Chapter 198: The Academy Competition
readx;? On the first day of the second month of February, the sky was clear and the sky was high and cloudy, and since the sky was hazy, the college was already lively, with the sound of bustling footsteps, lively noises, and students gathered from various courtyards in the mountains behind the college, one by one, excitedly discussing and speculating about what was about to happen today. Accompanied by the sounds www.biquge.info of fighting and cheers from all directions, all of them converged towards the same place, which was the most extensive central campus of the Holy Soul Academy.
And the reason why there is such a spectacle today is not for anything else, just because today is the first day of the second lunar month, and it is the first major event of the year of the Holy Soul Academy, the Academy Competition!
What is the House Competition?
Located in the center of the Holy Soul Academy, tens of thousands of students have gathered early in the morning, the green dragon in the east, the white tiger in the west, the Vermilion Bird in the south, and the Xuanwu in the north, the four major factions of the Holy Soul Academy are gathered on all sides, and the originally empty huge viewing platform is now crowded and overcrowded, even if it is said that it is shoulder to shoulder, it is not an exaggeration, I am afraid that this is the only day in the year that we can see how huge the number of people in the Holy Soul Academy is.
Everyone's face was filled with eagerness, excitement, and even excitement. The four large flags symbolizing the four major factions were hung high on the viewing platform, each flag was tens of meters square, and the huge courtyard flag fluttered in the wind, making bursts of "fluttering" sounds from time to time in the air.
The green dragon enters the wood, the white tiger enters the gold, the vermilion bird dances the fire, the Xuanwu plays in the water, the dragon and the tiger are opposite, and the Zhu Wu is separated, just like the various forces in this Holy Soul Academy, they restrain each other and want to help each other, and for a while, the students of the four major factions are actually high-spirited and war-spirited, and each student is proud of their own faction, and each force can't help but willingly take on the glorious mission of their faction's honor and disgrace when they arrive here. Here, the factions are not convinced by each other, and they can't wait to immediately surpass the faction they are in over 10,000 people, but at the same time, there are masters and strong people here.
On the bustling viewing platform, it is even more crowded at this moment, even if the two of them are close to each other, if they don't shout hard, they are afraid that it will be difficult to hear what the people next to them are saying, and this kind of excessively noisy scene has lasted for more than an hour since dawn, and there is no pause in the middle, but as more and more people gather here, the noisy sound is getting louder and louder, and it is still more than half an hour before Dean Qiu Ming and other college tutors appear. In other words, there is still half an hour before the tournament really starts.
On the viewing stage, there are cold men who despise everything, and there are charming women who keep sweeping the audience with a pair of seductive eyes. There are burly and frightening big men, and at the same time, there are mysterious young men who are thin but show a light demeanor about everything. On the viewing platform in all directions, all kinds of people gathered together, and it was inevitable that there would be some extremely special characters among them, such as Han Cheng, Chu Ding, Qin Qingyu, Cheng Yi, the masters of the top forces, as well as top masters such as Baili Feng, Li Dui, Mo Bai, He Jun who were ranked in the top few of the Holy Soul List, and then Tang Ruoxi, Han Ling'er is a well-known beauty in the academy, their location is undoubtedly the focus within a radius of tens of meters, and these people are undoubtedly not always bearing the eager gaze of tens of thousands of people from all directions, including envy, longing, jealousy, hatred, and of course, the love gaze of some infatuated men and women.
The Academy Competition is the number one event in the entire Holy Soul Academy, so in such an extremely large-scale event, no one can enjoy the so-called special treatment, not even a figure like Han Cheng Chuding, they have to gather on a crowded viewing platform like other students in the academy, there is no special viewing platform, let alone special courtesy. It's just that because the status of these people is extremely special among the students, even on the viewing platform, their disciples will still make a special vacancy, and then put a few chairs early for these masters to rest and watch the battle.
Although it is easy to provoke dissatisfaction by forcibly vacating an empty space on the already crowded viewing platform, because of the status and identity of these characters, no one dares to accuse them face-to-face, even if others complain in their hearts.
There's no way, the Holy Soul Academy has always been like this, everything is based on strength, as long as you are strong enough, then even if it is unreasonable or even forcible robbery, no one can say that you are nothing.
This is the cruelty of reality, the capable can enjoy the highest courtesy wherever they go, and the incompetent can only passively accept the reality wherever they go.
Of course, today, in addition to the popular figures who have long been known to the students in the academy in previous years, there is another person who is no less concerned than those bigwigs. Although this person can only be regarded as a junior newcomer of the Holy Soul Academy, his popularity today is even better than that of Han Cheng and Chu Ding.
He is the master of the new force of the Vermilion Bird Academy, Lu Yifan, who has long been famous in the Holy Soul Academy.
Before dawn today, Lu Jun and Luo Xiu took a large group of mortal disciples to enter the viewing platform on the south side in advance, encircled a large area in the middle of the viewing platform on the south side, and even followed the example of Hanmen Chumen, and placed a wide chair in the middle of the open space. For this reason, some of the disciples of Yumen also made a special trip to find trouble, but they were finally dispersed by Lu Jun and others, because the academy competition was imminent, so although these Yumen disciples were not convinced, they did not dare to make too much trouble.
