Following the space at the edge of Wujian Lake, a mighty frost dragon and a towering mountain peak appeared above the heads of major martial arts academies.

In this space, bursts of uproar suddenly came from the ships of various major colleges.

Although the Qianlan Empire has nearly a hundred martial arts academies, including the famous "Nine First-Class Academies".

But for more than a thousand years, there have only been two colleges, the "National Education College" and the "God of War College" that can be called "top colleges."

Not only do the two have a long history, they were formed at the beginning of the establishment of the empire. Behind them are the strong support of the two major factions of the empire, the "civilian group" and the "military group".

In comparison, the National Academy of Education can be regarded as a "letting a hundred flowers bloom", and the talents it cultivates are more comprehensive and can be qualified for many positions in the empire, while the Academy of War God focuses on cultivating iron-blooded warriors who are good at fighting.

The development directions of the two colleges are different. Although the performance of the National Education College has always been slightly superior in major trials, the overall strength of the two colleges is still about the same.

But compared with the two, other colleges, even the nine powerful first-class colleges, are still far behind.

In all previous Inland Sea Trials, the two top academies have always come out on top, taking the top two spots in the standings.

Now that the two houses appeared, it naturally caused a sensation in the whole audience.

However, like other academies, the "dragons" and "giant peaks" controlled by the National Religion and Ares Academy are hovering in the void at this moment, blocking the prying eyes from the outside world with hidden restrictions.

Before the official start of the Inland Sea Trial, unless it is between allies, no party is willing to expose the contestants of their own academy to avoid exposing their strength in advance.

With the entry of the two top colleges, the fifty-four colleges that were allowed to participate in this inland sea trial have also arrived.

As the atmosphere at the scene gradually calmed down, about a quarter of an hour later, a spiritual light flashed again at the restricted entrance, and five majestic black ships flew into it.

These five ships are all made of a deep ink-colored metal, and are in the shape of a long shuttle. Standing around the edges of the ships are hundreds of soldiers wearing complete sets of black armor, holding spears, and standing upright. .

From the outside, one can only see the cold, knife-like eyes of these soldiers exposed outside their armor.

As these five ships sailed in, the atmosphere in the venue immediately became solemn and solemn.

Everyone also noticed that there was a silver-white "sword-shaped tower" logo printed on the bottom of these five giant ships.

This is exactly the shape of the twelve-story white jade Jingfei Sword Tower, the official symbol of the Qianlan Empire, the "national artifact" of the Qianlan Empire!

After the five ships flew into this space, the four ships behind them hovered around the periphery of the ships of the major colleges.

The largest ship at the front turned into a magnificent black light and flew up all the way, directly arriving in front of the Frost Dragon of the National Education Academy and the God of War Academy, as well as the Taiqing Peak.

The ship soared upwards, directly higher than the two, standing at the top of all martial arts schools!

No one present felt there was anything wrong with this.

All martial arts academies in the Qianlan Empire were founded by the empire. The empire continuously provided resources to all academies. Everyone was trained by the empire, so naturally they must be loyal to the empire!

At this moment, the whole place was silent. Everyone was looking up at the black ship and the silver sword tower mark, and their eyes couldn't help showing awe.

A moment later, three figures flew into the sky from the black ship and floated to the center of the void.

For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on these three people.

Everyone's eyes subconsciously turned to the figure among the three people.

This is a middle-aged man, about thirty or forty years old, with a tall figure and strong features, especially his sharp eyes, which are bright and sharp, and imposing. At first glance, he is someone who has been in a high position for a long time.

This middle-aged man, currently wearing the official uniform of a "second-rank official" of the Qianlan Empire, stood solemnly and looked very majestic.

As soon as they saw this person, someone immediately blurted out his identity.

"This is the Governor of Nanhan Province, Pang Hua!"

Governor Pang was familiar to many people present. He had served as the governor of Nanhan Province for many years and had a high prestige in the empire. In recent years, he had personally presided over several Inland Sea Trials under the emperor's orders.

