Chapter 197: Dragon Palace, Official Position

Shen Xi's words fell.

The vast majority of freshmen were shocked!

"A strange realm has actually appeared in this world!"

Someone opened their mouth in horror, full of disbelief, "This place is a realm in itself; how could a strange realm be born here?"

Some freshmen who had known the inside story sneered and said: "Strange realms materialize from the void, seeping out from the dimensional wall; they can appear anywhere in the Earth-Moon Four Realms!"

More freshmen were excited, discussing spiritedly.

"Could this Li Hai Zhen Gong be the Dragon Palace from myths and legends!"

"Dragon Palace strange realm, with countless treasures and spiritual rarities; we've encountered a great opportunity!"

"Cultivating in a strange realm is simply a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

Shen Xi said: "Now, announcing the entrance assessment results!"

Many freshmen immediately quieted down.

Shen Xi stepped forward, stood beneath the Earth-Moon stone sculpture, and waved his arm!

Boom!

A brilliant light screen roared and surged out!

The massive light screen stretched for a hundred meters, spreading down from the firmament.

202 names were shining on it!

At the very top of the light screen,

a line of golden light shone brilliantly!

"1st place, Jiang Jian, 99 points."

Below his name, there were a few lines of small text, clearly displayed.

"Cultivation foundation evaluation: 100 points."

"Battle record evaluation: 100 points."

"Intelligence evaluation: 100 points."

"Command evaluation: 98 points."

"Battle damage evaluation: 87 points."

"2nd place, Wei Yang, 92 points."

"Cultivation foundation evaluation: 100 points."

"Battle record evaluation: 97 points."

"Intelligence evaluation: 99 points."

"Command evaluation: 91 points."

"Battle damage evaluation: 53 points."

"3rd place, Shang Tianji, 92 points."

"Cultivation foundation evaluation: 100 points."

"Battle record evaluation: 98 points."

"Intelligence evaluation: 97 points."

"Command evaluation: 87 points."

"Battle damage evaluation: 59 points."

Looking at the light screen above,

the freshmen below were boiling over amidst the noise and clamor!

Discussions rose up, and there was an uproar!

"The total score of the 1st place is actually 99 points!"

"It has formed a huge gap with the other freshmen in the top 10!"

"Is there something going on behind the scenes!?"

"What kind of monster is this?!"

"Battle damage evaluation 87 points, how is this possible!"

"His battle record evaluation is even more terrifying, a 100-point perfect victory record!"

"I know who he is!"

"His village was a full 10-person team, and his whole body was emitting black Qi!"

"I also remember; I was assigned to him twice and was easily crushed!"

"This person's cultivation foundation is simply terrifying!"

"Wei Yang and Shang Tianji from Tier Jiangcheng were actually suppressed by him!"

As information was exchanged rapidly,

some of the freshmen who had been ranked against Jiang Jian had already recognized him!

Many freshmen had different gazes, looking toward Jiang Jian.

Among them, there was defiance, there was respect.

There was resentment, and even more surprise.

"If we really fought, I wouldn't fear him!"

Someone snorted coldly and withdrew their gaze.

Someone stared at Jiang Jian, fighting intent rising in their eyes, murmuring: "A decent opponent."

Others remained expressionless and did not speak.

This entrance assessment was not a battle with real blades and guns.

Many people ranked low were unwilling to accept it.

Li Zhao walked over, revealing a bitter smile: "Jiang Jian, you've become a target for everyone now."

Jiang Jian said softly: "It's fine."

Qin Yingying also stood by Jiang Jian's side, admiringly: "Jiang Jian, I was assigned to you once; your villagers are truly powerful."

As they spoke,

beneath the Earth-Moon stone sculpture,

Shen Xi spoke again: "The reward for this entrance assessment is the official position in Li Hai Zhen Gong, as well as a small amount of Earth core resources."

A freshman stepped forward and asked: "My lord Shen Xi, I have something I don't understand."

Shen Xi said: "Speak."

That freshman said: "As far as I know, after a strange realm appears, it will choose its own favored ones and bring them into it."

