Chapter 106: Opening Ahead of Schedule

  After this incident, Ning Cheng and Ji Luo Fei inadvertently tore off that window paper.

  If it was said that Ning Cheng had only been slightly moved by Ji Luo Fei before, this time she returned without hesitation, thoroughly imprinting her shadow on Ning Cheng's heart. After going through the Tian Mu Wan incident, this was the first time Ning Cheng truly let another girl enter his heart.

  In a pleasant mood, Ning Cheng suddenly broke through from the second layer of Cong True to the third layer. He had just stabilized his cultivation and hadn't even had time to celebrate with Ji Luo Fei when Liu Xian from Shen Feng Wu Xing Academy came looking for him.

  At this time, only seven days had passed since the ten-day countdown to the replay began.

  "Director Liu, isn't there still a few days left for the rematch?" Ning Cheng opened the seal and found that it was Liu Xian himself who had come over, and immediately asked with some confusion.

  Liu Xian said somewhat anxiously, "Ning Xiaocheng, something unexpected has happened this time. The Angry Axe Valley, which was originally supposed to open two years later, had its outer illusory smoke and fog suddenly disperse a few days ago. With the dispersal of the smoke and fog outside the Angry Axe Valley, it means that there is only one month left before the valley opens."

  Ning Cheng furrowed his brow, he had planned to use the big comparison two years later to get a place in Nu Fu Valley, now it seemed hopeless. He was an unknown minor figure, absolutely unable to get a quota to enter Nu Fu Valley. But why did Nu Fu Valley open ahead of schedule and why did Liu Xian come looking for him?

  Ning Cheng immediately thought of what he and the old woman had done in the Hanhe Forbidden Land a few days ago. Could it be that the fairy mansion was moved by the white-haired old woman, so Nu Zhen Valley opened ahead of schedule? According to the old woman's words, the fairy mansion inside the Hanhe Forbidden Land appeared together with Nu Zhen Valley.

  "Will Liu Zhi's axe valley opening earlier have an impact on our Shen Feng Academy?" Ning Cheng asked somewhat puzzled.

  Liu Xian let out a sigh and said, "Not only is there an impact, but the impact is huge. Our Shenfeng Academy has also found some good seedlings recently, if we were to hold another grand competition in two years to contend for the Six-Star Sect, there would still be a glimmer of hope. But now, Nu Fugou suddenly opened ahead of schedule, and Huazhou's Five-Star Academy's grand competition had to follow someone else's requirements, so the grand competition was also moved up to now. However, if we were to start the grand competition now, our Shenfeng Academy would absolutely not have any qualifications."

  He paused for a moment, and then Liu Xian said sincerely to Ning Cheng, "Ning Xiao Cheng, I won't hide it from you either. Shen Feng Academy has long been in name only, not even comparable to some four-star academies. The only Xuan Dan cultivator of my Shen Feng Academy, Zang Dean, was also seriously injured and closed up a few years ago, and still can't come out now."

  "Liu Zhi, I was originally worried that a woman from the Meteorite Academy would find out that I came here, so I changed my name to Ning Xiao Cheng. Now I'm not afraid of her anymore, Liu Zhi can still call me by my original name Ning Cheng. According to what Liu Zhi said, isn't the strength of Shen Feng Academy even inferior to the Water Family of Mo Ze City?" Ning Cheng suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. He joined Shen Feng Academy to seek protection, if Shen Feng Academy was not even as good as the Water Family, then what kind of protection could he still seek?

  The strength of the Su family, Ji Luo Fei had already told him that there was a Xuan Dan cultivator whose power was not inferior to that of the Five Star Academy.

  "On the surface, Shenfeng Academy is indeed stronger than the Water Clan. However, in terms of true strength, Shenfeng Academy is actually inferior to the Water Clan. But my Shenfeng Academy has been established for thousands of years and won't be afraid of just one Water Clan. Could it be that you have offended the Water Clan?"

  Ning Cheng did not conceal anything and told everything about Ji Luo Fei's matter.

  Liu Xian heard the words and immediately said, "So it's this matter, then you can rest assured, the Water family won't offend me, Shenfeng Academy, for something like this. Now I'll talk to you about the Five-Star Academy Competition."

  Ning Cheng thought about it and realized that the Shui family, being one of the seven major families in Huazhou, wouldn't take revenge on them for Lu Fei's sake. Moreover, they wouldn't offend the Shenfeng Academy over such a trivial matter. After all, Lu Fei hadn't agreed to any of the Shui family's requests and hadn't even met anyone from the Shui family.

  "Alright, Liu Zhi Shì, please speak. I will definitely go all out in the rematch." Ning Cheng felt at ease and decided to help Shen Feng Academy with all his might.

  After finishing, Ning City felt that something was off and added another question, "Liu Zhi Shi, Nu Fu Valley opened ahead of schedule, our Five Star Competition also started ahead of schedule. Is it because after the Five Star Competition, those with excellent results have a chance to enter Nu Fu Valley?"

