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"Yes!" "Your Majesty, don't worry. Your subject will definitely not disappoint Your Majesty." Cai Gui said respectfully.
"Hm!" If there's nothing else, you can go back. " Tang Yin waved his hand.
Originally, Cai Gui had wanted to mention that the Cai Residence had trained a few girls like Li Meier. If Tang Yin was interested, he could offer it up as well, but seeing that Tang Yin was not enchanted by Li Meier's seductive skills and Yin Rou was also present, he could not say these words out loud.
Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly thought of something and asked: "I heard that the King wants to set up a new army?"
"Yeah, but we need to build almost a hundred academies and academies on Feng Country. The national treasury can't support the establishment of a new army anymore, and besides, there isn't a suitable candidate for the Regiment Chief." Tang Yin shrugged his shoulders helplessly.
"This official believes that there is no money left in the treasury, so that merchants can contribute more. As for the Regiment Chief, why not the King go to the capital Spiritual Martial Academy to select them? Right now, it's already close to the yearly level up examination of the capital's Spiritual Martial Academy. If the King is free, he can personally go and take a look. Cai Gui explained.
"An upgrade test? What is that? " Tang Yin asked curiously.
"This subject isn't very clear about the specifics of the test, but the King can find and ask him about it. This subject only knows that the Spiritual Martial Academy organizes an annual test with great fanfare, and the students' competition is very lively. It is said that it also attracts many masters and generals to watch."
"I've never heard of that before. If there's a chance, I'll go." Tang Yin smiled and nodded.
Cai Gui cupped his hands and bowed again, then said: "Your majesty, this humble subject will take his leave!"
"Go!"
Watching Cai Gui bringing Li Meier away, Yin Rou asked in her arms in a low voice, "Yin, if Master Cai had not sent Li Meier to the Ann Country and had instead given it to you, would you have accepted her?"
Tang Yin laughed and asked: "Why do you ask?"
"I'm just curious, what do you think!"
"Ugh ?" Tang Yin deliberately pondered for a long time before he replied: "I don't think so."
"She is very similar to Madame Lepin. Amongst all of them, you are the most favored Madame Lepin!" Yin Rou said with her small mouth puckered.
"My favorite is Rou Er!" With that, Tang Yin held her even more tightly as he whispered into her ear, "Let's go back to our room!"
Hearing the hints in his words, Yin Rou's jade face flushed, her small face pressing tightly against his chest.
The next day, Tang Yin actually called over the Principal of Spiritual Martial Academy, Zhang Xiu, and carefully asked him what was the matter with the Spiritual Martial Academy upgrade test.
Originally, all the high ranking students in the capital Spiritual Martial Academy were divided into ten different grades: A, B, C, D, L, I, Geng, Xin, Nun, and Gui. The first grade was the highest, and the tenth grade was the lowest.
The higher the grade of a student, the better their environment and conditions of cultivation. On the other hand, the worse the grade of a student, the more different the treatment they would receive after graduation.
Students at the first and second ranks would mostly be assigned to such privileged departments as Sky Eye, Earth Web, City Guards, Lieutenant's Mansion, and so on. Even if they were assigned to the army, they would have to have Central Army, and their rank would not be lower than a thousand-man commander.
On the other hand, students at the level of Lan or Gui received a much more miserable treatment. In all likelihood, they would be sent back to their places of origin, to work in the local army. Not to mention not being able to enter the privilege department, even those who entered Central Army were extremely rare.
The upgrade tests were divided into two categories. One was for individuals, the other was for groups, whether it was individuals or groups, in short, lower level students challenging higher level students. The winner advanced, the loser retreated, and the winner replaced the loser's rank.
This was because the level of the students directly related to their future fate and the competition was extremely intense. It was also because of this that the annual upgrades of the capital's Spiritual Martial Academy would attract tens of thousands of people to watch, including the ministers and officials of the imperial court.
After listening to Zhang Xiu's detailed explanation, Tang Yin was also interested. He smiled and asked: "Is this grading method something that you thought of?"
"Yes, my lord. This old official thinks that not only does Spiritual Martial Academy need to nurture outstanding Spirit Cultivator s, it also needs to train their minds and wills. The more ruthless the competition, the more outstanding the talents can be nurtured. " Zhang Xiu said carefully.
"Well said!" Tang Yin clapped his hands and laughed, nodding his head. He could not tell that this old man Zhang Xiu had quite the talent and foresight. This is the principle of survival of the fittest. It is so in the army, and it should be so in Spiritual Martial Academy. "
Pausing for a moment, he then asked, "When is this year's upgrade test?"
"On the thirtieth of this month." Zhang Xiu replied.
"Yes, This King wants to take a look as well!" Tang Yin pondered.
Zhang Xiu was ecstatic, he immediately cupped his hands together and said: "With the King coming to observe, it will no doubt be extremely thrilling, and the students will definitely display their strongest strength."
