Whether God is on his side or not, Zhang Taichu is really unsure. However, after returning from Australia, life was quite quiet for several days, and the May Fourth Games ended successfully, and Zhang Taichu won the championship of the 15,000-kilometer run for his class, and broke the school record. This is the last thing that can be relaxed in the whole high school career, and the teacher will notify you on the second day of the sports meeting, and the eight schools will take the joint examination to prepare everyone.

What kind of exams and the like, Zhang Taichu didn't care, he had nothing to do in the past two days, and he was paying attention to a jade plate in his pocket. There is a small warning formation on this jade plate, which is related to the warning prohibition of the phantom array in the valley, and it can be regarded as a simple son-mother array. If the phantom array is broken, then this jade plaque will crack.

"Hopefully this peaceful period will last a little longer. It's not that he's afraid of things, it's that no matter how powerful a genius is, he has time to grow. At present, he really does not have enough strength to wrestle with a large number of monks, this is a fact, and it cannot be denied.

When the strength enters the fourth layer of Qi training, it is the middle stage of Qi training. Although it doesn't sound like there is much of a breakthrough, but he knows that the difference in strength between the early stage and the middle stage is very large, not to mention anything else, you can cultivate a more powerful spell in the middle stage, compared with the early stage, not only the type and power of the spell are not the same, but more importantly, there are group attack spells.

"Zhang Taichu......! Really, I don't want to talk about you. Don't you feel ashamed that you are always named in front of so many people? If you want to play, you can go out and play, don't harm other students. Think about it for yourself, have you been absent from school so many times lately? It's almost over, I just announced the joint entrance examination, and you deserted me, and deliberately did it against me, right? ”

Zhang Taichu lowered his voice and said, "Teacher, you think too much, how dare I." ”

"You just have to know what's going on. The teacher waved his hand and didn't want to say more.

It is best for the spiritual energy of the valley to gather for a few days, and then he can break through in one go, according to his plan, this time he will break through to the fourth layer of qi cultivation in one fell swoop. After all, there is a Great Gathering Spirit Array, and he still has a few drops of thousand-year-old spirit essence, even if these conditions are even among the elite disciples of the sect in the previous life, not everyone can enjoy them.

In that case, let's take the exam in these two days. Yu Xian'er and Jiang Xiaoyu also reviewed very seriously, Zhang Taichu looked left and right, there was really nothing to do. He hooked his fingers to the two women and said, "If you don't understand anything, you can come and ask me, any question." ”

After the teacher left, the classroom, which was a little lifeless on weekdays, instantly boiled:

"Hey, I heard it, the joint examination of the eight schools! This time it is led by the Municipal Education Bureau, the specifications are very high, and the test questions will be very formal. ”

"That's for sure, if the eight schools are together, it is impossible to reformulate the standards, and they can only directly apply the model of the college entrance examination. ”

"In that case, the ranking of this exam, the ranking of the eight achievements and the ranking of the college entrance examination is about the same. ”

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Hearing this, Zhang Taichu stretched his waist and said: "Alas, it seems that I have to do my best to take the exam this time, otherwise there will always be people who say that I am a hanger." I had to be the first in the city to prove that I had been studying hard all along. ”

Jiang Xiaoyu and Yu Xian'er only smiled and didn't speak when they heard this, but they knew that any question they raised Zhang Taichu could answer very easily. But the first place in the joint entrance examination of these eight schools seems to be quite difficult, because there are too many top students.

Ten minutes between classes, basically everyone in the class did not leave their seats, and they were all talking about the popular top students in various schools, Zhang Taichu listened to it for a long time, and there was no his name. If it weren't for the school, he would have planned to make a gamble by himself, and when the time came, he would buy himself to be the first, and it was estimated that he would make a lot of money.

The Municipal Education Bureau personally took the lead, and the joint entrance examination went very smoothly. It took less than a day to complete the entire preparation phase. Zhang Taichu was also quite concerned about this exam in order to have a more sensational effect, so he didn't talk about answering the questions wholeheartedly, and even didn't hesitate to open his divine sense to find a way to find the right answer from the people around him. Single-minded, checking and answering questions at the same time, he did every course to be handed in within an hour.

The effect of this is naturally good, after the exam, others are still the same as before the exam, but Zhang Taichu has changed from an unknown high school student to a famous bull. The legend of Zhang Taichu is circulating among several schools:

"No matter which subject this guy takes in the exam, he can submit the paper in advance within an hour, and the answer speed is the first in history!"

"Ha, in my opinion, he is likely to not only be the first in the speed of answering questions, but also the first in this score, but it is difficult to say from which end. ”

"You think too much, but I've asked, and people's papers are written every time, and there are no blanks. If my guess is correct, we are going to have a peerless genius in Qingfeng City. ”

"How can a genius be so good, last year's champion didn't get this title after scoring 691 points. ”

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There is such a talent in this class, so naturally it can't be hidden from everyone. For Zhang Taichu's approach, several teachers are not good at commenting on anything, and the class leader is walking around the classroom, he really can't figure out what Zhang Taichu is going to do. I thought of such a way to get such a reputation, what do you want to do? In this way, now he is also famous as a squad leader.

