Lord of Bones

Chapter 242 Xia Lin Wins the First Prize
Qianyun City is nearly 25 miles away from Xiayang City, the capital of the Great Xia King. Including the rest time, even the Jinluo Xuandiao would take about [-] days.

In order to prevent unexpected situations, Da Luo's team set off a few days earlier.

Even if they set off at this time, when they arrive at Xiayang City, there will be more than a month left before the day when Xia Lin wins the championship.

Xialin College, located in the mountains a hundred miles east of Xiayang City, is an ancient college.

Although it is not as famous as the Eight Sects, there are quite a few strong people who have come out of this academy. It is one of the ways for the big sect to recruit disciples, so Xialin Academy is also famous.

Geniuses from dozens of countries around the Great Xia Dynasty all studied in the academy.

Unlike the Eight Sects, this place is just a simple gathering place for primordial beings, and has not established its own power.

Due to the existence of Xialin College, Daxia has a good reputation on the mainland.

Even the Dayan Dynasty, the first dynasty in the Qinggu Continent, who had hundreds of Nirvana-level powerhouses, was envious.

There are three courtyards in Xialin College, which are the outer courtyard, the middle courtyard and the inner courtyard.

The outer courtyard has the lowest entry threshold, anyone under the age of 30 who has advanced to the Yuanli Realm can enter.

At the age of 50, if you haven't broken through to the Yuan Dan realm, you have to leave.

Most of the students who came out of the outer court worked for the royal family of the Great Xia Dynasty.

The starting point of the Intermediate Court is much higher than that of the Outer Court. Anyone who is under 38 years old and has reached the late stage of the Void Stepping Stage can enter the Intermediate Court.

After the students of this academy went out, they not only worked for Da Xia, but also many students went to other forces.

At the age of 55, before entering the late stage of the Yuandan realm, one must leave. If one wants to stay, one can go to the outer courtyard as a teacher.

To qualify as a teacher in the Outer Academy, one must reach the middle stage of the Yuan Dan Realm.

If you can enter the inner court, from the moment you enter, you will receive the attention of various forces, and some forces will buy it in advance and give you generous resources.

Being able to receive such attention is because the conditions for entering the inner courtyard are very high.

Before the age of 44, Yuan Zhe had to reach the middle stage of Yuan Dan Realm before he could be eligible to enter.

The age limit for entering the inner court must not exceed 60 years old, which is also the age limit for participating in Xia Lin's championship.

Those who are over 44 years old and under 50 years old can also enter the inner courtyard if their cultivation has reached the late Yuandan stage.

One must know that the threshold for disciples of the eight outer sects is not so high.

Breakthrough to the Yuandan Realm before the age of 50, one can enter the Eight Sects and become an outer disciple.

The combined number of students in the outer and middle schools is over a million, while the number of students in the inner school is less than one thousand.

Entering the inner courtyard of Xialin College, you can stay until you are a hundred years old and enjoy the resources given by the college.

Of course, if one breaks through Nirvana before the age of one hundred, one will naturally not stay here.

The resources given by the academy are just a drop in the bucket for Nirvana.

Xia Lin's championship is a grand event held every 16 years in the inner courtyard of Xia Lin College. The rewards for the participants are quite generous, and they have the opportunity to become famous in one battle.

Because the conditions for entering the academy are very harsh, many Yuanyuan people feel overwhelmed.

Many families would be proud if they had a disciple from the inner courtyard of Xialin Academy.

.........

Great Xia Dynasty, Xialin Academy.

On a mountain top with lush trees, three figures overlooked the college buildings winding among the peaks.

If it weren't for the mountain wind blowing the long hair and robes, they would have thought they were three statues.

This place is full of vitality, and it is said that there is an extremely large vein of high-grade primordial stone underneath, so the academy was built here.

There are so many strong people in the academy, no one dares to take the idea of ​​​​the mine.

Suddenly, one of the figures moved, and then, a figure floated down from the sky at an extremely fast speed.

