The annual assessment was extremely important to every institute.
That was because the annual assessment involved a grand competition against the other peaks.
Those qualified to enter the rankings would receive corresponding cultivation methods and resources.
Middle-grade cultivation methods and middle-grade spell arts.
These were only the annual assessment rewards for the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Institutes.
For the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth, or the First, Second, and Third, upper-grade methods would appear, and even some law treasures.
Spirit swords and puppetry, for instance.
Occasionally, there were special rewards too.
Jiang Man understood best what "special" meant. His Cloudfront Office Examination, for example, had also featured special rewards.
The Heavenly Heart Seal and eligibility for the spiritual qi Secret Realm.
Both counted as special rewards.
As Jiang Man listened to Teacher Yan explain, he had no interest in this annual assessment.
The rewards were only middle grade at best.
Participating in the Secret Realm selection offered an Upper Grade Origin Condensation Method.
"The annual rankings will begin soon. We need to start paying attention to the strongest people on each peak, and also find out who the strongest are in the Seventh Institute and Eighth Courtyard," Zhuo Bufan told Jiang Man. "The later Seven Peaks competition involves teams. We'll have to team up with people from the Seventh Institute or Eighth Courtyard."
Jiang Man had not known about that, but it was all too early for him. He did not intend to participate in this year's annual assessment.
He had only a little over half a month left, and needed to hurry back to cultivate.
"There's still time to look into it next year." Leaving those words behind, Jiang Man departed.
Zhuo Bufan turned to Zhao Yaoyao. "What did he mean?"
"What else could 'look into it next year' mean?"