Chapter 137
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Qing Shiyu, who had left in the morning, was still dressed in her long skirt, her beauty captivating as ever. Now, she had somehow found a scarf and wrapped herself tightly in it, as if to hide her stunning beauty from the world.
“Sister Qing, what are you doing?” asked Ye Feifei.
“Shh!” Qing Shiyu immediately covered Ye Feifei’s mouth with her hand, whispering, “Don’t call out to me, don’t call out to me.”
Qing Shiyu’s gaze was fixed on Tang Chuyi, who was standing on the main platform. She cursed inwardly. How did this old Tang come to preside over the examination in Liuyue City? If he were to spot her, she would undoubtedly be scolded again.
At this moment, the geniuses from Liuyue City, Qingmu City, and three other cities began to register one after another.
Half an hour later, Bai Yi stood up again and said with a smile, “The list has been compiled.”
He glanced at the scroll in his hand and continued, “It seems everyone is eager to join the Qingyun Academy. Over a thousand two hundred people from the five cities have registered.”
Bai Yi then announced, “With that, I declare the Qingyun Academy examination in Liuyue City officially begins.”
Upon hearing this, the registered candidates became visibly excited and eager to start.
In the Qingyun Empire, entering the Qingyun Academy was like a carp leaping through the dragon’s gate. Graduates from the academy would at least reach the Meridian Condensation Realm, making them formidable figures in cities like Liuyue. If one had exceptional talent and reached the Yuanfu Realm, they could secure a prominent position in any county city.
Moreover, the Qingyun Academy housed the most extensive collection of martial techniques in the entire Qingyun Empire. Its teachings on alchemy, forging, and array techniques were unparalleled.
Seeing the confidence in everyone’s eyes, Bai Yi simply smiled faintly and said nothing more. The Qingyun Academy was not that easy to enter!
“Now, let’s begin the first test, which is a strength test,” Bai Yi said.
As he spoke, disciples of the Qingyun Academy brought out several oxhide drums and placed them in the center of the training ground.
“These drums are called Strength-Testing Drums. They are second-grade spiritual instruments crafted by the elders of the Qingyun Academy specifically for the examination,” Bai Yi explained.
“These drums are quite special. They measure the burst of strength from warriors at each cultivation level,” he continued.
“For instance, a warrior at the seventh level of the Physical Training Realm should possess the strength of sixty-three oxen. If you cannot punch with a force of sixty-three oxen, it means your strength is not solid enough, and the drum will not make a sound,” Bai Yi elaborated.
“However, if you have the strength of sixty-three oxen, the drum will sound once. If you have sixty-five oxen of strength, the drum will sound three times. The more powerful your burst, the more times the drum will sound. Sixty-seven oxen of strength will produce six sounds, and seventy oxen will produce nine sounds,” he added.
“The assessment will be based on how many times you can make the drum sound,” Bai Yi concluded.
The young man in white continued, “One sound is considered a lower score, three sounds are average, six sounds are above average, and nine sounds are the mark of a genius.”
“The Qingyun Academy’s requirement is nine sounds. If you cannot achieve this, you will not pass the first round and will not be able to proceed to the next stages of the examination,” he declared.
Upon hearing this, everyone understood. It meant that not only did one have to meet the basic strength requirement for each level, but they also had to exceed it, and by a significant margin—almost reaching the strength of the next cultivation level.
This… this was incredibly difficult!
For example, at the eighth level, the basic requirement was seventy-two oxen of strength. But to increase that by even one ox was extremely challenging.
With four levels— one sound, three sounds, six sounds, and nine sounds—it was clear that to reach the fourth level, one needed at least eighty oxen of strength for the eighth level. That was nearly the basic burst strength of the ninth level of the Physical Training Realm.
It was simply astonishing!
Ignoring the murmurs of the crowd, the young man in white said with a smile, “Now that everyone understands, please line up. There are ten Strength-Testing Drums, and you can start queuing up to take the test.”
With that, he turned and sat down. In front of the drums, ten disciples of the Qingyun Academy stood ready to record the results.
