Not long after Yan Li returned to the Resentful Yuan Building, the people from the Bank of the Sea delivered ten portions of Shadowless Starsilk to him.
And this was what he urgently needed.
Tomorrow was the second round of the internal examination. The content of the examination was that all participating candidates would get their own number token and enter the royal hunting ground, Mount Kunyuan, to survive for three days and three nights.
There were two conditions to qualify. The first was to keep one's token intact. If one's token was lost, then even if one snatched all the tokens of the other candidates, one would not qualify. The second was to snatch the tokens of others. One token represented one academic point. If one was excellent in the first round, he would get five academic points. Here, he only needed to snatch five tokens to qualify.
If the first round was average, he would get two academic points. Here, he would have to snatch eight tokens.
Because Ji Zhiyuan had changed the rules, candidates who did not get academic points in the first round could still participate in the second round. Thus, candidates with poor grades had to snatch ten tokens.
The second round of the internal examination was a real life and death battle. The law of the jungle was on full display here. Here, there was no need to worry about the consequences of killing. Everyone's deepest evil would be released and they would turn into Asuras, following the law of survival of the fittest.
Of course, don't think that you would be free of worries just because you got enough tokens. You still had to survive for three days and three nights in the dangerous forest to be considered to have passed.
One token represented one academic point. After the end of the examination, these academic points would be registered and become your possession. Thus, the stronger candidates would try their best to obtain as many tokens as possible.
After three days and three nights of life and death and survival of the fittest, the remaining batch of people would enter the inner courtyard and those who did not would have their own futures.
To Yan Li, entering the inner courtyard was a good card to survive in Yong Ling. He could hide under the protection of the academy and grow, and it would be easier for him to take revenge.
Thus, not only did he have to survive, but he also had to hunt for ten tokens to pass. Of course, he also had to spit out the five portions of Starsilk that Wang Yuanqing had taken.
With his current strength, it would be difficult to complete his goal if he did not consider his trump card. If he revealed his trump card, it would be fine if he could silence them, but if he couldn't, there would be many more variables.
Refining the Separation Cliff completely became something that had to be done.
Based on the amount of Star Threads Li Ya had already thrown in, it would take at least ten more Star Threads to completely refine it. Lian Hai Changjin had taken this into consideration when she offered this price, making it impossible for Yan Li to refuse.
It could only be said that as expected of a businessman, he had firmly grasped Yan Li's bottom line.
Since Yan Li had not developed his lower Dantian, he could only choose to cultivate it externally.
External refinement was the refinement on the outside. Almost every method to refine treasures had an introduction. This was also a compulsory course for every cultivator, so Yan Li was not unfamiliar with it.
He pulled out the Leaving Cliff Sword and placed it to the side. He then took out a Shadowless Starthread from the brocade box and placed it in his left palm.
As he operated the technique, countless sword shadows were born from nothingness. He imagined that they would pass through his arm and be injected into the starthread.
Star silk was the treasure closest to energy bodies, so it almost didn't struggle and let the sword shadows pour into it.
Then, the Star Thread began to melt into liquid according to Yan Li's will. A portion of Shadowless Starthread only melted into one drop, and that was the limit.
Yan Li's right hand held the Leaving Cliff Sword and did the same thing, injecting the sword shadows into the body of the sword.
The body of the sword received the injection of energy and gradually became full.
But it had to be said that the Leaving Cliff Sword was an incomplete product. The energy that was injected would dissipate at an extremely fast rate, like a sieve, completely unable to accumulate power.
The same principle applied to external forces. Just like the Art of Cleansing at the beginning, only with the addition of the scabbard could the external force be absorbed, and the scabbard also prevented the power from leaking to another level.
Otherwise, the price he had to pay to kill Zhang Zhixiong would be even more tragic.
He gently guided the melted starthread into the body of the sword, and then used the same source of energy to assist in dissolving it, spreading it into the body of the sword, causing the two to merge into one.
Indistinctly, the body of the Leaving Cliff Sword did change, becoming more compact. Of course, even if it turned from cloth to dough, its essence still did not change.
Next, Yan Li inserted portion after portion of starthread into it. At the tenth portion, the body of the Leaving Cliff Sword suddenly gave off a faint white warm light.
The halo of light was like a ring of fire formed by candlelight, clearly layered.
After a while, the layered halo of light gradually retracted. Every time it retracted, the body of the sword became a bit clearer. When the halo of light completely merged into the sword, the body of the sword finally had a feeling of substance.
Yan Li knew that at this stage, the Leaving Cliff Sword could be considered a complete embryo.
He raised it up, his fingers lightly stroking the surface. The feeling was like a river on a summer night, extremely cool and comfortable.
The body of the sword was still translucent, but the spine of the sword reflected the texture of a blade, revealing a slight edge.
Yan Li knew that it was not that he had accidentally forged a superb quality, but that it was the work of the Sword Heart Manifestation.
Of course, the edge of the sword was blunt. Not to mention killing people, it did not even hurt to cut people.
Pouring in his energy again, a layer of faint white light enveloped the body of the sword. At the edge of the sword, it formed a thin mold, but it was even sharper than the blade itself. After the energy was poured in, it did not dissipate like a funnel. This proved that his guess was not wrong.
