Chapter 55: Slaying Demons in Qizhou

Song Yueyao shakes her head slightly and does not answer.

She has no answer in her heart either.

The Fengshan Mo River is extremely difficult. If it were a Black and Bai Dian disciple, there might be a slight possibility, but an outer-courtyard disciple... unless the other party has already reached the Ji Hun Realm.

That black-robed scholar is a genuine Ji Hun Realm cultivator, and his soul image is extremely ferocious, as if facing two Ji Hun experts.

The assessment for outer-courtyard disciples is not to kill the black-robed scholar, but to reach a 50% completion rate.

Slaughtering nearly half the villagers counts as completion.

This test already involves requirements in all aspects, such as sneak attacks, concealment, hard power, and movement techniques; it is very difficult.

After all, slaughtering nearly half is very easy to startle the black-robed scholar. Once the other party takes action, even Black Palace disciples would have to flee.

"I heard two members of the Imperial Clan arrived; could it be that they did it? If they have reached the Perfected Zhou Tian Realm, with that peerless pulse-opening technique and Qi-circulating method, there might be a slim chance of battling a Ji Hun Realm cultivator," Lin Feifei guessed.

She can only think of this possibility. If even the Imperial Family can't do it, then it's even less likely for others.

"Go and see, and you will know," Song Yueyao says.

The two, led by Huang Licai, arrive at the outer courtyard.

And here, Su Ye-hua has already summoned everyone to wait.

As the two girls and Huang Licai arrive, many people stir slightly, standing on tiptoe to look.

"It's Song Yueyao!"

In the crowd, Du Qiuyue recognizes Song Yueyao and Lin Feifei at a glance, admiration appearing in her eyes.

"Who are they?"

"The one in white is Song Yueyao, the Palace Master's granddaughter, one of the most monstrous geniuses in the Black and Bai Dian. I heard she is not even twenty yet and is already in the Shenyou Realm..." Du Qiuyue whispers enviously.

This is a true monster, a ninth-grade battle body, a first-class genius.

Li Yuanzhao is enlightened, but his expression shows no surprise.

She is only in the Shenyou Realm at twenty. According to Mother, Ninth Uncle was in the Shenyou Realm at thirteen, a Grandmaster at seventeen, and when he made contributions and sacrificed himself at nineteen, he was already in the Seventh Realm, the Three Imperishable Realms...

That is the only monster in history! Having heard of Ninth Uncle's battle record, and then looking at other geniuses, Li Yuanzhao feels they are nothing more than this.

"Where is your Hao brother? Why isn't he here?" Du Qiuyue looks around and asks in a low voice.

Li Yuanzhao shakes his head: "Hao brother is probably off looking for someone to play chess with."

"Playing chess..." Du Qiuyue's mouth twitches.

At this time, Song Yueyao and Lin Feifei's gazes are already scanning the crowd.

"The Palace Master's granddaughter, huh..."

In the crowd, Jiang Ye squints and examines the two beautiful figures, a strange light appearing in his eyes, thinking to himself:

"They look quite good. If I take her and make her my Imperial Concubine, Song Yufeng, for the sake of his granddaughter, might become a help to me in the future. It's a pity she is a few years older than me. Never mind, with the Tan Palace as a dowry, I can suffer a little loss..."

While he is pondering, Song Yueyao's gaze also patrols the crowd and sees him at the first glance.

Although they are all in uniform courtyard robes, judging from the vigor of the aura released, she guesses that this person is likely from the Imperial Family.

How could an ordinary Zhou Tian Realm cultivator have such a thick aura like a flood dragon?

Seeing the gaze cast by Song Yueyao, Jiang Ye smiles slightly, revealing half a mouthful of white teeth, and nods slightly to show goodwill.

Song Yueyao's gaze, however, turns away calmly; it is not this person.

She searches the crowd again, looking at them one by one, but her brows furrow.

None of them are.

"Not here," Song Yueyao says to Uncle Huang beside her.

Huang Licai is stunned and quickly whispers: "Did you look carefully?"

"Hmm." Song Yueyao nods.

Huang Licai looks at Lin Feifei again, and the latter also shakes her head slightly, showing a helpless appearance.

"Could it not be the First Courtyard?" Huang Licai is confused in his heart and asks Su Ye-hua: "Are all the disciples of the First Courtyard here?"

Su Ye-hua also knows what he is looking for. She looks at the people in the crowd and notices that two or three are absent, saying: "Basically, they are all here."

Those absent are that playboy who sleeps all day long, and two aristocratic disciples with average strength. She feels it shouldn't be them.

"Strange..." Huang Licai thinks for a moment, whispers a few words to Su Ye-hua, and Su Ye-hua nods slightly, immediately ordering everyone: "Turn to the side."

Everyone is surprised and looks at her suspiciously.

Su Ye-hua does not explain, taking out the dignity of a teaching master, her willow eyebrows slightly cold, and everyone immediately obeys obediently.

They have already experienced the strict methods of this beautiful master.

Song Yueyao and Lin Feifei are forced to look again. The two girls are full of confusion, feeling that everyone looks familiar, after all, they are all in uniform courtyard robes, but looking closely, they feel it is not like them.

