Zhang Ruochen was slightly surprised, and asked, "Who is the first one?"
"The No. 1 Tianzi in the Dragon Martial Hall!" said the master of the West Courtyard.
The first number of Xuanzi is Duanmu Xingling, the first number of Earth is Huang Yanchen, and the first number of Tianzi is naturally Luo Xu's descendant, Luo Shuihan.
The master of the west courtyard seemed to be a little bit unwilling, and continued: "Zhang Ruochen, you have to think about it clearly, the old man has a total of nine disciples, six of them have become martial arts myths in the celestial realm, and one is in Wushi Academy. The inner palace is also ranked in the top ten. The other two are Miss Huang and Girl Duanmu, you should know how strong they are, right?"
"If you become the old man's personal disciple, although you will not be given more cultivation resources, you can borrow the old man's name and get more convenience in the Wushi Academy. Moreover, no one dares to easily fight with you. You commit evil."
Zhang Ruochen said: "The students have made up their minds. Even if they encounter any setbacks and difficulties in the Wushi Academy in the future, they will never regret it."
"Okay! Since you have such a firm belief, the old man will not persuade you anymore!"
The Master of the West Courtyard took out a delicate little jade bottle from his pocket, handed it to Zhang Ruochen, and said, "There is a drop of holy liquid in it, and I gave it to you as compensation for you!"
"Holy liquid!" Zhang Ruochen showed a look of surprise.
The students of Wushi Academy are much stronger than other warriors in the same realm. Just like Feng Zhilin, although he is at the highest level of the Black Realm, he can compete against seven or eight warriors at the highest level of the Black Realm. That's because the students of Wushi Academy have the opportunity to take the Bansheng True Liquid.
An ordinary outer palace student can get one and a half drops of holy liquid every year, which can be used to temper their physique.
The top 100 foreign palace students in the West Academy can get one and a half drops of holy liquid every quarter.
The top ten students in the West Academy can get two and a half drops of holy liquid every quarter.
The first-ranked students in the West Academy can get ten drops of half-sacred liquid every quarter.
Refining a drop and a half of the holy liquid, the warrior's physique can be obviously strengthened, and it will be even stronger in the same realm.
A drop and a half of holy liquid can be sold for a high price of 100,000 silver coins. Moreover, there is a price but no market.
Semi-Holy Essence is a rare treasure for students, who would sell it?
The holy liquid given to Zhang Ruochen by the master of the West Courtyard is dozens of times more precious than the semi-holy true liquid, and each drop is worth more than five million silver coins. It is impossible to buy it in the lower and middle counties, and it is only possible to buy it in the upper counties.
Zhang Ruochen was naturally not polite, and happily accepted the holy liquid.
Afterwards, Zhang Ruochen bid farewell to the master of the West Academy and returned to Longwu Hall.
"A drop of holy liquid, it's great! With the help of this drop of holy liquid, my martial arts will become stronger, and I may have the opportunity to hit the supreme state of the Black Realm." Zhang Ruochen squeezed the small jade bottle in his hand , very happy in my heart.
To reach the supreme state of the Black Realm, just relying on a drop of holy liquid is far from enough. The key point is that Zhang Ruochen practiced the "Jiutian Mingdi Jing", opened up thirty-six meridians in his body, and even reached the peak state of walking with the sword, which is an advantage that other geniuses do not have.
The holy liquid plays an auxiliary role.
Moreover, even with these conditions added up, Zhang Ruochen's chances of reaching the supreme state of the Black Realm are quite slim.
Zhang Ruochen didn't plan to take the holy liquid for the time being, and planned to wait until his cultivation reached the Great Perfection of the Black Realm before taking the holy liquid. Only in this way can the value of the holy liquid be maximized.
"The west courtyard will hold a quarterly assessment every three months. As long as you enter the top 100 in the quarterly assessment, you can get a drop of the half-sacred true liquid. Although the effect of the half-sacred true liquid is not as good as that of the holy liquid, it is still It's so precious that it's hard to buy even if you have money."
"There are still two months left before the quarterly assessment, and I have at least won one and a half drops of Holy Essence."
The top 100 students in the West Academy are almost all old students who have cultivated in the academy for several years, and they are all at the Great Perfection of the Black Realm.
With Feng Zhilin's cultivation, he can only be ranked 173rd in the West Courtyard.
"Successfully practice the Twelve Moves Tianxin Sword Technique first."
Zhang Ruochen has already successfully practiced the six-stroke Tianxin swordsmanship, and he has successfully cultivated this set of low-level swordsmanship at the spiritual level by half.
Now, he has reached the peak of "Walking with the Sword", and the speed of practicing swordsmanship will be much faster than before.
...
After nightfall, the West Courtyard was still brightly lit. Some of the fighters were still practicing martial arts on the martial field, sweating and trying to become famous in the quarterly assessment two months later through their own efforts.
