He is also fifteen or sixteen years old, but his figure is stronger and stronger than that of his peers. He wears a set of high-grade martial arts robes, leather shoes, hard leather waist protectors, leather wrist guards for both arms, and a standard mid-level warrior attire.
On the martial arts training ground, Ma Ruyuan knocked down the stone pile with the force of his fists.
Then he held a steel knife, his figure was tumbling, flowers were hidden in the leaves, and two butterflies were flying, one move after another, extremely smooth.
There are only two items in Beilu Academy's strength appraisal. One is to prove that one has the sixth level of strength in the body refining stage, and the other is to prove that one's martial arts skills have reached the intermediate level. As long as these two points are proved, the appraisal can be passed.
Ma Ruyuan's strength was obvious and he passed the assessment quickly.
"Ma Ruyuan! With a strength of 600 kilograms, he has reached the sixth level of the body refining stage! With the "Eight Gate Golden Lock Sword", his sword skills have reached the intermediate level. Passed the appraisal!"
Li Cang said loudly.
"Senior Brother Ma is so strong! Well done!"
"Senior Brother Ma has broken through the sixth level of the body refining stage in just eight months, and also refined the "Eight Gate Golden Lock Sword". This is definitely the fastest cultivation speed achieved by Beilu Academy in decades! Who has this cultivation qualification?
Comparable!"
Many young students who were close friends with Ma Ruyuan cheered loudly and cheered.
"Don't even look at who I am, Ma Ruyuan! Eight months of cultivation from the fourth level of the body refining stage to the sixth level of the body refining stage is just a trivial matter. It won't take long before I can cultivate to the ninth level of the body refining stage and become a country-level swordsman.
.After this graduation assessment is over, I will go back to the Royal City. This Beilu Academy is too small and there are not many decent opponents. The Royal City is where I, Ma Ruyuan, will display my skills. Sooner or later, I, Ma Ruyuan, will become the strongest in the Royal City.
Warrior!"
Ma Ruyuan passed the strength appraisal and laughed with several of his close brothers, his loud voice not concealing his arrogance.
As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted eyebrows and disgust among more than 200 students. "Even if you come from a wealthy family of the Ma family in Wu Kingdom, you don't have to be so arrogant!" "Many of our students are
None of the children from other wealthy families in Wu Kingdom are so arrogant and unrestrained."
Ye Chen didn't feel anything special after hearing Ma Ruyuan's words. A commoner like him was accustomed to the domineering behavior of children from wealthy families in the academy, and had long been accustomed to it.
"Which family is this Ma Ruyuan from? Why is he so arrogant? Are the students at Beilu Academy all crazy?"
Zheng Zhicheng, who was watching not far away, changed his face slightly and frowned.
Dean Tao was also secretly worried, but he didn't expect that Ma Ruyuan's unobtrusive talk had inadvertently offended Zheng Zhicheng, who had just come from King Wu's capital.
"Ma Ruyuan is a direct disciple of the Ma family, one of the five most powerful families in the Wu Kingdom. His father, Ma Bai, is a first-class national protector general and a peak martial artist. Ma Ruyuan was promoted from the Lower Court to the Upper Court seven months ago and has reached the sixth level of the body refining stage.
, his martial arts talent is quite outstanding. In the past ten years in our academy, Ma Ruyuan should be the fastest martial artist in training. He is a young man with an arrogant heart, and it is inevitable that he will be a little impulsive."
Dean Tao thought for a moment and then said.
"It turns out that he is the upstart of the Ma family! The Ma family has only been in the Wu Kingdom for a few decades, and they dare to boast that they are the strongest. It is really ignorant of the heights of heaven and earth."
Zheng Zhicheng snorted coldly and dismissed it. He is the youngest and most outstanding warrior in King Wu's capital. He is a direct disciple of the current imperial master. Sooner or later, he will break through the soul and become an immortal cultivator and join the great sect of the immortal sect. A mere general.
My son, I have cultivated to the sixth level of the body refining stage in eight months. Is there anything strange about it?
After Ma Ruyuan passed the appraisal, more than ten students successively passed the academy's strength appraisal.
Of course, there are also many students who have failed, either because they are still a little short of the sixth level of the body refining stage, or because their intermediate martial arts skills are not up to par.
Zheng Zhicheng became more and more bored as he watched and kept shaking his head.
It wasn't until another powerful martial artist from the academy, Wei Xuanyu, appeared.
Zheng Zhicheng's eyes lit up and he nodded in praise.
"The martial arts skills of all the senior brothers and sisters are so strong, and there are so many changes in their moves!"
Ye Chen stared closely at every student on the field, seeing that there were not many opportunities for the academy students to show off their unique skills. This was a great opportunity to learn from experience.
Ye Chen never played.
Most of the students in the upper courtyard are his senior brothers and sisters. Only after everyone else has finished the appraisal can he be qualified to go on stage for strength appraisal.
Three hours passed.
