Chapter 1352
: Sadness? Blessing?
Time passed gradually.
In the blink of an eye, it is the end of this month.
Just as the rumors said, the Ling family moved several spiritual veins in the simple residential area outside the Ice and Snow Market as expected, including a second-level spiritual vein, and arranged a powerful quasi-third-level formation.
In addition, the competition for thousands of talented people and the recruitment of disciples for the Ling's Academy were also held.
It was precisely for this reason that even some cultivators who had obtained a place to live in the Ice and Snow Market through various means could not help but leave the market and rush to the residential area. There were even a large number of independent cultivators coming from the outside world.
In a short period of time, the residential area was gathered with more than 100,000 monks.
If this residential area was not so huge, it would be impossible to accommodate such an area.
However, it was precisely because of the existence of this group of people that the competition for thousands of talented people and the affairs of the Ling's Academy were pushed to a climax.
It wasn't until a month later that these two things were gradually completed.
Among the tens of thousands of talented people, there were thousands of them who were finally selected by the Ling family because of their good subsequent qualifications, or their high talent in combat, or their proficiency in magic, and were directly included in the Foreign Affairs Hall which was specially opened for independent cultivators and guest officials.
As for the Ling's Academy, it also recruited more than 500 young independent practitioners with various qualifications.
The independent cultivator Zhang Qing was among them, but he did not enter the academy through a competition.
Although his cultivation had already entered the third level of Qi training, and he was proficient in many techniques and had an offensive magic weapon, his combat power was considered good among the casual cultivators of the same age. Not long ago, his grandfather Zhang Hua even bought him a realm-breaking pill to help him enter the middle stage of Qi training.
However, there were many people participating in the academy test, so he was eliminated.
Fortunately, Ling possessed a quasi-fourth-level spirit-testing formation that could detect other people's qualifications in detail, and with the help of this formation, he checked all the participants in the entry test.
Little Zhang Qing was blessed with great fortune and possessed a good aptitude for alchemy. According to the formation's estimation, as long as he was trained properly, he would have every hope of becoming a top-grade first-class alchemist in the future.
And this kind of person was also of some help to the Ling family, so he was recruited into the academy.
In addition, this is a double happiness for the Zhang family.
This day.
The day I entered the Ling family academy.
A large number of independent practitioners gathered outside the academy.
Most of them are here to watch the show, but there are also many independent cultivators who come here to send their younger generations here.
This academy is grand and majestic, covers a vast area, and all you can see are various quaint attics.
In addition, it is said that there are caves for cultivation inside, and there are spiritual veins underneath, so the spiritual energy inside is extremely rich, and anyone who performs outstandingly can enter for free.
This is a huge blessing for the rootless and wandering cultivators.
For this reason, many of the casual cultivators who were watching looked at the young cultivators who were about to enter the academy with countless envy.
at the same time.
Not far away is the Fangshi residential area.
In a small house.
"Qing'er, according to the rules set by the Ling family, after entering this academy, you can only return home once a month."
"In this way, you will have to live here for a long time in the future. Although most of the disciples this academy has recruited are of the same age as you, no one knows what they did before. It can be said that there are good and bad people here, so you must be careful."
Old man Zhang Hua said to his grandson Xiao Zhang Qing with caution.
"Understood grandpa."
Although little Zhang Qing is young, he grew up with Grandpa Zhang Hua. Under the influence of his father, his character is relatively mature. He nodded immediately.
"Qing'er, this is all Grandpa's property. Now it's time for you to enter the academy. It is said that although this academy can provide free resources, you need to compete with others. And your alchemy, which is valued, requires a lot of resources. Even if the Ling family has promised to give some special support to talents like you who choose to make alchemy, the more resources, the better."
"For this reason, you should take all these things. Make good use of this opportunity and don't let Grandpa down."
Upon seeing this, Mr. Zhang Hua felt relieved and then he called out a bulging bag from his storage bag.
Little Zhang Qing took a quick glance and found that there were as many as a hundred spirit stones in it. He was shocked.
As far as he knew, his grandfather Zhang Hua was just an ordinary casual cultivator in the middle stage of Qi training. Before this, Zhang Hua's ability to obtain an extremely precious realm-breaking pill for him was already considered an extraordinary move.
Under such circumstances, it would be impossible for him to come up with so many spirit stones.
"Grandpa, did you sell your magic weapon?"
Little Zhang Qing had a lot of thoughts, and thought of the two most precious things on Zhang Hua.
Those were two first-grade inferior magic weapons. Although they were of low grade, it was not easy for a casual cultivator to possess these two items.
When Mr. Zhang Hua heard this, he didn't say much, but just asked little Zhang Qing to put it away as soon as possible.
"Now is the time of great chaos. Even if you are in a residential area outside this market, you may still encounter danger. You are not very good at magic. So, if you encounter danger in the future, how can you protect yourself?"
This move made little Zhang Qing feel depressed and even a little more pressured. However, when he looked at Grandpa Zhang Hua, half of whose hair had turned gray and whose face was filled with expectation, he knew that Grandpa Zhang Hua had made up his mind.
He sighed slightly, stopped refusing, and took the spirit stone, but he made a solemn promise.
