Chapter 58 - Pine-Texture Sword, Sea-Cloud Academy Three Round Selections (1/2)
“Umm, my father… What happened to him after that?” The obedient Xu Yu, who had not spoken for a long while, asked.
Xu Changling said, “Qingyuan is a proud person. He was not willing to stay in Lin Yuan anymore since his Star Ocean was crushed and he could no longer cultivate. He didn’t want to be mocked by those people who were weaker than him in the past. Therefore, he left a note and left the city the next day. He has disappeared since that.”
Tears fell from Xu Yu’s eyes when she heard that.
“The Mo family tore my parents apart, crushed my father’s Star Ocean and forced the Xu family…” Xu Yu sobbed and said, “They have crossed the line! Sob sob… I want to cultivate Mystical Qi too! Brother, I want to become stronger together with you and get justice from the Mo family.”
Xu Yang caressed her head and said softly, “I’ll help you if you want to cultivate Mystical Qi.”
Xu Changling sighed in a low voice. It was tough for an ordinary little girl who was not even a Mystical Learner to seek justice from a huge powerful faction. Xu Yu clearly did not know how powerful the Mo family was.
However, Xu Yu would definitely be given the best conditions if she wanted to cultivate Mystical Qi. This little girl would also be a talented one if her qualifications and aptitude were comparable to half of that of her father and brother.
Now that the events of the past had been fully laid out in the open, Xu Changling informed Xu Yang about the details of the Sea-Cloud Academy selection.
The Sea-Cloud Academy’s selection process was progressive and it was very strict. The Sea-Cloud Academy would send messengers to the major cities of the Sea-Cloud Kingdom’s jurisdictions to host the pre-selections every three years during the winter solstice.
After the pre-selection is completed, the middle-selection would be held in the capitals of the servant countries. The young talents of the cities of the Kingdom would compete in the capitals. The excellent ones would be eligible to participate in the final-selection in Sea-Cloud Kingdom.
This process was called the three-round selections. Those who could pass the three-round selections were talented geniuses from the entire kingdom. They were all superior geniuses out of a million geniuses. The Mystical Cultivators who graduate from Sea-Cloud Academy every year would be solicited by Sea-Cloud Kingdom and its servant nations. Therefore, the process of the Mystical Cultivators passing the three-round selections was also called leaping over the dragon gate as one’s power had been approved by everyone. They would become a real dragon with a single leap!
“There is less than one month left to Sea-Cloud Academy pre-selection. Last time, the messenger of Sea-Cloud Academy only selected one talent from the Ge family. There was only one quota for one million people! I don’t know if there will be any changes this time. Xu Yang, you have to work hard.” Xu Changling said solemnly.
“Father, please be rest assured. Xu Yang’s current strength is not lacking in comparison to that of Ge Weiyue who was chosen last time. He has a great chance of being selected.” Xu Qinglu said.
“There would be changes in the selections every time. It is said that Yu Xuanyu of the Yu family and Ge Weifeng of the Ge family have the upper four extremes’ Mystical Veins. Moreover, they have strong combat powers as they are already in the Intermediate Mystical Warrior stage. Ge Weiyue was the strongest one in the previous selection, it should be more competitive this time around.” Xu Changling was slightly worried. He was betting his family’s fate on Xu Yang. Even with his Mystical Grandmaster’s state of mind, he could not help but feel uneasy.
“Grandfather, please be rest assured.” Xu Yang said calmly, as if stating a fact, “Although I have never seen Yu Xuanyu, I have seen Ge Weifeng. He is not strong enough to worry me.”
Xu Changling glanced at Xu Yang and said, “Oh? You seem confident, it looks like you already have a way to deal with him. Very good.” Although he was seeing Xu Yang for the first time, he had known about Xu Yang’s character roughly through the description given by Xu Qinggang and Xu Zhengxin. He was calm and indifferent. Xu Yang would not make a fuss unless he was absolutely sure about it.
After talking for a while, Xu Qinggang sent someone to report the result of the Grand Family Tournament which had been determined. In addition to Xu Yang getting the first prize in advance, Xu Zhengchun skillfully defeated his peers and seized the second prize.
“The reward of the first prize is a Mortal rank Mystical Armor, Pine-Texture Sword.” Xu Qinglu said, “Xu Yang, you have not learned sword skills, right? If you think that it’s unsuitable for you, you can pick another Mortal rank Mystical Armor from the family treasure warehouse.”