Zhang Ruochen and Zi Yan returned to the Western Courtyard's martial arts arena, where three or four hundred young warriors had already gathered. Many of them were injured, with looks of disappointment on their faces.

  There are also some people who appear to be in high spirits, chatting and laughing, obviously having completed the first round of academic palace exams, which is why they are full of confidence.

  In the martial arts arena, everyone was discussing and debating, mostly about their thrilling experiences of hunting and killing barbaric beasts, describing them in vivid detail.

  "It's said that this year's Martial Arts Academy exam had two killing stars, causing a bloodbath at Tianmo Ridge, and many young warriors died at their hands."

  "I've also heard about those two killer stars, specializing in hunting down warriors from the four cardinal directions, causing at least over 50 casualties among the warriors of the four cardinal directions."

  A warrior from Yunwu County sighed, "Fortunately, those two killing stars intimidated the warriors of the four-party counties, so they didn't have the energy to deal with us Yunwu County warriors. Otherwise, I think it would be very difficult to pass the first round of the Imperial Academy exam."

  Zhang Ruochen gave a faint smile and walked past the young warriors, handing over the twenty beast eyes to the student in charge of counting them.

  Zi Yan also handed over eighty beast eyes.

  Both of them passed the first round examination at Bu Shi Xue Gong and returned to the martial arts arena, gathering with other warriors from Yun Wu County.

  As for those extra beast eyes, both of them kept them.

  The eyeballs of the fierce beasts all have medicinal value and can be used to refine elixirs. If sold, they can fetch a handsome price.

  It's already noon now, and the first round of the Imperial Examination has come to an end.

  On the high platform in the Western Courtyard Martial Arena, Elder Situ held a beast skin scroll and began to read out the list of names that had passed the first round of the Imperial Academy exams.

  "In the first round of the Imperial Examination, a total of 1,537 people participated, and 468 passed. Those who passed the first round were Jiang Ying, Liu Chengfeng, and Xia Hao."

  After Sutou read it out, the young martial artists who passed the first round stayed in the Western Courtyard Martial Field, while the other young martial artists were sent back to their respective counties.

  "Those who passed the first round of exams will stay in the West Wing Martial Arts Arena tonight to rest. Tomorrow morning, they will participate in the second round of exams, the Martial Tower Challenge. The top 120 performers in the Martial Tower will pass the exam, and the rest will be eliminated."

  "Tonight, the two senior sisters will be in charge of maintaining order here. Anyone who dares to make trouble before the martial arts tower challenge will be severely punished."

  After saying this, Elder Sito stepped down from the high platform and left the Western Courtyard's martial arts arena.

  After Elder Sito left, two beautiful women, one tall and one short, walked out of the ancient buildings and into the Western Courtyard Martial Arts Arena.

  The outer disciples of Wu Shi Xue Gong saw the two women and their faces showed a few points of terror, immediately bowing their heads in salute.

  "Met Huang Shijie and Duanmu Shijie"

  "Met Huang Shijie and Duanmu Shijie"

  Including Wang Qi, a outer palace student who had previously sent Zhang Ruochen and Zi Qian back to the Wu City Academy, also bowed respectfully to the two women.

  That woman with the surname Huang, had a tall and slender figure, with waist-length blue-black hair, her skin was very fair, delicate like the petals of a pear flower.

  That girl with the surname Duanmu, looked like she was only thirteen or fourteen years old, her facial features were extremely delicate, her eyelashes were long and slender, and her eyes were bright. Although she looked young, her figure was surprisingly well-developed, the twin peaks on her chest were even more upright than that Huang girl's.

  Most importantly, both women were extremely beautiful, with stunning looks that could topple cities.

  Those two women climbed onto the seven-zhang-high stone platform, glanced at the 468 young martial artists in the arena, then sat cross-legged on the platform, closed their eyes, and seemed to start cultivating.

  In the western courtyard martial arts arena, everyone's gaze was drawn to those two women, and they couldn't shift their eyes away.

  Those outer palace disciples who had been in the Wu City Academy for one or two years didn't dare to look at those two women, their faces revealing a wary expression.

  Zhang Ruochen also glanced at the two women, slightly surprised, and said: "They are actually wearing brocade robes"

  In general, outer disciples of Wucheng Academy can only wear white robes.

  Only inner palace disciples can wear brocade robes.

  Liu Chengfeng stared at the two women on the stone platform, saying in a low voice: "As long as you become a Xuanbang Wu or accumulate enough merit points, even if you are an outer palace disciple, you can wear brocade robes."

  Ordinarily, when Liu Chong saw beautiful women, his eyes would already be shining brightly, and he couldn't help but rush up to them immediately.

  However, when he saw the two women on the stone stage, he rarely showed no trace of a spoiled young master's demeanor, but instead revealed a few hints of fear.

  Zhang Ruochen was somewhat curious and said: "They are Xuanbang Wu Zhe"

  Liu Chengfeng hastily nodded and said, "The West Wing of the Wushu Academy has always been a place where yin energy is strong and yang energy is weak. The female students are particularly formidable, and male students have a hard time having a say in the West Wing. Within the academy, they are all referred to as 'West Palace Goddesses', ruling over everything in the West Wing. If a male student offends them, he's done for."

