Chapter 85: Assessment Chaos

New Tianyuan Calendar year 12,345, February 2nd.

The sky above Flying Dragon Mountain was cloudless. Many young cultivators climbed the mountain together—they were the candidates participating in this Academy assessment.

Most young cultivators climbed the mountain alone, while some had elders from their families or sects by their sides, wanting to watch the excitement together.

At the summit, a huge arena had already been set up. On the arena, led by the teacher Cao Ziwei, were four Academy students behind him.

Lin Jing, in a white shirt with a gourd hanging at his waist; Zi Ling'er, in a fire-patterned pill robe with the fragrance of pills on her body; Yuan Jing, in a pure black robe with a long sword on his back; and Xu Zhizhi, in a green long gown, looking elegant.

"That is the Academy teacher Cao Ziwei. It is said that he has a Nascent Soul Great Perfection cultivation and is proficient in the art of observing Qi!" An elder introduced Cao Ziwei to his junior:

"It is said that once Mr. Cao returned to his family, a junior in the family was recruiting a son-in-law, so they asked Mr. Cao to check. He just took one look and recommended an innate mortal body among a group of geniuses, calling him 'prosperous to the wife.' In the end, the junior gave up a pursuer with a special constitution and chose this mortal body. Guess what happened? The two innate mortal bodies actually gave birth to an 'Innate Lightning Spirit Body'! This is the fiercest Innate Spirit Body!"

"After this, many women from cultivation families like to pay Mr. Cao a lot of money to check their husbands. If you can be favored by Mr. Cao, you'll be lucky. As long as he says you are prosperous to your wife, there's no problem with you marrying into any cultivation family!"

"So that's how it is." The young cultivator looked at Cao Ziwei with burning eyes and said: "This wife-prospering art is really powerful!"

"Are these four the examiners representing the Academy students this time? Two early Foundation Establishment, one ninth layer of Qi Refining, one seventh layer of Qi Refining?"

Some candidates for this session also carefully looked at the four of them, choosing suitable candidates to challenge.

"Choosing a Foundation Establishment examiner must be very difficult to defeat, but if you perform well, even if you fail, the score will definitely be higher than choosing that seventh layer of Qi Refining examiner!" A young cultivator analyzed, whispering: "If you have confidence in yourself, challenge those two!"

The elder next to him heard his analysis, gave him a slap, and transmitted his voice: "How have I taught you on weekdays? No matter what you do, information must be put first. That seventh layer of Qi Refining is from the Beast-Taming Sect. What's powerful is his pet beast. A few months ago, he just arrived in Hidden Longcheng and directly defeated a Foundation Establishment cultivator with his current cultivation. His strength is extraordinary!"

"The other three were his defeated opponents half a year ago! Of course, they were all Qi Refining then. Now that someone has reached Foundation Establishment, it must be different."

"But no matter what, the fame of this Beast-Taming cultivator is greater than the other three in Hidden Longcheng. Defeating him might result in a higher score. After all, the Hidden Dragon Academy cultivates luck and reputation!"

"Ah???" The young cultivator who was slapped was dumbfounded. What?! So deceptive?! This Academy assessment is too insidious.

"So you should challenge that Beast-Taming Sect one! Lowest cultivation, greatest fame—if you don't choose him, who do you choose? You can better demonstrate yourself and get a high score!" Seeing that his junior was not promising, the elder told him the information he knew so as not to fail the assessment.

Most candidates were analyzing information, judging which examiner was most suitable for them.

This assessment was called a test of combat, but wasn't it also a battle of information?

Of course, there were also those who had absolute confidence in their own strength, with calm expressions, like the Wang family's Heavenly Divine Body. He looked like a dragon among men in the crowd, with an extraordinary temperament.

Wang Xiao stood with his arms crossed, silver armor flashing. His gaze had been on Cao Ziwei, waiting for him to announce the start of the assessment, and he hadn't looked directly at Lin Jing and the others.

His aura was so strong that ordinary candidates didn't dare to get close to him.

