After this incident, Ning Cheng and Ji Luofei had instead pierced that window paper between them.
If it turned out that Ning Cheng only had some feelings for Ji Luofei, Ji Luofei’s unhesitating return this time had completely branded Ning Cheng with Ji Luofei’s shadow. After what happened to Tian Muwan, this was the first time Ning Cheng had truly let another girl into his heart.
In a happy mood, Ning Cheng surprisingly broke through from the second level of True Condensation to the third level of True Condensation in a complete breakthrough. He had just solidified his cultivation and before he could celebrate with Ji Luofei, Liu Xian from the Divine Wind Five Star Academy approached him.
At this time, only seven days had pa*sed since the ten-day period for the rematch.
“Deacon Liu, isn’t there still a few days left in the rematch?” Ning Cheng opened the forbidden system and found that it was Liu Xian personally coming over, and immediately asked with some confusion.
Liu Xian said somewhat anxiously, “Ning Xiaocheng, something has gone wrong this time, the Raging Axe Valley, which was supposed to be opened in two years, a few days ago, I don’t know what happened, but the smoke from the illusion formation outside suddenly dispersed. The smoke outside the Furious Axe Valley dispersed, that means that there is only a month at most before the Furious Axe Valley will open.”
Ning Cheng frowned for a moment, he had planned to use the Grand Competition two years later to get a ranking to enter the Furious Axe Valley, but now it seemed that there was no hope. He was a nobody and would definitely not get a place to go to the Furious Axe Valley. However, the Raging Axe Valley had opened early, so what was Liu Xiangyi doing here looking for him?
Ning Cheng immediately remembered what he and that old crone had done in the Cold River Forbidden Land a few days ago, could it be that that Immortal Mansion had been moved by the white-haired old crone and that was why the Raging Axe Valley had opened early? According to the old crone, the Immortal Mansion inside the Cold River Forbidden Land had appeared together with the Raging Axe Valley.
“Deacon Liu, does the early opening of the Angry Axe Valley have an effect on our Divine Wind Academy?” Ning Cheng asked with some confusion.
Liu Xian sighed and said, “Not only does it have an impact, but it’s a big one. Our Divine Wind Academy has also found some good seedlings recently, so if we were to hold the Grand Competition two years later and compete for a six-star sect, there would still be a ray of hope. Now that the Angry Axe Valley has suddenly opened early, the five-star academy grand competition in the Hua Continent has to follow the demands of others, so the grand competition has also been brought forward to now. But if the Grand Competition were to start now, my Divine Wind Academy would definitely not have any qualifications.”
After a pause, Liu Xian said sincerely to Ning Cheng, “Ning Xiaocheng, I am not hiding anything from you now. Divine Wind Academy has long since fallen short of its name, that is, it is not even as good as some four-star academies, and my Divine Wind Academy’s only XuanDan cultivator, Dean Zang. He was also seriously injured in seclusion a few years ago, and he is not even able to come out now.”
“Deacon Liu, I was originally worried that a woman from Meteor Star Academy would know I was coming, which is why I changed my name to Ning Xiaocheng. Now I’m not afraid of her, so Deacon Liu should call me by my original name, Ning Cheng. With Deacon Liu’s words, wouldn’t that Divine Wind Academy be a step behind even Moze City’s Shui Clan?” Ning Cheng suddenly had some bad feelings in his heart. He had joined the Divine Wind Academy to seek a backing, and if the Divine Wind Academy was even inferior to the Shui Clan, what backing was he seeking?
The strength of the Shui Clan, Ji Luofei had told him long ago that there was a Xuan Dan cultivator who was no less powerful than the existence of the Five Star Academy.
“On the surface, the Divine Wind Academy is still a little stronger than the Shui Family, and in terms of true strength, the Divine Wind Academy is indeed inferior to the Shui Family. However, my Divine Wind Academy has been established for thousands of years, so I wouldn’t be afraid of a mere Shui Family. Could it be that you have offended the Shui Family?” Liu Xian was an old man, and with a casual remark from Ning Cheng, he guessed a thing or two out.
Ning Cheng did not hide and told the matter of Ji Luofei.
Hearing this, Liu Xian immediately said, “So it was this point, then don’t worry, the Shui Family is not so bad as to offend my Divine Wind Academy over such matters, now let me talk to you about the Five Star Academy Grand Competition.”
Ning Cheng thought about it, the Shui Family was after all one of the seven great clans of the Hua Continent, they should not be able to take revenge on the two of them for the sake of Luo Fei, let alone offend the Divine Wind Academy over this trivial matter. After all, even Luo Fei had not agreed to any of the Water Family’s demands, and she had never even met anyone from the Water Family.
“Please speak, Deacon Liu, I will definitely do my best in the rematch.” After Ning Cheng was rea*sured, he decided to do his best to help Divine Wind Academy.
After saying that, Ning Cheng felt that something was wrong and he added a question, “Deacon Liu, Angry Axe Valley opened early and our Five Star Grand Competition also opened early. Is it because after the Five Star Grand Competition, those with excellent results have the opportunity to enter the Furious Axe Valley?”