The man saluted the three figures on the top of the mountain, and said respectfully: "The three deans..."

Hearing this, the old woman among the three raised her eyebrows and hurriedly said: "I am the vice president, Xu Run. In front of the president, you don't need to talk nonsense!"

The chubby old man next to the old woman touched his big belly and said with a light smile: "Yan Qing, you are the dean of the middle school, why are you not the dean.

"Xu Run! You can call her Dean Shao from now on, there's nothing wrong with that.

"If you call me the dean, I can still afford it. I don't care if you call me the vice-president in the other two houses.

"If you are in my outer court, you must call me the dean, the dean of the outer court, isn't it the dean?"

After finishing speaking, the fat old man opened his eyes and made a hideous look.

"Yes, Dean Ba." Xu Rungong said.

Dean Ba ​​nodded and said with satisfaction: "Not bad, not bad!"

"Long Bai, you are the thickest-skinned in the academy." Shao Yanqing gave Baron Bai an angry look.

"Xu Run, how's the investigation going?" Shao Yanqing asked in a deep voice, a tall, thin, white-haired old man rubbing his beard.

Bowing slightly, he glanced at Xialin College among the mountains, and Xu Run responded: "Dean, according to the current situation, apart from the Qin family, several other big families, chambers of commerce and the royal family have taken action.

"The academies they support have absorbed a lot of geniuses from the Eight Sects this time. Looking at the situation, they all want to win the leader."

"This time, did the Qin family give up?" the white-haired old man frowned and murmured.

Shaking his head, Xu Run said softly: "The Qin family has Qin Yongtian and Qin Potian who are in the middle stage of Nirvana, Xu Run's ability is limited, and he has not received any news.

"The intentions of the other major families and chambers of commerce are relatively obvious, so we can spy on them.

"The academies they support have already recruited many disciples from the Eight Sects. Only the academies supported by the Qin family have not recruited a single disciple from the Eight Sects."

Shao Yanqing suddenly thought of something, and said, "Dean, you should have received the invitation. The Qin family is currently discussing the wedding of Qin Yongtian's grandson, Qin Tian, ​​and it is estimated that they will not take any action until after the wedding banquet.

"After all, last time they invited outsiders to help and won the championship in one fell swoop, this time they probably won't give it up.

"The girl was not from the Eight Sects last time. After 16 years, if that girl comes out again, her strength is estimated to be higher than ours."

After finishing speaking, everyone looked at their respected dean Hou Han.

After a while, Hou Han said slowly: "There are still nearly two months, let's observe first. How are the invitations of the various forces?"

"Over the past two years, the royal family has successively issued invitations stating the specific time for this event.

"Since last month, strong men have arrived in Xiayang City. There should be more than a hundred Nirvana people in the city.

"As Xia Lin's victory is approaching, the number of nirvana realms should reach five hundred by the end of this month, and may eventually exceed three thousand.

"To prevent accidents, 300 million soldiers are stationed around Xiayang City." Xu Run replied.

Shao Yanqing said coldly: "In the past, the number of nirvana in each session was only three to five hundred. Why are there so many this time? Will something happen?"

Xu Run shook his head and said: "Probably not. It is estimated that their purpose is to come and see those inner sect disciples who have been hyped up by everyone and entered the Eight Sects in advance.

"It is said that each of these primordial masters is a genius, and they all have the ability to leapfrog and kill opponents."

Baron Bai patted his belly, with a sad look on his face: "Principal, since the last Qin family started, this time it got out of hand.

"This year, Xia Lin won the championship, and we shouldn't see the students of our academy!"

"We have taken precautions in advance, and the participating Nirvana must be college students who have stayed in the college for more than ten years.

"I didn't expect them to take advantage of the loopholes and find so many disciples from the Eight Sects." Shao Yanqing said with a trace of anger, "This time Xia Lin's championship is completely a contest between the eight disciples. If the next one is still In this way, Xia Lin won the first prize, only in name only.

