On a sunny day, Mr. Tang of Huqing Mansion led a group of students riding unicorns and qilin beasts to the Imperial Academy in Guoxue City where Yan Tu was located.

  Xu Zhi Xiong, Su Dao Xing, Fang Xue Qin, Wei Ke, and Kong Fei Xuan of the Huqing Fu have received the imperial decree. They will represent the Huqing Fu in the five trials against the Yantu Garden.

  In three days' time, Mr. Tang and eight students were all on their way, braving the wind and rain, sleeping under the stars, how hard it was!

  When Mr. Tang and his party were passing through a gorge, the sky came with a cry of an eagle's cry, four eagles carrying four Wu Wang fell in front of and behind two positions of Mr. Tang's party, blocking the advance and retreat of Mr. Tang's party.

  "Mr. Tang, it's said that this gorge is Eagle Gorge, where a group of eagle thieves often rob passing merchant caravans." Tang Guoqiang whispered to Mr. Tang.

  Mr. Tang glanced at those eagle thieves.

  "Wants to pass from here, get" a master-level martial king among the Eagle Thieves said loudly.

  Before he could finish speaking, Mr. Tang shouted loudly: "Get out!"

  In an instant, a wave of terror spread towards the four eagle thieves.

  Four grey eagles let out a mournful cry, their bodies splattered with blood, their forms battered and bruised by the sonic boom.

  Three people in the Eagle Thief were blown by the sound wave, spitting blood and falling to the ground. Only that master-level martial king quickly retreated to avoid the attack of the sound wave.

  Mr. Tang moved, like a phantom, and everyone felt a flash before their eyes. Mr. Tang had already pointed at the brow of that master-level eagle thief, his finger shooting out a stream of energy that pierced through the eagle thief's brow.

  Mr. Tang retreated back to his own unicorn, and the corpse of that master-level eagle thief fell to the ground.

  The students were shocked. In just a moment, the Eagle Thief was destroyed, and what's even more terrifying is that Mr. Tang killed an Eagle Thief at the level of a Sect Master with just one finger.

  Even if the entire Dongtu Imperial Court, there are only a handful of people who can kill a Master-level Martial King with one finger. Anyway, Su Dao Xing, Xu Zhi Xiong, and Wei Ke saw for the first time that someone could kill a Master-level Martial King with just one finger.

  Su Dao Xing and his group had all fantasized about becoming a Martial King, renowned throughout the Eastern Dynasty. Now, seeing a Venerable being killed with just one finger by Mr. Tang, they felt an overwhelming sense of despair in their hearts. Even if they became Venerables themselves, they wouldn't be able to withstand Mr. Tang's single finger. What was the point of becoming a Venerable then?

  "Let's go!" Mr. Tang killed a Zongshi-level Wu Wang as if he had done something insignificant, urging the students to continue on their way.

  Mr. Tang led the students rushing towards Guoxue City next to the imperial capital.

  The Emperor is the core of the Eastern Imperial Dynasty, like a giant dragon lying on the territory of the Eastern Imperial Dynasty, with four satellite cities around it.

  Four satellite cities, one is Guoxue City where Yantu Garden is located, one is Hero City where the orphans of martyrs live, one is Junzheng City where the military and political departments are located, and one is Shengren City where the relics of saints are concentrated and there are saintly residences everywhere.

  Four satellite cities surround the capital.

  Legend has it that the Imperial Capital has a Saintly Being sitting in, while each of the four satellite cities has a Saint-level saint sitting in. As long as these five saints sit in town, no matter how big the rebellion is in the Eastern Land, it will not shake the foundation of the country.

  In the era when saints did not appear, quasi-saints were the next best thing to saints, and lesser saints were secondary to them. It is said that the Eastern Imperial Dynasty had a saint in residence, but no one can confirm it; however, the Eastern Imperial Dynasty did have quasi-saints and lesser saints who are verifiable.

  The imperial capital and four satellite cities actually have saints sitting in town, it can be seen that the five cities are the safest cities.