Yan Li smiled happily. In the future, he finally did not need to rely on the Heart Cleansing Formula to fight against enemies. Although the Heart Cleansing Formula became stronger when facing strong opponents and could kill those of a higher level, it was not a good thing to get oneself covered in injuries every time.
In the following three days and three nights of fighting, it was not enough to rely on treasured weapons.
Putting away the Leaving Cliff Sword, he took out the Green Lotus Sword Song and began to study the last three moves.
The last three moves were obviously different from the first move. They were all written in the common language. Yan Li speculated that Su Yu had created the moves according to the Green Lotus Crippled Move.
As expected, this level of sword technique was mastered by Yan Li in only an hour.
He did not know whether to say that Su Yu's level of strength was low, or that his comprehension was high.
Of course, the increase of moves, for others, might be an increase in strength. But for Yan Li, he could only use one move to decide the winner. If he could not, he would be the one to die.
Therefore, having more moves only meant having more choices, but it didn't increase one's strength by much.
The night passed without words.
The next day, the 20th of October.
Yan Li woke up early and rushed to the Academy after a hurried breakfast. Even if he thought with his knees, he knew that Lianhai Changjin would definitely find him to share last night's romantic affair.
There were unusually many people in the Academy today. It was as if even the ordinary students had been gathered.
Today was indeed a big day for the Academy. Lianshan Zhang Dashan had appeared and said some words of encouragement. Then, he asked Academy Supervisor Qu Youfeng to lead the candidates to Mount Kunyuan.
Mount Kunyuan was located to the north of Yongling. It was made up of mountains that stretched for hundreds of miles.
The queue arrived outside a valley and began to be divided into groups. The groups were divided as usual. Each group was led by the instructors of the Inner Yard and Outer Yard. They were scattered to the various entrances of Mount Kunyuan to avoid large-scale fights at the beginning of the assessment.
The true purpose of this assessment was to test the candidates' willpower, intelligence, and ability to respond in the face of danger. Only those who stood out were worthy of the Academy's full nurturing.
Yan Li happened to be in the same group as Tang Sanghua. Led by Shen Liuyun and an unknown Outer Yard instructor, they headed to the eastern entrance of Mount Kunyuan.
At the entrance, Shen Liuyun gave the final time to adjust and let the candidates move freely.
"Hey, haven't you noticed the problem?" Tang Sanghua found Yan Li.
Yan Li rolled his eyes at her. "You mean there are more unfamiliar faces?"
Tang Sanghua curled her lips. "I thought you didn't notice anything."
Yan Li said, "You know who they are?"
Tang Sanghua smiled proudly. "Who do you think I am? I am Tang Sanghua."
"Then, Miss Tang, please be merciful and tell me what you know," Yan Li said with a smile.
Tang Sanghua smiled charmingly. "Seeing that you're sincere, I'll help you solve your doubts!"
Then, she moved closer to his ear and said, "Those are the lackeys of nobles like Wang Yuanqing's."
Yan Li suddenly understood. Connecting the dots, he knew it had something to do with the changes in the Academy's rules.
Tang Sanghua's body fragrance was a natural laurel flower. It was sweet and beautiful, making people want to eat her in one bite.
Plus, she was the one who took the initiative to come over, giving people a hint.
But Yan Li knew who he could take advantage of and who he couldn't.
He said without batting an eyelid, "You're not telling me the answer just because you want to tell me, right?"
Tang Sanghua snapped her fingers, her beautiful eyes full of charm. "You guessed right! We have no foundation in Yongling. Don't you think we should work together to deal with them? "
Yan Li smiled mysteriously. "That's what I was thinking. But, how will the spoils be divided? "
Tang Sanghua raised three slender fingers. "My cultivation is higher than yours. I get 70%, you get 30%."
Yan Li also raised four fingers. "I'm more experienced than you. I get 60%, you get 40%."
Tang Sanghua's eyes were like silk. "They have a winning talisman. I get 60%, you get 40%."
Yan Li looked lecherously at her chest. "Are you talking about seduction? Fifty-fifty! "
"I'm talking about this!" Tang Sanghua's pretty face reddened. She didn't know if she was embarrassed or angry. Then, she reached out and swiped at Yan Li's eyelid.
Yan Li suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a faint green light on Tang Sanghua's body. To be more precise, it was the powder on Tang Sanghua's palm.
"It's called firefly powder. It's colorless and odorless. It's a kind of medicinal powder used for tracking. Once it's applied, it will spread in all directions. Only by rubbing a little on the eyelid like this can you see the marks left by firefly powder."
As she spoke, she took out a small medicine bag and gave it to him. "Hmph, you're lucky!"
At this time, Shen Liuyun had just given the order to assemble. The outer institute instructor was distributing the tokens.
There was a Lost Forest at each entrance, and each forest had dozens of passages leading to Mount Kunyuan. Every fifteen minutes, an examinee would enter the Lost Forest and randomly choose a passage. This would ensure that they wouldn't be ambushed by the people in front.
"Enter the mountain according to the number you get!" Shen Liuyun gave the order, and the examinees began to enter the mountain.
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