He looked around and continued, "Our batch of freshmen has over 200 people; how can we enter a strange realm?"

Shen Xi glanced at him and said: "Break its portal and drag the entire strange realm out of the dimensional wall; wouldn't everyone be able to enter then?"

The freshman's pupils contracted, unable to speak.

Shen Xi, wearing a white practice uniform, raised his wrist, and golden light shone brightly on his identity device!

Boom!

A giant warship surged up from beneath the Saint Mountain, stirring the wind and clouds, and stopped abruptly at the peak of the Saint Mountain!

"Board the ship."

Shen Xi said briefly, took a step, and landed directly on the deck!

This warship had no cabins.

Only a massive deck!

The edge of the deck was interwoven with dense array light streams.

Forming a circle of light screen, firmly surrounding the entire warship.

The warship floated in the extreme sky, still several dozen meters away from the blue stone ground.

However, these freshmen were all in the Spring Realm and could already travel by controlling objects!

202 freshmen used their own means, surrounded by light of various colors.

Whether it was performing teleportation supernatural powers, activating God-Bestowed Weapons, or using spell light streams,

one after another, all the freshmen boarded the deck.

Jiang Jian took a step, his figure turning into black light and dissipating.

The next second,

pitch-black light streams intertwined, and he had already appeared at the edge of the deck.

All 202 academy freshmen boarded the ship.

The warship hummed, array light streams shrouded it, and the surrounding light screen solidified completely!

Boom!

Without any warning, the warship spewed a dazzling tail flame, and at a terrifying speed, tore through the clouds and pierced toward the end of the firmament!

The warship cut through the sky, gales roaring where it passed, emitting a piercing vibration!

But with the light screen protecting them,

although Jiang Jian and the others stood on the deck, they were not affected by the wind.

The deck was large.

Freshmen were scattered across it, standing in twos and threes.

Many were walking around, making friends with each other.

"Jiang Jian, hello."

A young man in brocade robes walked up with an imposing manner and extended his hand to Jiang Jian, "My name is Shang Tianji, from Tier Jiangcheng."

His expression was originally quite arrogant.

But walking up to Jiang Jian, his arrogance subsided slightly, and he became more friendly.

After all,

regardless of the assessment content,

Jiang Jian had taken first place.

Although it couldn't fully prove his true combat power,

such an assessment result was dazzling enough.

"Hello."

Jiang Jian extended his hand and shook hands with Shang Tianji.

Shang Tianji smiled and said: "Li Hai Zhen Gong is very large; if there is an opportunity, we can look out for each other."

Jiang Jian replied politely: "That would be fine."

Shang Tianji didn't say anything more and turned to leave.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 198 =====

"Wait for it to fall and lose its Wonder Realm properties."

"All the spiritual resources inside will be there for the taking; as long as you raise your access permissions, you can take whatever you want."

Hearing this.

The new students all around were lost in thought.

If that were the case.

Then the official ranks of the Li Hai True Palace would immediately become incredibly important!

The higher the rank, the more spiritual resources one could command!

As they spoke.

Those ten-thousand-foot giant hands had already dragged half of the massive Li Hai True Palace out by force!

The crystal palace towered in the air, casting a massive shadow that blotted out the sky!

"The Zhou Huang's imperial decree!"

A Divine Palace realm cultivator stepped through the air with a solemn expression, his booming voice spreading in all directions!

Many living beings had already gathered along the shores of the Li Hai.

Hearing the voice, they all looked up.

Many local beings whose cultivation had not yet reached the Divine Palace realm turned pale and knelt to listen to the decree.

The Divine Palace realm cultivator stopped at the edge of the sea, stood above the water, and took out a piece of mysterious yellow silk.

"All beings of the Li Hai must conduct themselves with propriety and not obstruct the actions of the Holy Palace!"

"Any who disobey will be immediately suppressed, arrested, and thrown into the Celestial Prison!"

As his words fell.

The mysterious yellow silk dissolved into light and scattered across the sky!

The vast majority of the beings changed their expressions and retreated.

