Chapter 1064: Those Former Opponents

The next day, Senior Zong Sha and Jiang Jiang Wanyu delivered the materials Li Luo had requested yesterday regarding the other major Holy Academies participating in this "Academy-Grade Review."

Li Luo warmly invited the two into the small building. At this moment, he felt even wiser for having befriended the two of them back in the Spiritual Resonance Cave Heaven; otherwise, having just arrived at the Heavenly Yuan Ancient Academy, unfamiliar with the place and the people, finding someone to help with anything would have required some effort.

"Junior Li Luo, the materials on the Holy Academy teams participating in this Academy-Grade Review are all here."

"This Academy-Grade Review, according to past precedent, is divided into three tiers."

"The first tier has two slots, and the resource share obtained is naturally the highest."

"The second tier has ten slots, with resources only half of the first tier."

"The third tier has several slots, and the resources are naturally the least as well."

Senior Zong Sha took the top three sheets from the stack of materials in front of him and placed them before Li Luo, saying: "Among these Holy Academies, these three Holy Academies are the strongest. In the past, the first tier has almost always emerged from among them."

Li Luo's gaze swept over, and the names of the three academies came into view.

Extreme Thunder Holy Academy.

Holy Marsh Academy.

Holy Moon Academy.

Li Luo's gaze paused on Holy Marsh Academy for a moment; the mentor named Chen Yun yesterday seemed to come from there.

"Because the Academy-Grade Review is a team system, all four academy grades will each send one student to form a team. However, the One-Star and Two-Star Academy students are basically just there to make up the numbers, so there's no need to pay too much attention to them. Only the Three-Star and Four-Star Academy students can be considered to have some ability."

Jiang Jiang Wanyu's red lips parted slightly. She stared at Li Luo, a hint of a smile seeming to rise at the corners of her mouth: "You might need to pay attention to the Four-Star Academy representative materials for these three Holy Academies."

She helped Li Luo pull out a sheet of materials. The latter thanked her and took it. This sheet recorded the teams these three Holy Academies were fielding for this selection, and Li Luo directly skipped over the One-Star, Two-Star, and Three-Star Academy students without looking.

Extreme Thunder Holy Academy, Gu Jing, possessing an Upper Eighth-Grade Thunder Physique, Xiao Tian Xiang Jing, Void Seal Grade.

Holy Marsh Academy, Gao Xuhan, possessing a Void Ninth-Grade Poison Water Physique, Xiao Tian Xiang Jing, Void Seal Grade.

Holy Moon Academy, Tong Yan, possessing an Upper Eighth-Grade Five-Colored Divine Ox Physique, Xiao Tian Xiang Jing, Void Seal Grade.

Li Luo's gaze swept past, pausing for a moment at these three's strength levels: "Xiao Tian Xiang Jing, Void Seal Grade."

"The strength of these people happens to be similar to mine right now."

Senior Zong Sha spoke with a smile. At the same time, the phase force within his body flowed and moved, condensing in his palm. Gradually, a somewhat illusory golden seal appeared in Li Luo's line of sight.

Li Luo glanced at that illusory golden seal. On this golden seal flowed an extremely pure aura, somewhat similar to Origin Qi.

He knew that this golden seal was the hallmark of Xiao Tian Xiang Jing, also called the Tian Xiang Golden Seal.

Upon stepping into Xiao Tian Xiang Jing, one's own Physique resonates with the energies of heaven and earth, subsequently gathering wisps of Origin Qi. These Origin Qi merge with phase force and can then be transformed into the so-called "Tian Xiang Golden Seal."

And this "Tian Xiang Golden Seal," observing its degree of solidification, is divided into two grades: "Void" and "True."

Previously in the Spiritual Resonance Cave Heaven, whether it was Senior Zong Sha or Zhao Yan and the others, they had only just completed their breakthrough and had not yet condensed their own "Tian Xiang Golden Seal." But after Senior Zong Sha returned to the academy and underwent over a month of nurturing, he truly stabilized his grade and condensed the "Golden Seal."

However, observing his "Golden Seal" appearing somewhat illusory, it was clearly still at the "Void Seal" tier.

Exactly the same as the three people on the materials.

However, could the Four-Star Academy students of these Holy Academies actually compare to Senior Zong Sha, who was among the elite of the Four-Star Academy students of the Ancient Academy?

This question only arose for an instant before Li Luo suppressed it, because he understood the twists and turns involved... Apart from the difference in timing between the academy-grade systems of the Holy Academies and the Ancient Academy, the so-called Four-Star Academy representatives of these Holy Academies were not necessarily actual Four-Star Academy students. Or to put it more precisely, these people should be called "Title Students."

Like the "Seven-Star Pillar" title of their Holy Profound Star Academy, those who obtained the Seven-Star Pillar were not entirely Four-Star Academy students; among them, some were senior students from the previous term.

Because Title Students, by rule, may remain for one year, enjoying academy resources.

But unfortunately, these people also fall within the scope of Four-Star Academy students. Therefore, when these Holy Academies come to participate in the "Academy-Grade Review," they naturally prioritize selecting these stronger "Four-Star Academy students."

