Just as everyone was talking about it, in the sky, Pang Hua, the governor of Nanhan Province, finally spoke.

"Welcome everyone to come and participate in this Inland Sea Trial! This time, according to His Majesty's decree, the two ministers will personally supervise, and I will preside over this Inland Sea Trial."

Governor Pang's voice was steady and not loud, but it spread throughout the entire space, making the originally noisy atmosphere feel solemn.

"The rules of this trial are the same as those of previous years. All contestants will enter Wujian Lake to start the trial early tomorrow morning. The trial will last for one month.

During this month, all contestants can collect elixirs and demon elixirs within Wujian Lake to redeem points. After the trial, all contestants will be teleported, and the total points ranking of each major college will be tallied.

"

Everyone already knows the competition rules of the Inland Sea Trial in advance, so naturally they are not too interested.

Immediately, I heard Governor Pang say: "The rewards for this Inland Sea Trial are the same as in previous years. The top 20 colleges with total points and the top 50 students with personal points will follow the two ministers.

Go to the imperial capital to receive the reward, and in addition..."

Governor Pang paused and said: "His Majesty specifically proposed that if there is a second-class college that can break into the top ten in the standings this time, or a third-class college that can break into the top twenty in the standings, before the next Inland Sea Trial,

All resource allocation of this school can be upgraded to a higher level."

"What!"

After Governor Pang finished speaking, there was a sudden roar of discussion on the ships of the colleges below. Especially the area where the second- and third-rate colleges were located was in an uproar.

The martial arts academies of the Qianlan Empire all have the official grade classification of the Qianlan Empire. The so-called first-rate and second-rate are not official titles.

The Qianlan Empire's martial arts academies are divided into top, first-class, second-class, and third-class. There is a huge gap in the resources enjoyed by the academies between different levels.

It is extremely difficult for a martial arts academy to advance to a higher level, and the results of the Inland Sea Trial are only one of the assessment criteria.

However, His Majesty the Emperor has now announced that as long as there are second-class colleges and third-class colleges that break into the top ten or top twenty this time, they can directly enjoy the treatment of "promotion to the first class".

Although it can only be maintained until the next inland sea trial starts, under normal circumstances, the inland sea trial only starts once every three years.

Being able to enjoy three years of promotion benefits may bring about earth-shaking changes to a second- or third-class college. Once you seize the opportunity, you may even be reborn and secure your position as a first- or second-class college.

This order is almost an excellent opportunity for second- and third-tier colleges to "change their fate against the will of heaven"!

At this moment, even the senior executives of the Northwest Fourth Hospital, who had already walked out of the ship's attic, couldn't help but show excitement on their faces.

Although it is extremely difficult to reach the top ten in the Inland Sea Trial, you can at least give it a try. Once you succeed, it will be a blessing for the entire academy!

…

After a commotion in the audience, Governor Pang coughed lightly, sounding like thunder, drowning out all the sounds.

"Ahem... without further ado, please send representatives from all colleges to draw lots and decide the order of entering the "four entrances" of Wujian Lake."

There is a nine-level magic circle outside Wujian Lake that is closed and cannot be accessed directly. Therefore, the empire has set up four teleportation arrays in the "southeast, northwest, and south" directions of Wujian Lake.

For the sake of fairness, each major college needs to draw lots before the game to determine the teleportation array where their respective college is located.

At that time, teams from major colleges in the same teleportation array will be randomly teleported to this direction, the border area of ​​Wujian Lake.

…

After the words fell, Governor Pang waved his hand, and a golden wooden box was suspended in the void. There were fifty-four jade talismans in the wooden box, each of which was engraved with the location of the four teleportation arrays.

Following Governor Pang's order, one person from each group, led by the National Education Academy and the God of War Academy, escaped.

The National Education Academy sent an old man wearing a scarf and a yellow robe, while the Ares Academy sent a middle-aged man wearing black attire and a stern face.

The two of them flew directly in front of Pang Hua and the others, first saluted the two ministers, and then saluted Pang Hua with cupped fists.

Then, with a casual move, the two of them took away the two jade charms from the round holes on the top of the wooden box and turned around to return.

With the two top colleges drawing lots, the nine top colleges also sent people to draw lots.

Drawing them in this order, in less than half a stick of incense, all the colleges have drawn out.

Governor Pang directly ordered all major colleges to rush to their respective teleportation points, waiting for the start of the trial competition tomorrow.

After receiving the order, the major colleges immediately set sail and rushed to the transfer point.

At this moment, everyone in Tiannan College already knew that what their college had drawn was the teleportation array north of Wujian Lake.

Among the four northwest colleges, Tiannan College and Tianyuan College each drew a teleportation point alone.

However, the two colleges of Hongshan and Xihe happened to have drawn the teleportation array to the south. In this way, the two colleges could join together as soon as possible after entering Wujian Lake, reducing the risk of being eliminated.

Tiannan College and Tianyuan College, on the other hand, can only rely on themselves.

…

As the ships of the major colleges set sail, high in the void, the frost dragon roared and turned into purple light and shot out. Taiqing Peak also shook violently, sweeping the blue light away. For a while, the sky was filled with escaping light, and strange phenomena were frequent.

born!

