The craze brought about by the Hunting War lasted for approximately a month in Hokuang Reiwon, before it gradually subsided. The Heavenly Rankings had also stabilized, and the entire Hokuang Reiwon had once again returned to its former tranquility.
Amidst this tranquility, there were some matters that caused people to take delight in talking about them. One of them was that Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong had formed a team, and accepted the mission to kill Mo Longzi in the Mission Hall.
This matter immediately caused an uproar within the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy. Mo Longzi's ferocious name could be said to be extremely vicious within the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy. It's said that all the students that were training in the Northern Heavens Continent, as long as they were to encounter Mo Longzi, would be tortured to death. Their deaths were extremely miserable, causing many of the students to feel deep hatred and hatred towards him. However, although this person was vicious and cruel, his strength was exceedingly tyrannical. Within the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, the only people that could pose a threat to him might only be Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong.
In the past, Shen Cangsheng would head there alone, but he would always return without any results. This time, he had finally formed an alliance with Li Xuantong. Clearly, they had made up their minds to remove this malignant tumor of Hokuang Reiwon.
The First and Second Rank of the Heavenly Rankings joining hands was extremely worth watching. However, it was impossible for everyone to follow them. They could only quietly wait for the good news to arrive within the academy. They believed that Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong would definitely not return empty-handed with such a stunning lineup.
However, this news clearly wouldn't spread too quickly. Therefore, roughly ten days after Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong left Hokuang Reiwon, the craze gradually calmed down.
However, after that, there was another matter that broke the peace within Hokuang Reiwon.
As everyone knew, there were countless Spiritual Academies within the Great Thousand World. Although the Five Great Academies had the most resounding reputation, that didn't mean that there were no other Spiritual Academies that were weaker than the Five Great Academies.
Some similarly powerful Spiritual Academies.
Their strength wasn't any weaker than the Five Great Spiritual Academies. However, there was still a gap in their fame. Therefore, when ordinary people mentioned the Spiritual Academies, the Five Great Spiritual Academies were the easiest to remember.
This had undoubtedly stimulated some of the powerful Spiritual Academies that had the qualifications to challenge the Five Great Academies, but were a step away from them in terms of fame. They had thought of all sorts of methods to search for geniuses from all over the place in an attempt to rely on these genius students.
This would allow the academy's reputation to soar.
Of course, this kind of fame naturally had to rely on the reputation of the Five Great Academies.
As a result, the so-called Academy Exchange came into being.
Simply put, there would be some powerful academies that would lead their teams to the 'Five Great Academies' every once in a while. After which, they would use this opportunity to propose a spar between their students. It might seem friendly, but the provocation hidden within was self-evident.
Although the Five Great Academies all knew about this so-called communication.
However, there was no way to refuse. After all, the other party's reason was indeed high-sounding. As one of the Five Great Academies, they had a good reputation.
There was no reason for him to refuse.
At the same time, a month after the Hunting War, Hokuang Reiwon welcomed an Academy Exchange.
This had undoubtedly caused a commotion in Hokuang Reiwon, which had just calmed down.
Many outstanding students rubbed their palms together, preparing to show off their skills in this Academy Exchange.
They wanted to let those fellows understand that the quality of their Hokuang Reiwon's students wasn't something that any random Spiritual Academy could compare to.
As one of the Five Great Academies, they naturally had their own pride. Perhaps they might be ordinary in Hokuang Reiwon. However, no matter what, they had overcome many trials in order to become a student of Hokuang Reiwon. This was something that they were proud of.
Therefore, the Academy Exchange arrived amidst the anticipation of the numerous Hokuang Reiwon students.
The Spiritual Academy that came to Hokuang Reiwon for this year's Exchange was known as the Ancient Cauldron Spiritual Academy. It was a powerful Spiritual Academy that was located on the Ancient Cauldron Continent. Although the reputation of the Ancient Cauldron Continent was weaker than that of the Northern Heavens Continent, it would be extremely foolish for anyone to underestimate a Spiritual Academy that was named after a continent.
Therefore, during this period of time, all of the students in Hokuang Reiwon were paying close attention to this matter. The degree of attention was even greater than during the Hunting War.
After all, no matter how the Hunting War changed, the most outstanding person would always be a person from Hokuang Reiwon. However, in this kind of Exchange, if they were to fail, it would affect the reputation of Hokuang Reiwon. If one of them were to suffer a loss, all of their faces wouldn't look good.
Therefore, at this moment, the students of Hokuang Reiwon were extraordinarily united. Regardless of any internal conflicts, they had to settle the Exchange first. If not, they would incur the disdain of all the students.
Therefore, the Exchange arrived as scheduled.
The location of the Exchange was set up at the northern public square. From this, one could see that Hokuang Reiwon had placed considerable importance on this Exchange. After all, it was related to the face of the Spiritual Academy.
When establishing a Spiritual Academy, reputation was an extremely important matter.
This kind of Exchange was, in fact, just a slightly nicer way of saying it was' kicking the field '. If they were unable to defend it, it would cause quite a bit of an impact on the reputation of their Hokuang Reiwon.
