Trial Tower

The Bearded Man continued, "I originally came here to visit an old friend, but I never expected to find such fine talent in a remote Small City like this."

"Our Seven Dragons Academy is one of the top three Secondary Education institutions in the entire Tianxing Domain. Every year, quite a few of our students enter the major Hundred Supremes Higher Education Institutions. If you come to our school, your talent certainly will not be wasted."

The so-called Hundred Supremes referred to schools that had existences such as Great Thousand World Masters. It did not refer to any specific hundred schools.

"Of course, as I just said, I am only here to visit an old friend, not to recruit students, so the contract terms certainly cannot compare to those of these three schools."

"But you should understand that the better the school, the more resources it can provide its students."

"Not to mention anything else, our school has quite a few Lesser Thousand World Realm Lords serving as instructors, as well as numerous Card Sets that have not been disclosed to the public."

"Especially for the Human World Path, we have many Card Sets with extremely good effects!"

"The name Seven Dragons Academy alone is more valuable than the rewards from your so-called Five Great Schools!"

A Card Set referred to several, or even dozens, of cards being integrated into a Small World according to certain rules. The Small World would then develop a corresponding Cultivation Path.

The simplest example was Footman Armor. It was actually a series of cards combined together, creating the most useful warrior type during humanity's elite stage.

In truth, the Footman Armor of the major factions varied in strength. This was because each faction modified certain cards according to the characteristics of its own path.

Take Zhang Zhi, for example. His Footman Armor would definitely be primarily Blood Refining cultivators, and their armor would certainly be thicker and heavier than that of ordinary Realm Lords. Their defensive power would naturally be much stronger than others'.

Hearing the Bearded Strongman's words, Zhang Zhi recalled a famous joke from his previous life about rankings involving third place:

In the country, there were two schools that claimed to be number one, and at least ten schools that claimed to be among the top three!

If Seven Dragons Academy had been the best in the All Domain, Zhang Zhi would have chosen it without hesitation.

But this so-called top three made him hesitate.

Just as Zhang Zhi was weighing his options, one of the recruitment teachers from the three schools, offended by the Bearded Man's words, spoke up. "You keep calling others small-minded, yet you haven't brought out so much as a single hair yourself. I really don't know where you got the nerve."

"If you want someone to be tempted, you'd better show your sincerity with real benefits."

"Our school cannot be bothered to beat around the bush with you. I'll say it directly. Zhang Zhi, if you enter our school, we will give you the full number of Trial Tower entries for your first three years. After those three years, as long as you remain in the top ten of the school, we will continue giving you the full allocation!"

Trial Tower? What was that? Another thing outside his knowledge blind spot.

Although Zhang Zhi did not know what the Trial Tower was, the faint sounds of people drawing breath beside him and the changing expressions of the others made it clear that Trial Tower entries were definitely something extraordinary!

Of everyone present, the Principal knew Zhang Zhi's background best. Seeing the confusion in Zhang Zhi's eyes, he understood that Zhang Zhi did not know what the Trial Tower was.

So he explained, "The Trial Tower is an extremely special existence in the Multiverse. No one knows where it came from."

"It is said that Trial Towers appear in worlds acknowledged by the Multiverse."

"Every living creature in the entire universe can enter a Trial Tower."

"The methods of trial differ from one Trial Tower to another. Put simply, after entering a Trial Tower, you can choose the type of trial you want, then you will be randomly sent to a certain secret realm. In that secret realm, you earn points by killing Trial Tower creatures and alien creatures."

"With points, you can exchange for all sorts of supplies in the Trial Tower."

"After turning fourteen, every human automatically receives one Trial Tower qualification each month."

Hearing this, Zhang Zhi was somewhat puzzled. "Are there no restrictions on entering the Trial Tower?"

The Principal nodded. "There are, and there aren't!"

"Each Trial Tower has a limit on the number of times it can be entered within a certain period! Once those entries are used up, the Trial Tower cannot be activated again."

Zhang Zhi was still puzzled. The Principal's explanation had not made clear why the people present had reacted so strongly. He hesitantly asked, "Does the Trial Tower have a lot of supplies available for exchange?"

Just as the Principal was about to answer, the teacher from Yuanzhou School—the one who had promised Zhang Zhi Trial Tower slots—spoke first. "Let me explain. After all, the supplies that can be exchanged in every Trial Tower are considered confidential."

"The quality and quantity of supplies available for exchange in a Trial Tower depend on how well those who enter that Trial Tower perform in their trials."

"The better the results achieved by those entering the Trial Tower, the better and more numerous the supplies that can be exchanged there will be. At the same time, the number of Trial Tower slots will increase!"

"As for what supplies can be exchanged, I see that you intend to take the Immortal Cultivation Path, right?"

"For a Tier 3 Cultivation Path—that is, a medium-sized human Small World—the core card is a Tier 1 Spirit Vein Card. Our school's Trial Tower exchange list currently has one hundred and fifteen of them."

At this, Zhang Zhi sucked in a sharp breath.

Now, he finally understood the importance of Trial Tower slots.

As long as he performed well in the Trial Tower, he would not need to worry about lacking core cards at all!

For mineral-type core cards such as Tier 1 Spirit Vein Cards, their effects only covered a certain area.

In other words, beyond the range of a Spirit Vein Card lay a region without spiritual energy. Therefore, the larger the Small World, the more core cards it required.

At that moment, the Bearded Man said coldly, "As far as I know, Yuanzhou School's Trial Tower is only Tier 4. At most, it can produce Legendary Tier supplies. Our Seven Dragons Academy's Trial Tower is as high as Tier 7. We also have plenty of slots, and obtaining them is incredibly easy."

Hearing this, Zhang Zhi rolled his eyes internally. You are not giving me any Trial Tower entries. Without entries, what does an excellent Trial Tower have to do with me?

Besides, my Small World is only small-sized right now. I can't even use those Tier 6 or Tier 7 items. Giving them to me would be useless.

So he stopped hesitating and turned toward the Yuanzhou School teacher. "Hello, Teacher. May I ask your surname? Could you let me look at the agreement you mentioned, the one that includes Trial Tower slots?"

Logically, going to Seven Dragons Academy better suited his long-term plans, but poverty sapped ambition.

It was like on Earth in his previous life: among his parents' generation, the best students' first choice was a vocational secondary school that guaranteed job placement after graduation, rather than a high school from which they could take university entrance exams.

Even though they knew that jobs assigned after graduating from university would be far better than those assigned after vocational secondary school.

A faint smile appeared on the teacher's face when he heard Zhang Zhi's words. "My surname is Xu—Xu Fan. Zhang Zhi, you do not need to be so polite."

"Come, this is the agreement. Take a careful look."

Seeing that Zhang Zhi had actually not chosen his school, the Bearded Man's expression darkened slightly. After letting out a cold laugh, he flicked his sleeve and strode out of the Principal's Office.

Zhang Zhi did not care. He had embarrassed the man somewhat, but he felt that they probably would not cross paths again in the future.

After carefully reviewing the agreement and confirming there were no issues, he was about to sign it.

The Principal suddenly spoke. "Wait a moment."