With Pang Hua's status as a second-grade border official, coupled with his powerful cultivation at the peak of the moon level, even when he presided over the Inner Sea Trial, the top trial among the imperial martial arts academies, there had never been any mistakes.

Pang Hua's appearance did not come as a surprise. What really surprised everyone was that the other two people appeared in the void with Pang Hua at this moment.

Although Pang Hua stood in the middle of the two of them, as if "he was the leader", everyone could clearly see that Pang Hua's figure was suspended in the void, and was actually a head shorter than the two of them.

In Nanhan Province, someone who is a head taller than Pang Hua, the governor of the province, cannot be a simple character.

Like everyone else, Han Feng couldn't help but change his gaze curiously, first looking at a figure on the left side of Governor Pang.

But I saw that this man was about forty years old, wearing a "Xianhe Buzi" official uniform, with a square face, clear facial features, bright eyes, and an extraordinary aura.

As soon as he saw this person, Han Feng couldn't help but feel familiar. He pondered for a moment and then suddenly remembered.

I had met this person when I was preventing Dugu Nianxue from getting engaged at the Zhenbei Palace, and the two of them had some conflicts. This person was the first-rank official of the dynasty, "Shangguan Qingfeng", the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel!

Unexpectedly, this person also appeared in Wujian Lake. When he was in Zhenbei Palace, Han Feng did not observe this person's cultivation. Now, looking at his momentum, he is comparable to Pang Hua, the governor of Nanhan, and he is also a moon-level master. able.

After Han Feng's expression changed slightly, he turned his attention to the figure on the right side of Governor Pang.

Just one glance, but it shocked Han Feng's heart!

This is an old man who seems to be "over fifty". Although the old man has a few strands of white hair, he is still tall and tall. He just calmly stands in the void with his hands behind his back, just like a towering mountain. Rising from the ground, it is unattainable.

His tiger eyes were as deep as the abyss, and under his seemingly calm gaze, a ray of light flashed occasionally, but it gave people the feeling of being in a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, and feeling as small as dust.

Even Pang Hua and Shangguan Qingfeng, two moon-level powerful men and high-ranking officials of the imperial court, stood in front of the old man, as if the "gleam of stars and moon" were competing with the "rising sun".

The old man just stood quietly in the void and suppressed the world with one person.

=This old man's aura has clearly exceeded the realm of the moon and reached a more terrifying level.

Sure enough, at this moment, a loud exclamation quickly came from the ships in the northwest fourth courtyard.

"Ah...it's Lord Shangguan Qingfeng, the Minister of Rites, and Xiong Tiangang, the Minister of War, Lord Xiong!"

"What, Xiong Shangshu is here too!"

Hearing the words "Minister of the Ministry of War", everyone present changed their expressions. Even several people in Han Feng's team had shocked expressions on their faces.

Because they were already familiar with this Lord Shangshu.

At this moment, Jin Buhuan beside Han Feng couldn't help but said excitedly: "I heard that Xiong Shangshu successfully survived the Japanese-level catastrophe twenty years ago. He is a real Japanese-level strongman. Several big bosses in the military department

one.

I never thought that during this trial in the inner sea, I would be able to witness with my own eyes the peerless elegance of a powerful Japanese warrior. It was truly a worthwhile trip!"

When Han Feng heard this, he couldn't help but feel shocked. As expected, the old man was a Japanese-level powerhouse!

In the entire Lingwu Continent, without Hongwu, the Japanese-level realm was already the ceiling of the mainland's military force. The appearance of this Xiong Shangshu naturally made everyone present excited and shocked, and their hearts were filled with reverence.

And this is also the first time in recent decades that a Japanese-level powerhouse has appeared in the Inner Sea Trial.

