Lin Haotian shrugged helplessly and said, "Yes, but now that nearly a hundred academies and colleges are to be built in Jindi, the treasury can no longer support the establishment of a new legion, not to mention, there is no suitable candidate for the legion commander." ”

"The lower officials thought that there was no silver in the treasury, so merchants could make more donations. As for the Legion Commander, why don't you go to the Capital Underworld Academy to choose? Now that it is close to the annual promotion test of the Capital Underworld Academy, if you have time, you can take a look for yourself, and you may find some talents that can be created from it. Chu Lianyu said.

"What is that?" Lin Haotian asked suspiciously.

What is the specific promotion test, Xia Guan is not very clear, adults can ask Zhang Xiu Zhang to understand, Xia Guan only knows that the Martial Arts Academy will hold a promotion test every year with great fanfare, and the students are also very lively, and it is said that it also attracts many adults and generals to watch. ”

"I've never heard of that, but I'll go when I have the chance. Lin Haotian nodded with a smile.

Chu Lianyu bowed his hand and gave another salute, and then said, "My lord, the lower official will retire!"

"Go ahead!"

The next day, Lin Haotian really called Zhang Xiu, the dean of the Underworld Martial Academy, and carefully asked him what was going on with the promotion test of the Underworld Academy.

It turned out that all the senior students of the Ducheng Martial Arts Academy should be divided into ten levels: A, B, C, D, E, G, G, XIN, NON, and DE, with Grade A being the highest and Dec being the lowest.

The higher the level, the better the environment and conditions for studying, and vice versa, and the treatment received by students of different levels after graduation is also very different.

Most of the students who are in the A and B grades will be assigned to special departments such as the Metropolitan Guard Battalion, the Lieutenant's Mansion, and the Guard Battalion. Even if it is assigned to the army, it must be the Central Army, and the rank will not be lower than that of a thousand-commander.

On the other hand, students at the level of non and decay. The treatment is much more miserable, nine times out of ten they will be sent back to their hometowns and serve in the local army, not to mention that they will not be able to enter the privileged departments, and even those who enter the central army are rare.

There are two types of upgrade tests, one is individual and the other is group. Whether it is a single person or a group, in short, the low-level students challenge the high-level students, and the winner advances. The loser withdraws, and the winner replaces the loser's rank.

Because the level of students is directly related to their future destiny, the competition is extremely fierce, and because of this. The annual upgrade test of the Capital Martial Arts Academy attracts thousands of people to watch. Including the powerful ministers in the imperial court.

After listening to Zhang Xiu's detailed explanation, Lin Haotian was also interested, and he asked with a smile: "Did you think of this grading method?"

"Yes, my lord! Lao Chen thought that the Underworld Martial Arts Academy was not only to cultivate outstanding underworld warriors, but also to temper their mentality and will, the more brutal the competition, the better it could cultivate the best talents. Zhang Xiu said cautiously.

"Well said!" Lin Haotian stroked his palms and laughed. Nodding his head again and again, he couldn't see it. Zhang Xiu, an old man, still has some talent and foresight.

"Survival of the fittest, it is precisely this truth, this is true in the army, and it should be the same in the Martial Arts Academy. After a pause, he asked again, "When is this year's upgrade test?"

"On the thirtieth of this month. Zhang Xiu replied.

"Well, Ben Shuai also wants to take a look!" Lin Haotian muttered thoughtfully.

Zhang Xiu was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "There are adults who come to observe, it will undoubtedly be inspiring, and the students will definitely show their strongest strength." ”

Lin Haotian smiled slightly, waved his hand and said, "It's better not to let people know, Ben Shuai wants to go and see quietly." As he spoke, he stood up, walked up to Zhang Xiu, and said with a smile: "So, I have to ask Mr. Zhang for a lot of help!"

Zhang Xiu didn't understand what Lin Haotian meant, and said suspiciously: "The adult wants to ......"

"Isn't it more interesting to be a newcomer who has just risen to a higher level, blend in with the students of the Grade Decay, and experience it for yourself?" said Lin Haotian with a smile.

After hearing this, Zhang Xiu was stunned for a while before coming back to his senses, and stammered: "This ...... This...... Isn't it too dangerous. He wanted to say that it was too nonsense, but he didn't dare to say it.

