Chapter 417

"Very well. Next, you only need to follow your guide to the corresponding room to receive your reward."

Immediately, several dozen staff members wearing the uniforms of the Xiayanlian Alliance walked over.

Every one of these staff members was very young—the men handsome, the women also very pretty.

"Student Wang Xuan, you need to go to Room 209 on the 2nd floor to receive your reward. Please follow me."

"Student Liu Yang, you need to go to Room 312 on the 3rd floor to receive your reward. Please follow me."

"Student Wei He, you need to go to......"

Soon, every person had a guide staff member beside them, and the black-robed man who had been leading the group all along walked straight up to Zhou Yi.

"Zhou Yi, let's go. I'm your guide."

Compared with the youthful, beautiful guides around him, the black-robed man, with his deep, steady presence and stern expression, seemed somewhat out of place.

But the people around, seeing this, all cast looks of great envy.

Judging from the situation along the way, this black-robed man was clearly an extremely powerful professional.

For such a professional to take on the role of a guide clearly showed that Zhou Yi was held in very high regard.

And so, a group of several dozen people, led by their respective guides, quickly left the great hall......

"Zhou Yi, the room where you'll receive your reward is Room 510 on the 5th floor."

Zhou Yi and the black-robed man took the elevator and quickly arrived at the 5th floor.

"In this exchange tournament, you took first place in the individual event, first place in the team event, and first place in the survival event.

Therefore, your reward is also the most generous."

The two walked down the corridor, the black-robed man speaking as he went.

"Of course, across the entire exchange tournament, you were also the one who performed the best."

"Our Xiayanlian Alliance is very optimistic about you. I wonder if you'd be willing to become a core member of our Alliance?"

Facing the black-robed man's inquiry, Zhou Yi shook his head and said apologetically:

"I'm sorry, I currently have no Idea of strength to join any faction."

"Don't you want to hear the terms our Xiayanlian Alliance offers? This is something many professionals dream of, and our Alliance has very few rules."

"No need." Zhou Yi shook his head again.

Joining a faction—no matter how few the rules, there would still be constraints.

Besides, he was only a freshman; it was impossible for him to bind himself to a faction right now.

"You geniuses, every single one of you is like this."

Seeing this, the black-robed man, though helpless, had no recourse.

In fact, scenes like this weren't the first time they had occurred.

In previous exchange tournaments, it was rare for a first-place genius to choose to join a faction at this point.

With the invitation unsuccessful, the black-robed man promptly shifted the topic to the matter of receiving the reward.

"Zhou Yi, the reward you'll receive this time is roughly divided into three items.

The first is the individual event champion's reward—a custom-made Legend Rank weapon.

The second is the team event champion's reward—a full set of custom-made Epic Rank equipment.

The third is the survival event champion's reward—you may choose one life-saving item from our resource vault."

The National University Freshman Exchange Tournament has three events in total, and each of these three events corresponds to a different reward.

In previous years, of these three events, usually only two would be won by the same person.

After all, those with strong individual ability couldn't accumulate points in the survival event as fast as those summoners and mechanists.

But this year, Zhou Yi broke that convention, snatching first place in all three events!

"Your Legend Rank weapon is forged by Master Qijun. He isn't currently at headquarters.

In a moment, we'll need to connect via holographic projection video. Once you see Master Qijun, just tell him the requirements for the weapon you want custom-made."

"Understood."

Zhou Yi nodded slightly, and the two quickly entered Room 510 on the 5th floor.

The room wasn't large, looking about the same as the chamber inside the Skill Library of Suhang University.

The entire room was full of a sci-fi feel, and on the silver-white tabletop sat a transparent crystal orb.

"Sit down and place your hand on the crystal orb, and you'll be able to begin the entire reward-claiming process."

The two sat down on the sofa, and at the black-robed man's signal, Zhou Yi placed his right hand on the crystal orb on the table.

Buzz—

The crystal orb trembled slightly, and then a pale-blue projection interface appeared before Zhou Yi's eyes.

"Identity verified. Peripheral elite member of the Xiayanlian Alliance, Zhou Yi. Welcome."

"You achieved outstanding results in the recently concluded 183rd National University Freshman Exchange Tournament. Would you like to begin claiming your exchange tournament rewards now?"

"Yes." Zhou Yi nodded without hesitation.

"Very well. Now beginning the first item, the individual event champion's reward. Connecting you to Master Qijun......"

Accompanied by a pleasant prompt tone, a very tall figure quickly appeared on the projection screen.

It was a middle-aged man holding a short hammer, his upper body bare.

He had short black hair and bright, piercing eyes.

His bare upper body was a mass of knotted muscles, bulging high, gleaming with a metallic sheen.

He seemed to be in a cavern extremely rich in fire element, where fire element was so dense it had condensed on its own into crimson-red flames all around!

Pop~~

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Behind him was a pool of golden-red magma that constantly boiled, bubbled, and made noise!

The air above that pool of magma was also somewhat distorted and warped because of it.

Such a scene made Zhou Yi feel that searing heat even through a screen.

"Master Qijun is currently inside an active volcano on Blue Star, where he can better forge Legend Rank equipment."

The black-robed man beside him said with a smile.

"Inside an active volcano!" Zhou Yi's heart gave a jolt.

One had to know that the current Blue Star was no longer the Blue Star of before.

After the Eternal Game merged with reality, many substances on Blue Star had undergone changes.

The boiling magma, mixed with multiple substances, was no longer merely a little over a thousand degrees, but a full tens of thousands of degrees!

A high temperature of tens of thousands of degrees was also a lethal threat even to high-level professionals.

And this Master Qijun actually dared to forge inside an active volcano—this was enough to show how terrifying the other party was......

"You are the champion of this individual competition, Zhou Yi?"

In a muffled voice like the clash of Jin Ge, Master Qijun's pair of golden-red eyes looked at Zhou Yi.

"Master Qijun." Zhou Yi called out respectfully.

"Sure enough, worthy of being the individual competition champion of this session—facing Master Qijun, his expression doesn't change at all."

The black-robed man beside him secretly nodded in his heart.

In order to better craft equipment, Master Qijun had learned an extremely special pupil technique skill, and had upgraded it to a very high level.

Ordinary professionals, suddenly meeting this kind of gaze, would all be intimidated into being unable to speak.

Yet Zhou Yi seemed to have no reaction at all......

"Your current level is 23. According to the requirement of one equipment tier every 5 levels, the Legend Rank weapon I forge for you will be capped at level 25.

Tell me, what type of weapon do you want, and what are your requirements regarding attributes and special effects."

Listening to Master Qijun's words, Zhou Yi, who had long been prepared for this, immediately said:

"I want a longsword with attribute bonuses favoring Strength and Intelligence.

I don't have any major requirements for equipment special effects, as long as it fits my Holy Knight class and has enough killing power."

Ordinary Gold Rank weapons only have two four-dimensional attribute bonuses.

Legend Rank weapons, on the other hand, will boost all four attributes!

As a Holy Knight who balances melee combat and spellcasting, Strength and Intelligence are especially critical, so one only needs to prioritize bonuses for these two among the four primary attributes.

As for weapon special effects, Zhou Yi only put forward a rough requirement.