Chapter 735: Beginning of the exercise
Chapter 735 – The Beginning of the Exercise
“Hey, this person is willing to take out the Purple Juniper Bamboo, it’s considered to be sincere.”
Wang Tianhao’s divine thoughts came out from the Soul Suppressing Pot, “It’s just that cooperating with him is tantamount to pinning your hopes on someone else and being pinned to death.
If he breaks the contract midway, he won’t be able to get the other half of the Purple Monarch Bamboo, no way no how.”
Xu Chuniang agreed with Wang Tianhuo’s words, and since she was a school official of the Heavenly God Academy, she should abide by the rules of the academy.
Moreover, she was unwilling to be constrained by others.
It was just that if she refused Xu Zisheng, she was afraid that she would inevitably offend someone.
But …… offending people is fine, she doesn’t intend to stay in the Heavenly God Academy for the rest of her life anyway.
Although this Heavenly God Academy was good, how could a truly strong person be willing to stay in one corner?
Xu Chuniang had a decision in her heart and looked towards Xu Zisheng, “I’m sorry to follow your order, but please ask Brother Xu to put away the Purple Monarch Bamboo.”
The smile on Xu Zisheng’s face gradually faded, his tone inaudible.
“Has Scholar Xu thought about it? If you miss this opportunity, you might not have the chance to get the Purple Monarch Bamboo again in the future.”
How could Xu Chuniang not hear the threatening intent in Xu Zisheng’s words, only that her mind was made up, so naturally she would not change it.
Xu Zisheng put away the Purple Monarch Bamboo in his hand, “Alright, then I wish scholar Xu to get what she wants.”
Looking at his back, Wang Tian Hao spat viciously.
“Who are you scaring, am I scared out of my wits, your Grandpa Hao Hao? A Purple Monarch Bamboo is only, and it’s not an immortal vine, humph …… your purple mansion is a little more spacious than normal people, a Purple Monarch Bamboo, it may not be enough!
Really can’t, with your body that cut off the Dragon Sacred Tree and Cold Marrow Ice Jade, directly go with the Heavenly God Academy’s Mountain Chief exchange!”
What was the Cold Pith Ice Jade, did she have such a spirit?
Xu Chuniang thought hard for a moment, finally remembering something that she had overlooked.
“The Cold Marrow Ice Jade you are talking about, but in my small world, that very cold jade?”
“Exactly this thing, could it be that you don’t recognize it?”
“As you know, I ascended up from the lower realms, and many spiritual objects are unheard of and unseen. Before this, I really didn’t know what it was called.
It was found by me in an uninhabited desert realm. Along with the Cold Marrow Ice Jade, there was also a white cold fire.”
“There are several types of white cold fire, what are the characteristics of the one you encountered?”
Xu Chuniang thought back and briefly described the characteristics of that white cold fire.
Skywatcher analyzed, “The fire you encountered was the Phantom Mist Cold Fire, and the grade was nine times out of ten the Grade 5 Extreme Grade, which is why the Meteor Heart Flame was able to break through to the Grade 6 Lower Grade in one fell swoop only after swallowing this fire.”
“I see, then what grade is the Cold Marrow Ice Jade that I obtained?”
“The Cold Pith Ice Jade is a rank six spirit item, exactly what a Spirit Pill Master needs. The Cold Pith Ice Jade you obtained is of excellent quality, and it won’t be a problem to exchange it for a Purple Monarch Bamboo.”
Xu Chuniang’s heart was certain that with the Cold Pith Ice Jade in her hand, even if she missed out on the Purple Monarch Bamboo in future practical exercises, she wouldn’t be helpless.
As for Xu Zisheng and certain Harmonization Stage powerhouses behind him, offended was offended.
Under the eyes of a Mahayana Exalted, the other party had scruples and shouldn’t do anything too blatant.
Xu Chuniang pressed her mind and split out four or five divine sense shadows to flip through the jade book in unison, greatly speeding up the speed of reading the book.
Although the Heavenly God Academy was good, life here was too peaceful.