"It's all started by the Qin family. This year, they are in good order and there is no movement."

"From the next session, as long as our dean is not afraid of offending the Eight Sects and directly announces that the inner disciples who have entered the Eight Sects will not be allowed to participate, it will be fine.

"Before Xia Lin wins the championship, students who have entered the academy within five years are not allowed to participate." Baron Bo said, patting his belly.

Hearing this, Shao Yanqing looked at Ba Longbai dissatisfied and said: "There's nothing to be afraid of. Besides, the eight sects didn't obviously support that house. Xu Run, do you think so?"

"I don't know about this." Xu Run smiled awkwardly, "Jinling Mountain has the most disciples, it seems that they were invited by each of them, not the meaning of the sect, they were scattered in various courtyards, and they were not gathered in one courtyard."

"Although Xialin Academy is somewhat famous, I am self-aware. In the eyes of these sects, the academy is not worth mentioning.

"These disciples here are nothing more than receiving some benefits in private." Hou Han sighed softly, and then looked at Xu Run with deep eyes, "Which courtyard is the Qin family supporting now?"

"Yunjunyuan. The members of the Qin family have always been in Yunjunyuan, and have not set foot in other houses. Now all the people recommended by Jingyang Chamber of Commerce have entered Yunjunyuan.

"In the competition for the title of the Ninth Academy, they won the last championship, and they are the most famous in the past 16 years. If there were no disciples from the Eight Sects, the strength of the Yunjun Academy is actually the strongest now." Xu Run responded.

"Go down. Be careful. There are quite a few mid-nirvana in the city. Your initial cultivation base is still a bit low, so don't be careless. Once there is a situation, send me a message immediately, and don't be reckless." Hou Han instructed.

Xu Run nodded, and suddenly, his body shot into the sky, and quickly disappeared into black spots.

Looking at the figure that disappeared into the sky, Hou Han sighed: "I hope that there will be a student from Xialin Academy in this leadership team, even in name.

"One is fine. Otherwise, the college's face is really a bit embarrassing."

Hearing this, Shao Yanqing and Ba Longbai bowed their heads silently and stopped talking.

They all knew that among the nine courtyards set up in the inner courtyard, besides Yunjun courtyard, the other eight courtyards had invited more than [-] disciples from the eight sects.

There are only 99 applicants for Xia Lin to win the championship, and there is little hope for the academy's own talents to enter these lists.

After a moment of silence, the three figures of Hou Han disappeared on the top of the mountain.

.........

After flying intermittently for more than ten days, Li Yuan and the Da Luo Empire's team finally arrived at Xuping City, the border between the Beixu Kingdom and the Daxia Dynasty.

Xuping City is within the territory of Beixuan Country, bordering Daxia Zezhou in the southeast and Daxia Yunzhou in the southwest. There are flat jungles in a radius of three thousand miles, and there are no towering mountains.

The jungle is vast, but there are no powerful monsters.

The highest level of monsters living in this area is only in the middle and late stages of the third level, so Xuping City is a gathering place for many Yuanli Realm Stepping Void Realm, and there are a lot of mercenary groups.

It is only [-] miles away from Xuping City to Xiayang City, and it takes only three days and three nights for Jinluo Xuandiao to fly at full strength.

The team of the Great Luo Empire was going to rest in Xuping City for a while before leaving.

In the team heading to Xiayang City, there were two of the top ten powerhouses of Daluo, and one was Ruan Yunhan, the lord of Qianyun Mansion, who was in the middle stage of Nirvana.

The other is Luo Xingcheng, the capital of the Great Luo King, You Bin, the dean of Star Luo Academy, and the peak in the middle of Nirvana.

In addition to the two Nirvana mid-stage players, there are also six Nirvana players, and the lineup should not be underestimated.

In addition, there are more than [-] disciples from the two colleges, all of whom were cultivated in the late Yuan Dan period.