Some people couldn't help but wonder: "In previous years, the Inner Sea Trials were presided over by Governor Pang and the soldiers of the Governor's Mansion. How come there are two ministers here this year, and even Japanese-level experts like Xiong Shangshu show up!"

Everyone is speculating on this.

Han Feng also had his own speculation in his mind. He thought that the two high-ranking officials from the DPRK might also be here for the "Wu Shen Clan ruins" in the core area.

However, "Pei Hu", the son of Earl Pingyuan, seemed to know more inside information. He whispered to Han Feng and others.

"The two ministers should be here for the two evildoers from the "National Education Academy" and the "God of War Academy" who have "celestial spiritual veins."

"Heavenly Spiritual Vein!"

Hearing these three words, everyone couldn't help but look blank. It was the first time for Han Feng to hear about this kind of spiritual vein.

Jin Buhuan on the side asked first: "Brother Pei, what is the Heavenly Spirit Vein? Is it also a type of alien spirit vein? Why haven't I seen it in the classics?"

As the son of an earl, Pei Hu has a deep family background and naturally knows more secrets than others. He immediately explained to everyone.

"The conditions for achieving the so-called Heavenly Spiritual Vein are extremely stringent. The basic condition is to have a "Top-grade Spiritual Vein" or a "Foreign Spiritual Vein."

Only those with above-mentioned talents will have a Japanese-level expert personally take action while they are still in their mother's body, using heaven-defying means to make them complete the "innate awakening" in their mother's body.

In this way, this person is still an embryo, and before he has a human form, he begins to seize the creation of heaven and earth and absorb the essence of the power of heaven and earth.

Until the time of birth, his spiritual veins have been "innately nurtured" by the power of heaven and earth, and his talent is so strong that it is even more perverted than the alien spiritual veins!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but be shocked. What a shocking method it was for a Japanese-level powerhouse to awaken innately in the mother's body.

Jin Buhuan couldn't help but said in shock: "I'll go, you're so powerful, it's like you started practicing in your mother's womb!

Doesn’t that mean that if there is a Japanese-level powerhouse in the family, and the descendants have excellent talents, they will be able to continuously create powerful people with the Heavenly Spirit Vein?"

Pei Hu shook his head and said: "How is this possible? Creating the "Heavenly Spirit Vein" is going against the will of heaven. Even a strong man can only try it once in his life. Not only does he have to pay a big price,

Moreover, the success rate is extremely low. Unless it is a close relative, no Japanese-level expert would be willing to take action.

Moreover, if the first attempt fails and the second attempt is made, even a Japanese-level expert will be punished by heaven and earth. Not only will it be impossible to succeed, but he will be in great danger.

In our Qianlan Empire, the Heavenly Spirit Vein has not appeared for nearly a hundred years, and this time is definitely rare."

After hearing what Pei Hu said, everyone could not help but be amazed in their hearts, deeply feeling the heaven-defying power of the Heavenly Spirit Vein.

To obtain this kind of Heavenly Spiritual Vein, in addition to possessing supreme talent, one must also have a Japanese-level expert who is willing to pay the price for it. These two conditions combined make it as difficult as climbing to the sky.

After the shock passed, everyone couldn't help but ask Pei Hu who these two geniuses of the Heavenly Spiritual Vein were.

And Pei Hu did not hide it, and said bluntly: "I also heard from my father not long ago that these two Tianlingmai are geniuses secretly cultivated by the National Education Academy and the God of War Academy. In order to ensure their safety, they have never been sent out before. Participated in any trial.

It was because they were going to participate in this inland sea trial that their identities were revealed.

The Tianlingmai disciple at the National Education Academy is named "Shangguan Shengyun", and this person is the eldest grandson of Lord Shangguan.

I heard that it was Shangguan Ming, the ancestor of the Shangguan family, who personally condensed the heavenly spirit veins for him. He is also the sole heir of the fourth generation of the Shangguan family, and the Shangguan family has high hopes for it."

"What about the other person?" everyone asked hurriedly.
To be continued...