“Is that the son of a b*tch?” Ning Cheng looked at the white-clothed man who was clasping his fist in the crowd of applauding people and suddenly felt a little upset in his heart. This man did not look much older than him, yet he was already at the peak of the sixth level of True Condensation and would be at the late stage of True Condensation if he took one more step forward.
“It looks like he has good qualifications, not much older than me, yet he is already at the sixth level of True Condensation cultivation.” Although he was not happy with this fellow called Shui Yu in his heart, Ning Cheng still admired this fellow’s speed of cultivation.
When Ji Luofei heard Ning Cheng’s words, she said in disbelief, “He is much older than you, I heard that he is almost thirty years old. Moreover, he has very pure dual spirit roots, plus the Shui Family is the number one family in the Hua Continent, almost all the cultivation resources are piled up on him, in my opinion, he is simply inferior to you.”
“Let’s find a place to stay and talk about it, lest you get seen by someone from the Shui Family, or your aunt.” Ning Cheng no longer wanted to continue wandering around this street.
Ji Luofei had obviously not wanted to walk on the streets for a long time, and if she had not accompanied Ning Cheng here, she would not have even wanted to come over to Moze City.
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When looking around for a rest house, Ning Cheng realized that Ji Luofei was indeed right, the two of them searched for nearly two hours and it was already evening without finding a place to stay.
“Luo Fei, since we can’t find a place to stay, then let’s go out of the city to stay.” Ning Cheng said somewhat helplessly.
Ji Luofei was about to agree when she heard an astonished voice say, “Ning Cheng? Why are you here? Weren’t you chased out of Cang Le City by Gu Fei ……”
“Hou Chuan?” Ning Cheng knew the person in front of him, back then Hou Chuan was one of the ten spots selected by the Cang Qin Two Star Academy. Moreover, at the entrance of the Cang Qin Two Star Academy, Gu Fei challenged him and Hou Chuan even took the initiative to come out and help him out. At this moment, there was also a not bad looking girl standing beside Hou Chuan, who looked like she had come out with him.
After recognising Hou Chuan, Ning Cheng quickly understood that Hou Chuan was a student of Meteorite Star Academy, and since Meteorite Star Academy was in Moze City, it was normal to see Hou Chuan here.
Hou Chuan didn’t finish his words afterwards, Ning Cheng knew what the other party meant, he had already been chased out of Cangle City by Gu Fei, how could he have appeared in Moze City on the Hua Continent, which was so far away from the Ping Continent? It was only logical that he should have been decapitated by Gu Fei.
“I really didn’t expect to meet Brother Hou here, when Gu Fei and I left Cang Le City, the two of us had a big battle and I managed to kill Gu Fei by a fluke.” Ning Cheng explained lightly, if it was anyone else, he wouldn’t even bother to explain.
Hou Chuan obviously did not believe Ning Cheng’s explanation, Gu Fei was followed by Gu Yiming right behind him, it would be strange if Ning Cheng had time to fight Gu Fei. He did not continue to ask and looked at Ji Luofei who was standing beside Ning Cheng, he already understood in his heart that Ning Cheng should have come to look for Ji Luofei.
At this moment, his opinion of Ning Cheng had completely changed, several things that were simply impossible to accomplish had been accomplished by Ning Cheng. Not to mention escaping from the Gu family brothers, even getting from the Ping Continent to the Hua Continent was not easy. Even getting to the Hu Continent and finding Ji Luofei of the Meteorite Academy was not easy either. However, Ning Cheng had done all of these, and not only had he done it, he had done it perfectly.
It was just the same as before, when he looked at Ning Cheng’s cultivation level, it did not seem to have changed much, he still could not see it very clearly. He was already at the seventh level of Qi Gathering and he did not believe that Ning Cheng’s cultivation level was even higher than his.
“Brother Ning, are you looking for a place to stay?” Hou Chuan’s view of Ning Cheng had completely changed, and his tone of speech already carried some meaning of befriending.
“Yes, it’s just that Moze City can’t find a place to stay.” Ning Cheng said regretfully.
Hou Chuan looked at Ji Luofei and said in a puzzled manner, “Senior sister Ji should be a student of Meteorite Academy, as long as senior sister Ji identifies herself, it is possible to find a place to stay in a normal rest house.”
Ning Cheng hurriedly said, “Luo Fei is no longer a student of Meteorite Star Academy, and we haven’t told anyone about our visit to Moze City, so please don’t tell anyone that Luo Fei has come to Moze City either, Brother Hou.”
Hou Chuan nodded, even if Ning Cheng did not bark, he would not tell anyone about this matter, he was not a talkative person at all.
“Let me help you guys out.” This kind of simple favor, Hou Chuan was already planning to help out a little.
Hou Chuan led both Ning Cheng and Ji Luofei to the nearest rest inn, which was the same rest inn that Ning Cheng and Ji Luofei had come to just now. However, this time, when Hou Chuan took out his academy identity, he easily booked a room for Ning Cheng and Ji Luofei.
Seeing that Ning Cheng and Ji Luofei had only asked for a room, Hou Chuan did not say much. After simply greeting Ning Cheng with a few words, he left the Rest Inn with the woman by his side.
The reason why Ning Cheng and Ji Luofei stayed together was that apart from the tightness of the room and not wanting to trouble Hou Chuan more, another reason was to have a look out for each other. Once something urgent happened, the two of them could communicate at any time.
