Chapter 43: Training, Heading for the Frontier!
"Senior Sister Murong, you can't help but be too lenient," Liu Junfei got up with a smile, "I still have something to do, so I'll leave first." โ
Murong Yue's face was frosty, but he also knew that he had no evidence and no way to make a move against Liu Junfei.
After Liu Junfei left, Murong Yue sighed, and his expression suddenly became lost.
She is a delicate son in the inner courtyard, and in the eyes of others, she will always be a cold goddess.
But too many things have happened in the past six months, and many times it has made Murong Yue feel powerless and tired.
The best friend Xia Wan has not been heard from so far, and the whereabouts of the 'lewd thief' Liu Ao are also unknown, I don't know if she is still alive.
"What is Senior Sister thinking?" Liu Ao asked softly.
"Is there something on your mind?"
"No," Murong Yue shook his head, "The results of the assessment will be announced tomorrow morning, you go back to the academy first, I'll take a walk around the city." โ
Liu Ao nodded, "Then I'll go back first." โ
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Early the next morning, Jiang Suan came in a hurry.
"Senior Brother Liu Ming, what a happy event!"
He shouted, "Come out of here, there's great good news for you." โ
Liu Ao walked into the courtyard and asked with some excitement:
"Am I in the top 50 and qualified to study in the inner courtyard?"
Jiang Shu coughed dryly, "This... Not yet, but soon. โ
"Come with me to Elder Wu Mingshan, he will tell you what's going on. โ
Liu Ao was puzzled, did he pass the assessment?
Following Jiang Suan to a square on the main peak, he saw a group of elders and mentors with solemn faces.
There were hundreds of young men and women standing in front of Wu Mingshan, most of them with their heads bowed and their expressions quite lost.
Liu Ao recognized that most of them were inner courtyard disciples.
To Liu Ao's surprise, Li Hong was actually there.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Wu Mingshan sighed, "I really don't know what to say about you." โ
"In previous years' assessments, the number of Inner Court disciples who did not meet the standards did not exceed ten at most, but this year is good, a full eighty-five Inner Court disciples did not meet the assessment standards. โ
"Elder Wu, needless to say, so tactful," an inner dean elder looked annoyed, "They occupy a large number of resources in the academy, but their strength has not improved, what can be done if they are not lazy!"
"If you want me to say, you shouldn't give them this opportunity, just let them go back to the outer courtyard!"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of dozens of inner courtyard disciples turned pale.
I haven't been able to improve my strength under such good conditions in the inner courtyard, and this is if I get to the outer courtyard... Is it possible to go backwards?
Liu Ao frowned slightly, what did the 'opportunity' in the elder's mouth refer to?
Wu Mingshan pulled the elder, motioned for him to extinguish the fire, and said:
"This year is different, if the outer court disciples who have passed the assessment want to enter the inner court, they also need to take another assessment with these inner court brothers and sisters around you, and then select fifty people from among you to enter the inner court according to the assessment results. โ
"I know that this is very challenging for the disciples of the outer court, but you have to have faith in yourself. โ
Li Hong suddenly frowned and asked, "Elder, how do you assess?"
Wu Mingshan said in a deep voice:
"The time for the academy disciples to go to the demon clan border to experience is also approaching, and when the time comes, you will be divided into my group for a three-month experience. โ
"When the time comes, according to the score of your killing demon clan, the top fifty can enter the inner courtyard, of course, according to the convention, if your score can be ranked in the top hundred among all the disciples, the academy will have additional rich rewards. โ
Ranked one hundred out of all disciples?
Everyone present didn't have this idea, just kidding, those real geniuses in the inner courtyard, there are many martial spirit realms, can it still be their turn?
As he spoke, Wu Mingshan waved his hand, and a mentor took out more than a hundred pitch-black tokens and began to distribute them to everyone.
"This is the demon slaying card refined by the Formation Palace, which can not only indicate the identity of your Jiuding Academy disciples, but also automatically judge your demon slaying score. โ
"Alright, if there is no doubt, go back and prepare, we will leave in ten days. โ
The elder of the inner courtyard snorted coldly, "If you are too low in the ranking and are left behind by the new students, I see what kind of face you still have to say that you have been in the inner courtyard!"
Liu Ao's eyes flickered, and his fists were clenched tightly.
Are you finally going back to the frontier, the place where you have been fighting for ten years!
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The matter of training has set off a boom in the academy, and the most obvious change is that the number of disciples who went to Jiuding City to buy pills, weapons and other materials suddenly increased.
Everyone was preparing, hoping that they would be able to achieve good results in this experience, and if they were accepted as a personal disciple by any elder, it would be a great thing.
Of course, those old students who had participated in the training were much calmer, and while they were preparing, they began to contact other people, preparing to form a team to hunt the demon clan when the time came.
After all, everything that you get from slaying demons in the experience is owned by the disciples of the academy.
It is said that Senior Brother Gong Xi, the first person in the inner courtyard, killed a white tiger demon in the realm of a junior martial king during his last experience, and obtained a demon clan exercise from the white tiger demon.
You must know that the White Tiger Clan, but the nobles of the Demon Clan, the flesh and blood all over their bodies are a great supplement, which is very good for cultivation.
And that exercise is mainly based on tempering the physical body.
It is rumored that Gong Xi has learned the method of refining the body from that exercise, and now the physical body is difficult to penetrate, and it is difficult for water and fire to invade.
As for whether it's true or not, no one has seen it yet.
Liu Ao thought about it as he walked towards Zuo Yifeng, but accidentally bumped into a woman.
The woman had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, but there was a fist-sized cyan birthmark on her forehead.