"Grandpa, after I enter the academy, I will definitely live up to your expectations, and when I officially enter the alchemy path, I will make sure you have a happy birthday."
Old Master Zhang Hua couldn't help but feel more excited. He raised his hand and touched little Zhang Qing's head, saying with a smile.
"Good boy!"
"It's getting late. I'll take you to the academy."
………not long after.
That is the Ling family academy built outside the Ling family's territory.
Alchemy School.
After Xiao Zhang Qing arrived here, he looked around curiously, but found that there were only about ten people here, but there were dozens of seats.
"From among more than 100,000 cultivators, more than 500 disciples were selected. I didn't expect that the Ling family would only accept this few people with the talent for alchemy."
"But they should have good aptitude in alchemy, at least enough to be on par with me."
After a while, an elderly man wearing Ling's Taoist robe suddenly walked in here.
The fragrance of elixir is all over his body.
This is something that only people who have been refining medicine for many years would carry.
For this reason, little Zhang Qing couldn't help but show a bit of awe when looking at this person.
"come in."
But what surprised them was that after the old man from the Ling family called out, many young men and women from the outside world wearing Ling family Taoist robes came in one after another. They looked at Zhang Qing and the others curiously, and many of them even had a bit of contempt in their brows, but they quickly found a seat and sat down.
"Why are there people of the same age as Ling here?"
Xiao Zhangqing and other small independent cultivators were very confused.
"My name is Ling Yaoguang. I will be your instructor in alchemy from now on. You can just call me Instructor Ling."
"In addition, no matter what your backgrounds are or whether you have ever been exposed to the Dao of Alchemy, you will all compete fairly in the future. I will judge your strengths and weaknesses based on your respective qualifications."
"If you perform well during this period, you will naturally receive a reward. If you perform poorly, you will naturally receive no reward."
"Oh, I almost forgot to tell you that the amount of resources the family allocates to this place every year is fixed. Therefore, whoever achieves something first will be comfortable. Even if the latecomers achieve something, it will be difficult for them to get any rewards, and their support may even be reduced in the future."
"........."
At this time, the old alchemist of the Ling family said.
After saying this, he saw many scattered alchemy seedlings with solemn expressions, appearing to attach great importance to it. In contrast, those alchemy seedlings of the Ling family had looks of contempt on their faces, and he couldn't help but smile.
"I want to see if you guys can still maintain this in the future!"
In the days that followed, that group of Ling family's alchemy talents, perhaps because of the support of the Ling family, seemed to have been exposed to alchemy in advance, or even had already officially entered the field of alchemy. Therefore, their level has always been among the best in this period of alchemy school.
However, the group of scattered alchemy seedlings have always been at the bottom.
However, they all came from the bottom of society and have a lot to shoulder, so they work particularly hard.
As time passed, little Zhang Qing relied on his own efforts and the spiritual stones sponsored by his grandfather, Old Man Zhang Hua, and it only took him three months to learn the art of alchemy, and he could be considered an apprentice alchemist.
This move caused quite a stir.
That batch of Ling family's alchemy talents was even more unexpected.
Even among them, there are not many who can achieve such an achievement in just three months, not to mention that Xiao Zhang Qing is just a casual cultivator.
But precisely because of this, the old alchemy instructor immediately rewarded him with a large amount of resources, and Zhang Qing also seized this opportunity. With the help of those resources, he gradually became stronger in the way of alchemy and was even frequently appreciated by the instructor.
In addition, there are several independent alchemy practitioners who have also achieved some success.
For a moment, many of the Ling family's promising alchemy students in the school became anxious. After all, the instructor was coming, and the resources the family provided to the alchemy apprentices every year were fixed.
In this way, the resources seized by Xiao Zhangqing and other scattered alchemy seedlings today are undoubtedly infringing on their interests.
If the benefits were small, they could regard it as alms from the family, but now the resources obtained by Zhang Qing and others are really huge.
"What should I do now?"
"What can we do? Since we entered this academy, we are not allowed to go home. We were even searched when we entered this place, so we can't bring any resources with us. So even if our elders want to support us, there is no way. The only thing we can do now is to work hard to make pills and improve our alchemy skills."
"........."
Suddenly, the atmosphere among the alchemy apprentices became tense.
The same situation applies to other schools in the academy.
This also made many teachers who were secretly observing in the academy look a little happy.
The family built this school not out of kindness, but because many senior members of the family saw the future of the younger generation of the family.
Although the younger generation has a lot of ambition under the constraints of the family, they have more or less no pressure because they have a large family to rely on and are cared for by their parents.
This move may not cause any harm to them for the time being, but it will be difficult to stimulate their potential.
For this purpose, the family planned to recruit a group of young geniuses from independent cultivation in the form of an academy to stimulate this group of disciples.
And now, this move is obviously successful.
the other side.
On the top floor of a loft.
"To stand out from over a hundred thousand independent cultivators, and even to the point of spending my grandfather's entire fortune and countless days and nights of hard work in alchemy, just to stimulate the Ling family's batch of alchemy seedlings... Is this a tragedy... or a blessing?"
The mature little Zhang Qing stood here, looking out at the entire academy, with only deep fear and helplessness on his face.
He had been in the palace for many days, so how could he not see Ling's intention? (End of this chapter)