Other warriors gathered together, drank fine wine, chatted freely about major events in the world, and occasionally talked about every beautiful senior or junior sister in the west courtyard, and then, there was another burst of laughter.
In the majestic and majestic Tianmo Ridge, the roar of wild beasts came from time to time, but the students in the West Academy didn't take it seriously, and they had long been used to it.
A slender black figure flew past the top of the building, turned into an afterimage, and rushed into a lush jungle.
Even though she was wearing night clothes, she could still tell that it was a woman.
In the other four directions of the west courtyard, four black shadows also flew out respectively, and gathered together with her.
The five men in black didn't speak, they just gestured to each other, and they rushed in the same direction together, and came to the edge of a cliff.
On the edge of the cliff, stood a man in black wearing a cloak, his whole body was covered by black clothes, only his left hand was exposed. There are wrinkles on the back of his hands, obviously, he is an old man.
After the five men in black came in front of the old man, they knelt neatly on one knee and said, "I pay my respects to the elder."
The old man in the cloak turned around and glanced at them, fixed his eyes on the rather slender man in black, and said, "Are you this year's freshman?"
The woman in black said, "Yes."
The old man in the cloak nodded slightly, and took out a golden token from his sleeve, with the word "underworld" printed on it.
Looking at the token, the five men in black immediately lowered their heads, appearing more respectful.
The old man in the cloak said: "In the past three months, a total of seven groups of people have offered rewards for the head of Zhang Ruochen, the ninth prince of Yunwu County, and the total amount of rewards has reached 3.3 million silver coins. A silver coin."
"This matter has attracted the attention of the sect master, and he personally ordered to kill Zhang Ruochen within one month without paying any price. I will give you 20 days, if you can't kill Zhang Ruochen within 20 days. I I will do it myself!"
"It's still the old rule. You can't reveal your identities to each other. Take all actions and follow my signals. Go back!"
"yes!"
The five men in black responded, each left and returned to the west courtyard.
The old man in the cloak looked at the five departing men in black, and took off the cloak on his head, revealing an old face.
If Zhang Ruochen were here, he would be able to recognize him as the head of the elders in the West Courtyard, Elder Situ.
"Three million and three hundred thousand silver coins is not a small sum, and that kid's head is really valuable."
A cold look appeared in Elder Situ's eyes, he put on the cloak again, and walked out of the dense forest step by step.
...
the next day.
"Zhang Ruochen, there is a beautiful girl surnamed Zi outside Longwu Hall who wants to see you."
Xiao Hei's voice came from outside the spar and rang in Zhang Ruochen's ear.
When Zhang Ruochen was cultivating in the inner space of the space-time spar, he would usually let Xiao Hei watch the door outside, and if someone came to him, he would be notified in time.
Zhang Ruochen put down the sword in his hand, walked out of the space-time spar, glanced at Xiao Hei who was concentrating on reading, shook his head slightly, and walked towards the gate of Longwu Hall.
Zi Qian was wearing a clean and white robe, holding an ancient sword, and standing outside the Dragon Martial Hall with her back on her back. Looking from a distance, she looked like a white and flawless lotus in the center of the lake.
Zhang Ruochen said with a smile: "Junior Sister Zi, I haven't seen you for a few days, and your cultivation seems to have improved again."
Zi Qian heard Zhang Ruochen's voice, so she turned around, stared at him, and said, "Who said I was your junior sister?"
Zhang Ruochen said: "We are freshmen in the same year, and I am the first freshman, and you are the second freshman. Naturally, I am a senior. It seems right to call you a junior sister, right?"
Ziqian didn't seem in the mood to argue with Zhang Ruochen, her eyes were cold, and she said, "Don't you want to invite me to sit at your Yellow Number One?"
Zhang Ruochen's heart skipped a beat. Based on what she knew about Zi Qian, she couldn't have come to him for no reason. Did something happen?
"please!"
Zhang Ruochen's face became serious, and he led Ziqian into the Dragon Martial Hall, and walked towards Number One in the yellow character.
Opposite the No. 1 Yellow character is the No. 1 Di character.
At this moment, Duanmu Xingling and Huang Yanchen were sitting on the attic of No. 1 Dizi, and naturally saw Zhang Ruochen leading Ziqian into the gate of No. 1 Huangzi.
"This Ninth Prince is really a romantic person. He actually won the first beauties among the new students. If the news spreads, those male students in the West Campus will probably faint from crying again." Duanmu Xingling smiled and whispered. He looked towards Huang Yanchen.
Huang Yanchen snorted coldly: "Prostitution/thief!"
Duanmu Xingling narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Sister Chen, are you really just watching Zhang Ruochen being snatched away by other women? I'm not reconciled to you, but you didn't touch him at all?"