Tang Yin smiled, waved his hand and said: "It's better if no one knows, I want to secretly watch." Saying that, he stood up, walked to Zhang Xiu and smiled: That's why, I need your help!
Zhang Xiu did not understand what Tang Yin meant, and asked suspiciously: "My King wants to ?"
"Wouldn't it be more interesting to be a newbie who had just risen to a high rank and blended into the Lowest-level Student to experience it for herself?" Tang Yin laughed and said.
After Zhang Xiu heard this, he was stunned for a good while before recovering, and stuttered: "This ? This... Isn't it too dangerous? " He wanted to say that it was too ridiculous, but he didn't dare to say it out loud.
Tang Yin laughed: What's so dangerous about that? Could it be that even a tenth rank student would be challenged? "
"Then... "That's impossible, it's just that ?"
"There's no such thing as just that. This King will just take a look and be a spectator. This King will not participate in the sparring between students." Tang Yin said indifferently.
"Ugh ?" Since Tang Yin had said it like that, Zhang Xiu had nothing else to say, so he bowed and said: "Yes, Great King, this old official will go and arrange it now."
"Don't let anyone else know about this, including the teachers in the academy."
"Yes!" This old official shall obey! "
In this period of time, Tang Yin did not have many government affairs on his hands, and now that he had Cai Gui overseeing the political hall, he could leave most of the memorials to the political hall, which was why he had the free time to personally experience the upgrades of the city's Spiritual Martial Academy.
The area of the city that they moved to Zhenjiang was much larger than when they were in the city. However, they were no longer in the city but were instead located in a suburb outside the city, occupying a wide area of land, which was not inferior to the palace in Feng Country at all. There were layers upon layers of pavilions inside the main hall. Students were constantly moving about.
Tang Yin did not bring any attendants with him. He was already in his early thirties, but because his cultivation had reached the level of Spirit God Stage and he had been reborn anew, no one would doubt that he was even in his early twenties.
In order to not arouse suspicion, Zhang Xiu did not appear. He only arranged for a steward of the Academy to lead Tang Yin to the location of the Lowest-level Student.
All along the way, Tang Yin walked while looking left and right. When he had first entered the Spiritual Martial Academy, the large and small buildings had been described as magnificent, although not as glorious as the palace, they were still solemn and majestic, but the deeper he went into the academy, the more dilapidated the building became.
As he continued to walk, all the buildings that he saw were no longer made of stone, only mud and wood mixed together. Further in, the houses had already become adobe houses, and further in, Tang Yin actually saw thatched huts.
Although he had already heard that the level difference between senior students would cause their conditions for cultivation to have a huge difference, Tang Yin never would have thought that there would be such a large difference. Sitting in a spacious and comfortable house to study and cultivate, as well as learning and cultivating in a small and stuffy thatched hut, were two entirely different mindsets and concepts.
After finally arriving at the location of the Lowest-level Student, Tang Yin was completely dumbfounded. There wasn't even a house in this place, only a large empty space, and in the middle of the empty land, there were a few pillars.
Tang Yin was stunned for a moment before regaining his senses. If he really was a tenth ranked student, he would have spent all his time studying and cultivating, trying to leave this damned place as soon as possible!
Seeing a steward of the Academy leading Tang Yin over, the teacher who was busy with his studies stopped and walked over with a questioning look. "Mister Gao, what's going on?"
"Ah, this is a new student. The dean asked me to bring him here." The supervisor said.
"So that's how it is. Weird, why did it only rise up at this time." Mister looked at Tang Yin and asked: "What's your name?"
"Tang Chu."
"Cultivation of what realm?"
"Spirit transformation."
"Hm!" You should find a place to sit! " The basic requirement to become a high level student was to reach the Spirit Transformation realm. Moreover, the dean had asked someone to bring it here.
Tang Yin found an empty table at the back and sat down cross-legged.
He sized up the students in front of him. There were more males than females, and the ratio was almost two to one. What surprised him was that many of the students were releasing their powerful Spirit Pressure, and their cultivation was higher than the Spirit Transformation realm.
One must know that the tenth rank was the lowest rank amongst the elite students. If even the tenth rank students had such cultivation, then the strength of the Hightest-level Student could be imagined.2
Tang Yin secretly nodded his head. The students of the Spiritual Martial Academy in the capital really could not be underestimated.
At this time, Mister was teaching the knowledge and techniques to break through into the higher levels of the Spirit Cultivating Stage. All of these were completely useless to Tang Yin, as the growth of his cultivation was explosive, and was fundamentally different from the gradual cultivation of ordinary Spirit Cultivator.
When Mister finished his lesson, he did not stay for long and left in large strides. Soon after, all the students gathered around Tang Yin, sizing him up in surprise.
Upgrading from Intermediate to Advanced was an annual test that required a fixed amount of time. It had been more than half a year since the exam had started, and he had only been promoted halfway through. There had never been a precedent for this before.
"Tang Chu, you used to be an Intermediate Student, right? How did you get up here? " A student asked in puzzlement.
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