Chapter Twenty-Four: Signing Up for an Interview
The rivers and mountains that Long Lei founded in his early years have been continuously expanded under the development of his successors.
At the beginning, when the Jinling family just moved to the north bank of the Huanghe River, there were only a few hundred thousand people. After so many years, the big city surrounding the Jinling family has already had a population of 200 million!
The capital of Jinling has convenient water transportation and extremely developed trade.
The temperature is suitable and the water supply is sufficient. It's a very livable big city, probably Long Lei built his capital here for this reason.
For so many years, the other four major families have been trying to take back this treasure land, but this kind of peeping has instead inspired the fighting spirit of the Jinling family. For so many years, not a single battle has ended in defeat for the Jinling family, and no country dares to confront the Dragon Empire head-on. This city has nurtured the Jinling family, and the family's endless stream of geniuses has always defended the dignity of the first empire on the human continent. Even when internal strife occurs, other countries do not dare to take advantage of the situation to launch a sneak attack, because the Jinling family's foundation is immeasurable, with 3,000 high-ranking masters, accounting for 30% of the entire human continent, and among them, the top master is the first of the five great masters on the continent - Long Wudi!
Long Song is now walking in this huge city, a five-hour walk can only go from east to west, and it takes at least two and a half hours to reach the center of the city! Long Song strolled along the clean streets with his thousand-mile horse, he wasn't in a hurry, after all, he had already arrived in the imperial capital, and signing up was also a quick thing, so he decided to eat a full meal first, after all, for Long Song who had been rushing on the road for five days and always camping outdoors, a sumptuous meal was the best reward.
To a very luxurious restaurant, Long Ge ordered a string of dishes that made the waiter unbelievable, including golden carp from the Imperial River, his favorite catfish, and also carp, mullet, cuttlefish, crucian carp, abalone, and whale meat. This was a full fish banquet specially prepared for Long Ge, which was perfect for him who had been eating wild game all day.
It's no wonder that it's a hotel in the imperial capital, the golden fish is fragrant and crispy, making Long Song extremely happy; while the carp's sweet and tender flesh almost made Long Song swallow his tongue. The red-braised carp, with its golden crispy skin and rich juicy meat, made Long Song want to eat all the juice. The Rohu fish's thick and fatty meat, paired with the deliciously cooked flat vegetables, made Long Song want to eat plate after plate. The legendary squid that doesn't need oil made Long Song recite an ancient poem "Eating squid for a few catties every day, I'm willing to be a resident of Jinling forever." In addition, there's also the thinly sliced crucian carp, which is stir-fried to perfection and moves people. The abalone is the only soup, its fresh and delicious flavor almost making Long Song's stomach feel like it's going to burst. Finally, the whale, due to its enormous size, only has the most classic two fins' inner meat that perfectly interprets tenderness!
Eating delicious fish, Long Ge's mood was extremely good, and his little belly gradually rounded up.
Next to Long Song sat three children, but judging from their aura, they shouldn't be ordinary kids! Because they were all at the Qi Dan level, a degree that could only be achieved by certain large families who started cultivating from a young age. This progress would continue until they reached the Qi Po level, and then it would depend on their innate talent whether they could break through to the next realm and reach the highest point!
"Rose sister! Are you going to sign up tomorrow too?" a boy in luxurious clothes asked the girl.
"Yes!" said a girl with beautiful big eyes twinkling, and the smile spreading across her face was like a lovely rose.
"Then let's go for an interview together tomorrow and see how it goes?" said the child in expensive clothes with a smile.
"Alright, I and my sister won't lose to you!" Another kid in white clothes said with a smile, who should be Rose's brother.
"Hehe, of course Rose sister is the strongest! After all, she's a dual attribute Dou Qi!" The kid in the luxurious clothes said with a smile, seemingly having had a crush on Rose since he was little.
"Hehe, we're all dual-elemental aura holders, and Dragon Brother is even triple-elemental!" Rose said honestly, treating these feelings as if they didn't exist!
"Haha!" The majestic Dragon Brother in his luxurious clothes proudly laughed, then stopped and said "No matter who it is, talent is just the first part, hard work is what's most important!"
"Spoken well!" Long Ge applauded, "No matter how hardworking a person is, even if they're a genius, they won't achieve anything." Long Ge had already eaten his fill, and it was better to make an acquaintance than to wander aimlessly in the city. Besides, everyone's goal was the same - to go for an interview, so getting acquainted first would also be convenient for mutual care!
"Hehe, hello! Rose said with a big smile "Come sit together, you look like you're here for the Empire Academy interview too?"
"Right!" Long Ge didn't stand on ceremony and directly sat down opposite Rose, as the other two sides had already been taken by others!
"Hello!" The boy in the luxurious clothes stretched out his hand, "My name is Long Di, and I'm also here to take part in the college entrance exam!"
"Here you go!" Long Ge also stretched out his hand, "I'm Long Ge!"
"Haha! One is called Dragon Brother, one is called Dragon Younger Brother, what a great name! I'm Jin Zi!" The boy in white clothes said "Isn't it even more ridiculous? Haha!"
"Hehe, I'm Jin Mei Gui!" said the sweetly smiling girl.
Then several children chatted for a while and after chatting, everyone understood each other's information.
