Fairy Tail: I Am the God

"There's no way around it; what you choose yourself and what comes to you will always be a little different."

Leon said, neither confirming nor denying.

"How's your selection going? Are you satisfied?"

Leon asked Hu Jia and the other two.

"Okay!" The three nodded with smiles.

"In that case, let's leave this library. It's about time."

Nodding, Leon led the way out of the library.

"Hehe, so everyone's out?"

Of the five people who could be identified, Hu Qian, who had been standing in front of the pavilion, smiled and said, "None of you left empty-handed, right?"

Leon and his five companions nodded.

"That's good. No matter what we get or what we get, at least we've gained something."

Seeing this, Hu Qian smiled, bowed slightly to the two gray-robed men who looked like old monks by the gate, and said, "Since these little fellows have come out, I won't disturb you two elders' arduous cultivation any longer. Farewell."

The two gray-robed men still did not react to Hu Qian's words, but Hu Qian did not mind. He waved to the five people and said, "Come with me."

The five exchanged a glance and followed closely behind Hu Qian. They had lost all interest in what would happen in the library afterward.

Having safely passed through the invisible doorway, a surge of energy slowly rose up. Looking back, Xiao Yan saw that the torn invisible doorway was beginning to disappear.

A moment later, an extremely solid, folded wall reappeared, protecting the library behind it.

The group of six did not turn around, but all walked back to the passage they had come from. Half an hour later, they walked back into the hall from behind the bookshelves.

In the spacious study, Hu Qian watched the walls slowly close before turning to the five people standing in the room and smiling:

"Alright, you've received your rewards. Now, take two days to rest. After that, you'll need to enter the inner courtyard. You'll have plenty of time to complain then."

Looking at Hu Qian's smiling face, Xiao Yan and the others exchanged glances and nodded slightly.

"Normally, every new student entering the inner academy goes through a painful period of cultivation, because the senior students love to bully the new students. But this time, because of Yun Fei..."

Those upperclassmen won't dare to openly cause you trouble, but you'll still experience plenty of bullying and sabotage. So, the five of you had better stick together!

Hu Qian looked at the five people and said earnestly,

"Oh..." Upon hearing this, the five of them all curled their lips indifferently. They didn't care about such matters, as long as those senior students didn't come after them.

"Alright, if there's nothing else, you can all go back. I'll take you into the inner courtyard when you report here in two days."

Seeing the five people's indifferent expressions, Qian's face immediately hardened. He waved to Xiao Yan and the others and said...

"These little guys don't know the pain until they hit a wall. Once you enter the inner courtyard, you'll know how tough it is to survive there. There's never a shortage of geniuses there!"

Watching the group leave, Hu Qian sat in his chair, his fingers slowly tapping on the table, and said helplessly.

After obtaining the techniques they were satisfied with, the five of them each began to practice their acquired techniques or fighting skills in different places.

Leon sat alone in his dormitory, studying the Ice Thunder Emperor Fist he had just acquired. Since it wouldn't cause much of a commotion, Leon didn't go to the back mountain to cultivate with Xiao Yan.

"The Ice and Thunder Emperor Fist is a return to simplicity, a condensation of ice and thunder battle qi into the fists. By unleashing the battle qi using the attack techniques recorded in the Ice and Thunder Emperor Fist, one can create the Ice and Thunder Emperor Fist!"

Leon carefully examined the seven-colored fighting technique in his hand, his mind perfectly clear. He was clearly very satisfied with this simple yet powerful technique.

"This fighting skill is quite powerful, and with the assistance of the power of heavenly lightning and ice magic, it is now no less powerful than a Heaven-rank fighting skill."

Leon tried circulating the three types of heavenly lightning power and ice magic power within his body according to the method of the Ice and Thunder Emperor Fist, and immediately felt the powerful power fluctuation.

After two days of training, Leon had mastered the Ice and Lightning Emperor Fist.

Two days later, Xiao Yan returned from cultivating the Lion Tiger Shattering Gold Chant. After chatting with Leon for a while, Xun'er and Hu Jia urged him to head back to the pavilion that Hu Qian had mentioned earlier.

After walking for a while, Leon and his group of four arrived at the pavilion. Apart from them, the others had clearly been waiting for quite some time in the plaza in front of the pavilion.

After resting with his eyes closed for more than ten minutes, Hu Qian finally led several white-robed elders to the square in front of the pavilion.

Hu Qian's gaze slowly swept over the fifty students in the empty room. Seeing that none were absent, he nodded in satisfaction, stepped forward, and announced loudly:

"Dear students, today marks your entry into the Inner Academy. I congratulate you on the reward for your long-term efforts. I believe that after entering the Inner Academy..."

You might not adapt well to the training methods there, but one thing I'm certain of is that you'll be able to unleash your full potential there.

Hehe, I'm not exaggerating, but if you spend a year in the inner courtyard, you will undergo a complete transformation. Some of you may even know other students in the inner courtyard.

After all, they occasionally have holidays and leave the inner courtyard, so you should understand how vast the difference is between students who leave there and those who entered before.

Everyone except Leon nodded in agreement, clearly showing their familiarity with the inner courtyard they so desperately wanted to visit.

