Above Destiny

Chapter 262 Arriving at the Highest City in the World
Snap, very quickly.

Ji Jue felt that the world was completely different when he closed his eyes and blinked.

The previous second, he was at the designated location of the association in Yacheng, and was sent to the center of the secret ritual totem by several people wearing the badge of the Star Core Association. After being told not to move or resist, the next second, Ji Jue's eyes went dark.

The world is spinning.

As if being hung on a large turntable and spinning several times, the countless streams of light that were rushing past disappeared without a trace.

The world before my eyes suddenly became clear.

From afar came the sound of surging tides that was completely different from that of Yacheng. The moist sea breeze blew on my face, and it only took a moment for the chill of winter to reach the scorching heat of summer.

He was already on the other side of the present situation, on the endless sea between the Empire and the Federation.

The association's headquarters.

Under the bright sunshine, the huge white city built on the island glows brightly.

Ji Jue only felt his watch vibrate, and a pop-up window suddenly popped up.

——[Navigation data update completed: the fulcrum of the present world, Tianshu]

"..."

What is this? A new teleport point?
After an instantaneous transmission, the Doomsday Train automatically recorded the new location in the system.

On the map, three flickering spots of light emerged among the vast expanses of white. One was Yacheng and the other was the former site of Quancheng, both located in the north.

One is the light spot located in the central area of ​​the map, where Ji Jue is at the moment.

Tianshu.

But what does the fulcrum of the present world mean?
Can't figure it out.

In his brief moment of shock, he was still looking around when the staff on the platform picked up the loudspeaker and urged: "Exam takers, please leave as soon as possible and follow the instructions along the way and the guidance of the staff to go to the examination room..."

Candidates continued to arrive from the Star Core Association's passage following the flickering light. Unlike the apprentices who had never seen anything during their first teleportation, some were already familiar with the route.

It seemed that this was not the first time he had experienced such a situation, or perhaps he had been reminded by his teachers and was able to handle it skillfully.

"Another country bumpkin. Why are there so many this year?"

When passing by, someone chuckled and said in Imperial language: "Please make way, don't block the road."

Ji Jue kept smiling. He turned around and looked at the apprentices who were taking the exam. His expression became more and more friendly. He told him in the same fluent Imperial language:

"You're like a horse."

"..." The smile on that smug face froze for a moment, and he was slightly stunned. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Ji Jue's words: "I killed him."

"you--"

The proud apprentice was immediately furious, and his companions beside him quickly grabbed him and blocked him, "Don't fight here, don't bother with this poor guy..."

"You look like a horse, too."

Ji Jue added, telling him sincerely: "Yes, I killed them all."

In an instant, both faces turned the same green, with a hint of iron blue, and they clenched their fists.

Unfortunately, the staff of the association have already come over, and several chosen ones in charge of security have cast cold eyes at them, intimidating and warning them.

The expressions of the two candidates changed. They gritted their teeth and looked at him deeply: "I will remember you. I will make you pay after the exam."

"Am I, Zhou Cheng, afraid of you?"

Ji Jue sneered and patted the non-existent dust on his sleeves: "Come to Chuancheng if you dare, I'll rip your heads off!"

"Okay, just wait!"

The older of the two held onto his companion tightly, but eventually turned around and left.

Then, no one came to disturb Ji Jue from enjoying the scenery...

The candidates who walked out automatically split into two paths in front of him, as if they had hit an invisible reef, and went around to both sides, leaving a large space.

Now it’s quiet.

Ji Jue whistled and looked at the scenery in the distance.

Follow the road and move forward slowly.

After all, it is an association, it is rich and powerful, rich and powerful!

Originally he was still heartbroken about the registration fee of 410,000, but before the exam even started, it seemed like it was worth it.

Free three-day tour of the association's headquarters, including pick-up and drop-off!
Just opening the door of the Star Core Association would cost more than 400,000, not to mention all the materials for the subsequent exams. Although it would not be that expensive, considering the currency exchange rate of Yu Jin, Ji Jue roughly calculated the number of people who walked out of the teleportation in the past half day, and he couldn't help but start to gasp.

According to the market price, a transmission of this scale, even if Taiyi Ring and Star Core Association have close cooperation and can get group purchase discounts, it will cost more than ten or twenty billion.

Considering the degree of the association's internal monopoly on material prices, I'm afraid that the more than 400,000 yuan registered is the last conscience price left for the apprentices.

It is said that before the Age of Chaos, there was a phenomenon called "time difference" in the world. When the Federation welcomed the dawn, the Empire might have already entered the night.

But nowadays, apart from a few words in the pile of old papers, no one remembers this legend that is almost like a fairy tale.

In the same morning light, candidates from all over the world followed the guidance and walked towards the examination room.

It wasn't far away, just a winding road down from the high platform halfway up the mountain, and the magnificent city was within reach. Unlike previous years, this time the examination room was in a temple-like building next to a broken tower. In front of the huge door, many people were taking photos and checking in.