Lin Haotian said with a smile: "What's so dangerous about this? It won't be even a decanter-level student who will be challenged, right?"

"That'...... That's not going to happen, it's just ......"

"It's nothing, just go and take a look, be a bystander, and won't participate in the competition between students. Lin Haotian said nonchalantly.

"Uh......" Lin Haotian said this, and Zhang Xiu had nothing to say, so he had to bow down and say, "Yes, my lord, the old minister will arrange it." ”

"Don't let anyone else know about this, including the gentlemen in the Academy. ”

"Yes!

During this time, Lin Haotian did not have much government affairs at hand, and now that Zhang Hui was in charge of the Participation Hall, many of the pieces could be handled directly by the Participation Hall with confidence, so he had so much free time to experience the promotion examination of the Capital Martial Arts Academy.

The area of the Yingwu Academy, the capital city that was relocated to Jiankang, was much larger than when it was in Wancheng, but it was no longer in the city, but was located in the suburbs outside the city, covering a wide area, not inferior to the royal palace of the Jin Kingdom. The palaces and pavilions inside are layered on top of each other, and students are constantly coming and going.

Lin Haotian didn't bring any entourage, and came in civilian clothes.

In order not to arouse the suspicion of others, Zhang Xiu did not come forward, but only arranged for a steward of the academy to lead Lin Haotian to the location of the Gui level students.

Along the way, Lin Haotian looked left and right as he walked, when he first entered the Martial Arts Academy, the large and small buildings were called a magnificence, although they were not as brilliant as the palace, but they were also solemn and magnificent, but the more they went to the depths of the academy, the more depressed the building became.

The pavilions built of the top stone and wood gradually turned into bungalows made of low stone and wood, and when he continued to walk, the buildings he saw were not even stone, only the mix of mud and wood remained, and then he went inside, the houses had become adobe houses, and when he walked again, Lin Haotian even saw thatched houses.

Although he had already heard that the difference in the grades of senior students would make a huge difference in the conditions for their study, Lin Haotian did not expect that there would be such a big gap, sitting in a spacious and comfortable pavilion to study and cultivate and studying and cultivating in a small, stuffy thatched hut are completely two different mentalities and concepts!

Finally came to the location of the Dec level students, Lin Haotian was completely dumbfounded. There wasn't even a house here, just a large open space with a few pillars buried in the clearing. With a broken grass hut on top and a broken table and a collapsed seat below, more than 100 students were listening to his lecture.

Lin Haotian was stunned for a while before coming back to his senses, if he was really a de-level student, I am afraid that he would also study and cultivate desperately, and strive to leave this kind of ghost place as soon as possible!

Seeing a college steward leading Lin Haotian over, the husband who was receiving a job stopped lecturing. He walked over with a questioning face and asked, "Mr. Gao, what's going on?"

"Ahh This is a new student, and the dean asked me to bring it here. The steward said.

"So that's the case, strange, why did it rise at this time. The gentleman looked at Lin Haotian. "What's your name?"

"Lin Asan. ”

"What realm is cultivated?"

"At the beginning of the underworld. ”

"Well, find a place to sit by yourself!" "The Primordial Realm is the most basic condition for becoming a senior student. What's more, the dean asked someone to bring it over, and the gentleman didn't use insight to identify it, so he said casually, walked back to his place, and continued to lecture.

Lin Haotian found the idle empty table in the back position, and then sat down cross-legged.

He looked at the students in front of him, there were more men than women, and the ratio was almost two to one. To his surprise, many of the students exuded a strong sense of pressure. Cultivation is to surpass the primordial realm.

You must know that the Dec level is the lowest level among the senior students, and the students of the Dec level have such cultivation, and the strength of the Grade A students can be imagined.

Lin Haotian nodded secretly, the students of the Ducheng Martial Arts Academy really can't be underestimated, among them, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, he should also make more use of it in the future!

At this time, Mr. taught about the knowledge of breaking through the advanced underworld realm and the skills in it, which were completely useless to Lin Haotian, and his cultivation growth was explosive, which was essentially different from the step-by-step cultivation of ordinary underworld martial artists.

After Mr. finished teaching, he didn't stay for a moment and strode away, and then, the students present gathered around Lin Haotian and looked at him in surprise.

The promotion from intermediate students to senior students is through the assessment at a fixed time every year, and now more than half a year has passed since the time of the assessment, and they are promoted halfway, which has never had a precedent before.

