Today is the time for the inner courtyard assessment. When the sky was just getting light, Si Feng appeared on the top of the mountain he had been on before.
"Everyone, come to me."
Si Feng naturally would not search for them one by one, so he just transmitted the message directly. Of course, he made sure that everyone on the mountain could hear it.
Many of the ten people had not slept all night, so when they heard Si Feng's voice, they walked out of the wooden house directly.
Long Xiangtian was also among them, but unlike the others, although they did not rest, they were all in high spirits, only Long Xiangtian looked quite tired.
"Where's Lui Lok?" Si Feng looked around and found that there were only nine people standing in front of him. The missing one was Lui Lok, who was ignorant of the world. He frowned. But his mission was to pick up a few people, and it would be inappropriate to miss Lui Lok, so although he was reluctant, he still asked.
Everyone looked at each other, obviously no one knew where Lui Lok had gone. Of course, Long Xiangtian knew it, but he was not stupid enough to admit it himself. Anyway, no one knew when he killed Lui Lok yesterday.
Indeed, Lu Le was already dead, and he died under Long Xiangtian's "God-killing Finger". However, Lu Le died without much pain. Long Xiangtian activated the Nine Nether Form and used his most powerful martial arts to sneak attack Lu Le. Lu Le died on the spot before he could react.
The storage ring on Lu Le was collected by Long Xiangtian as a trophy, and his body was also dealt with cleanly by Long Xiangtian. Long Xiangtian didn't believe that anyone would find it on his head.
Si Feng transmitted the message several times on the top of the mountain, but there was no response. The time for the final trial was approaching, and Si Feng couldn't delay the remaining few people because of Lu Le, so he had to take Long Xiangtian and the others away.
Soon Si Feng brought a few people to a huge valley, where a small town was built. The town had no walls, but it was protected by a mysterious formation.
"This is the inner courtyard." Si Feng's words cleared up everyone's doubts, but also aroused the interest of several people.
A few people looked around and found that there was no one walking around in the town, as if it was an empty city.
“There are not many teachers and students in the inner courtyard. In addition, many students are out and not in the inner courtyard, so it seems a bit deserted.” Si Feng saw the confusion of several people and began to explain.
Everyone finally understood, but soon their attention was attracted by a huge stone tablet. This stone tablet was different from the one they had seen before. Although this stone tablet was also filled with names, it was all black, revealing a deep aura.
"That stone tablet is called the Heavenly Heroes List. If you can enter the inner courtyard, your names will be on it."
Everyone then realized that this Tianying Ranking should be a ranking based on strength. Long Xiangtian took a quick look and found several familiar names. Si Feng ranked eighth, Bing Hai was fourteenth, and Lu Le's proud brother was outside the forties.
“I don’t know what rank I can get if I enter this inner courtyard.” Long Xiangtian thought to himself.
Suddenly, they came to a square protected by a special formation. This square was where they were going to take the test. Around it sat thirty or forty people who came to watch the test, including Bing Hai.
Si Feng bowed towards the platform and said respectfully, "Elders, I have brought the outer courtyard students who will take the test."
It was only then that Long Xiangtian discovered that there were seven spirited old men standing on a high platform in the square. There was only one woman among them, but this woman's aura was no less than anyone else's.
Only then did Long Xiangtian finally understand why the Martial Arts Academy was so powerful and why no force dared to interfere in such a good training site like Baidong Mountain. These seven old men must be the key.
These seven old men, just standing there, gave Long Xiangtian a deep sense of oppression. Even the one who seemed the weakest on the surface was not much worse than Dean Du Chun, whom Long Xiangtian had met in the outer courtyard.
Especially the old man standing in the middle, with white hair and a youthful face, his strength gives off a sense of otherworldliness.
"Why are there only nine people?" The old man in the middle suddenly spoke and asked Si Feng.
"Replying to the Great Elder, there is another person named Lu Le. He was here yesterday, but now he is gone. In order not to delay the next assessment, I have no choice but to bring a few people here first."
The Great Elder frowned, not because he was worried about Lu Le's safety, but because he was somewhat dissatisfied with Lu Le.
"Well, since he's not coming, he's disqualified. You guys can continue with the next assessment."
After the Great Elder finished speaking, he was about to announce the start of the competition, but was suddenly interrupted by a voice.
"Wait a moment!"
"What's wrong?"
"Grand Elder, please forgive your sins." The person who spoke was Lu Jia. Looking at the serious expression of the Grand Elder, Lu Jia felt quite nervous.
The Great Elder was the strongest person in the academy except for the Dean. Now that the Dean was not in the academy, the Great Elder could influence all matters.
The Great Elder is not only very powerful, but also has a very difficult personality to deal with. If someone makes him unhappy, the Great Elder will even ignore the difference in status and directly grab the student and beat him up.
In this inner courtyard, no matter one's status or position, no one dares to displease the Great Elder, otherwise they will inevitably suffer physical pain.
"Lü Le is my younger brother."
"Do you want to ask him for help?" The elder snorted coldly, making Lu Jia very nervous.
"I don't dare, but I feel something bad has happened to my brother, and I hope the college can conduct a thorough investigation."
"What's the unexpected thing?"
At this time, Lu Jia suddenly looked at Long Xiangtian and said, "Great Elder, I feel that it was this person who attacked my brother and hurt him, which led to him not coming to participate in the assessment."
Lu Jia's words were shocking, and everyone in the room was shocked, but the elders on the stage were very calm, and Long Xiangtian, the person involved, did not have any special emotional fluctuations.
"What evidence do you have?"
"To answer the elder, when my brother and I were born, my father divided a piece of warm jade into two parts, one for each of us. These two pieces of warm jade can produce induction when they are close to each other. Now my brother is not here, but I can feel my brother's warm jade from this person, so this person must be strange."
Long Xiangtian was slightly stunned. He did put away Lu Le's storage ring, but he did not check it. Who would have thought that there would be such a thing in it.