Chapter 13: The Fool Who Signed Up for the Challenge
"What an honor it is to go to a youth academy to participate in the competition......
"That's right, I heard that the aura of the Green Star Academy is much richer than that of our Purple Star Academy, and if you are lucky enough to get a place on behalf of the Academy, hehe, the rewards you will get will definitely be very rich!"
"Yes, yes, yes......"
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Elder Heyi's words directly mobilized the atmosphere in the entire square to the highest point, even if they couldn't pass through the Fire Spirit Path, hearing this news was enough to make everyone very excited.
Mu Fan couldn't help but gasp, even if he was an idiot, he wouldn't fail to understand the meaning of Elder Heyi's words.
The Green Star is another term for the Green Level Academy, and Wu Xing Academy is just a Purple Star Level Academy. But even so, the monks of several kingdoms, including the Qianming Kingdom, desperately wanted to worship Wu Xing Academy, which shows what a green-level academy represents.
Thinking of this, he was also a little bitter in his heart, in order to get the identity of an outer disciple in Wuxing Academy, his father Mu Jiangnan didn't know that he had put a lot of effort into it.
At this time, Elder Heyi had already walked to the side of the high platform and sat down, and then an old man in a gray robe suddenly stood up, walked directly to the top of the high platform, and waved his hand to the people below.
"Elder Heyi's words, everyone has heard them, that's right, now I will tell you in detail about the relevant matters related to entering the Fire Spirit Path this time. The gray-robed old man's gaze swept over everyone, and his tone was very calm.
"This is Elder Mo, the deacon of the inner gate of the academy, and he is also one of the foundation building masters of the academy......" Seeing that Mu Fan was a little puzzled, the thin man next to him explained.
Mu Fan nodded, no wonder the old man had a compelling momentum on his body, it turned out that he was already a strong foundation builder, and there were several elders on the high platform, all of whom seemed to be masters of foundation building.
"I believe that many of the disciples present are no strangers to the Fire Spirit Path, but I still have to explain to you the rules of this Fire Spirit Path competition. Elder Mo continued.
Everyone in the audience fell silent, and their eyes looked at Elder Mo in unison, for fear of missing Elder Mo's words, and even Mu Fan listened carefully.
"The opening of the Fire Spirit Path this time is mainly for the selection of outstanding disciples, so there is no distinction between inner and outer doors, but, the cultivation must not be lower than the fourth layer of Qi Gathering......" Elder Mo's words were not finished, and there was a commotion again.
"I actually want to cultivate the fourth layer of Qi Gathering, I have been stuck in the third layer of Qi Gathering for more than several years, alas, ......"
"What about the third layer of Qi Gathering, it's not the early stage of Qi Gathering?"
"Looks like I don't have a chance!"
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Many disciples looked disappointed, the fourth layer of Qi Gathering and the third layer of Qi Gathering sounded like they were only one realm apart, but it was a qualitative difference, because the fourth layer of Qi Gathering was already in the middle stage of Qi Gathering.
Mu Fan's brows furrowed, and when he heard this, he was also very disappointed.
Even if it is a qualification like Luo Hanyu, it is only the third layer of Qi Gathering now, and he is only the cultivation of the third layer of Qi Gathering, and he does not even have the qualifications to enter the Fire Spirit Path.
Don't look at the tens of thousands of disciples in Wu Xing Academy, those who have cultivated more than the third layer of Qi Gathering will not exceed four figures, most of them are in the second layer of Qi Gathering, or stuck on the third layer of Qi Gathering. It is said that among all the disciples, only a dozen or so are in the late stage of Qi gathering, which shows the difficulty of cultivation.
However, Elder Mo's next words made Mu Fan hopeful.
"In addition to meeting the above conditions, in addition, disciples below the fourth level of Qi Gathering can get additional places through the challenge competition, and there are a total of five additional places!" Elder Mo continued.
Most of the people were silent, although the additional quota was very tempting, but the third and fourth layers of Qi Gathering were not at the same level at all, who would be stupid enough to challenge the master of the fourth layer of Qi Gathering?
