After we finished talking about the hunting grounds, Nam suddenly took out a metal rod from his back. After waving it around for a while, he suddenly stuck the rod on the ground and showed it off to me. "Duo Ji, what do you think of my metal rod?"
After entering Saad Academy, every new student would go to the academy's Martial Research Institute to get a weapon that they could use with them.
This metal rod was obviously the weapon that Nam had gotten.
After a round of juggling, seeing that I didn't respond, Nam chuckled and grabbed the top of the metal rod. With a twist of his hands, the metal rod that was as tall as a person instantly shrunk to less than half a meter.
After showing off, Nam proudly put away the metal rod and asked me with a smile, "What weapon did you get from the Martial Research Institute?"
I casually took out a dagger that was a few inches long. After Nam saw it, he immediately rolled on the ground laughing. He pointed at the dagger in my hand and asked, "What were you thinking? There are so many weapons in the Martial Research Institute, but you only took a broken knife?"
There were many different types of weapons in the Martial Research Institute, but they were no different from scrap metal in my eyes.
If it wasn't for the academy's mandatory requirement for every student to be equipped with a weapon, I wouldn't even bother to go.
I casually threw the dagger to the side and shook my head. "The Medicine Research Institute doesn't use weapons. This dagger is quite useful for cutting herbs and wood."
Nam curled his lips. It was obvious that he didn't agree with my values, but he didn't say anything else. He took the pills and left the Medicine Research Institute.
Their Medicine Research Institute had always been strict. Even if he used the excuse of getting medicine, he couldn't stay for too long.
On the third day after Nam left, there was news of the opening of the hunting grounds.
After the new students heard the news, they all rubbed their fists and were eager to try it out.
I also secretly made some preparations and waited for the opening of the hunting grounds.
After another week, the academy officially announced the opening of the hunting grounds.
That morning, under the leadership of the elder, all the disciples of the Medicine Research Institute put down their work, picked up their weapons, and rushed to the plaza in front of the Medicine Research Institute.
Before he reached the place, he saw that there were already disciples from three different courtyards waiting for him below the stage.
After standing in line, Sedar and Tana walked over.
Tana was already petite and cute, and after wearing the white robe of a low-level disciple, her temperament became even more elegant.
As for Saidar, no matter what kind of clothes he wore, they couldn't hide his sturdy and honest appearance. He was still the same as before.
After chatting with the two of them, I casually asked Tana how she had been getting along with Nam in the past few months.
Tana naturally understood Nam's thoughts. However, they had been in the academy for so long, and she still hadn't accepted Nam's pursuit, but she didn't reject him either. This kind of ambiguous attitude made Nam very distressed.
Hearing my question, Tana suddenly became bashful. She lowered her head and replied in a low voice, "The Institute has a lot of rules and they are very busy every day. They basically don't have any free time.
He basically comes to talk to me every half a month, and then he leaves in a hurry. "
I nodded. It was just a casual question. It seemed that they were getting along well.
While we were talking, the people from the Institute had also arrived. Among the dozens of men and women, the ones at the front were the so-called pillars of the academy. They were the high-ranking students of the Institute. They wore light purple robes, which were obviously different from the high-ranking disciples from the other schools. It was obvious that it was to highlight their identities.
The middle-ranking and beginner disciples following behind them didn't have that cold expression on their faces.
After a short while, I saw Nam at the back. It was obvious that he noticed us, but he only glanced at us before retracting his gaze. It was obvious that he was apprehensive about the strict rules of the Institute.
After all the disciples from the five schools had arrived, the elders ascended the high platform. It was still the purple-robed elder from before who stood at the front.
He waved his hand and the discussions below the platform instantly stopped. Shortly after, I heard him say, "Students of Saeed Academy, it's time to test your cultivation results.
Today is the opening day of Saeed Academy's annual hunting grounds. You can kill any beasts in the forest and take their beast cores. "
As soon as he said that, the crowd cheered.
To the Monster race, beast cores were equivalent to gold coins. Hence, it wasn't just me, but the other students were also waiting for the opening of the hunting grounds.
The purple-robed elder stopped the crowd again and continued, "The hunting grounds will be split into teams of four and there won't be any schools.
However, due to the different ranks of the disciples, the trial area will be different. Hence, every team must be of the same rank.
Teams are allowed to snatch beast cores from each other.
The hunting grounds will close three days later at noon. The team that obtains the most beast cores will be rewarded. "
After explaining the rules, he took out a wooden box from his sleeve. It was emitting a strong spiritual aura. It was obvious that there was a rare treasure in it.
As I was sizing it up, the purple-robed elder took out the item from the wooden box. It was a spiritual herb that I had never seen before. It was less than a foot long and was entirely golden.
