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Chapter 128 The Examination Rules for the Six Major Academies (Please Subscribe)

In the days that followed, Zhou Ling focused his main energy on cultivating the "Five Elements Qianyang True Technique" and the "Five Elements Sword Technique".

At the same time, following the master's guidance, I learned the method of controlling the Five Elements Spirit Flame, which has a significant effect on spiritual power control, recovery, and the power of sword techniques.

With the aid of [Restore to Original State] and the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame, Zhou Ling's spiritual power recovered very quickly.

The effects of daily practice are far greater than before.

Sometimes when I'm tired, I draw the black robes of the Heavenly Crafts Bureau as a way to relax and relieve my emotions.

Before we knew it, a month had passed quietly.

With the circulation of the five meridians in Zhou Ling's body fully activated, his "Five Elements Sword Technique" has also made significant progress.

That morning, Zhou Ling arrived at Maple Leaf Courtyard, already covered in sweat.

It's already mid-May, and even early in the morning, the weather is quite hot.

"Greetings, Master, Aunt Wang!"

Inside the courtyard, besides his master, there was also Wang Yu, dressed in a white dress. Zhou Ling bowed to each of them.

Seeing Wang Xin eating the delicate spirit cake, Zhou Ling guessed that Aunt Wang had brought supplies to Wang Xin again.

After placing the food box on the wooden table, Wang Xin handed him two pieces of spirit cake.

Zhou Ling accepted the food without hesitation and started eating.

This spirit cake tastes sweet and soft, with a unique medicinal aroma that invigorates the spirit.

This is clearly a remedy that has an effect on the divine sense.

"Brother Ling, this is your assessment jade token!"

At this moment, Wang Yu handed a jade token to Zhou Ling and asked with a smile, "There are still half a month until the assessment day of the six major academies. How are your preparations going, Brother Ling?"

"Thank you, Aunt Wang!"

Zhou Ling stuffed the remaining spirit cake into his mouth, wiped his hands on a clean cloth on the wooden table, took the jade token, and said respectfully.

The jade pendant felt warm and smooth to the touch, with the mark of the Dao Alliance Xuanjiao Division engraved on its surface and Zhou Ling's name on the back.

After Ling Gao swallowed the cake, Zhou Ling said, "Now I can refine composite inscriptions, and in terms of actual combat, I have the Palm Fire Thunder and the Five Elements Sword Technique."

Regarding the inscription, Steward Qin said that he should have no problem passing the assessment.

Of course, whether or not they can win first place is not entirely certain.

As for the Fire Thunder in His Palm and the Five Elements Sword Technique, he has entered the [Illusion Simulation] for actual combat many times in the past month and is becoming more and more confident.

Moreover, his simulated combat opponents were mainly He Zijian, and although all of them ended in failure, the progress was obvious.

With their current fighting strength, Zhou Ling felt that they still had a great chance of entering the top eight.

"This assessment is highly competitive. In addition to the competition in terms of technique, you will also be very competitive in terms of combat skills, which is crucial to making it into the top eight."

"In terms of technique, there will be five judges to score you. In addition to achieving a Grade A score, you also need to complete the bonus items in the assessment to have a chance to compete for the top three in the technique assessment."

"The assessment of selecting bonus points is much more difficult."

"However, as long as Xin'er can refine a first-grade, top-quality pill with one-dan pattern, she will basically be able to pass the test."

"As for the inscription, I estimate it to be a composite inscription with at least twenty-four characters."

Zhou Ling and Wang Xin listened attentively.

Zhou Ling is now quite confident in the composite inscription of the twenty-four inscriptions, so he is not worried.

Wang Xin remained silent, clearly confident in refining a first-grade high-quality pill with a single pill pattern.

"Furthermore, this contest will mainly focus on magical combat."

"Disciples participating in the assessment may only carry a first-tier magic weapon in each competition."

"In addition, each disciple is allowed to carry auxiliary items, such as runes, formations, pills, puppets, spirit beasts, etc."

