Arriving at Lianyang Academy

Chapter 039: Arrival at Lianyang Academy

During his conversation with Du Meng, Qin Shaofeng learned that the students at Lianyang Academy were indeed categorized.

Those who passed the entrance examination of Lianyang Academy would become probationary students.

Yes, probationary students, not official ones.

According to Du Meng, it was relatively easy to become a probationary student at Lianyang Academy. As long as one was under fifteen years old, had a cultivation base no lower than that of a Houtian Martial Artist, and could pass the entrance examination, there were generally no issues.

Becoming a probationary student at Lianyang Academy wasn't difficult, but becoming an official student was considerably harder.

The reason was simple: the sole requirement to become an official student of Lianyang Academy was possessing the potential to break through to the Xiantian Martial Artist realm.

After becoming a probationary student, there was a three-month assessment period. Once these three months passed, the instructors at Lianyang Academy would decide whether the probationary students were qualified to become official students based on their cultivation progress and performance during this period.

If they weren't, they would naturally be expelled.

Of course, there were also special cases, like Du Meng.

At fourteen years old, he had already reached the Houtian Tenth Layer realm, which meant he definitely had the qualifications to attempt to reach the Xiantian realm. Therefore, as long as Du Meng passed this entrance examination, he would directly become an official student of Lianyang Academy.

In fact, anyone under fifteen years old who had reached the Houtian Tenth Layer realm and passed the entrance examination would automatically become an official student of Lianyang Academy.

As for the "Five-star student" Du Meng mentioned, that was a level above official students – the Star Students.

Within Lianyang Academy, Star Students were students at the Xiantian Martial Artist realm. Similar to the Houtian realm, Star Students were also divided into ten levels.

A Five-star student was a student at the Xiantian Fifth Layer realm!

Yet, Du Meng had said that he would only be eligible to become a disciple of Senior Disciple Brother Lian Chenghao once he reached the Xiantian Fifth Layer realm.

This statement startled Qin Shaofeng.

However, upon recalling that he couldn't discern Lian Chenghao's cultivation level, he figured his Senior Disciple Brother must be even more powerful.

Especially when Aunt Qing, the owner of the giant eagle who had picked up the white-clothed girl earlier, had mentioned a couple of things. From those words, Qin Shaofeng understood that Lian Chenghao seemed to be far inferior to his Senior Disciple Brother!

Speaking of Aunt Qing, Qin Shaofeng couldn't help but glance at the white-clothed girl on the white crane, muttering to himself.

He wondered what star level this white-clothed girl could achieve.

More powerful than Lian Chenghao, she'd be at least a six or seven-star student, right?

Qin Shaofeng secretly guessed, but he would soon realize how ridiculous his guess was.

They chatted along the way, and Qin Shaofeng became quite familiar with Du Meng.

Despite Du Meng's somewhat exaggerated physique, his personality was rather introverted, and he didn't look down on Qin Shaofeng just because his cultivation was higher.

This earned Qin Shaofeng's favor. After some conversation, Du Meng was already calling him "Brother Feng."

Qin Shaofeng, in turn, gave Du Meng a nickname that suited his physique perfectly – "Mengzi"!

Several hours later, a magnificent, colossal city appeared before Qin Shaofeng's eyes.

Lianyang City. It wasn't the capital of the Lianyang Kingdom, but it was named after the kingdom itself.

This was because it was the location of Lianyang Academy!

That's right, the entire Lianyang City was Lianyang Academy. Qin Shaofeng was stunned when he learned this.

The entire Lianyang City could accommodate millions of people!

But because of Lianyang Academy, apart from the students and instructors, the entire city only housed some miscellaneous laborers.

All of them combined amounted to only two to three hundred thousand people.

In fact, the reason Lianyang City was so vast was that it contained various training grounds for students, a result of the Lianyang Kingdom investing a significant amount of money.

This was all to cultivate exceptionally outstanding geniuses for the use of the Lianyang Kingdom.

Therefore, joining Lianyang Academy was the most coveted goal for the younger generation of the Lianyang Kingdom.

Because once they became outstanding geniuses at Lianyang Academy, they would not only be highly valued by the Lianyang Kingdom but could even receive a recommendation from the kingdom to enter powerful empires on the continent for even better cultivation.

After learning these things, Qin Shaofeng set a plan for himself.

He would use Lianyang Academy as a stepping stone to enter the true stage of powerhouses on the continent.

Compared to the entire continent, Lianyang Academy, while good, was just one of many kingdoms like the Lianyang Kingdom.

This was a world full of infinite possibilities!

Upon arriving at Lianyang Academy, Lian Chenghao found a student and instructed Qin Shaofeng to follow them, then he left with Du Meng and the white-clothed girl.

Qin Shaofeng wasn't surprised by this. Both Du Meng and the white-clothed girl could be considered "connected."

Of course, these two "connected" individuals were genuine geniuses. Even without their connections, they would still receive attention from Lianyang Academy.

As Du Meng was leaving, he told Qin Shaofeng that he was going to meet his future master and would then find him.

In his words, he was just going to say hello and pay his respects to his future master. Afterward, he would join Lianyang Academy according to the normal rules, participate in the entrance examination, and become a Five-star student through his own efforts before formally becoming a disciple.

