Chapter 96: Fighting for Ning's Small City

  For Lan Yinyue, being told to scram by an ant was really unacceptable. If it were somewhere else, she would have slapped Ning Cheng to death with a single slap.

  Unfortunately, she still can't understand how a Qi-gathering cultivator from Ning City could make it to Huazhou and score 100 points in the fifth written test to take first place. The Blue Music Yue who had been looking forward to the Five-Star Academy Competition all along was completely disheartened this time.

  She knew that Ning Cheng's spiritual roots were very poor, but the Five Star Academy's Grand Competition not only compared martial arts, but also other aspects. Among them, the written test was a highly scored competition project, and Ning Cheng's written test results were so strong that the Five Star Academy would definitely want him, even if Ning Cheng's spiritual roots were trashy and couldn't be any worse.

  Lan Yueyue left, and He Hong could only leave dejectedly. Fortunately, Jia Huan considered the face of Meteorite Academy and did not take it out on He Hong.

  Ning Cheng also knew that he couldn't do anything to He Hong now, as He Hong was a Zhuyuan cultivator from the Meteorite Academy. Unless his own strength far surpassed He Hong's, he could use this opportunity to teach him a lesson. Having an outsider intervene was simply unrealistic.

  Jia Huan smiled slightly at Ning Cheng, "Not bad for a young man, being able to get the first place in the preliminary round among so many people. He has great potential for the future. According to the usual practice of Huazhou Wuxing Academy's recruitment of disciples, after the end of the preliminary round, the top ten will be allowed to join Wuxing Academy first and then continue with the next round. Good luck."

  Jia Huan finished speaking and disappeared in an instant.

  Zhu Muer and others, after Jia Huan left, immediately excitedly said, "Ning Xiaocheng, even Jia Huan congratulated you, Jia is a master of Xuan Ye, and will definitely treat you with courtesy in the future."

  Ning Cheng knew that Zhu Muer was just dreaming, Jia Huan only said a sentence to wish himself good luck, but never said anything about coming to find him afterwards. His first-place score in the preliminary round wasn't even worth letting someone like Jia Huan come and make friends with him.

  Jia Huan just said a word of good luck for himself, that was just a casual remark, if it were true, then he would be foolish.

  Zhu Muer suddenly said, "Ning Xiaocheng, it seems that among the top ten in the preliminary round, you are the only one who has not joined the Wuxing Academy. The other nine have already become disciples of the Wuxing Academy."

  Ning Cheng only then noticed the top ten on the sixth large screen, and indeed it was his origin, with a note at the back indicating that he was from Huayu Sect. The other nine were all already disciples of Wuxing Academy.

  At this moment, the sound of the audio suddenly sounded on Mozhe Square. "The preliminary round has come to an end, and the five rounds of written tests have produced 1,000 excellent disciples. The final will be held in ten days. According to the pre-match regulations, the top ten in the preliminary round can choose to join a five-star college first. Because the masters from second to tenth place in the preliminary round have already joined various five-star sects, only Ning Xiaocheng of Huayu Sect, who ranked first, has not yet chosen a five-star college. Now, please ask the leader of Huayu Sect, Yin Bo, and Ning Xiaocheng, a disciple of Huayu Sect, to come to the center of the square's main altar to choose a five-star college to join.

  "The main building has been established, Ning Xiao Cheng, you'd better hurry up and go." Towards Ning Cheng's choice of the Five Star Academy, Zhu Mu Er was even more anxious than Ning Xiao Cheng.

  After finishing, Zhu Muer felt that he was still not at ease and whispered to Ning Cheng's ear again, "Remember to ask for more benefits, you are the first place in the preliminary written test. Even if your spiritual roots are poor, Wuxing College will be eager to get you. Two years later, the first match of Wuxing College is a written test. Now those colleges want you because they want to compete with Liuxing College two years later."