Seeing the spiritual herb, the high-ranking disciples of the Herb Research Institute exclaimed in surprise. Shortly after, they started discussing in low voices. I faintly heard that the spiritual herb was called the Golden Moon Leaf. It was a rare herb that was rarely seen in hundreds of years. It could help people increase their cultivation base rapidly.
It was obvious that it contained an extremely strong power to increase one's cultivation base rapidly. It sounded similar to the effects of a beast core.
If it was really as miraculous as they said, I would be able to quickly recover my acupoints and increase my cultivation base as long as I obtained the Golden Moon Leaf. At that time, I would be able to kill beasts above the Monster General rank and obtain high ranked beast cores.
While I was deep in thought, the purple-robed elder's voice sounded again. This time, he explained the effects of the Golden Moon Leaf. It was similar to what the high-ranking disciples had said.
There were exclamations from the crowd again. Everyone stared at the Golden Moon Leaf with burning gazes. They all wanted to compete for it.
Very quickly, the purple-robed elder announced the start of the hunt.
Following that, there was a surge of people. The disciples from the various courtyards were looking for their partners to form a team.
I stood still while the people from the Herb Research Institute left one after another. There wasn't a single person who had the intention to form a team with me.
I smiled and shook my head. My identity as a dog-headed person was really looked down upon.
I lifted my head to look at the Herb Research Institute. As expected, Nam was in the same situation as me. He stood there blankly with no one beside him.
He was rather optimistic and quickly walked to my side. Not long after, Sedar and Tana followed behind him.
Since it wasn't their first time participating in the hunt, the middle-ranked and high-ranked disciples set off in advance after forming their teams.
As for us newcomers, there were a few middle-ranked disciples who brought us to the training area.
After walking for about an hour, we finally stopped at the entrance of a dense forest.
The senior who brought us in pointed at the dense forest in front of us and said, "From here to the cliff that's a hundred miles away, that's your training area.
The cultivation of the beasts in the forest is controlled to be below the late stage of the Monster Spirit rank.
After you enter, I'll seal the entrance. The entrance will automatically open three days later at noon.
According to the academy's rules, you can't kill each other when fighting over the beast cores. Otherwise, you'll be expelled from the academy.
I'll emphasize that you can't enter the two forests on the opposite side of the cliff. That's the training area for the middle-ranked and high-ranked disciples.
If you were to enter by mistake, no one will save you. "
Everyone understood what he meant. After thanking him, we all entered the forest from the entrance.
It was just as he said. After we entered the forest, the entrance behind us suddenly disappeared.
The forest was at least a hundred miles wide. After everyone entered, they immediately scattered in all directions.
The forest was incomparably dark. Even during the day, there wasn't a trace of light. It seemed that it was specially set up to allow the beasts to move around during the day. This made all of us raise our spirits.
However, after walking for a quarter of an hour, not a single fierce beast appeared in our surroundings. Namu seemed to relax a little and started chatting with me in a low voice. "Duo Ji, do you really want that Golden Moon Leaf?"
I nodded and asked back, "You don't want it?"
Nam smiled as he scratched his head. "Of course I want it. That's a spiritual herb that can increase one's cultivation.
If I can get it, I might be able to advance to the Monster General rank. At that time, I'll be able to change into blue clothing.
If I can advance to the intermediate rank in less than a year, I, Nam, will be famous in Rock City. "
However, after being happy for a while, he frowned and sighed. "It's a pity that we can't get that spiritual herb.
There are so many people with higher cultivation than us in the school.
Even if we work harder and kill more beasts, we still have to face the other teams. It's too difficult to get first place. "
Tana heard our conversation. She turned around to look at Nam and joked. "Didn't you say that you're very courageous? Why are you scared now?"
Hearing Tana's words, Nam was a little embarrassed. He waved his hand and said, "I'm not scared. I'm just speaking the truth. The highest cultivation among the four of us is only at the late Monster Spirit Realm.
The cultivation of the people in our Research Institute is not lower than this realm. If the four of them come together, I definitely won't be able to hold them off. "
Hearing Nam's words that we would be a burden to him, Tana immediately pouted and started arguing with Nam.
Tana obviously had the temperament of a little girl, but Nam was indeed worrying too much.
It wouldn't be easy to get the Gold Moon Leaf, but it wasn't as difficult as he said.
The Big Hunt was set up to test the cultivation of the students.
The trial area was divided according to the cultivation of the disciples. In other words, every team would have an equal chance of getting the beast core.
Our strength naturally couldn't compare to the intermediate and advanced disciples. However, the beasts in the trial area were mostly at the Monster General rank and above, so it wouldn't be easy to get the beast core.
So, our biggest opponents were actually disciples of the same rank.