Of course, not everyone thought like this, and as soon as Elder Mo's words came out, some people in the audience looked eager to try.
"Fourth layer of Qi Gathering?" Mu Fan's face showed excitement, he must get this quota, his cultivation is too low, if he wants to improve his cultivation, he must enter the path of fire spirit.
Although he is already a third-level qi gatherer, he is estimated to be a bigger ant in front of a real powerhouse.
Now that he has such an opportunity in front of him, how can he let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? As long as the cultivation is raised, even if the head of the Guo family comes, so what?
Elder Mo waved his hand and motioned for everyone to be quiet, before continuing, "Now please stand on the right side of the disciples who meet the requirements and receive the number plate!"
For a while, hundreds of disciples quickly stood on the right, and Mu Fan estimated that there were probably more than seven hundred people in it.
Mu Fan also secretly sighed in his heart, it was simply difficult to reach the blue sky on the way to cultivation, and among the tens of thousands of disciples, less than one-tenth of the disciples exceeded the fourth layer of Qi Gathering.
"Look, that's the Seven Great Genius Disciples of our Academy!" At this time, the thin man next to Mu Fan suddenly said.
"Seven genius disciples?" Mu Fan looked at the thin man with some doubts, and looked in the direction he was pointing, and sure enough, among the hundreds of people, it was the seven people in the thin man's mouth who stood at the front.
Seeing that Mu Fan was a little puzzled, the thin man was no longer surprised, and explained directly, "That's right, among the seven great disciples, the lowest cultivation is already the sixth layer of Qi Gathering, but although Senior Brother Lu is only the sixth layer of Qi Gathering, he is stronger than the average Qi Gathering Seventh layer master. ”
Mu Fan nodded, although he didn't know how these seven genius disciples were selected, it was definitely not just cultivation, but also understanding, qualifications, etc.
"What you see now are the Seven Great Genius Disciples, but in fact, there are two quasi-genius disciples who are not here, and that is Senior Sister Han Yu and Senior Sister Wei Jin. ”
"Quasi-genius disciple?" Mu Fan suddenly felt that he knew too little about many things in the academy.
"Hehe, that's right, but this time, after the two senior sisters enter the Ice Plain Tower trial, I'm afraid they will be promoted to the fourth layer of Qi Gathering, and then the academy will hold a coronation ceremony for them and officially become genius disciples." When the thin man said this, his face also showed envy.
Mu Fan was about to continue to ask what the standard of a thin man's genius disciple was, when he suddenly felt a gaze lock on him, and with a chill.
Mu Fan raised his head, and soon found the person who locked him, and then frowned slightly.
"That's Senior Brother Liu Yuan, the peak of the eighth layer of Qi Gathering......" The thin man immediately noticed Mu Fan's abnormality, but before he finished his words, he lowered his head nervously and didn't dare to speak again.
The person staring at him was Liu Yuan, the head of the Seven Great Genius Disciples, the man was extremely handsome, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, wearing a brocade robe with gold patterns on a white background, his face was cold, and his eyes were full of disdain when he looked at Mu Fan.
"Eight layers of gathering qi?" Mu Fan looked at the other party levelly, feeling the disdain and hostility in the other party's eyes, he raised his eyebrows, but he didn't know when he had offended the other party.
However, when he saw the middle-aged man beside Liu Yuan, he immediately understood.
The middle-aged man was the one who stopped him and Luo Hanyu at the gate of the academy that day.
Knowing this, Mu Fan smiled and retracted his gaze, at this time, seven disciples had already walked to the registration challenge, he hesitated for a moment, and walked over directly.
"What are you doing, are you going to challenge?" The thin man next to him immediately exclaimed when he saw that Mu Fan was going to go over to sign up for the challenge.
Mu Fan smiled slightly, but did not explain.
The thin man shook his head, he felt that Mu Fan's cultivation should be similar to him, even if it was stronger, it would not be the third layer of Qi Gathering, such a cultivation would dare to sign up for a challenge.
However, he didn't continue to stop it, anyway, when he went up to challenge, Mu Fan would retreat.
