Gao Han originally wanted to reciprocate and go watch Zhongli Tingzhou's game, but when asked, he said that he didn't need to play for the time being.

"Why don't you get to play in the senior qualifying match?" Gao Han asked in surprise after hearing his reply.

"I don't need it." Zhongli Tingzhou's eyes were sharp, and even though his tone was calm, one could still feel the confidence and momentum that overwhelmed him.

Gao Han knew the reason after a little thought, "Because you are the number one person in Penglai?"

It's not that he really knew nothing. He vaguely heard some people often say that he was the number one person in Penglai. After hearing it many times, he naturally knew it.

Zhongli Tingzhou paused, but his expression was so calm that it was hard to tell what he was thinking. "The top three in the last round do not have to participate in the previous elimination rounds."

Gao Han exclaimed, "I heard that you didn't participate for two consecutive sessions, so you were at the bottom for two consecutive sessions. You shouldn't be in the top three, right?"

"There is no need for that." Zhongli Tingzhou said concisely.

"That's right. With your strength, there's no need to worry about the significance of the situation." Gao Han understood immediately. "Then I'll go into seclusion. When it's your turn to compete, remember to send me the time and place. I'll go to watch the game."

"No need." Zhongli Tingzhou said coldly.

Gao Han ignored him and said, "Then it's decided."

Then he hung up the communicator.

Zhongli Tingzhou stared at the communicator expressionlessly for a moment before putting it away.

That afternoon, Gao Han taught Class 9 for three hours at a time.

Everyone in Class 9 was extremely excited. Brother Han defeated the students in Class 1 and Class 2 in two consecutive games, which made them proud and inspired them to have more enthusiasm and passion. When they were practicing, they were even more motivated than when they just started school and tasted the sweetness.

Counselor Wang was also very pleased. Seeing the strength of the students in Class 9 continue to increase, he was now very confident that if Class 9 and Class 7 had another match, they would definitely not lose again.

Thinking about it this way, Counselor Wang's idea became stronger and stronger. Perhaps he should give it a try and test the results of everyone's hard work during this period.

After Gao Han finished his class, he mentioned this matter to everyone, and everyone immediately agreed with it.

"Okay, okay, this is a great idea, counselor. I've been itching to try it for a long time."

"Yeah, that's right. We didn't have enough fun fighting against Class 7 last time."

"I remember we have an opportunity to apply, and we can use it." This is Ma Zechao.

In the last match with Class 7, although they were inspired by Gao Han and successfully fought back a little, beating most of the people in Class 7 into pigs' heads, but that was actually due to injuries, and it could not be considered a real win. Most of them actually lost the game.

After everyone finished their discussion, all eyes fell on Gao Han expectantly.

Gao Han has now become their backbone.

"I won't challenge Class 7." Gao Han pondered for a moment. "The current Class 7 is no longer a threat. Since we want to test our skills, we might as well challenge a more difficult Class 5."

In a small area, everyone took a deep breath of cool air.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Class Five was too advanced. They thought Brother Han was going to talk about Class Six, but it turned out that he didn't even look down on Class Six?

"Isn't this Class 5 moving too fast?" Counselor Wang couldn't help but ask the question.

Gao Han said: "Only when you are motivated can you continue to work hard."

After all, counselor Wang was no rookie, and he immediately understood Gao Han's meaning, "Then let's go to Class 5."

"I'm going to be in seclusion for a few days, you guys go ahead." Gao Han had no intention of participating. Chen Siqin from Class 1 was no match for him, let alone Class 5.

No one forced it. It was just Class 5, there was no need for Brother Han to take action. Why use a sledgehammer to crack a nut?

That's how it was settled.

Counselor Wang submitted his application the next day.

The person in charge of processing the application thought they had made a mistake and confirmed with counselor Wang several times until he was sure that he was not wrong and that Class 9 really wanted to challenge Class 5. Then he shook his head and approved the application.

The incident between Gao Han and Class 1 and 2 caused quite a stir, and some well-informed instructors had heard about it to some extent.

But that was just one person, not the whole class. The person in charge didn't know where they got the confidence to challenge Class 5.

