There is no sun and moon in practice, and a year has passed in an instant.

In the past year, the ten inner court disciples on the first list have built a foundation one after another, and just a few days ago, Zhao Xiaojun finally broke through to the foundation building period.

Judging from the speed of cultivation, Zhao Xiaojun's entry is relatively slow, and the remaining nine people in the first list have already broken through to the foundation building period early.

It's not that Zhao Xiaojun is lazy, it's mainly a problem in two aspects.

One is the issue of Zhao Xiaojun's exercises.

Normally, the academy provides high-grade non-attribute spirit crystals.

In other words, there is no need for additional operations after absorption and refining, and the attributeless true qi will naturally merge with the cultivator's own true qi.

But when Zhao Xiaojun used it, he found a problem.

The attributeless true qi refined through the spirit crystal could not fuse the true qi that originally had the power of the stars in Zhao Xiaojun's body.

This led to Zhao Xiaojun first refining the attributeless aura in the spirit crystal and transforming it into attributeless true qi, and then using his own true qi with star attributes to refine the absorbed attributed non-attribute true qi.

In this way, the speed is naturally slower than others.

The second is that Zhao Xiaojun spent a lot of time studying the art of refining and forging.

Throughout the year, Zhao Xiaojun spends time in the refining department of the academy every day to study and practice.

Rao is like this, Zhao Xiaojun's cultivation speed is not much lower than the rest, I have to say that the exercises on the "swaddling" are really extraordinary.

In this year, Zhao Xiaojun's relationship with the masters in the refining department can be described as a mess.

Generally speaking, most of the people who choose cultivators are the children of the poor families in the C list, and they have a skill to walk the world in the future.

However, although refining weapons is not a mainstream avenue, it also pays attention to talent, and the requirements for divine consciousness and true qi are also very high.

The people in the C list are either not talented or have impure hearts.

This has formed a vicious circle, the more talented and pure the disciple is, the less he will choose to refine the weapon, and the weaker the way of refining the weapon.

If it weren't for the academy's deliberate protective transportation of talents to the refining department, I am afraid that it would not be able to refine even a decent magic weapon slowly.

In this regard, there is a significant gap between the four major academies and Jiangdong Baibao Pavilion.

It is said that the monks of the Hundred Treasure Pavilion will be given an embryo of a natal magic weapon for their lives since they were young.

With the improvement of cultivation, the natal magic weapon is constantly forged.

Due to the secret method, the natal magic weapon has a little spirituality, and it will also condense the true qi to feed back to the owner.

It is this special practice that has made Baibao Pavilion prosperous to this day.

......

In the cultivation room, after Zhao Xiaojun finished walking for a week, he got up and looked at the hour and walked out of the courtyard.

At this time, Meng Zhaoyi also happened to go out, and after the two nodded slightly, they walked towards the lecture hall in the inner courtyard one after the other.

To say that in this year, Zhao Xiaojun and Meng Zhaoyi have a little friendship.

The source of this friendship is precisely in the refining department of the academy.

However, unlike Zhao Xiaojun to learn the way of refining, Meng Zhaoyi went to practice in actual combat.

In the refining industry, in addition to forging magic weapons for everyone, some battle puppets will also be forged.

Although the battle puppets forged by the academy were far inferior to those of the Jiangdong Hundred Treasure Pavilion, it was no problem to deal with ordinary operations and provide them for the academy's disciples to practice in actual combat.

Considering Meng Zhaoyi's experience, Zhao Xiaojun could also understand why he was cultivating so hard.

During the year, unlike a few other people, they occasionally take time off to go home or go out for a while.

Zhao Xiaojun and Meng Zhaoyi spent almost all of their time in the Refining Department except for studying and practicing.

Similarly, the spirit crystals of the two of them also have no balance at all.

Zhao Xiaojun used it to buy sword-casting materials such as extraterrestrial meteorite, and Meng Zhaoyi used it all to pay for the maintenance of the puppet.

Perhaps because of this, the two gradually became estranged from the other eight.

......

In the lecture hall, Xun Ke was already sitting on the main seat early and tasting spiritual tea.

Seeing that everyone was coming one after another, Xun Ke put down the teacup in his hand and said:

"I will not preach for the time being, but I have something to inform you. ”

After seeing that everyone was curious, Xun Ke continued:

"Six months later, the four colleges will conduct the mid-term joint examination, which will be held in the small cave of the college. ”

As soon as they heard that they could enter the small cave of the academy, everyone became a little excited.

Xun Ke said again:

"In this joint examination, each academy will send fifty elite disciples, and the top ten disciples in this joint examination, in addition to being rewarded by the four academies, will also represent the four academies to participate in the Qianyuan ceremony. ”

"Qianyuan Grand Ceremony!"

Yang Miao, who had always been calm, spoke out silently, and then Yang Miao realized her gaffe, secretly glanced at Shen Xue, and lowered her head.

In fact, not only Yang Miao, except for Zhao Xiaojun, everyone was a little shocked.

Xun Ke seemed to have anticipated everyone's reaction, and said with a slight smile:

"Let's go back and prepare well, from today to the beginning of the joint entrance examination, you don't have to come to the lecture again, the college will give you enough time to prepare. ”

......

"Brother Meng!"

Seeing that Meng Zhaoyi was about to close the courtyard gate, Zhao Xiaojun hurriedly shouted:

"Brother Meng is slow, the younger brother has something to ask. ”

Although the two have had a slight friendship over the past year, they have really not communicated carefully.

Meng Zhaoyi was stunned for a moment, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

Zhao Xiaojun was a fool, and he stepped forward with a smile.

Meng Zhaoyi showed a helpless expression when he saw this, but Meng Zhaoyi was not very repulsive to Zhao Xiaojun, and even had a natural good impression.

Sideways let Zhao Xiaojun into the courtyard, and the two walked into the main hall together.

After sitting down, Zhao Xiaojun got straight to the point:

"Brother Meng, what is this Qianyuan Grand Canon?"

Meng Zhaoyi showed a puzzled expression and said:

"Brother Zhao doesn't even know about the Qianyuan Grand Canon?"

Zhao Xiaojun showed a sad expression and said:

"Brother Meng doesn't know, the younger brother encountered the death of both parents when he was a child, and later passed on to the Zhao family, and I don't know a lot of common sense. ”

Words are the truth.

As for this sad expression, it is definitely acted.

But Meng Zhaoyi immediately apologized with a gloomy expression:

"Right...... I'm sorry Brother Zhao, I ...... I don't know ......."

Seeing that Meng Zhaoyi was a little at a loss, Zhao Xiaojun knew that he had acted a little, so he hurriedly adjusted his mood and said:

"Brother Zhao doesn't have to blame himself, I've gotten used to it over the years. ”

Meng Zhaoyi nodded, his expression had changed from gloomy to fierce, and said:

"Brother Zhao, I'll tell you the truth, my parents have died since I was a child, and I also died at the hands of bandits.

I swore since I was a child that I would kill all the bandits in the world!"

After listening, Zhao Xiaojun sweated in his heart.

Good fellow, I'm afraid you know that you are sitting in front of a veritable bandit......