Chapter 5: The Palace on the Clouds (Part II)
"Okay! Seeing that you are fighting like a fire, Master Ben is very pleased! Originally, I strongly opposed the expansion of the Taiyi Academy's enrollment of students this time, which is not in line with tradition, and will also cause an increase in the difficulty of teaching and a shortage of cultivation resources.
However, Lord Dean, coupled with your fighting spirit and determination, I reluctantly approve of you. ”
The students laughed, it was not an easy thing to be recognized by the legendary cold-faced and ruthless judge.
The judge continued to say coldly: "Don't be happy too early! Because Lord Ben was in a bad mood before, the difficulty of this test is greater than that of previous years, if you don't take it seriously, there is a high probability of being eliminated!"
The laughter of all the students came to an abrupt end, and the ruthlessness of the court judge was indeed worthy of its name, and everyone had a feeling of impending disaster.
Since he joined the academy, he has never done any evil, and he has shifted all his energy and interest to torture, no, to tempering the students' bodies and wills.
As long as he can make the students unhappy, make the students want to die, and they can't die if they want to survive, he can feel the value of his existence.
When the judge saw the students' sad faces, his heart was secretly refreshed, and when he was admiring everyone's expressions, he found that his words just now still failed to attract Tianhuo's attention, and he secretly scolded in his heart: "Stinky boy, you are too arrogant, I want to see what you rank in the end!"
The judge coughed lightly and said, "I announce that the topic of today's admission test of Taiyi Academy is mountaineering!"
"What? just mountaineering!"
"It's that simple, are you kidding?"
“......”
Not only the students, but even the crowd watching outside the Xie Keting Pavilion was in an uproar.
I thought that Taiyi Academy would only recruit disciples once in a hundred years, but the judge of the academy said so harshly just now, and there would definitely be some clever test questions, but the result was very disappointing to everyone.
The Judge was very satisfied with the reaction of everyone, except for Tianhuo, because he had been enjoying the view of Spear Peak from beginning to end.
The judge seems to continue to challenge everyone's bottom line: "That's right, it's mountaineering." Candidates only need to climb the stone steps of Spear Peak to a height of 400 zhang to pass this admission test, and the school will rank each student according to the actual distance they have climbed. ”
"Four hundred feet! ”
"And the stone steps? Even mortals can climb up to four hundred feet. ”
"It's too easy, no, ask for a change of subject!"
“......”
The noise started again, and the people who watched the excitement were not too big of a deal, and they expressed their dissatisfaction with the rash entrance test of Taiyi Academy in various ways.
The only thing that is happy is the candidate students, such a simple entry test greatly reduces the probability of being eliminated, for many ordinary students, being able to enter Taiyi University is the first priority, and ranking is not their priority.
Some of the students with average strength and great fire glared hatefully at the crowd outside the arena, eager to punch the loudest people in the nose and tell them to stop, if it weren't for these damn spectators, the pressure on the students might have been less.
The judge was observing the expressions of the students in the field, and many university lecturers were also doing the same work, hiding in the crowd and behind rocks, and recording the performance of each student in detail, so as to establish a complete and authentic student file.
Just as everyone was pondering or whispering, Gu Qingliu suddenly clenched his fists and said: "Lord Yuanju, don't pay attention to those boring people, this test must be more than just mountaineering, if there is anything that needs special attention, please give me advice." ”
One sentence pulled everyone's thoughts back, and the court judge immediately paid a little more attention to this young man who was not outstanding, and it was indeed commendable that he could maintain a calm mind at this moment.
The judge continued: "Since the establishment of the Taiyi Academy, it has always adhered to the teaching philosophy of teaching without class, and the selection of materials is even more eclectic, no matter whether the students are kind-hearted or strong before admission, as long as they meet the admission requirements, they can become official disciples of the Taiyi Academy.
There are four stages of this mountaineering, each section is 99 zhang, there is a place to rest in the middle, and the four sections are a total of 400 zhang, which test your combat power, potential, wisdom and temperament.
Because the test time is limited, only six hours, it is estimated that no one can successfully climb the height of 400 zhang, so at each stage you have a chance to directly skip the level, when you encounter difficulties and cannot move forward, as long as you stimulate the entry qualification jade card in your hand, you will cross the remaining steps and directly enter the rest area.
The ranking will be determined by the sum of the altitudes you have actually climbed, and if the distance is less than 200 zhang, the competitor will be eliminated.
Let me stress again that good or evil does not affect the results of this test!
After the judge finished speaking, he waved his palm to the spear peak in the distance, and saw that there were four hundred zhang light bands connected from end to end on the climbing stone steps of the spear peak in the distance, which were red, yellow, blue and green, each section was 100 zhang high, and each zhang had ten steps in each zhang, which was very easy to identify.
Many students began to have cold hands and feet, sweaty noses, both nervous and excited, as long as they climbed these 400 zhang stone steps, they could become the official freshmen of this class of Taiyi Academy.
In today's high-profile situation, no one wants to fail, otherwise it will become a laughing stock for a century.
