10 The Beginning of the Grand Competition

Spirit Sky Academy, another cave.

"The sword is like thunder!"

A gigantic sword aura swept past from bottom to top, and there was a thundering arc in the air.

The road paved with green stones was shattered by the powerful sword aura.

"Not bad Yun'er, in just thirteen days of effort, you've actually practiced the first stance of the Penetrating Thunder Sword Technique, and you've even reached the beginner level, not bad." The old man looked at Han Zhiyun, who was panting for breath, with joy.

Fortunately, long ago, you taught me a book of palm thunder, otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to master such a powerful martial art as the Penetrating Thunder Sword Technique so quickly.

Old Man Ling was satisfied, "It also depends on one's talent, I have also taught Palm Thunder to the Third Prince, but his talent is limited and he has not been able to comprehend the main points of the Penetrating Thunder Sword Technique so far."

"Practice well, the entire Spirit Sky Academy, the younger generation now is probably not many people are your opponent, the academy competition, you must take a good rank, the top four even have spirit stones and jade springs as a reward!"

"Yes." Han Zhiyun nodded and continued to practice the Penetrating Thunder Sword Technique.

The day before the Grand Competition.

Lu Xuan had finally consolidated his realm, and his true qi was incomparably pure due to the Xuanhuang Tablet.

"After the meridians have opened up to twenty-four, it's too difficult to just rely on aura to flush the back, if I had strong qi and blood pills or animal blood, I might be able to open up a few more."

"Looks like I'll have to go to the auction once more."

Lu Xuan didn't disguise himself this time, he was buying, not selling, so naturally, he wasn't afraid of being watched.

Leaving the cave house and walking to the void market, two people just happened to walk past Lu Xuan.

"Did I hear, the Spirit Sky Academy side is preparing to start the Academy Competition, and the top four even have the qualification to enter the Spirit Jade Spring."

"I heard that already, and your news is too outdated, but now there's new news, the first place will even get a middle-grade magic weapon!"

"Middle-grade magic weapon? Wow, the Spirit Sky Academy is really generous, even taking out the middle grade." One of them revealed an envious expression.

"It's a pity that the top four aren't destined to be us, and whoever dares to participate in the Grand competition now isn't above the fifth level of mortal life, and we, the little rookies at the third or fourth level of mortal life, are destined to be just a formality. I heard that the one who performed the worst will have to be expelled from the academy."

"Hehe, then you don't have to worry. One mountain has a lower mountain, haven't you heard of Lu Xuan of the Northern Sky Pavilion? He's only at the second level of mortal life, no matter how bad it is, he's still got us covered, so don't be afraid at all!"

"That's true, haha!"

As the two of them spoke, they rushed towards the Spirit Sky Academy, unaware that the Lu Xuan they were talking about was actually standing not far away from them.

"By the looks of it, my great name has already been spread." Lu Xuan shook his head, guessing that the group of students was waiting to see their jokes.

Lu Xuan originally had no interest in participating in a lowly academy's grand competition, and as for those rumors and gossip, how would he, an Emperor Realm powerhouse, care what this group of exhibitors thought.

"However, the aura jade spring is a good thing."

As the name implied, the Aura Jade Spring was a spring made of concentrated spiritual energy.

A single drop of top-grade spirit water was comparable to the sum of the spirit energy of a small piece of lower-grade spirit stone.

However, Spirit Sky Academy was only a two-star academy, destined that the grade of the Spiritual Jade Spring would not be too high.

"It's better than nothing, but the spring water from the Spiritual Jade Spring can save me a large amount of money." Lu Xuan smiled faintly, he actually didn't want to frequent the auction, especially when his strength was still low, in case he was seen by someone, then he would probably be in danger.

Not to mention the fact that he possessed countless pills and techniques, if the news that he was still alive reached the ears of the Qinglian sluts, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Moreover, Lu Xuan's father, Lu Shan, has spent a lot of money to send him to the Academy.

It is reasonable that Lu Xuan should participate in this so-called academy competition.

One day later.

Spirit Sky Academy's arena.

Many students of the Academy rushed to the scene before dawn, this year's competition, the rewards are generous, and there are many new events, many students are ready to show their skills in the competition.

In the center of the arena was a giant circular arena, surrounded by four banners several meters high.

North Sky Pavilion, South Pole Pavilion, East Xuan Pavilion, West Wing Pavilion.

These four names are corresponding to the four corners of the Academy.

The students who participated in this competition are all outer courtyard students, and only those who perform well are eligible to enter the inner courtyard.

The competition is so important that even the headmaster of the Academy has appeared.

At this time, he was sitting at the highest position in the arena, a little shorter, was the vice president, followed by the masters of the four pavilions.

The rest of the instructors and teachers were not qualified to sit down, they were standing at the bottom of the stage to maintain the security of the students.

Lu Xuan soon came to the arena as well, standing at the Northern Sky Pavilion.

"Yo, isn't this the young master Lu who specializes in martial arts, why did you think of coming to participate in our martial artist's tournament?"

