The Immortal Alliance's Lili Branch was located at Dragon Horse Lake in the center of Lili. Unlike the Xinyue headquarters, which combined all its buildings into one massive structure, the Lili Branch looked from afar more like a sprawling lakeside stronghold.
The main body of the Lili Branch lay beneath the water, while the portion above the surface was relatively flat. Using this method, the Immortal Alliance's architects had long carved out a broad expanse of level ground in Lili, a place where not even three feet of land was flat, making it convenient for the branch to carry out its various functions.
A plaza in the southern part of the Lili Branch was the site of this joint examination's written test.
The disciples of Xinyue Immortal Academy and Land Immortal Academy had already gathered there. Since the two academies had clashed just yesterday, with Xinyue's disciples coming out worse for wear, their expressions were unpleasant. Meanwhile, Land's disciples hoped to thoroughly defeat Xinyue in this joint examination, so a faint smell of gunpowder still hung between these new students.
There was still some time before the written test began, so these young cultivators, none older than eighteen, gathered in groups of three or five to chat, review their lessons, or ease their nerves.
Although Ai Changyuan looked down on him in every conceivable posture, Hu Jianhao's grades were actually quite good. He was also the sort who neither needed to be nervous before an exam nor crammed at the last minute. Taking advantage of the time before the test, this Hu Family disciple began sizing up his opponents.
Then he frowned slightly. "Where is that Wang Qi? Why isn't he here?"
In his eyes, Wang Qi, who had cultivated Da Xiang Xiangbo Gong and the Heavenly Entropy Art at