Su Qing accepted the invitation from Old Sam and opened it with some surprise, quickly glancing at its contents.
"Northwest Academy Alliance?"
Su Qing looked at Old Sam, completely bewildered: "What is that?"
Old Sam smiled wryly and remained silent, earnestly explaining to his lord: "The Northwest Academy Alliance is an alliance led by three higher academies in the Northwest Kingdoms, and it is a force to be reckoned with in the Northwest Kingdoms."
Su Qing nodded upon hearing this, then glanced at the invitation in her hand and scratched her head in puzzlement.
"What does that have to do with us?"
"That's right. The Northwest College Alliance has always nominally only had thirty-two colleges, but because some new colleges emerge every year, a college competition is held every three years, led by three higher colleges, to rank the colleges. Colleges ranked outside the top 32 are forced to be disqualified."
"So we have to participate too?"
Su Qing raised an eyebrow. The invitation in her hand did indeed invite them to participate in the academy's grand competition six months later, but were these guys really so sure they would participate?
Noticing the hesitant expression on Old Sam's face, Su Qing nodded in realization: "If we don't participate, they will isolate or even suppress us?"
Old Sam nodded, thinking of his lord's personality, and couldn't help but say, "However, if we can achieve good results, it may also attract some noble children from other countries to enroll."
"I heard that the tuition fees for the three major higher education institutions are over a million a year!"
Although this is income before deducting expenses!
Su Qing's eyes lit up. When he first opened the academy, he had never considered making money from it.
Now I realize that if we recruit students from outside the school, the tuition fees would indeed be a considerable source of income.
"We must participate!"
Su Qing said firmly, "As a member of the Northwest Kingdoms, Dragon Territory must participate in such an important matter. We must have the sense of being the future masters of the Northwest!"
Old Sam was speechless, and hesitated for a long time before saying, "However, my lord, the next academy competition is in six months. With such a tight schedule, the students in the academy may not have any outstanding talents by then."
Su Qing didn't care about this: "Alan, Xiao Du... Xiao Yilei are both quite good, and their ages are about the same, so they can participate in the competition. Moreover, in half a year, maybe some outstanding seeds will emerge from this group of students."
Old Sam was well aware of Alan's strength; he was close to breaking through to the High Knight level and should be able to take that step within six months.
With that kind of strength, competing for a top-three finish would probably be no problem.
However, even with this, and considering that Little Iris has the strength of a formal magician, she may not be able to achieve a very good ranking in the overall score.
"My lord, the scores for the academy competition are calculated based on the overall performance of the participants, and each academy has ten slots."
"Yeah?"
Su Qing paused for a moment, then nodded, not particularly concerned.
"Then we should allocate more of the territory's resources to the academy!"
He didn't really take this so-called college competition to heart.
In the Academy of Scholarly Families, the Knight Department has three Glory-level Knights as instructors and hundreds of High-ranking Knights as sparring partners.
The magic system is taught by two Glory-level mages and a peak Glory-level elf who is proficient in nature magic.
With such a strong faculty and the preferential allocation of resources within the territory, even those three so-called higher colleges cannot compare.
If they can't produce a few outstanding students in six months, Su Qing feels there's really no need to keep these guys around.
Moreover, he wouldn't mind teaching those students some of his unique skills, but just thinking about the things in his mind gave Su Qing a headache.
...
In the Duchy of Gri, the king was handling state affairs, but he looked much older than he had been, his hair was gray and he didn't look like a middle-aged man at all.
Beside the king stood a beautiful woman, his queen, who had been by his side before he ascended the throne.
At this moment, the queen looked at the king with concern: "Let's rest today!"
Since that day, the capital has been inexplicably thrown into turmoil, and many shops have been looted.
It was truly looted clean; both people and valuables were gone, leaving a scene so clean it was frightening.
From then on, the king's health deteriorated, and in just half a month, he seemed to have aged more than ten years. Various renowned doctors took turns diagnosing him, but they could not find any symptoms at all.
Why!
With a long sigh, the king finally put down what he was holding and gently rubbed his temples.
He could clearly feel that his health was deteriorating; he was already feeling overwhelmed after handling government affairs for only a short time.
Looking at the queen beside him, a tenderness flashed in his already somewhat cloudy eyes.
Although his wife was domineering and jealous in matters of the heart, she was good in other ways.
He was understanding, knowledgeable, and had a powerful family behind him, which was one of the reasons he was able to ascend the throne and become king.
Noticing her husband's tender gaze, the queen blushed and glared at him: "Your body is in such a state now, how can you still be thinking about these things?"
The king was momentarily stunned, and only stopped the queen when she tried to undress him, saying, "I'm afraid my body can't hold on much longer!"
One sentence made the queen freeze, as if thinking of the future, her eyes dimming.
The king paid no attention and continued speaking, "After I die, the throne will be passed to our eldest son."
Because the queen was jealous, the old king only had two sons and one daughter in his entire life.
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