Imperial College.
The Star Tower is located on the back hill of the Imperial College. The tower is eighteen stories high and has a pentagonal body. The entire body is made of extremely hard black black stone. The black sword is hard to damage and is very eye-catching.
Ye Fan has read the essay "The Cultivation Experience of the Star Tower" written by Zhao Zhe, who came second in the last Canglan Palace Examination, and he basically knows a lot about the Star Tower. The only thing missing is the actual cultivation experience inside.
It is said that this tower was built by the ancestors of the Canglan Kingdom after hundreds of years. It cost a lot of money and almost consumed the Canglan Kingdom's treasury for decades to build a star tower of this scale. After the construction of this tower, it became an excellent training place for the Imperial College students, and they no longer had to travel to other places to practice. It will be of great benefit to the improvement of the strength of the students of the Imperial College of Canglan Kingdom.
Ye Fan came to the back mountain and under the Star Tower.
From a distance, I saw that there were already twenty or thirty Wuhou in different costumes. Some were wearing battle armor, some were in plain white clothes, and many were wearing the silver clothes of the Imperial Academy Wuhou. They were waiting for the stars here. The tower opens.
The age range of this group of Wuhou is huge. The younger ones are in their thirties and forties, and the older ones even look like seventy or eighty years old.
Marquis Wu lived a relatively long life, up to 300 years old. Estimating his age simply by looking at his appearance is not very accurate.
But you can still guess 60-70%.
Generally speaking, those who can become a Wuhou and enter the Imperial Academy are around thirty or forty years old, and there are very few Wuhou who are particularly old.
It's just that the Canglan Kingdom's palace examination is held once every ten years. If you are not satisfied with the examination this time, you can continue to take the examination in the next one. There are many people who have passed the second and third circles in succession. Therefore, it is not surprising that the old Marquis Wu, who is seventy or eighty years old, is still a supervisor of the Imperial College.
"There are actually new graduates entering the Imperial College this month?"
"You are very young! I'm afraid you are only in your early twenties, but you were promoted to Marquis of Wu and entered the Imperial Academy at such a young age! Who is this genius?!"
"It's probably a very famous young Martial Lord who was recently promoted to Martial Lord!"
When the martial princes saw Ye Fan, they couldn't help but look at Ye Fan, and took a few more glances. They were a little surprised by Ye Fan's young appearance.
"Is this little brother a new supervisor? It's not easy to be promoted to Wuhou at such a young age!"
An old Wuhou in gray said with a smile.
"My dear, Ye Fan, entered the Imperial Academy last month! I've met all of you senior brothers, please take good care of me in the future!"
Ye Fan cupped his hands towards the old Wuhou and all the Wuhous, and said with a faint smile. He didn't recognize any of the Wuhou in front of him. But a year later, these Wuhou will be his competitors in the imperial examination.
"Ye Fan?...I haven't heard of it!"
"Have you ever heard of this man?"
"I've never heard of it! It's strange. Such a young Marquis Wu should be very famous!"
All the martial princes shook their heads, having never heard of this name.
Obviously he was not the most talented among the local martial lords in the royal city, but a newly promoted Martial Marquis from another county. They, the Martial Lords, did not pay much attention to the Martial Lords from other places.
Soon, most of the supervisors lost interest in asking about Ye Fan.
Being young does not mean having strength. Only geniuses with truly extraordinary strength can have a high reputation. Since he is an unknown Wuhou, he does not pose much of a threat to them. Naturally, they are too lazy to spend time paying attention.
"Mark...I have heard of such a person before!"
The gray-clothed old Marquis Wu pondered for a while and recalled: "About four or five years ago, a young warrior named Ye Fan in Luyang Mansion performed a holy sacrifice and resurrected the ancient wild beast Mammoth. , it was once a shock. However, this matter soon fell silent. Four or five years later, no news about him was heard again, and he disappeared from the eyes of the world. I have always been very sorry that I did not have the opportunity to meet such a talented young man. "
The gray-clothed old Marquis Wu looked at Ye Fan with strange eyes, calculated his age, and found that it was just right for Ye Fan's current age.