Furthermore, this was considered the first test from Lian Chenghao's Senior Disciple Brother for Du Meng.

Before becoming his disciple, Lian Chenghao's Senior Disciple Brother wouldn't offer Du Meng any help. At Lianyang Academy, Du Meng would have to rely entirely on himself.

As for the white-clothed girl, Qin Shaofeng had some guesses. She definitely wouldn't need to participate in the entrance examination and could directly join Lianyang Academy, where she would surely be highly valued.

However, these matters no longer concerned Qin Shaofeng.

Because of Bai Xue, Qin Shaofeng always felt a trace of resistance towards the white-clothed girl. Especially when she left and Qin Shaofeng summoned Bai Xue back, he clearly sensed the girl's disappointment.

Did she really think she could make Bai Xue betray me just by communicating with her?

A cold laugh echoed in his mind, and Qin Shaofeng's dislike for the white-clothed girl grew.

Although she was exceptionally beautiful, Qin Shaofeng considered himself no lecher who lost his senses upon seeing a pretty woman.

So, when the white-clothed girl left, he felt not regret or disappointment, but rather relief, and even a little bit of happiness.

It's best if we never meet again, so she stops eyeing my Bai Xue.

With this thought, Qin Shaofeng thanked Lian Chenghao a few times and quickly left with the student who was escorting him.

Looking at him, it was as if he feared that if he was even a step slower, the white-clothed girl would change her mind and forcibly keep Bai Xue.

Regarding their departure, apart from Du Meng showing some concern, neither Lian Chenghao nor the white-clothed girl showed any emotional changes.

The white-clothed girl's disappointment was because Bai Xue was leaving.

Lian Chenghao, on the other hand, didn't seem to care at all and directly turned to leave with the white-clothed girl and Du Meng.

However, Lian Chenghao had no idea that when he next met Qin Shaofeng, Qin Shaofeng would bring about changes he could never have imagined.

Under the guidance of the student Lian Chenghao had instructed, Qin Shaofeng was quickly led to the accommodation specially prepared by Lianyang Academy for the examinees.

Perhaps because of Lian Chenghao's connection, the student was quite polite to Qin Shaofeng, even arranging a private room for him.

Qin Shaofeng expressed his gratitude to the student and, as the latter was leaving, secretly slipped him some Gold Notes.

Even though this was Lianyang Academy, a gathering place for cultivating geniuses, money was still extremely important here.

Because besides the cultivation resources Lianyang Academy distributed monthly based on the students' levels, students could only rely on themselves to obtain more.

Therefore, Gold Notes still held an irreplaceable role here.

In fact, Qin Shaofeng's move was the right one.

After he slipped the student a thousand taels of Gold Notes, the student's previously business-like expression instantly turned into a smile. He even chatted with Qin Shaofeng for a few more sentences and finally handed Qin Shaofeng a small booklet.

This made Qin Shaofeng realize that money was indeed the most direct form of communication between people.

In the room, Qin Shaofeng looked down at the small booklet he had obtained for a thousand taels of gold.

Although he had spent a thousand taels, after reading the booklet, Qin Shaofeng felt that the thousand taels of gold were well spent!

The booklet didn't contain much, mostly basic information about Lianyang Academy that Du Meng had already told Qin Shaofeng.

However, in addition to this, the booklet also introduced the content of this year's entrance examination.

In reality, the content of the entrance examination wasn't particularly secret; it was basically the same as in previous years.

The first was an age check. Those over eighteen years old generally had no hope unless they were at the Xiantian Martial Artist realm; otherwise, Lianyang Academy wouldn't accept them.

And even for Xiantian Martial Artists, it was difficult to enter Lianyang Academy if they were over twenty years old.

In fact, Xiantian Martial Artists over eighteen were not highly regarded by Lianyang Academy anymore.

Here, the recommendation slots from various towns in the Lianyang Kingdom played a significant role.

Because once someone had a recommendation slot, as long as they passed the examination, they could study at Lianyang Academy even if they weren't Xiantian Martial Artists and were over twenty years old.

However, this study period would only last for three months at most!

After three months, if there were no astonishing performances, they would generally leave Lianyang Academy.

From this, one could see how strict Lianyang Academy's admissions were.

Yet, even so, having three months to study at Lianyang Academy was enough to make people eager for it.

Therefore, those recommendation slots were exceptionally precious!

The second was a cultivation check. The younger the age and the higher the cultivation, the more valued they would naturally be by Lianyang Academy.

Some exceptional geniuses even broke through to the Xiantian Martial Artist realm at fifteen years old. Such geniuses not only didn't need to participate in the entrance examination to enter Lianyang Academy but would directly bypass the status of regular students and become Star Students upon entry.

Of course, such geniuses were relatively rare.

Once they appeared, they would generally attract the attention of many instructors at Lianyang Academy.

Then, they would be taken as disciples by some powerful figures within Lianyang Academy.

Besides this, for geniuses with powerful potential, even if their cultivation was not yet at the Xiantian Martial Artist realm, they might still be taken as disciples by some of the academy's strong individuals.

Therefore, there were basically some academy powerhouses observing during every Lianyang Academy entrance examination.