Immortal weapon refiner

Chapter 928 Assessment
In the blink of an eye, a year and a half had passed. After entering Taishu Academy, Li Qing had made considerable achievements in the art of formation.

Over the past year and a half, he has been comprehending the formation inheritance from Master Ying, and has also frequently listened to the teachings of other formation masters. Now he has been able to initially set up some fourth-order large formations.

During this period, Master Ying also came to Taishu Academy to personally teach the knowledge of formations.

The entire dojo was extremely busy that day. Not only the disciples, but even teachers like Li Qing arrived at the scene early for fear of missing it.

After Master Ying's explanation, Li Qing suddenly understood some of the questions that had puzzled him for a while.

Taishu Academy has a two-year academic year. Because Li Qing entered the academy late, it is now the end of the academic year.

At the end of each school year, all disciples practicing in Tai Academy have to take part in an assessment. Their performance in the assessment will determine how much practice resources they can obtain in the academy in the following year.

As a weapon refining master, Li Qing does not need to set up special weapon refining test questions for these disciples, but he still has to participate in the supervision and judging process.

Li Qing, who was originally preparing for the upcoming opening of the Xuantian Temple, had to stop his work.

After all, he also received a salary in the Taishu Academy. Although the income from spirit stones was not high, he cared a lot about the opportunity to unlock the refining inheritance of Shushan Tower.

Throughout the entire school year, there were quite a few disciples who came to learn the art of refining from him, and Li Qing had accumulated quite a lot of contributions. If he participated in the assessment at the end of the school year, he would have enough contributions to gain an opportunity to start the inheritance of the Void Refining Stage.

There are several inheritances in it that he is very interested in, and he wants to exchange them all.

"Is Master Li in the cave? The academy asked me to inform you that the assessment location in seven days will be in Baihua Valley outside Nanfeng County. Here is some information related to Baihua Valley, which I have sent to you."

Outside Li Qing's cave, a teacher in a black robe was standing.

Li Qing quickly left the cave, and then thanked, "Thank you for taking the trouble, Master Huang Yuan."

Master Huang Yuan shook his head and said, "It's okay. We will set off in seven days. Master Li, please make preparations early."

"In addition, these assessment-related information are not allowed to be leaked to the disciples in the academy, otherwise they will be severely punished!"

Li Qing took the information about Baihua Valley and nodded, "I understand."

"Then I won't stay any longer. Goodbye!"

"Walk slowly!"

After seeing off Master Huang Yuan, Li Qing looked closely at the information about Baihua Valley and the assessment contents of the disciples.

Upon seeing this, his brows furrowed slightly. This Hundred Flowers Valley was really not a good place.

In the past, a passage between the two worlds was opened on the Canglan Continent. The valley, which was originally filled with spring-like weather and various spiritual flowers in full bloom, was polluted by the original demonic energy.

The demons planted a large number of Demonic Yuan Trees in this Valley of Flowers, completely polluting this place that originally represented peace and holiness, and demonic energy still remains today.

Although those magic trees have been completely eradicated now, the spiritual flowers in the Hundred Flowers Valley have also been deformed and turned into dangerous magic flowers. Some of them are psychic and have become half-demon beings.

The good news is that after so many years of sweeping, the damage posed by the evil flowers left in Baihua Valley has become controllable. In recent years, it has become a place where Taishu Academy often trains its disciples.

However, this Hundred Flowers Valley is located at the border between the Dayu Kingdom and the Three Polar Alliance. The latter is also a powerful force in the Canglan Continent and can compete with the Dayu Kingdom without being too disadvantaged.

Although the two major forces have not explicitly initiated a war, friction is always inevitable.

"This Tri-Polar Alliance is actually an alliance of three different forces. In order to counter the expansion of the Great Yu Kingdom's Taizu, they had no choice but to form an alliance."

"The Linghu tribe, Hehuan Demon Sect, and Jiyuan Island formed an alliance. All three forces have strong men in the late stage of fusion. The Linghu tribe even worships a True Hu ancestor. They are all Linghu beasts with True Hu blood flowing in their veins. Their individual strength is extremely powerful, comparable to the ancient species."

After Li Qing finished reading all the information related to Baihua Valley, his brows furrowed even deeper.

