Chapter 11 - The Enrollment Day (1/2)

The news about Mu Feng soon spread across the whole kingdom. Today, October 5th, was the recruitment day of the Royal Wudo Academy.

The academy’s prerequisites were very high — students must be 18 years old or younger and they must have at least a level five Yuan Gu. On top of that, they were also required to pay quite a hefty sum of tuition fees.

The fifth level of Yuan Gu was known as the breakthrough point. Having a level five Yuan Gu was considered not bad, level seven and eight were considered genius, and those who had a level nine were considered legendary.

The Royal Wudo Academy was one of the most famous Wudo academies in the kingdom of Nan Ling. They were open for recruitment every 10 years. All students who graduated from this academy were no lower than the Ning Gang level.

The graduates from this academy had very promising futures. Some armies even recruited their high-ranked officers directly from these graduates.

Currently, Nan Ling square was very crowded. At a glance, approximately 200,000 people were gathered here. There were also armored soldiers surrounding the square to maintain order.

A group of people dressed in Wudo robes were standing on a platform in the center of the square.

Three middle-aged men were sitting on one side of the platform and about 10 young men stood behind them.

Besides them, there was also a three-meter-high, white-colored stone pillar on the platform. Ten Yuan Wen were carved on top of the pillar. (Yuan Wen are

Thousands of disciples from each family were standing beneath the platform. They were the students who enrolled in the Royal Wudo Academy. All their faces bore the same expressions of enthusiasm and excitement.

One of the groups had dozens of disciples dressed in white robes — they were the Mu disciples. To one’s surprise, Mu Feng was standing among them as well.

“Hey, check it out, it’s Mu Feng. Have you heard that all his Meta-pulses were damaged and he became a cripple?”

Somewhere in the crowd, a young man pointed at Mu Feng and whispered.

“Of course. It seems like he damaged them during his last battle. Hah, his father, Mu Tian, is dead and his Meta-pulses are all damaged. What a pity.”

“Hmph! He deserved it! Who asked him to join the army at such a young age? My father used to use him as an example to lecture me! Now that he is a cripple, my father will finally stop.”

Many young men and women around him started chattering about Mu Feng. Some of them let out a deep sigh, but most of them talked about him with a hint of sarcasm.

Previously, Mu Feng was very well-known, as he managed to reach the Zi Fu level at the age of 15. He had also killed hundreds of enemies while he was in the army, so most of his peers were jealous of him.

People tended to be jealous of geniuses. Hence, they started satirizing him so that they would feel less inferior.

“Silence!”

A loud shout echoed through the square, instantly silencing the crowd.

One of the three middle-aged men who were sitting on the platform stood up and walked forward to address the crowd. He was dressed in yellow robes and had a rough face with thick eyebrows.

He looked around and said: “I’m Zhao Heng, the person in charge of today’s enrollment and also one of the elders in the Royal Wudo Academy.”

His voice resounded loudly in the square. For one to become an elder of the Royal Wudo Academy, his cultivation had to reach at least the Yuan Dan level.

“The prerequisites for enrollment are the same as the past years. Those who are 18 years old or younger will come up the stage to test their Yuan Gu level. If you meet the requirement, you’ll pass the enrollment test and are welcome to study at the Royal Wudo Academy.”

Zhao Heng said casually. The young men and women present were not surprised by his words as they all knew about the rules.

“Alright then, I won’t say anything more. Now, I would like to invite the students to test their Yuan Gu level according to their respective families. We will record the names of those who qualify, and, starting from tomorrow, these students may start studying at the Royal Wudo Academy.”

Upon finishing his sentence, Zhao Heng returned to his seat.

Then, another elder from the academy who was dressed in green took out a roster and sat down at a desk next to the white-colored stone pillar.

“The first family to be tested will be the Shang Guan family.”

The elder said, reading from the roster.

Right after he said that, more than 40 young men of the Shang Guan family who were dressed in blue robes immediately lined up beneath the stage.

The first young man walked towards the stone pillar, took out a dagger, and made a thin slit across his palm. Blood instantly started dripping down.

He then pressed down his palm onto the stone pillar. All of a sudden, the stone pillar started absorbing his blood, and the Yuan Wen that were carved on it began to light up one by one.

“One Yuan Wen!”

“Two Yuan Wen!”

“Three Yuan Wen!”

“……”

In the end, eight Yuan Wen were lit up.