Chapter 566: The Seventh-Generation Grandson of the 'Flame King' Qin Mingqing (Second Update, Seeking Votes)

"After the start of the school year, I think we should organize a group of elite freshmen to explore the Fire Flame Secret Realm to rapidly improve their strength and prepare for the next Academy Tournament. How about I take a few Third-Rank Students to secretly protect their safety when the time comes? What do you think?"

Li Zhangsheng naturally did not hide anything; the two of them were very close, having often exchanged ideas in depth, and their relationship was so good they were practically ready to get married.

During this period of seclusion, his 'wallet' had shrunk significantly, so Li Zhangsheng naturally set his sights on Liu Xudong's Space Ring.

In addition to the Space Ring, he also wanted to collect the remains of Di Zhiyi's Demon Pet.

It has now been four months since the Fire Flame Secret Realm opened. Given the area and restrictions of the Fire Flame Secret Realm, it has only been preliminarily developed at most, and there are still many Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure and rare wild Spirit Beasts, which can be considered a moderate opportunity for these freshmen.

"That is possible, but I cannot make the decision on this matter alone; it must go through a high-level meeting to be decided."

Ning Bizhen agreed almost without hesitation, but although she had great power in Yuanling Academy, she could not act dictatorially on important matters and had to put it to a vote with other high-level officials.

Li Zhangsheng nodded and said, "Then let's decide it that way; I will wait for your good news."

"By the way, while I was purchasing items during this time, I helped you acquire some of the items on your list."

While speaking, Ning Bizhen handed a Space Ring to Li Zhangsheng.

At the first moment, Li Zhangsheng could not care about communicating with Ning Bizhen and immersed his Mental Power into the Space Ring.

Stored in this Space Ring were several items: a piece of Secret Silver weighing about two jin, two Vitality Fruits, a Wood Element Crystal the size of an infant's fist, and a Blood Spirit Ginseng.

With this two-jin piece of Secret Silver, Li Zhangsheng was only one jin short of gathering ten jin of Secret Silver.

The Vitality Fruit is one of the two main ingredients in the formula for the Ancient Strength Enhancement Potion. Li Zhangsheng already had the Ice Heart Grass and could continue to concoct an Ancient Strength Enhancement Potion. Given Kailan's success rate in concocting this potion, he could obtain at least six or seven portions.

The Wood Element Crystal goes without saying; Li Zhangsheng originally had one, and with this one added, he was one step closer to Kailan's further evolution.

The Blood Spirit Ginseng is a treasure that allows a Spirit Beast to obtain a second Bloodline, although there are many restrictions on the fused Bloodline.

Taking Aixi as an example, the prerequisite for integrating a second Bloodline is to have a Top-tier Divine Beast Bloodline comparable to a White Tiger, and it must possess a Metal attribute.

Li Zhangsheng expressed that he was very satisfied. Of course, the cost of the acquisition was not cheap, causing his 'wallet' to shrink again, and the remaining resources would likely only last for a month or two.

However, with the enrollment of freshmen, the Starry Sky Auction House was also preparing to hold a grand autumn auction, which he believed would bring Li Zhangsheng another significant profit.

At this time, Li Zhangsheng began to use his Mental Power to observe the ten Li Clan disciples who were undergoing the assessment.

The assessment time for the Lianxinlu had just ended, and only five Li Clan disciples successfully reached the finish line; half were eliminated directly.

By the old rules, as long as one assessment is failed, it means losing the qualification to continue the assessment, and these eliminated clansmen can only be accepted by other academies.

Of course, there are occasional exceptions; if a Second-Rank candidate fails the assessment, they will be given one more chance, although the probability is not small at all.

However, any candidate eliminated by Yuanling Academy would be warmly welcomed by other academies. In this regard, Ning Bizhen had already communicated in advance with Qingmeng Academy and Hongtao Academy, which were the high-level academies in the Academy District second only to Yuanling Academy.