Before, he felt that the young cultivators in the Great Yu Kingdom lacked experience. Even the talented disciples in the Tai Academy were like flowers in a greenhouse.

Now it seems that is not entirely true.

The assessments at the end of each school year are not easy, and if you are not careful, even death is not impossible.

But even so, Taishuyuan is still a holy place that the younger generation of the entire Dayu Kingdom flocks to.

Because being able to successfully graduate from the Imperial Academy is equivalent to getting an admission ticket to the officialdom of the Dayu court. For those who are outstanding, becoming an official in the court is just a piece of cake.

"Huh! It seems like being an examiner is not an easy job. I have to be on guard against dangers that are beyond the abilities of my disciples."

"Rather than saying that they are testing these disciples, it would be better to say that they are also testing a teacher like me."

Li Qing shook his head and collected the information about Baihua Valley.

He had originally planned to perfect the human race bag into a qualified Xuan-grade spiritual treasure, but now it seems that he will have to postpone it for a while.

"Baihua Valley was once a holy place in Canglan Continent."

"It just so happens that I have almost mastered the secret technique of 'Stealing Heavenly Marks' recorded in the scroll from the Xuanming Realm. I can try to see if I can directly steal the Heavenly and Natural Marks in the Hundred Flowers Valley."

Just like that, Li Qing decided to completely refine his human bag in the Hundred Flowers Valley, so that he would have one more handy spiritual treasure.

Seven days passed in a flash, and when Dean Chen personally showed up and announced the location of the end-of-school examination, all the students in Taishu Academy almost dropped their jaws.

"What? It's actually the Hundred Flower Valley?!"

"It's over. Why is the examination location so dangerous this year? In the past, the examination location was set in Baihua Valley only when there were rare geniuses enrolled."

"I thought it was the Wandering Soul Sea or the Heavenly Demon Forest, so I prepared a lot of soul-related elixirs and beast-repelling powder in advance."

"I heard that every time there is an exam in Baihua Valley, there is a death rate of nearly 20%. Even if there are teachers supervising and protecting us, safety cannot necessarily be guaranteed."

“I want to know if I can drop out of school now.”

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On the high platform of the dojo, Li Qing and many other teachers stood behind Dean Chen, silently wiping the sweat off the wailing disciples off the field.

Dean Chen was not too surprised by the disciples' reactions. He was not angry, but sighed leisurely:

"Do you know that there are only two thousand years left until the next battle between the two worlds?"

"If the passage between the two worlds is opened again in Canglan Continent next time, it will be another catastrophe with countless lives lost. Who can you complain to?" "On the battlefield between the two worlds, even for a cultivator like me in the Fusion Stage, the chance of survival is only 50-50."

"Baihua Valley has been swept through countless times by many powerful military personnel. The danger in the valley has long been reduced to the lowest level. If you can't even pass this level, will you still be able to survive once the battlefield between the two worlds begins?"

Following Dean Chen's words, the disciples fell silent and stopped complaining about the fact that the assessment was taking place in Baihua Valley.

"The content of this assessment is also very simple. You can form a team of five people. There must be one new disciple in the team, and at most one disciple who is about to graduate. There is no limit on the other three people."

"Each team will take a bottle of exorcism dew made by the alchemist in the academy and deliver it to several designated locations in Baihua Valley. If they complete the test, they will pass."

"The exorcism dew is very precious. If it is lost or not delivered to the designated location, it will be considered a failure in the assessment."

"Of course, in addition to the main assessment tasks, the academy will also issue some tasks to remove the magic flowers. If you can complete the extra tasks, you can increase the assessment score."

"As usual, the assessment is divided into four levels, A, B, C, and D, and the entire assessment process is used as the rating standard."

After saying that, Dean Chen threw out a belt made of special crystals. This belt can not only be used to monitor the entire process of the disciple assessment, but also contains a bottle of exorcism lotion.

"You have half an hour to form a team. If you fail to do so, I will randomly assign teammates to you."

After saying this, Dean Chen closed his eyes and waited for time to pass.

Wow!
The Taishu Academy disciples in the audience were suddenly excited and started looking for those famous disciples from the past.

"Brother Liao Hai, I am also a cultivator from Qingniu City. I wonder if I can pass this assessment..."

