184: Assessment, Beyond the Martial Arts School
The airship soared through the sky at an altitude of ten thousand meters.
Inside the airship, the Modu University instructor and pilot was solemnly cautioning Li Ziyu about the situation in the Seed Training Camp:
"There are a total of two hundred people in this Seed Training Camp. Those who can participate are the most talented group of martial artists under thirty years old in the entire Great Xia.
It includes people from Ji Dao Martial Hall, Beyond Martial Hall, various universities, the military, various large families, various battle groups, and even some talented martial artists from society, all of them are here."
"The majority of the people inside are from the two great Martial Halls. You have a grudge with them, so you must not have conflicts inside this time. Try to focus on cultivation and improving your own strength."
He glanced at Li Ziyu, and seeing that he was listening attentively, the instructor's eyes showed a satisfied expression, and he continued:
"In the Seed Training Camp, both educational resources and cultivation equipment far exceed those outside. Cultivating diligently for one month inside can definitely be equivalent to a year outside.
After one month, the Seed Training Camp will conduct a practical assessment. If you rank in the top ten, you will receive a large reward of mystic spirit marrow.
And the top three will even receive additional rewards of top-tier equipment and weapons.
However, you don't need to consider the top three for now; they have always been monopolized by people from the Martial Halls. You just need to enter the top ten."
Li Ziyu nodded as he listened.
However, he didn't take the instructor's words to heart.
Diligently cultivate? He did want to cultivate diligently, but would the other party give him the chance?
Li Ziyu hadn't forgotten the incident where Tianwei Star, the elder of Ji Dao Martial Hall, tried to force him outside the Martial Saint Secret Realm.
Although Modu University Principal Ge Yuanzhou came forward and resolved the matter, he didn't believe that the people from Ji Dao Martial Hall would give up.
The two great Martial Halls are truly persistent.
The top three have always been monopolized by the Martial Halls, huh…
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The airship traveled, and a huge Military Base appeared in Li Ziyu's sight in the distance.
On the ground of the base, various types of airships and tanks were parked, and fighter jets patrolled the sky. Training sounds from Soldiers could be heard from time to time within the base.
Modu University's airship had already been reported in advance. After approaching, it only waited for a moment in the air before being allowed into a parking apron at the Military Base.
"Student Li Ziyu, we can only send you this far. The rest of the journey is up to you.
Good luck!"
The instructor controlled the airship to let Li Ziyu down. After encouraging Li Ziyu, he piloted the airship away.
Only then did Li Ziyu have the chance to examine his surroundings.
The location he was currently in was just an outer parking apron of the Military Base.
And a few hundred meters directly in front of the parking apron, there was a building that occupied a vast area and looked like a fortress.
At this moment, dozens of people were lining up in front of the fortress to enter.
"You're Li Ziyu, right? You're late, so you can only go with the last group. Hurry up and go in."
While Li Ziyu was observing, a national-faced military officer walked up, looked at the information on the tablet in his hand, confirmed the identity was correct, and then pointed to the queuing crowd in front, saying to Li Ziyu:
"This is the entrance ceremony for the Seed Training Camp, and it also counts as an assessment. Hurry up and go in."
"Okay."
Li Ziyu nodded and followed the guidance of the national-faced military officer, catching up with the main group.
"Is he that Li Ziyu who won the National Youth Martial Arts University League championship? He doesn't look like much, does he?"
"Every day, I hear people from Ji Dao Martial Hall bragging about how amazing Li Ziyu is, but his aura doesn't seem like much."
"It just goes to show that the people from Ji Dao Martial Hall are too useless. If someone from our Beyond Martial Hall had participated in the National Youth Martial Arts University League, let alone some Li Ziyu, even if Sun Ziyu or Wang Ziyu came, we'd beat them until their parents wouldn't recognize them."
"Hehe, but being assigned to the same group as people from our Beyond Martial Hall, Li Ziyu is unlucky. I want to see if Li Ziyu is really as amazing as the rumors say."
At this moment, dozens of young people who were queuing to enter the building looked at Li Ziyu with ill-intentioned gazes.
Li Ziyu noticed that each of these people had the Beyond Martial Hall logo on their clothes.
"People from Beyond Martial Hall."
Li Ziyu listened to their discussions and didn't bother to respond.
In his perception, the strongest among these people were only Level 5 Martial Artists, not even comparable to Ji Wudi. They were probably considered the bottom-feeders within Beyond Martial Hall.
Engaging with them would be a complete waste of time.
"Tch, what's with the pretense? He looks calm on the surface, but he's probably scared stiff inside."
"Since he dares to look down on our Beyond Martial Hall, we'll make him regret it once we get in!"
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Li Ziyu entered the building. After entering, there was a long passage.
With a click, the entrance door was locked.
"This is your welcome ceremony, and also the first assessment.
Only those who can pass through the passage will complete the assessment; otherwise, they will be eliminated."
A loudspeaker sound came from the ceiling.
"Just pass through this passage? Isn't that simple?"
"Let me go first!"
After the loudspeaker finished speaking, a burly young man with a scar on his face walked out from the crowd, looked at the passage disdainfully, and prepared to walk in.
However, after only two steps, he was pulled back by a young man with a small braid at the back of his head:
"Wait, Wang Shuai, since it's an assessment, it definitely won't be that simple. There must be traps in this passage."
"What's there to be afraid of? I'm a Fifth-level Advanced Martial Artist. If there are traps, I'll just blow them up! I say, Liu Huan, you're too timid."
"If Senior Brother Sun knew you were so timid, you'd be in for a scolding."
Scarface Wang Shuai shook off Liu Huan's hand, looking disdainful.
"Hmph, what about Senior Brother Sun? You don't need to worry about it."
Upon hearing the words "Senior Brother Sun," Liu Huan shivered subconsciously as if he had thought of something terrifying, but he still snorted and said:
"Don't forget this is the Seed Training Camp. Any assessment inside cannot be underestimated. I'm stopping you because I'm afraid you'll be eliminated in the first round and then embarrass our Beyond Martial Hall!
There's a ready-made decoy here, and you're not using it. You just want to rush in without thinking. Do you have a brain?"
After speaking, Liu Huan gestured with his chin towards Li Ziyu's position at the very end of the line.
The others also looked towards Li Ziyu's position, and their faces immediately showed expressions of schadenfreude, as if watching a good show.
Wang Shuai was stunned, but after seeing Li Ziyu at the very end of the line, a playful glint also flashed in his eyes, and he snorted coldly:
"This time, you're right."
"Hey, that kid named Li Ziyu, aren't you the champion of the National Youth Martial Arts University League? Go and test the waters for us to see if there's any danger.
If you can test it out, maybe we'll be merciful and won't teach you a lesson this time."
"Yes, come on everyone, quickly make way for our champion."
The others, upon hearing this, crossed their arms over their chests and spread out to both sides with expressions of schadenfreude, clearing a path for Li Ziyu to the passage.
Although their Beyond Martial Hall and Ji Dao Martial Hall were outwardly on the same side, internally they had continuous competition and friction, with neither willing to submit to the other.
And now, the people from Ji Dao Martial Hall had suffered a loss at Li Ziyu's hands. If they could defeat Li Ziyu, it would be equivalent to slapping the faces of the Ji Dao Martial Hall people.
As for being the champion of the National Youth Martial Arts University League?
Heh, which one of their Beyond Martial Hall members couldn't win a championship if they were sent out?
"Let me test first?
Are you sure?"
Li Ziyu's lips curved into a smile, and he looked at everyone with a strange expression.