Ji Jue was no exception.

I sent a video to my friends...

"Wow, we've come to the highest city of craftsmen in the world, Tianshu!"

He grinned and made a scissors gesture towards the screen, then saw a familiar face in the scenery behind him reflected by the camera and immediately raised his eyebrows.

Hmm? Isn't this Mr. Lou?

Let’s take a look at the association in the distance, my family!

"Hey! What's with that expression on your face?"

Lou Feng was immediately furious.

"I am filled with emotion. I am so happy to meet an old friend in a foreign land."

Ji Jue smiled innocently and put his arm around his shoulders, not caring at all about his disgusted look, "When did you come?"

"When you raise your butcher knife against other people's mothers..."

Lou Feng glanced at him and replied coldly: "You are brave enough to not be afraid of being expelled from the exam because of fighting."

"Don't worry, I've read the rules for candidates. As long as you don't use force, it doesn't count as a fight. If I encounter danger, I will ask the guards for help immediately."

Ji Jue grinned: "You have to have confidence in the association's security!"

"I gave up hope for public security when the association allowed a black sheep like you to take the exam!"

Lou Feng snorted coldly, trying to distance himself from this guy, but he didn't expect that Ji Jue, this bastard, would stick to him like taffy and couldn't be shaken off.

"Why are you here too?" Ji Jue asked curiously, "Is there a commotion over there with Master Kong again?"

"It has nothing to do with the teacher. It was my own idea. Who do you think would be like you, applying for an exam and having to look for signatures everywhere? Anyway, even if I fail, I can still gain experience."

After being familiar enough with each other, Lou Feng had already grasped Ji Jue's weak points and vital points, and smiled contemptuously: "Anyway, my family is rich."

"Don't be so reserved."

Ji Jue didn't care at all and stuck even tighter, accidentally stepping on the shiny leather shoe: "As the saying goes, at home you rely on your family, outside you rely on your brothers, isn't your money my money?

Have you eaten? I haven’t eaten yet, give me some…”

"roll roll roll!"

"No, no, don't. Didn't we say we'll be together for life..."

"Shut up, you still dare to say that, I'll kill you!!!"

In this way, they pushed and entangled each other and merged into the crowd.

And right next to the examination room, at the highest point of the broken tower, two figures were quietly overlooking everything.

Jiang Tongguang grinned, scratched his chin, and said with emotion: "It's great to be young."

"youth?"

Gustav sneered and shook the report in his hand: "One of the youths you mentioned was just fighting with other apprentices on the association's ground transport disk.

Another restless guy, just like his teacher. No matter how polite and respectful he looks, it is just a disguise of arrogance. He always looks down on people who have nothing to do with him. "

"Are you so brave?"

Jiang Tongguang raised his eyebrows, "So brave, where did you come from?"

Gustav waved his hand, pulled out a registration form from the void and threw it over: "The registered workshop in Yacheng of the Federation is Chaosheng."

"The sound of the tide? Which tide...oh oh oh, Ye Xian?"

Jiang Tongguang suddenly realized and laughed: "Her students, that's normal, she didn't tear a living person apart with her bare hands, right? She's already very restrained. But I think it's very abnormal that she can accept students."

He studied the registration form in his hand and asked, "Who on earth is this guy?"

“Who knows, the Haizhou branch of the association thinks highly of him. He participated in the Quancheng competition a few days ago and is said to have performed very well.

It is said that if it were not for the disputes between Haizhou and Zhongzhou, he might have been awarded the title directly."

"Let me see……"

Jiang Tongguang threw the application form back into the void, and pulled out the relevant files to read them. He sighed, "He was born an ordinary person, his ancestors didn't have any history of being chosen by the heavens, and he has been training for less than a year. Three masters have used their titles to vouch for him. He is much more prominent than the disciples of the old dragon in the empire. He is the only one this year. Amazing."

He was not looked down upon because he was just an apprentice or had no family background. On the contrary, a rootless Chosen of Ashes who could reach this point within a year was far superior to countless second-generations who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths.

"If you ask me, you deliberately raised the difficulty this year and spread so much information to scare people, which may have had the opposite effect."

Jiang Tongguang put away his resume and files, squatted on the edge of the tower and looked down, stretched out his hand, pointed and said, "The training from the Security Bureau and the Confidentiality Bureau does not count, let me see...

Dragon Heart, Bell Tower, Nine Seals, White Sails, Five Flowers and Five Leaves, Seven Rivers, North Wind, Gray Wolf, Tongxie, Hundred-Eyed Giant... well, plus a disguised Chao Sheng. "

"Almost all the well-known and large workshops in the association have sent apprentices here. In addition to the direct or collateral descendants of the three masters, there is even a true blood of the empire."

He sighed softly, "This year is really a gathering of talented people."

(End of this chapter)