“I forgot to ask Hou Chuan to do a favour and make an appointment with Meng Yu Jing.” After Hou Chuan had left, Ning Cheng suddenly slapped his head, he should have asked Hou Chuan about this matter first. It would definitely be somewhat difficult to ask him to find Meng Yu Jing.
Ji Luofei shook her head, “Hou Chuan won’t be able to see Meng Yujing either, you are making it difficult for him by asking him to help.”
“In that case, then I’ll think of something on my own. Moze Grand Plaza is recruiting students all this time, I’ll go to Qing Yun Academy tomorrow and take a look, so you stay at your residence and cultivate.”
Ning Cheng thought that although Ji Luofei had been in Moze City for a short period of time, there must be quite a few people who knew her, and staying at the resting inn would be better than going out.
Ning Cheng thought rather simply, if he and Ji Luofei wanted to go to the Intermediate Continent, they would have to join a five-star academy. There was no truth to the saying that it was good to be cool under a big tree.
Qing Yun Academy was the best choice, and Ning Cheng believed that with his ability, he should have no problem being chosen to enter Qing Yun Academy. As for Ji Luofei, he would use that one Green Cloud Order.
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Early the next morning, Ning Cheng arrived at Mo Ze Grand Square alone.
With so many academies and sects from the Chemical Continent coming to Moze City to select their disciples, Ning Cheng guessed that the Moze Grand Square that provided temporary quarters for these sects must not be small.
When Ning Cheng really saw the Moze Grand Plaza, he realised just how big the plaza was. Ning Cheng initially estimated that the square was tens of kilometres in length and breadth.
The square was densely packed with colleges and sects of all sizes, and the number of disciples who had come to participate in the selection of these colleges was countless.
Despite this, the logos of the five five-star academies were still evident at a glance, and Ning Cheng saw Qing Yun Academy at first glance.
Ning Cheng did not immediately go to the place where the Qing Yun Academy was selecting its disciples, but followed many people who had just arrived at Moze City to watch the selection rules of the major academies and sects this time, which were engraved on a huge stone tablet at the entrance of the square.
After reading the stone tablet and asking the people around him, Ning Cheng realised that his previous understanding was wrong. This time, so many academies and sects from the Hualu Continent had gathered at the Great Plaza of Moze, and instead of selecting disciples, it was more like a preliminary competition. Only those with excellent results in the preliminary rounds would be able to participate in the disciple selection, or continue on to the rematch.
The rules of the preliminary round are very clearly written, and they are a written test. All cultivators who wanted to enter the second round of the repechage had to pa*s the written test in the preliminary round, and only if they pa*sed the written test could they enter the second round of the repechage.
There are two ways to obtain qualifications for the written test. Firstly, those with pure and dual spiritual roots with primary spiritual roots can go directly to all the academies or clans to take the application. Secondly, cultivators with the rest of the spiritual roots who want to qualify for the written test can only go to an academy or sect below the five-star level to obtain it.
Thirdly, there are five written examinations, each with 5,000 students. They are held once a month for five consecutive months.
Ning Cheng secretly sighed in his heart that there were so many cultivators coming to Moze City, but only 25,000 people could take the first round of the written exam. In other words, over ninety percent of the people were not even qualified to take the first round.
However, Ning Cheng also knew that this was already very fair, everyone who came here had many chances. With so many sects trying one by one, it was possible to meet which one of them had given a qualification for the preliminary round. The preliminary rounds would count for half a year, so there was plenty of time.
“If I can’t obtain a qualification for the written test, wouldn’t I have no chance to participate in the preliminary round?” Immediately, someone asked out in surprise, clearly feeling that this rule was not right.
“Every clan has a quota for qualifying for the written exams in the preliminary rounds, although there are limited quotas for the written exams for lower level clans and academies below five stars. If you’re capable, how can you not get one? If you don’t have the ability, why are you taking part?” Someone next to him immediately retorted.
“You also know that the number of places is limited, in case people are operating secretly and the places have already been allocated, can’t they wait for us?” Those who felt that the rules were not right before, still did not think so.
The person who had retorted was too lazy to continue to ignore him, but while he ignored him, someone on the side still spoke up, “Are you stupid, do you know how big a reward a low ranking sect or academy should be to send a student to a five star academy? You can’t even think about it. That’s not the main thing, if anyone from any academy or clan makes a big splash in the preliminary written exams, that academy will immediately become famous and more people will then flock there, and it will be obvious that the academy or clan will advance. Under such circumstances, there is still someone who dares to operate in secret, unless he is tired of living. The more capable you are, the more popular you are in lower-level academies and clans.”
“I know this, last month was the fourth preliminary round, and a two-star academy chose a student who scored seventy-six points in the preliminary round, and ended up being chosen to go to Qing Yun Academy. This two-star academy also advanced to a three-star academy as a result, and was given a large amount of resources.”
“So what was the written test?” Another person asked.
“Who knows about that? If you knew, what else would you be asked to take the written test for? All I know is that the five preliminary rounds tested different things.”
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Ning Cheng had understood that if one had good qualifications, one could go directly to the Five Star Academy and represent the Five Star Academy in the preliminary written test. If one was not well qualified, one could find a lower level academy or sect to obtain a place and then represent the lower level academy or sect in the written exam.