  Zhang Ruochen's face showed a few points of solemn expression, if those two women were really the mysterious warriors on the list, then their strength was truly terrifying.

  It's much more difficult to get into the Xuanbang than the Huangbang.

  The Yellow List is just a ranking of the top martial artists in a single state or county. Firstly, the realm of the Yellow Extreme martial artist is still very low; secondly, the scope of the Yellow List is also very narrow.

  However, the Xuan Chart is different, and only top-level Xuanji Realm warriors can enter the rankings.

  Moreover, the scope of the Xuanbang ranking has also been expanded to include the thirty-six counties and states surrounding Tianmo Ridge.

  That is to say, only the top-level Xuanji boundary martial artists from the 36 counties and states can enter the Xuanbang.

  It can be said that every warrior who can enter the Xuan List has the strength to rival the Earthly Extreme Martial Artists. Those people who are ranked higher on the Xuan List are even stronger than ordinary Earthly Extreme Martial Artists.

  The two stunning women sitting on the stone pedestal, if they were indeed the top-ranked warriors of the Mystic List, then their strength would be able to rival that of the top masters at the Extreme Realm.

  No wonder those outer palace disciples were all afraid of them.

  Zhang Ruochen withdrew his gaze, no longer staring at the two women, and looked around to find that this year, a total of thirty-one young martial artists from Yunwu County had passed the first round of the examination.

  Such achievements would have been unimaginable in previous years.

  A total of 162 people from the four counties and states passed the first round of exams, still the most among the nine counties in Lingxi. Of course, compared to previous years, it's much less.

  It is worth noting that the number of warriors who died at the hands of Zhang Ruochen and Zi Qian has reached ninety-eight, among whom many were masters, which indeed caused a great loss to the warriors of the four counties.

  Huo Xing Wangzi sat cross-legged among the warriors of the four-square county, coldly staring at Zhang Ruochen and Zi Qian, with a strong murderous intent in his eyes.

  Zhang Ruochen's gaze was also fixed on Prince Huo Xing in the distance, and he found that Prince Huo Xing's blood energy had increased significantly, even his eyes had become exceptionally sharp.

  "Huo Xing Wangzi has already broken through to the Small Extreme Realm of the Mysterious Extreme Boundary," said Zhang Ruochen.

  "What"

  Liu Chengfeng let out a startled cry, his face changing color as he became somewhat worried, saying: "Huo Xing Wangzi was originally gifted with extraordinary talent and is also a genius beast tamer, so his spiritual power must be quite strong. And now that he has broken through to the Xiao Ji position of the Xuanji boundary, I estimate that this time he will likely become the first in the Academy's examination."

  "What benefits can one get from being the first in the Imperial Academy's examination?"

  Liu Chengfeng said: "Not to mention becoming the first in the Imperial Academy examination, even if you become one of the top ten, you will receive a very generous reward."

  "Even the tenth-place newcomer can get 100 merit points. The ninth-place newcomer can get 200 merit points. Similarly, the fourth-place newcomer can get 700 merit points."

  "The third place newborn can get 1,000 merit points."

  "The second place in the newcomer ranking can obtain 2000 points of merit value."

  "The first place newborn can obtain 3,000 merit points."

  Next to him, a young martial artist said somewhat disdainfully: "The first place only has 3,000 points of merit value, it's not that much"

  Liu Chengfeng gave him a white look and said, "The merits of the Wushicheng Academy can be exchanged for various cultivation resources, including alchemy pills, true martial treasures, barbarian beast mounts, slaves, and palaces. There is nothing you can think of that cannot be obtained from the Wushicheng Academy."

  "As long as you have enough merit points, even if it's buying down a county or a state, the Wushang Academy can help you achieve it."

  "One point of merit in the Wu City Academy is equivalent to one Spirit Crystal. The first place newcomer will be rewarded with 3,000 points of merit, which is equivalent to 3,000 Spirit Crystals, worth 30 million silver coins."

  "Three million silver coins" The young warriors of Yunwu County were all stunned.

  Zhang Ruochen was also slightly startled. Before, he had only heard that the Wu City Money House was rich beyond compare, but now he truly understood the wealth of the Wu City Money House.

  Even a powerful seven-flow family like the Lin family would only be able to gather 3 million silver coins by using their entire clan's strength and exhausting all their savings.

  Now, just being the first newborn can get 3,000 points of merit value, worth 30 million silver coins.

  With this huge wealth, it is definitely possible to exchange a large amount of cultivation resources, and the cultivation will naturally make rapid progress.

  "The key is tomorrow's Wu Tower challenge, the better you perform, the higher your score will be."

  Liu Chengfeng continued, "The Wutu Pass's requirements for a warrior's cultivation are indeed very high, but it also tests the warrior's innate talent and comprehensive quality, such as spiritual power, five senses, willpower, judgment, and so on."

  In Zi Yan's eyes, a sharp glint appeared, and he said, "Tomorrow's Martial Tower challenge, I will definitely enter the top three of the newcomers."

  Liu Chengfeng seemed lost in thought as he gazed at Zhang Ruochen and said, "Your Highness, the Ninth Prince, what about you?"

  Zhang Ruochen smiled and said: "I don't know much about the Martial Tower, I can only say that I'll do my best"