One student asked, "Your Excellency, will you encounter traps, prohibitions, and other tests during the mountaineering?" Please disclose more information so that we can prepare for the exam. ”
The judge looked at the spear peak and sighed: "Everyone's situation is different, and the content of the test encountered is different. ”
"Your Excellency, can you use auxiliary items such as magic weapons, spirit weapons, and spirit beasts when climbing the mountain?"
The court judge said angrily: "Naturally, you can't use it! The academy wants to test your most real strength, and all auxiliary items will be invalid after entering the mountain, so you can only rely on your own strength to break through." ”
There was an immediate buzz among the students, and many of them relied on auxiliary items to obtain alternative qualifications, and several of them who studied the way of controlling beasts were even more mournful.
Another student asked, "My lord, if everyone has different test content on the stone steps, how can we ensure the fairness of the entrance test?"
The judge glanced at him and said, "If you have this kind of mentality, most likely you won't be able to pass the test of your heart." Spear Peak itself is an artifact, even if it is broken, it is still extremely powerful, and the test content and judgment results of each of you are made by Spear Peak himself, and no one can interfere.
If you have the ability to buy Spear Peak and let Spear Peak take special care of you, we will not interfere. ”
"Artifact!"
The onlookers became excited again, there is no artifact in the human world This is a consensus, otherwise the balance between the races and the countries would have been broken a long time ago, but today, the court judge personally admitted that the spear peak is an artifact, which is definitely explosive news.
The subjects of the Song State were very excited, it turned out that the Song State has always been blessed by an artifact, no wonder the national strength will be thriving, and the sense of pride and patriotism burst for a while, I don't know who started it, all the subjects of the Song State spontaneously shouted the slogan "Long live the Song State", and the voice was endless.
The envoys from other countries who watched the ceremony were not in such a good mood, and most of them had solemn faces, urgently recorded the incident, and immediately sent people to report back to their own countries.
There was an artifact in the Song Kingdom, and the countries had to prepare plans in advance to prevent future contingencies.
The judge looked at the students and said, "Time is limited, I will answer the last question, I hope you don't ask idiot questions again." ”
"Lord Judge, how high is Spear Peak?" Tianhuo, who had been watching the mountain, suddenly spoke.
The court judge's eyes widened in vain, staring at Tianhuo and slowly said, "Is the question you asked related to today's test?"
Tianhuo smiled: "No, but the students are thinking that any mountain has a peak, knowing the height of the spear peak, I have a goal, and I can reach the top of the spear peak in the future." ”
The court sentenced the adults to shock, and the dean also said the same thing in front of him!
While others were still thinking about how to climb the 400-zhang stone steps, Tianhuo was already thinking about how to climb to the top of the spear peak, which may be where he surpassed others, no wonder the dean paid special attention to him.
The court judge took a deep breath and said: "Since the boundary between heaven and earth has been demarcated, no one has ever climbed to the top of the spear peak, according to the records of the classics of the academy, the true height of the spear peak is 99,999 zhang and 9 feet 9 minutes!"
Tianhuo seemed to understand, nodded and said, "Well, 100,000 is full, but there is a reason." Ninety-nine zhang is one, and a thousand ways of returning can break through the limit of the human realm and reach the heavenly realm, the same as I thought. ”
The court judge was even more shocked, he didn't know how Bai Tianhuo knew this, and said in a deep voice: "Tianhuo, what else do you know about Spear Peak?"
Tianhuo looked at the court judge curiously, just now the court judge showed a trace of murderous aura, although it was fleeting, but Tianhuo was sure that it was definitely murderous.
"Actually, I don't know anything, but when I look at the mountain, I realized some truth, since the real spear peak is not the spear peak I see in front of me, then the temple on the clouds is not real? I guess it's just a projection of the heavenly realm or some other world, interesting! I really want to go up and see what is going on." ”
Tianhuo raised his eyes to look at the temple above the clouds, and everyone looked at the sky in unison, and they all felt that there was a great secret there.
The judge felt that he was on the verge of an outburst, and he wanted to teach Tianhuo a lesson, when suddenly a word came from his ear, which immediately calmed him down.
The court judge said coldly: "Tianhuo, Lord Ben admires your ambition, but you should first climb the four hundred zhang stone steps of the entrance test before thinking about these things." When the time comes, I'll send you there. ”
The judge raised his hands diagonally upwards, and saw that ninety-nine auras immediately appeared in the air, one above each student's head.
The court judge pressed his hands, and those halos fell vertically, and the onlookers only felt a flower in front of them, and the ninety-nine students disappeared out of thin air, instantly appearing at the foot of the Spear Peak Mountain, hundreds of zhang away.
After a short period of distraction, the students immediately rushed to the neat stone steps on the Maofeng Mountain Road, and now even if they are one position faster, it may become a factor affecting the final grade.
After Gu Qingliu and the others teleported, they habitually looked at Tianhuo, wanting to see what he commanded.
Tianhuo hugged his fists and said: "Senior brothers, senior sisters, from this moment on, we can only rely on our own strength to fight for the ranking, I only have one piece of advice - 'stick to your heart, never give up', I wish you all a smooth clearance!"
After everyone clasped their fists in return, they quickly rushed towards the stone steps.