"But each person is only allowed to bring one item, and it can only be of Tier 1 attribute."

Wang Yu glanced at Zhou Ling and Wang Xin, and continued speaking.

Upon hearing Wang Yu's words, Zhou Ling's spirits lifted. Being able to carry only one auxiliary spiritual object was actually a good thing for him.

After all, most of the people he was dealing with were scions of prominent families.

They have all sorts of methods at their disposal; they can easily obtain a few high-grade first-tier runes, so you won't gain much of an advantage.

Of course, activating runes also consumes some resources, but the consumption is far less than that of casting spells.

This regulation seems reasonable. After all, the cultivation of talent in the Six Paths Academy is related to the future of the Dao Alliance, so it is necessary to select disciples with outstanding talent.

Although he is only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, he has many skills, such as the Fire Thunder in his palm and the Azure Gang Sword Technique.

In addition, there are talents such as [Intermediate Analysis] that can help you observe the opponent's weaknesses.

Therefore, in terms of magical combat alone, he might not necessarily be at a disadvantage against cultivators at the seventh or eighth level of Qi Refining.

But if the opponent has too many other tricks up their sleeve, then it's hard to say.

"What should I prepare?"

Zhou Ling weighed the options in his mind.

Regarding runes, he didn't have any particularly offensive runes, but he did have a Swiftness Rune.

It can only be used for escaping; in a competition, this kind of thing is obviously useless.

Based on my own situation, I am still lacking in cultivation, so elixirs are a good choice.

However, even with elixirs, recovery is not possible during battles.

"I'll wear the black robe instead!"

After much deliberation, Zhou Ling decided that wearing the black robe would be more worthwhile.

The first-grade superior-quality black robe from the Heavenly Crafts Bureau is of a quality that is absolutely no less than the treasures of those aristocratic scions.

This time, we're not at a disadvantage.

"Ling-ge'er, what are your plans?"

"As for pills, I will prepare a bottle of Grade 1 High-Quality Qi-Harmony Pill for each of you, so that you can recover your spiritual power as soon as possible after the competition!"

Wang Yu then asked Zhou Ling.

"I plan to bring the black robe from the Heavenly Crafts Bureau, and I'll also prepare one for Xin'er!"

Zhou Ling replied.

Unexpectedly, Aunt Wang had even considered the recovery pills needed after her competition, and she felt flattered and overwhelmed.

So, he thought of returning the favor and also made a black robe for Xin'er.

In addition, this competition stipulates that only first-grade high-quality magic artifacts can be brought.

This Fire Qi Sword is no longer useful, so we need to find a way to get a high-grade first-tier magic sword.

There are still two weeks left; if I try to refine it myself, it might be too late.

Given the speed at which the Lu family workshop crafts swords, it might not be able to complete the task in more than ten days.

"As for Xin'er, since she is not strong in actual combat, I prepared a personal magic array for her, so she cannot wear other spiritual objects."

Wang Yu shook her head.

"A personal magic array!" Zhou Ling asked in surprise.

Although he hadn't had much contact with formations, the basic courses at the Dao Academy required assessments of the fundamental theories of formations.

So he knew a little bit about it, but this was the first time he had ever heard of a portable magic array.

Seeing Zhou Ling's curious expression, Wang Yu smiled and explained, "This portable magic array isn't widely known outside the community."

"It was just a fluke."

"The portable magic array is different from ordinary magic arrays. It uses the cultivator's own body as the array core and can be set up quickly and flexibly."

"Setting up a personal magic array requires cultivating the corresponding array control techniques and condensing an array eye within the body to control the array flags."

Upon hearing Wang Yu's explanation, a look of sudden realization flashed across Zhou Ling's eyes.

No wonder I haven't seen Xin'er practicing magic much.

So this is what they call a portable formation.

"In the coming days, I'll need you and Xin'er to test the power of this portable magic array."

Wang Yu continued.

"Okay, Aunt Wang!"

Zhou Ling nodded, quite curious about the situation of this portable magic array.

(End of this chapter)