Hearing that Wang Hao dared to make demands, Qing Ran's face immediately darkened. This freshman was too bold to even negotiate with her. It seemed that he wouldn't understand the meaning of the words "female demon" until she beat him to his knees and begged for mercy.
Yan Qin said in a low voice, "Sister Ran, this is the Battle Tower. We can't break the rules. Why don't we listen to what the conditions are first? If they are reasonable, what's wrong with agreeing to them?"
Qingran snorted coldly, her red lips slightly parted, and said, "What are your conditions?"
Her voice was ethereal and very pleasant to the ear, but her tone was extremely cold.
However, Wang Hao didn't care and said with a smile, "The condition is very simple: I hope you can help me and ensure my safety when I encounter danger."
Yan Qin chuckled and said, "It's just a small matter. Don't worry, if anyone causes you trouble in the future, just mention my name, Yan Qin."
"So you two agree?" Wang Hao asked.
Qingran hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
Wang Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief. He could tell that Yan Qin meant no harm, but the aloof Qing Ran's tendency to suddenly display murderous intent was truly puzzling to him.
"Qiqi is still the best. These people are really unreasonable." Wang Hao thought to himself. This aloof senior sister had already shown murderous intent as soon as she arrived at the academy. It was simply outrageous.
He had no idea how he had offended her. In his past life, Zi Yue had even brought three half-saints to kill him. To this day, Wang Hao still didn't know what they wanted.
Wang Hao asked, "I have another question. I defeated Li Xu on the first level. Doesn't that mean I will replace him and become the gatekeeper of the mid-stage Qi Refining Realm?"
"Once I become the gatekeeper, won't the great witch Si Jingjun know that I defeated her dream lover? What if she comes looking for trouble with me then?"
Qingran said coldly, "The Battle Tower is a damaged top-level spiritual artifact. It has no intelligence, so you don't need to worry. As long as we don't record your strength, speed, or other data, everything will be fine."
At this moment, Yan Qin continued, "Currently, only the three of us know about this, so you can rest assured that Ran-jie and I will not tell the tower-guarding elder."
"This is so unreliable. On such an important day, the elders aren't even personally overseeing things," Wang Hao muttered, but Qing Ran and Yan Qin were not weaklings and naturally heard him clearly.
Qingran snorted coldly and ignored him.
However, Yan Qin was not angry. Instead, she said with a smile, "Elders are also human. They also want to cultivate. They would love for someone to help them guard the battle tower."
Wang Hao nodded, bid farewell to the two women, and then walked calmly out of the battle tower.
"Hmph, daring to negotiate with me? Once we get to the War King's Palace, I'll see just how capable he is." Qing Ran sneered.
Outside the battle tower, the nine elders and many young cultivators had been waiting for a long time, but Wang Hao still hadn't come out.
"Why haven't they come out yet? Did they also pass the first level of the third floor?"
"How could that be? I think he's most likely dead in the battle tower!" a cultivator said with a sneer.
"Squeak!"
The gates of the Battle Tower opened, and Wang Hao walked out of the Martial Tower. Not only did he not die in the Battle Tower, but he didn't even have a single scratch on his body.
Elder Xie smiled and immediately went to greet him, asking, "Wang Hao, which level have you passed?"
Wang Hao did not hide anything and answered truthfully: "The third level, the second level."
"It's alright if you didn't pass it, after all you're only in the mid-stage of Qi Refining... Wait, what did you just say? You passed the second level of the third floor of the Battle Tower?" Elder Xie looked as if he had been struck by lightning, his eyes were bloodshot, and all the hair on his head stood up.
The other eight elders were also stunned.
Elder Shangren's face turned ashen, and he said in a deep voice, "Wang Hao, you must not lie. Do you know what the consequences will be if you lie in front of the nine elders?"
Wang Hao glanced at him and said calmly, "It's just that you passed the second level of the third floor. There's no need to be so surprised."
Elder Shangren was speechless after being rebuked. What did he mean by "just passed the second level of the third floor"? He was so angry that his face turned as red as a pig's liver.
"No, I don't believe he can pass the third level. I demand that the battle tower be opened to see Wang Hao's true score." Elder Shangren simply didn't believe him and suspected he was lying.
Although tower lights were on outside the battle tower, it was impossible to know which level of the third floor Wang Hao had reached.
Not to mention Elder Shangren's disbelief, many people present were also skeptical. After all, it was truly astonishing for a freshman to make it to the second level of the third floor.
Elder Shangren walked to the bottom of the gate of the battle tower, stretched out an arm, pressed it against a recessed iron wall, and poured the spiritual energy in his body into the iron wall.