Although Luo Zirou is only in the middle stage of Yuan Dan, she has the identity of Princess Da Luo.

Going back this time, she should be able to hit the mid-term peak.

Da Luo's team stayed in Xuping City, and the two golden Luo Xuan eagles would not go to Daxia alone, so Li Yuan and the others could only stay in the city.

For the [-]-mile journey, it would take them a lot of time to travel by themselves.

.........

In a simple restaurant in Xuping City, there were hundreds of wine tables filled with mercenaries hunting monsters around the city, making the environment extremely noisy.

In a fairly quiet private room at the corner of the second floor of the restaurant, the window was opened slightly, and a pair of eyes scanned the hall.

After a while, his eyes moved away, but he didn't close the window tightly.

"Li Yuan, why did you come to such a noisy place?" Luo Zirou looked at Li Yuan whose eyes moved into the room.

Smiling slightly, Li Yuan said in a low voice: "You are the princess of the royal family of Da Luo, and you rarely come to such a place where fish and dragons mix together.

"However, it is precisely because there are people from all walks of life that we can understand the real side of the local customs.

"By the way, your cultivation base has improved a lot in the past two years. Why don't you retreat and reach the mid-term peak, but follow the team to Daxia."

"Retreat is not bad for two or three months. What's more, I've heard people say that Xia Lin won the championship since I was a child, and I've always wanted to see it.

"The last time Xia Lin won the championship, I mentioned to my father that I would go to Daxia with the team.

"At that time, I was only 26 and seven years old, and I hadn't entered the Yuan Dan realm yet, so I didn't have the qualifications at all.

"After several times of persuasion, my father promised me that if I break through to the middle stage of Yuan Dan, he will make an exception and let the two deans take me with me.

"So, I have been practicing hard for more than ten years, and finally broke through to the middle stage of Yuandan three years ago. I was so excited at the moment I broke through.

"On the day of the breakthrough, I sent someone to deliver a letter and asked the Flying Earth Spirit to pick me up from Meteor City, and I waited for nearly a year for the Golden Luoxuan Diao.

"I didn't expect that I would meet you all a year late."

Li Yun smiled lightly: "It's also fate that we can come together. You should know a lot about Xia Lin winning the championship. Is it really so attractive?"

"Of course." Luo Zirou's eyes lit up, "Although Xialin's championship was held at Xialin Academy in Daxia, the students gathered there were selected by dozens of countries and forces around them, and they are all elites among the elites." .

"Xia Lin's victory is second only to the gods and demons in the Eight Heaven's Chosen Battle. I remember that the Yunjun Academy won the championship last time. However, the last time was the least interesting."

"What's wrong?" Li Yunqing asked.

Luo Ziju said: "Because the last time Xia Lin won the championship, the team sent by Yunjun Academy had a woman who was in Nirvana, and she was only 34 years old at the time.

"At the age of 34, in the early stage of Nirvana, he is also a rare arrogance in the Eight Schools.

"Usually at this age, if one's cultivation reaches Nirvana, one must possess a dragon bone, such as a golden jade bone, and a first-class mortal person can do it.

"Our Daluo, in the last sixty years, has never had a genius who was born first-class.

"If you don't belong to the great sect and cultivate and evolve the day after tomorrow, it will be difficult to cultivate a first-class mortal bone at such a young age, unless there is a great opportunity.

"I really don't know where the Yunjun Academy found the evildoer. It is conceivable that there is a team in the Nirvana state, and the other eight courtyards are no opponents at all.

"In the end, Yunjunyuan's team completely crushed their opponents and won the leader.

"The last time Xia Lin won the championship was also the only time in the past 300 years that Xia Lin did not make it to the second round."

"Xiao Yuan, look at him. He entered Nirvana at the age of 34. You are looking at you. You will be 50 years old in a few days. Hey..." Yuan Yao pouted when she heard the words, with a disgusted expression on her face , "It seems that before the age of 50, you have no chance to step into Nirvana!"

(End of this chapter)