  "In front of us is Guoxue City, one of the four satellite cities guarding the imperial capital, and also the city where Yantu Garden is located." Mr. Tang pointed to the distant Guoxue City, which lay sprawling like a lion on the ground.

  Su Dao Xing arrived at Guo Xue City for the first time and was about to meet Yan Tu Yuan, his heart was extremely excited.

  When Su Dao Xing was young, he had heard of the legend of the four great academies: "Donghua Qing, Xiyan Tu, Nanyuhua, and Beishun Chen". He was fortunate enough to have studied at Donghua Qing and now came to Xiyan Tu for the first time.

  The Western Swallow Diagram is renowned as the Royal Academy, where the likes of Tang Qian, the Crown Prince of Heaven, Yue Tianwu, the Holy Maiden of the Moon Clan, Su Daolin, the genius disciple of the Su Family, and Quan Heng, the champion of the Hundred Arts Assembly, all gather to study under the name of "Western Swallow Diagram" in the Yan Tu Garden.

  A scholar from a humble background can study at the Huqing Mansion, but it is absolutely impossible for him to enter the Yantu Garden to study, because the first condition for the Yantu Garden to recruit students is that the student's ancestors within three generations must have made contributions to the imperial court.

  The four corners of the National Academy have four giant flags inserted straight into the clouds, with half of the flag below the cloud layer and half above the cloud layer. The implication is very clear: the flag below the cloud layer is a warning to the Martial King, the Literary King, and the Evil Kings that this is the stronghold of the Eastern Emperor's dynasty; the flag above the cloud layer is a warning to those flying cultivators that this is the heavily guarded fortress of the Eastern Emperor's dynasty where no cultivator can enter at will.

  Yeshu City and Guoxue City are like ants and elephants in comparison.

  Mr. Tang led the students into the city, showed his identity jade card, and rushed directly to the Yan Tu Garden in the city.

  The instructors of Yantuyuan welcomed Mr. Tang and his party into the academy and settled them in properly.

  Yan Tu Yuan, at a glance, is a uniform ancient temple, with a style that differs from the high platforms and pavilions of the imperial capital. The academy is located in the bustling city, yet it seems like another world, this is a sacred place for learning, isolated from the outside world.

  Mr. Tang was resting with his eyes closed at home, while the students rushed out to take a look at Yantu Garden.

  The students in Yantuyuan saw the students from Huqingfu who were out of place and looked at them with disdain.

  Tang Guoqiang, as a member of the royal family, was a big shot in the Huqing Palace, but in Yantu Garden, where there were many young princes everywhere, Tang Guoqiang could only bow and salute when he saw those young princes.

  Another thing that shocked the students of Huqing Academy was that in Huqing Academy, the small sect masters like Wu Wang and Wen Wang were extremely rare, but in Yantu Garden, they were everywhere, and from time to time, they could see thirteen-sect Wu Wang and Wen Wang, and even saw a fourteen-sect evil king.

  It's really an eye-opener for the students of Huqing Fu, previously they were like frogs in a well, now they finally realize that outside is an era where small masters are as common as cow hair.

  "Fei Xuan!"

  Su Daolin and Kong Feixuan met unexpectedly, and the two immediately locked eyes with each other, walking towards a distant place.

  Su Dao Xing looked at the disappearing back of Su Dao Lin, his expression cold and indifferent. The current Su Dao Lin was no longer his opponent, his opponent was Tang Qian, a brilliant figure like Yue Tian Wu.

  "Little Aunt!" Prince Tang Jian heard that Fang Xueqin had arrived at Yantu Garden and immediately came to find her.

  "King Qian!" A group of people rushed to pay their respects to Tang Qian, this King Qian.

  Fang Xueqin and Tang Qian walked towards a tea house in the distance, chatting and laughing along the way.

  "Zhi Xiong!" Some of the Wen Wang in Yantuyuan called out and took away Xu Zhi Xiong.