"This young man Ye Fan...isn't he the little brother? If he is really the little brother Ye, he has been a close friend for a long time. Hao Ziming, little brother Ye is so polite."
The gray-clothed old Marquis Wu couldn't help but be a little shocked and booed, and raised his hand to Ye Fan.
"I've met Brother Hao!"
Ye Fan returned the gift with a smile, without denying his origin, which was regarded as acknowledgment that he was the young man from Luyang Mansion back then.
"That was four or five years ago! So, it only took four or five years to be promoted from an early warrior to a Martial Lord? This is too fast, it is really scary!"
"It takes two years to complete the warrior realm, and two years to complete the martial master realm. This is definitely an extraordinary speed of cultivation!"
"Fortunately, there is only more than a year left before the palace examination. He does not have the strength to compete for the top three and the top ten in the palace examination. If he waits until the next palace examination eleven years later, I am afraid that he will definitely have a place among the top three."
Many Wuhou couldn't help but be shocked. They looked at Ye Fan seriously and sighed.
Even in the Imperial College where geniuses gather, such a speed of cultivation is extremely rare.
In the Canglan Palace Examination held every ten years, more than a hundred supervisors from the Imperial Academy will participate.
The top three in the palace examination are expected to become important ministers of the imperial court and ambassadors to the feudal territories. Only the top ten in the palace examination are expected to serve as ministers and officials in various ministries. After the ten candidates in the palace examination, they can usually only take some idle official positions. Unless there are vacancies, it will be difficult for them to take their turn to serve as important officials.
Therefore, the most intense competition in the palace examination is for the top three and the top ten, and it doesn't matter much after the tenth.
Among the Wuhou, many people looked at Ye Fan with vigilant eyes.
But when I thought about the upcoming palace examination in more than a year, no matter how powerful Ye Fan was, it would be difficult to gain strong strength in such a short period of time, and it would be difficult to pose a threat to them, so I couldn't help but give up my guard against Ye Fan.
One after another, more than thirty Wuhou from the entire Imperial College arrived.
As for those who didn't come, they were probably too far away to come back.
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A burly young Wuhou wearing a battle armor and carrying a broadsword sat on the stone steps in front of the tower. He did not join in the discussion of other Wuhou. He looked at the sky and saw that it was already the morning sun rising in the east.
"Everyone is almost here. Let's go into the tower!"
He said solemnly, stood up suddenly, and walked towards the gate of Star Tower.
All the martial princes went to the Star Tower one after another.
Ye Fan looked at the young Marquis Wu thoughtfully.
"Brother Ye is probably not familiar with everyone in the Imperial College. That person is Qingshan Hou Ling Qingshan, the first-class Wuhou master in the Imperial College! He may be one of the top three in the next imperial examination."
The gray-clothed old Marquis Wu and Ye Fan walked side by side to the stone steps of the tower and smiled at Ye Fan.
"Ling Qingshan, a descendant of the Canglan royal family? Is he so strong?"
Ye Fan was surprised.
"Yes, although there are many dandy royals among the royal family, there are also some outstanding talents. This Qingshan Marquis is one of them, but he is not a prince or grandson of the current monarch, but a branch of the royal family and has been granted the title of marquis. The branch has produced outstanding talents, but the monarch may not like him! Although he has the strength of the top three, he may not be able to enter the top three."
Hao Ziming, the gray-clad old Wuhou, sighed.
Ye Fan nodded slightly, somewhat understanding.
Because of the Zixuan Dynasty, the status of the royal family of the eight hundred princes has been very consolidated from generation to generation, and it is extremely difficult for rebellions by foreign surnames to replace them. Once a vassal king was rebelled and overthrown, the Zixuan Dynasty would send troops to the vassal state to suppress it.
Therefore, the princes and kings are generally not too worried about external rebellion.
