Kang Shin-mu and the others arrived at the Martial Arts Plaza where the Academy Competition was being held.
Many people glanced at Ran Ran. After all, she was a new face and had never appeared before. Apparently, she was a student who had entered through the Genius Trials.
"Elder Jiang, we finally meet again!"
At this moment, a joyful voice rang out. Immediately after, a figure could be seen rushing over from afar. Not long after, that figure stood before Jiang Shenwu.
This person was Prince Liang Liang, who had joined Donghuang Yongwu College with Ran Ran.
In the past few months, this kid had been busy cultivating and completing missions everywhere. He was extremely diligent.
After all, he had not entered Donghuang Yongwu College through the proper channels, so he worked even harder than the others. There were even some missions that he could not complete alone, and he had to complete them even if he had to risk his life. He had been seriously injured several times.
The results of this kind of hard work were quite shocking.
In such a short period of time, this person had broken through a tier, and apparently had even exchanged for a Dragon Origin Martial Technique to cultivate.
Although it was only a low-tier Origin Martial Technique, to be able to achieve this in such a short period of time was not a simple matter.
This kid would not stay within Donghuang Yongwu College, mainly because he was afraid that Chu Ye would make trouble for him...... but this annual Academy Competition was something he had to watch.
After all, this was related to whether or not he would be able to obtain more Dragon Mark energy in the future to increase the grade of his Divine Dragon blood essence.
Students who joined Donghuang Yongwu College usually had two paths.
One was to go out less, cultivate more, and absorb more Dragon Mark energy to increase the grade of the Divine Dragon so that they could reach the level of the Dragon Emperor as quickly as possible.
This type of Dragon Warrior students was generally weaker in battle. Before they reached the level of the Dragon Emperor, they could only cultivate in the Alkaid District.
Those with good talent could reach that level in a few years.
Even those with poor talent could only do so in twenty or thirty years.
Then, when they reached the level of the Dragon Emperor, their battle strength would increase greatly, and they would be able to rush to the more advanced districts to cultivate.
If the outermost Alkaid District's Dragon Mark energy density was 100, then the sixth district's Mizar District's Dragon Mark energy density was 120.
The fifth region, the Yuheng region, had a density of 140, and the Megrez region had a density of 170.
He had to reach at least the first three regions for the dragon mark's energy to be twice as rich as the Alkaid Region.
This was also the reason why many Dragon Martial Artists were too lazy to increase their combat strength in the early stages.
Normal students, no matter how talented they were, would have to constantly complete missions to exchange for mid-tier Origin Skills or even high-tier Origin Skills. It would take them at least ten years.
This was the only way he could cultivate in the more advanced areas before the Divine Dragon blood reached the level of the Dragon Emperor.
However, if that was the case, they might as well break through to the Dragon Emperor first, and then go on the training mission. It would be much more efficient.
Moreover, it didn't mean that these students who focused on absorbing the dragon mark's energy didn't have any combat strength. They didn't have the possibility of challenging the deeper regions.
Although they didn't complete many training missions, when they cultivated normally, their cultivation base would increase. Even if they relied on natural growth and didn't rely on natural treasures, they could still break through. At most, they would break through once every few years.
That way, they would increase the quality of the Divine Dragon blood essence, and their strength would also increase. However, they wouldn't be as extreme as Kang Shin-mu and the others.
As for Kang Shin-mu, he was a different type.
Yu Tianchang and Lin Yuji were the same.
They were the same as Kang Shin-mu, choosing to increase their own strength first, and then wait until they reached the deeper regions to cultivate before slowly absorbing the dragon mark's energy and increasing the quality of the Divine Dragon blood essence.
It was hard to say which of the two paths was stronger or weaker.
But generally speaking, those who chose the same path as Kang Shin-mu were genius Dragon Martial Artists. They were all geniuses who were confident that they could increase their combat strength explosively in a short period of time, and then head to the deeper regions to cultivate.
Originally, none of the students of Donghuang Yongwu College were mediocre.
But those who chose this path were obviously geniuses who were more talented than ordinary geniuses.
Without enough talent, choosing this path was courting death. Not only would their combat strength not increase, but they also wouldn't be able to go to the deeper regions to cultivate. Even the quality of the Divine Dragon blood essence would fall behind.
One should know that while absorbing the dragon mark's energy, one's cultivation base could increase.
But when completing the training missions, one couldn't absorb the dragon mark's energy.
At this moment, Kang Shin-mu looked at Liang Luo, who was in front of him, with mixed feelings.
This guy worshipped him so much that he chose the same path as him when he entered. He actually chose to do training missions instead of absorbing the dragon mark's energy and increasing the quality of the Divine Dragon blood essence …
"Fine, let him do as he pleases!"
Kang Shin-mu shook his head. No matter what others chose, it was their business.
He only hoped that Liang Luo wouldn't regret it … But looking at his drive, he was also more hardworking than the other students. In the future, it shouldn't be difficult for him to rise to the middle level of Donghuang Yongwu College.
But he didn't know where the upper limit was.
At least in Kang Shin-mu's opinion, he, Ran Ran, Yu Tianchang, Lin Yuji, and the others were likely to become Super Shenron students in the future.
As for Liang Luo, even if he couldn't become a Super Shenron, if he could join Donghuang Yongwu College and return to Great Liang Dragon Country in the future, he could also make Great Liang Dragon Country stronger.
There was no doubt about it.
Kang Shin-mu nodded at Liang Luo and didn't say anything. He looked toward the Martial Arts Symposium.
Soon, he saw that familiar figure again.
Zuo Xiaofeng!
That long-haired man once again descended on Donghuang Yongwu College. Usually, Zuo Xiaofeng wouldn't appear at all. Only at this time and on some special days would he appear in front of the students.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but Kang Shin-mu felt that after Zuo Xiaofeng appeared, his eyes had swept over him several times.
Could it be that this guy still has ideas about me?
Kang Shin-mu thought to himself, feeling a little nervous. If he was targeted by Zuo Xiaofeng again, it wouldn't be good.
Today, Zuo Xiaofeng didn't waste any more words.
After announcing the start of this year's Academy Competition, the first to go up was Emperor Qin!
Last year, Emperor Qin was defeated by Yu Tianchang and fell to the second Tianxuan District to cultivate. This year, he made a comeback because he wanted to return to the Heavenly Center District.
As everyone expected, Emperor Qin didn't choose to challenge Yu Tianchang. Instead, he challenged another person in the Heavenly Center District.
Those who could cultivate in the Heavenly Center District were the top three super students in the entire Donghuang Yongwu College.
They were basically all experts who had inherited the essence blood of the Dragon Emperor and had cultivated to the fourth or even the fifth level!
And most importantly, their combat power was extremely strong.
Almost everyone knew high-tier Origin Skills, and they had cultivated them to an extremely high level.
If Kang Shin-mu were to fight with such an opponent, he would probably be killed in a single exchange.