The Changbai Mountains stand at the border between the Southern Shang Empire and the Great Xia Dynasty, becoming a natural guard for the two countries and making the people of Great Xia feel lucky. Without them, the Southern Shang cavalry would have rushed into the Great Xia land, and even the highest combat power of Great Xia, the Imperial Army, would have found it difficult to resist. In the mountains where it is winter all year round, there is another world!

The cave was surprisingly large, like a new world, with crystals and vitality lingering in it, adding to its brightness. The hall below was magnificent, with an imperial aura. In the hall, five old men sat on chairs, all with serious expressions. They were the leaders of the old five major forces, and now they wanted to regain their titles, so they had to start with the academy. Although the academy had only a history of more than 300 years, it could quickly meet their challenge and send the basic information of ten juniors. But after reading it, they looked at each other, unable to find a suitable candidate.

After a long time, the old man sitting above the four people spoke.

"Back then, we also had tens of thousands of disciples, but now we can't even choose ten suitable people. It seems that the title of the five major forces can't be taken back."

This was an old man with a mountain-like temperament, a calm face, and a breath that exuded the air of a calm mountain. But in the face of such questions, he was still somewhat helpless. Moreover, his words were full of meaning, with some coercion, which made the four old men below him look cautious and silent for a long time, as if they were still holding a trump card in their hands.

"Palace Master, how about this? You can send three people from the Earth King Palace, and the remaining seven people will come from all four forces."

The sturdy man in a snow-white fur coat sat on the ground like a monster. The chair, which was already quite large, could not accommodate his butt. As he spoke, the frost from his teeth kept flying in the air, causing the air around him to drop a few degrees. Since someone had spoken, the other three people expressed their opinions one by one. They all had cunning eyes. Among them, the old man with a dark green face, as if he had been poisoned, responded:

"No one from Medicine King Valley can go out to fight. At most, one junior can go out."

"It makes me feel like there are too many people in the Beggars' Sect."

The ragged old man buried his face in his dirty hair and beard, speaking with disdain, as if there were no more people. This was all within the expectations of the Lord of the Earth King Palace, but when he looked at the woman hidden in black, the latter said in a young and cold voice:

"Since you are so negative, let's not fight this competition."

Seeing him stand up, the Lord of the Earth King Hall had not spoken yet, but the strong man from the Weird Man Ridge had already clapped his hands. He swung his arms in the air and slammed his fists on the ground, causing the entire hall to tremble. His voice was like a storm on a snowy night, shocking the four people as it howled, but his words were more convincing than the energy he released.

"How can we save our reputation after such a situation? How can we tell the world that our forces are preparing to recruit disciples? Gang Leader Hong, Valley Leader Fu, you have indeed gone too far. We at Weird Man Ridge will not help you. This time, we will have a team of ten people, two from each force. If you cannot send them out, go back home and stop embarrassing yourself here!"

The man from Weird Man Ridge spoke straightforwardly, which made the two leaders of the Beggars' Sect and Medicine King Valley, who were on good terms with each other, turn pale when they looked at each other. They felt ashamed and said in a weird voice:

"Master Yuan Ling, don't be so angry. It's not that I don't want to help, but you see, the Nine-story Senran Tower sent a young female disciple to discuss the meeting with us. It's really infuriating. Girl, you are probably younger than the old tower master's daughter, right?"

Valley Master Fu, with a dark green face, was in deep awe. He was worthy of being the leader of the Beggars' Sect who mingled in the secular world. It was amazing that he could change the subject so skillfully.

The Palace Master sat in the hall, taking everything in. Unlike the Valley Master, he thought that the Hong Gang Master was smart, but he thought that the latter was stupid, even hopeless. It would be fine if he was weak, but he was also blind. The person who should not be provoked the most was not the strange Ling Ling Master and himself, but the woman in black. Her aura was the best among all!

When Gang Leader Hong said this, the woman in black raised her head. Suddenly, ten bone swords and eight demons filled the Earth King Palace. The bone swords were sharp, and one of them was held in the hand of the woman in black. She pointed it at Gang Leader Hong's throat through her wide sleeves, making him feel a chilling and boundless murderous aura.

"interesting."

The hall master looked at the extremely long black robe and the female voice inside was extremely majestic, each word was pronounced with great force.

"I am the tower master!"

The coldness was different from ice and snow, but this coldness went straight into the bone marrow. Gang Leader Hong was like a real beggar in poverty, and didn't know what to say for a moment. Even if he had the skill of being tactful, he couldn't use it in front of the open gate of hell. The new tower leader was very angry, at least much more angry than the old and taciturn tower leader.

All three forces were silent, and Gang Leader Hong was even more embarrassed. His Beggars' Sect has always been known for its numbers, but its strength is a little lacking, but not to this extent! The released vitality was suppressed, and the eyes in the black clothes were particularly dead, as if they could freeze thousands of miles. Seeing this, Gang Leader Hong changed his tone and said with a smile:

"I was just joking, don't take it seriously! Don't take it seriously!"

Looking at the silent Palace Master, the tactful Gang Leader Hong said:

"Now only the Earth King Palace still retains a certain scale. Palace Master Ren, please play a leadership role."

Even though he hadn't thought so before, he looked at Hall Master Ren with respect. Master Hong should have realized long ago that the Beggars' Sect had fallen to nothing, and its former glory had become the summer before autumn. Now, it was a freezing winter. There was nothing in the freezing winter, and his dignity disappeared, leaving him with nothing but the will of others.

