple from a wealthy family.
When the first ray of sunshine shone on the school grounds, more than 200 students from the Upper School arrived.
Li Cang, the chief instructor of the Upper School, "Fuhuquan", who presided over the appraisal and assessment, and more than a dozen instructors came to the school grounds.
In the upper courtyard of Beilu Academy, there were more than 200 young male and female students. Seeing the appearance of the head teacher Li Cang, they quickly arranged themselves neatly into a large square array on the campus. They were silent and looked straight ahead.
Li Cang came to stand in front of the students with his hands folded, and glanced at the students coldly.
"Beilu Academy conducts appraisals and assessments twice a year, in the middle of the year and at the end of the year. The first is the strength appraisal. Only those who reach the 'sixth level of the body refining stage, intermediate martial arts level' are considered to have met the standard."
"Only those disciples who meet the standards for strength assessment can proceed to the next step of the more brutal graduation assessment."
"Once you pass the graduation examination, the academy will recommend it to the Wu Kingdom's court and gain important employment from the court. In the future, it will be easy to rise to great heights, become generals and prime ministers, and become famous! You know, almost half of the important ministers and generals of the Wu Kingdom are
It comes from our Beilu Academy!"
"Today, we will see the results of your six months of training! The strength appraisal begins, who will go on stage first?!"
After Li Cang finished speaking, he shouted.
"Disciple Yan Han, I am willing to give it a try!"
Yan Han stood at the front of the team, stepped out of the queue, and said sternly. He is currently recognized as the strongest warrior by the Upper House of Beilu Academy, and he has to be the first one to go on stage for strength appraisal, and no one can compete with him.
...
Beilu Academy.
Dean Tao of the academy personally accompanied a young man in white shirt, walking on the stone path of the academy towards the martial arts training ground.
Behind the two of them, there were more than ten senior officials from the academy, such as Shi Geng, the head coach of the Lower Academy, etc. Judging from their faces, expressions and words, they were quite flattering to the young man.
"Dean Tao, the environment in your academy is quite quiet!"
the young man said.
"What Mr. Zheng said is exactly what Mr. Zheng said. The academy is backed by the Beilu Mountains, with green mountains and beautiful waters. It is quiet and quiet. It is a suitable place for practicing martial arts."
Dean Tao smiled.
"Your academy is located in a corner behind the Wu Kingdom, far away from the flames of war, so it is quite relaxing. However, the Wu Kingdom has reached the edge of crisis, and several surrounding countries have continued to encroach on the land of the Wu Kingdom. In the past few years, the Wu Kingdom's army has been fighting for many years, and the middle-level generals
There have been many casualties in the battle, and there is an urgent need for a group of middle-level generals and state-level warriors to stabilize the territory of the Wu Kingdom. The burden on Dean Tao is not light."
The young man sarcastically said calmly.
"This~~... what Young Master Zheng said is that our Beilu Academy has an unshirkable responsibility and must do its best to cultivate outstanding disciples."
Dean Tao sweated slightly and was a little embarrassed, but he did not refute.
As the dean of Beilu Academy, he is a ninth-level warrior in the body refining stage, and his status is extremely high in the Wu Kingdom. A large number of generals in the Wu Kingdom are from the academy. When the important official of the imperial court met him, he did not regard himself as a disciple!
But facing this young man, I had no temper at all.
Zheng Zhicheng was the most talented and talented warrior in the Wu Kingdom. He was later accepted as a direct disciple by Zheng Yuan, the current national master of the Wu Kingdom.
Zheng Yuan, the national master of the current dynasty, a true cultivator of the Immortal Sect, had such a transcendent status that even the leader of the Wu Kingdom had to politely visit him in person.
Zheng Zhicheng is Zheng Yuan's direct disciple, and there are rumors that the two are related by blood.
With Zheng Zhicheng's status, he may become an immortal cultivator in the near future, and his future status will be far higher than that of Dean Tao, and he will not give Dean Tao any face at all.
The dozen or so academy officials who followed the two looked at each other in the face of Zheng Zhicheng's naked ridicule, but did not even dare to say a word.
"Mr. Zheng, as far as I know, the Wu family, the leader of the Wu Kingdom, is the heir of an immortal from the Jinding Sect, one of the nine great immortal sects in Yunzhou. With the support of the Jinding Sect, the Wu family's status as the leader of the Wu Kingdom should not be
Will it be shaken?"
Dean Tao thought for a moment and asked carefully. As a secular warrior, it is difficult to understand the dynamics of the Immortal Sect. Only Zheng Zhicheng, a direct disciple of the Imperial Master, may have access to detailed information.
"Of course the Jinding Sect will not sit idly by. The Immortal Sect sent my master Zheng Yuan to guard the King Wu's city to prevent the Wu family from being harmed. But we immortal cultivators cannot interfere in the wars of secular countries at will, otherwise it will
To cause conflicts among the immortal sects and to fight on the battlefield, we still need the best efforts of secular generals like you. A senior from Jinding Sect in the past founded Beilu Academy just to cultivate more outstanding warriors in the Wu Kingdom!"
The young man said with some pride.
"Of course!"
Dean Tao smiled, but he still cursed in his heart. He was obviously still a warrior in the body refining stage, but he considered himself a cultivator of immortality.
Dean Tao accompanied Zheng Zhicheng, chatting all the way to the academy martial arts training ground.
At this time, the chief instructor Li Cang was assessing the strength of the students from the Upper School.
Dean Tao and others stood on the sidelines of the school grounds and watched.
The students in the academy were a little surprised to see Dean Tao, who rarely appeared, accompanying a young man to watch. Many people looked at it one after another.
"My master sent me to Beilu Academy this time to take a look at the academy's training of disciples. Is there anyone in this group of students who has outstanding qualifications and can be reused?"
said the young man.
"Of course!"
Dean Tao finally talked about something to be proud of, and introduced the outstanding disciples in the academy, "There are several outstanding disciples in this academy this year. Yan Han, Ma Ruyuan, and Wei Xuanyu are all at the sixth level of the body refining stage and have martial arts skills.
Extremely superb. These three people are all descendants of the five most powerful families in the Wu Kingdom and the ten most aristocratic families, and they are very likely to become state-level warriors in the future."
Dean Tao specially reminded.
"Oh, really! Take a look and talk about it later."
The young man smiled lightly and was noncommittal.
"Instructor Li!"
Dean Tao drank lightly and signaled to Li Cang.
Li Cang knew that the dean wanted an outstanding disciple to show off and gain face for the academy, so he immediately shouted, "Ma Ruyuan, come on!".
Severe cold is the strongest.
But in terms of body-refining qualifications, the one with the best qualifications is Ma Ruyuan. He only broke through the fourth level of body-refining eight months ago and was promoted to an upper court disciple. In just eight months, he rushed to the sixth level of body-refining.
Yan Han took longer, more than a year, but his sword skills were extremely domineering and his combat power ranked first.