Huang Yanchen picked up the jade teacup, and said indifferently: "Who does he associate with is his business, and has nothing to do with me. You don't like him very much. If that's the case, why don't you take that newborn's Call the first beauty?"
Duanmu Xingling pursed his lips slightly, and didn't intend to make a move. He smiled and said, "I just said that I might like him in the future. As for now... I don't have a good reputation, how can I have the right to make a move? Sister Chen , you spent the night with Zhang Ruochen, if you make a move, it will be a reason first."
"What do you mean by one night? If you weren't my real junior sister, I would definitely cut off your tongue." Huang Yanchen's face was extremely cold, and he pressed his palm on the table, forming a layer of ice on the table.
Duanmu Xingling was not afraid at all, and still had a faint smile on his face, and said: "Then are you going or not? If you don't make a move, they might have already cooked the raw rice."
"Go as soon as you go, don't let that prostitute/thief ruin the atmosphere of Longwu Hall." Huang Yanchen raised the sword, tapped his toes, and it turned into a fragrant wind, flew down from the attic, and walked towards No. 1 Huangzi go.
"Yes! Yes! To make him dare to do bad things during the day, he should be taught a lesson." Duanmu Xingling let out a melodious laugh, with a look of gloating.
...
Walking into No. 1 Huang Zi, Ziqian just sat down and said straight to the point: "Zhang Ruochen, do you know how much your head is worth now?"
Hearing this, even Xiao Hei, who had been reading seriously, raised his head and stared at Zi Qian.
Zhang Ruochen said, "How much?"
"Three million and three hundred thousand silver coins." Ziqian said.
Xiao Hei's eyes lit up, and he looked at Zhang Ruochen's neck, as if he was thinking about killing Zhang Ruochen's head and exchanging it for a huge amount of silver coins.
3.3 million silver coins, comparable to the sum of the wealth of a seventh-rate Patriarch.
Zhang Ruochen said with a smile: "You won't tell me, are you here to kill me?"
"If I want to kill you, in fact, there is still a chance." Ziqian raised the corners of her eyes slightly, showing a look of disdain, and said, "It's just that I'm not interested in your head."
Zhang Ruochen understood, and said: "Three million and three hundred thousand silver coins is not a small amount, even the myth of martial arts in the extreme realm will be tempted. It seems that this time, the gate of hell is going to kill me at all costs. You will If the news is leaked to me, aren't you afraid that other killers from the underworld will harm you?"
Zi Qian stood up and said, "I didn't disclose any information to you, I just told you the price of your head."
After saying this, she wanted to leave.
Zhang Ruochen thought for a moment, and said, "Since you told me a piece of news, I'll tell you a piece of news too. Recently, you'd better be careful, the Wushi Academy is ready to clean up those evil people who sneaked in from the black market."
Jifumen is the largest killer organization in the nine counties of Lingxi, and it is also a force in the black market and is under the management of the black market.
"Thanks!"
Ziqian paused for a moment, then walked towards the door at a faster speed.
Suddenly, footsteps came from outside.
"There are people outside."
Both Zhang Ruochen and Ziqian's expressions changed. Could it be that they have been discovered?
"Boom!"
The gate was cut to pieces by a sword qi, and even the thick pillars on both sides of the gate were cut off, and the whole wooden building was crumbling.
Wearing a brocade robe and holding a long sword, Huang Yanchen walked in from the outside with awe-inspiring momentum. Her eyes were very cold, and she scanned Zhang Ruochen and Ziqian standing in the lobby.
As soon as he walked in, Huang Yanchen regretted it.
Zhang Ruochen and Ziqian were neatly dressed, without any deviant behavior at all, as if two friends were at a party.
On the contrary, she unfathomably drew out her sword and shattered the gate. She originally planned to come in to catch the traitor, but now she was a little at a loss.
However, as the female devil of the West Courtyard, she naturally couldn't show a trace of embarrassment, but still put on a very strong appearance, her eyes were as sharp as two cold swords.
Zhang Ruochen and Zi Qian were in another mood.
"Oops! It seems that Ziqian must have overheard the conversation I had just now!" Seeing Huang Yanchen's unfriendly expression, Zhang Ruochen knew that something was wrong.
He glanced at Zi Qian, feeling slightly worried.
Since Huang Yanchen knew that Ziqian was the killer of the underworld gate, he would definitely not spare her. If Zi Qian was arrested, she would definitely die.
Ziqian revealed her identity because she came to inform her. Zhang Ruochen didn't want to see her die because of him.
After Ziqian saw Huang Yanchen, her heart was also flustered, but she quickly calmed down and touched the hilt of the sword with her fingers. Now that his identity has been exposed, he can only fight!
Zhang Ruochen also quietly released the space-time domain, covering Huang Yanchen into the space-time domain. When necessary, he must stop Huang Yanchen and win a chance for Zi Qian to escape.