As the Exchange unfolded, the students of Hokuang Reiwon started to become more solemn. That's because they were able to feel that the students that had come with the Ancient Cauldron Spiritual Academy seemed to have been carefully selected. Every single one of them wasn't easy to deal with.
This time's Exchange lasted for an entire three days.
On the first day of the Exchange, both sides had sent out their experts, fighting to a draw. Some of the famous and outstanding students on the Heavenly Rankings had wins and losses. Overall, the situation could still be considered stable.
This result caused the students of Hokuang Reiwon to retract their contempt. The Ancient Cauldron Spiritual Academy had come prepared. Adding on to the fact that the first and second rankers of their Hokuang Reiwon, Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong, had left the academy to carry out a mission to kill Mo Longzi, it was clearly impossible for them to return within a short period of time. As for Mu Chen, who had obtained first place in the Hunting War and jumped to the third ranker of the Heavenly Rankings, he had mysteriously disappeared for over a month, with no one knowing where he had gone to.
Without the three strongest people present, if they were to be careless, wanting to obtain victory in this Exchange would truly not be an easy thing to do.
Therefore, on the second day, the top ten of the Heavenly Rankings, He Yao, Su Xuan, Xu Huang, Zhao Qingshan and the rest of the elite students of Hokuang Reiwon all took action. With this lineup, Hokuang Reiwon finally obtained a great victory, suppressing the imposing aura of the Ancient Cauldron Spiritual Academy.
However, this suppression merely lasted for a day. On the third day, the Ancient Cauldron Spiritual Academy did not send out many outstanding students, and only sent out one person.
However, it was this person who started his challenge from the ninth ranker of the Heavenly Rankings. Within the short span of a day, under the astonished gazes of countless Hokuang Reiwon students, he had consecutively defeated Mu Fengyang, Xu Huang, Zhao Qingshan, Su Xuan and the rest of the elite students of Hokuang Reiwon.
The entire Hokuang Reiwon was in an uproar.
More than half of the top ten of the Heavenly Rankings that took action were destroyed by this person. Furthermore, this person's actions were extremely ruthless, causing all of the defeated students of Hokuang Reiwon to suffer heavy injuries. Such ruthless methods had caused the numerous students of Hokuang Reiwon to become enraged. However, they were unable to do anything due to the strength of their opponent.
Therefore, they could only place their final hope on He Yao, who had yet to be defeated.
However, this hope was still mercilessly shattered in the end.
He Yao had fought with his opponent with all of his strength. Even though he had used all of his methods, he still made a mistake in the end, regrettably losing. From then on, the top ten of the Heavenly Rankings were seemingly completely annihilated.
The entire side of Hokuang Reiwon seemed to have instantly turned mute. Obviously, no one had expected that this Exchange would actually turn into such a situation.
On the other hand, the side of the Ancient Cauldron Spiritual Academy was filled with high morale. Some of the students looked towards Hokuang Reiwon with gazes of contempt and disdain. From the looks of it, they had already assumed that their Ancient Cauldron Spiritual Academy had already surpassed Hokuang Reiwon in terms of strength, and was sufficient to replace one of the Five Great Academies.
After this battle, all of the students of Hokuang Reiwon knew about the ruthless person that had caused the top ten students of the Heavenly Rankings to be almost completely annihilated. He was a young man by the name of Liu Zheng, with astonishing talent. What made people feel astonished was that he was actually once chosen by Hokuang Reiwon. However, in the end, he was not able to pass the test, and was eliminated, before joining the Ancient Cauldron Spiritual Academy.
However, this student that was once eliminated had unexpectedly appeared in Hokuang Reiwon in such a situation. This ironic result caused all of the students of Hokuang Reiwon to feel a fiery pain on their faces.
No wonder why this fellow was so ruthless in his attacks. It turned out that he wanted to use this opportunity to take revenge on their Hokuang Reiwon for being blind!
The students of Hokuang Reiwon started to become somewhat furious. Although the test could not be considered to be completely fair, strength and luck were both dependent on one's strength. Although this Liu Zheng's talent was exceedingly good, he was only lacking a little bit of luck. Therefore, no one could be blamed for this. However, his attacks were clearly too vicious.
While feeling furious, they continued to search for the elite students that had yet to take action. However, they immediately discovered that following the disappearance of Shen Cangsheng, Li Xuantong and Mu Chen, their Hokuang Reiwon no longer seemed to have any students that were stronger than He Yao.
Such an outcome caused them to feel dispirited. Could it be that this exchange would actually end with such an outcome?
If that's the case, once the Ancient Cauldron Spiritual Academy leaves, they might immediately spread the news without restraint. At that time, the reputation of their Hokuang Reiwon would suffer a huge blow. It might even affect their reputation and ranking within the Five Great Academies!
However, hope always appears unknowingly. Just as the students of Hokuang Reiwon were feeling dispirited, Su Xuan recommended a person, which caused everyone to agree with her.
As for that person, she was naturally the only person in the top ten of the Heavenly Rankings that had yet to take action, other than Mu Chen and the other two.
That person, was precisely Luo Li.
(There's still two more chapters. Continue writing.
I've caught a cold today, causing my head to feel dizzy. Yet, I still have to write so much. Although it's miserable, I'll still write all of it.
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