Volume 1 Text_ Chapter 146 Entering the Inner Court
Zhuge Hanshan, Yaochen, Meng Yi, Zhu Xiao... and countless others were all so shocked that they couldn't say a word.
"That's..." Tantaihong stared at the mirror and saw a wisp of white flame on the ground in the room, like a light, illuminating the whole room.
Students from the outside world also clearly discovered the flame. Could it be that the flame was the weapon to kill the Emperor Realm's virtual spirit body?
"Buzz!"
Xiao Long's clone appeared again and took both flame seeds into his body.
The scene in front of me changed. The room disappeared and was replaced by a passage.
Xiao Long walked along the passage and appeared directly outside the assessment point.
"I announce!" the black-robed vice-president on the treetop said loudly: "Xiao Chen, the inner court assessment has been passed!"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of everyone outside the venue changed, and there was a sound of alarm.
“It’s so outrageous!”
"The people at the bottom of the Hidden Dragon Ranking can pass the inner court examination!"
“Incredible!”
"The powerful Xiao Chen!"
"So strong!"
Everyone's eyes were fixed on the young figure in front of them, and the voices of shock kept coming one after another. Some female students' eyes sparkled, as if they had seen an idol, and they were full of reverence.
"As expected of the boss!" Huang Mao grinned.
Tantaihong's chest rose and fell, obviously stimulated by this scene.
"Hong'er, you're not as good as him. It's not a shame to admit defeat." Zhu Xiao's calm voice came from behind.
Tantaihong took a few deep breaths and finally slumped down like a defeated rooster.
"Haha! Zhu Xiao, what do you think of Xiao Chen?" Meng Yi laughed.
"Humph!" Zhu Xiao snorted coldly and said nothing, obviously unconvinced.
"Don't be dissatisfied. I think this is just the beginning. Maybe surprising days are yet to come." Meng Yi looked at Xiao Chen in the middle, looking forward to how such a genius would grow in the future.
Zhuge Hanshan stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations to brother Xiao Chen, for passing the examination and joining the inner court. From now on, the seven gentlemen of the sea will become eight."
"Congratulations!" Yao Chen and a cold woman next to him also congratulated.
Only Lei Xiao, who was number 18 on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, snorted and seemed unhappy.
"Thank you, it's just luck." Xiao Long responded.
Elder Shi was very angry. He didn't expect Xiao Long to pass. He could only grit his teeth and swallow his resentment.
"Junior! This is your inner court disciple's item, take it!" Elder Shi threw a storage ring casually.
Xiao Long took it and glanced inside. The ring contained an inner court disciple token and two sets of Canghai gold silk robes that were unique to the inner court disciples. These robes were specially made from the silk of the Demon Emperor Jin Chan.
Cheng is an imperial-level spiritual treasure. Not only is it invulnerable, it also has the function of shielding spiritual consciousness.
"Good stuff!" Xiao Long praised.
Although there are many emperor-level spiritual treasures in the Wanjie Mall, most of them are very useless things. The good things have not been able to reach him, and they have been snatched away by someone long ago.
Wanjie Mall determines the price of items regardless of their function, only their level. If the level is high, even a piece of shit made by Lingbao is still valuable.
"How to get to the inner courtyard?" Xiao Long asked.
"Come with me!"
Zhuge Hanshan stepped into the sky, and an auspicious cloud of aura appeared under his feet and floated into the distance.
Xiao Long followed closely behind.
The way to the inner courtyard is not to go through the barrier, but to use the teleportation array, which is located in the core area of the outer courtyard.
Zhuge Hanshan and others stood in the square in the core area. After throwing in the spirit stone, the teleportation array glowed and everyone disappeared.
"Buzz!"
When Xiao Long appeared again, he found that he was on a mountain. In front of him was a broad basin, with many small cities dotted in the basin.
In the middle of the basin is a red pagoda towering into the clouds.
"Burning Sky Tower!" Xiao Long looked directly at the tower, took a few deep breaths, and calmed down completely.
Before figuring out the truth, he should not show too much excitement, lest he really falls into the trap.
Although judging from the information currently available, more than 90% of the founders of Canghai Academy are Xiao Canghai, and the probability of being the Honglian Martial Emperor is less than 10%.
But the 10% probability is also a possibility, and Xiao Long cannot take the risk.
Once caught, there will be no recovery.
"Let's go!" Zhuge Hanshan jumped forward and Xiao Long and others followed behind.
The area of the basin is not large, equivalent to half of a one-star empire. For the Imperial Realm, it only takes an hour to go around it.
"Senior Brother Hanshan, you take Xiao Chen for a walk, I'll say goodbye first."
After Yao Chen and others finished speaking, they left on their own and got into those small cities.
Every small city has a number marked on the city gate, and it should be a private residence.
"These small cities are the residences of the students in the inner courtyard. There are middle-grade spiritual veins buried under each city. In some directions in the basin, eight high-grade spiritual veins are buried, forming eight large formations.
Spirit, defense, and attack can have multiple effects. The reason why our Canghai Academy has stood firm for two hundred years is not just due to the formation structure of the Lake of Death and the inner courtyard."
Zhuge Hanshan explained to Xiao Long from the side.
"That's it!" Xiao Long nodded.
Eight spiritual veins and eight formations, isn't this the structure of the Burning Sky Dragon Palace?
"Master Hanshan, what is the pagoda in the center for?" Xiao Long asked, pointing to the red pagoda towering into the clouds in front of him.
Zhuge Hanshan couldn't help but frown.
"I don't know. I just know that there has always been such a tower there since the establishment of Canghai College. The dean didn't explain anything. He only said that it was used for training."
"Experience?" Xiao Long looked suspicious.
"Well, there are many fire spirits in the tower. The fire spirits on the first floor are all half-emperors, the second floor are first-grade emperors, and so on. But there are too many fire spirits in it. Those who have no crushing strength are best left alone.
Go in."
When Zhuge Hanshan said this, he seemed to have thought of something terrifying, his pupils shrank, and he hurriedly stopped talking.
"I'm going back first. If you have any questions, come to me in City No. 20."
Zhuge Hanshan turned around, stepped on the auspicious clouds, and disappeared into the distance.
Xiao Long walked towards Burning Sky Tower.
"Fire spirit?"
"Is it possible that the World-Destroying Burning Sky Flame is still inside?"
Xiao Long looked suspicious and came to the foot of the tower.
Looking up, the Burning Sky Tower is endless, reaching into the clouds. Each floor is thousands of feet high, with a total of eighteen floors.
But Xiao Long knew that the real Burning Sky Tower had far more than eighteen floors.
The number of floors of the Burning Sky Tower is calculated by taking the combination of Tiangang and Earthshakes, totaling thirty-six Tiangang and seventy-two Earthshakes, totaling one hundred and eight floors, with a height of 100,000 feet.
The Burning Sky Tower in front of us only has eighteen floors left. Could it be that the second half has been dismantled?
Walking in front of the Burning Sky Tower, Xiao Long could deeply feel the call of the Burning Sky Tower. The sense of intimacy was like a child finding a home.