Practice begins with collecting character cards

Chapter 156 Lek and the January Exam

Time soon came to March.

This year's winter ended early, and the warm sun has risen in March, bringing new vitality to the earth.

A large number of caravans entered the town, bringing a large number of floating population and injecting vitality into the town.

Once a year, a new session of martial arts academy enrollment also begins.

Xu Gu'an paid a little attention to this, he has a character copy card in his hand, but unfortunately, this freshman does not seem to be too outstanding.

The reason why Shen Xi and Weng Yan can be called twin prides is because in this town, these two are the only geniuses.

Other young talents are hard to come by, chasing after the two.

There are lesser geniuses, and they can barely be the target of Xu Gu'an's copying.

But just to this extent, he might as well copy the heavy mountain with a higher level of cultivation.

Although his qualifications cannot be compared with Weng Yan and Shen Xi's, he is not bad among the young people in the town, and he is even expected to win a place in the future to go to the Grand Master Martial Arts Academy for further studies.

The important thing is that Chongshan is already a body refiner with eight layers of bones. If he is engraved as a character card, his strength will improve faster than these new characters in the early stage.

"If there is no dark horse this year, let's choose Brother Shen." Thinking like this, Xu Gu'an and Lu Liang stepped into the guest seat of the Stars Channel together.

Last year, he competed for rankings in the arena as a freshman participant, but this year he was already watching as a senior.

At the same time, a carriage slowly drove in from outside the town.

"Sister Xiao, what day is it today? Why is it so lively here?" In the carriage, a young boy poked his head out and looked at the noisy town, wondering.

Seeing that his face is full of childishness, it seems that he has just grown up.

"In March, it was mentioned in the letter from grandpa, it should be recruited by the academy." A gentle female voice came from inside the carriage.

"So that's it, Sister Xiao, why don't you go and see the excitement first, I want to see if the students in Grandpa's academy are all good or not." The boy in the carriage suggested.

"You can't keep grandpa waiting for too long, go see grandpa first." The woman directly rejected the boy's proposal.

"Okay then." The young man seemed to think it made sense, and couldn't help retracting his head.

After the carriage entered the town, it drove straight into Donglan Wuyuan.

After waiting for a while, this year's freshman meeting will begin soon.

This year, due to the faster winter, this year's new martial arts competition is also a few days earlier than in previous years, in the middle and late March, and did not wait until the beginning of April.

On the high platform, the vice presidents of the major martial arts colleges and other teacher groups were still present to watch this annual grand event.

"Brother Xu, how about my kid, I watched him grow up." Shen Zhongshan sat on Xu Gu'an's side, pointing at a Shen family boy on the ring.

The young man easily defeated his opponent, and he looked energetic and youthful.

"The Shen family really has a lot of talents. I think he has a chance to enter the top three seats this year." Lu Liang also watched from the side and couldn't help sighing.

In most years, the top three seats are basically taken by the children of the three major families in the town.

After all, the three major families have the deepest heritage in the town, and they are undoubtedly the most capable of cultivating outstanding family descendants, which is also reasonable.

There are occasional dark horses, but that is a rare case after all.

Xu Gu'an also nodded, agreeing with what Lu Liang said.

This Shen family boy in the arena already has the second level of body training, he is not bad at martial arts, and his actual combat level is outstanding. He is the best of the Shen family this year.

Without the existence of Weng Yan, Shen Xi and Xu Gu'an, there is indeed a good chance to break into the top three seats.

If you compare it, it is almost the level of Shao Nianhua's strength last year.

Xu Guan glanced over, Shao Nianhua, as the number one suspect in his mind, did not appear here today.

As for the Shao Zetian who appeared in the defeated army camp, he has not heard from him during this period of time, and he does not know where he is now.

Xu Gu'an didn't think too much, and continued to pay attention to the competition of freshmen students in the arena.

To be honest, for freshmen at this level, there are very few battles that make him shine.

On the contrary, the surrounding guests were very enthusiastic about talking, and all relatives of the newborns present would try their best to cheer and cheer for their own families.

The atmosphere looks pretty good.

When the sun was about to rise, Li Qingyun, the head of the Donglan Academy, suddenly appeared on the scene, causing many high-ranking officials of the martial arts academy to stand up one after another.

In the past, as the dean, Li Qingyun basically would not participate in the occasion of the martial arts meeting for freshmen, and only let the deputy dean act on his behalf.

Therefore, his appearance caught everyone by surprise.

"Principal Li, why are you so interested in driving here today?" A vice-president of another hospital cupped his hands and smiled.

Bitumen Yun seemed to be in a good mood today, with a gentle smile on his face, he waved his hand and said.

