Late at night, in the room where Xu Nian was.

Xu Nian did not sleep peacefully, but entered penance.

After fighting the Nine Star Realm Body Cultivator today, he clearly felt the impact of this iron hammer on his strength.

At this moment, Xu Nian was carrying a hammer on his back, supporting the ground with one hand, and standing upside down in the room.

The muscles of his body swelled up like a cage, and the powerful qi swam in his body, like a rat scurrying under his body.

Xu Nian's face was red and sweating profusely, obviously it was very difficult for him to maintain such an action, but he still gritted his teeth and persisted.

Every second of this handstand was extremely difficult, and in the process, he had to absorb the Gang Qi through the cells of his body, and finally gather all of it on his arm to maintain the balance of his body.

Of course, hard work is hard work, but the effect is extremely huge.

Now Xu Nian's practice for one hour is worth one day's practice in ordinary times, so it can be seen that this kind of practice does have a rare miraculous effect.

In this way, Xu Nian persevered all night.

In the early morning, he felt that his cultivation had improved a lot, and the eight-star body cultivation that had been going to take several months to break through had actually loosened a little at this moment, and it seemed that it would not be long before he could break through to the nine-star realm.

Once Xu Nian's god and demon cultivation really broke through to the Nine Stars, there would be no rivals in the Star Realm.

Xu Nian changed into clean clothes and walked out of the door, only to find that Chen Xifeng was already in the courtyard, holding something in his hand, and his face was not good.

"What's wrong?" Xu Nian stepped forward and asked.

"This academy competition is really full of talents, and this time it seems that it is not as easy as imagined to get the rankings, this is the list of participating colleges this time. Chen Xifeng replied, and after speaking, he handed a leather scroll to Xu Nian.

Xu Nian took the animal skin scroll and found that there were thirty names on it, and each name had a corresponding academy behind it.

However, these students are not divided according to the academy, but are ranked according to a certain pattern.

"Why did you rank before the competition?" asked Xu Nian puzzled.

"Every time there is a big competition between the colleges, the county guard will rank them in advance according to the information of the students of the ten major colleges, and these rankings basically represent the rankings of the participating students. Chen Xifeng replied.

Xu Nian nodded suddenly, it turned out that this was the case.

But soon Xu Nian laughed, because he found that his ranking was actually ranked 29th.

You must know that there are a total of thirty people participating in the competition, and he was actually photographed in the 29th place, which made Xu Nian cry and laugh, is his strength so weak?

Looking at Chen Xifeng again, he was also shot in the 9th place, he is not worse than Chen Xifeng.

"It should be that the county guard doesn't have any information about you, and the dean, she deliberately withheld your information, which is why you are so low. Chen Xifeng explained.

Xu Nian nodded, he didn't care about it, this kind of ranking in the competition didn't mean much at all.

But soon Xu Nian's brows furrowed, because he found that Dugu Jingcheng's ranking was actually ranked fourth.

This made Xu Nian a little surprised, Dugu Jingcheng's reputation in the entire Dongyuan County was not small, and his comprehension of the unity of man and sword had spread all over the top ten academies, and now it was only ranked fourth, which made Xu Nian a little surprised.

"You have also found out, Dugu Jingcheng is ranked fourth, and the first three are not simple. Chen Xifeng said.

"Oh?" Xu Nian glanced at the three in front of him again.

The first name is Ji Yun, and he is from the Heavenly Scar Academy.

The second is named Zhao Yan and is from Beihai College.

The third is named Feng Yu and is from Chengfeng Academy.

The first two Xu Nian don't know each other, and as for the third place, it should be the woman I saw at the city gate yesterday.

Xu Nian was a little surprised, the woman's ranking was actually above Dugu Jingcheng.

"I've already inquired, this Ji Yun is the first day of the Heavenly Scar Academy, twenty-four years old, as early as two years ago, he has reached the peak of the ninth-level star realm physical cultivation, and his strength is very extraordinary, especially his marksmanship, he has also reached the realm of the unity of man and gun, this time he will definitely choose to break through in the arena. Chen Xifeng said.

Xu Nian was surprised in his heart, he was already at the peak of the ninth level two years ago, but he had already comprehended the unity of man and gun, which could indeed be said to be a very strong opponent.

Although this time the big competition only allows the strong people of the Star Realm to sign up, but there is no restriction on registration, and no breakthrough is allowed, so many Star Peak powerhouses who have been suppressed for a long time will choose to break through during the competition, which is a common thing in previous competitions.

"What about this Zhao Yan?" asked Xu Nian.

"This Zhao Yan is also extremely not simple, he, like Ji Yun, has reached the peak of the Star Realm two years ago, but he also has an identity, that is, an instrument master, it is said that he has reached the realm of a five-star instrument master apprentice, and controls an extremely terrifying flame. Chen Xifeng replied.

"Instrumentalist, interesting!" Xu Nian had a surprised look on his face.

He didn't expect to meet a five-star apprentice at this academy.

If you do the math, his current refining level has already reached the level of a four-star weapon master apprentice!

In this way, Xu Nian really wanted to meet this Zhao Yan for a while.

"What about this Feng Yu?" Xu Nian continued to ask.

"This Feng Yu is the one we saw yesterday, and I only found out today, she is actually only twenty-two years old, the peak of the Nine Stars, and the most important thing is that she is actually an innate sword spirit body. Chen Xifeng said.

"Innate Sword Spirit Body?" Xu Nian looked surprised.

The innate sword spirit body is also a strange physique, whether it is physical cultivation or spiritual cultivation, there will be some special physique.

For example, the legendary four hegemonic bodies in physical cultivation, and the nine innate attribute battle bodies in spiritual cultivation, these are all special physiques.

Xu Nian's Nine Dragons Supreme Body can also be regarded as an extremely powerful god and demon physique.

"The innate sword spirit body, no wonder it was so aimed at Dugu Jingcheng before. Xu Nian thought to himself.

Xu Nian looked at the list again, maybe in addition to the top three, there are also some Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons in the later rankings.

As Chen Xifeng said before, it seems that it is not easy for their academy to get a ranking this time.

"Well, he's actually there too!" Xu Nian suddenly set his eyes on a name.

Qin Tian!

His titular eldest brother, the most dazzling genius of the Qin family, entered the Heavenly Scar Academy to cultivate, and he was also an existence that Xu Nian looked up to.

"He's in seventh place! I don't know what he's going to look like when he sees me again. Xu Nian muttered to himself in his heart, and a chuckle appeared on the corner of his mouth.