"Lin Asan, you used to be an intermediate student, right? How did you get promoted?" asked a student puzzled.

Lin Haotian had already thought of the wording, and said lightly: "Dean Zhang's family and my family are world friends, so this time I made an exception. ”

"I see!" the student asked curiously, "Where is your home?"

"Anlin County!" Lin Haotian replied without thinking.

"Oh, haha, it's also an old golden man!" the student said happily.

The Jin State has annexed the two countries of Mu and Chi, and there are also a large number of Youdi immigrants in the country, although they are now collectively called the Jin people, but the people of the Jin land will call themselves the old Jin people, and be proud of it.

"This time, most of our students are old gold, so we should help each other more. The student said, then turned back and asked, "Zhang San, you said yes, right?"

The student who was called Zhang San just shrugged his shoulders and said quietly: "It's about to be upgraded, and I'm afraid it will be difficult for everyone to get together in the future." ”

Hearing him say this, the expressions of the students present were a little lonely.

A female student reluctantly said: "Everyone has been together for almost a year, and I am really reluctant to part with each other suddenly." ”

"Yes!" Immediately, another student stepped forward and answered: "I think that after this promotion test, many people will no longer stay in the Dec level. ”

When it came to the upgrade test, the atmosphere on the field suddenly became dull and filled with a depressing atmosphere.

Zhang San glanced around at everyone around and said, "Actually, there is also a way to get everyone together!"

"What can you do? Do you want us to collectively give up this opportunity to take the promotion test?" a student waved his hand and said, "Don't laugh, among us, you have the highest cultivation, with your strength, you will definitely be able to advance to the first grade, and you will stay in the first grade with us?"

Zhang San smiled leisurely and said: "In the current capital city of the Underworld Martial Academy, there are not many of us old gold, since everyone has gathered together, it is reasonable to advance and retreat together and unite as one." ”

His words immediately resonated with many students, and everyone nodded their heads. At the same time, they were staring at him with wide eyes.

"Liu Zhang, don't you really want to give up the opportunity to upgrade the test?"

"Give up, give up, anyway, there are more opportunities in the future!"

The students babbled.

"The same cannot be said. Zhang Sanzheng said: "Even if we can stay in the academy, there will be two or three years. There are only two or three opportunities to upgrade the test, and each opportunity is very precious and must not be wasted. ”

"What the hell do you mean......

"I mean, we old gold people want to unite and advance and retreat together, so all students should give up the opportunity to challenge alone. We will participate in the group challenge this time, either we don't do it, or we have to do it to make a splash. The challenge is the strongest!"

Hearing this, the students inhaled one after another and said in surprise: "Liu Zhang, do you want us to challenge Class A together?"

"That's right. Grade A is very strong. But there are fewer of them, there are more of us, and this is our chance. ”

Zhang San said with a smile: "As long as the challenge is successful, we can all be promoted to the first rank, even if we leave the Underworld Martial Academy in the future, we may be separated together." ”

Many of the students present listened with enthusiasm and their eyes lit up.

The student who first accosted Lin Haotian was the first to stand up and agree: "I think Zhang San is right, let's go directly to fuck the mother's Class A." Win, let's get out of this hellish place together. If you lose, it's a big deal to come back next year!"

"Okay, I think I should do it too!" Soon, several more students responded.

However, most of the students remained silent.

Some of these students, some of whom are not old gold, and others are profound in cultivation and strong in martial arts, and if they challenge according to their individual strength, it is no problem to rise to the C and D levels, but it is too risky for them to give up their individual challenges and participate in group challenges together.

Zhang San stared at the students who didn't speak or respond, his eyes narrowed, and he said softly with a smile: "If you refuse to advance and retreat with us now, then he is a traitor among our old gold, and after graduation, even if he can get a high position, our old golden, will do everything possible to squeeze him out, and his career will be dark!"

These words shocked the bodies of those old Jin students who were not weak, and some of them shouted dissatisfiedly: "Liu Zhang, who do you think you are? Why do you want all of us to listen to you all the time?"

"Just because you don't have the strength to rise to the first rank, but I have the confidence to take you to the first rank with me!" Zhang San's eyes shot out.

"Hmph, why should we believe you......" said him, but their momentum had weakened considerably.