  Tang Guoqiang was called away by a group of royal sons.

  Su Dao Xing, Wei Ke, Wang Chao, and Luo Song Tao smiled wryly and continued strolling in the Yantu Garden.

  At dusk, a coach from Yantuyuan came to Mr. Tang's residence and discussed the list of matches for the five games tomorrow.

  Five trials with two civil trials and three martial trials.

  Ba Yi Da Hui's Wei Quan and Xu Zhi Xiong engage in the first round of Wen Bi.

  Fang Xueqin and Guqin master Tang Yu have their second match.

  Kong Feixuan and Yuetianwu engage in their third martial arts match.

  Wei Ke and Su Daolin engage in their fourth martial arts match.

  The fifth martial arts competition was also the most eye-catching one, where Prince Tang Jian faced off against Su Daoming of the Su family.

  The list of the five matches came out, and the students of Huqing Academy couldn't sleep.

  Five matches, except for Fang Xueqin's match which had a high winning percentage, the other four matches were lost by Huqing Fu with a large margin.

  Quan Heng is the leader of the Baiyi Conference, and even the emperor praised Wen Wang, who has already been a 16th-generation Wen Wang. How can Xu Zhiyong compare to that?

  Kong Feixuan was extremely talented, but she couldn't be compared to the Moon Clan's Holy Maiden, Yue Tianwu. It was clear that she wasn't a match for her.

  Su Daolin and Wei Ke's contest is highly anticipated.

  The prince Tang Qian was a sixteen-star Martial King, with an air of a Grandmaster, his strength was not inferior to that of a Grandmaster-level Martial King. Could Su Dao Xing defeat him?

  Huqing Fu is a super school in the Eastern Earth Imperial Dynasty, but compared to Yantu Garden, it pales in comparison. This generation of students at Yantu Garden is too strong, their innate talents are too high. In history, no other generation of students has ever had such high innate talents as this generation of students.

  The night is as dark as water!

  Mr. Tang is taking a stroll in another courtyard.

  Su Dao Xing was sitting cross-legged in the room, he originally thought that his opponent for tomorrow would be Su Dao Lin, and had already won with certainty. He really didn't expect that tomorrow's opponent would be Tang Qian, this sixteen-year-old Wu Wang, it was too unexpected.

  "Tang Qian is a 16th rank Wu Wang, two realms higher than me. I absolutely cannot lose to him." Su Dao woke up thinking of the scene where Tang Qian had his protector threaten him, and clenched his fists tightly.

  Su Dao Xing, after months of accumulation, promotion was also a matter of course. He meditated for a moment, made up his mind, and immediately activated the spiritual power in his body, bringing out the spiritual power hidden in the five acupoints, and circulating it through the meridians.

  Vast spiritual energy roamed through Su Dao Xing's meridians, raging like a boundless ocean. Every time the spiritual energy circulated in his meridians, the fifteenth shackle on his body loosened by a fraction.

  An hour later, Su Dao woke up and the shackles on his body shattered. He only felt a wave of relaxation all over his body. He broke through the 15th shackle on his body. Everything was smooth sailing, without any difficulty.

  Su Dao Xing this fifteen moves Wu Wang against upper sixteen moves Wu Wang Tang Qian, still no chance of winning at all.

  Tang Qian is too strong, his innate talent is too high, and in the same realm, he has not yet encountered an opponent. As for dealing with the Fifteenth Rank Martial King, it's simply bullying the Fifteenth Rank Martial King.

  Promoted to the Fifteenth Rank of Wu Wang, Su Dao Xing didn't feel any excitement. Instead, he furrowed his brow and fell into deep thought, as if hesitant about something.

  The sky was tinged with a fish-belly white, Su Dao Xing had been deep in thought for an entire night, and similarly sleepless were Mr. Tang, Wei Ke, Kong Fei Xuan, and Xu Zhi Xiong; only Fang Xue Qin had the confidence of assured victory, and thus slept soundly through the night.