"This mountain is mine, these trees are mine, if you want to pass through, leave your points!"
In the dense jungle, a boy leaned against a tree with a leaf between his teeth, talking casually.
The academy token at his waist flashed with a light imperceptible to outsiders, and the number eighty-six flickered briefly before disappearing.
Qin Xin has been in the Trial Forest for three days and has discovered many teams composed of veteran students, including those from the Earth Martial Academy and the Beast Martial Academy. He has also managed to steal quite a few points from them.
Participating in the class ranking competition involves all three martial arts academies of the outer sect. It's not just a competition among the twenty classes within the Weapon Martial Arts Academy, but also a contest between the three academies. According to the senior students who compete for points, if a class can rank in the top ten among the three academies, they will receive a reward of a month of free cultivation in the Spirit Forging Tower.
The Spirit Forging Tower is the main training ground for outer disciples of the Eastern Wilderness Academy. It is said that the Spirit Forging Tower is rich in spiritual energy, and some special energies can even cause changes in martial spirits. However, each time you enter the Spirit Forging Tower, you have to spend five points. The training rooms in the Spirit Forging Tower are divided into six levels, and each level brings better training effects, but the points consumed are also enormous.
Standing in front of Qin Xin were three senior students, two men and one woman, who were furious at his nonchalant attitude, feeling as if they were being disregarded.
"You're being far too arrogant, actually trying to take on three opponents at once?"
The boy who was leading the group said with some anger.
"You talk too much nonsense!"
Qin Xin said calmly, and his figure immediately disappeared from the spot.
"you!"
The moment the word "you" was uttered, Qin Xin's figure appeared in front of him instantly. Looking at the young man so close to him, the leading boy shivered and was filled with shock.
"Bang!"
Before the leading youth could react, Qin Xin kicked him away, and in the process, he took the token and lightly swiped it around his waist. The number 86 flashed once and became 106, increasing his points by 20.
"You ruthless bandit! You're Qin Xin, the ruthless bandit of the jungle!"
The boy in the lead suddenly realized what was happening and shouted in surprise.
"What about you? Are you going to hand it over yourselves, or do you want me to steal it?" Qin Xin said with a smile.
"Meeting you is our downfall, here's your points!"
The other two tactfully tossed their tokens to Qin Xin. Qin Xin took the token from his waist, touched it lightly, and then tossed it back. Looking at the points on their tokens, the other two felt a pang of regret.
However, remembering Qin Xin's title, the three of them felt relieved. In the past few days, it was only the old students of the Weaponry Academy who wanted to hunt down Qin Xin. Of course, many old students had fallen into Qin Xin's trap. Faced with failure, the old students were a little anxious.
This action prevented the veteran students from establishing prestige in front of the new students, and the veteran student classes of Earth Martial Academy and Beast Martial Academy also joined the plan to reset Qin Xin's points to zero.
Qin Xin's movements in the forest were unpredictable; he would strike here and there with his stick, causing the veteran students a great deal of trouble.
In addition, his style is that if you come to me, I will leave you with points as a gift. Therefore, some people have given him the name of a jungle bandit. Of course, many new students and those who can't stand the way some older students bully new students call Qin Xin a jungle knight.
Qin Xin usually intervenes when he discovers that some veteran students are stealing points from weaker new students, and he returns the stolen points to them. Of course, Qin Xin will not attack neutral veteran students indiscriminately.
After collecting points from three veteran students, Qin Xin slipped into the jungle to avoid being ambushed by stronger teams.
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The night in the Trial Forest was quiet. Qin Xin took out some dry rations from his storage bag and placed some small monsters he had casually hunted on the campfire.
Although the soul power of these demonic beasts doesn't provide much help for the energy needed for the advancement of martial spirits, Qin Xin knows that cultivation is a process of accumulating trees into a forest.
After cultivating for a while, Qin Xin slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air. His fourth main meridian was beginning to show signs of being opened. Qin Xin was not in a hurry, but was waiting for the moment when things would naturally fall into place.
At this moment, Qin Xin suddenly sensed an unfamiliar presence around him.
Immediately enter a state of alert.
"Hmm? Not bad perception!"
An elderly man with white hair emerged from the darkness. He appeared to be eighty or ninety years old, but his aura was strong and his steps were agile. He wore a green Taoist robe that faintly emanated warmth, completely dispelling the cold of the night in the Trial Forest.
"May I ask what brings you here, senior?"
Upon seeing the old man before him, Qin Xin was not too nervous. This trial forest was constantly monitored by powerful figures from the Eastern Wilderness Academy, and the old man before him seemed to be a figure in power within the Eastern Wilderness Academy.
"Impressive composure. Interested in joining the Alchemy Academy?"
The old man stepped forward, looked Qin Xin up and down, and then said.
"Thank you for the kind invitation, senior, but I already have a master," Qin Xin said softly.
Before coming to the Eastern Wilderness Academy, Danqing had told him that he could learn from other people, because on the path to becoming a strong person, one does not have to learn from only one teacher. By combining the strengths of many schools, one can also achieve the path to becoming a strong person.
Qin Xin, however, did not think so, because in the world he once lived in, teachers were respected and their teachings were valued, and one could only learn from another teacher if one's original teacher was no longer available.
Hearing Qin Xin's words, Danqing's eyes welled up with tears, and she almost cried from being moved. But then she thought that Qin Xin was planning to take on another teacher after she died. Unsurprisingly, the two argued for a long time. In the end, Danqing returned to the Remnant Map Space in a huff, still saying that she regretted taking Qin Xin as her disciple. But Qin Xin pretended not to hear. Over the years, Qin Xin had figured out Danqing's temper. In fact, she was just all bark and no bite.
"Since that's the case, I won't force you. If you change your mind someday, you can come to the inner courtyard to find me. My name is Huo Sheng."
After speaking, the old man disappeared into the darkness without pausing, as if he had just happened to pass by the trial forest and discovered Qin Xin. He was moved by Qin Xin's talent and thus came to invite him.
After the old man left, Qin Xin didn't linger there. He quickly tidied up and left.
Shortly after Qin Xin left, several figures appeared at the spot.
"Fellow seniors! Qin Xin should be here; he can't have gone far."
The speaker's tone was filled with anger. If Qin Xin were there, he would definitely recognize that this was the old student whose points had been stolen during the day.
"Brother Huanhua, let our Earth Martial Academy handle this matter!"
A man holding a landscape fan, with a somewhat high-pitched voice, smiled with a hint of mockery.
"Senior Zuo Ren, I think it's better if our Beast Martial Arts Academy does it!"
A woman in a fiery red dress, exuding both sexiness and a fiery charm, retorted defiantly.
Although glimpses of the woman's thighs occasionally appeared, none of the disciples around her dared to steal a glance.
"This is a matter for our Weaponry Academy, no need for you to worry about it!"
The man named Huan Hua carried a long sword on his back, which gleamed red in the night.
"None of the top-ranked players on the Hidden Dragon List are here this year. We're evenly matched, so how about we make a bet? Whoever Qin Xin mentioned will automatically be ranked first. What do you say?"
The woman in the fiery red dress spoke in a sweet voice, yet there was an irrefutable quality to her words.
"Can!"
I agree!
And so, the group reached an agreement, while Qin Xin, unaware of this, was cultivating alone in the Trial Forest.
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