"Could it be that he has a brain disease? Is he actually going to participate in the challenge?" Seeing that Mu Fan actually walked to the registration office, the middle-aged guard standing next to Liu Yuan was a little stunned.
Liu Yuan frowned slightly, and he was also a little surprised, but he sneered, "Mu Fan, hmph, Fang Ming is also a waste, he can't even clean up a second-layer qi gathering ant, hmph, this person doesn't know the height of the sky, I'll give you an order later, no matter who he challenges, tell him not to keep his hand!"
Standing near Liu Yuan is a woman wearing a light blue dress, the woman's face is good, her plump figure is uneven, like the green silk of the waterfall and her waist, although she is not as stunning as Luo Hanyu, but she is also an extremely beautiful woman.
The woman stood at the head of all the disciples, she was one of the seven genius disciples of Wu Xing Academy, and she was a cultivator of the seventh layer of Qi Gathering. At this time, the woman's gaze also fell on Mu Fan's body, and Xiumei frowned slightly.
"Senior Sister Huiyan, who are you looking at?" a woman next to her suddenly said.
The woman smiled, her jade hand picked up the scattered green silk, but she shook her head and said, "It's nothing, Mu Lan, when you enter the Fire Spirit Road tomorrow, you must be careful." ”
"I know, I'll just follow you all the time!" the woman grimaced.
"You......"
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Mu Fan didn't know that in addition to Liu Yuan and the woman named Zhu Huiyan, Yi Yin, who was sitting on the high platform at this time, was also paying attention to him, her face was like frost.
"Just the second floor of Qi Gathering, I don't know what to do!" Yi Yin snorted coldly.
Originally, she just felt that Mu Fan's qualifications were poor, but now it seems that Mu Fan is still a guy who loves to behave, and he wants to enter the path of fire spirit in the second layer of Qi gathering, such a person, she will never allow Mu Fan to hinder Han Yu's cultivation.
For other disciples, entering the path of the fire spirit is indeed a great opportunity, but there are only eight disciples who go to sign up for the challenge, this is not as simple as a quota, if the challenge is not successful, but it will offend a disciple of the fourth layer of qi gathering, this is not a joke.
"That's Senior Brother Jiang Ming? he even went up!"
"Hmph, what do you know, Senior Brother Jiang Ming is the first person in the third layer of Qi Gathering, and he has fought with Senior Brother Yu Fei of the fourth layer of Qi Gathering before, and he is not inferior at all!"
"That's right, there are also Senior Sister Yun'er and Senior Brother He Xu, they all went up!"
"Huh, who is that guy, how come I've never seen him. Immediately, some people saw Mu Fan's face and started talking.
Gu Zhengyi, the vice president sitting on the high platform, couldn't help but look at Mu Fan at this time, frowned slightly, and finally shook his head.
"Do you know what this place is?"
Mu Fan only has the cultivation of the second layer of Qi Gathering, and the other seven people who have signed up for the cultivation have already gathered Qi at the third level, and they are also the strongest in the third layer of Qi Gathering, Mu Fan is not entertaining him for what he is.
Mu Fan smiled slightly, and did not mean to retreat, but instead clenched his fists and said respectfully, "Elder, may I ask if the disciples of the second layer of Qi Gathering are not allowed to participate in the competition?" If I am not mistaken, Elder Mo didn't seem to say so just now?"
"Hmm, which academy are you a disciple, it's just nonsense, hurry up!" the elder scolded, if it wasn't for Mu Fan's good attitude, he would have knocked him Mu Fan down a long time ago.
Mu Fan said a little helplessly, "Elder, I really want to participate in the challenge, don't worry, if I am not defeated, I will admit defeat again......"
At this time, most people's eyes were on the registration office, to be exact, it fell on Mu Fan. Including the few disciples who signed up for the challenge next to him, his eyes looking at Mu Fan were also full of strangeness.
"Who is he?
"I don't know, and I don't know which department it is......"
"It's him, I've seen this person, it seems that Senior Sister Hanyu brought back a man from outside a few days ago, it seems to be a young and old medicine boy......
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