As long as they were Li Clan disciples who failed the assessment, they could become freshmen of these two academies without examination.

This is what is called a connection.

But so what if they are connections? As long as it can be beneficial to future development, he believed that the vast majority of people would scramble to be one.

The second assessment was a written test. Most of the Li Clan disciples participating in the assessment had a good foundation, so only one person was eliminated this time.

Many were also eliminated in the written test, but most were candidates from ordinary families; there was no help for it, as their foundations were mostly not solid.

Forces like the Li Clan have professional and efficient education, and coupled with the possession of a large number of books, they naturally possess a significant advantage.

The third assessment was mountain climbing, with the prerequisite that Demon Pets could not be allowed to help climb the mountain, and coupled with the Mist, Random Displacement Restriction, and a large number of wild Spirit Beasts, the difficulty was also not small.

In the third assessment, the Li Clan failed one more person.

After completing all the assessments, a total of three people from the Li Clan were admitted to Yuanling Academy.

Among them, Li Wanru, as a Second-Rank candidate, achieved the best results in two items and an excellent result in one. According to last year's standards, she would definitely be able to enter the top five.

They were not the last batch of candidates, and they would have to wait until all candidates finished their assessments to receive their dormitory keys.

Ning Bizhen was very thoughtful and had handled everything for them in advance, letting them stay temporarily in a vacant residence in Yuanling Academy.

As for the Beast Garden Elder and the two Deacons, they still had to take the seven eliminated Li Clan disciples to Qingmeng Academy and Hongtao Academy.

The rankings of these two academies were not much different, each having its own advantages and disadvantages, and these seven Li Clan disciples could choose according to their own preferences and future paths.

In fact, there were more than twenty other people who came this time, not just these ten Li Clan disciples, including both direct descendants and collateral branches.

Unlike last year, this year's Li Clan disciples were undoubtedly very happy; even if their results in the Clan Competition were at the bottom, they would still be brought to the Pengcheng Academy District to participate in the assessment, just without the privileges of these seven Li Clan disciples.

After arranging for the three clansmen admitted to Yuanling Academy, Li Zhangsheng and Ning Bizhen returned to the Number One Courtyard together.

"Bizhen, how is the quality of the freshmen admitted this year?"

As a school leader, Ning Bizhen naturally had some understanding of the excellent freshmen admitted this year.

"Overall, it's one level better than the previous batch. By the way, following you last year, there is another person this year who achieved the best in all three assessments!"

Achieving the best in all three assessments has a difficulty coefficient that can be called extremely high, especially in the third assessment, where it is too difficult to get the best.

"Isn't that great? I'm looking forward to their performance in the next Academy Tournament; maybe they won't be worse than the Royal Academy."

For Li Zhangsheng, as long as his teammates don't hold him back too much, the probability of defeating the Royal Academy will become very high.

"Which force is he from?"

"He comes from the Langya Qin Clan and is the seventh-generation grandson of the Flame King Qin Mingqing. His grandfather is the current Clan Leader of the Qin Clan."

If the son is the first-generation grandson, then the seventh-generation grandson is separated by a full seven generations, which is mainly related to the long lifespan of an Emperor Rank.

Generally speaking, the titles of Emperor Ranks basically do not overlap to avoid conflict.

The reason why the title of the Flame King Qin Mingqing was the same as Di Zhiyi's was mainly related to the latter's long seclusion. When Qin Mingqing attained the Dao, he thought Di Zhiyi had already fallen, so he used the title of Flame King.

"The Langya Qin Clan is going to diversify its 'investments'. Are you planning to recruit students this year?"

"I will recruit one more this year; let's choose Li Wanru."

Ning Bizhen thought for a moment and gave her answer.

Li Zhangsheng didn't need to think to know that this was mainly for the sake of him and Li Wenbo; otherwise, Ning Bizhen, as a school leader, would definitely not recruit any more students.

(End of this chapter)