However, knowing how to face challenges is a good quality, and they will not deliberately suppress such ideas. As long as they are not too radical, they will support them.

"Once you stamp it, you can't go back on it."

Counselor Wang nodded.

After Gao Han knew the time, he went into seclusion. He sent the news of the seclusion to some acquaintances and then turned off the communicator.

Class Five soon received news that Class Nine was preparing to challenge them, and as expected, they all scoffed at it.

Forget about Gao Han alone. They admitted that they could not beat the other party. But what about Class 9? Did they think that because a genius appeared, the whole class would become powerful? I have never heard of such a thing.

In the eyes of the students in Class 5, Class 9 was overestimating their abilities, which led to the two classes disliking each other before the exchange competition.

Some people even designated their opponents because of some quarrels, and wanted to defeat the other party on that day.

Gao Han's retreat was in the aura training room. After tasting the sweetness that day, he realized that although the price was expensive, it was better than practicing slowly outside, so after the life-and-death battle, he plunged in.

After the senior qualifying round began, it was in full swing.

The early stages are knockout rounds, which aren’t very exciting, but for lower grades, who only get to see senior grades’ matches a few times a year, this is a good opportunity to learn and see a lot of actual combat.

The daily tickets were sold out in less than ten minutes after they were released, and no one was willing to buy them even when scalpers offered as high as RMB 100,000 per ticket.

Five days passed and the elimination round finally ended. Out of more than a thousand students who registered, only the top two hundred entered the finals.

Among these two hundred people, fifty places will be chosen.

…

Yuan family study.

"As for Song Feiyang, how long will he wait to give a reply? Urge him any further, he can't delay any longer." Yuan Wenchuan has a square face and shrewd eyes that show his insidiousness and cunningness, but he is a little impatient at this moment.

The man standing in front of him was dressed in a suit and had a serious expression on his face. "I've urged him several times, but Song Feiyang always spoke in an official tone, saying that the number we asked for was too large and he couldn't make the decision. He asked us to wait a few more days while he met with his superiors to discuss the matter further."

"Wait a few days?" Yuan Wenchuan snorted coldly, "He has already asked me to wait for a few days. What will the military say? Aren't they afraid that the Yuan family will not sell the magic weapon to them?"

"The strange thing is that they don't seem to be in a hurry. They said that Song Feiyang is responsible for purchasing the magic tools and asked us to go to him. It seems like they are shirking their responsibilities." The man in the suit speculated.

Yuan Wenchuan suddenly frowned, "Not good, it seems they have other plans, trying to delay time so that we can't stop them in time, you should check immediately, who Song Feiyang has been in contact with during this period of time."

"No need to check, I already know." At this time, Yuan Wenchuan's father pushed the door and walked in. He had gray hair, but his steps were very steady. His face was as sharp as a knife, more fierce than Yuan Wenchuan.

"Father, why are you here?" Yuan Wenchuan asked hurriedly.

"Song Feiyang is determined not to cooperate with the Yuan family this time. He has already found several other weapon refining factories and purchased a batch of magic weapons from them in batches." Old Master Yuan acted decisively and was intimidating without even getting angry.

Yuan Wenchuan frowned and said, "But no matter how big those weapon refineries are, they can't possibly produce enough weapons to meet the military's needs, right?"

Mr. Yuan said, "That's right, so what they are really looking for is Penglai."

Yuan Wenchuan immediately remembered that Kong Lanying from Penglai University had a good relationship with the head of the Zhongli family, so cooperation was not impossible.

Penglai University absorbs so many students who study weapon refining every year. Even if the Yuan family takes the opportunity to recruit many young and promising weapon masters, in terms of reserve, they naturally do not have as many as Penglai University. What's more, Penglai University is not just a place for teaching and educating people. They are also self-sufficient in many things.