The main threat comes from within the royal family. If the branch of the royal family is too strong, it will definitely threaten the status of the main branch of the royal family. Once the main branch is weak, a branch may one day take over. The Zixuan Dynasty generally paid little attention to such internal disputes in the royal family.
The monarch naturally does not like to see powerful branch disciples, so the situation of Qingshan Hou will naturally be very embarrassing.
There were several guards at the entrance of the Star Tower. They bowed to the martial princes and said, "My lords, when entering the Star Tower, each person must pay one hundred yuan stones to activate the tower and receive the token!"
For the other Martial Lords, one hundred Yuan Stones was not much. They each paid one hundred Yuan Stones and received a Star Tower Trial Token.
A giant black stone door in the Star Tower slowly opened.
A circular vortex entrance appeared at the gate.
blow!
blow!
blow!
The martial princes passed through the entrance of the vortex one after another and entered the Star Tower.
Ye Fan followed the crowd and entered the Star Tower.
When he passed through the whirlpool, he felt his vision dim, but in an instant, he was already in a huge pentagonal stone hall.
This five-cornered hall is thousands of feet long, and the space is extremely wide.
However, for dozens of Wuhou, it was barely enough.
They appeared at the edge of the hall, and in the center of the hall was a transparent crystal glazed artifact. Inside the artifact was a fist-sized fiery red meteorite. The crystal mysterious weapon set a seal, completely sealing the power of the Star Flame Stone.
"Flame Stone!"
Ye Fan looked slightly shocked. He knew that there were various meteorites in the Star Tower: "gravity stone, ice stone, flame stone, time stone, death stone,..." etc., and there were a lot of them, but he didn't expect that there were many stars here. The meteorite is actually so big.
The two pieces in his hand, the Star Meteor Gravity Stone and the Star Meteor Ice Stone, are only about the size of a small section of the tail finger, much smaller than this.
Qingshan Hou Ling Qingshan raised his palm and shot a beam of vitality towards the crystal glazed weapon.
The crystal artifact suddenly rippled, the light shone brightly, and a small part of the seal was unlocked.
The power of the meteorite was immediately released.
boom!
In the entire pentagonal hall, an extremely strong and abundant fire energy suddenly rose up, and flames emerged out of thin air.
Ye Fan immediately released his ice energy to form an ice shield to resist the high temperature flames from the outside world. At the same time, he holds the Yuan Stone in his hand, absorbs the vitality, and tries his best to replenish himself with vitality.
Dozens of martial princes in the hall also used their own methods to form energy shields around their bodies to resist this fire energy.
But there are also those who do not use shields and directly use the armor and mysterious weapons they wear to resist the surrounding flames.
Even Wuhou, who had a fire spirit, did not resist the flames at all. Instead, he absorbed a large amount of fire energy from the outside world to strengthen his own fire spirit.
The martial princes each found a place in the hall, sat down casually in twos and threes, and began to meditate in the flame stance. The location they chose was also particular. The closer they were to the Star Flame Stone, the higher the temperature of the flame would naturally be.
For Wuhou who is not a fire spirit, what they practice is to resist the power of flames. For Wu Hou, who has a fire spirit, this is the perfect place for the growth of the fire spirit.
Time in the Star Tower is very precious, and it is extremely difficult to find such a training venue in the outside world.
"The first floor of the Star Tower, the Tower of Flame! Each floor of the tower is only open for an hour. At the end, a powerful fantasy beast will be born. After killing it, you will enter the next floor of the tower. If you cannot kill it, Then you will not be able to enter the next level of the tower. If you cannot support it halfway, you can use the Star Token to be sent directly out of the tower."
Ye Fan thought silently in his heart.
This eighteen-story star tower has as many as three floors that can strengthen his ice, wind, and thunder spirits. The other layers allow him to practice resisting the power of various elements and gain a lot of combat experience.
This kind of training place suitable for almost all types of martial princes is only one in the entire Canglan Kingdom.
If you want to cultivate a certain type of martial soul in a targeted manner, you may have to go far away to find a place to practice.