At this time, those students who were not old gold people raised their hands and said, "We are not old gold people, so ...... So don't we have to participate in the group challenge?"

"No, I said that our students are a whole, and we can't quit whether we are old gold people or not. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang San stretched out his fingers, and as the dark qi dissipated, a piece of armor more than half a foot long was condensed in front of his fingertips, and he swiped down slightly, and when he heard the sound of sand, the corner of the table in front of him was forcibly cut off.

He smiled on his face, but there was a gloomy cold light in his eyes, and said: "If anyone dares to do a solo challenge this time and fails, it will be his luck and success, then he will have to be careful next year, because I will directly challenge him, and when he arrives at the competition field, his fists and feet have no eyes, whether he will break his arms, legs, or even lose his life, I don't know!"

His words were a naked threat, and the faces of the students also changed, especially those who did not respond, and cold sweat flowed out.

Just as the students were intimidated by the murderous aura exuded by Zhang San, Lin Haotian, who had been silent, suddenly raised one hand and said loudly: "I agree, participate in the group challenge!"

Zhang San turned his head and looked at Lin Haotian, who met his gaze, the corners of his mouth were raised, revealing two rows of white teeth, and asked with a smile: "However, can I know the name of this brother first, are you called Zhang San or Liu Zhang?"

Hearing this, Zhang Sanlao's face turned red, and the students present couldn't help but laugh, and the atmosphere immediately became a lot more relaxed.

The student who first talked to Lin Haotian patted him on the shoulder very familiarly, and asked with a smile: "How to read the characters apart?"

"Uh, take it apart and read it as ...... Chapter III. ”

"That's right, so Liu Zhang's nickname is Zhang San!" he said with a smile: "My name is Li Si, this is not a nickname, the big name is called Li Si!" He didn't forget to add.

"Haha-" The surrounding students burst into laughter.

Liu Zhang pulled down three black lines on his forehead, patted the back of his head angrily, calmed his face, and said angrily: "Don't always give me nicknames, you guy, my image has been ruined by you." ”

Seeing this, Lin Haotian was also happy, no matter how domineering, imposing and powerful this Liu Zhang was, he was still a young man in his early twenties after all.

Taking a deep breath, Liu Zhang looked at the people on the left and right again and asked, "Now, are you supporting me or opposing me?"

The students retracted their smiles and looked at each other, but no one spoke.

Liu Zhang nodded and said, "Since you don't speak, then I'll take it as everyone's acquiescence." Keep in mind your current statement, and if you regret it in the future, don't blame me for being unkind to him!"

Li Si hurriedly answered: "Zhang San, just say it, what should we do now, we will listen to you!"

Liu Zhanghan nodded with a smile, with calmness and confidence on his face, and said: "Know yourself and know your opponent, and win all battles." We're going to do two things now!" As he spoke, he turned his head and said, "Roland!"

"Huh?" a female student replied with a confused look on her face, looking at him in bewilderment.

"You go to find out the situation of the students in Class A, the more detailed the information, the better, not only to know the name, cultivation, strength, attributes, and characteristics of each of them, but also to try to find out their personalities. "He unequivocally commanded.

"Why am I going?" the pretty girl named Roland drooped her head, her tone revealing dissatisfaction.

"Because you are the best at attracting bees and butterflies, and you know most of the first-class students, it is up to you to investigate, and it will not arouse the suspicion of the other party. ”

Liu Zhang rubbed his chin, looked at the other female students, and said, "You can also bring a few more companions and pull the first-class students into the city to drink! At the wine table, it is easier to find out the news......

"Hey, Liu Zhang, who are you and us, can't you be a Qinglou woman?" Roland's face turned red and he exclaimed angrily.

"Then do you want to win?" Liu Zhanghan asked with a smile.

In a word, Roland was speechless, and then, Liu Zhang said: "Bear Valley!"

"What do you want me to do? Won't you also go to the bar?" said a student with a big waist and a round waist.

"If you want to accompany the wine, someone must be willing to drink with you!" Liu Zhang muttered and said: "You take a few brothers with good physical strength to explore the arena of the group upgrade test, and draw a detailed map for me, it is best to make the sand table, the more detailed the better, don't be too troublesome!"

After saying that, he smiled and clasped his hands together and added, "Thank you." (To be continued......)