"Bring my grandson here today to join in the fun, you don't have to pay attention to me."

It was only then that everyone noticed that the two young men and women following behind Li Qingyun were not members of the martial arts academy.

It was the first time that many people heard that Bituminous Cloud had a grandson in the town, and they were curious.

But asphalt cloud didn't say much, and they didn't dare to ask more.

In terms of qualifications and status, few people in the town can compare with Bituminous Cloud.

Even the contemporary patriarchs of the three major families only dared to call themselves juniors when they came in front of Li Qingyun, which showed their prestige.

"Xiao'er, Yuan'er, how about just watching here?" Li Qingyun turned around and said with a smile, with a fondness in his tone.

"I listen to your arrangement, Grandpa." Li Xiao nodded in response, dignified.

She has a beautiful appearance and holds a long sword in her hand, which adds a bit of heroism and calmness.

The age looks a few years older than the boy next to him.

Li Yuan on the side has bright eyes, looks lively, looks like a young man, and is curiously looking at the freshmen on the ring.

"Grandpa, is there anything better?" After watching for a while, Li Yuan asked in a low voice by the side of the pitch cloud.

"It might be difficult to find someone as powerful as Yuan'er." Li Qingyun said with a smile.

"This place is a remote town, not as good as Suicheng, where geniuses gather."

"Is that so?" Li Yuan scratched his head, and then asked in puzzlement: "Then why does grandpa stay here all the time? Wouldn't it be good to go back with Yuan'er? Parents also miss you very much."

"Xiao Yuan, don't be rude. Grandpa has his own reasons for what he does." Li Xiao's complexion changed slightly, and he began to teach with a straight face.

Li Yuan immediately kept silent, it was obvious that he was still somewhat afraid of his elder sister.

The smile on Li Qingyun's face remained unchanged, and he said, "Grandpa, the reason why you are here is because of a promise. When the promise is fulfilled, I will go back."

"Oh" Li Yuan seemed to understand, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions as the old lady watched.

"Speaking of which, there were a few last year, and their potential may not be inferior to the two of you. In the future, you may still meet at the Grandmaster Martial Academy." Li Qingyun said suddenly.

"Oh? Really, Grandpa, I want to compare with them to see if they are really as powerful as Grandpa said." Li Yuan's eyes lit up, and he said immediately.

"That depends on whether they are willing or not. I will not force my students to do things they don't like." Li Qingyun laughed.

He is well aware of the habits of his grandson, and he likes to challenge powerful people, and he has been like this since he was a child.

"Okay, okay!" Li Yuan showed excitement on his face.

The journey was tiring, but he hadn't played against anyone for a long time.

Li Xiao opened his mouth, originally wanting to educate his younger brother, but seeing that Li Qingyun had already agreed, he didn't say much.

At the guest table, Xu Gu'an also noticed the arrival of Li Qingyun, and saw that the dean was talking kindly to the teenagers beside him.

He couldn't help but pay more attention.

The two young men and women looked familiar, but they seemed to have a close relationship with the dean, and their identities were unknown.

The entire freshman martial arts competition still lasted for almost a day before coming to an end.

The clan brother mentioned by Shen Zhongshan earlier won the second place, and the champion was a member of the Weng family.

When the two fought against each other, the brother of the Shen family could only say that he lost a few tricks, and he missed the champion. The difference in strength between the two sides is not obvious, which is a regrettable loss.

The third is the Shao family alone.

It is not surprising that the three major families have taken the top three seats this year, and there is no dark horse like Xu Gu'an.

Those guests couldn't help but feel a little regretful when they saw this, and they always felt that they lacked the surprise that Xu Gu'an brought them last year, and they lacked a little bit of fun and conversation.

Xu Gu'an himself was a little disappointed and left the field and returned to the martial arts academy.

Without a super dark horse, he already wanted to use the character copy card that he had been pinching for a long time on Shen Chongshan.

He estimated that the lower limit of Chongshan's qualification level is D grade. If he is lucky, he may be able to reproduce a C grade character card, which is not a loss.

On the second day after the freshmen's martial arts competition ended, the annual exam of the senior group started seamlessly.

The rules of the big exam are different from the ranking method of the martial arts competition for freshmen, and it is not as grand and fanfare.

It is said to be a big exam, but it is actually more like an upward challenge, which lasts for one month.

Any student can initiate a challenge to a student of the same class who ranks higher than himself, and it must be initiated once.

The winner's ranking will replace the loser's, and the loser's ranking will be delayed by one.

One month later, the ranking is fixed, and if you want to challenge again, you have to wait for the next year's big exam.

In addition, after the big exam is over, the last five in the ranking will enter a pending state.