Li Luo stared at Senior Zong Sha's "Golden Seal" for several breaths, and suddenly noticed that on his "Golden Seal," there was actually a somewhat familiar ancient golden sigil.

This golden sigil was inscribed on the side of the "Golden Seal," lending this "Golden Seal" an additional touch of mysterious profundity.

"This golden sigil..."

Li Luo's heart stirred slightly. Similar golden sigils existed within his own Physique Palace as well—in fact, not just one, but a full five! And each one was clearer and more ancient than Senior Zong Sha's.

"Hehe, this golden sigil is the 'Origin Golden Sigil.' Originally, it could only be condensed at Da Tian Xiang Jing. Speaking of which, the fact that I was able to condense this thing is largely thanks to the 'Mysterious Heart Spirit Core' gifted by Junior Li Luo."

"With the augmentation of this 'Origin Golden Sigil,' my 'Golden Seal's efficiency in gathering Origin Qi will improve somewhat, and it will also allow me to step into 'True Seal Grade' faster." Senior Zong Sha, seeing Li Luo's gaze, said with a smile.

Li Luo waved his hand, but in his heart he was thinking that the function of this "Origin Golden Sigil" seemed greater than he had imagined. It's just that he had not yet stepped into Tian Xiang Jing, and had no way to condense a "Tian Xiang Golden Seal," so naturally he could not maximize the effect of the "Origin Golden Sigil."

But this didn't matter. The water droplets containing "Origin Qi" that the "Origin Golden Sigil" condensed from time to time had already brought him quite a pleasant surprise.

Pulling his thoughts back, Li Luo flipped through some more materials on other Holy Academy teams. Apart from the previous three who had stepped into Xiao Tian Xiang Jing Void Seal Grade, there were also quite a few whose strength reached Seven-Star or Eight-Star Tian Zhu Jing. As for Nine-Star Tian Zhu Jing, he had not seen it.

"Oh?"

Suddenly, Li Luo's hand flipping through the materials paused, his gaze fixed on the page as he let out a soft exclamation of surprise, because on it, he had actually seen a familiar name.

Holy Bright King Academy, Three-Star Academy student, Jing Jing Taixu, Void Ninth-Grade Wind Physique, Extreme Sha Jing.

Staring at this name, Li Luo couldn't help feeling a bit dazed, then laughed. Back during the Holy Cup War, this Jing Jing Taixu had been his formidable opponent. He hadn't expected that one day, they would meet again here.

The Four-Star Academy representative of Holy Bright King Academy was named Lu Lu Jinci, with the strength of Seven-Star Tian Zhu Jing. Regarding this person, Li Luo also had a strong impression, because back then he had competed with Jiang Qing for the title of the strongest Three-Star Academy student in the Holy Cup War.

Staring at these two names, Li Luo thought for a moment, then continued flipping through. Very quickly, he found two other familiar names.

Heavenly Fire Holy Academy, Lu Ming, possessing a Seventh-Grade Illusory Thunder Dual Physique, Extreme Sha Jing.

Holy Mountain Academy, Sun Sun Dasheng, possessing an Upper Eighth-Grade Stone Ape Physique, Extreme Sha Jing.

Recalling the encounters from the Holy Cup War, Li Luo couldn't help feeling a bit emotional. After more than a year, the opponents from back then once again had the chance to meet.

However, this reunion did feel a bit like things had changed while people remained.

Li Luo gathered his thoughts, then smiled at Senior Zong Sha and Jiang Jiang Wanyu before him: "These Holy Academies are indeed not weak in strength."

"You're quite arrogant."

Jiang Jiang Wanyu looked at Li Luo and said: "In the Spiritual Resonance Cave Heaven, you were able to slay Tian Miao and seriously wound Zhao Yan, but that external force was probably the main factor, right? Yet this kind of power, you will likely find difficult to wield in the Academy-Grade Review, because it would count as a violation."

"Now Holy Profound Star Academy only has you as one representative, so not only do you have no advantage in grade, you are even at a complete disadvantage in numbers."

"So are you really certain you want to represent Holy Profound Star Academy alone in this Academy-Grade Review?"

Li Luo nodded and said: "It is indeed somewhat challenging."

Senior Zong Sha then said: "Actually, with Junior Li Luo's strength, as long as he avoids those few particularly powerful Holy Academies and isn't specifically targeted, then securing a second-tier share shouldn't be too difficult."

The second tier has ten slots, and the competition there isn't quite as fierce.

If Li Luo could single-handedly claim one of the second-tier slots, that would count as a decent result. As far as he knew, the best performance the Sacred Void Star Academy had ever achieved in past academy-level evaluations was exactly that.

Li Luo smiled. His gaze was fixed on the rosters of those three strongest Sacred Academies. A second-tier slot was indeed pretty good, and under normal circumstances, yielding one wouldn't matter. But right now the Sacred Void Star Academy was at its most desperate for resources, so if possible, Li Luo still wanted to be a little more ambitious.

So... his target might not settle for a second-tier slot.

These two first-tier slots... I wonder who's willing to do me a favor and step aside?