Shen Yuan Ring

After attacking for a minute, Da Huang saw that Ji Daoyi was pale, exhausted, and about to collapse at any moment, so he stopped attacking!

"Rhubarb, don't stop, keep going."

"Wang Wang"

"It's okay, I want to see how long my defense can last."

Seeing Ji Daoyi's persistence, Da Huang attacked again!

(71, 72... 80, 8...)

Ji Daoyi silently calculated the time in his mind. Just as he was about to count to eighty-one, the defense was shattered by Da Huang.

He collapsed to the ground, utterly exhausted.

"One minute and twenty seconds. I didn't expect that my Yuan Power could only last for this long under the full force of the Bone Refining Realm's attack. It seems that I need to break through to a higher level of cultivation as soon as possible."

After a while, Ji Daoyi recovered 10% of his Yuan Power, and his complexion improved considerably.

"Looks like I'll have to rest today. I didn't expect that exhausting my Yuan energy would feel so bad."

"Come on, Big Yellow, let's go play together." Ji Daoyi said, climbing onto Big Yellow's back.

Big Yellow was also very happy and carried him away, running around happily.

the next day,

When Ji Daoyi arrived at the gathering point, there were already quite a few people there, including Ji Xiaohu.

"Xiao Hu, why are you here so early? This isn't like you." Ji Daoyi walked up to Ji Xiaohu.

"Hmm...ah?" Ji Xiaohu rubbed his eyes as if he hadn't woken up yet. "Brother Dao, you're here too."

"Goodness, you must have been a sleeping god in your past life, you can fall asleep standing up. Logically speaking, even if you didn't sleep for three days, you wouldn't be this tired."

"Stop talking. I was too excited last night to sleep, so I practiced the Seven Star Blade all night. I wasn't sleepy this morning, but after getting here, I wasn't so excited anymore, and the sleepiness suddenly came over me, Yawn..." Ji Xiaohu said listlessly, his eyes still sleepy.

"Alright then, sit down and rest for a while. Don't stand. I'll call you when everyone's ready to leave."

“Okay…Yawn…”

After saying that, Ji Xiaohu staggered to the side. Ji Daoyi was afraid that he would fall flat on his face, so he quickly followed and helped him to a place to sit down.

Fifteen minutes later, Grand Deacon Ji Yang arrived at the gathering place.

After a brief period of personnel confirmation, the Grand Deacon led everyone toward the inner courtyard.

The inner and outer courtyards are only a few kilometers apart, but the inner courtyard is much stricter than the outer courtyard. People from the outer courtyard are not allowed to enter the inner courtyard without permission. If they are discovered, they will be exiled to a remote place at best, and expelled from the Ji family at worst.

Led by the Grand Steward, Ji Daoyi and his group entered the inner courtyard without any obstacles.

When they arrived at the inner courtyard, they were like old grandmothers from the countryside visiting the city, looking around with great curiosity. They could only say that the inner courtyard was much more luxurious than the outer courtyard, with all kinds of cultivation tools readily available.

What caught Ji Dao's eye the most was a tall tower, standing at the deepest part of all the buildings, and also the most conspicuous building in the entire inner courtyard.

The head steward smiled as he looked at the children's curious expressions as they explored this unfamiliar place, the inner courtyard.

"Alright, everyone line up according to your groups. You'll have plenty of time to visit the inner courtyard later, so there's no rush."

"I'll just say a few things. First, nothing in the inner courtyard should be discussed with outsiders, otherwise my enforcement team will not recognize you."

"Secondly, the training instructors arranged by the family will inform you of the training arrangements for the year."

"Third, you are different from the other clansmen who are studying here. You only have one year to cultivate. Of course, if you perform exceptionally well or your cultivation reaches the Refining Tendons and Strength Realm, I can promise that you can continue to stay in the Inner Academy for further study without taking the assessment."

"I've finished speaking. Now it's up to your teachers to answer your questions!"

After the head steward finished speaking, he left in a hurry, coming quietly and leaving quietly, without saying when their teacher would arrive.

The entire group stood there for an hour, but they didn't even see a shadow of the teacher the Grand Deacon had mentioned.

"What's going on? Are we being left hanging here?" someone complained quietly.

"I don't know. The head steward is really something. He didn't even say when our teacher would be here. He couldn't possibly just leave us standing here waiting!"

"I guess this is the teacher trying to intimidate us."

What is the basis for this statement?

"Think about it, who are these twenty people?"

"who?"

"The best among our peers! And a year from now, we'll be representing our family in the resource-grabbing competition of the Inheritance Realm. Think about it, shouldn't the teacher take this opportunity to suppress our arrogance and make us obey?"

"Give me a break. Aren't all the students who make it to the inner courtyard top talents? You don't think the family would send a piece of trash to be our teacher, do you?"

"Just you wait and see!"

Once someone started talking, the crowd erupted like a pot boiling over. All sorts of speculations flew around, some saying the teacher was being arrogant, others saying the teacher was deliberately messing with everyone and embarrassing them on purpose.

The crowd's claims became increasingly outrageous, as if the fact that the teacher hadn't come to see them for so long was proof enough.

"Brother Dao, what do you think?" Ji Xiaohu asked.

"How do I see it? I'll just stand here and watch! I think we've wasted an hour waiting."

"I think so too."

On a small building in the distance, a man was watching the crowd standing in the square, and behind him stood a man in black robes.

"High Deacon, why didn't you tell them that their teacher wouldn't arrive until the afternoon, and..." the man in black robes couldn't help but ask.

"And what?" The Grand Deacon did not turn around.

"Moreover, they are all outstanding individuals selected by their families among their peers. Won't this cause them to have grievances?"

"Did I tell them to just wait there? Did I obstruct their movement and prevent them from moving freely?"

"This...it seems not. Should we send someone to inform them?"

"No need. Why should we worry about such a small matter? The family doesn't raise useless people! The training started the moment they stepped into the inner courtyard!"

……

"Let's go take a stroll in the inner courtyard, since the teacher isn't here yet!" Ji Daoyi suggested.

"Is this really a good idea? What if the teacher comes?" Wang Dan asked with some concern.

“We waited for them for an hour, so it’s only right that we make them wait for us for an hour too. Besides, we’re not even sure if they’ll come at all,” Ji Xiaohu muttered.

“That’s right. Let’s go for a stroll in the inner courtyard first. Maybe we can find out some other useful information.”

"I agree"

With the other two women's consent, Wang Dan finally agreed to join them, since they had formed a small team after the selection process.

Firstly, it allows them to stick together for mutual support; secondly, it prepares them for mutual assistance within their five-person team in the Inheritance Realm a year later.

Although all those selected this time will enter the secret realm, their cultivation levels differ greatly, and with so many people, their mobility is poor, making them too large a target and hindering other operations.