"Whoosh."
As a white light flashed, Wang Hao's performance in the second level of the third floor slowly emerged, and everyone standing at the foot of the tower, including the older students, looked up.
On the spiritual mirror, there was a scene of Wang Hao fighting against eighteen bronze puppets. His movements were fluid and graceful, his fists were powerful and his figure was swift.
As for the female students, their beautiful eyes were filled with admiration, and in the end, they all looked down at Wang Hao at the bottom of the battle tower with eyes full of worship.
This is how things are on Tianxing. Unlike Earth, here strength reigns supreme, but the laws are extremely strict. If you do something that is forbidden, you will be severely punished.
Wang Hao stole the spotlight from almost all the new students this year. The female students were secretly courting him, while the male students had already begun to be hostile towards this new junior.
As dusk fell, the Battle Tower challenge finally came to an end, and the top one hundred people became outer disciples of the West Courtyard of the Burning Lamp Academy.
Of the top ten, six were women and four were men.
Fortunately, Wang Hao broke the record; otherwise, this year's freshmen would have once again seen the female students overwhelming the male students.
At the same time, Longfeng Academy also completed its assessment. Shi Mengqi was admitted to the academy as the top freshman. She and Xia Xiaoyi were preparing to celebrate, but Li Xing was staring at the two of them with a sinister look.
"Just wait and see. Once Brother Li Xu breaks through to the Earth Realm, even the elders won't be able to protect you. But before that, we can use Li Leyao to deal with Wang Hao, since he's also at the Burning Lamp Academy."
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To become an outer palace disciple of the West Courtyard, one must obtain the special robes worn by outer palace disciples, as well as a waist token and a key to accommodation.
The outer palace disciples all wore plain white robes.
As for the waist token, it is much more important. The waist token of the Burning Lamp Academy is made of jade and has array patterns inside, making it a mid-grade treasure.
Wang Hao held the jade tablet in his hand and thought to himself, "It seems that Tianxing has inheritances in weapon crafting, formation making, and beast taming. It's very comprehensive, practically a miniature cultivation world."
The waist tag not only records each student's information, but also their merit points.
Wang Hao was the top freshman this year, so he directly received 3,000 merit points, which could be seen directly in his waist badge. After all, it was valid throughout the entire Tianxing, just like a credit card on Earth, except that it couldn't be overdrawn.
The West Courtyard of the Burning Lamp Academy only distributes ten merit points to outer palace disciples each month, but all cultivation resources must be exchanged using merit points.
Therefore, one cannot survive on Tianxing without merit points. Many people are sent back to Earth by the academy or various institutions because of laziness or failure to obtain merit points.
In addition to recording merit points, the waist tag also records the strength ranking of each outer palace student in the West Academy, and Wang Hao's ranking is 670.
This is just the ranking of the disciples of the outer palace of the West Courtyard, which is based on their strength and the quarterly assessments held every three months, as I learned from Liu Jinlin.
The ranking of the West Courtyard is meaningless; being able to enter the "Mysterious Ranking" is what truly matters.
"Alright, now that you've been successfully admitted, I should get back to my own business. Oh, and just a reminder, the first freshman's accommodation is the War King's Palace, Spirit Number One."
"The mysterious elements there are the most concentrated and abundant, which will be of great benefit to your cultivation. However, once you go in, you must keep your eyes to yourself and not peek around."
"There are many women there. The imbalance of women and men in the West Courtyard is not just a saying. Once, a freshman was falsely accused of peeping at women bathing and had both his legs broken."
Liu Jinlin patted Wang Hao on the shoulder, giving him a look that said, "You'd better watch yourself," before leaving with a flourish.
Wang Hao recalled Qing Ran and Yan Qin's words and suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. It seemed that in order to avoid being suppressed by the three great witches, he also needed to hurry up and improve his strength.
Even in the most dangerous places, Wang Hao was not afraid. Cultivators cultivate not only their physical strength but also their heart—a powerful heart that is fearless.
The War King Hall is located in the very center of the west courtyard, flanked by two massive mountains with sheer cliffs on the east and west sides, making the terrain extremely treacherous.
The Burning Lamp Academy is located in the old town of the Ancient City of the Underworld. Many of the buildings here are original to the Ancient City of the Underworld, which gives Wang Hao the feeling of returning to the Immortal Realm.
At first glance, the three main halls and eight side halls of the War King's Palace are arranged in a mysterious pattern, as if forming a formation.
When Wang Hao arrived outside the War King's Palace, the night had already completely fallen.