Jiang Xiaoyu and Yu Xian'er are naturally very concerned about their husband's reputation, but the two little girls' ideas are different from ordinary people, and the two agree that Zhang Taichu feels that he can't get the first place, so he thinks of an alternative way to become famous.

Regarding this matter, Zhang Taichu had an attitude of not explaining, anyway, everyone is so anxious to see the results this time, and the speed of judging will definitely be very fast, and the results will be announced in two days at most. It's only two days, and everything will be clear when the time comes, if you really take the first place, you will skip school directly and go to the valley to break through, and you will be absent from school with confidence.

The results of the joint examination of the eight schools were published on the official website of the Municipal Education Bureau, and Zhang Taichu's total score was 701 points, ranking first in the city.

The students who read the list were not calm, and called it impossible. The sensible classmate next to him pushed him and said, "This is the joint examination of eight schools, what is impossible." Regarding this news, I think the people from the Education Bureau must have confirmed it repeatedly, so they dared to give him this first place. ”

"So, the first place is really him?"

"Isn't that nonsense?"

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After Zhang Taichu knew his results and ranking, he rushed to the valley as soon as possible. He doesn't care much about the results, but he is somewhat happy to win such a first place. At this time, the state is the most suitable for a breakthrough.

The phantom array and the spirit gathering array were opened, and Zhang Taichu sat in the middle of the formation, sat down and felt the concentration of the aura. At this time, the aura here is already thick enough to be visible to the naked eye, and although it can't reach that sticky state, it is already very good. Freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and if you want a better cultivation environment, it is not realistic in a short period of time.

After a little silence, Zhang Taichu took out the small cone and sucked the contents of the hole drilled last time.

The thousand-year-old spirit essence entered the body, and a powerful energy burst out in an instant. A huge amount of spiritual power appeared out of thin air from his chest, like a rushing river, and instantly filled the large and small meridians in Zhang Taichu's body. He had cultivated for so long before, but the spiritual power in his body had never been so abundant, and with the feeling of swelling and pain, he began to run the exercises rapidly.

Every week that the exercise runs, the meridians become a little wider under the washing of the aura. But Zhang Taichu's expression was still ugly, because the spiritual power that erupted from his chest could not be effectively vented for a long time. His cultivation went from the second layer of Qi training to the early stage of the third layer of Qi training, the middle stage of the third layer of Qi training, and until the late stage of the third layer of Qi training, his body was still rising.

"I knew I wouldn't have swallowed so many thousand years of spiritual essence at once. With a wry smile, Zhang Taichu endured the severe pain of the meridians being forcibly washed away and began to impact the fourth layer of Qi training.

In fact, the safest way for monks to break through is to take it step by step, and Zhang Taichu's situation this time is a bit special. First, he still underestimated the aura attached to the thousand-year-old spirit essence, and secondly, he wanted to use his breakthrough effect to give his Gathering Spirit Array a little help.

As everyone knows, the Spirit Gathering Array is to absorb the spiritual energy near the formation and gather it together. However, the nearby aura is always limited, once the aura in this range is almost absorbed, the effect of the spirit gathering array will be reduced, and it will take a long time to gather the aura from farther away. But if there is a monk who breaks through here, he can help the Spirit Gathering Array.

Cultivation is against the sky, and every breakthrough has an element of luck in it. To put it mildly, break through this kind of thing, God will let you become you, you can do it, if you don't let you do it, you will definitely not be able to do it. Therefore, the monk's breakthrough has its own spirit gathering effect, and his range of spirit gathering is even greater than the scope of the spirit gathering array.

Normally, if there is a Spirit Gathering Array in operation within a radius of 100 miles, basically no one can detect it, but if there is a monk breaking through within a radius of 100 miles, then this movement will definitely be noticed, because the range of spiritual energy it is stirring is too large.

These days, Zhang Taichu's Spirit Gathering Array has sucked the spiritual energy in this part of Qingfeng City clean, but if he breaks through here twice in a row today, he will raise the concentration of spiritual energy here again to a level similar to that of other places. In this way, the Spirit Gathering Array can gather a lot of spiritual energy again.

Not much to say, with the thousand-year-old spiritual essence as the backing, Zhang Taichu's fourth layer of Qi cultivation was very easy to break through, and these spiritual qi had not even been consumed after he successfully broke through. But even so, he didn't dare to try to improve his cultivation again, today's meridian loss is not small, and his body is likely to leave a dark wound, so it is imperative that these spiritual qi be used to repair the meridians is the most important.

While repairing the meridians, he recalled some spells and prohibitions suitable for use in the middle of Qi training. Although the fourth layer of Qi cultivation still doesn't sound high, the spells that can be used are much stronger than before. If conditions permit, he can even charge up and unleash spells that can threaten the Foundation Monks.