“一定是孔兰英，这些年他没少跟我们作对。”袁文川沉下脸。

“你继续向军部施压，如果这次他们不与袁家合作，以后袁家卖给军部的法器将大幅度减少，价格也会提高，看看，到底是蓬莱大学的灵韵石储量多，还是袁家的储量多。”

袁老爷子手中的拐杖重重的击了一下地面，沉闷的声音，就像风雨欲来前的闷雷。

“那名额怎么办？”袁文川又问，三十个名额，实在是没有多少优势，“蓬莱大学的排位赛倒是有五十个，但是现在已经开始了，届时可能也拿不到几个。”

“宋飞扬早有防范，之所以拖着袁家不松口，就是为了预防我们在蓬莱大学的排位赛上动手。”袁老爷子看得很透，亦看得出军部这次的决心，川字眉头有着慑人的威严。

袁文川也想到这一点，“最后一轮比赛要开始了，我会努力一些，能多收买几个，就多收买几个。”

袁老爷子点点头，走前又丢下一句，“这次新灾区的计划，只许成功，不许失败。”

“我知道了，父亲。”袁文川点点头。

……

与此同时，蓬莱大学办公室。

“居然把我拖下水，就算我答应了这一次，袁家那么小心眼，又爱记仇，下次肯定会刁难，你们可想清楚了，军部那边应该也有压力吧。”孔兰英眯着眼睛盯着巨大的全息屏上的钟离家主。

“自然想清楚了，袁家横行多年，也该反击一次了，军部那边的压力暂时还压得住，这倒不必担心。”钟离家主笑呵呵地说道。

孔兰英挑了挑眉，“司马护能答应？”

“事关国家未来的大事，司马护分得出孰轻孰重，他也早看袁家不顺眼。”最后一句才是重点。

“交情归交情，该算的账还是要算的。”孔兰英虽是炼器学院的院长，有些事却无法一个人做主。

钟离家主自然明白，亲兄弟都要明算账，“还有一件事，最近多注意一下，袁家目的没达成，十有八九，会把手伸向学校正在进行的高年级排位赛，袁家那个女娃，可不容小觑。”

“只要不是破坏学校的规矩，我不会管，就看袁家有多少本事。”

新灾区是个不小的诱惑，尤其是对那些没有背景，只能靠自己的炼灵者，他们更需要这个名额。

蓬莱大学虽然盘根错节，但是高层领导更多是想招收平民学生，因为平民学生对学校更有归属感，否则这些年也不会放宽招收的门槛与政策。

有些人可能没有发现，学校里行走的平民学生，几乎一年比一年多。

但是也有一个弊端，平民学生容易被招揽、被洗脑，比如袁家。

他们经常会派一些家族中的天才小辈，进入炼器学院，从中挑选出色的人才，将他们吸纳进袁家。

袁家的炼器厂能发展到现在也不衰落，也有这个原因。

好在，最近几年，袁家在炼器学院的势头已经没有以前那么强劲了。

高年级中，有秦代与袁家那个女娃分庭抗礼，袁家想要借小辈之手，控制炼器学院是不可能的了。

“对了，明明之前说的高寒，他在炼器学院怎么样了？我记得炼器学院的低年级，现在是袁家的小辈一家独大，好像是叫袁哲吧。”钟离家主突然想起此事。

“具体情况，我并不很清楚，学期刚开始不到一个月，可能动作不大。”孔兰英毕竟不是闲人，不可能刻意关注一个小辈。

钟离家主摇摇头，“当年袁家的小辈一进蓬莱，哪个不是一开始就闹出大动静，这个高寒，性子未免过于温吞了。”

“炼器本身就是一件需要耐心的事，要是人太激进，反倒不是好事。”孔兰英说。

“也对，那就再看看吧。”钟离家主闻言也没再细想。

两人就此略过这个话题，转而说过军部的事。

于是，两人又错过了一个大好机会，他们口中温吞感人的高寒，在法器学院已经跟人打了一次挑战赛和生死战，在一年级里闹得人尽皆知，连高年级都对他有所耳闻。

如果不是正好被高年级的排位赛抢去风头，那两件事可能还要再传一阵子，届时传到孔兰英耳里，也不是没可能的。

……

为了看高年级的比赛，九班特意把班级挑战赛推到后面，每天派一群人抢票，那么多双手，基本能抢到，还给高寒留了一个座位。

这天，最后的比赛终于要开始了，高寒也收到钟离庭洲发来的消息。

虽然嘴上说不需要，但身体还是很诚实的。

高寒出关后，便直接前往高年级的排位赛，路上遇到了一个人。