Chapter 35: The Penultimate One
When the next morning came, the students who were immersed in the pleasure of rapid cultivation opened their eyes in disappointment - because with the arrival of early morning, the large pit that continuously provided the fire element power began to fall silent, just like an ordinary earth pit, there was no fire element force for them to absorb.
When they opened their eyes, they heard the voices of the people on the twilight mountain.
"Now, you can come out and meet your seniors, and listen to me about the next rules of the Middle Court!"
After hearing the words of the Master of the Twilight Mountain, the new students of the Intermediate Academy no longer dared to slack off-not only did they respect the identity of the Master of the Twilight Mountain and the strength of the Nine Grades, but also because such a good place for rapid growth and cultivation seemed to be in the hands of this short and thin person with a loud voice.
There are no countless mentors in the middle court, and there are no powerful elders, one qiΔ...... It seems that this person on the twilight mountain is taking care of it alone, and of course he can't afford to offend such a person.
When the students jumped out of the pit one after another, they saw that the students who were pressed were already standing in the middle courtyard, and Fang Rui saw Tian Xingjian standing in the crowd with a solemn face, not at all like the fat man with the usual hippie smile.
Just as Fang Rui was thinking like this, he suddenly saw Tian Xingjian squeezing his eyes at him, and then straightened his face again, Fang Rui almost laughed, biting his lip and suppressing the smile stiffly.
This is also one of the reasons why Fang Rui likes the Flying Immortal Continent, this place is not at all like those immortal cultivation novels and immortals in myths and legends that he read when he was on Earth, there is no human taste at all, although almost all the people around him are monks, but they also have infinite human flavor, whether it is the rough Listening to the Rain Master, the feminine Evil Moon Master, or other ordinary students he knows, they are not so much monks as people with special powers.
It's a good world like this.
"Today is the beginning of another month. β
The man on the twilight mountain hung in the air, and shouted at the more than 3,000 students below: "From today onwards, all the people's points will be cleared, and only the basic score will be left, and in the remaining twenty-eight days, that is, when you go to fight for points, you all know the rules." There are still things that new students don't understand, so old students can wait first. β
The old students didn't say anything, but began to talk to the familiar students, and the new students continued to look up at the people in the sky.
"I think you all know that the reason why Jixia Academy is rich in spiritual energy, far beyond other places, is because Jixia Academy is located on a blessed land, the entire continent, ten major cave heavens, thirty-six small cave heavens, seventy-two blessed lands, the Flying Immortal Continent is vast and boundless, but only these one hundred and eighteen places can really help the monks the most. β
The students nodded one after another, they were very clear about this, you must know that in the entire Eastern Qi Kingdom, there are only two well-known blessed lands, one is where the palace of the king of Eastern Qi is located, and the other is in Jixia Academy - this is enough to prove the status of Jixia Academy, after all, even the major families do not have their own blessed land.
"You may not know the name of the blessed land where Jixia Academy is located, but I want to tell you now, this blessed land is called Jiaoyuan Blessed Land!"
"Jiao, after the fire is burned, it is called Jiao, the source, it is the source, the Jiaoyuan blessed land, it is the blessed land that is biased towards the fire attribute in the seventy-two blessed lands, and this Jiaoyuan Tower is the essence of the entire blessed land!"
Speaking of this, the corners of the man's mouth twitched, and a smile appeared: "Now you know why there is no one else in the middle court except for the students, just me." β
The essence of the whole blessed land...... Of course, there is no need for other people, even if you just sit on the periphery of Jiaoyuan Tower, you can see the rapid growth of strength, where do you need a mentor to teach?
And from the point of view of the protected Cheng dΓΉ, in addition to the students, the fewer people, the safer it is, only one person on the peak of the ninth rank of the twilight mountain is there, and the other students only have two days a month in the middle courtyard, even if those two days, they only do two things, martial arts competition and cultivation, in this case, as long as there is any change in other people, the twilight mountain master can make a move.
"What is the essence? The entire Jiaoyuan Pagoda has eighty percent of the essence of the Jiaoyuan Blessed Land! This pagoda was created many years ago, by the founder of the academy, with the great mana beyond the nine grades, and there is a characteristic, the higher the place, the better the cultivation effect!"
"The tower is a hundred feet high, the highest place, only allows one person to cultivate, and the lower layer allows three people to cultivate, and the positions of these three cultivation are also good and bad. β
"Layer by layer, the closer you get to the ground, the slower the cultivation speed will be, the cultivation speed of the lower layer is only about 10% of the highest layer, and in the big pit outside the tower closest to the outside, the cultivation speed is only less than half of the highest layer!"
"In the tower, there are a thousand positions! Only those who rank in the top 1,000 points are eligible to enter the tower to cultivate! while the others can only cultivate outside the tower, if you want to get a faster cultivation speed, then you have to desperately get points!"
