Chapter 838: Casual Assessment

The Marquis laughed: "With his strength, he doesn't need to study at all; what he needs is resources. Only enough resources can tempt him. I do have something that interests him—conflicts with Sect recruitment."

"What matter?" the Princess asked curiously.

"Wait and see; we'll see whether he's satisfied with Qian Long Academy before speaking." The Marquis gave a vague answer, not telling the Princess.

On the final day of the Grand Sect's recruitment, Ye Liuyun arrived early at the recruitment venue.

The Princess, Wei Pangzi, and Su Manning had pre‑assigned recruitment slots, which were outside the scope of this recruitment.

He came early in order to hear the academy's presentation of resources for him and their attitude toward the trainees.

The Recruitment Elder stood on the platform and began introducing Qian Long Academy.

"Many know that Qian Long Academy has many princely disciples; even the Crown Prince, princes and princesses of Daxia Chao are disciples of the academy."

"So before you go, you should be aware: if you're not strong, you're destined to become someone else's servant."

"Qian Long Academy won't intervene in your disputes; everything depends on you to fight for it!"

"Everything depends on you to fight for it!" hadn't been heard by Ye Liuyun in a long time, and it instantly sparked his interest.

"On the contrary, even if you kill a prince inside Qian Long Academy, Daxia Chao wouldn't dare to act against you there! That's the academy's confidence!"

The Recruitment Elder smiled while introducing to the youngsters below, as if killing a prince were a commonplace matter to him.

For the youths of Eagle‑Beak Island, it was unheard of, and the murmurs below kept rising.

"Killing a prince—I never even dared to imagine it before!"

"Indeed! The academy must have such confidence to utter such treasonous words!"

Ye Liuyun's interest was fully aroused.

At that moment he thought to himself, "Even princes can be killed? No wonder the Marquis is looking for a personal guard for the Princess. The competition in Qian Long Academy must be exceptionally fierce. This academy is intriguing!"

Of course, some thought the academy too chaotic and offered little protection to ordinary disciples, so they abandoned any intention of joining.

"Do you also want to enter Qian Long Academy?" a booming voice rang beside Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun turned his head, saw Yuan Datou, and nodded at him.

"I just got interested! Do you also want to enter Qian Long Academy?"

"Ha ha, I knew you weren't a pushover. I heard it's chaotic inside, and you want to go, right? I'm the same!" Yuan Datou cracked a huge grin.

"Why didn't you go to Monster God Island?" Ye Liuyun asked, a bit puzzled.

"I grew up there, I know all the Monster Beasts there, it's boring!" Yuan Datou said casually.

The Recruitment Elder on stage continued, "The academy has various Secret Realms that are opened to disciples; by guarding these Secret Realms, disciples can accumulate high points to exchange for resources…"

"…There are even two new Secret Realms, explored less than ten percent, yet the death rate is extremely high, nearing eighty percent!"

As soon as the Grand Elder finished speaking, many turned and left.

"An eighty percent death rate, what a joke! How is that any different from nine lives to one death!"

The Recruitment Elder was unfazed, laughing, "Right, right, it's nine deaths to one life! I was being a bit diplomatic."

At this moment, Ye Liuyun had already decided to go take a look.

"Ha ha, fine, I'm definitely going to check it out!" Yuan Datou shouted outright.

From afar, someone muttered, "Only a lunatic like Yuan Datou would fit such an academy!"

After speaking, those people quietly slipped away.

Yuan Datou heard it but didn't care at all.

Next, the Recruitment Elder introduced many more academy rules.

In summary, it boiled down to one sentence: to obtain resources, you basically have to fight and seize them yourself.

However, the disciples' benefits are also very tempting; just hearing about the items you can exchange points for makes people envious.

"Alright, that's the overview! Anyone who wants to sign up, just step onto the platform."

The Recruitment Elder didn't have people register; he had them go straight onto the stage.

"I'm going, you coming?" Yuan Datou stood up, about to walk onto the stage.

Ye Liuyun also rose, "Let's go kill a few princes and see!"

"Ha ha ha! You really have guts!" Yuan Datou laughed, leaping onto the platform together with Ye Liuyun.

More than ten youths continued to step onto the platform. Their realms were generally within the Yin-Yang Eight-Nine Layers.

Thus Ye Liuyun's realm stood out prominently among them.

Yet no one dared to underestimate him. His reputation had already spread across Eagle‑Beak Island, and whenever people saw his Golden Pupil, they kept a distance.

The Recruitment Elder originally intended to advise Ye Liuyun to step down, because his realm was too low to reap any benefits.

But seeing everyone's reaction, he swallowed the words he was about to say.

"Fine! Since you all volunteered to step onto the stage, I'll begin the test right away!"

Seeing no objection, he immediately released his Soul and began attacking the people on the stage.

Someone's Soul was damaged instantly, spitting blood as they fell to the ground.

When the Elder's Soul rushed toward Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness, Ye Liuyun released his own Soul, deflecting the Elder's Soul back.

He dared not let the Elder's Soul pierce his Sea of Consciousness, fearing the Ten Thousand Gods Command would swallow his Soul!

"The Divine Soul Power of a high‑ranked being, no wonder these people fear him!" the Elder realized, though he wasn't overly surprised.

He then proceeded to test the others as well.

Now only six people remained on the stage, including Ye Liuyun and Yuan Datou.

"Alright, the remaining six of you may fight freely until only two are left on the stage; those two will be chosen by us!"

The Recruitment Elder said casually, as if he were too lazy to set proper rules.

"What? So casual?" a disciple asked discontentedly.

Ye Liuyun understood that this was Qian Long Academy's way—everything must be fought for. Without hesitation, he slapped a palm forward, sending the dissatisfied disciple flying.

That disciple's vigilance was also too poor; he basically didn't even manage to unleash his True Essence Body Shield, completely lacking vigilance.

And Yuan Datou, at this moment also blasted toward another disciple; although he was half a beat slower than Ye Liuyun, he still reacted faster than the others.