Long Xiangtian spent the next few days in the martial arts academy, but he did not go to classes anymore. Instead, he went to Du Ruo's office from time to time to listen to her private lessons.
It has to be said that Du Ruo is very qualified as a mentor for freshmen at the Martial Arts Academy. Not to mention his actual strength, his theoretical knowledge alone can be considered outstanding.
In the past few days, Long Xiangtian has also understood a lot of knowledge about cultivation, but his cultivation level has not changed at the first level of the Xuan realm.
Zhou Ji had not appeared in front of Long Xiangtian in the past few days, but Long Xiangtian had seen Gu Liang a few times. However, Long Xiangtian ignored his vicious look.
A week had passed in a flash, and today was the freshman selection competition. This competition was not only to verify the achievements of Long Xiangtian and his group of freshmen over the past few months, but also to select a few of them to participate in the inner courtyard selection later.
Although anyone who wants to participate in the inner courtyard selection is welcome, if your ability is too low, the instructor is obliged to dissuade you from participating. This is also to prevent the subsequent inner courtyard selection from being mixed.
However, Long Xiangtian had never known about this freshman competition. In his mind, the freshman competition did not put any pressure on him. His goal was to participate in the more formal inner courtyard selection.
However, Long Xiangtian did not intend to directly expose his strength in the Profound Realm here, and he did not even plan to use "Nine Nethers". It would be a waste if a trump card of this level was used here.
At this time, Long Xiangtian and many classmates gathered in the square, waiting for instructor Du Ruo to announce the rules of the competition.
Soon, Du Ruo appeared on the platform, holding a box the size of a human head. When everyone saw Du Ruo coming, they all fell silent and waited for her to speak.
Du Ruo saw that everyone was quiet before he spoke: "I have a box in my hand, with some labels inside. Each label has a number on it. There are a total of 65 students in our class, so one person can have a bye in each round. Let's take turns coming up next."
At this time, everyone below understood what the box in Du Ruo's hand was for, and then they lined up in a long queue to draw their own number plates.
When Long Xiangtian was about to draw the number card, as soon as he put his hand into the box, he felt a bamboo slip in his hand. Long Xiangtian was slightly stunned, but when he saw Du Ruo secretly winking at him, Long Xiangtian still took the bamboo slip directly in his hand.
After Long Xiangtian took out the bamboo slips, he stepped down. Before he could look at his bamboo slips, the fat man suddenly came over and said, "Boss, I'm number 10, what's your number?"
Long Xiangtian just took out the bamboo slips and found that there was a big zero written on it. Long Xiangtian had some vague guesses in his mind.
"Boss, why is it zero?" The little fat man was very puzzled when he saw that Long Xiangtian's number was zero.
"I don't know. Let's see what Teacher Du Ruo says later." Long Xiangtian raised his shoulders, indicating that he didn't know either.
After a while, everyone had an extra bamboo slip in their hands. Everyone was discussing their own and others' numbers. At this time, Du Ruo suddenly spoke up: "Number one against number sixty-four, number two against number sixty-three, and so on. Number zero will have a bye."
At this time, Long Xiangtian finally understood what the number in his hand meant. It seemed that he could take a break this round.
"Boss, you have a bye this round!" The little fat man shouted excitedly, attracting a lot of attention. After learning that Long Xiangtian had a bye, many people secretly sighed at his luck.
After hearing what others were saying about him, Long Xiangtian could only smile bitterly and shook his head. At this moment, only he and Du Ruo knew that he was not lucky at all. It was Du Ruo who deliberately gave him the bamboo slip of byes. Du Ruo probably felt that his existence would destroy the balance of the game.
But since Teacher Du Ruo did this, Long Xiangtian had no objection. It was actually not bad to just stay by and be a bystander.
Afterwards, Du Ruo brought them to a larger martial arts training ground. After all, there was only one competition venue in the square, and it would be a waste of time for so many people to compete.
This larger martial arts training ground can accommodate four groups of people competing at the same time, which can greatly save everyone's time. However, there are also disadvantages. If the time is fast, the rest time left for the contestants will be less, and the ability to restore the mysterious power will become a very important assessment point. Of course, there are also people who use elixirs to restore the mysterious power, but everyone's ability to absorb the medicinal power is different.
After a while, Wenhao, Wang She and Zhang Yerong also came to Long Xiangtian's side. Wenhao looked at the situation on the field nervously, not to understand the opponent, but because Yu Xunxue drew number one. Although Wenhao was very confident in her, he was still a little nervous.
Wang She also looked towards Yu Xunxue's competition venue. He was not worried about anything, but wanted to know something about Yu Xunxue. After all, with Yu Xunxue's strength at the peak of the Guanli realm, it was very likely that the two of them would meet each other in the future, and if they met, it would most likely be a fierce battle. It was always good to know more about her at this time.
In comparison, Zhang Yerong and the little fat man didn't care much. Zhang Yerong was a carefree girl, so she didn't care about observing others. In her heart, as long as Wang She was there, it was enough. He would help her anyway. The little fat man's idea was even simpler. He didn't like to practice, so he didn't care about martial arts competitions.
Now the fat boy's cultivation has just reached the peak level of Guanli Realm, which is about the seventh level of Guanli Realm, and Baidong Mountain has made a great contribution to this.
And because the fat boy often brought delicious food to Tian Lao, he also got a lot of benefits from Tian Lao. He was only at the seventh level of Guanli Realm. In Tian Lao's words, it was a waste of all his treasures.
Although several people attached great importance to Yu Xunxue's competition, there was nothing worth watching in the competition, because the person Yu Xunxue faced was only a sixth-level Guanli realm, not even as good as the little fat man, so Yu Xunxue easily took care of him without much effort.
After that, Wen Hao and Zhang Yerong also defeated their opponents easily, but the little fat man and Wang She had some twists and turns. Wang She defeated his opponent after a long battle because he encountered a strong ninth-grade Guanli realm, and the little fat man had a twist and turn because he was too weird. The opponent was obviously as strong as him, but he was chased for a long time while shouting, and only after he covered his body with amulets did he shout again and defeat others.