Huang Licai, in desperation, says to Su Ye-hua: "Let those who haven't come back later to find me, so Yueyao and the others can see them."

"Hmm." Su Ye-hua nods in agreement.

Huang Licai leaves this place and takes the two girls to the Second Courtyard.

On the way, a figure carrying a wild rabbit walks over casually; it is Li Hao.

"Which courtyard disciple are you?" Huang Licai sees him and calls out immediately.

Li Hao is surprised, examines them, doesn't recognize them, and says: "I am from the First Courtyard. Who are you?"

"First Courtyard?" Huang Licai's heart stirs, and he looks back at the two girls. Song Yueyao and Lin Feifei are also examining Li Hao; he is a very handsome youth with red lips, white teeth, and fair skin.

It's just that the wild rabbit in his hand and the wild grass stained on his courtyard robe make him look a bit sloppy.

The two girls look carefully and then shake their heads slightly:

"Not like him."

Huang Licai, upon hearing this, waves his hand at Li Hao: "It's nothing, you go."

Li Hao is confused, carries the wild rabbit, and walks away, brushing past them.

Suddenly, Li Hao feels the aura of these two girls is a bit familiar, as if he had met them in the Mo River cave earlier?

After returning to the First Courtyard, Su Ye-hua sees Li Hao and immediately asks him to find Huang Licai.

Li Hao asks and understands the situation, telling her about his encounter on the road. Su Ye-hua doesn't suspect he is lying; she also feels Li Hao is unlikely to be that person. If it weren't for the fact that this kid is from the Li Clan and has been sleeping and slacking off for the past half month, she would have trained him strictly long ago.

"Hao brother, where did you go?"

After returning to his seat, Li Yuanzhao tells Li Hao everything that just happened.

Li Hao is enlightened and feels a bit sullen. Fortunately, it seems the academy doesn't intend to settle accounts with him.

As for the reward?

That Crimson Sky Treasure Sword is indeed good and can cut the soul; it is a rare Divine Travel Realm weapon.

In the Divine General Mansion, only a few tens of thousands can be found.

What a pity.

He is already in the Fifteen-Li Realm and has no use for it.

On the waterfall, Shen Yunqing and Zhao Zongyuan also receive the news and are both surprised.

"Who did it?"

"Could it be that kid? The place he went to earlier was the Mo River side," Zhao Zongyuan says in surprise.

Shen Yunqing shakes his head slightly: "Although there is a Mo River there, one can also return to the academy; it's just a bit of a detour. He might have gone the wrong way."

"Hard to say. That kid can comprehend your movement technique so quickly. I always feel I can't see through him. This kid might not be in the Zhou Tian Realm."

"Even if it's the Ji Hun Realm, it's difficult."

Shen Yunqing shakes his head: "It's clearing, not destroying. Who knows what the conditions are? And the news just came that the girl Yueyao is an eyewitness. Old Huang took her to the outer courtyard and saw everyone. They found a kid in the Second Courtyard who looked very similar, but after verification, it wasn't him."

"Strange, could it be a guy from the Black and Bai Dian?"

"Who knows? Anyway, there will be a result soon; it can't be hidden," Shen Yunqing says.

"Indeed." Zhao Zongyuan thinks it's the same and sighs: "The Fengshan Mo River is quite suitable for newcomers as an assessment. Now that it's gone, we can only use that Mo River, but that one is much more difficult."

"Can only count them as unlucky," Shen Yunqing says.

A few days later.

The First Courtyard disciples gather in the courtyard. Li Hao, who was preparing to sneak out to slack off, is also called by Su Ye-hua and returns to his seat obediently.

"Tomorrow is the first test of your admission. Go to the field to slay demons!"

Su Ye-hua looks around at everyone and says with a calm expression: "Martial artists must experience the trials of slaughter, blood, and fire. We have already arranged relationships for you. You only need to go and report, and participate in person. This way, you will know what defects your martial arts have when facing demons, and how to fight when truly killing the enemy."

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes brighten slightly, and many people are eager to try.

Slaying demons?

This is a dream that many people present have been looking forward to.

To wield a sword to the ends of the earth, to slay demons and eliminate evil—too cool! "These tasks have difficult ones and simple ones. You had better act according to your ability."

Su Ye-hua takes out a stack of paper and says: "For each task, we will give corresponding academy points according to the difficulty. These points can be exchanged for weapons, precious medicines, cultivation methods, and absolute arts in the Martial Scripture Building of the Black and Bai Dian!"

"But you must examine your own abilities. Greed is also a test for martial artists."

As she speaks, she calls an old student to distribute the paper in her hand.

Li Hao also gets a copy and looks at it casually.

Above are all demon-slaying tasks, distributed in different states and different cities.

Being able to open up local relationships in various states and cities shows the connections of the Tan Palace Academy.

Is this equivalent to sending students to big companies for internship inspections?

Suddenly, Li Hao's gaze narrows and falls on a task list.

Demon-slaying Task 23:

Qizhou, enter the Demon Slaying Division, assist the local demon-slaying team, hunt demons, and be graded by the local person in charge.

Full score 10 points.

Qizhou!

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