"Time is up!!!" Just then, Cao Ziwei rose into the air and looked at the crowd in front of him, his gaze sweeping over: "I am Cao Ziwei, the chief examiner for this Academy assessment. Welcome to all candidates applying for the Academy."

"Today, we are conducting the first assessment. Regardless of the Dao you cultivate, your own strength is the foundation of everything. Next, please choose one of the four Academy cultivators in front of you to challenge. I will score you based on your actual performance."

"Alright, no more nonsense. Which candidate will challenge first?" As soon as he finished speaking, a sturdy teenager at the ninth layer of Qi Refining flew onto the arena.

"I am Lei Chou from the Thunder Sound Valley of the Dao Domain." This sturdy teenager reported his sect. Thunder Sound Valley couldn't be considered a large sect.

The valley didn't cultivate lightning techniques but rather body-tempering techniques, using lightning to temper the body, so lightning faintly flickered on his skin.

"I want to challenge him." He looked at the thin Xu Zhizhi: "I've long heard of Brother Xu's great name!"

Xu Zhizhi stepped onto the stage freely and looked at the body-tempering cultivator.

"You have great courage. It seems you must know that in the Cave Heaven, I killed a terrifyingly powerful snowfield body-tempering cultivator! It was an Innate Ten-Thousand-Beast Body, powerful in strength. You are also a body-tempering cultivator. Are you trying to challenge me to prove that you are more powerful than the snowfield body-tempering cultivator who entered the Cave Heaven?"

When Xu Zhizhi boasted about himself, the corners of Yuan Jing's and Zi Ling'er's mouths twitched. How can a person be so thick-skinned? He said it without blushing. That snowfield body-tempering cultivator was clearly severely injured by Lin Jing, and you just added a punch!

"Yes!!!" Lei Chou raised the corners of his mouth. He just wanted to prove that he was more powerful than the snowfield body-tempering cultivator!

"Assessment start!" Cao Ziwei quickly announced the start of the assessment. Lightning flashed on Lei Chou's body, and his figure instantly disappeared, attacking Xu Zhizhi with terrifying speed.

But at the same time, people only saw that Xu Zhizhi had a bamboo weapon in his hand at some point.

Xu Zhizhi's bright eyes flickered. He found the position, pulled the trigger, and the Mechanical Bamboo Gun instantly fired countless bullets, landing in the direction the body-tempering cultivator was advancing and all around him.

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Xu Zhizhi fired continuously, booming out a barrage of spirit bean bombs. When the water mist dissipated, Lei Chou was already lying on the ground, eyes wide open in death. He remembered that literary cultivators didn't fight like this.

"Your speed is not bad, but I have had bright eyes and night vision since I was a mortal, and my eyesight is extraordinary. Speed has no meaning in front of me. Moreover, your physical strength is far worse than that snowfield body-tempering cultivator. I was afraid my ability would hurt you too much, so I defeated you with this bamboo gun." After speaking, he waved his sleeves and walked back, changing the magazine in his hand.

Cao Ziwei looked at Xu Zhizhi, went silent for a moment, and then said: "Next candidate."

This body-tempering cultivator was carried down. Besides showing decent speed, his performance could be said to be miserable.

Many candidates were still looking at the weapon in his hand in a daze.

That's not right. How come this thing feels more lethal than conventional literary means?

"I'll come. I want to challenge Xu Zhizhi!" Another young man came up. He was dressed in black, embroidered with golden tiger patterns.

"Demon-Extermination Gao family, Gao Sheng!" After introducing himself, the scene was in an uproar. Is it that Demon-Extermination family?

Seeing someone challenge him again, Xu Zhizhi was also very happy, but hearing the challenger's name, he was suddenly stunned, having a bad premonition.

After Gao Sheng jumped up, to everyone's astonishment, he also took out a machine gun exactly the same as Xu Zhizhi's and said: "I have one too, hahahahaha!"

Xu Zhizhi's vision went dark. Oh no. ===== CHAPTER 86 =====