It is up to the dean to decide whether the five people will stay or not. If they perform poorly, they may be dismissed.

Early in the morning, Xu Gu'an finished his daily practice, had a full meal of meat supplements, recovered his body's energy and blood consumption, and calmly left the residence to go to the training ground.

In this month, more than half of the training ground of the martial arts academy will be used for ranking challenges in the big exam.

And each venue has a special martial arts deacon to take care of it, and record the students' record.

When Xu Gu'an arrived at the training ground, many students had already gathered here, almost every class.

With the entry of Xu Gu'an, many people's attention was attracted.

After all, although he usually keeps a low profile, his previous achievements are there. He is a genius who is as famous as Weng Yan and Shen Xi.

"Brother Xu, do you have any challenges today?" Lu Liang ran over immediately when he saw Xu Gu'an.

"Well, I was challenged." Xu Guan nodded.

"Hey, who is not open-eyed and dares to challenge Brother Xu?" Lu Liang was a little puzzled.

After all, Xu Guan's ranking is there, the second place in the same year, and his strength is obvious to all.

There are not many who are qualified to challenge Xu Gu'an, and they can't wait to challenge on the first day of the big exam.

"It's hard to say." Xu Gu'an said, he speculated that there was a high probability that it was Shen Xi.

Only Shen Xi has the strength to compete with him, and the other students in the same class are not at the same level of combat power as the three of them.

But anyone with some self-knowledge would not choose to fight him so aggressively.

Of course, it doesn't rule out that there are other people who are so brave, just to challenge him.

"Xu Gu'an, Wu Shitian, come and report!"

Following the yelling of one of the deacons of the martial arts training ground, Xu Gu'an showed a strange expression.

He really guessed wrong, the challenger was not Shen Xi who was in the third seat, but someone else.

This person is no stranger, the guy from Wujia Village.

I remember that it was the first time to enter the first stage of body training, and it was considered a good level in the same class.

But that's all, the final ranking of the new martial arts competition did not make it into the top ten.

This time, he challenged Xu Gu'an, who was second in the list, which was really puzzling.

"Could it be that this person has had a great opportunity in this year, and his strength has skyrocketed?" Xu Gu'an instinctively wanted to deduce a reasonable explanation, but he didn't underestimate this person too much.

On the contrary, many students around were puzzled by Wu Shitian's actions.

They never thought of challenging Xu Gu'an, Shen Xi and Weng Yan, they just thought it was unrealistic.

Stepping into the arena, Xu Gu'an also saw Wu Shitian.

I haven't seen this person for a while, and he seems to be a lot taller, and it can be seen that he has beaten his body a lot during this period of time.

Xu Guan frowned slightly, the other party's breath had indeed become stronger, but it seemed to be limited.

If there is a sense of oppression, it is like a joke to Xu Gu'an.

"Bone double?" Xu Gu'an made a judgment, but he was still not quite sure.

How dare you challenge him at the Bone Level [-] level?

Even during the freshman martial arts a year ago, he was more than this strength.

"Is there any way to hide?" Xu Gu'an never believed that the other party was so unwise.

"Then let's begin!" the deacon announced, and his expression became tense.

He wants to make sure that the college will not suffer irreparable casualties in the competition.

boom!
Wu Shitian suddenly exerted his strength and rushed towards Xu Gu'an, whispering in his mouth.

"I've wanted to fight you for a long time, and now I've got my wish!"

He slashed with the sword, using the martial arts sword technique in the bookstore of the martial arts academy.

The saber moved forward like a silver snake, adding a few more variables.

This saber technique has already reached the rough level, and its power is not bad, but it is not enough in front of Xu Gu'an.

Xu Gu'an, who has mastered the Tianluo saber technique, can see through the flaws of this superficial saber technique at a glance.

The long knife in his hand slashed upwards and knocked against the opponent's long knife.

Ding!
In the next moment, no matter how Wu Shitian's sword technique changed, Xu Gu'an could only break it with one sword.

A huge force bounced back, and the long knife in Wu Shitian's hand flew out of his hand, and stuck straight into the weapon rack not far away.

Wu Shitian's complexion changed drastically, and when he came back to his senses, Xu Gu'an's blade had already reached the center of his forehead.

A coolness rises from the soles of the feet and goes straight to the Tianling Gai.

At this moment, Wu Shitian smelled the breath of death.

The deacon on the side was also stunned for a moment, and he was relieved to see that Xu Gu'an was able to move freely without hurting Wu Shitian.

To be honest, just now Xu Gu An's sword was so fast, it was very difficult for him to stop it.

"These days, do second-year freshmen have such strength?" The deacon sighed secretly, feeling that this task was really hard to do.