Dragon Song surface data!
Longjia Village, Shuangma Town
Level: Qi Dan 8th Level
Specializes in: Earth Attribute Chi, Fire Attribute Chi
Hobbies: Alchemy and artifact refinement
Ambition: To become a great alchemist and equipment refiner.
Jin Mei Gui: Jinling Shijia (not every Jinling Shijia is surnamed Long, some are surnamed after their mother!)
Level: Qi Dan Seventh Level
Skilled in: Wood Attribute Chi, Metal Attribute Chi (should be the crystallization of the union between two major families!)
Hobby: Writing poetry
Ideal: Temporarily enter Imperial College
Jin Zhen: A noble family in Jinling, older brother of Jin Mei Gui
Level: Qi Dan 8th Level
Skilled in: Wood Attribute Chi, Metal Attribute Chi
Hobby: joking around
Ideal: To be known as a top-notch master of the Dragon King level and then ascend to the Immortal Realm.
Long Di: The Imperial Family of Jinling
Level: Qi Dan 9th Level
Skilled in: Wood Attribute Qi, Metal Attribute Qi, Fire Attribute Qi (looks like someone's direct lineage!)
Hobby: Boxing
Ideal: The Emperor of the Dragon Empire
After understanding, everyone agreed to make an appointment with each other and go to the Imperial College interview together tomorrow!
The next day, the four children ran together to the interview location of the Imperial Academy, which was set at the entrance of the academy. The academy occupied ten miles, located on the north bank of the Huang River, and by now, many people had gathered at the entrance, looking from afar, there were probably several thousand, if not for the fact that the academy's interviews lasted for ten days, it would have been several tens of thousands!
Everyone who hopes their children will make a name for themselves sends them to the Imperial Academy, and those with money at home spare no expense in buying elixirs to supplement their children's cultivation, giving them the ability to enter the academy. Entering the academy means that after systematic study, they can enter officialdom and rise to the highest echelons of the empire. Therefore, the starting point for children who enter the academy is very high - at least they are all at the Qi Refining stage, with some even at the Qi Condensation stage, although such cases are rare!
Long Ge and his friends finally lined up at the registration location, only to see about 50 teacher-like individuals handing out some forms. After filling out the forms, they could enter the examination room next door for the exam.
Long Song took the form, wrote his name and ran to the interview. The interview venue was a huge arena, with several stones beside it, and in the middle of the arena there was a huge crystal ball.
"The weight is already written on the side, you can go and see for yourself." The teacher in charge of the exam didn't have much patience, as the work was both dull and tiring, so he couldn't be bothered to say more.
Long Song walked past and saw those large stones lined up in a row, with the following words written on them: 2,000 catties, 4,000 catties, 6,000 catties, 8,000 catties, 10,000 catties... all the way to 20,000 catties.
"Pick up those stones, twelve thousand catties is just enough!" said the examiner.
Twelve thousand catties, generally only high-level Qi Dan practitioners can lift it up. The stones in front are used to measure the strength of the children being interviewed. Sometimes not passing doesn't mean you can't enter the academy, because there are other exams!
Long Song was already at the Qi Yin level, so lifting 10,000 to 20,000 catties was an easy task. Therefore, Long Song, in order to hide his true strength, directly went and lifted a stone weighing 10,000 to 20,000 catties.
"Pass!" The proctor had seen too many geniuses and didn't care about one more. "Continue with the next item, testing attribute Dou Qi."
"Go touch the crystal ball in the middle, input your aura, and two colors will appear as a pass." The examiner said, "Two colors mean two attributes of aura, three colors are three attributes of aura." Four examiners didn't even bother to say, because it never happened!
"Then I should turn the white energy into earth attribute Dou Qi and fire attribute Dou Qi." Long Ge thought to himself, as he went to touch that huge crystal ball, at the same time the white energy transformed into the energy he wanted to transform it into.
"Hum!" As Long Song inputted his Dou Qi into the crystal ball, a yellowish-brown light and a fiery red light burst out from the gigantic crystal ball.
"Pass!" The proctor teacher said while recording, "Earth attribute and fire attribute dual attributes Dou Qi, both passed. Come here to receive the admission certificate and pay the tuition fees."
Long Song arrived at the place to receive his student ID and paid the tuition fee of 10,000 gold coins! It seems that this is not a school that ordinary people can attend. Originally, it was like this, only families with strength would send their children to study here, and with family support, as long as they were talented, they would definitely become masters.
Student ID is a badge that can be hung on the chest, and the badge looks very beautiful. Inside, it records Longge's information, which can be seen by inputting spiritual power, and the information needs to be updated every half year.
Long Song put on his student ID and hung it on his chest, then went to take a look at other people's interview situations.
"Twenty thousand jin! Excellent!" The invigilating teacher said to Long Di.
"What a pity it's not heavier!" Long Di said helplessly!
"Three attributes of aura, excellent!" The examiner said, generally three attributes of aura are rarely seen, and because of the intermarriage between aristocratic families, double attribute aura is very common.
"It passed so easily, it really wasn't difficult!" Long Di said to Long Ge with a smile. "It seems that Jin Zi and the others also made it through, let's go take a look."
"Alright." Long Ge replied happily.
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