"Ye Tian, are you sure you want to participate in the trial? Although you can participate if you are a martial disciple, if you're not a martial disciple with a strength of 250kg, it's better to not participate in it. Otherwise, you might die."
The Fifth Academy's teacher Yue Cheng looked at Ye Tian and advised him.
Students like Ye Tian, he had seen a lot of them. They always believe they have a chance in obtaining the blood of a vicious beast. Little do they know, that in that small area of wilderness, while there are no vicious beasts, there are strong violent beasts which can kill the most of your average martial disciple. Unless they rely on numbers or weapons, a martial disciple would be like an ant to these strong violent beasts.
"Teacher, I have joined a team. Having the advantage in numbers should give us hope for a good reward."
Ye Tian intentionally lied.
"Alright then, it's your decision. But you must sign the life and death waiver. Once you have signed this, even if you die during the trial, our Fifth Academy won't take any responsibility!"
Yue Cheng reminded.
"I know!"
Ye Tian signed the contract without hesitation.
"Ten days later before 8am, please come to the fifth training ground. There will be a teacher to guide you!" Ye Tian said.
"Yes, teacher!"
Ye Tian replied.
Ye Tian exhaled a sigh of relief after successfully registering for the trial. He didn't want to waste any of the next ten days. He was confident in his strength, but it was still inadequate. He decided to make some preparations.
For example, buying some weapons or equipment.
There was no law in place to control weapons during this time period. Anyone, at any time, could bring a weapon with them. The weapons were classified. A steel weapon was considered a standard weapon. Weapons made from Yuan Force material, on the other hand, could be supplied with a martial artist's Yuan Force. These are known as Yuan Weapons.
Ye Tian couldn't afford to buy a Yuan Weapon. There was no reason to purchase one. Except for the Yuan Force traits, the quality of a Yuan Weapon was similar to that of a regular weapon.
Ye tian went to a weapon shop and purchased a forged steel sword. In addition, he purchased a bow and arrows. These weapons cost him about 5000 dollars, or about a year's worth of his daily expenses.
Ye Tian had only 20,000 dollars at the time. He had now left with 15,000 dollars. However, these weapons are necessary.
Ten days had passed in no time.
Ye Tian never mentioned the trial to his younger sister. He only mentioned participating in a three-day school activity.
...
Fifth Academy, fifth training ground.
When Ye Tian came, he saw almost 100 students gathered. Though, these weren't everyone yet. He assumed that there'd be at least 150 participants, maybe even more.
"Seems like a vicious beast's blood is very enticing. It gives hope to those students that have low or inferior talent!"
Ye Tian thought.
"Ye Tian, didn't you decide not to participate?"
Zhang Bao's voice came from behind.
Ye Tian looked at Zhang Bao and calmly said: "I didn't say I'm not participating. I just said that I didn't want to join a team!"
"You mean you have someone to carry you?"Zhang Bao was stunned.
Ye Tian kept his mouth shut. On the other hand, Zhang Bao looked at Ye Tian enviously. Obviously, he thought that Ye Tian had a strong helper, thus was unwilling to team up with them.
Zhang Bao misunderstood the situation, but Ye Tian didn't want to explain. It's better for him to misunderstand.
After waiting for almost 30 minutes, all the students have arrived. Around 160 of them.
Almost all of these 160 students have [Inferior] cultivating talent. They're pretty much grown ups, even some of them are above 20. With so many students, many of them might not make it back.
In this era, if you are weak, you can be killed at any time. Many ordinary people are killed, similar to the Silver Moon Mink incident.
Only strength matters.
"Is everyone here? Then let's enter the vehicles!"
A teacher shouted at the students.
A few buses suddenly appeared in front of the students. This is the students' first encounter with a vehicle. Typically, students would only encounter them in textbooks.
"Teacher, nowadays the world's laws should have changed, and vehicles from a century ago should no longer be usable, right?" A student curiously asked.
"This is a newly invented bus that is powered by Yuan force." The Lin Hai base's top brass made a trade for this technology. We have only recently begun to employ this technology. Vehicles can only be purchased by martial artists. I believe you will soon see a variety of vehicles on the roads." The instructor responded.
"Vehicle that moves with Yuan Force!"
A group of students were surprised by what they had heard. They weren't expecting the Lin Hai base to have a Yuan Force powered device.
The students boarded the buses. The buses then proceeded to the base's exit. After an hour, the bus drove past the city gate and into the wilderness.
Many students are nervous as they enter the wilderness. There were a lot of vicious beasts in the wilderness. They, as martial disciples, stand no chance against these vicious beasts.
"Relax. The big shots in Lin Hai base cleared the wilderness not long ago. There will be no vicious beasts within a 1.5km radius. Our destination is a small area 1 km away." With a smile, the leading teacher explained.
After hearing it, the students breathed a sigh of relief. Furthermore, these buses have more than 10 teachers guarding them. These teachers are martial artists. Their safety is guaranteed.
Before long, a valley can be seen.
"That valley is our destination." A teacher said.
At the entrance of the valley, there were multiple buses. These buses were from other academies.
"It's the Fifth Academy's students. Haha. That trash academy also sends some students here. Are they asking for their deaths?"
"Have the Fifth Academy students ever seen blood?" Unlike us from the First Academy, the teachers frequently capture violent beasts and even weakened vicious beasts so that we can spar with them. These Fifth Academy students aren't in our league. I bet they'll cry after seeing a violent beast!"
"The Fifth Academy's students may be weak, but the Fifth Academy's principal is a big shot in the Lin Hai base. We shouldn't mock them. If we anger the Fifth Academy's principal, there would be nothing good waiting for us."
"F*ck! These First Academy's students are too arrogant!"
A lot of the Fifth Academy's students cursed angrily.
However, they only dared to speak to themselves. They lacked the courage to curse in front of the students of the First Academy. They are also aware of the disparity in their strength.
After getting off the bus, Ye Tian stared at the First Academy's students.
"The First Academy's students have at least an [Inferior] talent. Maybe I'll run into someone with a [Medium] talent. My [Replication] talent can also be used again. Maybe this time I'll be able to replicate another good talent!"