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Chapter 324 Passing the Imperial Examination with Top Honors (Eleventh Update! 5900 Monthly Tickets Added! Requesting Monthly Tickets!)

Suddenly, Li Qi realized the value of the cave.

At the same time, he also knew why the larger the lineage, the more masters it could produce generation after generation. It was not only because their disciples were highly talented, but also because they must have a small world of information that was passed down from generation to generation.

Everyone has their peak, but you accumulate advantages here and there, and over time, you will gradually widen the gap between yourself and others.

Having grasped this truth, Li Qi became interested and immediately steered the small information-state boat towards the depths of the Void Sea, a direction farther from its own anchor point in reality.

This process felt to Li Qi like he was traveling from Earth to the stars in a spaceship, and his physical body was located on Earth.

During this process, his insight also came into play, making him realize that he was only on the outermost edge of the Void Sea. In the darkness, Li Qiming understood that the Void Sea had nine layers, each with its own mysteries, and that he was currently on the first layer.

All precious spiritual information converges inward.

Meanwhile, during his journey to the second level, Li Qi encountered many dreams, but compared to his ship, these dreams were far too fragile, like soap bubbles, shattering into pieces in an instant.

He continued forward in this way. In this place, the sense of time was not strong. When Li Qi's mental energy was exhausted to a certain threshold, he naturally returned to reality.

At this moment, Li Qi sensed his own physical condition and was shocked to find that only a dozen minutes had passed in reality.

However, when he sensed the existence of the anchor point in the virtual sea from the perspective of reality, he felt that the anchor point had not become much farther away.

It seems that he has been sailing the seas of illusion for a long time, but in reality, he hasn't gone very far at all.

"This world is becoming more and more interesting."

"However, the Void Sea doesn't seem to have the characteristic of being omnipresent. Its dimension isn't higher than the material world, but rather a supplement to it. If I physically move away from Tiancang, I'm also moving away from my Void Sea anchor point. This is probably why the legendary grotto-heavens are all in fixed locations..."

A multitude of realizations welled up in Li Qi's mind.

His insight is truly like this: there must be a cause to know the effect; you cannot know it out of thin air, there must be a trigger.

"Furthermore, a fragment of spiritual information accumulated in a single place like Tiancang can be pieced together to create such a strange little world of information. Sages, in their own spiritual world, can contain the spiritual power of an entire era. Some sages can even connect the spiritual power of different eras in their own spiritual world, transforming it into the history of human civilization. How terrifying would that be?!"

As Li Qisheng conceived the idea, he felt the saint's terror even more.

After all, the combined population of Tiancang and Cangzhou is only a little over 20 million, just a small corner of the world.

"No wonder the Saint can condense the Great Fortune of Humanity. I was just ignorant before."

"Ugh!"

"The higher you stand, the more terrifying the saint seems."

"The saints in real life are far more valuable than the broken heroes in the martial arts novels..."

……

Time passed day by day, and Li Qi's life returned to its former peace and stability. He continued to grow stronger every day, steadily moving forward without any unexpected events. There was no sudden appearance of a bunch of powerful figures around him or a series of inexplicable incidents that forcibly dragged him into their midst as soon as he became stronger.

As time went by, the online discussion about Li Qi plummeted. However, the number of lives Li Qi gained each day did not decrease; on the contrary, it increased slightly. As he became a topic of conversation during leisure time, his impression on people deepened.

However, by mid-March, the most discussed topic online had become the Fish and Dragon Cup in early April!

This competition serves as a prelude to a grand test of strength, and it is held every three years.

In fact, the Mountain and River Grand Test has a complete set of procedures. In the year before it begins, preliminary rounds are held in various places.

The Fish and Dragon Cup is organized by region, the Flood Dragon Cup by province, and the Hidden Dragon Cup by prefecture!
The top ten in the Fish Dragon Cup directly qualify for the finals of the Jiaolong Cup, the top ten in the Jiaolong Cup directly qualify for the finals of the Qianlong Cup, and the top ten in the Qianlong Cup directly qualify for the finals of the Mountain and River Grand Test.

Of course, even without participating in these three competitions, you can still compete for a spot in the finals through the preliminary rounds of the Mountain and River Grand Trial.

But these three matches are a stage for the younger generation of experts to hone their skills, so they have never been low in popularity.

Among them, the Fish and Dragon Cup is usually held in early April because there is a seven-day holiday at that time.

The Jiaolong Cup is usually held in early June, but in this world, summer vacation starts in late May and lasts for about eighty days.

The final Qianlong Cup is usually held in mid-July.

Held every three years, and related to the Great Martial Arts Examination, many martial arts champions have risen to the top step by step, becoming stronger with each battle. Under these circumstances, the popularity of these three competitions is self-evident.

Therefore, as the competition approaches, online discussions have shifted, with everyone starting to focus on the competition.

When the topic was first discussed, there was a consensus between Tiancang and Li Qi: Li Qi was definitely going to win the Mingyu Fish and Dragon Cup this time; who else could be first?

After all, going back several decades, the strongest champion of the Mingyu Fish and Dragon Cup at that time had broken through the double limit of martial arts. In some declining eras, the champion could win the championship by combining the peak of the Entry Realm with the perfected Horizontal Training.

Li Qi's current martial arts skills are definitely at the third level of the limit. In the Mingyu region, who under the age of twenty-two can compete with him?!

Actually, there's a small flaw here: if a master who is 22 years old this year obtains the qualification for the Mountain and River Grand Trial, they will be past the age limit next year, but they can still participate.

However, this is a minor issue, within the bounds of the rules. There is no such thing as absolute fairness in this world.

When it comes to age, people born in certain years are at a disadvantage from the start.

Therefore, some families specifically choose a suitable year to conceive, but doing so is not very meaningful.

Because of the Fish and Dragon Cup incident, there was a surge of discussion about Li Qi on the Tiancang local internet, with widespread praise. However, in late March, when information about one of the contestants was leaked online, Li Qi's reputation suddenly shifted, from being universally praised to being considered doomed.

It's all because of one person, Zhuang Buzhou!

"Ah Qi, you're only sixteen now, there's no need to rush into the Fish-Dragon Cup. Just wait six years, when you're exactly twenty-two, and go all the way up, conquering the three levels of the region, province, and state, achieving the highest honors in all three levels. Wouldn't that be incredibly awesome!"

(End of this chapter)