"Hush! Hush! Be careful, or I'll use a mortal martial art to take your head!"

"Wow, I'm so scared oh! A martial art at the second level of Mortal Life is definitely of extraordinary power!"

The others noticed him and teased him.

Among them, the ones who shouted the loudest were none other than the Third Prince's lackeys, who were of average strength, only at the third or fourth level of Mortal Life, and probably couldn't surpass the fifth level of Mortal Life, and knew that they were hopeless at winning the competition, so they used this method to satisfy their pathetic vanity.

Lu Xuan's story has spread to the entire outer gate, so the entire North Sky Pavilion is disgraced by this incident.

The students of the Northern Sky Pavilion had distanced themselves from Lu Xuan for a while, pretending not to know him.

Only Long Xueyao was the only one who walked towards Lu Xuan in style.

"Lu Xuan, don't mind what they say, just play your own part." Long Xue Yao said.

"Yeah." Lu Xuan responded with an indifferent response.

In fact, he didn't care about this group of ignorant guys, not to mention the outer disciples, he didn't care about even the headmaster of Spirit Sky Academy.

Seeing Lu Xuan's calm face, Long Xue Yao could not say anything.

You can never wake up a person who is pretending to sleep.

The third prince and Han Zhiyun were far away, but Lu Xuan was a figure of the moment now, so how could they not notice his arrival.

The third prince sneered, "What an ungrateful fellow, who really dares to participate in the academy competition, if he doesn't come, he can save some face, since he's already here, I'd like to see which one is stronger, martial arts or martial skills!"

Han Zhi Yun didn't answer, her eyebrows wrinkled incomprehensibly.

Lu Xuan's demeanor had been different since the Han family had parted, and there was a sense of a legacy of independence and clarity, which, coupled with his perpetually breezy face, was oddly uncomfortable.

"I heard that all of the students in this class are not badly endowed?" The director of the Academy is an old man with a long beard and crane hair, dressed in gossip robes, just sitting there, not the slightest feeling that he is a strong Xuan Life realm.

On the contrary, he was a bit like the old man next door, and his words revealed his concern for the new generation.

"Yes, this year, the four courtyards have recruited quite a few talented youngsters, there are more than ten just those who have reached the fifth level of Mortal Life, which can be said to have broken the previous year's record, especially the East Xuan Pavilion, which has even produced two geniuses at the seventh level of Mortal Life." The Vice-Dean laughed.

"Oh? Then I guess the champion of this year's Grand Competition will be born in the Eastern Xuan Pavilion again." Dean said, "Four years in a row as Grand Competition Champion, Master Song Pavilion has taught me well!"

"Oh, the Dean has overstayed his welcome." The Master of East Xuan Pavilion, who was called Elder Song by the Dean, stood up, saluted, and said, "Song was only doing what was expected of him, but when it comes to teaching, I really can't compare to Elder Yun, who was able to teach a mortal life second-level student who specialized in martial arts."

"It really is an eye-opener for Song Mou!"

Saying that Elder Song turned around and looked at the Northern Sky Pavilion's cabinet master with a seeming smile.

Elder Song and Elder Yun, the two had never dealt with each other.

After learning of Lu Xuan's existence, Elder Song especially seized this opportunity to smear the Northern Sky Pavilion in front of the Dean.

"You!" Elder Yun, who was sitting well, was suddenly enraged and stood up.

"Indeed?" The Dean's voice rose a little higher.

Specializing in martial arts? This is contrary to tradition.

Even a man as profoundly righteous as the Dean could not help but frown, and with such low cultivation, only at the second level of Mortal Life.

"This... "Elder Yun blushed red and faltered for a while, nodding his head in acknowledgment.

"Then where is he now?" Dean faintly said.

"That's the man." Elder Song pointed jovially at the isolated young man at the North Sky Pavilion.

The Qi was like a cloud of air, if not absent.

In this situation, there were only two possibilities: either he was too strong to detect it, or too weak to sense it at all.

And how could an outer disciple be any stronger?

"Don't mind it." The dean took a look, said nothing, and shook his head.

But anyone with a discerning eye could see that the dean was disappointed with the Northern Sky Pavilion.

At this moment, Elder Yun could not wait to slap Lu Xuan, this brat, to death, you said that you practice martial arts, not martial skills, you can just practice it yourself secretly in private, you have to practice it in public and make a scene.

What a shame!

The Elder could not wait to find a crack in the ground and burrow into it.

Time passed, and when it was noon, the headmaster gave a shout, and the bonfires burst into flames.

The orange flames reflected on the faces of everyone, and the atmosphere rose accordingly.

"I declare, the Academy Grand Competition, officially begins!"

The entire outer gate was suddenly boiling.

There were thousands of disciples at the Outer Gate of the Academy, and this year's new students were especially large.

Therefore, the traditional one-on-one sparring match will not work!

With tens of thousands of students, I don't know how long the fight will last.

So this year, a new event has emerged.