"Old Lu, please tell me the truth about what's so strange about this exam."

Lu Yuan didn't believe that Lu En simply wanted him to take the exam.

After going through such a long and complicated process, and even going so far as to offer such a precious high-level healing elixir from a demonic beast as a reward, Rune must have other motives.

really.

After Lu Yuan directly confronted him, Lu En stopped keeping him in suspense.

"Recently, a new academy called Ruifeng Academy has emerged on the Ling'an Continent. It accepts any student with strength, regardless of their background. Almost all the students who were not admitted to Longteng Academy have gone there, causing Ruifeng Academy to gain momentum recently. There are even rumors that Ruifeng Academy is the number one academy."

"So you want me to demonstrate the strength of Longteng Academy in the joint school exam and prove that Longteng Academy is the number one academy?" Lu Yuan guessed, picking up where Lu En left off.

“That’s right!” Rune nodded. “With your abilities, I believe you can definitely get first place in the inter-school exam!”

Lu Yuan's lips twitched upon hearing this.

To everyone's surprise, Rune was even more confident in his strength than he was in himself!

For various reasons, he had also heard about the inter-school exam.

As far as he knew, the joint school exam was not as simple as the freshman exam in the Fire Forest Secret Realm.

Because it concerns the school's ranking, each academy attaches great importance to the inter-school exam. The general approach is to select the students with the highest beast-taming level and the strongest strength from all grades to represent the academy in the competition.

Taking Longteng Academy as an example, the academy is generally divided into four grades.

In other words...

The students in the highest grade are beast tamers who have cultivated for at least four years, and their strength is incomparable to that of ordinary freshmen.

The strongest among them naturally possesses extraordinary strength.

In previous years, Longteng Academy also adopted this competition method, selecting the three highest-ranking students from the fourth-year students to represent the academy in the competition, and almost every year they swept all the first place in the inter-school exams.

But this year is different.

Ruifeng Academy exceeded everyone's expectations and was predicted to be the strongest dark horse in this year's league exam, attracting countless people's attention.

Some even speculate that Longteng Academy will be dethroned by Ruifeng Academy this year.

At first, Rune dismissed the rumors, but after conducting a series of investigations into Sharp Edge Academy, he had to take them seriously.

In his calculations, Lu Yuan, who could single-handedly resolve the root cause of the beast tide that was enough to destroy the entire Yandu, was undoubtedly the best candidate.

"Do you know how long I've been searching for this healing elixir for demonic beasts! I don't have any other requirements, just make sure you get first place in the exam!"

Seeing that Lu Yuan was reluctant to agree, Lu En simply shamelessly resorted to the strategy of relying on his seniority.

As it turns out.

This was not enough to move Lu Yuan.

He slowly extended two fingers and began to ask for a price from Rune.

"Add two more lightning-type spirit pills, and their level must be at least Heaven Evolution level."

Although the price of a Heavenly Evolution-level lightning-type elixir is not cheap, it is nothing compared to the exam that determines the ranking of the entire academy.

Seeing Lu Yuan taking the opportunity to make exorbitant demands, Lu En pretended to be heartbroken and clutched his chest.

"You dare to raise prices on the spot! It's one thing to disregard the elderly, but I'm your teacher, after all!"

Lu Yuan was completely unmoved by this, and even rolled his eyes in disgust.

"Fixed price, no bargaining!"

LOL!

Do you really want to use the most despicable social morality to blackmail him?

He had already thrown that thing into the non-recyclable waste bin according to the principles of garbage sorting!

Faced with Lu Yuan's unyielding attitude, Lu En gritted his teeth inwardly, and could only sigh helplessly in the end.

"make a deal!"

"But you have to promise me you'll get first place!"

After receiving a satisfactory reply, Lu Yuan smiled with pleasure.

"Don't worry! Even just for the sake of these three elixirs, I will definitely bring you back first place in the joint entrance exam!"

Hearing Lu Yuan's confident promise, Lu En, who was initially feeling a bit of financial pain, immediately beamed with joy.

That's enough!

As long as I can get first place in the inter-school exam, three magic pills are nothing!

"Then I'll give you this healing elixir first. I'll send you the other two lightning-type elixirs once I get them."

"No rush, no rush!"

Lu Yuan smiled and took the wooden box. In front of Lu En and Xiao Tang, he put the healing elixir inside into his spatial storage, as if afraid that Lu En would change his mind.

After finishing their business, Lu En and Lu Yuan chatted casually for a while before letting him leave.

Before leaving, Lu En pulled Lu Yuan aside and exchanged contact information with Xiao Tang.

"Xiao Tang is in charge of the league exams, and to make things easier for you in the future, I've also transferred him to Class 1 as your homeroom teacher. You can contact him anytime if you need anything."

"Please look after each other from now on!"

Xiao Tang smiled and extended a hand to Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan gave him a deep look, then smiled and reached out to shake his hand.

"Teacher Xiao, you're too kind. I should be the one saying that. I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you a lot in the future."

...

After leaving the teahouse, Lu Yuan hailed a car and returned to the hotel.

I finally breathed a long sigh of relief when I got back to my hotel room.

Rune is a cunning old fox. He always seems all smiles, like a kind and gentle old man.

But for some reason, when Lu Yuan was with him, he always felt that the old man was observing him as a sample.

As for Xiao Tang, although he didn't make Lu Yuan feel as uncomfortable as Lu En, he still felt that Xiao Tang approached him with an ulterior motive.

Therefore, in summary...

Unless the circumstances prevent it, Lu Yuan really doesn't want to face these two people.

However, thinking about the joint school exam a month later, Lu Yuan pulled out his phone calendar and started making plans.

"The most important problem has been solved, and Chi Yu's condition is beginning to stabilize. The spiritual artifacts and cultivation techniques I left for Mu Ruxing are enough to support the auction for more than a month. In that case, why don't we stay in the capital for a while?"

He was still thinking about the demon beast elixir he had found in Treasure City. Since he had nothing else to do during this time, he decided to go to Treasure City again to try his luck. Maybe he could find something good there!

With that thought in mind, Lu Yuan immediately got up and set off for Treasure City.