Today's Suzaku Temple viewing platform is different from the other three factions, and the layout is very interesting. The central location of the viewing platform of the other three major factions is undoubtedly the territory of Hanmen, Chumen and Qingmen, and at this moment, the middle area of the Vermilion Bird Courtyard is actually divided into three areas on the left and right, the left is the territory of the Tang Gate headed by Tang Ruoxi, the right side is the territory of the Yumen headed by Qin Qingyu, and the middle is the territory of the Fan Gate with Lu Yifan as the core.
This kind of scene layout also made many people sigh, and some people with good deeds began to talk about it, speculating through the layout of these three forces which force is the real lord of Suzaku Temple.
And one thing that is quite surprising is that most of the students have gathered here at this moment, Han Cheng, Chu Ding, Cheng Yi, Qin Qingyu and even Tang Ruoxi have all sat in their positions, but Lu Yifan's chair is empty at the moment, and there is no trace of Lu Yifan.
Chu Ding sat in the middle of the viewing platform on the north side, staring at the situation on the Vermilion Bird Platform opposite, and said with a smile: "This year's Vermilion Bird Courtyard is really interesting, it used to be two tigers fighting, but now it has become three tigers!"
Li Duan, the second master of Chumen, who was standing on the side, glanced at the empty chair opposite, and said softly: "Fanmen has only been established for a month, but now it has occupied the core position of the Vermilion Bird Academy, and Lu Yifan has not shown up yet, this kid is too rampant, right?"
"Since the first day of the Lunar New Year, Xie Yun defeated the three heroes of Yumen in the Tang Sect, and the appearance of Fanmen means arrogance and arrogance. Chu Ding sneered, "And this month, all of us have been cultivating behind closed doors, only Lu Yifan's Fan Sect is expanding wildly, what do you say he is not rampant? Lu Yifan is so forbearing, I don't quite understand whether it is because he is too young, or because he is in a hurry to achieve some ulterior purpose?"
"I heard that Han Cheng once made a big fuss on the fifteenth night of the first lunar month, and the relationship between Lu Yifan and Han Cheng ended, and now the two of them don't even say hello when they meet. Qingmen and Lu Yifan already have a feud, not to mention Yumen, in my opinion, today's Fanmen is destined to become the target of everyone, and Lu Yifan will naturally become the primary target of many masters in the academy!" Li Du analyzed softly.
"Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, since Lu Yifan's choice is so arrogant and unrestrained, then he should be ready to withstand this storm!" Chu Ding sneered and said, "Maybe we can watch a great show today and see how the young and ambitious frivolous sect master fell from the clouds to the ground......!"
Just when Chu Ding and Li Duan were talking to each other, the central school field, which was already very lively, suddenly set off a flurry* , A wave of shouts and noises from the viewing platform of the Southern Vermilion Bird Academy instantly attracted the attention of everyone in the audience, and when tens of thousands of students turned their eyes to the source of the bursts of cheers, trying to find something abnormal, I saw that on the viewing platform of the Vermilion Bird Academy, Lu Yifan, who was wearing a red Vermilion Bird Courtyard robe, walked towards Liu Sandao, Xie Yun, Ji Yuan, and Lu Wencai under the opening of a group of mortal disciples.
Obviously, when the competition was about to start, Lu Yifan finally appeared.
At the same time, Qin Qingyu, who was sitting on the side, couldn't wait to shoot a sharp sword to pierce Lu Yifan's heart with ten thousand arrows in his eyes at this moment, and he was not only resentful, but also inevitably had a trace of jealousy. You know, when he just appeared, the scene was far less eager.
"Is he the legendary Lu Yifan, who looks so young?"
"He is the Lord of the Mortal Gate, and this is the first time I have seen him......"
"That's right, that's right, he's Lu Yifan! I've seen him before I entered the academy, he was the champion of the Heavenly Grace Competition, and I also went to the Holy Soul Martial Arts Arena to watch the battle where he finally won the championship?"
For a while, there were voices of discussion in the crowd from all directions, and many of them who had only entered the academy this year had a very high admiration for Lu Yifan, after all, compared to Han Cheng and Chu Ding, Lu Yifan was more representative of their newcomers, who were already very weak.
"Do you know? Lu Yifan and Han Ling'er, the great beauty of the Qinglong Academy, have long been a couple, I don't think you nine are delusional!"
"I didn't think about Lu Yifan, I like that Xie Yun more, he looks so imposing, he must be very secure as a woman!"
"I think Kihara is more manly, haha......"
"You're doing nymphomaniac again......"
Of course, there must be some discussion and laughter from the girls who are just beginning to fall in love in the crowd. For a while, Fanmen became the focus of everyone's discussion, and some people even simply compared Lu Yifan with Han Cheng, Chu Ding, and Qin Qingyu, men were more inclined to guess whose cultivation was stronger, while women were more inclined to discuss who was more suitable for themselves.
Although these discussions are ultimately jokes and conversations, it is not difficult to see that the concerns of men and women are always so different.
