It is only 7 a.m., and there are still 3 hours until the official competition time, which will not officially start until 10 o'clock.

Shen Rui looked around and saw that many spectators had already entered the venue in advance, and some areas in the stands were starting to fill up.

According to this entry speed, most of the stands should be filled by 9 o'clock.

At this time, Director Xu once again lectured everyone: "Don't be nervous, everyone. There are only three exchange items. After all, we are not participating in a sports meeting. Cultivation progress, fighting skills, and cultural theory interviews."

"The focus of the first year of high school is mainly on the progress of cultivation. The focus of the second year of high school is the cultivation progress and cultural theory interviews. The focus of the third year of high school is on fighting skills. In addition, there is a mental test before entering the field. This has been tested by Teacher Hu in the castle. Don't worry."

"The final comprehensive evaluation score has a genius clause, and a genius will account for a huge proportion of the score. This is normal. A hundred fifth-level players cannot beat a sixth-level master in a truly unrestricted actual combat."

Shen Rui nodded slightly, but he found that when Director Xu said this, some people's faces became more nervous, and most of them were freshmen. After all, it was their first time to participate in such a big scene.

Among the freshmen in high school, only he and the monitor of his class, Fu Yunqing, can truly have a peaceful mind.

Fu Yunqing's physical training progress has reached the first level of perfection, and he can break through to the second level of physical skills anytime and anywhere.

This speed is already very good compared to her own level C physical skills qualification, but it is still not comparable to Shen Rui.

You must know that Shen Rui not only cultivated both spirit and body, but also devoted himself to the first level of Dzogchen, staying for nearly a month in order to cultivate the skin protective layer to a perfect state.

Gao Feng, another person in the class with C-level qualifications, was not selected, even though his progress was also at level one.

Shen Rui could easily guess the reason. This was obviously due to his own factors.

Seeing this, Mr. Chen said: "Don't stand there. Go sit on the stage for a while, rest and recuperate. It's still early."

After hearing Mr. Chen's words, the 20 or so students breathed a sigh of relief, found seats in the stands, and sat together in twos and threes, calming down.

Shen Rui, Xia Daxue, and Fu Yunqing sat in a row, talking and observing their surroundings.

After a while, he saw people from other castles arriving in the adjacent stands next door.

Among them are the "Guanzhuang Shigao", "Linhe No. 1 Middle School" and "Shengyou No. 1 Middle School" that I saw when I entered the city yesterday.

Today I saw new middle schools: "Xingyang No. 1 Middle School", "Xingyang No. 2 Middle School", "Qingji Haizhong", "Qingji Shanzhong".

It seems that for the following four middle schools, Shen Rui suddenly discovered that he had made an empirical error when he estimated the number of participants.

No one stipulates that a castle can only host one high school. The stronger the castle, the more high schools it can support.

The strength of the fortress where these schools are located can be seen from the number of high schools alone.

Obviously, "Xingyang Fort" and "Qingji Fort" must be medium-sized fortresses or above, with a population of about 200,000. If 100,000 people support one high school, they are exactly two high schools.

In this way, Jihebao will have at least six high schools.

At this moment, several high school teachers came over to Luzhou No. 1 Middle School.

"Mr. Chen, you have worked so hard to lead the team here every year." One of the middle-aged female teachers with gray hair came to the stands of Luzhou No. 1 Middle School and greeted Mr. Chen enthusiastically.

Judging from where she came from, she should be a teacher at Linhe No. 1 Middle School.

"Well, it's Teacher He. You're also leading the team this year." Mr. Chen greeted enthusiastically. It was obvious that both parties were familiar with each other.

"Yes, I originally wanted to come with you again this year, but the school decided to leave early without informing you. I'm really sorry." The female teacher surnamed He said sincerely.

"No, you are so polite. You have to say something special about such a trivial matter." Mr. Chen smiled gently, indicating that he didn't take it to heart.

The female teacher surnamed He glanced at the students of Luzhou No. 1 Middle School again, with a smile on her face, but said nothing more.

After that, several teachers exchanged greetings with Mr. Chen. They were all the leading teachers of the two castles "Linhe" and "Guanzhuang".

When Shen Rui saw this, he thought about the surrounding terrain of Luzhou Fort, and it became clear immediately.

These three forts are all located in the west of the province, between three and five hundred kilometers apart.

The road in the middle is in good condition, and there are usually many business exchanges, so naturally there are extraordinary relationships.

Except for Jihe Fort, which is located in the middle and controls the entire province, the other three fortresses are all located in the east of the province, extremely far away from Luzhou Fort. They can hardly visit there a few times a year, so there is no need to build friendship.

Although Luzhou Fort is small, a sixth-level master like Mr. Chen, who is quite well-connected, still has a high status in these three small castles.

"Mr. Chen, I heard that you have selected a real genius this year, can you let us see him?" A teacher from "Guanzhuang No. 1 Middle School" asked with some envy.

"Thank you. Your students this year are also good. I heard that there is a person with B-level physical skills qualifications. You can come and communicate often in the future." Although Mr. Chen was polite, he did not let Shen Rui come out, but declined politely, "Now the students are adjusting their state. When they go on stage, you will naturally see it."

"I can't compare with you. Luzhou has outstanding people. Maybe this time, even Jihebao will be overtaken by you." The teacher complimented.

Shen Rui listened for a while and got to know the surrounding situation. At the same time, he used the character records of "Horse Riding and Blade" to check all the teachers whose surnames were exposed one by one, so that he knew what he was doing.

He already understood who was sincerely congratulating, who was jealous, and who was being duplicitous.

The time soon came to 8 o'clock, when someone came to notify all participating students to do a pre-meeting mental test.

The process was lackluster and no one had any problems.

Shen Rui thinks this is normal. Even if he can't afford to keep a law controller, he can still afford it after arriving at Jihe Fort in advance and temporarily asking an expert to help with a mental test and screening.

If something goes wrong when the actual testing comes, the loss of face will be minor, but the support for the year will be greatly affected.

At 9 o'clock, students from Jihebao High School arrived. To Shen Rui's expectation, there were 10 high schools! That's equivalent to 60,000 people paying for one middle school.

And the team is also very large, more than 300 people.

In other words, the reserve strength of one of their castles is greater than the other six castles combined!

This fully demonstrates the potential of the provincial fort. Shen Rui had some negative comments about the crowded residences and unclean environment before, but now they have been reversed.

No wonder the other party has the ability to support other castles and control other castles. This is where the confidence lies!

They occupy three entire stands in the southwest. They are all well-trained and sit upright.

When the people from Jihebao arrived, it didn't take long before the management of Jihebao began to appear on a high platform to the east of the stadium.

Shen Rui has excellent eyesight and has a double increase in "Reconnaissance" skill. Although the distance is quite far, he can still see clearly.

On the high platform to the east, a huge red banner hung above, which read "Seven Forts Exchange Meeting in the Province". The decoration on the platform was simple, with only a row of white tables and chairs with flowers.

On each of the white tables and chairs, there is a nameplate with the name of the person written on it, and people are already taking their seats.

Shen Rui looked around and saw Liu Feihong among them. She sat in the third seat from the left in the middle with a calm face.

The other person looks normal and everything is fine.
Chapter completed!