"Now a total of forty-seven people have passed the academy's strength appraisal, 34 people have failed the appraisal, and the rest have not been appraised. Is there anyone else who needs to undergo the strength appraisal? If not, Beilu Academy's strength appraisal in the middle of this year,
That’s it…”
Professor Li Cang said loudly to the students.
"Chief instructor, disciple Ye Chen, would like to give it a try!"
Ye Chen, who was in the middle of the square formation, stepped out of the formation and interrupted what Coach Li Cang was saying.
"you?......"
Li Cang was stunned for a moment, obviously not having much impression of Ye Chen. But he quickly recalled that the student who went to Beilu Mountain for advice a few months ago was the boy in front of him!
"Didn't you go to Beilu Mountain to practice and come back so soon? I remember you were only promoted to the Upper House for five or six months. What are you doing here?"
Coach Li's face suddenly darkened and he shouted harshly.
It is a trivial matter for this boy to fail in the appraisal of his strength. It is a big matter to lose the face of Beilu Academy in front of the guests personally accompanied by Dean Tao. It is a big matter to make the guests think that there is no one in Beilu Academy and let a low-ranking disciple of the Lower Academy come to show off.
More than 200 students from the Upper House looked at Ye Chen who stood up, full of doubts.
Many students are very unfamiliar with Ye Chen.
Ye Chen was promoted to the Upper Academy half a year ago and stayed in the Academy for two or three months. Then he went to the Beilu Mountains and practiced deep in the mountains for several months. He rarely spent time with these Upper Academy students.
"It seems he was promoted to the House of Lords six months ago!"
"What!!! He just entered the Upper House half a year ago, and he actually dared to take the graduation examination! We have practiced for several years, but we have not reached the sixth level of the body training stage. He is a common student, and he has only been working for six months.
Pass the strength assessment of Beilu Academy?"
"Ma Ruyuan is the son of Ma Bai, the great general who protects the country. He is a descendant of the Ma family, one of the five wealthy families in the Wu Kingdom. He can reach the sixth level of the body refining stage in just eight months! Does he think that he is more skilled than Senior Brother Ma?
Qualifications! Haha, what a joke!”
"Senior Brother Ma, it seems that someone wants to challenge you! He has only been practicing for six months. Do you feel pressure?"
Many young students started laughing at him.
"This kid is willing to make a fool of himself, so let him try!"
Ma Ruyuan didn't mind at all, but laughed with several close brothers beside him.
The scolding of Li Cang, the head coach of the Upper Academy, did not make Ye Chen go back.
"Chief instructor, disciple Ye Chen, would like to give it a try!"
Ye Chen lowered his eyes, held on to his slightly trembling fists, looked at the ground, stood there with a blank expression, and repeated what he just said.
No one could see that anger was burning deep in his cold eyes.
For ten years, this kind of contempt and ridicule has never been less.
He was just an unknown commoner at the bottom of Beilu Academy. During the ten years of training at Beilu Academy, he worked hard to make money and practiced. He earned a meager income of more than dozens of copper coins all year round, while working the hardest and most tiring job.
While practicing, he competed with senior brothers and sisters from wealthy and aristocratic families in the academy.
Low-level civilian warriors like him are not a minority among the more than a thousand students in the lower courtyard of the academy. Most of them are still struggling in the first to third levels of the early warriors, eager to one day break through and advance to become a more noble status.
Upper School students.
Those children from wealthy families will never understand the hardship, sorrow, and anger of a low-level warrior like him.
But even if it was so difficult, Ye Chen did not blame anyone. All the hardships he had experienced in the past ten years gave him a stronger desire to catch up with the strength of other students with his own hands.
Li Cang seemed to sense the unflinching tone in Ye Chen's words, and couldn't help but feel a little troubled. He took a look at Dean Tao's face.
"Dean Tao, since everyone has stood up, let him play! Are you afraid that he will lose the face of your Beilu Academy?" Zheng Zhicheng waved his hand nonchalantly and looked at it for several hours. He was feeling bored when there was someone
Accidents are not bad either.
Dean Tao had no choice but to signal Li Cang to let Ye Chen come on.
"Ye Chen, start the strength appraisal! The first project is to break the stone pile into pieces. This special stone pile can withstand a basic force of 600 kilograms. Only a sixth-level warrior in the body refining stage can do it. If you are not strong enough.
..."
Li Cang explained every word in a deep voice, but he hadn't finished speaking yet.
Ye Chen took a step forward and came to a hard stone pile right in front of him. Suddenly he swept his leg out, "Boom!" The stone pile broke under the heavy impact and flew four to five feet away. Ye Chen landed on one knee and slowly
Stand up slowly.
The noisy martial arts training ground fell silent for a moment.
Li Cang, the chief instructor of the Upper Academy, looked at this scene and swallowed back what he had just said, "Ye Chen! Basic kicking skills, strength of 600 kilograms, sixth level of body training! The cultivation level is up to standard!"