Liu Xian said with chagrin, “That’s the thing, if two years later, even if we don’t get first place in the Five Star Grand Competition, we definitely won’t be at the bottom. But with this Grand Competition being brought forward, our Divine Wind Academy’s competitiveness immediately dropped a lot.
The Angry Axe Valley has just twenty places in the entire lower continent, of which the six-star academy that will be chosen has five places, the second place has three, the third and fourth place have two each, and the fifth has only one place. It is the rest of the places that will be divided up between other academies and clans respectively.”
“Deacon Liu, the Grand Competition hasn’t started yet, so you don’t need to worry, maybe we still have a chance.” Ning Cheng said in a comforting manner.
Liu Xian nodded, “The second round of the five star academy selection of disciples’ rematch has been cancelled, the top hundred who would have had a rematch will enter the various five star academies directly as the winners. What will take place three days later will be a grand competition directly between the five-star academies, and after this grand competition a six-star academy will be selected on the spot, and then twenty people will be selected to enter the Angry Axe Valley at the same time.
The Angry Axe Valley only opens once every so many years, and the resources and goodies inside are simply unimaginable. We cannot sway the cultivators from the intermediate and high continents who enter the Angry Axe Valley. But on the lower continents, the more people that enter the Furious Axe Valley, the greater the potential of whichever house will develop in the future.”
“Deacon Liu, tell me about the rules of the Five Star Academy Grand Competition and how to participate?” When Ning Cheng learnt that there was still a chance to enter the Furious Axe Valley, he immediately became interested. He just didn’t believe that after he had helped Divine Wind Academy get a ranking, Divine Wind Academy wouldn’t give him a place.
Liu Xian had come here to request Ning Cheng’s full help, and now that Ning Cheng asked, he hurriedly explained in detail, “A senior from Jia Continent thought that the faster the five-star academy competition was, the better, and that it would be best to select a six-star academy within a few days. So the competition was divided into two parts, the first part was the a*sessment of the academy’s facilities score, this had already been a*sessed ……”
Ning Cheng interrupted Liu Xian’s words, “Deacon Liu, how many points did our Divine Wind Academy get in the a*sessment of the academy facilities?”
Liu Xian said with some embarra*sment, “The total score is also one hundred points, and our Divine Wind Academy got forty-one points. The highest, Meteor Star Academy, got seventy-five points, followed by Qing Yun Academy with sixty points, Luo Throat Academy with fifty-five points, and Thunder Academy with fifty-three points.”
This hadn’t even started the competition, and Divine Wind Academy’s score was the bottom one, Ning Cheng frowned for a moment, “This score is indeed not high, it’s surprisingly more than thirty points different from the first place, Meteorite Academy. Then the rest of the competition, how is it going to be compared?”
Liu Xian continued to answer, “The following is the second part of the three rounds of the competition, each academy can only choose a maximum of five people to compete. Once these five people are chosen, they will participate in all three rounds, and no substitutions will be allowed in the middle. The first round is still a memory competition, with the Grand Elder from the Intermediate Continent personally writing the questions. The result of the test will be taken as the highest score for the first round of the competition. Our Divine Wind Academy is counting on you to help us achieve a high score in this round and level the gap between us and the other academies.
The second round is the comprehension ability competition, still with the same five participants. In the end, one of the highest scores from each academy’s candidates will still be chosen as that academy’s score for the second round and added up to the total score. The third round is a dueling competition, and whoever wins the most games will have the highest score. The exact rules for the third round will have to be announced by the Grand Elder himself.”
“Then wouldn’t that be enough for each academy to send the person with the most powerful cultivation to the competition?” Ning Cheng felt that it wasn’t that simple.
Liu Xian hurriedly explained, “I didn’t make it clear, the five people chosen from each academy must be under the cultivation level of Zhuyuan and within thirty years of age.”
Ning Cheng nodded and said, “In that case, the selection is indeed a bit troublesome.”
“Yes, some academies have masters with strong cultivation, yet their memory and comprehension are not very strong. In that case, it would require the academy to choose not only disciples with strong cultivation to compete, but also some disciples with strong memory to compete.” Liu Xian said with approval.
Ning Cheng laughed, “It looks like I am participating as a memory contestant from Divine Wind Academy.”
“That’s right, I can only hope now that the one hundred percent you got on the test before wasn’t because you had read these things, but that you got it with your actual memory.” Liu Xian said with a bitter smile.
Ning Cheng was one of the most powerful existences in the Divine Wind Academy in terms of memory, so if Ning Cheng had not relied on his memory to pa*s his previous exams, then the Divine Wind Academy was really in danger.
If Ning Cheng could pull out his previous divine bravery in the Five Star Academy Competition, then the Divine Wind Academy would be in great danger.
Ning Cheng knew that if that was really the case, then he would have to bring out his true strength. Luckily, Ning Cheng did not care now, he had done one less question in the first written test, and now that he had joined the Divine Wind Academy, there was no need for him to hide his strength if it was not a last resort.
After discussing some details of the competition with Ning Cheng in detail, Liu Xian left Ning Cheng’s residence.