  Liu Xian said with a worried expression, "It's exactly this matter. If two years later, we can't get first place in the Five-Star Competition, we won't be at the very bottom either. But since the competition was moved forward, our God Wind Academy's competitiveness has immediately decreased by a lot."

  The quota for the entire Lower Realm is only twenty people, among which the Six-Star Academy has five quotas, the second name has three, the third and fourth names have two each, and the fifth has only one quota. The remaining quotas will be allocated to other academies and sects."

  "Director Liu, the big comparison has not started yet, you don't have to worry, maybe we still have a chance." Ning Cheng comforted.

  Liu Xian nodded, "The second round of the selection competition for the Five-Star Academy has been cancelled. The top 100 who were originally going to participate in the re-examination will directly become the winners and enter their respective Five-Star Academies. Three days later, a direct competition between the Five-Star Academies will be held, after which one Six-Star Academy will be selected on the spot, and at the same time, twenty people will be selected to enter Nu Fu Valley."

  Nu Fu Valley has been opened only once in so many years, and the resources and good things inside are simply unimaginable. The middle-level continent and high-level continent cultivators who enter Nu Fu Valley are beyond our control. However, on the low-level continent, whichever family enters Nu Fu Valley with more people will have greater development potential in the future."

  "Director Liu, tell me about the rules of the Five-Star Academy's Grand Competition and how to participate?" Ning Cheng learned that there was still a chance to enter Nu Fu Valley, and he immediately became interested. He didn't believe that he had helped Shen Feng Academy get a place, but Shen Feng Academy wouldn't give him a spot.

  Liu Xian came here to ask Ning Cheng for his full assistance, and now that Ning Cheng asked, he hastily explained in detail, "A senior from Jizhou thinks that the faster the Five-Star Academy Competition is, the better. It's best to select a six-star academy within a few days. So the competition was divided into two parts. The first part is the assessment of the college facilities' scores, which has already been assessed..."

  Ning Cheng interrupted Liu Xian's words, "Liu Zhi Shi, what score did Shen Feng Academy get in the college facility assessment?"

  Liu Xian said somewhat awkwardly, "The total score is also 100 points. Our Shenfeng Academy scored 41 points. The highest was Meteorite Academy with 75 points, followed by Qingyun Academy with 60 points, Luohou Academy with 55 points, and Leiting Academy with 53 points."

  The competition hasn't even started yet, and Shenfeng Academy's score is already the lowest. Ning Cheng furrowed his brow, "This score is indeed not high, it's more than 30 points lower than first place Astral Academy. How did the rest of the matches go?"

  Liu Xian continued, "Next is the second part of the three-round competition. Each college can choose a maximum of five people to participate. Once these five people are selected, they will participate in all three rounds and cannot be replaced midway. The first round is still a memory test, with questions provided by the senior elder from the middle continent. The highest score obtained will be used as the college's score for the first round. Our God Wind College is counting on you to get high scores in this round and narrow the gap with other colleges."

  The second round is a competition of leading ability, still with the same five participants. Finally, one student with the highest score from each college is selected as the score for that college in the second round, which will be added to the total score. The third round is a duel competition, whoever wins more rounds gets higher scores. The specific rules of the third round will be announced by the Grand Elder himself.

  "Isn't it that every college can just send their strongest player to compete then?" Ning City felt that it wasn't that simple.

  Liu Xian hastily explained, "It's because I didn't make it clear earlier. The five people chosen by each college must be below the level of Zhuyuan cultivation and under the age of thirty."

  Ning Cheng nodded and said, "In that case, choosing is indeed a bit troublesome."

  "Yes, some academies have powerful cultivators, but their memory and comprehension abilities are not very strong. In that case, the academy needs to select not only powerful disciples to participate in the competition, but also some disciples with strong memories to participate." Liu Xian said in agreement.

  Ning Cheng chuckled and said, "It seems I'm participating as a Memory Ability contestant from Shen Feng Academy."

  "Right, now I can only hope that you scored a hundred points last time not because you saw these things, but because of your real memory." Liu Xian said with a bitter smile.

  Ning Cheng is one of the strongest existences in Shen Feng Academy's memory, if Ning Cheng's previous exams weren't passed by relying on his own memory, then Shen Feng Academy is really in danger.

  If Ning City can bring out its former bravery in the Five-Star Academy's Grand Competition, Shen Feng Academy will have a great chance of winning.

  Ning Cheng knew that if it really came to this, he would have to bring out his true strength. Fortunately, Ning Cheng was no longer concerned about it now. In the first written test, he had done one less question, and now that he had joined the Divine Wind Academy, unless absolutely necessary, there was no need for him to hide his own strength anymore.

  After discussing some details of the game with Ning Cheng in detail, Liu Xian left Ning Cheng's residence.