"Junior Sister Yunrou, would you like to team up with me? I have been in the academy for six years and have a wealth of experience in various assessments."

"I heard that one of the new students admitted this year has the dual spiritual roots of wind and thunder. Where is that person? I want to get an A-level rating in this academic year assessment. I wonder if he is interested."

"Is Qiuya here, Qiuya?"

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For a moment, the whole dojo was as noisy as a market, especially some weaker disciples, who were extremely anxious and sweating profusely.

Li Qing, who was on the Taoist platform, looked at this scene and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

As an outsider, he could see that the assessment had actually begun now.

Disciples who had outstanding abilities and practiced diligently in the past will now become popular recruitment targets.

However, those ordinary disciples who are unknown will become ignored, and in the end they can only be randomly assigned to a team by Dean Chen.

In addition, some disciples with outstanding communication skills were able to take advantage of this moment and quickly assembled their own team.

"Alas, I wonder how many disciples will die in this assessment." Beside Li Qing, a teacher who taught alchemy sighed softly.

Li Qing frowned and asked, "Didn't Dean Chen say that Baihua Valley had been raided many times? Could the mortality rate be as high as 20%?"

A teacher replied:

"The danger of the magic flowers in the valley is secondary. The army does have experts who often go deep into the valley to remove those extremely dangerous magic flowers, but the location of the Hundred Flowers Valley is special. The magic villains of the Hehuan Demon Sect of the Three Poles Alliance often roam in the valley to plant chaos grass and heavenly desire flowers."

"If you accidentally enter the medicinal field of the Hehuan Demon Sect thieves, an accident may happen."

After hearing this, Li Qing fell silent. If this was the case, then the mortality rate was indeed not low.

Soon, half an hour passed in a flash, and the remaining disciples who had not yet completed their team formation were randomly assigned to teams by Dean Chen with a wave of his hand.

"Take good care of your spirit crystal belts. If you lose them, you will be considered to have failed the test!"

"Now, let's go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Dean Chen created a painting that was large enough to cover the entire world.

boom!
As this vast painting emanated an extremely strong fluctuation of spiritual energy, everyone was drawn into the world in the painting, including many masters.

After putting the scroll away again, Dean Chen took a step forward, and the whole world around him suddenly changed.

The next moment, his figure appeared on a desolate mountain in Yujing City.

"Mr. Ying, please teleport me to Baihua Valley as soon as possible." Dean Chen broke into the thatched hut on the top of the barren mountain without any courtesy.

There was actually another world inside the thatched hut. When Dean Chen stepped into it, it was like entering another world. The space inside was extremely vast. The thatched hut was actually the entrance to a secret realm.

In this world, a one-eyed man with a decadent and frustrated look on his face was sweeping the fallen leaves on the ground with a broom.

When he saw an old man with a strong aura rushing into the courtyard, the one-eyed man's eyes were filled with tears and he said pitifully: "Senior, please save me, please save me, I am going to be killed by that old man."

When Xia Wushuang said this, his mouth seemed to be sealed by an invisible cloth and he could no longer make any sound.

Dean Chen saw this scene and shook his head and said, "Old man Ying, you have imprisoned someone again. How did this kid offend you?"

An old voice came from the sky: "This kid said that my formation is a rustic technique, so I threw him in and asked him to find the eye of the formation hidden in this world within a year. Unfortunately, he failed to do so, so I punished him by keeping him here as a sweeper."

“Wuwuwuwuwuwu!!!” Xia Wushuang widened his only eye, as if he had felt wronged, but he was unable to make a sound.

He dropped his broom and pointed to the sky, but he couldn't utter a word.

Dean Chen saw this and just shook his head helplessly, then said: "Send me to Baihua Valley, I hope this assessment will go smoothly."

"I heard that the Hehuan Demon Sect has made a lot of unusual movements in Baihua Valley recently. You'd better be careful on this trip."

As Master Ying's old and hoarse voice fell, a circle of extremely complex formation aura emerged.

hum!
Along with a distortion of space, Dean Chen's figure disappeared.

"Woo~!" Xia Wushuang pounced on nothing, with a look of despair on his face, and kept making humming sounds, as if he was accusing something.

(End of this chapter)