  Ning Cheng, who was still a bit worried, immediately came to his senses after hearing Zhu Mo's words. He was still worried about the problem of his poor spiritual roots. If his spiritual roots were poor, even if he ranked first in the written test, it was estimated that he would not be valued by others. Unexpectedly, this time the Five Star Academy selected disciples based on memory, which was for the competition to serve the Six Star Academy two years later. Since that's the case, what else did he have to worry about?

  Ning City had already seen that the main altar in the middle of the square was filled with people, and on the main altar, there were five blocks, each displaying a sign of one of the five-star colleges.

  Ning Cheng walked to Ji Luo Fei's side, grasped her palm, and Ji Luo Fei's face turned red as she was about to urge Ning Cheng to hurry up. Just then, Ning Cheng whispered in her ear, "Help me put this away for now, I'll get it back later."

  Hei handed a storage bag to Jiluo Fei, then quickly walked towards the main altar in the center of the square. The storage bag contained things that Ning Cheng thought were more precious, including jade seals, five-element falling treasure copper coins, and soul-nourishing wood. He was going to face masters who were infinitely higher than him at the main altar, and if he was checked, it would be unsafe to keep these things on himself.

  Xuan Huang Pearl, Ning City had no choice but to give up, he couldn't take out the Xuan Huang Pearl. Fortunately, he obtained part of the Xuan Huang origin, and the Xuan Huang Pearl was integrated with him. Plus, he is currently ranked first, not going for inspection, so the Xuan Huang Pearl should be safe.

  Before Ning City arrived at the main altar, Yin Bo came over excitedly, rubbing his hands and saying in a low voice, "Brother Ning, I really didn't expect you to help me get first place for the Yu Rain Sect. I'm truly..."

  Ning Cheng understood Yin Bo's excitement and patted his hand, saying, "Now I am still a disciple of Huayu Sect, you are the leader of Huayu Sect, try to maintain some dignity as the leader. I took the quota of Huayu Sect, it is only natural that Huayu Sect gets some rewards."

  Some of the highly cultivated people on the main platform obviously heard Ning Cheng's words, but no one took it seriously. This selection of disciples was originally like this. If all the people passed through the Wuhuang Academy to select, and then participated in the written test, the Wuhuang Academy didn't have so much energy. Moreover, other sects also need to recruit some disciples. The Huayu Sect can choose Ning Xiaocheng, which means that the Huayu Sect has vision, and getting rewards is also justified.

  Seeing Ning City and Huayu Sect's leader Yin Bo walk onto the main stage, the crowd surrounding the square suddenly erupted in a mixture of disappointed voices.

  "Ning Xiaocheng was actually him all along, I knew it. He came to our Jin Yu Men headquarters asking for a quota, we didn't give it to him. Sigh, if only we had given it all to him, it wouldn't have mattered."

  "I also know that he has been to our Yu Ding Academy's residence..."

  "We Liumangpai Ning Xiaocheng also went, what a pity..."

  ……

  Unfortunately, there were many rejections, simply because Ning City went to many places in search of a spot in the preliminary round. However, he was uniformly rejected everywhere, as soon as people heard that he had a mixed spiritual root, they didn't give him a chance.

  "How could Ning City come here?" Ji Yaohuo also saw Ning City and was stunned for a moment, then she suddenly understood that Ning City was the one who got first place, Ning Xiao Cheng.

  After realizing that Ning Cheng was actually Ning Xiao Cheng, Ji Yaohe's heart was filled with shockwaves. What shocked her wasn't that Ning Cheng had obtained the first place in the preliminary written exam, but rather that Ning Cheng had already condensed his cultivation to the True Condensation stage. When she first saw Ning Cheng, he was still a trashy four-spirit-rooted cultivator. How could this kind of talent possibly advance to the True Condensation stage so quickly? This was absolutely suspicious.

  Ji Yahe and Lan Yinyue were different, Lan Yinyue was still a Genuine Cultivator, even if Ning Cheng didn't hide his cultivation, she could only vaguely sense Ning Cheng's cultivation. She took the lead, absolutely not believing that Ning Cheng was a Genuine Cultivator, so she didn't care at all.