Wu Shitian only realized it now, and his mood was really complicated.

The gap between him and Xu Gu'an is much bigger than he imagined.

On the other hand, Xu Gu'an withdrew the knife calmly, glanced at him lightly, and didn't say anything.

But Wu Shitian clearly saw a look of boredom in Xu Gu'an's eyes, and felt ashamed and annoyed for a while.

Xu Gu'an really found it boring, and thought that Wu Shitian's strength should not be so superficial.

But in fact, that was the case. Wu Shitian was only in the second level of bone training, so he really dared to challenge him.

This made him feel like he had shot a mosquito after setting up the cannon, leaving him bored and even speechless.

"I know that I am not your opponent now, but I will surpass you in the future!" Wu Shitian gritted his teeth.

Even if he would be ridiculed by other students for this challenge, saying that he was overestimated, he didn't care.

This time, he just wanted to measure the strength gap between himself and Xu Guan.

In the previous freshman martial arts competition, he was not even qualified to challenge Xu Gu'an, but now he has this opportunity, he just wants to experience it for himself.

Xu Gu An put down the long knife and glanced at him, feeling nothing in his heart.

He is really not interested in this person's challenge.

In his view, evenly matched battles are the challenge, at least there must be a chance of winning, otherwise it is just a one-sided abuse.

He has always had little interest in this kind of meaningless abuse.

With this skill, it is better to go to the next dungeon to get some benefits.

"Should I carry out such disparity in the future?" Xu Gu'an looked at the deacon beside him.

"During the big exam, after completing a competition, you can rest for two days. You can refuse all competition requests within two days. If you are injured, you can extend the rest time depending on the injury. In addition, you can choose no more than [-] people in your sequence.

Don't worry, there won't be so many unnecessary contests in the future. "The deacon comforted Xu Gu'an.

In other words, not everyone can challenge Xu Guan.

If those low-level students want to challenge Xu Gu'an, they must challenge other people in large numbers, piling up their own rankings, and rushing to the top 31 to be eligible to challenge Xu Gu'an.

Although Wu Shitian was slashed by Xu Guan, he was still among the top [-] students in this class.

His actual combat power level is definitely not bad, even if he competes with Lu Liang who is in the top ten, it cannot be said that he has no chance of winning.

After getting the answer he wanted, Xu Gu'an nodded and turned to leave.

Wu Shitian clenched his fists and looked at Xu Gu'an's back. He didn't feel any frustration in his heart, but was full of passionate fighting spirit.

"I won't be a supporting role forever!"

Xu Guan stood in the corner, waiting for Lu Liang.

Lu Liang was summoned today, so he naturally had his own challenge.

Similarly, he is also the object of challenge today.

However, compared to Xu Gu'an's situation, Lu Liang is obviously much more normal.

The person who challenged him was Lu Baoguang, the younger brother of the Lu family sent by Baiyun Academy.

If I remember correctly, his ranking is only one lower than Lu Liang's, just outside the top ten. For Lu Liang, the opponent's strength is extremely strong, and Lu Liang will lose if he is not careful.

But fortunately, Lu Liang's aptitude is also good, the realm of body training is already at the peak of the second level of bone, and the sword technique has been greatly improved in the martial arts academy.

In the end, after a fierce battle, he defended his top ten position.

Lu Baoguang left the stage sadly, and his elder sister Lu Rou who came together angrily wanted to end the stage to find a place for his younger brother.

But her ranking was higher than Lu Liang's. According to the rules, only Lu Liang could challenge her, and it was impossible for her to challenge Lu Liang, who was ranked lower.

"It's more than enough, it's more than enough." Lu Liang said with a smile, his confident appearance has not changed a bit after a year.

Xu Gu'an could understand that the sister of the Lu family was so angry and unhappy.

When it comes to pulling hatred, Lu Liang is indeed a good hand.

"Go, brother Xu, go have a drink."

Xu Gu'an didn't disappoint, and readily accepted.

Just at this time, a person approached the martial arts training ground where he was, and attracted a lot of attention again.

This person is the eldest lady of the Shen family.

Speaking of recently, this young lady, like Xu Gu'an, is quite low-key.

There has been no news about her from the outside world for a long time.

She walked up to Xu Gu'an, and said calmly, "Compete with me."

Although she didn't name her name, everyone knew that the person she challenged was Xu Gu'an.

Originally, Shen Xi really wanted to make an appointment with Xu Guan today, but unfortunately, Wu Shitian, who had the same idea, was one step ahead of him.

In this way, she can only wait in line.

"Eh." The deacon not far away coughed lightly and said, "He just finished a battle, logically speaking."

"It's okay." Xu Guan interrupted: "I accept."

(End of this chapter)