Seeing this, the valley master shook his head secretly. Others are unreliable, so he has to rely on himself!

"Please sit down, Master."

Hall Master Ren finally spoke up. It would be a waste of time to continue like this. As for the Beggars' Sect, they could provoke them at will. This leader, who was only a fruit of the Venerable Realm, was not worth mentioning. However, Hall Master Ren's strength should not be underestimated. Therefore, the tall and mysterious female tower master returned to her original seat.

The young tower master was thin, and even though he was covered tightly in black clothes, he only sat on less than one-third of the stone chair. Yuan Lingzhu and Fu Guzhu secretly used their vitality to explore, but they could not see anything. Not to mention them, even Hall Master Ren could not see anything at all, but the five major forces of the old batch had become so rude. No matter who reacted, they shook their heads secretly and felt sorry.

"Each of the five forces will send two people. You all brought your accompanying disciples. Please ask them to come over later. We will make a statistics and send it to the academy as a courtesy."

"How far are we from the academy?"

Master Yuan Ling was carefree. When he took the letter handed over by Master Ren, the ages and strengths of the ten people were clear at a glance.

"Nothing more than that. The strongest is only at the Zun realm, and the weakest is at the Ningzhong realm. Are you looking down on us?"

The Zun realm is actually quite good, but the strength of the Condensed Realm is indeed a little lacking. But when Master Yuan Ling and others were puzzled, Master Hong did not dare to say anything, because the disciple he sent this time was only a young Zun realm disciple, still in the early stage!

The Beggars' Sect had long reached the point where there was no one to choose from. This time, when they came to the Earth King Hall, Yuan Lingzhu and Pagoda Master each brought five elite disciples, and Fugu Master brought four disciples. Although the number and strength of Hall Master Ren's disciples are unknown, the strongest of them must have no less than five disciples that they can show off. In comparison, I only brought three people and had no right to speak. Gang Master Hong, who had tried to save face before, looked at everyone speaking and dared not say a word.

"The origin of that girl named Azhu is unknown, but she must have something extraordinary, otherwise she wouldn't come here to embarrass herself. We must be careful and not be careless. This battle may be our last chance to rise."

"Is it possible that the academy simply wants to humiliate us?"

The Valley Master added:

"The academy has not achieved much, but this time Wang Haoran and his men were all strangled to death, which shows that they are not easy to deal with."

"That's what Wang Haoran deserves."

Master Yuan Ling snorted coldly. Even though Wang Haoran was dead, he did not shy away from naming him and scolding him directly.

"If there is a guy like Wang Haoran among my students, who will ruin my reputation once he leaves Lingmen, I will make him die a miserable death. This kind of traitor is vain and is a disaster even if he is still alive. I think the academy is right to do this! Even if they are scholars, they are also practitioners. We should not be soft-hearted when we need to be ruthless!"

"Too……"

The Valley Master's attitude softened, and he subconsciously looked at the Hall Master Ren. Now, when the latter did not speak, he did not dare to say anything more. As for Wang Haoran, Hall Master Ren did not have much good feelings either. He had advised him to go to the academy to point out the problem directly, but not to do evil things. However, that guy used the mysterious guy from the East Sea to judge the direction of the academy's talisman formation, and he also injured the academy's disciples one after another, and even said that he wanted to overthrow the academy. Such a person will die sooner or later.

"Except for Ah Zhu, everyone else has to be careful. The academy is now accepting students. This guy who calls himself Tianming is the younger brother of the current Wild Beast King."

"He's the one who needs the most attention, right?"

Yuan Lingzhu took the letter in his backhand and pointed at the words "Xia Xiao" on it. This name made Ren Dianzhu nod deeply. Xia Xiao had caused a lot of trouble in the Great Xia Dynasty. Although he had never seen him, he was also curious about how special the person who possessed the legendary mark of the ancestor of the spiritual contract was. He also wanted to see the so-called complete five elements.

"Bring your disciples here first!"

After saying this, Hall Master Ren turned and left. However, as soon as his heavy face left everyone's sight, it was covered with deep sorrow. But in the eyes of the other four people, it was still an extremely confident figure. Everyone saw an incomplete picture, just like what they saw of the Earth King Hall, which was indeed the only powerful existence left among the old five major forces, but it was not at the same level as the academy.

The scale of the Earth King Palace is indeed better than that of the other four forces. Every year, many students who are eliminated by the academy or cannot go to the academy due to age issues come to him. The current Earth King Palace has more than 300 disciples, which is more than the Weird Man Ridge and the Nine-story Senran Tower, which have lowered their standards to accept disciples. Among them, there are some talents who can be compared with the geniuses of the academy.

Before the letter from the academy arrived, Hall Master Ren still held on to the fantasy that he could fight back before his death. But now it seems that the end is already determined.

Walking to a flat area in the cave, there were two disciples who were ready. They were full of muscles, perfectly demonstrating what a tower-like figure is. Their eyes were filled with surging vitality and some surprise. When the hall master came over, a slightly bigger disciple hurriedly said:

"Master, I have learned the Emperor's Seal!"

Hall Master Ren's brow was filled with disbelief, but his two disciples were not the kind of people who liked to joke around, and the surprise on their faces was invisibly proving that they were telling the truth.