Not far away, one could vaguely see many outer palace disciples, all of whom were looking in the direction of the War King's Hall.
"Here he comes! Here he comes! The top freshman of the year has arrived!"
"He's Wang Hao, the one who passed the second level of the third floor of the Battle Tower. Guess how long he can stay in the Battle King's Hall?"
"At most an hour. The freshman whose legs were broken earlier didn't actually peep at the female demon while she was bathing. He was framed. After all, they like to torture geniuses."
Wang Hao's senses were incredibly sharp, so he naturally heard the discussions and learned the whole story Liu Jinlin had told him. However, he didn't care and simply pushed the door open and entered.
"The spiritual energy here seems to have evolved from the accumulation of a large amount of true energy. Quantitative change leads to qualitative change, but it is also mixed with real spiritual energy."
Wang Hao carefully sensed the surroundings. This place could support his cultivation for a period of time. Beneath his feet was a huge jade plaza, about three hundred meters long.
In the distance, a magnificent main hall stands, with the three large characters "War King Hall" inscribed on its roof.
Behind the Hall of War Kings, there are two more halls: the Hall of Spirit Observation and the Hall of Body Refinement.
Surrounding the three main halls are eight side halls, namely: Heaven No. 1, Heaven No. 2, Earth No. 1, Earth No. 2, Mysterious No. 1, Mysterious No. 2, Yellow No. 1, and Yellow No. 2.
Wang Hao walked towards the first yellow door, inserted the bronze key into the lock, opened the door, and went straight inside.
From the moment he entered the War King's Palace, Wang Hao extended his spiritual sense and remained on guard until he entered his own room, at which point he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But just then, he saw a light on in a courtyard ahead, and he could also hear the sound of splashing water.
"Could it be that someone in Tianxing also broke into a private residence?" Wang Hao frowned slightly, feeling displeased. However, as soon as he entered the courtyard, he smelled a faint fragrance of flowers wafting out from the inner door.
He quickly took a few steps, and the next second, Wang Hao finally saw a scene that would make countless men bleed.
In the center of the courtyard stood a bath, its surface covered with flower petals. A woman with snow-white skin sat in the bath; even just her back view was breathtakingly beautiful, without a single flaw.
Although most of her snow-white body was submerged in the water, her outline could still be faintly seen, with droplets of water rolling off her skin.
Under the lights, it looked quite alluring.
Seeing this, Wang Hao's heart sank, and he thought to himself that things were not good. These female demons had used this trick again. If he was caught, he would never be able to clear his name.
"These people are too ruthless. They actually stripped naked in front of me to get rid of me. This is bad. I'd better get out of here first."
Wang Hao looked around and, finding no one rushing out to capture him, slowly took a step back, preparing to leave quietly.
"You're only arriving now?" The woman still didn't turn around, sitting in the bathtub, thoroughly enjoying the bathing experience.
Undeniably, her voice was incredibly melodious, like heavenly music, exceptionally pleasant to hear. Coupled with the surrounding mist, it inspired endless imagination.
Wang Hao was startled and somewhat suspicious. He thought to himself, "She knows I'm here, yet she's still so calm. But why does that voice sound so familiar?"
But the next second, Wang Hao's eyes hardened, and he no longer hesitated. Since he had already been exposed, he might as well strike first, since the other party's cultivation was stronger than his own.
"Whoosh!"
Wang Hao stepped forward, bursting forth at a speed of eighty meters per second, and in an instant, he rushed to the edge of the bath.
The woman in the bath, completely unsuspecting, turned around and said, "Qin'er, now that you're here, why don't you say anything..."
Before the woman could finish speaking, she saw Wang Hao's fist imprint appear in front of her, and the figure of a young man grew larger and larger in her pupils.
Her expression changed drastically, and she was about to circulate her spiritual energy to resist.
But it was too late.
"Nine layers of overlapping waves".
The powerful punch created waves in the bath, and a burst of force sent the woman flying more than ten meters away before she crashed onto the stone platform beside the bath.
The woman was completely naked, with a slender and flawless figure, except for a blood-red fist mark on her right shoulder.
"Wow!"
The woman coughed up blood, collapsed to the ground, trembling all over. Her shoulder was burning with pain, clearly indicating that she had suffered a very serious injury.
Even if she were a Xuan Ranking cultivator, if she were caught off guard and struck by Wang Hao's full-force attack, she would be severely injured, if not killed.
Fortunately, at the last moment, she circulated her spiritual energy to protect herself; otherwise, she would have perished by now.
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