too shocking!

    everyone deeply inhaled a breath of cold air, their eyes filled with astonishment.

    the power of xu nian''s hammer was simply terrifying; it even shattered the xuan iron-made long spear. how much strength would it take to do that?

    "xu nian, xu nian..."

    after a moment of silence, a series of frenzied shouts erupted from the crowd, and xu nian''s name completely resounded throughout the venue.

    sitting in the stands, chen yao looked at the figure in the arena, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

    she had not expected that the boy she had met at the icy waterfall would become the number one talent of east field county.

    leng yanran also quietly watched xu nian on the field, a hint of a daze in her eyes.

    although she had thought of xu nian winning first place in the academy competition, she had never imagined that he would win so brilliantly.

    indeed, at this moment, xu nian was exceptionally radiant, with a hundred thousand spectators cheering for him. even some of the students at tianhen academy were deeply impressed by xu nian''s strength.

    ...

    as for xu nian himself, he wasn''t too surprised.

    in his view, winning this match was within reason, especially since not everyone had mentors like bai tianhan and emperor ye tian.

    "haha, what an exciting battle, i didn''t expect that our east field county would produce such a genius," declared prefectural governor chen tiansheng, standing up and laughing heartily.

    "whoosh!"

    chen tiansheng''s figure flashed, crossing a distance of hundreds of meters, and appeared directly in front of xu nian. experience more on empire

    xu nian was startled, as the speed chen tiansheng had just displayed was terrifying. he was certain that if chen tiansheng wanted to kill him, it would be done in an instant.

    "i have seen lord governor!" xu nian said with a respectful bow.

    "no need to be formal!" chen tiansheng waved his hand and walked over, patting xu nian''s shoulder, "xu nian, your performance this time has truly surprised me. now i declare you the champion of this academy competition, and in addition to the previously promised rewards, i will grant you exceptional admission to the battle mansion immediately. this is the battle mansion token."

    as he spoke, a golden token appeared in chen tiansheng''s hand, which he handed over to xu nian.

    at this moment, all hundred thousand spectators in the venue could no longer remain seated.

    exceptional admission! it was known that although the top eight could enter the battle mansion directly without an assessment, the precondition was that they had to break through to the silver moon battle sect realm because the very minimum standard to enter the battle mansion was to be at the silver moon battle sect or silver moon body sect.

    xu nian shook his head, and chen xifeng and dugu jingcheng followed suit.

    three days had passed since the academy competition, and during these three days, chen xifeng and dugu jingcheng had both already broken through to the silver moon realm. therefore, they chose to stay in tianfeng city and report directly to the battle mansion.

    leng yanran nodded, then looked at xu nian and said, "xu nian, come here, i want to talk to you for a moment."

    after speaking, leng yanran took the initiative to walk aside.

    xu nian followed her; it so happened that he also had something to say to leng yanran.

    the two stood still in a secluded, uninhabited place outside the city, and leng yanran then spoke, "xu nian, do you remember when i told you not to go to the capital rashly?"

    as soon as xu nian heard this, his expression solemnly tightened, and he nodded, saying, "i know, you said i would be in danger if i went."

    "yes, what if i told you this danger came from me, would you blame me?" leng yanran asked again, her eyes fixed on xu nian, with a hint of nervousness deep within them.

    hearing this, xu nian laughed and said, "i had already guessed as much, but why would i blame you?"

    leng yanran was slightly taken aback, then a beautiful smile, icy features softening, appeared on her face as she said, "that''s good, i will come looking for you in two years. if after two years, you still feel the same way, i''ll accompany you to the capital, how does that sound?"

    "two years?" xu nian pondered for a moment and nodded, saying, "alright, in two years, i''ll come looking for you!"

    seeing xu nian''s agreement, leng yanran''s smile became even more brilliant, and she then turned to leave.

    however, xu nian stopped her, handing her a long wooden case, "this is for you, open it when no one else is around."

    leng yanran was puzzled and wanted to ask what it was.

    but xu nian had already turned and left with dugu jingcheng and chen xifeng.

    ...

    in the sky, on the back of a green-eyed eagle.

    leng yanran curiously opened the wooden case xu nian gave her just before he left.

    as the case opened, a dazzling light shone out from it, and what caught her eye was a transparent and impeccably clear sword radiating an intense chill.

    at first glance, leng yanran recognized it as an exceptional sword forged from the mysterious glazed ice soul metal.

    leng yanran stared at the sword for a full two hours, utterly absorbed.

    the moment her fingers touched the cold blade, she smiled, a smile that was exceptionally brilliant and enchantingly charming.