"Is it time?"
In the basement of Yan Qingshan's small building in the Jia Nan Academy dormitory area, approaching footsteps sounded outside the tightly closed door. Yan Qingshan, whose aura was somewhat abnormal, slowly opened his eyes, and a flash of purple light flickered past.
"A cultivation of two-star Dou Spirit. For now, it should be enough in the Inner Academy."
Yan Qingshan slowly got up, and the aura on his body began to converge. The sharp and vigorous aura of his recent breakthrough was replaced by a calm and unfathomable one.
However, this time, he didn't reveal the aura of a seven-star Dou Grandmaster, but rather a cultivation close to the nine-star level, which was also a kind of disguise for him.
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When Yan Qingshan and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the Vice Principal's office, the outside was already crowded with students who had passed the Inner Academy selection competition. Many of them had also experienced changes in their cultivation.
Lin Yan arrived a little later than Yan Qingshan and Xiao Yi Xian. When he arrived, his powerful aura was undisguised, allowing many people to clearly feel the change in his cultivation.
Yan Qingshan's gaze swept across the surroundings, noticing some complex relationships among the fifty students.
The fifty students had about a dozen large and small circles, some in groups of three or five, and others like Yan Qingshan and Xiao Yi Xian, who were a duo. The largest group had nearly ten people.
Among them, Bei Ju and Bai Cheng each pulled in a group of people. Their faces were not very pleasant when they saw Yan Qingshan coming. Many of the girls mostly sided with Han Yue, the alchemy department was led by Han Xian, and several students came to greet Yan Qingshan.
The door of the study was opened from the inside, and Vice Principal Hu Gan and several elders walked out slowly. With their appearance, the whispers in the open space gradually quieted down, and finally, it was completely silent.
Hu Gan's gaze slowly swept across the fifty students in the open space. After seeing that no one was absent, he nodded in satisfaction, stepped forward, and said loudly, "Students, today is the day you enter the Inner Academy..."
Hu Gan's words made the young people below more and more excited, as if victory and hope belonged to them. But Yan Qingshan was much calmer than ordinary people. He knew that there was still a twist before entering the Inner Academy, and it wouldn't be so easy to pass.
Giant griffins slowly landed. These large flying magical beasts, raised by the academy, were very convenient as mounts within and outside the academy's sphere of influence.
After all the students boarded the griffins, Hu Gan and the three elders moved and flashed into the air. The four pairs of dazzling Dou Qi wings drew many envious glances.
Fifth-rank Dou King, Dou Qi wings, free flight. This was the dream of many cultivators.
"We will personally escort you on this journey."
Hu Gan looked down from above, smiled, and waved his hand. The people riding the griffins below gave a sharp whistle, and the griffins flapped their wings, and their huge bodies slowly rose into the air, leaving behind an increasingly smaller shadow on the ground.
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In the vast forest, the land of endless magical beasts, as the space gate at a hidden location was opened, Yan Qingshan and the others finally entered the Inner Academy's territory. After entering the Inner Academy, they were issued a crystal card and then told that the escape had begun.
"This is the Fire Energy Crystal Card!"
In the forest, Yan Qingshan looked at the black crystal card in his hand. The number five on it was faintly visible. The entire crystal card had a strange aura, which Yan Qingshan couldn't quite see through. However, he used Dawn to scan it and enter it into the database.
"Where do we go next? Do we go straight through the forest?"
Lin Yan retrieved his crystal card and came to Yan Qingshan's side, acting as if he was the leader. This surprised Han Xian, who glanced at Han Yue. Seeing that she didn't react much, his eyes changed, as if he understood something.
"Bai Cheng and Bei Ju are going in this direction. Let's follow them."
Yan Qingshan pointed to a corner of the forest. When they were at the scene just now, he marked Bai Cheng and Bei Ju. As the strongest after them, these two were assigned to a group, but the atmosphere in the group was not harmonious.
Neither of them was satisfied with the results of the Inner Academy selection competition, feeling that it wouldn't have been like that if the other hadn't held them back.
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In the dense forest, scattered sunlight shone through the gaps in the leaves, and speckled light spots shone on the ground covered with fallen leaves.
In the quiet forest, footsteps suddenly approached from afar. Five figures arrived one after another. These five people seemed to be a small team, but they were actually divided into two groups, one with three people and the other with two. The two leaders were constantly arguing.
"You two are in a good mood, still discussing the victory and defeat of the Inner Academy selection. But the quality of this batch is indeed good. The members of the second team are all five-star Dou Grandmasters. It seems that the Great Elder was right to adjust and improve the team configuration this time!"
A teasing voice came from the forest. The five people then discovered that there were five more people around them, surrounding them from all directions.
The aura of these five people was not weak. The strongest was even better than Bai Cheng and Bei Ju. At this moment, they were looking at Bai Cheng and Bei Ju's group of five with teasing faces, like a cat seeing a mouse.
"You've come for the Fire Energy."
Bai Cheng exchanged glances with Bei Ju as he spoke. After scanning the five people, his heart sank. The lowest of these five enemies had the cultivation of a Dou Grandmaster.
He and Bai Cheng could handle three of them together, but the remaining two, who were the strongest, were not something the other three Dou Masters could handle!
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After a big battle, Bai Cheng fell to the ground, feeling humiliated with a foot on his face. Bei Ju was hung up to a tree, and the other three were even more miserable.
"They look strong, but who knew they had no cooperation at all. Having cultivation alone is useless!"
The hunting team that surrounded them was almost all injured, but their condition was obviously much better.
"It's a waste to leave these newbies for two days."
After these people snatched the crystal cards, they took three days from each card, and the number changed from five to two. After finishing all this, they smiled happily. "Poor guys, this is the consequence of not understanding teamwork. You have to remember this in the future.
Next year, you can be like us and snatch the Fire Energy from the new students. Don't hold grudges, because this is an essential part of every new student's entry into the Inner Academy. Haha, let's go."
"Seniors, since you're looking for people, why did you beat them so quickly?"
The wind suddenly picked up, and a figure appeared behind these people. They weren't discovered until he spoke, which made them shudder involuntarily when they heard the voice.
Just as they were about to turn around, they discovered that a figure was coming towards them from the front, holding a spear. The faint red Dou Qi was surging like flames, and the aura was terrifyingly powerful. This was not an opponent their team could resist.