Shen Yuan Ring

Seeing the chief deacon's expression darken, the man in black immediately stepped forward and said, "Chief deacon, should we replace her?"

"No need for now, just keep someone on their toes. As long as they don't do anything out of line, you don't need to worry about it, otherwise you know what to do!"

"understand!"

"Wang Yueyue is really lucky!" the Grand Deacon said with a smile, then disappeared into the corner with the man in black robes.

After several hours of leisurely strolling, Ji Daoyi and his group gained a general understanding of the inner courtyard.

Especially that tall, colossal tower, which is the most important building in the inner courtyard.

Some say the tower appeared out of thin air, while others say it's a magical artifact obtained by the previous clan leader and placed in the inner courtyard to train the clan members.

That colossal tower is called the Tower of Illusion. It is usually referred to as the Illusion Tower by those in the inner courtyard. It can be used for practical training and can also enhance willpower, but each person can only challenge it once a month.

Each time a challenger enters a level, they will be pulled into an illusion. As long as they complete the corresponding level, they can pass the level and receive different rewards. The most reward is elixirs!

Legend has it that if you break the tower-climbing record, you will receive an unexpected reward!

However, no one has ever heard of anyone breaking the record for the tower, so no one knows whether this rumor is true.

Each major realm of the Tower of Fantasy has a leaderboard that records the progress of all challengers. Players who enter the top 100 on the leaderboard will receive rewards from the Tower of Fantasy and clan points.

They also learned that since the family moved to the foot of Blackwind Mountain, Blackwind Mountain has been transformed into an inner court training ground and a spiritual herb cultivation base, and the inner court students can apply to the family regularly to enter the trials.

The currency used throughout the inner courtyard is points; points are required for everything from food and drink to cultivation resources. There are many ways to earn points, such as completing tasks assigned by the clan, ranking high in the Tower of Illusions, and exchanging points for alchemy, among others.

To Ji Daoyi and the others' embarrassment, although they had earned points in this selection and assessment, the Grand Steward did not give them any family inner courtyard tokens before leaving, so they were essentially penniless.

If it weren't for the kind senior student who paid for their meal, they probably wouldn't have been able to get lunch at all.

"The Grand Deacon is really something! He didn't even give us tokens before leaving, just mentioned a few things to note and then dumped us in the square. How infuriating! I'll definitely tell my dad next time I get back that the Grand Deacon mistreated us!" Sun Puyue said, somewhat exasperated.

"That's right, I'm going back to tell my dad that the Grand Deacon bullied me too." Ji Zihan chimed in.

"Alright, the Grand Steward must have his reasons for doing this. My father is still the head of the family, and he wasn't given any special treatment, was he?" Ji Daoyi suppressed the dissatisfaction of the crowd.

“That’s right. Even if the Grand Elder does something, he wouldn’t treat you like that. Your father said at the last family meeting that he was about to break through to the Divine Realm, so the Grand Elder wouldn’t dare to make things difficult for you. I’ll remember this for now and deal with it later.” Ji Zihan muttered, waving her little fist.

Ji Daoyi also sighed, speechless.

Time quickly passed and it was afternoon. Ji Daoyi and his group returned to the square, but only a few people were still waiting in the same spot.

"Brother Dao, are these people Ninja Turtles? They're so patient, still waiting at this hour." Ji Xiaohu looked at the group still waiting in the same spot.

“I don’t know if it’s true or not, but I do know one thing: the teacher didn’t come this morning at all. It was a wise choice for us to leave this morning. We not only learned about the inner courtyard, but we also got to see a play for free. We’re tired now, so we’ll wait for the teacher to arrive.” With that, Ji Daoyi found a place to sit down.

"Yeah, thank goodness we left instead of waiting foolishly, or we'd still be starving. I bet they were trying to curry favor with the teacher they haven't met yet, hoping to make a good impression."

"It's just a pity they miscalculated," Wang Dan said to Sun Zihan.

"Anyway, it's none of our business. We just need to do our own thing."

The five of them sat down, forming a small circle, and chatted.

after an hour,

The arrival of one person shattered their peace.

"Oh, are you all new here?"

"It's you!"

Ji Daoyi and the other four said in unison.

"You know me?" Wang Yueyue was completely bewildered. When did she become so famous? She was still a complete stranger.

"We don't know him." Everyone shook their heads.

"Why are you staring at me like that if you don't know me!" Wang Yueyue felt a little disappointed, but she quickly hid it!

(I thought I had suddenly become famous, but it turns out it was a misunderstanding.)

Wang Yueyue sighed inwardly!

“We’ve only seen you once, so we don’t know you. We’re here for training. The head steward brought us here this morning, saying a teacher would be coming, but he hasn’t shown up yet,” Ji Daoyi replied.

"No wonder I haven't seen you before. I heard that several groups of you came here for training this year, and you are all top performers in your clans." Wang Yueyue sat down as well.

(Perfect, I can use them to see if they know anything about the members of my group.)

"Yes, we came in four groups this time, a total of twenty people, and each group consists of people of the same age group," Ji Zihan said.

"Really? Which group are you in?"

"We're all members of the same group, and our cultivation talents only awakened this year," Wang Dan said.

Wang Yueyue was a little surprised. (Wow, what luck! I just randomly started chatting with a stranger and ran into one of my students.)

"You guys are really amazing. You stood out from so many people and were able to enter the inner courtyard for cultivation right after you started practicing."

"Of course! We're all geniuses!" Ji Xiaohu's little face beamed with pride.

Ji Dao couldn't stand it anymore and directly forced a fight.

Ji Xiaohu rubbed his head in pain. "Brother Dao, I'm right! For example, although your cultivation level during the training camp was only at the ninth level of the Skin Refining Realm, I'm sure you've definitely broken through to the Bone Refining Realm! Except for Wang Dan, everyone among us is at the seventh level of the Skin Refining Realm. And..."

"Alright!" Ji Daoyi said in a low voice, interrupting Xiao Hu from continuing.

He was certain that if he didn't interrupt, this kid would expose all their secrets, and they had only met this woman twice, not even knowing her name.

"Big sister, we've been chatting for so long and we still don't know your name?" Ji Daoyi asked again, not wanting Xiao Hu to continue the previous topic.

"My name is Wang Yueyue, what's yours?"

"My name is Ji Daoyi, Sister Yueyue, may I call you that?"

"of course can."

Then everyone started introducing themselves, calling her "Sister Yueyue" one after another, which made Wang Yueyue smile from ear to ear.

"Sister Yueyue, do you know who our training instructor is?"

"Of course I know her, and I'm actually quite close to her!" Wang Yueyue said with a smile.

(We're not that close. I'm the teacher you're talking about. But never mind, I won't reveal my identity yet, or I'll become distant from them. It's rare for a friend to call me "sister.")

"Sister Yueyue, can you take me to him? Our family token is still with him. If he doesn't come soon, we'll have to spend the night in this square!"

"actually..."

Before Wang Yueyue could finish speaking, a voice rang out from afar.

"Wang Yueyue, these are the students from your group, right? Just like you, they're useless and rude, not caring about their image in public. They're disgracing our inner academy."