At this time, at the top of the void, on top of the huge black ship of the Qianlan Empire, there was a mezzanine observation deck at the highest point of the ship.

A handsome young man of about eight or nine years old, wearing a brocade robe and a jade belt around his waist, with red lips and white teeth, leaned half of his body against the fence, looking down at the scattered light below, and couldn't help but clap his hands repeatedly.

Praise with your mouth.

"Hahaha... It turns out that this is the Inner Sea Trial. It is indeed very lively. This trip is really worth it!"

On the side, a young waiter in plain clothes with a white face and no beard saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to help the young man, saying worriedly: "Oh... Your Highness, you have to be careful, don't fall and hurt yourself."

When the young man heard this, he pretended to be angry and cursed: "You slave, you are so ignorant. I will become the strongest warrior in the empire in the future. Do you understand the strongest warrior? You can go to heaven and earth, but you are still afraid of falling?"

While the two were talking, three rays of light suddenly fell on the attic. They were Xiong Tiangang, the Minister of War, Shangguan Qingfeng, the Minister of Rites, and Pang Hua, the Governor of Nanhan Province.

When the three of them saw this young man, including Xiong Tiangang, a Japanese-level expert, they all bowed and saluted.

When the young man saw the three people arriving, he rushed forward, grabbed Pang Hua's sleeve and said, "Hey... Governor Pang, when the Inner Sea trial starts the day after tomorrow, can you let me go in and have a look?"

When Pang Hua heard this, he was startled, with a confused look on his face: "Your Highness, this...this, a lower official cannot decide."

The young man heard this and said dissatisfied: "You are the governor of Nanhan Province and the host of the Inner Sea Trial. This is your territory. How can you not take over?"

When Pang Hua heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and his eyes subconsciously glanced at "Xiong Tiangang" and "Shangguan Qingfeng" aside.

The meaning is obvious. With these two here, how can I dare to make the decision?

But before the young man could speak, Xiong Tiangang, Minister of the Ministry of War, said bluntly: "Your Highness, that kind of place is not suitable for you, you'd better not go."

Shangguan Qingfeng on the side also persuaded Yan Kai: "Your Highness, Wujian Lake is too dangerous. Your Highness is a rich man. How can you put yourself in danger? It is better to wait until Your Highness is older before entering Wujian Lake."

Seeing the two ministers bluntly objecting, the young man's fair complexion turned slightly red and he pouted unwillingly, but he also knew that he could not defeat these two important ministers.

Helpless, the young man had no choice but to call the waiter beside him and walked towards the cabin, mumbling.

"Huh, if you don't go, I won't go. Sooner or later, I will come to participate in the inner sea trial in person."

Looking at the young man's leaving figure, Xiong Tiangang and Shangguan Qingfeng looked at each other, but they both sighed slightly, with some pity and regret in their eyes.

…

A few hours later, Tiannan College's ship had arrived at the teleportation point north of Wujian Lake.

At this moment, there are ships from fifteen other colleges hovering here. Like Tiannan College, they have all chosen the entrance to the northern teleportation array.

Through the signs of these ships, everyone also knew the opponent they would first face after entering Wujian Lake.

At the north entrance of Wujian Lake, there are no top colleges, but only three first-class colleges, namely "Jinling College", "Zhongzhou College" and "Shadow College".

In addition to Tiannan College, there are four second-rate colleges including "Nanyue", "Cangling", and "Jiugong".

In addition, there are nine third-rate colleges such as "Baixun", "Quhe", "Guangcheng", "Feiliu"...

After confirming the identities of these colleges, Vice President Gu gathered everyone at the bow of the ship and gave special instructions.

The first thing he reminded everyone was to be careful of the three first-class academies, especially the "Shadow Academy".

The Shadow Academy specializes in training spies, spies, and even killers to perform secret missions for the empire.

Therefore, the disciples of the Shadow Academy are not only highly skilled in cultivation, but most of them have amazing physical skills, and are very good at concealment and sneak attacks.

Once they are targeted, it will definitely be a nightmare for a team, so naturally it is better to stay away from them.

The other second-rate colleges are also very powerful and should not be underestimated.

As for those third-rate colleges, they are naturally far inferior to Tiannan College in terms of strength. However, in order to get more points, these third-rate colleges often resort to unscrupulous means and even use many vicious and despicable tricks, so they must be on guard.

As night falls, Tiannan College's ships become silent again.

Everyone on the boat began to sit cross-legged and meditate, adjusting their state, striving to reach the fullest state before the trial starts tomorrow morning.

At this moment, Han Feng didn't realize the way of gun anymore, he just calmed down his mind and meditated quietly.

…

Time passed minute by minute, in complete silence, when the deep night faded, the light of dawn shone again.

"Buzz...!"

Accompanied by a heavy buzz, golden ripples suddenly appeared on the blood-colored light curtain that enveloped the entire Wujian Lake.

The golden light swept across, pushing aside the clouds and mist, causing the boundless dark red mist on the surface of Wujian Lake to recede toward the depths of the lake like a tide, revealing the vast blue lake surface, opening up the outer area of ​​Wujian Lake.

All this indicates that the Inner Sea Trial has finally begun!
Chapter completed!