Before the fifth-year students' battles began, Wei Quji and Dong A, both burdened with a thousand affairs, arrived at the venue.
To them, battles between City Dao Academy students were hardly worth watching. But the battles between fifth-year students mattered greatly to all three cities.
First, the fifth-year students represented the upper limit of a City Dao Academy's combat strength. Second, the Three Cities Dao Discussion had one slot that led straight to the State Daoist Academy! There was no need to take next month's major exam or go to the Prefecture Office. The winner could go directly to Zhuang Capital!
Naturally, that slot could only go to the champion among the fifth-year students at the Three Cities Dao Discussion.
Once Wei Quji and Dong A had taken their seats in the stands, the venue grew noticeably quieter.
It had to be said, a powerhouse like Dong A could greatly improve the overall strength of a Dao Academy.
At this Three Cities Dao Discussion, the first-year champion was Jiang Wang of Maple Forest City Daoist Academy, and the third-year division had nearly become an internal battle between students of Maple Forest City Daoist Academy.
With a fifth-grade Inner Palace expert like Dong A stationed at Maple Forest City Daoist Academy, the academy was undoubtedly blessed.
Now, if Maple Forest City could claim the fifth-year championship, it would unquestionably have swept the other two cities and would take the lion's share of Zhuang Court's resource allocation this year.
So Zhang Linchuan was nearly rubbing a hole into his forehead.
"The pressure is killing me..." he muttered under his breath.
Of the three battles underway, the one drawing the most attention was, of course, Lin Zhengren versus... Sun Xiaoman.
One was the composed first-ranked name on Wangjiang City's Dao Merit Board. The