"Yifan, you are now a popular figure in the academy!" Lu Wencai looked around excitedly, and said even more chatteringly, "In other words, our brothers have now become influential figures in the academy! I didn't even dare to think about this kind of thing a month ago! This feeling is so wonderful, it's simply wonderful, and now when I go out and say that I am a mortal, I feel that the whole person seems to be a little taller! Haha......
"Wencai, you're talking nonsense again!" Ji Yuan teased, "I heard that during this time, you have been teasing the girls in the academy a lot, and you have praised yourself like a flower in front of others, as if you will collapse without the mortal gate!"
Regarding Ji Yuan's ridicule, Lu Wencai couldn't help but pout, and then said unconvinced: "No way, originally I only had Tang Ruoxi's master in my heart, but since the last time Han Cheng came to Fanmen to make a big fuss, I feel more and more red-faced, the more beautiful a woman is, the more dangerous it is, I am not a fan, if Han Cheng really finds me one day, I will definitely die." So for the sake of my little life, I still have to stay away from those beautiful women......"
"Wencai, don't talk nonsense!" Without waiting for Lu Wencai's words to finish, Xie Yun on Ji Yuan's side hurriedly reminded him, and glanced at Lu Wencai as he spoke, signaling him to pay attention to Lu Yifan in front of him when he spoke, after all, the relationship between Tang Ruoxi and Lu Yifan is definitely an extremely sensitive topic now.
Lu Yifan had long been accustomed to Lu Wencai's open-mouthedness, so instead of minding, he didn't forget to joke at Lu Wencai: "Wencai, I don't see any progress in your cultivation, but your brain is getting better and better!"
"Really?" Lu Wencai's eyes rolled, and then he walked to Lu Yifan's side excitedly and stopped him, and then said excitedly, "I feel the same too, Yifan, do you know? I really found that I am not the material for martial arts training, and my talent may be in other aspects, such as studying some magical powers that we don't understand yet!"
"Magical powers, for example?" Liu Sandao said with a smile.
"For example, why don't you have any soul power at all, and you are still so tall, so strong, so powerful!" Lu Wencai raised his head and looked at Liu Sandao, with an unconvinced expression, which made Liu Sandao laugh for a while.
"I'm serious!" Lu Wencai defended matter-of-factly. This move not only did not gain the trust of others, but also made Lu Yifan, Ji Yuan and Xie Yun laugh along.
"You ...... What are you laughing at?" Lu Wencai looked at Lu Yifan and the others who were laughing incessantly, and his face turned red, he stretched out his hands to block Lu Yifan's way, completely ignoring the surprised eyes of the students around him, and he was willing to let Lu Yifan apologize to him before he was willing to get out of the way, there is such a person who dares to reach out and intercept Lu Yifan so blatantly, among these students in the Vermilion Bird Academy, I am afraid that he is the only one Lu Wencai, "Don't laugh, one day I will prove to you that it is not only good cultivation in the world that can achieve something!" Now you guys apologize to me......"
"You are Lu Yifan?"
Just when Lu Yifan and the others were teasing and teasing each other, a lifeless hoarse voice suddenly sounded from behind Lu Wencai, and as soon as this voice came out, the banter on Lu Yifan's faces gradually solidified, and Lu Wencai was directly startled, and he hid behind Lu Yifan and the others.
At the moment when Lu Wencai moved his body away, he saw a tall and thin figure like a ghost emerge, this person was wearing a very old Vermilion Bird robe, and there were even more than ten patches on the robe, and even the color of the robe was no longer so bright, not like purple and red, but more like the dead gray like rotten wood. His overly thin body made his already somewhat wide robe look even more baggy, his long black hair hung down to his shoulders, and the black hair covered half of his face, and the shallow eyebrows, deep sunken eye sockets and slightly bulging cheekbones, as well as his pale face and thin lips, gave people a ghostly horror no matter how you look at it.
"Who are you?" Lu Yifan didn't remember that he knew such a person, and he hadn't even seen this person in the academy.
"You're strong!" the man's voice was still lifeless, just like his appearance, "I want to fight you!"
And just when Lu Yifan was suddenly stopped, the surrounding students also cast surprised and puzzled eyes, and of course, some people cast gloating eyes.
Even Tang Ruoxi on the side, after seeing this person, she was originally indifferent to everything, and a faint look of anxiety suddenly appeared on her expressionless face.
"Report your name first!" Ji Yuan said coldly.
"Wait a minute, I'll be your opponent!" The man ignored Ji Yuan's words, still staring directly at Lu Yifan, "I hope you can go all out to fight me, because I will never show mercy to your subordinates!
After that, the man didn't pay attention to Lu Yifan and the others, turned around and walked towards the crowd, and disappeared into the overcrowded viewing platform in the blink of an eye, leaving only Lu Yifan and the others with a blank face.
Lu Yifan shook his head helplessly, and then walked quickly to his chair and sat down, but just as he sat down, a note from the Tang Gate was suddenly stuffed into his hand.
"Martial idiot Jiang Yi, once on the same level as the madman Mu Ming, broke into the top ten of the Holy Soul List last year, ranking ninth, an extremely difficult opponent!"
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