Only a very small number of people stood where they were, unmoved and completely unconcerned.

They even chatted and pointed among themselves, completely disregarding the Zhou Huang's imperial envoy.

The envoy, for his part, acted as if he hadn't noticed, as if he couldn't see these people at all.

After reading the Zhou Huang's decree, he turned and left.

The envoy knew that those beings were all Holy Palace selections and were definitely not people a lowly envoy like himself could afford to provoke.

To those with deep cultivation and discerning eyes.

The aura emitted by the Holy Selections was as dazzling as the moon in the dark of night.

Although they were all human.

In their speech and behavior, there was a sense of being completely out of place with the world—something the local beings absolutely lacked.

At this moment.

Shen Xi had already used the ten-thousand-foot giant hands to drag the massive Li Hai True Palace out completely!

The vortex around him twisted, and a scorching gale howled!

Those giant hands swept across, grinding out pitch-black spatial rifts, and smashed the Dragon Palace Wonder Realm toward the sea below!

In an instant, shadows covered the earth, and the sky went dark!

Boom!!!

The crystal palace, carrying a force of ten thousand tons, smashed directly into the Li Hai!

Towering waves surged, and the ground trembled!

Amidst the roaring of the earth splitting, a tsunami formed instantly!

"Suppress!"

The ten-thousand-foot giant hands dissipated; Shen Xi raised his arm, the seal fell into his palm, and light bloomed!

The origin of the world surged past.

An incredible, mighty force swept across heaven and earth.

Under the suppression of the seal, both the earthquake and the tsunami vanished into nothingness instantly!

The ground closed up, and the waves calmed.

The vast Li Hai became calm and tranquil once again.

The tide gently surged by the shore, wave after wave, hitting the beach as if nothing had ever happened.

Only.

A large area of towering palaces had appeared on the original Li Hai!

These buildings were magnificent and beautiful, carved from bright crystal, arranged at varying heights, one after another, with an extremely rich spiritual essence!

The giant crystal palace in the very center was a thousand feet high.

It stood majestically, like a mountain!

Above the roof of the palace, transparent dragon shapes darted about.

Every moment, it radiated incredible water-vein spiritual Qi.

The plaque in front of the giant palace was a full hundred meters wide.

Four ancient characters were engraved upon it.

The brushwork was vigorous and natural.

Li Hai True Palace.

Shen Xi landed back on the deck of the warship, looked down at the Dragon Palace below, and said, "Now, according to the assessment results, we will begin distributing the True Palace official ranks."

Hearing this.

The new students of the Earth-Moon Academy all showed excitement.

Some were eager to try.

Some walked to the edge of the deck to observe the True Palace carefully.

Others looked proud, scanned their surroundings, and fighting spirit rose in their eyes!

Shen Xi raised his wrist, and golden light circled his identity device.

"1st place, Jiang Jian."

He looked at the ranking and spoke.

Jiang Jian stepped forward, his expression calm: "Greetings, Gatekeeper."

Shen Xi had once said to let the new students of the Earth-Moon Academy call him the Gatekeeper.

After all.

His current job was to guard the gate of the Earth-Moon Academy.

"No need for formalities."

Shen Xi's gaze swept over, lingered on Jiang Jian for a moment, and his expression softened slightly, "Your cultivation foundation is very good."

As these words fell.

Many of the geniuses on the deck looked at each other, re-examined Jiang Jian, and shock grew in their hearts!

Shen Xi was a peerless genius of the Divine Palace realm!

He once had a glorious combat record of killing dozens of Divine Palace realm cultivators while guarding the Moon Realm!

It was even speculated by some in the seventy prefectures of the surface that Shen Xi was the number one Divine Palace realm cultivator of the four Earth-Moon realms!

But this title was far too heavy.

Many Earth-Moon geniuses of the Divine Palace realm were not convinced.

Therefore, the title of "Earth-Moon's Number One Divine Palace" was never officially confirmed.

Even so.

No one dared to easily question Shen Xi's status.

And for Jiang Jian to receive such praise from Shen Xi himself was enough to shock everyone!

(End of chapter)