  Ji Yahe is a cultivator of Zhuyuan Realm, and Ning Cheng's cultivation was not hidden from her. She saw at a glance that Ning Cheng had condensed his true energy to the first layer.

  It wasn't until Ning Cheng understood that he had consolidated his True Essence cultivation that Ji Yaohe's heart suddenly started racing. Ning Cheng must have encountered something earth-shattering, otherwise it would be impossible for him to advance to the True Essence stage so quickly. At this moment, she almost focused all her attention on Ning Cheng, wanting to know how he would explain his progress in cultivation.

  Ning City walked onto the spacious main platform, clasped his fists and turned around in a circle, "Ning Xiao Cheng has seen all the seniors."

  The people on this list are all unfamiliar to him, but he also knows that none of the people on this list are ordinary goods, they are all incredibly powerful existences. The lowest estimate is also a Yuan-level cultivator.

  Ning Cheng had just finished greeting, when he felt countless spiritual senses sweeping over him. This made Ning Cheng secretly shocked, fortunately he had taken away the things in his storage bag early on, otherwise the things in the storage bag might have been exposed, and it was really uncertain.

  "Not bad, not bad at all. You're no worse than those pure spiritual roots geniuses." The old man sitting under the Qingyun Academy sign smiled and said a few words of praise before turning to Ning Cheng and Yan Yuese, "Please sit down first, I am Ming Hao Kuo, a fourth-level talisman master of Qingyun Academy. Your performance on stage was calm and composed, and your memory is incredibly strong. No matter what spiritual roots you have, the doors of my Qingyun Academy are wide open to you."

  "What's the use of Fu Lu? Ning Xiaocheng has such a clear memory of Ling Cao, joining my Luo Hou Academy can bring out his strengths. Ning Xiaocheng, I am Cheng Xuan of Luo Hou Academy, I can let you worship under Master Yu Dan of my academy." Just as Qing Yun Academy's Ming Hao Kuo was about to finish speaking, a middle-aged cultivator from Luo Hou Academy interrupted him.

  One after another, the people from Meteorite Academy, Divine Wind Academy and Thunderclap Academy came to Ning City to tell him about the advantages of their respective academies, and promised Ning City all sorts of things.

  Ning Cheng was very clear in his mind that these old guys were all bridge demolishers. Don't look at how polite they are to him now, a first-grade cultivator of the Congenital Realm. That absolutely wasn't because of his good qualifications. Besides, even if he had a Pure Spirit Root qualification, it's estimated that it wouldn't be possible for so many people to come and fight over him.

  Ultimately, it's all about coping with the upcoming Six-Star Academy competition. As long as he gets it, it means a big bonus in the written test. At this moment, he is just some scores in other people's eyes.

  They're not fighting for Ning City, but for the scores in the Six-Star Academy assessment. Once the Six-Star Academy is chosen, where Ning City goes doesn't matter, and these old guys absolutely won't give him a second glance.

  Understanding this, Ning Cheng's expression became even more calm and composed as he bowed his fist in respect and said, "Thank you to all the seniors for your kindness towards me. I originally planned to go to Qing Yun Fifth Star Academy..."

  "Right, right, come to our Qingyun Five-Star Academy and you won't regret it." Ming Hao Kuai heard Ning Cheng's words and immediately stood up with a smile on his face, he had already decided to welcome Ning Cheng to join.

  Ning Cheng sighed and said, "I went to great lengths to get into Qingyun Academy, even finding a Qingyun Order. But when I went to sign up, the academy confiscated my order and tried to teach me a lesson. Luckily, I knew better than to resist, so I gave up the order and escaped with my life."

  "What? Which rabbit's son dares to not only take away the Qingyun Order, but also drive away the first place winner of the preliminary round? I'll skin him alive!" Ming Hao was so angry that he almost jumped three feet high. This is unbearable.

  Ning Cheng sneered inwardly, those who owe me will slowly pay back the principal and interest, let you not lose Grandfather's Qingyun Order.