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"In that case, I will arrange opponents for you and then send you to the next stop as soon as possible."
Zhenhua, being a helpful person, quickly arranged opponents for the two.
"Dancing teacher?"
After the two finished their assessment, they saw Wu Changkong and some other classmates at the entrance of the Forging Masters Association.
"What are you all doing here?" Tang Wulin asked in surprise.
"The assessment will be changed this time. Recently, there have been reports of evil spirit masters appearing. There has been more than one case. Just today's incident involving an evil spirit master has been summarized by the academy, and there are a total of five cases. For your safety, this assessment will no longer be conducted individually."
"Does that mean we've completed forming a team?"
Tang Wulin's eyes widened, looking somewhat surprised.
Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie, two of his friends, could easily pass the test, but getting a high score would be difficult. If they could take the test together, he could help them out.
Moreover, he felt safer fighting alongside his partners, rather than feeling alone.
Behind Wu Changkong were Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, Wu Siduo's group of five, Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, and Fang Yuan.
Including Tang Wulin and Xu Yuan, there are a total of thirteen people.
These are all students managed by Wu Changkong.
"It's not a team trip; you'll each have your own tasks. However, you'll need to work together because I can't take care of thirteen people at the same time. So I'll bring you all together and let you travel together."
Xu Yuan looked puzzled.
Thirteen people?
Is Wu Changkong responsible for so many targets all by himself?
"Teacher, you're responsible for scoring all thirteen of us. How can you guarantee that you can perfectly observe the entire assessment process?" Xu Yuan asked.
Wu Changkong gave the answer quite naturally.
“You guys are very busy, but there are quite a few older students in fifth and sixth grade who have nothing to do.”
Xu Yuan's lips twitched.
Okay, now you know the role of fifth and sixth grade.
They're essentially exploiting people for retirement, but at the same time, they probably also pull in a lot of people for the Foreign Languages Department's work to keep it running. Xu Yuan was accompanied by Wu Changkong the whole time, so he didn't spot any fifth or sixth-year students.
"Have you all completed your missions?" Xu Yuan asked, looking at the eleven people behind Wu Changkong.
Gu Yue appeared calm, having already completed her mission.
Wu Siduo and the other four nodded. Among them, Zheng Yiran's family was in Tiandou City, and her family helped arrange this assessment. The other four got a free pass.
The senior students who were with them didn't stop them, because they knew that Wu Siduo and the other three would shamelessly insist that they had found the strong ones themselves.
Was this arranged by Zheng Yiran's family?
So, does that count as part of my network?
At worst, I could say I saw that Zheng Yiran's family was recruiting a Soul Master who met the requirements, and then intercept and provoke them to fight. What could you do about it?
The so-called assessment standards were only strictly maintained when they were still in Shrek City before they set off. Once outside, it was like fish leaping in the vast sea and birds flying in the boundless sky.
No matter how you find the enemy, as long as you challenge each city according to the rules.
Of course, the same "loophole exploitation" behavior can only be carried out once in a city.
This is also the normal situation.
It's different now.
Teaming up to find opponents—this way of having one person's network of connections can benefit everyone—is also permitted.
This means that all the students in Class 1 of Grade 1 actually found it much easier to find opponents. They could leverage the connections of some classmates on the team, and they would also work hard in another city. With such cooperation, their scores would inevitably be higher than before.
Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, and Fang Yuan all lowered their heads.
The five of them haven't finished their mission yet.
"Then let's do it here. I'll have my martial uncle make the arrangements for you."
"Your martial uncle?" Wu Siduo and the others asked in confusion.
When Xu Yuan took them to Zhenhua's office and they learned that the master craftsman Zhenhua was Xu Yuan's uncle, Wu Siduo and the others were immediately petrified.
Yang Nianxia, in particular, kept muttering things like, "So that's how it is, no wonder."
When Zhenhua learned the reason why Xu Yuan had returned, he was very happy to help his classmates find suitable opponents.
"The question now is, what's our next step?" Xu Yuan asked, looking at the others who had finished their assessments.
"Although teaming up for challenges allows us to help each other find opponents, we have to take turns challenging each other, which actually takes longer. So we can't afford to waste any more time on the road."
Xu Yuan looked at them and explained his plan.
"I'm planning to rent a few soul-guided cars so we can drive them ourselves, which will be more convenient."
Xu Yuan thought that if they drove themselves, they would have more flexibility in choosing which city to visit.
There's no need to make any more transfers between the station and the destination.
"There are fourteen of us in total, so three cars should be enough."
