After hearing Qi Wei's response, Ye Li gently pushed open the door and entered the room. Qi Wei was sitting at the table writing something.
Seeing Ye Li coming in, Qi Wei put down the brush in his hand, smiled at him and said, "Ye Li, you are here. The other three arrived this morning. I saw that you haven't come yet, and I was worried that you might be late. It would not be good if you were disqualified."
Hearing Qi Wei's words, Ye Li touched his head a little embarrassedly and said, "Thank you for your concern, Senior Qi. I have been practicing for the past few days, so I stayed with Master until the end before leaving."
Qi Wei smiled when he heard this, looked Ye Li up and down, and said, "How is it, are you ready to accept the second round of trials?"
Ye Li nodded vigorously, with a strong fighting spirit in his eyes, and said: "I'm ready!"
"Yeah, that's good, hahaha, that's the kind of fighting spirit you need, I'm looking forward to your performance tomorrow.
Come, I will take you to your place to rest, and when the assembly bell rings tomorrow morning, someone will lead you to the arena to participate in the competition."
Qi Wei looked at Ye Li and called him over.
Ye Li nodded and said, "Thank you, Senior."
Then the two of them left the house, and Qi Wei led Ye Li all the way to the east of the city, where the East Courtyard of the Imperial City was.
The two walked forward and soon arrived at the central area near the east of the city, where a huge courtyard was built.
Ye Li looked around and saw that this courtyard occupied almost half of the territory in the east of the city. Within the area enclosed by the wall, young people and teenagers could be seen in groups of three or two everywhere. It was obvious that these people were disciples of the Imperial City who were practicing in the East Courtyard.
As Qi Wei stepped into the courtyard, Ye Li discovered that the disciples here were wearing clothes of different colors, but generally speaking there were only three types: khaki, dark green and inky black.
Qi Wei saw Ye Li looking at the different colored clothes on the surrounding disciples, and hurriedly explained: "Ye Li, the clothes they wear indicate their different identities.
The khaki color represents the yellow-level disciples, the dark green color represents the dark-level disciples, and the inky black color represents the earth-level disciples.
As for the heavenly-level disciples, their clothing is off-white in color. However, they do not practice in the east and west courtyards of the outer city, but in the east and west courtyards of the inner city.
Disciples of all levels must wear clothes of their own level as long as they have not left the training ground. After leaving, they can change back into casual clothes, but they must also wear the corresponding level logo on their chest.
There are no special powers between disciples of different levels. The only difference between them is the allocation of training resources.
Allowing them to see the gap between themselves and the people around them at any time will give them more motivation to practice and strive to advance sooner."
After hearing this, Ye Li nodded, and the doubts in his heart were immediately resolved.
Along the way, many East Court disciples unconsciously looked at Ye Li who was following closely behind Qi Wei.
The looks they gave Ye Li were different. Some were curious, some were friendly, and of course some were disdainful and disgusted.
However, most people showed a hint of surprise when they saw Ye Li for the first time. After all, Ye Li looked too young.
These disciples naturally knew the rules for outsiders joining the Imperial City. The fact that Ye Li had reached the Divine Descent Stage at such a young age and was able to pass the first round of tests was enough to prove that he was a person with great potential.
Ye Li glanced at the many young men wearing yellow-level disciple uniforms around him, and couldn't help but feel a little confused. He asked Qi Wei, "Senior Qi, aren't yellow-level disciples all outsiders? They are at least in their twenties. Why are there so many young people here now? They don't even look like they are in the descent stage?"
Qi Wei smiled and said, "It seems that Ye Li, you really don't know us very well. In addition to adults like you, many of the outsiders we recruited were brought back from childhood.
Our Imperial City adopts a number of abandoned babies every year, or discovers potential children under the age of ten in towns and villages across the country.
After passing some tests, these people will directly become yellow-level disciples and practice in the East and West Academy.
After they reach a certain level of cultivation, there are also certain standards for them to be promoted, but the rankings are rare after all, so most people are stuck in the yellow stage. "
Ye Li finally understood that the Imperial City not only recruited adults like them as disciples, but also recruited many young people with strong plasticity.
Thinking about these young men who were brought into the Imperial City before the age of ten, Ye Li couldn't help but sigh in his heart. These young men must have shown extremely strong talents since childhood, otherwise they would not be so lucky to be selected by the Imperial City.
Following Qi Wei, the two soon arrived at the accommodation area of the East Courtyard, where there were rows of houses and each person had a separate room.
Qi Wei brought Ye Li to the door of a room and said, "Ye Li, you should stay here today and adjust your condition. When the bell rings tomorrow morning, you will rush to the arena and participate in the year-end competition of Emperor City with others."
After Ye Li hurriedly thanked Qi Wei, he walked into the room by himself. Qi Wei also turned around and left the East Courtyard.
At this time, the sky was gradually getting dark, and Ye Li had no intention of going out for a stroll, so he stayed in the house to adjust himself.
After he moved in here, the servants who were responsible for the disciples' daily life came and delivered dinner and hot water to Ye Li's residence.
Ye Li stayed very comfortably that night.
The next morning, a loud bell rang in the East Courtyard.
After a night of rest, Ye Li hurriedly got up from the bed and left the room.
At this time, the accommodation area was already full of people. Everyone was pouring out in groups. Most of them had excited looks on their faces, but there were also quite a few who had worried expressions on their faces.
After all, the Imperial City's year-end competition has relegation and elimination rules, which means that some of these people will face the fate of being relegated or eliminated.
While Ye Li was observing in a daze, a familiar voice sounded beside him: "Brother Ye, when did you come? After I arrived yesterday, I specifically asked about you, but found out that you haven't arrived yet."
After hearing the voice, Ye Li quickly turned his head with joy and looked to the left. A young man with a very honest and dull face was walking out of the house next door. It was Mu Tianzhi.
Mu Tianzhi is two years older than Ye Li and looks equally young, but his honest and dull expression makes people feel that he is older than he looks.