Chapter 2343: Chapter 2347: Cracking It on His Own
"You’ve all heard it: The resource rewards in the Main Court are quite substantial. And the only thing you need to obtain these resource rewards is points. As long as you have enough points, you can choose the Dao Instruments and Divine Arts as you wish."
Ouyang Song spoke loudly, pulling everyone’s attention back: "All of the students who passed the assessment, your assessment points will be your initial points upon entering the academy. Furthermore, the upcoming assessments will also have corresponding point rewards, and these rewards fluctuate based on your performance during the assessment!"
"Initial points?"
"Wow, wouldn’t Jiang Chen and the others have initial points exceeding ten thousand?!"
"This starting point is way better than ours!"
"So what? If they can’t pass the upcoming assessments, it’s still useless!"
The students looked enviously at Jiang Chen and several others. With Jiang Chen’s help, except for Lei Kai and Fire Phoenix who couldn’t exchange for points using late-stage five-grade Demon Cores, everyone else at Changlin Academy had more than ten thousand points. Jiang Chen had nearly twenty thousand points.
Some students, jealous to the point of having reddened eyes, started cursing, hoping Jiang Chen would fail the subsequent assessments. However, he himself knew that was unlikely.
"Students who obtained fewer points should not be discouraged. The next assessments are your best opportunity to earn points, and if you perform exceptionally, earning tens of thousands of points isn’t just a dream!"
Ouyang Song glanced at the crowd with a smile and spoke again.
The students’ eyes lit up, once again locking their gaze on Ouyang Song.
Behind Ouyang Song, a hundred Void Refinement Realm students also showed a hint of envy.
Clearly, the points were very enticing to them, but they more or less knew why this academy entrance assessment had been changed, so there wasn’t much jealousy in their hearts.
"The rules for the next assessment are very simple: Complete tasks!"
Ouyang Song’s eyes flashed cunningly: "Your Jade Tokens contain this assessment’s 520 tasks, including 500 individual tasks and 20 team tasks. Each person can select at most one individual task and one team task. The requirements for team tasks are within the task descriptions."
"Next, I will simultaneously unlock the seal on your Jade Tokens. Whatever tasks you can grab will depend on yourselves."
"Let me remind you, team tasks require five people, and the point rewards for these team tasks are much higher than individual tasks, so be prepared for a fierce competition."
"Once someone claims a task, they become the team leader for that team task. They can choose their teammates and distribute the task points at their discretion. However, each person can only claim one team task and cannot claim it multiple times."
The students’ expressions became solemn as they focused intently on the Jade Tokens in their hands, surrounding them with Divine Sense, just waiting for Ouyang Song to release the seal on the Jade Tokens and compete for the high-point tasks inside.
Jiang Chen’s eyes shifted as well, casting out his Divine Sense to wrap around the Jade Token. Then, his thoughts turned, and a solid stream of Primordial Spirit Power penetrated into the Jade Token.
Whoosh!
Instantly, a diagram composed of points and lines appeared in Jiang Chen’s mind.
A sealing formation? Watch me break it!
Jiang Chen’s lips curled into a smile as he quickly began deducing.
"Let me remind all students,"
Ouyang Song glanced at the students without hastily unlocking the seals in their Jade Tokens, but instead spoke loudly again: "These task points vary in value, and the task difficulties also differ. Don’t only focus on grabbing high-point tasks; if you claim a task and can’t complete it, you will be directly eliminated!"
"Eliminated?!"
"Really eliminated? Then won’t there be fewer than five hundred in total?"
"Is this assessment really that strict?"
The students’ expressions changed as they looked at Ouyang Song in astonishment.
"After elimination, there will be vacancies, and these vacancies are the opportunities for all eliminated students. You will compete for the remaining spots with students eliminated in this assessment!"
Ouyang Song swept his eyes over all the students.
The originally disappointed and regretful eliminated students instantly had their eyes light up, bursting with brilliance.
Only those who have experienced despair will treasure opportunities more. These eliminated students’ emotions had hit rock bottom, but suddenly they also had another chance to enter the Main Court, and they would undoubtedly seize it with all their might.
In an instant, all the students who had already been eliminated looked at those who had advanced with eyes filled with coldness, eagerly preparing to compete.
Buzz!
At this moment, an obscure fluctuation emanated from the Jade Token in Jiang Chen’s hand. The fluctuation was so subtle that no one detected it except for Su Qingluan, Hu Yiqiu, and Ouyang Song, who were also proficient in formations.
This kid actually broke the seal formation in the Jade Token?
Ouyang Song looked at Jiang Chen with surprise, eyes filled with astonishment.
As the master of the seal formation, he naturally understood the power of the formation. To break it, one’s understanding of formations must reach that of a Void Refinement Array Master; otherwise, it was impossible to break it.
This kid... has he already reached the level of deploying formations comparable to those of Void Refinement Realm cultivators?
Su Qingluan and Hu Yiqiu smiled slightly, gazing at Jiang Chen with eyes filled with appreciation.
Jiang Chen ignored the thoughts of others. After breaking the formation in the Jade Token, he quickly looked at its contents.
Now, the Jade Token contained a series of task descriptions along with corresponding task points.
"The people in the Main Court are really cunning, mixing the team tasks with individual tasks. This way, if you don’t thoroughly review every task, you can’t really compare!"
Jiang Chen mumbled this to himself, swiftly scanning through.
Ouyang Song’s eyes shifted as he smiled slightly, not immediately breaking all the seals in everyone’s Jade Tokens because Jiang Chen had cracked his own.
"So, when you select tasks, do not recklessly claim them; it directly affects whether you can enter the Main Court or retain your current points."
Ouyang Song then spoke slowly: "Moreover, after entering the academy this time, the Main Court has issued a new points exchange policy, allowing all students from the Outer Court to use points to exchange for training time in the Inner Court!"
"What!?"
"Can you use points to exchange for training time in the Inner Court?"
"Doesn’t this mean we can also go and train in the Dao Treasure Secret Realm?"
"That’s great! We must earn more points!"
Ouyang Song’s words once again ignited the passion of the students. The atmosphere, which had cooled due to Jiang Chen’s murderous aura, became fervent once again.
