At the sound of the second drumbeat, the crowd around them surged like people rushing to a market.
Zhao Xing could not help speeding up as well.
When the second drumbeat ended, he finally reached the Southwest Training Field.
With more than ten thousand people, the place was a sea of bodies.
The Four Great Academies and the other branch academies had Agricultural Masters organizing the crowds, but things were still chaotic for the moment.
Moreover, there were more than just ten thousand people here.
The Ministers of Agriculture had gathered on the northeast side of the training field. On the southwest side, there was another formation that had been waiting there for some time.
Their ranks were neat, every one of them sturdy and powerful. All their gazes were fixed on this side, seemingly with ill intent.
"That's a martial artist formation."
Zhao Xing understood at a glance. Tian Hou had said before that the first compulsory course prohibited the use of spells, and martial artists would be there as sparring partners.
"Still, there are a little too few of them. Around three thousand at most, and they're all unarmed."
Just then, Tian Yan appeared.
He stood nine chi tall, clad in armor and leaning on a long spear. Standing atop a raised platform, he roared, "Ministers of Agriculture from the Earthly Advantage Institute, gather before me at once!"
Zhao Xing immediately ran over.
Of the two hundred people who had remained after the fourth trial, there were 115 Grade B talents and 85 Grade A talents.
There were twenty-one Grade A talents in total.
The Earthly Advantage Institute also had fifty people, the same as the Celestial Timing Academy, Great Granary Institute, and Tranquil Flood Academy.
However, the Earthly Advantage Institute had only five Grade A talents: Zhuang