"Whether it is to eliminate lawbreakers in various parts of the Eastern Qi Kingdom, or to go to various places to kill demon beasts, and obtain useful materials on them, you can redeem huΓ n points in the middle court, the first twenty-eight days of each month, are for you to do so, you can act individually, or collectively, of course, if you act collectively, the total points you get will be divided equally according to the head, which is very fair. β
"Everyone, will have their own initial points, the first grade monk initial points is one hundred points, the second grade two hundred points, and so on, at the beginning of each month, everyone only has the initial points, and then according to the points you earn to rank, you know, the points you can earn every month are very rich, even if it is a first-grade monk, it is possible to surpass the points of the third-grade monk. β
Speaking of this, Fang Rui found that the fat man Tian Xingjian's face showed a wry smile, remembering what he saw yesterday, the fat man's points were only more than two hundred and sixty points, he was a second-grade monk, and his original initial points were two hundred points, but he only got more than sixty points in a month, it seems that this kind of points is not too easy to do.
What Fang Rui didn't know was that in fact, the fat man usually got a lot of points, but in the past month, because of helping Tian Rufeng resist the enemy, Jin Dan and the natal magic weapon were broken, although he got a lot of benefits, but he delayed earning points, plus he was not good at fighting, every time he was challenged by low-grade students, and he lost a lot of points.
A student like him who has a good grade, but his combat effectiveness is not very strong, is the most disadvantaged in the Intermediate Academy, even if he obtains enough points, he may be robbed of points by other students who are a little worse but have much stronger combat effectiveness, even if there is a limit of three times, there are a lot of points that have been robbed.
"Now you understand, right? The way to survive in the middle courtyard is very simple -- twenty-eight days of work, one day of martial arts, one day of cultivation! It's not that I only let you cultivate for one day, but Jiaoyuan Pagoda also has its own limitations! That day's unlimited supply is precisely because of your usual savings, that day's cultivation, you can catch up with your usual cultivation year! Work hard, the closer you get to the top of the tower, the more benefits you get!"
The Master of Twilight Mountain finished his speech, and at this time, the Void Mirror above his head began to burst into a burst of white light, and the names and their initial points began to be revealed.
The number one ranked is a fourth-rank monk - because his initial points are four hundred points! The fourth-rank monk is enough to enter the inner courtyard, which is enough to prove that this is a monk who has crossed the level and advanced to the middle court, and after only two years in the middle courtyard, he broke through to the fourth grade, such a speed, even compared with Tian Rufeng and Ji Qingfeng, who are famous for their geniuses, it is not inferior at all!
"That's the young master of the Hong family...... Hongfeng is also Hongling's brother-in-law, but he is several years older than Hongling, in fact, he only entered the Intermediate Court the year before last, and he broke through from the first grade to the fourth grade in two years, which is amazing. β
Ji Qingfeng whispered to Fang Rui, she should also know something, Fang Rui nodded, knowing in his heart.
In a place like the Middle Court, the strongest students are from the Hong family...... Fang Rui's heart sprinkled, it seems that the past three years have also been lively.
One by one, the names appeared on the Void Mirror, the middle courtyard was indeed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in addition to a red maple standing out from the crowd, there were dozens of third-grade monks, and the number of second-grade monks had skyrocketed to nearly two thousand, it seemed that this kind of strength was the most popular in the middle courtyard.
But think about it, the current old students have been in the middle court for at least a year, if they haven't reached the strength of the second grade, then most likely they will be eliminated from the middle court after three years.
The students of Yipin are more than 1,000 people, except for the more than 1,000 new students who are newly admitted and are all of Yipin's strength, the other old students are only Yipin's strength, and they don't seem to have any future......
The initial points are the same, and the ranking is based on the points obtained in the previous period, while the new students are ranked at will, and no one cares about this, after all, as long as they are all first-grade monks, they are all tied for the penultimate ......
However, when they saw the last name, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they didn't know who was taking the lead, and let out a loud laugh.
The 3,554th place - Fang Rui, initial points: zero!
Fang Rui was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that he didn't have the strength of a single product, no wonder the initial score was a zero......
You must know that in the past hundreds of years, although every year there has been a place to enter the middle court as a student with no grade strength, who won the championship in the big competition, but the champions are often members of the big family, and they naturally know that the middle court is a place where strength is supreme, so in the month before entering the school, no matter what method is used, it will also allow him to break through the congenital period, so for hundreds of years, those who enter the middle court have never been unable to get the initial points......
The Void Mirror is just a kind of mana condensation item, which runs according to the rules injected before, just like a computer, it will not make mistakes, but it does not have the ability to think for itself, it is only ranked according to strength and points, and at this time, Fang Rui did not reach the strength of a product, so it naturally gave a zero score......
The middle court is at the bottom!
Fang Rui's expression was as usual, all kinds of ridicule, he had seen a lot in the past three years, such laughter was just pediatrics.
However, a young man in the crowd with his eyebrows flying obliquely into his temples, his hands behind his back, looked up at Fang Rui's name, and there was a gleam in his eyes.
This young man, not a single student around him dared to stand by his side, and the coercion of the Great Dao Period was beyond the Great Dao Period, which caused a lot of pressure on all the students who stepped into his side.
This person's name is Hongfeng - Hongling's brother-in-law, and he has soared from the first product to the fourth grade in two years!