However, Leon knew that what they coveted would soon belong to someone else!

"The Inner Court is the core of Canaan Academy, and it is kept secret. Therefore, most students in the Outer Court, including their instructors, do not know its exact location. So, we will take you to a certain place."

Hu Qian smiled and looked up at the distant blue sky, where ten dark figures were flying towards them. After a moment, the figures gradually grew larger, revealing themselves to be ten enormous griffins.

Chapter 410, Inner Court Competition, Dark Forest. (First update, please subscribe.)

The enormous shadows of ten griffins flew over the academy and finally stopped above the group of students. Their wings flapped, creating a gust of wind that made some of the students below unsteady on their feet.

"Alright, time's up. Everyone, go up in groups of five!" Hu Qian pointed and laughed as the griffin descended.

Upon hearing Hu Qian's words, the students in the square immediately turned around and swarmed forward. With a whooshing sound, these impatient fellows climbed onto the griffin's broad back.

"The top five of you will be in groups of five," Hu Qian said loudly to the five Leon members who had gathered together, seeing that only a dozen or so people remained in the square.

"Let's go!"

The five exchanged a smile, then leaped onto the griffin's back. After landing, Leon and the others closed their eyes and began to doze off.

As the griffin took flight, the fifty students, escorted by three elders at the Dou Huang level, entered the primeval forest. The vast forest teemed with all sorts of magical beasts.

Every so often, ferocious magical beasts would burst forth from the forest, roaring at the griffins in the sky. Occasionally, flying magical beasts would also come in pursuit.

However, when these magical beasts approached within a hundred meters of the formation, they were so frightened by the powerful aura emanating from the four members of the group that they withered and retreated.

Flying through a trail of blood mist, Hu Qian and his companions, like sharp cones, tore a path through the overwhelming demonic beasts, demonstrating the formidable strength of a Dou Huang expert.

After this almost brutal collision lasted for nearly an hour, the griffin formation finally began to slow down. Sensing the decrease in speed...

Xiao Yan glanced ahead and was puzzled to find that, apart from a bottomless ravine at his feet,

The rest of the area was still an endless expanse of greenery; there wasn't a soul in sight, let alone an inner courtyard.

"landing!"

The sharpness in his eyes gradually faded, and the powerful aura that had previously surged from Hu Qian's body quietly receded back into his own.

He waved with a smile, and the ten griffins spread their wings and slowly descended towards the opposite side of the ravine below.

"Go down, you'll find out what's going on soon enough."

Leon opened his eyes, streaks of lightning flashing across them. He looked at the puzzled Xiao Yan and the others, and said with a smile.

"The inner courtyard isn't entered that way."

Looking at the puzzled freshmen, Hu Qian smiled faintly, then, under everyone's gaze, slowly walked forward about ten steps, before stopping and waving his hand.

A burst of energy shot out from his hand, heading towards the space in front of him. Then, a bizarre scene unfolded: as the energy passed through a certain empty space...

This caused ripples to spread like water, and as these ripples surged, a large, pale-colored gate, seven or eight zhang tall, appeared out of thin air!

"follow me!"

With a wave of his hand, Hu Qian took the lead and walked into the gate, followed closely by dozens of students with curious expressions.

As Xiao Yan stepped through the colored gate, he felt a momentary dizziness before his feet touched solid ground. Looking ahead, he was astonished to find that the scene before him was exactly the same as the forest he had been in before.

However, at this moment, at the entrance of the forest, two elderly men and several middle-aged men appeared out of nowhere.

In addition, there were about twenty young people standing behind them. Xiao Yan's gaze swept over them, and now they were all wearing badges with a tower-like pattern engraved on their chests.

"Hu Gan, you're here pretty early!"

Seeing fifty young men and women enter the inner courtyard area led by Hu Qian and the other two, the two elders at the front of the group smiled and said.

"Fortunately, this year's freshmen are easier to manage, so we arrived a little earlier!" Hu Qian said with a smile and a nod.

"I've heard that among your freshmen this year, there's one extraordinary individual whose strength is truly terrifying," an elder said with a smile.

"That kid is indeed very strong, but the top five in this year's competition are all quite good and have great potential!" Hu Qian said with a smug smile.

"Indeed, very good. High talent, and the age is just right. They are definitely better than the previous generations!" The two white-robed elders nodded and said.

“Of course!” Hu Qian laughed.

"Alright, enough with the chit-chat. Although you have passed the selection competition and qualified to enter the inner academy."

But that wasn't all. Elder Su smiled, flicked his hand, and a handful of jet-black crystal chips appeared in his palm.

He casually tossed it, and the chip shot out, then seemed to have eyes, hovering in front of everyone. Xiao Yan and the others were stunned, and reached out to grasp it in their hands.

Upon obtaining the chip, Xiao Yan and the others immediately felt a strange heat emanating from it. They looked down and examined it closely.

They discovered that on the chip was a transparent mirror with a large red number "five" printed on it!

"This chip will be very useful when you enter the inner courtyard of the academy in the future."

Moreover, this chip is quite attractive to the students from the previous year behind me, so you'd better keep your chips safe!