"Less than a hundred." Dai Keyheng replied lightly.

"It's sixty-seven." Ma Xiaotao clenched her fists, and a trace of pain flashed in her eyes.

As a disciple of the dean of the martial soul department, her sensitivity to the replacement of disciples in the inner court is much higher than that of Dai Keyheng.

Sixty-seven?!

Huo Yunche and the eight of them were all taken aback.

Although they had already been exposed by Xuan Lao on the night of the selection of the reserve team, the mortality rate in the inner courtyard was extremely high, but

In the accumulation of these thousands of years,

And in the default rule that today's high-level soul masters can survive for one or two hundred years,

Every year, there are students who pass the assessment to join the inner courtyard, but there are only sixty-seven students left?

And how can this not shock them?!

"Are the seniors all gone?" Jiang Nannan asked a little unbearably.

Leave, not graduate.

The hearts of the eight people in the reserve team sank suddenly, although they had already learned about the extremely high mortality rate in the inner courtyard from Xuan Lao's mouth, but when they faced it, they were still dumbfounded.

Xuan Lao shook his head, nodded again, and said, "You're right, you did leave." ”

He paused, muttering as if into a memory:

"Except for a few disciples of the academy who successfully graduated from the inner courtyard and left to become the 'big shots' of the town guard, the vast majority of the inner courtyard disciples left before they had time to graduate. Left this world for which they fought and guarded. ”

"In fact, there are not a few disciples of the Outer Court who have successfully obtained the qualification for the promotion of the Inner Court. However, seventy percent of the students will, after careful consideration, refuse the invitation of the inner courtyard and choose to graduate directly from the outer courtyard and leave. ”

"Because the inner courtyard, as I once told you, is not a paradise for soul masters, but a life-killing lock that enters hell with one foot."

"The inner courtyard of Shrek Academy, after 10,000 years of precipitation, the most attractive thing inside is nothing more than the word inheritance. But whether it is a rich collection of books, or unreserved teaching, or anything else, what cannot be erased is the heavy and endless responsibility that they are about to shoulder. ”

"Or rather, for the ideals of the college."

"Or rather, for the peace of the mainland."

"Those students who decided to give up the opportunity to study in the inner courtyard after careful consideration just thought that they could not bear this responsibility and left after swearing confidentiality."

"And those children who entered the inner courtyard but did not really graduate, died permanently in the battle that they knew was full of dangers, but they did not hesitate to devote themselves to the battle."

Speaking of this, Xuan Lao's voice was obviously a little more pathetic, and the Shrek Seven Monsters, who knew the inside story, couldn't help but redden.

Who of them has never faced the loss of their companions? The feeling of powerlessness that can only watch the life of a partner die is really terrible.

However, no one regretted their choice.

"The Academy respects any choice made by all students."

"But what I want to say is that all the students who choose to enter the inner courtyard for further study are heroes."

"Not only the heroes of the academy, but also the heroes of the Douluo Continent."

Heroes?

Huo Yunche lowered his eyelids and wiped away the restlessness in his eyes.

Unlike Huo Yuhao, who was still shocking, Huo Yunche was no stranger to the word hero, and even said that he was familiar to the bones, and this familiarity. Even so familiar that even hearing it has an urge to regurgitate.

I think of the life that was once framed in that small square because of the word "hero", and I didn't dare to make the slightest mistake, and I walked alone.

Huo Yunche opened his eyes, and the light in his eyes escaped endlessly.

Dad, what kind of mood did you have in the first place to become a "hero" in the eyes of people?

Sensing the indifference and misery that seemed to be stained by the mud and dirt that suddenly emanated from his sister's body, Huo Yuhao's heart couldn't help but tighten.

He's like. I saw the little guy who was licking his wounds alone in the dark.

Huo Yuhao pursed his lips and held Huo Yunche's right hand hanging by his side without a trace, and his fingertips tapped lightly on the back of her slightly cold hand, and the complete warm comfort calmed Huo Yunche's restless heart instantly.

She smiled slightly, and grabbed Huo Yuhao's broad palm.

The small movements of the brother and sister could not escape the bright eyes of Xuan Lao, but he didn't say much, just kindly, extremely rarely, and pulled out a warm smile without any joke at the eight little guys who entered the reserve team in the outer courtyard.

"It is undeniable that from the moment you became a disciple of the reserves, one of your feet has already stepped into the inner court.

Although I asked about it the night the reserve was formed, I have to reconfirm whether you are really willing to take on the responsibilities that belong to the inner court before actually taking you into this mission.

If you don't want to, I will arrange for Wang Yan to take you directly to the competition site.

After the game, you still have all the rights and interests of the reserve team, and the academy will still give you the opportunity to consider until the day of the graduation assessment of the outer house, and then make a new decision on whether to join the inner house.

And now, just like those students who choose to leave after graduating from the outer courtyard, they can swear to secrecy.

So, can you give me your answers? ”

Huo Yunche felt the warmth of his palms clenching slightly, and a shallow smile appeared on his lips.

It seems that there is nothing to be afraid of the word "hero".

The eight of them looked back at each other almost at the same time, and then tacitly stepped forward, stood side by side, and replied in unison with infinite courage and firmness: "Yes!" ”

As I brought out, none of the children flinched, even if they were only first-grade children, could make such determination.

A slight smile of relief appeared on Xuan Lao's face, and then his eyes sank slightly. I'm going to keep them!

"Now, I deliver the secrets of the inner court to you." He bowed his head and said in a deep voice, "When every Inner Courtyard disciple makes a choice, they will be told by us that the name of the responsibility and pressure they will have to bear in the future is called Overseer. ”

Xuan Lao's face became heavy and serious again.

"What we have to supervise is not all the injustices on the mainland."

"It's an individual or group of evil soul masters who gradually evolve into evil spirits, or vicious events that the state can't supervise or doesn't want to supervise."

"All in all, the vast majority of them are thankless so-called 'heroic' events."