Chapter 172 Casual Conversation in the Car: New Ideas (Please Subscribe!!!)
Following Xu Yuan's advice, their group rented three soul-guided cars.
Wu Siduo and her five friends rode in one car, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Wu Changkong rode in another car, and Xu Yuan, Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, and Fang Yuan rode in yet another car.
In Xu Yuan's car, Xu Lizhi was too big to sit in the passenger seat, so Xu Yuan drove while Ye Xinglan and Fang Yuan sat in the back.
"Brother Yuan, if you challenge an opponent who is five levels higher than yourself, aren't you going to challenge a Soul King?" Xu Lizhi asked.
With nothing to do on the bus, we naturally chatted to pass the time.
He was surprised before, but didn't ask, thinking it was unnecessary. Now that he had nothing else to do, he naturally asked.
Traveling to ten cities to challenge the Soul King is extremely difficult, not to mention the challenge itself.
Previously in Tiandou City, without Zhenhua's help, it would have been very difficult for Xu Yuan to find a Soul King and persuade him to fight him.
In some smaller cities, there might only be one or two Soul Kings, whose status and position must be extraordinary, and they won't have time to deal with you.
Therefore, Xu Yuan still needs to go to some medium-sized cities or even large cities, so that he can more easily find Soul Kings who are available to fight with him.
That’s all.
Xu Yuan's soul power has actually broken through to level 49.
Before the exchange match with the third graders, Xu Yuan had already broken through to level 46, and now, in just three months, he has broken through three levels in succession.
The immense life force he absorbed at that time directly allowed him to break through two levels, reaching level forty-eight. After that, he digested two quasi-immortal herbs. Although he used the Devouring Heaven and Earth Technique to maximize the medicinal power for special effects and rarely used it to enhance his soul power, it still allowed him to level up again.
He's been stuck at level 49 for a while now.
Xu Yuan could sense that his soul power had increased by three levels out of thin air to reach level forty-nine, but there were no aftereffects. In fact, he would quickly overcome his level fifty bottleneck.
Level 49 means that he will need to challenge a Soul King of at least level 54 for this assessment.
The level 54 Soul King directly wiped out half of the Soul Kings.
"No problem. As long as we find the right direction, we can always find a suitable opponent. The academy won't allow us to continue down the path of the Blacksmith Association, so let's go to the Mechmaster Association in the next city."
The Blacksmith Association stopped Xu Yuan from exploiting loopholes, mainly because Zhen Hua was too unstoppable; his help could be found almost throughout the entire continent. Therefore, the academy forbade them from continuing to cheat in this way.
Otherwise, if the assessment is arranged entirely by Zhenhua alone, what's the point?
Xu Yuan's suggestion to go to the Mech Pilots Association is a different approach. It doesn't rely on any particular powerful figure, so even if Wu Changkong witnessed it once, it's hard to say whether to forbid them from continuing to do so in the future.
"Go to the Mech Pilots Association?"
“That’s right. Although the rules state that I can’t use my mecha to prove anything and it can’t serve as proof of identity, we can just pay directly.”
"Pay up?"
"Mech pilots are the richest and the poorest group. They often put most of their effort into mechs, so they will definitely make money if they can. If they could exchange that money for rare metals, especially high-quality, finely forged rare metals, they would be even happier."
Xu Yuan had taken the opportunity to forge some thousand-fold metal while at the headquarters of the Blacksmith Association in Tiandou City.
He couldn't easily achieve spirit forging yet, but thousand-fold forging and even first-grade thousand-fold forging were no problem for him. When Ye Xinglan and the other five were being tested by the opponents arranged by Zhenhua, Xu Yuan took the opportunity to forge more than ten pieces of first-grade thousand-fold metal.
Tang Wulin also followed Xu Yuan's instructions and forged more than ten pieces of first-grade metal.
These twenty-odd pieces of top-grade metal are enough.
"Squad leader, why do you want to become a mecha pilot?" Fang Yuan asked.
As Xu Yuan drove, he replied with a smile, "Because mecha pilots have a high skill ceiling."
High ceiling?
Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, and Fang Yuan all looked bewildered.
Even Ye Xinglan and Xu Yuan, who had spent a lot of time with him, were at a loss.
The first reason I heard for choosing a mecha pilot was that they have a higher skill ceiling.
"Don't say 'but,' just theoretically speaking, if a mecha pilot uses the technology, materials, core arrays, and design level of battle armor to create a mecha that far surpasses battle armor of the same level."