The war between Yunwu County and Sifang County, Zhang Ruochen was not worried at all. The two counties had been fighting for many years, if Yunwu County was really that vulnerable, it would have been annexed by Sifang County long ago.

  Now, his only concern is his mother, Lin Fei.

  With Queen Wang's ruthless personality, she definitely wouldn't let her off.

  "As long as I become an inner disciple of the Wushang Academy, I can bring my family to the Wushang Academy and get their protection. I must become an inner disciple of the Wushang Academy as soon as possible." Zhang Ruochen made up his mind.

  Zi Yan was about to leave when she opened the door and saw Huang Yanchen and Duanmu Xingling walking in from outside.

  Huang Yanchen's mood seemed good, with a smile on her face, but after seeing Zi Qian, the smile on her face instantly disappeared.

  With a swish, she drew out her battle sword, emitting a dazzling flash of light. In a deep voice, she shouted: "Zhang Ruochen, you lecherous villain! You've repeatedly tarnished the reputation of Longwu Hall; today I must kill you!"

  "Whoosh"

  A whirlwind formed around Huang Yanchen's body, his feet left the ground, and he swung his sword out, slashing out a sword energy over ten meters long.

  Zhang Ruochen was slightly startled, and immediately grabbed Ziyan's shoulder, unfolding the Wind Dragon Shadow, his body flashing, and in an instant he dodged the sharp sword energy.

  Rumble

  Four pillars were cut off, and the newly rebuilt attic collapsed again, turning into a ruin.

  Meow

  Xiao Hei crawled out of the ruins, covered in mud and dust, his head spinning from being hit, it took him half a day to clear up.

  Found the culprit was Huang Yanchen, suddenly hated to grit teeth, fortunately was stopped by Zhang Ruochen, otherwise it would have pounced on and fought a decisive battle with Huang Yanchen.

  "You dodged quickly enough; now try taking another sword from me."

  Huang Yanchen's face turned cold, he raised his battle sword and was about to strike again.

  Zhang Ruochen blocked Zi Yan behind him and calmly said: "Huang Yanchen, is there something you want to say? Can't you speak calmly?"

  "Huang Yanzhen glared at Zi Qian and then looked at Zhang Ruochen, saying: 'Who allowed you to bring other disciples into the Longwu Hall?'"

  "I have something to discuss with Zi Shimei, and I'll bring her to Huangzi First Number. It seems to have nothing to do with Huang Shijie," said Zhang Ruochen.

  "When discussing business, why did you close the door? Is there something you don't want others to know?" Just as she was about to say this, Huang Yanchen realized it wasn't right, and it seemed that this matter really had nothing to do with her.

  Yeah, what's it got to do with me? Why was I so angry?

  Duanmu Xingling immediately went forward and blocked Huang Yanchen, saying: "Sister Dust, we still have important matters to discuss. This small matter can be settled slowly with them later."

  Huang Yanzhen stepped down from the stage, immediately sheathing his sword and coldly saying: "Since tomorrow is the quarterly assessment, I'll let you off today. And since Purple Shixiong is also here, that's even better - come with me to Di Character First Number, I have some matters to entrust to both of you."

  Zhang Ruochen looked at the pavilion that had become a ruin and shook his head lightly, then followed up.

  Arriving at the first place on earth, Huang Yanchen and Duanmu Xingling sat at the top, while Zhang Ruochen and Zi Qian sat on both sides of the living room.

  Huang Yanchen picked up a cup of freshly brewed Xue Lian ice tea, took a light sip, and said: "You should know that tomorrow's quarterly assessment will be divided into two rounds. The first round is the martial arts competition among the new students of the four major institutes, and the second round is the internal quarterly ranking assessment of the Western Institute."

  "This year, it's Western Courtyard's turn to host the New Student Joint Competition. You two are the first and second new students of Western Courtyard, so whether or not Western Courtyard can win the championship this year depends on your performance tomorrow."

  Huang Yanchen said, "Zhang Ruochen, I know your cultivation is very high, but don't be careless. Among the new students of the other three institutes, there are also top-notch experts, and their strength may even surpass yours."

  Du Mu Xingling nodded and said, "Among the four major institutes, the strongest is the East Institute, almost every year they are the first among new students. This year, a top-notch expert emerged from the new students of the East Institute, named Dugu Lin, whose cultivation has already reached the Great Extreme Realm."

  "Not long ago, Dugu Lin defeated Hua Xueyi, a top ten master of the East House, and his name shook the four major houses."

  "The elders of the Imperial Palace all agree that Dugu Lin has the potential to enter the top 50 of the Xuan Ranking. Now, ordinary Xuanji Realm cultivators who have achieved the Great Perfection are simply no match for him."

  "This time he came to the Western Courtyard, his main goal is you. He wants to defeat you in front of everyone, the number one spiritual power genius in the history of Wushang Academy."

  Right after that, Huang Yanzhen said: "The Southern and Northern Courts also each had a new birth of a Profound Extreme Realm Great Extreme Position. Although their strength is slightly weaker than Dugu Lin's, they are still your great enemies."

  "Zhang Ruochen, your innate talent is indeed high, surpassing theirs, but after all, you've only just broken through to the Xuanji Realm's Small Extreme Rank, and are two realms below them. In a real fight, it's hard to predict who will win or lose."

  Huang Yanchen and Duanmuxingling didn't know that Zhang Ruochen had already broken through to the extreme position of the Xuanji boundary yesterday, thinking that Zhang Ruochen was still at the small extreme position of the Xuanji boundary.

