In the hotel room, Qinchuan sat cross-legged on the bed as he seriously pondered about the upcoming official assessment.
Qinchuan had already learned from Lü Zi that, according to her grandfather, there were a total of nine super geniuses who had obtained the recognition of the Black Moon Combat Academy's mentors and obtained the Black Moon Emblem. Today, these nine super geniuses had all successfully registered and, as expected, had all chosen to participate in the official assessment. They were all aiming to become official students of the Black Moon Combat Academy!
Furthermore, there was a competitive relationship between the nine of them!
Every year, the Black Moon Combat Academy provided a fixed amount of cultivation resources to the first year students. The more people there were, the less resources each person would receive. On the other hand, the fewer official students there were, the more resources each person would receive. Because of this, during the official assessment every year, due to the competitive relationship between them, very few people would choose to team up. Of course, people like Qinchuan and Lü Zi, who had a close relationship, were an exception.
Furthermore, Lü Zi had revealed a rather important piece of information to Qinchuan. Among the nine of them, there was one person that they could not afford to provoke no matter what!
When he thought about the deep fear on Lü Zi's face when she mentioned that person's name, Qinchuan could not help but feel curious. Just how powerful was that person to be able to make Lü Zi so cautious?
"Maybe … I'll be able to see him when I get to school."
… …
The next morning, Qinchuan finished his night of cultivation. Just as he was about to get up and wash up, the door to his room was opened from the outside. Lü Zi, who was wearing a dark purple combat uniform, walked in confidently. She casually threw a black combat uniform on the sofa and said to Qinchuan, "Try on the combat uniform that I've specially chosen for you."
Qinchuan, who was wearing a nightgown, grinned and said, "Then I'm going to change my clothes. Are you not going to give way?"
"Do you think I'm interested in your body?"
Lü Zi rolled her eyes at Qinchuan, then turned around and walked outside. As she walked, she said to Qinchuan, "I'll go buy some breakfast. Hurry up, we'll set off for the Blackmoon Mountain Range soon."
After Qinchuan washed up, he put on the combat uniform that Lü Zi had given him. It fit him very well and was very comfortable. It seemed that Lü Zi had put a lot of thought into choosing this combat uniform.
This was Qinchuan's first time wearing a combat suit, but he soon realized the benefits of the combat suit. The combat suit had a certain degree of protection, and it also prevented mosquito bites. There was almost no sound when moving, and it could be said that it was very suitable for fighting in the mountains.
"Yo, it looks pretty good."
Lü Zi walked over with two bags of breakfast. When she saw that Qinchuan had already put on his combat uniform, she smiled and said, "Now you look like a warrior."
Qinchuan smiled and said to Lü Zi, "Since you said that we'll set off for the Blackmoon Mountain Range this morning, I believe you've already collected all the information you need."
"Of course."
Lü Zi turned on her optical computer and said to Qinchuan, "I'll send you the information now. You can take your time to look at it on our way to the Blackmoon Mountain Range."
Lü Zi picked up a sandwich and took a bite. She said to Qinchuan in a somewhat muffled voice, "It's a good thing that I set off two days late because I wanted to collect information. Otherwise, I might not have met you."
The other super geniuses had basically set off for the Blackmoon Mountain Range the next day after completing their registration. However, Lü Zi was reluctant to part with the beautiful scenery of the Elven City, so she had stayed for two more days. It was also because of this that she had heard about Qinchuan's matters while she was collecting information and had found Qinchuan.
"It seems like you've already prepared everything. I just need to follow you into the mountains."
Qinchuan roughly glanced at the information that Lü Zi had sent him and smiled, "It's been hard on you."
After the two of them had breakfast, they set off for the Blackmoon Mountain Range. Qinchuan did not specifically bid farewell to Xu Enjing and Hu Dingshan in person. He only used his optical computer to send a farewell message, looking forward to seeing them again at the Blackmoon Combat Academy.
Sitting in the flying shuttle that Lü Zi had hired earlier, Qinchuan began to seriously flip through the information regarding the Blackmoon Mountain Range.
The reason why the Blackmoon Mountain Range was so dangerous was not because of how complicated the terrain was or how strong the demonic beasts were, but because of the night in the Blackmoon Mountain Range!
Whenever night fell, the Blackmoon Mountain Range, which had been peaceful during the day, would become abnormally strange and gloomy. The Demonic Beasts would become incomparably irritable and aggressive. They would also become extremely sensitive to the aura of blood. However, this was not the most terrifying thing. What truly made people incomparably fearful was the legendary Mountain Ghost!
No one knew what the mountain ghosts of the Blackmoon Mountain Range looked like because anyone who had seen one had already died!
"Lü Zi, what exactly is a mountain ghost?
Why is there so little information about it? "
Qinchuan frowned as he glanced at Lü Zi, who was sitting beside him. Could it be that no one had ever seen a mountain ghost that had survived?
"Mountain ghosts are a specialty of the Blackmoon Mountain Range. It's said that they evolved from the people who died in the Blackmoon Mountain Range. Very few people have ever encountered a mountain ghost, but none of them have ever survived. That's why there are very few ways to deal with a mountain ghost. I haven't been able to find anything about it either. My grandfather should know something about the mountain ghost, but he wouldn't help me cheat, so that's all I know."
Lü Zi pondered for a moment before saying to Qinchuan, "Furthermore, mountain ghosts don't appear often, so there's no need to be too worried."
"Alright."
Qinchuan didn't care too much about the mountain ghost and continued to flip through the other information. Occasionally, he would ask Lü Zi some questions. Just like this, an hour passed by unknowingly, and they finally arrived at the outskirts of the Blackmoon Mountain Range.
There was still some time before noon, so Qinchuan and Lü Zi both decided to settle their lunch outside before heading into the mountains.
Although the Blackmoon Mountain Range was extremely dangerous, it was still relatively safe outside. That's why a market had sprung up in the vicinity. One could buy many specialties of the Blackmoon Mountain Range as well as the items needed to enter the mountains.
The market was located on a relatively flat grassland. When Qinchuan and Lü Zi arrived, there weren't many people strolling around the market. That's why the stall owners were chatting in groups of two or three. When they saw Qinchuan and Lü Zi's figures, they sized them up and smiled. "Look, another super genius from the Blackmoon Combat Academy has arrived, and it's actually a pair."
Over the years, they had seen too many super geniuses from the Blackmoon Combat Academy, so they didn't find it strange. On the contrary, Qinchuan and Lü Zi were filled with curiosity about this market.