C72 Dendu Peak

After He Dandan introduced Qin Yuan, the three people behind Zhan Ling and Yue Mo also rushed over, slightly out of breath.

After a round of introductions, Qin Yuan found out that these five people were the aristocratic juniors that He Dandan had mentioned.

Amongst the five of them, Zhan Ling and Yue Mo were 1-star Martial Masters, and the remaining three youths were Jia Chao, Fan Tong and Xiao Ruji.

Adding the He sisters and the three people from Liu Dao, the strongest team of eight was faintly led by Yue Mo, the oldest.

As expected, after knowing that Qin Yuan had joined the group for the sake of twenty martial crystal coins, these people actually lowered their wariness towards Qin Yuan by quite a bit.

Along the way, Qin Yuan asked a few questions and got to know the eight teenagers better.

It turned out that the families of these eight people were all aristocratic families belonging to the officials of the Darkhan Kingdom. In order to resist the infiltration of the Bai Clan, these families had joined together to form an alliance.

With the support of the seven great families and the support of the royal family, the alliance was still at a disadvantage against the Bai family.

In order to nurture the most promising younger generation in the clan, the seven great clans all decided to send them to the academy. Unexpectedly, the young master of the Bai Clan's branch also decided to go to the academy at this time.

With that young master's talent, once he entered the academy, he would probably leave the younger generation of the seven great families far behind. Helpless, the Patriarchs of the seven families could only have eight people form a team to prevent themselves from being eliminated by the Young Master.

This way, at least everyone would cultivate in the academy, so as to not increase the gap between them and the other students.

Although they still had some suspicions towards Qin Yuan, the success rate of blocking the young master of the Bai Clan would increase if there was an additional one star Martial Master in the team. Thus, these youths did not resist Qin Yuan too much.

"Oh right, Brother Qin, I heard you say that you have yet to celebrate your sixteenth birthday but you have already reached the realm of a 1-star Martial Master. Your speed is probably even more terrifying than the young master of the Bai Clan." May I know what star you are at? " Yue Mo suddenly went up to Qin Yuan and asked.

In fact, directly asking someone else to become a Star-ranked Martial Artist like that was very impolite. However, everyone present was also curious, so they didn't stop Yue Mo.

Qin Yuan did not try to hide anything as he replied, "It's a three-star item."

Hearing Qin Yuan's reply, everyone felt disbelief. A three star top rank Martial Seal could cultivate at such a fast speed?

One had to know that even with the rich resources provided by a large clan like theirs, there was not a single person who was able to reach the 1-star Martial Master realm at the age of fifteen. Even someone as talented as He Dandan, who was even more talented than the young master of the Bai Clan, was stuck at the 9-star warrior level.

However, Yue Mo secretly heaved a sigh of relief in surprise.

"It's only a three star top quality Martial Seal. Perhaps there was some fortuitous encounter before that caused it to rise so quickly. In the future, because of the restriction of being a Martial Seal, I will gradually shake it off."

Zhan LingTian, who had been silent all this time, smiled and said: "To be able to reach the level of a 1-star Martial Master by the age of fifteen, Brother Qin is definitely not an ordinary Martial Master! Looks like there's going to be a rare student under the 4-star mark in the Alchemy Martial Academy. "

Qin Yuan asked curiously, "Isn't the default student recruitment standard in the academy above 3-star Martial Seal?"

Zhan Ling explained, "That's right. Historically, the one who entered the academy the lowest is a three star Martial Seal. That's why everyone has agreed to this standard." But in reality, so many people want to become a student of the academy every year. Anyone above the 4th Star of the Martial Seal Realm can be eliminated by the examination, and with only three stars, it would be difficult to pass the first stage. "

"So that's how it is." Qin Yuan suddenly understood.

At this time, no one noticed that Liu Dao had suddenly become stunned, as if he had thought of something to be happy about. At the end of the group, he coldly looked at Qin Yuan's back and muttered to himself, "A three star top grade Martial Seal, right?"

After half a day of trekking, the group of people finally arrived at the first barrier in the academy: the Enlightenment Peak.

Standing at the foot of the mountain, Qin Yuan looked up and saw that the precipitous mountain walls were almost completely barren. The peak rose straight into the sky, partially covered by clouds and mist.

Even as a 1-star Martial Master, he felt that he was nothing but a tiny speck.

Legend has it that the peak of the Dao Seeking Peak grew taller every year. Even eagles would find it difficult to surpass the peak. The founder of the academy used this peak as a barrier to test the strength and will of scholars.

If he thought that the peak of the Dao was only intimidating, then he was completely wrong. After all, a warrior was not an ordinary person. Even a 1-star warrior would only need a little effort to reach a mountain peak of the same height.

On the peak of Dao Seeking, there was a terrifying sword energy that never dispersed. If one wanted to climb the peak, they had to withstand the sword energy's influence on their will.

Zhan Ling carried a large sword on his back. As a swordsman, he was very sensitive to sword Qi. Even though he was still at the foot of the mountain, he could already feel the boundless sword aura lingering around the mountain.

Taking off the large sword on his back, Zhan LingTian revolved his Sword Heart attribute astral energy and sent out an arc-shaped sword qi in front of him.

The sword-light flew out twenty meters or so, then vanished into the air.

"The sword Qis that I sent out with all my might can only last this long. "However, the sword aura on the peak of Dao Seeking has been around for more than a thousand years and the sword intent has not dissipated at all. It's clear how unfathomable the power of the senior who left this sword aura here was …"

A cat in Qin Yuan's embrace complained to Qin Yuan in a low voice, "Bullsh * t, a little brat at 1-star Martial Master is comparable to a master who left Sword Qi of Dao Seeking Peak behind? With that person's strength, even if I was at my peak condition before I possessed, I might not necessarily be his match.

He Dandan said, "It is said that this sword Qi was left behind by the founder of the academy... "Although our current alchemy academy is not as good as it was before, our foundation is still there. If we are able to become a student inside, it will be a huge boost to us all."

"Alright, let's go!" Yue Mo stretched his muscles as he said, "Don't tell me that you guys won't even be able to pass this stage. After all, this sword aura doesn't have any consciousness and won't target a single person. However, this bit of sword intent, we should be able to persevere and survive. "

With that, Yue Mo took the lead and started to climb the Dao Seeking Peak.

Qin Yuan followed behind the eight He sisters as they leisurely climbed up.

The sword intent that had persisted for a thousand years gradually caused everyone to feel a bit of pressure. When they reached the mountainside, due to the difference in their cultivation and willpower, the speed at which they climbed also began to show a difference.

Yue Mo was still in the lead, followed closely by Zhan LingTian, while He Dandan was slightly behind. He Qing Qing was ranked third and fourth, while Qin Yuan was ranked fifth.

It wasn't that Qin Yuan couldn't catch up to the person in front, but as he climbed, he inexplicably felt that the sword aura contained a concept.

Yue Mo took the time to look around. Seeing how far behind Qin Yuan was, he couldn't help but feel contempt for him. He thought to himself, "Looks like I'm the one that's needed to withstand the young master's attack during the assessment!"