C421 The Outer Mansion Disciple Competition

One of the disciples' residences in the Outer Palace.

This place was the residence of Xu Daolin, the strongest person in the Yuan Alliance. Because the people of the Yuan Alliance knew that Xu Daolin was seeking to condense the third Divine Flower, no one would disturb him normally.

But today, two people had come to Xu Daolin's residence. One was Yan Zhengtine from the Yuan Alliance, and the other was Duanqianyue, who was also a disciple of the Outer Palace's leader, just like Xu Daolin.

They had both come here for one thing, the Freshmen Competition.

The Freshmen Competition was a grand event that occurred once every three years in the Outer Palace of the academy. In order to promote the competition between the disciples, the academy had specially arranged such a competition.

The Freshmen Competition was also another method used by the school to select outstanding disciples. When the Outer Palace disciples were still new disciples, there was Freshmen Trial, and the disciples were divided into different levels.

That was the first screening. Although the top three of Freshmen Trial were highly regarded, there might be some powerful newcomers who deliberately hid their strength and did not compete.

Thus, after entering the Outer Palace, there would still be such a grand event as the disciple competition waiting for them. Perhaps these disciples who had hidden their true strength would want to prove themselves at the disciple competition after seeing the rewards of the top three in the trial and staying in the Outer Palace for a while.

The rewards for the top ten in the disciple competition were also very generous. Although it might not be as good as the rewards for the top three of Freshmen Trial, the rewards for the top three in the disciple competition would definitely be far greater than the rewards for the top three of Freshmen Trial. This was also a form of stimulation for the academy.

The purpose was to motivate the Outer Palace disciples to work harder and produce more outstanding disciples.

This year, Lee Zhuohua's batch of new students had arrived at the Outer Palace, so the disciples' competition was about to begin. Compared to the new students, the disciples' competition was more like a battlefield for the older students.

Because the disciple competition did not discriminate between the new and the old, everyone was treated equally, and their opponents would be decided by drawing lots. In this way, the new students generally did not have much chance of winning against the older students.

As for the new disciples, the main purpose of the disciples' competition was to allow them to observe the strength levels of the older students in the Outer Palace. After realizing the gap between them and the older students, they would work hard to cultivate.

At this moment, Duanqianyue and Yan Zhengtine had come to Xu Daolin for the matter of the disciple competition, but their goals were different.

Yan Zhengtine's purpose was easy to understand. He and Xu Daolin were both members of the Yuan Alliance, and Xu Daolin was the strongest person in the Yuan Alliance. Yan Zhengtine did not want to fight with Xu Daolin in the disciple competition. The reason he came here was mostly because Duanqianyue had found this place. As the actual leader of the Yuan Alliance, he naturally wanted to see what was going on.

As one of the two leading disciples of the Outer Palace, Duanqianyue would not normally come to Xu Daolin's residence. He had come here today to issue a written challenge.

Yan Zhengtine was standing beside Xu Daolin, while Duanqianyue was standing on their separate side. The three of them stayed in the courtyard of the disciple's residence.

After coming here, Duanqianyue did not speak to Xu Daolin directly. Instead, he just looked at him in the eye. The two of them were their only opponents in the Outer Palace. There were many things that did not need to be explained directly, and they could understand what each other meant.

Xu Daolin had an outstanding bearing. With his hands behind his back, he wore a light blue robe. His bright and reserved eyes stared at Duan Qianyue, and no emotion could be seen in his eyes.

Opposite him, Duanqianyue crossed his arms over his chest. His tall and straight figure was handsome under the sunlight, and his sharp eyes were like sword qi as they shot towards Xu Daolin who was standing opposite him. His eyes were filled with fighting spirit.

Their expressions were very similar, but different, and anyone standing here could feel a faint sense of competitiveness between them.

Yan Zhengtine, on the other hand, appeared to be a little redundant. His strength was inferior to either of the two in front of him. He could only stand behind Xu Daolin and observe the two of them quietly. However, his tightly furrowed brows revealed the solemness in his heart.

"Hu."

A gentle breeze blew across the three of them, and the wind was filled with a slight chill.

It was autumn now. The leaves in the yard were turning yellow. Under the autumn wind, a leaf fell down from the three of them.

This place was full of killing intent.

The yellowed leaf fell between Xu Daolin and Duanqianyue, as if this leaf had pulled their thoughts back to reality. Their eyes were shining.

"What business do you have with me?" Xu Daolin was the first to speak. In his heart, he actually knew why Duan Qianyue had come, but he still asked out of politeness. However, there was not the slightest expression on his face, indicating that he knew the other party's intentions like the back of his hand.

The corner of Duanqianyue's mouth slightly curled up when he heard Xu Daolin's voice, bringing with it a reckless smile. At this moment, his face was extremely cold.

"Don't you know why I came here?" Duanqianyue asked with his arms still crossed in front of his chest.

The two's conversation seemed to be a little baffling, but it made Yan Zhengtine, who was watching by the side, feel extremely shocked.

Although the two of them were just communicating with ordinary words and did not have the slightest bit of imposing manner, anyone could feel the fighting spirit between them.

As the disciples of the Outer Palace, others might think that it was unlikely for them to have anything to do with each other, but only they themselves knew that there could only be one strongest person in the Outer Palace of the academy, and that person would be one of them.

Although the two of them didn't usually have any interaction with each other, that was because they didn't have the chance to fight each other. Now that the disciple competition had arrived, they all knew that it was time to decide who was stronger.

"I have already touched the third Shen Hua." In response to Duanqianyue's rhetorical question, Xu Daolin said this sentence that seemed to be of no importance for no reason.

But his words caused Yan Zhengtine's face behind him to change, and his face instantly filled with joy.

The third Divine Flower? This meant that Xu Daolin was about to reach the peak of the Astral Realm. By then, he could enter the academy's Inner Palace as long as he wanted to.

But after hearing Xu Daolin's words, there was no surprise on his face. Instead, the corners of his mouth curled up in a playful smile.

"Is that so? Then that's interesting." Duan Qianyue said playfully. His expression did not change because of Xu Daolin's words. It was as if he did not have any control over the fact that Xu Daolin was about to condense the third Shen Hua.

His attitude made Yan Zhengtine's face turn serious again.

"Could it be?" When Yan Zhengtine saw that Duanqianyue was so calm, he had some guesses in his heart.

However, this guess made him unable to believe it. He did not know if the truth was as he had imagined. Duanqianyue was about to condense a third Shen Hua.

When Xu Daolin heard what Duan Qianyue said, he nodded his head slightly without any other expression, as if nothing could make him take it to heart.