Quietness breeds idleness, and to avoid her mind being dulled, she was destined to only stay here for a short period of time.
After she got the Purple Monarch Bamboo and repaired the Purple Mansion, she would in all probability leave the Heavenly God Academy.
Taking advantage of the fact that there was plenty of time now, it was only proper to hurry up and move the books hidden in the Ten Thousand Scrolls Pavilion into her head. Skywatcher yawned in boredom and swept her divine sense around the entire bookshelf, finally finding a few Cultivation World anecdotes in a dusty corner and reading them with great interest.
Apart from the three thunderous sermons every month, the rest of the time, Xu Chuniang almost always soaked in the Ten Thousand Scrolls Pavilion, flipping through the collection of books and scriptures in the Pavilion as fast as she could.
Thirty-six years had passed, and all the books in the entire Ten Thousand Scrolls Pavilion had been lapped up by her.
With a feeling in her heart, she said to Skywatcher, “No wonder so many people, squeezing their heads to come to the Heavenly God Academy, not to mention the other things, but this rich collection of books alone is enough to impress the hearts of the people.”
“This is the accumulation of tens of thousands of years of the Human Race’s number one academy, naturally it’s precious and incomparable, but I came to the Heavenly God Academy in my early years, and I’ve read most of the books here, it’s not interesting.
Tomorrow is the actual combat exercise, are you sure?”
Xu Chuniang smiled confidently, “I’ve already familiarized myself with the formation books, and have rehearsed it many times in my mind, so I can give it a try.”
“Alright, then I’ll wait and see, but I’ll say the ugly words up front, if you lose in the actual combat maneuvers and lose out with Zi Junzhu, just take the Dragon Sacred Tree and the Cold Marrow Ice Jade and trade them directly, I don’t want to wait for another few decades.”
“Don’t worry, I have the numbers.”
Xu Chuniang reluctantly glanced at the Ten Thousand Scrolls Pavilion and returned to the small courtyard to close her eyes and recollect some important news about the practical exercises.
The number of scholars who participated in the actual battle drills each time was often in the ten thousand range.
These ten thousand students, in groups of ten, would be randomly assigned to various school officials, who would lead them to participate in the actual battle drills.
According to the academy’s regulations, each Earth ranked school official would have five squads under their name, while the Xuan ranked school officials and Yellow ranked school officials would have three and two squads under their names respectively.
If a scholar in the Heavenly God Academy wanted to successfully complete his studies, the team he was on had to be in the top 100 in the practical exercises.
Thus, the competition could not be described as fierce.
In a situation where the members of each squad were randomly assigned and there was not much of a gap in strength, the school officer responsible for leading the squad and formulating the battle plan was often the key to determining victory or defeat.
Therefore, school officials with deep qualifications and impressive battle records have always been very popular with the students.
Unfortunately, the allocation of school officials was determined by drawing lots, and whether the assigned school official was good or bad could only be determined by chance.
At the hour of the second day, Xu Chuniang arrived at the schoolyard on time.
Practical combat drills were a once-in-sixty-years event of the Heavenly God Academy, and the large schoolyard was already packed with people.
In the center of the school grounds, the one presiding over this practical exercise was none other than the old man from the Palace of Evangelism.
In the past thirty-six years, Xu Chuniang had traveled to the Palace of Propagation only a handful of times. She only knew that this old man’s surname was Zeng, and that he had stayed in the Heavenly God Academy for several thousand years, and that everyone addressed him as Old Man Zeng.
Old Man Zeng swept the schoolyard and nodded slightly when he saw that everyone had arrived.
“The hour has come, draw lots.”
The Earth-level academics stepped forward in turn, placing their hands on top of the boulder in front of Elder Zeng.
Soon, the light screen above the boulder displayed rows and rows of names, the very scholars who had been selected by it.
“Great, I’ve been selected by the Earth Grade School Officials, it seems that this time, I’m finally expected to graduate from the academy.”
“Last drill, my ranking was over four hundred, I hope that this time, I can enter the top hundred.”
(End of chapter)