The woman's gaze evaded, and she quickly lowered her head and ruffled the hair on her forehead to block the birthmark.
"I'm sorry, senior sister," Liu Ao clenched his fists, "I accidentally bumped into my senior sister, please don't blame my senior sister." โ
"Ahhh No, it's okay," the woman lowered her head and said casually, hurriedly walking around Liu Ao.
Liu Ao stared at the back of this senior sister, and always felt that her face was a little familiar.
"What do you see?"
Li Hong followed at this time and jokingly said:
"Liu Ming, shouldn't you have a spring heart, and you even have a blue scar face?"
Liu Ao frowned, "Blue Scar Face?"
"Yes, don't you think the birthmark on her face is appropriately named?" Li Hong laughed, "Tell you, Scarface is still a disciple of the inner courtyard, but it's a pity, the birthmark on her face is too ugly, she hides when she sees someone, where does she look like a senior sister in the inner courtyard." โ
"Judging people by their appearance," Liu Ao snorted coldly, "I think that senior sister is much stronger than you." โ
Li Hong waved his hand, "Say whatever you want." โ
As he spoke, the smile on Li Hong's face slowly dissipated, and his tone became lower.
"I'll get down to business. โ
"I'm not interested. โ
Li Hong: "ยทยทยท"
"The experience is not without danger, on the contrary, every time the experience is practiced, many people die in the hands of the demon clan," Li Hong looked solemn, "We are all qualified to enter the inner courtyard, why don't we join forces?"
Liu Ao directly refused, "I don't want it." โ
"You!"
A flash of annoyance flashed in Li Hong's eyes, "Let me tell you, the Demon Suppression Army will not really protect us wholeheartedly, and we have to rely on ourselves in case of danger." โ
"If it weren't for your good strength, would you really be willing to team up with you?"
Liu Ao ignored Li Hong at all and left quickly.
Li Hong's teeth clenched, and his fists clenched tightly.
"Liu Ming, what qualifications do you have to look down on me!"
It's a pity that Liu Ao didn't even turn around and complain about Li Hong.
This kind of indifference to the extreme disregard made Li Hong extremely angry.
Although his Li family is not a super family, it is also dominated by King Wu, Li Hong has been accustomed to flattery since he was a child, when has he ever been ignored like this?
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Time flies, and the day of departure has arrived.
Jiuding Academy had 35,000 disciples to participate in the training this time, and according to the way of one elder leading ten mentors and 500 disciples, a total of 70 elders and 350 mentors were dispatched.
Liu Ao and more than 130 other people were gathered and led by Elder Wu Mingshan himself.
I saw that a neat line of teams slowly descended the mountain along the bluestone stairs, and from a distance, it seemed like a waterfall flowing slowly among the clouds.
At the foot of the mountain, countless residents of Jiuding City have been waiting here for a long time, and they have all come to witness this spectacular scene.
Each disciple held his head high and straightened his back, like a warrior on a journey.
In the middle of the team, Wu Mingshan said as he walked:
"There are a total of one hundred and thirty-five of you, of which eighty-five are disciples of the Inner Court, you must cherish this opportunity, if you are ranked outside the fifty at that time, then you can only stay in the Outer Court to study. โ
"New disciples, don't be nervous, the demon clan is ferocious, but it's not so terrifying!"
Wu Mingshan looked back, "I suggest that you form a team to act at that time, preferably in a group of five, which is conducive to action and can ensure your safety to the greatest extent." โ
"I don't need to say the benefits of training, you can not only accumulate actual combat experience, but also test your strength..."
Li Hong was followed by three inner courtyard disciples, all of whom were Song Zhong's subordinates, and it seemed that they were already planning to team up with Li Hong.
He glanced at Liu Ao coldly, and secretly made up his mind that he would not let Liu Ao enter the inner courtyard!
As soon as the procession, which stretched for several miles, entered Jiuding City, cheers rang out in the city.
They only knew that the Tianjiao of Jiuding Academy was about to go to the frontier to kill the demon clan, but they didn't know what kind of danger these disciples would face.
Flying Boat Base.
The ten huge flying boats of the Asuka Trading Company are already waiting in place, and they will rush to the frontier with the 35,000 disciples of the Jiuding Academy in half a month.
As soon as Liu Ao got on the flying boat, he pulled Qingshi and sat cross-legged on the edge of the deck and began to condense spiritual power cultivation.
Because Liu Ao knows best how ferocious the demon clan is, and it is not as vulnerable as most people think.
On the contrary, Liu Ao felt that those demon clans were much more dangerous than the monks of the same realm.
The academy had obviously also taken this into account, and the elders of the Formation Hall had already arranged the Spirit Gathering Formation on the flying boat, and had also used a lot of spirit stones to strengthen the spiritual energy, in order to keep these disciples at their peak.
Qinglian trotted over and sat down beside Qingshi, and said a little nervously:
"Brother, I haven't seen the demon clan yet, and I haven't fought with anyone, I'm a little afraid. โ
Qingshi patted Qinglian's forehead dotingly, "Don't be afraid, your strength has improved by leaps and bounds, you are already an intermediate great martial artist, and there will be elders to protect you." โ
"When you get to the frontier, you have to remember one sentence," Liu Ao suddenly opened his eyes and said seriously:
"You must not be soft-hearted, whether it is facing the demon clan or people!"
Hearing Liu Ao's reminder, Qingshi nodded approvingly, "Qinglian, you must remember this sentence, when you go to the battlefield, you can't afford to be distracted!"
Qinglian pinched the corners of her clothes, "When you say that, I'm even more scared." โ