  They didn't ask, and Zhang Ruochen didn't say anything either. He just broke through to the middle extreme position, but there was nothing worth showing off about in the first place.

  Huang Yanzhen stared at Zi Qian and said: "Zi Shimei, your cultivation has already reached the Great Extreme Realm of Xuanji, right?"

  Zi Yan lightly nodded and said, "I just broke through two days ago."

  Originally, under normal circumstances, Zi Yan would need to cultivate for another half a year before having the opportunity to break through to the Great Extreme Realm's Great Extreme Position. However, in order to pass the quarterly assessment, she spent a high price to purchase a 4th-grade elixir from the black market. After refining that one 4th-grade elixir, she broke through the boundary in one go.

  Of course, she was able to afford the Four Treasure Pill because during the first round of the Imperial Palace Examination three months ago, she had killed nearly a hundred examinees and obtained tens of millions of silver coins.

  If it were in the past, she wouldn't have been able to afford the Four Treasures of Chinese medicine.

  Huang Yanzhen nodded and said, "Your talent is slightly inferior to Dugu Lin's, but it's almost on par with the top new students of Beiyuan and Nanyuan. At least you can enter the top five."

  "As long as you and Zhang Ruochen both enter the top five, even if the first place is taken by Dugu Lin, our West Institute still has a great chance of becoming the overall champion of this year's freshmen."

  Huang Yanchen and Duanmuxingling explained some more things about the new life martial competition, until it was dark before they finished.

  Zhang Ruochen sent Zi Yan back and then went to find Zhang Shaochu and Liu Chengfeng.

  They had sold all 340 Three Purities True Qi Pills, and as for how much money they had made, Zhang Wuji didn't ask, he just took the 3,000 silver coins for each pill.

  A total of 1,020,000 silver coins

  As they were leaving, Zhang Ruochen quietly pulled Zhang Shaochu to the side and handed him five and a half drops of Sacred True Liquid.

  Zhang Shaochu was so moved that his eyes were filled with hot tears, and he refused to accept the five and a half drops of Sacred True Liquid no matter what.

  "It's just five drops of Semi-Holy Elixir, I can buy a lot more if I want to. This time the new student joint martial arts competition of the four major institutes, if I win first place, I can get ten drops of Semi-Holy Elixir. Fourth brother, you don't have to be polite with me." Zhang Ruo Chen said with a smile.

  Zhang Ruochen knew that Zhang Shaochu's innate talent was still quite good, but in the Wumeng Xuegong where geniuses gathered, he seemed rather mediocre.

  Only by taking the Semi-Holy Elixir can he enhance his physique and go further on the path of cultivation in the future, becoming stronger.

  "Thank you, Ninth Brother."

  Zhang Shaochu tightly grasped the five bottles of Half Sacred True Liquid in his hand, fully aware of their value. He was both delighted and moved at heart.

  Five bottles of Half-Saint's Elixir, on the black market, are worth over two million silver coins. Only Ninth Brother would give him something so valuable; no one else could possibly do so.

  Zhang Ruochen took out the Reaper's Scythe again and handed it to Zhang Shaochu, saying: "This is a fifth-grade True Martial treasure. From now on, you can take it and use it."

  Gently patted Zhang Shaochu's shoulder, Zhang Ruochen turned around and left, returning to the Dragon Martial Hall.

  The next day, just as the sky was lightening, the melodious sound of the bell echoed through the Western Courtyard.

  The bell tolls nine times in succession.

  All the disciples of the Western Temple gathered at the Western Temple Martial Arts Arena, all wearing white martial robes, spirited and energetic, with over 800 people present.

  In order of ranking, the first-ranked Luo Shuihan stood in the first row and the first position, followed by Huang Yanchen, Duanmu Xingling, and Tuomu Zi.

  Zhang Ruochen defeated Feng Zhilin and then ranked 184th among the Western Campus students, standing in the midst of many students.

  Not long after, the formation outside the Western Courtyard opened up.

  The freshmen of Dongyuan, Nanyuan and Beiyuan, led by a deputy headmaster, also arrived at the West Campus Martial Arts Arena.

  Apart from this, the three major courts also have some old masters following along, with no more than ten people in each court, all of whom are top-notch strongmen, and the vast majority are Xuanbang warriors, looking very majestic.

  In the new student group of Dongyuan, a new student who looked around 20 years old suddenly burst out laughing, "I've heard before that Xiyuan is yin dominant and yang weak, but I didn't believe it until today. The male students of Xiyuan are really too disappointing."

  The warriors' hearing was extremely sharp, and many students from the Western Academy heard the mocking voice of that new student from the Eastern Academy.

  Female students are fine, but male students have a sense of humiliation, and everyone shows an angry expression.

  One of the top ten new students, a male student named Chi Minghai, who had reached the extreme realm of Xuanji, said in a cold voice: "This is the West Wing, it's best to be careful when speaking."

  That new student from the East Institute laughed again and said, "Am I wrong? Everyone please take a look. The hundred people standing at the front of the West Institute's martial arts arena are the top 100 experts in the West Institute. Among them, at least seventy are female students, while male students only have twenty or so. Now everyone looks at the last three hundred people in the West Institute's martial arts arena. More than two hundred of them are male students, and there are only dozens of female students."

  "It just means that the Western Academy isn't completely devoid of male students, it's just that all the male students are cowards. None of them have any ambition, so they'll definitely end up ranking last. Hmph!"